Polynomiality of some hook-length statistics

We prove a conjecture of Okada giving an exact formula for a certain statistic for hook-lengths of partitions:

$\frac{1}{n!} \sum_{\lambda \vdash n} f_{\lambda}^2 \sum_{u \in \lambda} \prod_{i=1}^{r}\bigl(h_u^2 - i^2\bigr) = \frac{1}{2(r+1)^2} \binom{2r}{r}\binom{2r+2}{ r+1} \prod_{j=0}^{r} (n-j),$

where f _λ is the number of standard Young tableaux of shape λ and h _u is the hook length of the square u of the Young diagram of λ. We also obtain other similar formulas.

     

Endpoint asymptotics for Müntz–Legendre polynomials

Müntz–Legendre polynomials L _n (Λ;x) associated with a sequence Λ={λ _k } are obtained by orthogonalizing the system \((x^{\lambda_{0}},x^{\lambda_{1}},x^{\lambda_{2}},\dots)\) in L ₂[0,1] with respect to the Legendre weight. Under very mild conditions on Λ, we establish the endpoint asymptotics close to x=1. The main result is

$\lim_{n\to\infty}L_n\left(1-\frac{y^2}{4S_n}\right)=J_0\big(|y|\big)$

where \(S_{n}=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}(2\lambda_{k}+1)+\frac{2\lambda_{n}+1}{2}\) and J ₀ is the Bessel function of order 0.

     

On the nonexistence of solutions of some anisotropic elliptic and backward parabolic inequalities

We study the nonexistence of weak solutions of higher-order elliptic and parabolic inequalities of the following types: \(\sum {_{i = 1}^N\sum\nolimits_{{e_i} \leqslant {\alpha _i} \leqslant {m_i}} {D_{{x_i}}^{{\alpha _i}}\left( {{A_{{\alpha _i}}}\left( {x,u} \right)} \right)} \geqslant f\left( {x,u} \right),} x \in {\mathbb{R}^N}\), and \({u_t} + \sum {_{i = 1}^N\sum\nolimits_{{k_i} \leqslant {\beta _i} \leqslant {n_i}} {D_{{x_i}}^{{\beta _i}}\left( {{B_{{\beta _i}}}\left( {x,t,u} \right)} \right)} > g\left( {x,t,u} \right),\left( {x,t} \right)} \in {\mathbb{R}^N} \times {\mathbb{R}_ + }\), where l _i , m _i , k _i , n _i ∈ N satisfy the condition l _i , k _i > 1 for all i = 1,..., N, and A _αi (x, u), B _βi (x, t, u), f(x, u), and g(x, t, u) are some given Carathéodory functions. Under appropriate conditions on the functions A _αi , B _βi , f, and g, we prove theorems on the nonexistence of solutions of these inequalities.     

The smallest singular value of random rectangular matrices with no moment assumptions on entries

Let δ > 1 and β > 0 be some real numbers. We prove that there are positive u, v, N₀ depending only on β and δ with the following property: for any N,n such that N ≥ max(N₀, δ_n), any N × n random matrix A = (a_ij) with i.i.d. entries satisfying \({\sup _{\lambda \in \mathbb{R}}}P\left\{ {\left| {{a_{11}} - \lambda } \right| \leqslant 1} \right\} \leqslant 1 - \beta \) and any non-random N × n matrix B, the smallest singular value s_n of A + B satisfies \(P\left\{ {{s_n}\left( {A + B} \right) \leqslant u\sqrt N } \right\} \leqslant \exp \left( { - vN} \right)\). The result holds without any moment assumptions on the distribution of the entries of A.     

The Singular Set for a Semilinear Unstable Problem

We study the regularity of solutions of the following semilinear problem

$${\Delta}u = -\lambda_{+}(x) (u^{+})^{q}+\lambda_{-} (x) (u^{-})^{q} \qquad \text{in} \;\; B_{1}, $$

where B ₁ is the unit ball in ? ⁿ , 0 < q < ?1 and λ _± satisfy a Hölder continuity condition. Our main results concern local regularity analysis of solutions and their nodal set {u =?0}. The desired regularity is C ^[κ],κ?[κ] for κ =? 2/(1 ? q) and we divide the singular points in two classes. The first class contains the points where at least one of the derivatives of order less than κ is nonzero, the second class which is named \(\mathcal {S}_{\kappa }\), is the set of points where all the derivatives of order less than κ exist and vanish. We prove that \(\mathcal {S}_{\kappa }=\varnothing \) when κ is not an integer. Moreover, with an example we show that \(\mathcal {S}_{\kappa }\) can be nonempty if κ ∈ ?. Finally, a regularity investigation in the plane shows that the singular points in \(\mathcal {S}_{\kappa }\) are isolated.

