We consider two families of weighted zero-sum constant for finite abelian groups. For a finite abelian group (G,+), a set of weights W ⊂ Z, and an integral parameter m, the m-wise Davenport constant with weights W is the smallest integer n such that each sequence over G of length n has at least m disjoint zero-subsums with weights W . And, for an integral parameter d, the d-constrained Davenpor...

Harnessing non-abelian statistics of anyons to perform quantum computational tasks is getting closer to reality. While the existence of universal anyons by braiding alone such as the Fibonacci anyon is theoretically a possibility, accessible anyons with current technology all belong to a class that is called weakly integral—anyons whose squared quantum dimensions are integers. We analyze the co...

Higher order coefficients of the inverse mass expansion of one–loop effective actions are obtained from a one–dimensional path integral representation. For the evaluation of the path integral with Wick contractions a suitable Green function has to be chosen. We consider the case of a massive scalar loop in the background of both a scalar potential and a (non–abelian) gauge field. For the pure s...

It is shown that a Cayley multigraph over a group G with generating multiset S is integral (i.e., all of its eigenvalues are integers) if S lies in the integral cone over the boolean algebra generated by the normal subgroups of G. The converse holds in the case when G is abelian. This in particular gives an alternative, character-theoretic proof of a theorem of Bridges and Mena (1982). We exten...

2 Tau-function on spaces of Abelian differentials over Riemann surfaces 7 2.1 Spaces of holomorphic differentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Variational formulas on Hg(k1, . . . , kM ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.3 Basic Beltrami differentials for Hg(k1, . . . , kM ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.4 Definition of...

This paper proves a finiteness result for families of integral points on a semiabelian variety minus a divisor, generalizing the corresponding result of Faltings for abelian varieties. Combined with the main theorem of the first part of this paper, this gives a finiteness statement for integral points on a closed subvariety of a semiabelian variety, minus a divisor. In addition, the last two se...

We prove Abelian magnetic monopole dominance in the string tension of QCD. Abelian and monopole dominance in low energy physics of QCD has been confirmed for various quantities by recent Monte Carlo simulations of lattice gauge theory. In order to prove this dominance, we use the reformulation of continuum Yang-Mills theory in the maximal Abelian gauge as a deformation of a topological field th...