Let $G$ be a finite group and let $V$ be a finite-dimensional $G$-module over a field $k$. We construct explicit counterexamples in characteristic $2$ to conjectures of Wehlau concerning norms. We give faithful four-dimensional representations of $C_2^3$ and $C_2^4$ over $\mathbb F_8$ for which every nonlinear orbit norm is decomposable; in the $C_2^4$ example, the invariant ring is polynomial, thereby disproving both Wehlau's norm conjecture and its unrestricted extension.
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $2$. We exhibit an explicit polynomial endomorphism $F: \mathbb{A}_k^3\to\mathbb{A}_k^3$ whose Jacobian determinant is identically $1$, whose induced extension of rational function fields has degree $3$, and which is nevertheless noninjective. Since $2\neq 3$, this gives a counterex...
We show that every faithful, transitive, and generically $(n+2)$-transitive action of a connected group $G$ on an irreducible variety $X$ of dimension $n>0$, all defined over an algebraically closed field $F$, is isomorphic to the natural action of the projective linear group $PGL_{n+1}(F)$ on the projective space $\ma...
We prove the Tate conjecture for abelian fivefolds over finite fields. The proof constructs correspondences for a residual motive using a Moret--Bailly family, Gross--Schoen heights, and monodromy. We also prove standard conjecture~$D_\ell$ over $\overline{\mathbf F}_p$ and independence of $\ell$ of rational cycle clas...
Let $A$ be a split finite-dimensional algebra over a field whose radical $J$ satisfies $J^3=0$, and let $s$ be the number of isomorphism classes of simple $A$-modules. We prove that a non-projective module $M$ with ${\rm Ext}_A^i(M,A)=0$ for all $i>0$ has a non-zero self-extension in some degree between $1$ and $3s+1$....
The determinant approximation conjecture states that for a residually finite group $G$ and a chain $G_i$ of finite index normal subgroups with trivial intersection, the Fuglede-Kadison determinant of every matrix over the group algebra $\mathbb{Q} G$ is the limit of the Fuglede-Kadison determinants of the matrix reduct...
Let $p, N \geq 5$ be primes such that $N \equiv 1 \bmod p$. We prove modularity theorems at levels $N$ and $N^2$, showing that suitable Eisenstein localizations of the weight-$2$ $p$-adic Hecke algebra at these levels are isomorphic to certain natural quotients of a universal pseudodeformation ring. This universal ring...
