The unstable complex in Bruhat-Tits buildings for arithmetic groups over function fields

This paper establishes that for a principal congruence subgroup ΓGLr(K)\Gamma \subset GL_r(K) over a function field KK, the Γ\Gamma-unstable region of the Bruhat-Tits building for GLr(K)GL_r(K_\infty) is homotopy equivalent to the spherical Tits building for GLr(K)GL_r(K), extending Grayson's generalization of Serre's earlier result for GL2GL_2.

Gebhard Böckle, Sriram Chinthalagiri Venkata2026-03-11🔢 math

Optimal Control in Age-Structured Populations: A Comparison of Rate-Control and Effort-Control

This paper contrasts the mathematical structures and optimality conditions of rate-control versus effort-control harvesting in age-structured populations, demonstrating how the multiplicative, aggregate-dependent nature of effort-control introduces nonlocal coupling in the adjoint system that fundamentally distinguishes it from the additive rate-control formulation.

Jiguang Yu, Louis Shuo Wang2026-03-11🔢 math

Rate-Distortion Bounds for Heterogeneous Random Fields on Finite Lattices

This paper establishes a finite-blocklength rate-distortion framework for heterogeneous random fields on finite lattices that explicitly incorporates tile-based processing constraints, providing non-asymptotic bounds and a second-order expansion to quantify the effects of spatial correlation, heterogeneity, and tile size on compression performance.

Sujata Sinha, Vishwas Rao, Robert Underwood, David Lenz, Sheng Di, Franck Cappello, Lingjia Liu2026-03-11🔢 math

Finite-energy solutions to Einstein-scalar field Lichnerowicz equations on complete Riemannian manifolds

This paper establishes the existence and nonexistence of finite-energy solutions to singular Einstein-scalar field Lichnerowicz equations on complete Riemannian manifolds with low-regularity coefficients, utilizing ε\varepsilon-regularization, mountain pass arguments, and Harnack's inequality under specific spectral, geometric, and integrability conditions.

Bartosz Bieganowski, Pietro d'Avenia, Jacopo Schino2026-03-11🔢 math