The Wonderful Lemma, that was first proved by Roussel and Rubio, is one of the most important tools in the proof of the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem. Here we give a short proof of this lemma.

The persistent current through a quantum dot inserted in a mesoscopic ring of length L is studied. A cluster representing the dot and its vicinity is exactly diagonalized and embedded into the rest of the ring. The Kondo resonance provides a new channel for the current to flow. It is shown that due to scaling properties, the persistent current at the Kondo regime is enhanced relative to the cur...

Let $Gamma$ be a group, $Gamma'$ a subgroup of $Gamma$ with finite index and $M$ be a $Gamma$-module. We show that $M$ is cotorsion if and only if it is cotorsion as a $Gamma'$-module. Using this result, we prove that the global cotorsion dimensions of rings $ZGamma$ and $ZGamma'$ are equal.

The interaction of a small vortex ring with the free surface of a perfect fluid is considered. In the frame of the point ring approximation, the asymptotic expression for the Fourier components of radiated surface waves is obtained in the case when the vortex ring comes from infinity and has both horizontal and vertical components of the velocity. The nonconservative corrections to the equation...

Let A be a complete discrete valuation ring with possibly imperfect residue field. The purpose of this paper is to give a notion of conductor for Galois representations over A that generalizes the classical Artin conductor. The definition rests on two general results: there is a moduli space that parametrizes the ways of modifying A so that its residue field is perfect, and any information abou...

Let R be a commutative ring with identity and M an R-module. The Scalar-Product Graph of M is defined as the graph GR(M) with the vertex set M and two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if there exist r or s belong to R such that x = ry or y = sx. In this paper , we discuss connectivity and planarity of these graphs and computing diameter and girth of GR(M). Also we show some of...

Ring signatures, introduced by Rivest, Shamir and Tauman, enable a user to sign a message anonymously on behalf of a “ring”. A ring is a group of users, which includes the signer. We propose a ring signature scheme that has size O( √ N) where N is the number of users in the ring. An additional feature of our scheme is that it has perfect anonymity. Our ring signature like most other schemes use...

The anonymity provided by the threshold ring signature scheme proposed by Bresson et al (Crypto’02) is perfect. However, its complexity is prohibitively large even for relatively small sets of signers. We propose use of threshold schemes based on covering designs that are efficient for large groups of signers. The cost we pay is non-perfect anonymity.