Let R be an oriented compact surface without boundary of genus exceeding one, and let θ : π1(R;O) → Γ ⊂ PSL(2,C) be a homomorphism of its fundamental group onto a nonelementary group Γ of Möbius transformations. We present a complete, self-contained proof of the following facts: (i) θ is induced by a complex projective structure for some complex structure on R if and only if θ lifts to a homomo...

We discuss Matijevic–Roberts type theorem on strong F -regularity, F -purity, and Cohen–Macaulay F -injective (CMFI for short) property. Related to this problem, we also discuss the base change problem and the openness of loci of these properties. In particular, we define the notion of F -purity of homomorphisms using Radu–André homomorphisms, and prove basic properties of it. We also discuss a...

Bounds on the range of random graph homomorphism into Z, and the maximal height difference of the Gaussian random field, are presented.

Eilenberg’s variety theorem gives a bijective correspondence between varieties of languages and varieties of finite semigroups. The second author gave a similar relation between conjunctive varieties of languages and varieties of semiring homomorphisms. In this paper, we add a third component to this result by considering varieties of meet automata. We consider three significant classes of lang...

0.1. Endomorphisms of elliptic curves. Recall that a homomorphism of complex elliptic curves is just a holomorphic map E1 → E2 which preserves the origin. (It turns out that this condition is enough to force it to be a homomorphism of groups in the usual sense; why?) An isogeny of elliptic curves is a homomorphism whose kernel is a finite subgroup of E1. In fact the kernel of a homomorphism of ...

Let F be a graph of order at most k. We prove that for any integer g there is a graph G of girth at least g and of maximum degree at most 5k13 such that G admits a surjective homomorphism c to F , and moreover, for any F -pointed graph H with at most k vertices, and for any homomorphism h from G to H there is a unique homomorphism f from F to H such that h = f ◦ c. As a consequence, we prove th...

Assuming that every proper minor closed class of graphs contains a maximum with respect to the homomorphism order, we prove that such a maximum must be homomorphically equivalent to a complete graph. This proves that Hadwiger’s conjecture is equivalent to saying that every minor closed class of graphs contains a maximum with respect to homomorphism order. Let F be a finite set of 2-connected gr...