     

On the derivative of the Minkowski question mark function ?(<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>)

Let x?=?[0; a ₁ , a ₂ , …] be the regular continued fraction expansion of an irrational number x ∈ [0, 1]. For the derivative of the Minkowski function ?(x) we prove that ?′(x)?=?+∞, provided that \( \mathop {{\lim \sup }}\limits_{t \to \infty } \frac{{{a_1} + \cdots + {a_t}}}{t} < {\kappa_1} = \frac{{2\log {\lambda_1}}}{{\log 2}} = {1.388^{+} } \), and ?′(x)?=?0, provided that \( \mathop {{\lim \inf }}\limits_{t \to \infty } \frac{{{a_1} + \cdots + {a_t}}}{t} > {\kappa_2} = \frac{{4{L_5} - 5{L_4}}}{{{L_5} - {L_4}}} = {4.401^{+} } \), where \( {L_j} = \log \left( {\frac{{j + \sqrt {{{j^2} + 4}} }}{2}} \right) - j \cdot \frac{{\log 2}}{2} \). Constants κ₁, κ₂ are the best possible. It is also shown that ?′(x)?=?+∞ for all x with partial quotients bounded by 4.     

Asymptotic distribution of singular values of powers of random matrices

Let x be a complex random variable such that \( {\mathbf{E}}x = 0,\,{\mathbf{E}}{\left| x \right|^2} = 1 \), and \( {\mathbf{E}}{\left| x \right|^4} < \infty \). Let \( {x_{ij}},i,j \in \left\{ {1,2, \ldots } \right\} \), be independent copies of x. Let \( {\mathbf{X}} = \left( {{N^{ - 1/2}}{x_{ij}}} \right) \), 1≤i,j≤N, be a random matrix. Writing X ^? for the adjoint matrix of X, consider the product X ^m X ^?m with some m ∈{1,2,...}. The matrix X ^m X ^?m is Hermitian positive semidefinite. Let λ₁,λ₂,...,λ _N be eigenvalues of X ^m X ^?m (or squared singular values of the matrix X ^m ). In this paper, we find the asymptotic distribution function \( {G^{(m)}}(x) = {\lim_{N \to \infty }}{\mathbf{E}}F_N^{(m)}(x) \) of the empirical distribution function \( F_N^{(m)}(x) = {N^{ - 1}}\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^N {\mathbb{I}\left\{ {{\lambda_k} \leqslant x} \right\}} \), where \( \mathbb{I}\left\{ A \right\} \) stands for the indicator function of an event A. With m=1, our result turns to a well-known result of Marchenko and Pastur [V. Marchenko and L. Pastur, The eigenvalue distribution in some ensembles of random matrices, Math. USSR Sb., 1:457–483, 1967].     

A remark on the values of binary linear forms at prime arguments

Let λ₁, λ₂ be positive real numbers such that \({\frac{{\lambda_1}}{{\lambda_2}}}\) is irrational and algebraic. For any (C, c) well-spaced sequence \({\mathcal {V} = \{{v_i}\}_{i = 1}^\infty}\) and δ > 0 let \({E( {\mathcal {V},X,\delta})}\) denote the number of elements \({v \in \mathcal {V}, v \le X}\) for which the inequality

$| {\lambda_1 p_1 + \lambda_2 p_2 - v} | < X^{- \delta}$

is not solvable in primes p ₁, p ₂. In this paper it is proved that

$E( {\mathcal {V},X,\delta}) \ll X^{\frac{4}{5} + \delta + \varepsilon}$

for any \({\varepsilon > 0}\). This result constitutes an improvement upon that of Brüdern, Cook, and Perelli for the range \({\frac{2}{{15}} < \delta < \frac{1}{5}}\).

