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1. Every finite abelian group is the group of rational points of an ordinary abelian variety over 𝔽₂, 𝔽₃ and 𝔽₅

   https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16127  

   Marseglia, Stefano; Springer, Caleb (February 2023, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society)

   We show that every finite abelian group occurs as the group of rational points of an ordinary abelian variety over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$, ${\mathbb{F}}_3$and ${\mathbb{F}}_5$. We produce partial results for abelian varieties over a general finite field  ${\mathbb{F}}_q$. In particular, we show that certain abelian groups cannot occur as groups of rational points of abelian varieties over ${\mathbb{F}}_q$when $q$is large. Finally, we show that every finite cyclic group arises as the group of rational points of infinitely many simple abelian varieties over  ${\mathbb{F}}_2$. 

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2. On symmetric representations of 𝑆𝐿₂(ℤ)

   https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16205  

   Ng, Siu-Hung; Wang, Yilong; Wilson, Samuel (January 2023, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society)

   We introduce the notions of symmetric and symmetrizable representations of ${\mathrm{SL}}_2<\#comment/>\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$. The linear representations of ${\mathrm{SL}}_2<\#comment/>\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$arising from modular tensor categories are symmetric and have congruence kernel. Conversely, one may also reconstruct modular data from finite-dimensional symmetric, congruence representations of ${\mathrm{SL}}_2<\#comment/>\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$. By investigating a $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$-symmetry of some Weil representations at prime power levels, we prove that all finite-dimensional congruence representations of ${\mathrm{SL}}_2<\#comment/>\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$are symmetrizable. We also provide examples of unsymmetrizable noncongruence representations of ${\mathrm{SL}}_2<\#comment/>\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$that are subrepresentations of a symmetric one. 

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3. Classical freeness of orthosymplectic affine vertex superalgebras

   https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16548  

   Creutzig, Thomas; Linshaw, Andrew; Song, Bailin (October 2024, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society)

   The question of when a vertex algebra is a quantization of the arc space of its associated scheme has recently received a lot of attention in both the mathematics and physics literature. This property was first studied by Tomoyuki Arakawa and Anne Moreau (see their paper in the references), and was given the name \lq\lq classical freeness by Jethro van Ekeren and Reimundo Heluani [Comm. Math. Phys. 386 (2021), no. 1, pp. 495-550] in their work on chiral homology. Later, it was extended to vertex superalgebras by Hao Li [Eur. J. Math. 7 (2021), pp. 1689–1728]. In this note, we prove the classical freeness of the simple affine vertex superalgebra $L_n\left(\mathfrak{o}\mathfrak{s}{\mathfrak{p}}_{m|2r}\right)$for all positive integers $m,n,r$satisfying $-<\#comment/>\frac{m}{2}+r+n+1>0$. In particular, it holds for the rational vertex superalgebras $L_n\left(\mathfrak{o}\mathfrak{s}{\mathfrak{p}}_{1|2r}\right)$for all positive integers $r,n$. 

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4. A census of cubic fourfolds over 𝔽₂

   https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/4010  

   Auel, Asher; Kulkarni, Avinash; Petok, Jack; Weinbaum, Jonah (July 2025, Mathematics of Computation)

   We compute a complete set of isomorphism classes of cubic fourfolds over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$. Using this, we are able to compile statistics about various invariants of cubic fourfolds, including their counts of points, lines, and planes; all zeta functions of the smooth cubic fourfolds over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$; and their Newton polygons. One particular outcome is the number of smooth cubic fourfolds over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$, which we fit into the asymptotic framework of discriminant complements. Another motivation is the realization problem for zeta functions of $K3$surfaces. We present a refinement to the standard method of orbit enumeration that leverages filtrations and gives a significant speedup. In the case of cubic fourfolds, the relevant filtration is determined by Waring representation and the method brings the problem into the computationally tractable range. 

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5. Random walk on group extensions

   https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/9309  

   Golsefidy, S Alireza; Srinivas, Srivatsa (January 2025, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society)

   We study random walks on various group extensions. Under certain bounded generation and bounded scaled conditions, we estimate the spectral gap of a random walk on a quasi-random-by-nilpotent group in terms of the spectral gap of its projection to the quasi-random part. We also estimate the spectral gap of a random-walk on a product of two quasi-random groups in terms of the spectral gap of its projections to the given factors. Based on these results, we estimate the spectral gap of a random walk on the ${\mathbb{F}}_q$-points of a perfect algebraic group $\mathbb{G}$in terms of the spectral gap of its projections to the almost simple factors of the semisimple quotient of $\mathbb{G}$. These results extend a work of Lindenstrauss and Varjú and an earlier work of the authors. Moreover, using a result of Breuillard and Gamburd, we show that there is an infinite set $\mathcal{P}$of primes of density one such that, if $k$is a positive integer and $\mathbb{G}=\mathbb{U}⋊<\#comment/>({\mathrm{SL}}_2{)}_{\mathbb{Q}}^m$is a perfect group and $\mathbb{U}$is a unipotent group, then the family of all the Cayley graphs of $\mathbb{G}\left(\mathbb{Z}/\underset{i=1}{\overset{k}{\prod <\#comment/>}}{p}_i\mathbb{Z}\right)$, $p_i\in <\#comment/>\mathcal{P}$, is a family of expanders. 

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