We consider quantum dynamical systems whose degrees of freedom are described by N × N matrices, in the planar limit N → ∞. Examples are gauge theories and the M(atrix)-theory of strings. States invariant under U(N) are 'closed strings', modelled by traces of products of matrices. We have discovered that the U(N)-invariant operators acting on both open and closed string states form a remarkable ...

Given an affine algebraic variety V and a quantization Oq(V ) of its coordinate ring, it is conjectured that the primitive ideal space of Oq(V ) can be expressed as a topological quotient of V . Evidence in favor of this conjecture is discussed, and positive solutions for several types of varieties (obtained in joint work with E. S. Letzter) are described. In particular, explicit topological qu...

The forcing construction Pmax, invented by W. Hugh Woodin, produces a model whose collection of subsets of ω1 is in some sense maximal. In this paper we study the Boolean algebra induced by the nonstationary ideal on ω1 in this model. Among other things we show that the induced quotient does not have a simply definable form. We also prove several results about saturation properties of the ideal...

0 Introduction We consider algebraic surfaces Y ⊂ IP3(C). A cusp (=singularity A2) on Y is a singularity near which the surface is given in local (analytic) coordinates x, y and z, centered at the singularity, by an equation xy − z = 0. This is an isolated quotient singularity C2/ZZ3. A set P1, ..., Pn of cusps on Y is called 3-divisible, if there is a cyclic global triple cover of Y branched p...

There are two ways to generalize basic constructions of commutative algebra for a noncommutative case. More traditional way is to define commutative functions like trace or determinant over noncommuting variables. Beginning with [6] this approach was widely used by different authors, see for example [5], [15], [14], [12], [11], [7]. However, there is another possibility to work with purely nonc...

This paper concerns a class of orbital integrals in Lie algebras over p-adic fields. The values of these orbital integrals at the unit element in the Hecke algebra count points on varieties over finite fields. The construction, which is based on motivic integration, works both in characteristic zero and in positive characteristic. As an application, the Fundamental Lemma for this class of integ...

In this paper, by using a special family of filters $mathcal{F}$ on an EQ-algebra $E$, we construct a topology $mathcal{T}_{mathcal{mathcal{F}}}$ on $E$ and show that $(E,mathcal{T}_{mathcal{F}})$ is a topological EQ-algebra. First of all, we give some properties of topological EQ-algebras and investigate the interaction of topological EQ-algebras and quotient topological EQ-algebras. Then we o...

in this note, we introduce the concept of a fuzzy filter of a blalgebra,with respect to a t-norm briefly, t-fuzzy filters, and give some relatedresults. in particular, we prove representation theorem in bl-algebras. thenwe generalize the notion of a fuzzy congruence (in a bl-algebra) was definedby lianzhen et al. to a new fuzzy congruence, specially with respect to a tnorm.we prove that there i...

Modulo the ideal generated by the derivative fields, the normal ordered product of holomorphic fields in two-dimensional conformal field theory yields a commutative and associative algebra. The zero mode algebra can be regarded as a deformation of the latter. Alternatively, it can be described as an associative quotient of the algebra given by a modified normal ordered product. We clarify the r...

This paper concerns a class of orbital integrals in Lie algebras over p-adic fields. The values of these orbital integrals at the unit element in the Hecke algebra count points on varieties over finite fields. The construction, which is based on motivic integration, works both in characteristic zero and in positive characteristic. As an application, the Fundamental Lemma for this class of integ...