     

Irreducible Modules Over Witt Algebras $\mathcal {W}_{n}$ and Over 𝖘𝖑n+1(ℂ)$\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})$

In this paper, by using the “twisting technique” we obtain a class of new modules A _b over the Witt algebras \(\mathcal {W}_{n}\) from modules A over the Weyl algebras \(\mathcal {K}_{n}\) (of Laurent polynomials) for any \(b\in \mathbb {C}\). We give necessary and sufficient conditions for A _b to be irreducible, and determine necessary and sufficient conditions for two such irreducible \(\mathcal {W}_{n}\)-modules to be isomorphic. Since \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\) is a subalgebra of \(\mathcal {W}_{n}\), all the above irreducible \(\mathcal {W}_{n}\)-modules A _b can be considered as \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-modules. For a class of such \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-modules, denoted by Ω_1?a (λ ₁, λ ₂, ? ,λ _n ) where \(a\in \mathbb {C}, \lambda _{1},\lambda _{2},\cdots ,\lambda _{n} \in \mathbb {C}^{*}\), we determine necessary and sufficient conditions for these \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-modules to be irreducible. If the \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-module Ω_1?a (λ ₁, λ ₂,? ,λ _n ) is reducible, we prove that it has a unique nontrivial submodule W _1?a (λ ₁, λ ₂,...λ _n ) and the quotient module is the finite dimensional \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-module with highest weight mΛ _n for some non-negative integer \(m\in \mathbb {Z}_{+}\). We also determine necessary and sufficient conditions for two \(\mathfrak {sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb {C})\)-modules of the form Ω_1?a (λ ₁, λ ₂,? ,λ _n ) or of the form W _1?a (λ ₁, λ ₂,...λ _n ) to be isomorphic.     

ON THE COADJOINT ORBITS OF MAXIMAL UNIPOTENT SUBGROUPS OF REDUCTIVE GROUPS

Let G be a simple algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 or a good prime for G. Let U be a maximal unipotent subgroup of G and \( \mathfrak{u} \) its Lie algebra. We prove the separability of orbit maps and the connectedness of centralizers for the coadjoint action of U on (certain quotients of) the dual \( \mathfrak{u} \)* of \( \mathfrak{u} \). This leads to a method to give a parametrization of the coadjoint orbits in terms of so-called minimal representatives which form a disjoint union of quasi-affine varieties. Moreover, we obtain an algorithm to explicitly calculate this parametrization which has been used for G of rank at most 8, except E₈.When G is defined and split over the field of q elements, for q the power of a good prime for G, this algorithmic parametrization is used to calculate the number k(U(q); \( \mathfrak{u} \)*(q)) of coadjoint orbits of U(q) on \( \mathfrak{u} \)*(q). Since k(U(q), \( \mathfrak{u} \)*(q)) coincides with the number k(U(q)) of conjugacy classes in U(q), these calculations can be viewed as an extension of the results obtained in [11]. In each case considered here there is a polynomial h(t) with integer coefficients such that for every such q we have k(U(q)) = h(q). We also explain implications of our results for a parametrization of the irreducible complex characters of U(q).     

Mean Square Estimates for Coefficients of Symmetric Power <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-Functions

Let L(sym ^j f,s) be the jth symmetric power L-function attached to a holomorphic Hecke eigencuspform f(z) for the full modular group, and \(\lambda_{\mathrm{sym}^{j}f}(n)\) denote its nth coefficient. In this paper we are able to prove that

$\int_{1}^{x}\bigg|\sum_{n\leq y}\lambda_{\mathrm{sym}^{3}f}(n)\bigg|^{2}dy=O\bigl(x^{2}\bigr),$

and

$\int_{1}^{x}\bigg|\sum_{n\leq y}\lambda_{\mathrm{sym}^{4}f}(n)\bigg|^{2}dy=O\bigl(x^{\frac{11}{5}}\log x\bigr).$

     

Groups equal to a product of three conjugate subgroups

Let G be a finite non-solvable group. We prove that there exists a proper subgroup A of G such that G is the product of three conjugates of A, thus replacing an earlier upper bound of 36 with the smallest possible value. The proof relies on an equivalent formulation in terms of double cosets, and uses the following theorem which is of independent interest and wider scope: Any group G with a BN-pair and a finite Weyl group W satisfies \(G = {\left( {B{n_0}B} \right)^2} = B{B^{{n_0}}}B\) where n₀ is any preimage of the longest element of W. The proof of the last theorem is formulated in the dioid consisting of all unions of double cosets of B in G. Other results on minimal length product covers of a group by conjugates of a proper subgroup are given.     

