In this note we study a certain formal group law over a complete discrete valuation ring F[[un−1]] of characteristic p > 0 which is of height n over the closed point and of height n− 1 over the generic point. By adjoining all coefficients of an isomorphism between the formal group law on the generic point and the Honda group law Hn−1 of height n − 1, we get a Galois extension of the quotient fi...

We present the pseudo-ǫ expansions (τ -series) for the critical exponents of a λφ4 threedimensional O(n)-symmetric model obtained on the basis of six-loop renormalization-group expansions. Concrete numerical results are presented for physically interesting cases n = 1, n = 2, n = 3 and n = 0, as well as for 4 ≤ n ≤ 32 in order to clarify the general properties of the obtained series. The pseudo...

This article is a further contribution to our research [1] into a class of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras L∞(N+, N−) generalizing the standard W∞ algebra, viewed as a tensor operator algebra of SU(1, 1) in a group-theoretic framework. Here we interpret L∞(N+, N−) either as a infinite continuation of pseudo-unitary symmetries U(N+, N−), or as a “higher-U(N+, N−)-spin extension” of the diffeom...

We study the model theory of fields k carrying a henselian valuation with real closed residue field. We give a criteria for elementary equivalence and elementary inclusion of such fields involving the value group of a not necessarily definable valuation. This allows us to translate theories of such fields to theories of ordered abelian groups, and we study the properties of this translation. We...

We examine the equilibrium effort levels of individual players and groups in contests in which groups compete to win a group-specific public-good prize, the individual players n choose their effort levels simultaneously and independently, and the probability of winning for each group depends on the groups' effort levels. In the basic model, we first show that, in each group, only the highest-va...