Let M be a compact manifold, possibly with boundary. We show that the group of homeomorphisms of M has the automatic continuity property : any homomorphism from Homeo(M) to any separable group is necessarily continuous. This answers a question of C. Rosendal. If N ⊂ M is a submanifold, the group of homeomorphisms of M that preserve N also has this property. Various applications of automatic con...

1. Let G be an algebraic linear group over a field F. If G acts by linear automorphisms on some vector space M over F we say that M is a rational G-module if it is the sum of finite-dimensional G-stable subspaces V such that the representation of G on each F is a rational representation of G. The rational G-module M is said to be rationally injective if, whenever U is a rational G-module and 0 ...

We give an analogue for vertex operator algebras and superalgebras of the notion of endomorphism ring of a vector space by means of a notion of “local system of vertex operators” for a (super) vector space. We first prove that any local system of vertex operators on a (super) vector space M has a natural vertex (super)algebra structure with M as a module. Then we prove that for a vertex (operat...

In this paper we study the holonomy of gerbes with connections. If the manifold, M , on which the gerbe is defined is 1-connected, then the holonomy defines a group homomorphism. Furthermore we show that all information about the gerbe and its connections is contained in the holonomy by proving an explicit reconstruction theorem. We comment on the general case in which M is not 1-connected, but...

In this paper, we study two questions related to the problem of testing whether a function is close to a homomorphism. For two finite groups (not necessarily Abelian), an arbitrary map , and a parameter , say that is -close to a homomorphism if there is some homomorphism such that and differ on at most elements of , and say that is -far otherwise. For a given and , a homomorphism tester should ...