Estimates for sums of moduli of blocks in trigonometric Fourier series

We consider the following two problems. Problem 1: what conditions on a sequence of finite subsets A _k ? ? and a sequence of functions λ _k : A _k → ? provide the existence of a number C such that any function f ∈ L ₁ satisfies the inequality ‖U _A,Λ(f)‖ _p ≤ C‖f‖₁ and what is the exact constant in this inequality? Here, \(U_{\mathcal{A},\Lambda } \left( f \right)\left( x \right) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {\left| {\sum\nolimits_{m \in A_k } {\lambda _k \left( m \right)c_m \left( f \right)e^{imx} } } \right|}\) and c _m (f) are Fourier coefficients of the function f ∈ L ₁. Problem 2: what conditions on a sequence of finite subsets A _k ? ? guarantee that the function \(\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {\left| {\sum\nolimits_{m \in A_k } {c_m \left( h \right)e^{imx} } } \right|}\) belongs to L _p for every function h of bounded variation?     

Entropy and Widths of Multiplier Operators on Two-Point Homogeneous Spaces

In this article we continue the development of methods of estimating n-widths and entropy of multiplier operators begun in 1992 by A. Kushpel (Fourier Series and Their Applications, pp. 49–53, 1992; Ukr. Math. J. 45(1):59–65, 1993). Our main aim is to give an unified treatment for a wide range of multiplier operators Λ on symmetric manifolds. Namely, we investigate entropy numbers and n-widths of decaying multiplier sequences of real numbers \(\varLambda=\{\lambda_{k}\}_{k=1}^{\infty}\), |λ ₁|≥|λ ₂|≥?, \(\varLambda:L_{p}(\mathbb{M}^{d}) \rightarrow L_{q}(\mathbb{M}^{d})\) on two-point homogeneous spaces \(\mathbb{M}^{d}\): \(\mathbb{S}^{d}\), ? ^d (?), ? ^d (?), ? ^d (?), ?¹⁶(Cay). In the first part of this article, general upper and lower bounds are established for entropy and n-widths of multiplier operators. In the second part, different applications of these results are presented. In particular, we show that these estimates are order sharp in various important situations. For example, sharp order estimates are found for function sets with finite and infinite smoothness. We show that in the case of finite smoothness (i.e., |λ _k |?k ^?γ (lnk)^?ζ, γ/d>1, ζ≥0, k→∞), we have \(e_{n}(\varLambda U_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d}), L_{q}(\mathbb{S}^{d})) \ll d_{n}(\varLambda U_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d}), L_{q}(\mathbb{S}^{d}))\), n→∞, but in the case of infinite smoothness (i.e., \(|\lambda_{k}| \asymp e^{-\gamma k^{r}}\), γ>0, 0<r≤1, k→∞), we have \(e_{n}(\varLambda U_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d}), L_{q}(\mathbb{S}^{d})) \gg d_{n}(\varLambda U_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d}), L_{q}(\mathbb{S}^{d}))\), n→∞ for different p and q, where \(U_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d})\) denotes the closed unit ball of \(L_{p}(\mathbb{S}^{d})\).     

Matrix polynomial generalizations of the sample variance-covariance matrix when <Emphasis Type="Italic">pn</Emphasis><Superscript>−1</Superscript> → <Emphasis Type="Italic">y</Emphasis> ∈ (0, ∞)

Let {Z _u = ((ε_{u, i, j}))_p×n} be random matrices where {ε_{u, i, j}} are independently distributed. Suppose {A _i }, {B _i } are non-random matrices of order p × p and n × n respectively. Consider all p × p random matrix polynomials \(P = \prod\nolimits_{i = 1}^{k_l } {\left( {n^{ - 1} A_{t_i } Z_{j_i } B_{s_i } Z_{j_i }^* } \right)A_{t_{k_l + 1} } }\). We show that under appropriate conditions on the above matrices, the elements of the non-commutative *-probability space Span {P} with state p^?1ETr converge. As a by-product, we also show that the limiting spectral distribution of any self-adjoint polynomial in Span{P} exists almost surely.     

