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   https://doi.org/10.1090/btran/153  

   Ni, Yi (January 2024, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Series B)

   We say a null-homologous knot $K$in a $3$-manifold $Y$has Property G, if the Thurston norm and fiberedness of the complement of $K$is preserved under the zero surgery on $K$. In this paper, we will show that, if the smooth $4$-genus of $K\times <\#comment/>\left\{0\right\}$(in a certain homology class) in $(Y\times <\#comment/>[0,1\left]\right)\mathrm{\#<\#comment/>}N\stackrel{¯<\#comment/>}{\mathbb{C}{P}^2}$, where $Y$is a rational homology sphere, is smaller than the Seifert genus of $K$, then $K$has Property G. When the smooth $4$-genus is $0$, $Y$can be taken to be any closed, oriented $3$-manifold. 

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2. On the maximal spectral type of nilsystems

   https://doi.org/10.1090/bproc/229  

   Ackelsberg, Ethan; Richter, Florian; Shalom, Or (September 2024, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Series B)

   Let $(G/\mathrm{\Gamma <\#comment/>},R_a)$be an ergodic $k$-step nilsystem for $k\ge <\#comment/>2$. We adapt an argument of Parry [Topology 9 (1970), pp. 217–224] to show that $L^2\left(G/\mathrm{\Gamma <\#comment/>}\right)$decomposes as a sum of a subspace with discrete spectrum and a subspace of Lebesgue spectrum with infinite multiplicity. In particular, we generalize a result previously established by Host–Kra–Maass [J. Anal. Math.124(2014), pp. 261–295] for $2$-step nilsystems and a result by Stepin [Uspehi Mat. Nauk24(1969), pp. 241–242] for nilsystems $G/\mathrm{\Gamma <\#comment/>}$with connected, simply connected $G$. 

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3. Simple closed curves in stable covers of surfaces

   https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/8940  

   Salter, Nick (May 2023, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society)

   Let $f:X\to <\#comment/>Y$be a regular covering of a surface $Y$of finite type with nonempty boundary, with finitely-generated (possibly infinite) deck group $G$. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for an integral homology class on $X$to admit a representative as a connected component of the preimage of a nonseparating simple closed curve on $Y$, possibly after passing to a “stabilization”, i.e. a $G$-equivariant embedding of covering spaces $X\hookrightarrow <\#comment/>X^{+}$. 

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4. Algebraic cobordism and a Conner–Floyd isomorphism for algebraic K-theory

   https://doi.org/10.1090/jams/1045  

   Annala, Toni; Hoyois, Marc; Iwasa, Ryomei (March 2024, Journal of the American Mathematical Society)

   We formulate and prove a Conner–Floyd isomorphism for the algebraic K-theory of arbitrary qcqs derived schemes. To that end, we study a stable $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category of non- ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-invariant motivic spectra, which turns out to be equivalent to the $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category of fundamental motivic spectra satisfying elementary blowup excision, previously introduced by the first and third authors. We prove that this $\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$-category satisfies ${\mathbb{P}}^1$-homotopy invariance and weighted ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy invariance, which we use in place of ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy invariance to obtain analogues of several key results from ${\mathbb{A}}^1$-homotopy theory. These allow us in particular to define a universal oriented motivic ${\mathbb{E}}_{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$-ring spectrum $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$. We then prove that the algebraic K-theory of a qcqs derived scheme $X$can be recovered from its $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$-cohomology via a Conner–Floyd isomorphism\[ ${\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}}^{\ast <\#comment/>\ast <\#comment/>}\left(X\right){\otimes <\#comment/>}_{\mathrm{L}}\mathbb{Z}\left[{\mathrm{\beta <\#comment/>}}^{\pm <\#comment/>1}\right]\simeq <\#comment/>\mathrm{K}{}^{\ast <\#comment/>\ast <\#comment/>}\left(X\right),$\]where $\mathrm{L}$is the Lazard ring and $\mathrm{K}{}^{p,q}\left(X\right)=\mathrm{K}{}_{2q-<\#comment/>p}\left(X\right)$. Finally, we prove a Snaith theorem for the periodized version of $\mathrm{M}\mathrm{G}\mathrm{L}$. 

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5. Products of normal subsets

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   Larsen, Michael; Shalev, Aner; Tiep, Pham (February 2024, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society)

   In this paper we consider which families of finite simple groups $G$have the property that for each $\mathrm{ϵ<\#comment/>}>0$there exists $N>0$such that, if $|G|\ge <\#comment/>N$and $S,T$are normal subsets of $G$with at least $\mathrm{ϵ<\#comment/>}|G|$elements each, then every non-trivial element of $G$is the product of an element of $S$and an element of $T$. We show that this holds in a strong and effective sense for finite simple groups of Lie type of bounded rank, while it does not hold for alternating groups or groups of the form ${\mathrm{P}\mathrm{S}\mathrm{L}}_n\left(q\right)$where $q$is fixed and $n\to <\#comment/>\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$. However, in the case $S=T$and $G$alternating this holds with an explicit bound on $N$in terms of $\mathrm{ϵ<\#comment/>}$. Related problems and applications are also discussed. In particular we show that, if $w_1,w_2$are non-trivial words, $G$is a finite simple group of Lie type of bounded rank, and for $g\in <\#comment/>G$, $P_{w_1\left(G\right),w_2\left(G\right)}\left(g\right)$denotes the probability that $g_1{g}_2=g$where $g_i\in <\#comment/>w_i\left(G\right)$are chosen uniformly and independently, then, as $|G|\to <\#comment/>\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}$, the distribution $P_{w_1\left(G\right),w_2\left(G\right)}$tends to the uniform distribution on $G$with respect to the $L^{\mathrm{\infty <\#comment/>}}$norm. 

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