On Abelian Automorphism Groups of Hypersurfaces

Given integers $d\ge 3$ and $N\ge 3$. Let $G$ be a finite abelian group acting faithfully and linearly on a smooth hypersurface of degree $d$ in the complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^{N-1}$. Suppose $G\subset PGL(N, \mathbb{C})$ can be lifted to a subgroup of $GL(N,\mathbb{C})$. Suppose moreover that there exists an element $g$ in $G$ such that $G/\langle g\rangle$ has order coprime to $d-1$. Then all possible $G$ are determined (Theorem 4.3). As an application, we derive (Theorem 4.8) all possible orders of linear automorphisms of smooth hypersurfaces for any given $(d,N)$. In particular, we show (Proposition 5.1) that the order of an automorphism of a smooth cubic fourfold is a factor of 21, 30, 32, 33, 36 or 48, and each of those 6 numbers is achieved by a unique (up to isomorphism) cubic fourfold.Comment: 14 pages. Theorem 4.3 is restated and a gap in its original proof is fixed. To appear in Israel Journal of Mathematic

On the volume of a pseudo-effective class and semi-positive properties of the Harder-Narasimhan filtration on a compact Hermitian manifold

This paper divides into two parts. Let $(X,\omega)$ be a compact Hermitian manifold. Firstly, if the Hermitian metric $\omega$ satisfies the assumption that $\partial\overline{\partial}\omega^k=0$ for all $k$, we generalize the volume of the cohomology class in the K\"{a}hler setting to the Hermitian setting, and prove that the volume is always finite and the Grauert-Riemenschneider type criterion holds true, which is a partial answer to a conjecture posed by Boucksom. Secondly, we observe that if the anticanonical bundle $K^{-1}_X$ is nef, then for any $\varepsilon>0$, there is a smooth function $\phi_\varepsilon$ on $X$ such that $\omega_\varepsilon:=\omega+i\partial\overline{\partial}\phi_\varepsilon>0$ and Ricci$(\omega_\varepsilon)\geq-\varepsilon\omega_\varepsilon$. Furthermore, if $\omega$ satisfies the assumption as above, we prove that for a Harder-Narasimhan filtration of $T_X$ with respect to $\omega$, the slopes $\mu_\omega(\mathcal{F}_i/\mathcal{F}_{i-1})\geq 0$ for all $i$, which generalizes a result of Cao which plays a very important role in his studying of the structures of K\"{a}hler manifolds

Editorial for modelling, monitoring and fault-tolerant control for complex systems

This is the editorial for the special issue entitled ``Modelling, Monitoring and Fault-Tolerant Control for Complex Systems'' published in the Open Automation and Control Systems Journal

Discussion of ‘experimental investigation of shear strength of sands with inherent fabric anisotropy’ by Tong et al. (doi:10.1007/s11440-014-0303-6)

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