In this paper, we describe the maximal bounded Z-filtrations of Artinian semisimple rings. These turn out to be the filtrations associated to finite Z-gradings. We also consider simple Artinian rings with involution, in characteristic 6= 2, and we determine those bounded Z-filtrations that are maximal subject to being stable under the action of the involution. Finally, we briefly discuss the an...

The purpose of this paper is to study pair left centralizers in prime rings with involution satisfying certain identities.

We study the maps induced on cohomology by a Nikulin (i.e. a symplectic) involution on a K3 surface. We parametrize the eleven dimensional irreducible components of the moduli space of algebraic K3 surfaces with a Nikulin involution and we give examples of the general K3 surface in various components. We conclude with some remarks on MorrisonNikulin involutions, these are Nikulin involutions wh...

In this paper, we construct a lagrangian subspace of the space of representations Mg,l := HomC(πg,l, U)/U of the fundamental group πg,l of a punctured Riemann surface into an arbitrary compact connected Lie group U . This lagrangian subspace is obtained as the fixed-point set of an anti-symplectic involution β̂ defined on Mg,l. We show that the involution β̂ is induced by a form-reversing involut...

Urokinase-type plasminogen activator expression is induced in the mouse mammary gland during development and post-lactational involution. We now show that primiparous plasminogen-deficient (Plg(-/-)) mice have seriously compromised mammary gland development and involution. All mammary glands were underdeveloped and one-quarter of the mice failed to lactate. Although the glands from lactating Pl...

The exterior square of a multiset is a natural combinatorial construction which is related to the exterior square of a vector space. We consider multisets of elements of an abelian group. Two properties are defined which a multiset may satisfy: recognisability and involution-recognisability. A polynomial-time algorithm is described which takes an input multiset and returns either (a) a multiset...