Moduli of Continuity of Harmonic Quasiregular Mappings in $\mathbb{B}^n$

We prove that ω _u (δ)?≤?Cω _f (δ), where \(u : \overline{\mathbb{B}^n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n\) is the harmonic extension of a continuous map \(f:\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^n\), if u is a K-quasiregular map. Here C is a constant depending only on n, ω _f and K and ω _h denotes the modulus of continuity of h.     

A Spectral Gap Estimate and Applications

We consider the Schrödinger operator

$$ \text{-} \frac{d^{2}}{d x^{2}} + V {\text{on an interval}}~~[a,b]~{\text{with Dirichlet boundary conditions}},$$

where V is bounded from below and prove a lower bound on the first eigenvalue λ ₁ in terms of sublevel estimates: if w _V (y) = |{x ∈ [a, b] : V (x) ≤ y}|, then

$$\lambda_{1} \geq \frac{1}{250} \min\limits_{y > \min V}{\left( \frac{1}{w_{V}(y)^{2}} + y\right)}.$$

The result is sharp up to a universal constant if {x ∈ [a, b] : V(x) ≤ y} is an interval for the value of y solving the minimization problem. An immediate application is as follows: let \({\Omega } \subset \mathbb {R}^{2}\) be a convex domain and let \(u:{\Omega } \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\) be the first eigenfunction of the Laplacian ? Δ on Ω with Dirichlet boundary conditions on ?Ω. We prove

$$\| u \|_{L^{\infty}({\Omega})} \lesssim \frac{1}{\text{inrad}({\Omega})} \left( \frac{\text{inrad}({\Omega})}{\text{diam}({\Omega})} \right)^{1/6} \|u\|_{L^{2}({\Omega})},$$

which answers a question of van den Berg in the special case of two dimensions.

     

On generalized Christoffel functions

The generalized Christoffel function λ _p,q,n (dμ;x) (0<p<∞, 0≦q<∞) with respect to a measure dμ on R is defined by

$\lambda_{p,q,n}(d\mu;x)=\inf_{Q\in\mathbf{P}_{n-1},\ Q(x)=1}\int_{\mathbf{R}} \big|Q(t)\big|^p {|t-x|}^q\, d\mu(t).$

The novelty of our definition is that it contains the factor |t?x| ^q , which is of particular interest. Its properties are discussed and estimates are given. In particular, upper and lower bounds for generalized Christoffel functions with respect to generalized Jacobi weights are also provided.

     

A Riemann-Hilbert Approach to the Chen-Lee-Liu Equation on the Half Line

In this paper, the Fokas unified method is used to analyze the initial-boundary value for the Chen- Lee-Liu equation

$i{\partial _t}u + {\partial_{xx}u - i |u{|^2}{\partial _x}u = 0}$

on the half line (?∞, 0] with decaying initial value. Assuming that the solution u(x, t) exists, we show that it can be represented in terms of the solution of a matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem formulated in the plane of the complex spectral parameter λ. The jump matrix has explicit (x, t) dependence and is given in terms of the spectral functions {a(λ), b(λ)} and {A(λ), B(λ)}, which are obtained from the initial data u₀(x) = u(x, 0) and the boundary data g₀(t) = u(0, t), g₁(t) = u_x(0, t), respectively. The spectral functions are not independent, but satisfy a so-called global relation.

     

Meromorphic Jost functions and asymptotic expansions for Jacobi parameters

We show that the parameters a _n , b _n of a Jacobi matrix have a complete asymptotic expansion

$a_n^2 - 1 = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{K(R)} {p_k (n)\mu _k^{ - 2n} + O(R^{ - 2n} ),} b_n = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{K(R)} {p_k (n)\mu _k^{ - 2n + 1} + O(R^{ - 2n} )} $

, where 1 < |µ_j| < R for j ? K(R) and all R, if and only if the Jost function, u, written in terms of z (where E = z + z ^?1) is an entire meromorphic function. We relate the poles of u to the µ_j’s.