We obtain upper bounds on character sums and autocorrelation of nonlinear recurrence sequences over arbitrary finite rings. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

We present an overview of the close analogies between character rings finite groups and fusion rational conformal models, which follow from general principles related to orbifold deconstruction.

We study 2-representations, i.e. actions of 2-groups on 2-vector spaces. Our main focus is character theory for 2-representations. To this end we employ the technique of extended Burnside rings. Our main theorem is that the Ganter-Kapranov 2-character is a particular mark homomorphism of the Burnside ring. As an application we give a new proof of Osorno formula for the Ganter-Kapranov 2-charact...

While we were graduate students, Marty Isaacs and I worked together on the character theory of finite groups, studying in particular the character degrees of finite p-groups. Somewhat later, my interests turned to ring theory and infinite group theory. On the other hand, Marty continued with character theory and soon became a leader in the field. Indeed, he has had a superb career as a research...

Abstract. In this paper, we classify all of the finite p-groups with at most three non linear irreducible character kernels.

‎the annihilator graph $ag(r)$ of a commutative ring $r$ is a simple undirected graph with the vertex set $z(r)^*$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if and only if $ann(x) cup ann(y)$ $ neq $ $ann(xy)$‎. ‎in this paper we give the sufficient condition for a graph $ag(r)$ to be complete‎. ‎we characterize rings for which $ag(r)$ is a regular graph‎, ‎we show that $gamma (ag(r))in {1,2}$ and...