p-Groups of automorphisms of compact non-orientable Riemann surfaces

We study p-groups of automorphisms of compact non-orientable Riemann surfaces of topological genus $$g\ge 3$$ g ≥ 3 . We obtain upper bounds of the order of such groups in terms of p, g and the minimal number of generators of the group. We also determine those values of g for which these bounds are sharp. Furthermore, the same kind of results are obtained when the p-group acts as the full automorphism group of the surface.

Locally projective graphs and their densely embedded subgraphs

The article contributes to the classification project of locally projective graphs and their locally projective groups of automorphisms outlined in Chapter 10 of Ivanov (The Mathieu Groups, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018). We prove that a simply connected locally projective graph $$\Gamma $$ Γ of type (n, 3) for $$n \ge 3$$ n ≥ 3 contains a densely embedded subtree provided (a) it contains a (simply connected) geometric subgraph at level 2 whose stabiliser acts on this subgraph as the universal completion of the Goldschmidt amalgam $$G_3^1\cong \{S_4 \times 2,S_4 \times 2\}$$ G 3 1 ≅ { S 4 × 2 , S 4 × 2 } having $$S_6$$ S 6 as another completion, (b) for a vertex x of $$\Gamma $$ Γ the group $$G_{\frac{1}{2}}(x)$$ G 1 2 ( x ) which stabilizes every line passing through x induces on the neighbourhood $$\Gamma (x)$$ Γ ( x ) of x the (dual) natural module $$2^n$$ 2 n of $$G(x)/G_{\frac{1}{2}}(x) \cong L_n(2)$$ G ( x ) / G 1 2 ( x ) ≅ L n ( 2 ) , (c) G(x) splits over $$G_{\frac{1}{2}}(x)$$ G 1 2 ( x ) , (d) the vertex-wise stabilizer $$G_1(x)$$ G 1 ( x ) of the neighbourhood of x is a non-trivial group, and (e) $$n \ne 4$$ n ≠ 4 .

Three-dimensional connected groups of automorphisms of toroidal circle planes

We contribute to the classification of toroidal circle planes and flat Minkowski planes possessing three-dimensional connected groups of automorphisms. When such a group is an almost simple Lie group, we show that it is isomorphic to PSL(2, ℝ). Using this result, we describe a framework for the full classification based on the action of the group on the point set.

NILPOTENT MODULES OVER POLYNOMIAL RINGS

Let K be an algebra ically closed field of characteristic zero, K[X ] the polynomial ring in n variables. The vector space Tn = K[X] is a K[X ] -module with the action i = xi 'x  v v for vTn . Every finite dimensional submodule V of Tn is nilpotent, i.e. every f  K[X ] acts nilpotently (by multiplication) on V . We prove that every nilpotent K[X ] -module V of finite dimension over K with one-dimensional socle can be isomorphically embedded in the module Tn . The groups of automorphisms of the module Tn and its finite dimensional monomial submodules are found. Similar results are obtained for (non-nilpotent) finite dimensional K[X ] -modules with one dimensional socle.