We construct a generator system of the annihilator of a generalized Verma module of a reductive Lie algebra induced from a character of a parabolic subalgebra as an analogue of the minimal polynomial of a matrix.

A zero-nonzero pattern A is said to be potentially nilpotent over a field F if there exists a nilpotent matrix with entries in F having zero-nonzero pattern A. We explore the construction of potentially nilpotent patterns over a field. We present classes of patterns which are potentially nilpotent over a field F if and only if the field F contains certain roots of unity. We then introduce some ...

We show that every finitely generated nilpotent group of class 2 occurs as the quotient of a finitely presented abelian-by-nilpotent group by its largest nilpotent normal subgroup.

In the variety of all groups, A. I. Mal’cev [5] proved in 1949 that the free product of two residually torsion-free nilpotent groups is again residually torsion-free nilpotent. This paper is motivated by the analogous question in the variety of metabelian groups: can we determine whether free metabelian products of residually torsion-free nilpotent metabelian groups are residually torsion-free ...

Problem 1.(The Mapping Cone is a Homotopy Limit and a Homotopy Colimit) Let A be an Abelian category. Let A● and B● be objects in Ch●(A). Let f ● ∶ A● → B● be a morphism in Ch●(A). For every object T ● of Ch●(A), a left homotopy annihilator to T ● is a pair (Q●, σ●) of a morphism Q● ∶ B● → T ● in Ch●(A) and a nullhomotopy (σn ∶ An → T n−1)n∈Z of Q● ○ f ●, i.e., for every n ∈ Z, Q ○ f = dn−1 T ○...

LFSR-based stream ciphers with nonlinear filters or combiners are susceptible to algebraic attacks using linearization methods to solve an overdefined system of nonlinear equations. And this process is greatly enhanced if the filtering or combining function has a low degree annihilator. To prevent such an attack, one would choose the parameters of that function so that the degree of its annihil...

We consider an open problem on the stability of nonlinear nilpotent switched systems posed by Daniel Liberzon. Partial solutions to this problem were obtained as corollaries of global nice reachability results for nilpotent control systems. The global structure is crucial in establishing stability. We show that nice reachability analysis may be reduced to the reachability analysis of a specific...