Let ${ M}_n$ be the algebra of all $n \times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{C}$. We say that $A, B \in { M}_n$ quasi-commute if there exists a nonzero $\xi \in \mathbb{C}$ such that $AB = \xi BA$. In the paper we classify bijective not necessarily linear maps $\Phi \colon M_n \to M_n$ which preserve quasi-commutativity in both directions.

It is well known that rather general mutation-recombination models can be solved algorithmically (though not in closed form) by means of Haldane linearization. The price to be paid is that one has to work with a multiple tensor product of the state space one started from. Here, we present a relevant subclass of such models, in continuous time, with independent mutation events at the sites, and crossover events between them. It admits a closed solution of the corresponding differential equation on the basis of the original state space, and also closed expressions for the linkage disequilibria, derived by means of M\"obius inversion. As an extra benefit, the approach can be extended to a model with selection of additive type across sites. We also derive a necessary and sufficient criterion for the mean fitness to be a Lyapunov function and determine the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions.

We introduce the notion of strongly projective graph, and characterise these graphs in terms of their neighbourhood poset. We describe certain exponential graphs associated to complete graphs and odd cycles. We extend and generalise a result of Greenwell and Lov\'asz \cite{GreLov}: if a connected graph $G$ does not admit a homomorphism to $K$, where $K$ is an odd cycle or a complete graph on at least 3 vertices, then the graph $G \times K^s$ admits, up to automorphisms of $K$, exactly $s$ homomorphisms to $K$.

We give a description of the monoid of Murray-von Neumann equivalence classes of projections for multiplier algebras of a wide class of $\sigma$-unital simple $C^\ast$-algebras $A$ with real rank zero and stable rank one. The lattice of ideals of this monoid, which is known to be crucial for understanding the ideal structure of the multiplier algebra $\mul$, is therefore analyzed. In important cases it is shown that, if $A$ has finite scale then the quotient of $\mul$ modulo any closed ideal $I$ that properly contains $A$ has stable rank one. The intricacy of the ideal structure of $\mul$ is reflected in the fact that $\mul$ can have uncountably many different quotients, each one having uncountably many closed ideals forming a chain with respect to inclusion.

In general, the tensor product, $A \otimes B$, of the lattices $A$ and $B$ with zero is not a lattice (it is only a join-semilattice with zero). If $A\otimes B$ is a {\it capped\/} tensor product, then $A\otimes B$ is a lattice (the converse is not known). In this paper, we investigate lattices $A$ with zero enjoying the property that $A\otimes B$ is a capped tensor product, for {\it every\/} lattice $B$ with zero; we shall call such lattices {\it amenable}. The first author introduced in 1966 the concept of a {\it sharply transferable lattice}. In 1972, H.~Gaskill defined, similarly, sharply transferable semilattices, and characterized them by a very effective condition (T). We prove that {\it a finite lattice $A$ is\/} amenable {\it if{}f it is\/} sharply transferable {\it as a join-semilattice}. For a general lattice $A$ with zero, we obtain the result: {\it $A$ is amenable if{}f $A$ is locally finite and every finite sublattice of $A$ is transferable as a join-semilattice}. This yields, for example, that a finite lattice $A$ is amenable if{}f $A\otimes\FL(3)$ is a lattice if{}f $A$ satisfies (T), with respect to join. In particular, $M_3\otimes\FL(3)$ is not a lattice. This solves a problem raised by R.~W.~Quackenbush in 1985 whether the tensor product of lattices with zero is always a lattice.