On Some Rings of Arithmetical Functions

In this paper, we consider several constructions which from a given B-product * _B lead to another one We shall be interested in finding what algebraic properties of the ring are shared also by the ring . In particular, for some constructions the rings R _B and will be isomorphic and therefore have the same algebraic properties.     

On product expansions of generalized modular forms

We give examples of generalized modular forms with the property that their divisors are supported at the cusps and the exponents in their q-product expansions take infinitely many values.      

Weak -property in Σ-products

It is shown that each Σ-product of paracompact p-spaces has the weak -property.     

格的TL-模糊理想

本文研究了格的TL-模糊理想. 利用生成TL-模糊理想, 证明了一个模格的全体T_M-模糊理想形成一个完备的模格. 此外, 利用L-模糊集的投影和截影, 获得了将直积格的TL-模糊理想表示成分量格的TL-模糊理想的L-直积的一个充分必要条件. 所得结果进一步推广和发展了格的模糊理想的理论.     

On fuzzy B-algebras

The fuzzification of (normal) B-subalgebras is considered, and some related properties are investigated. A characterization of a fuzzy B-algebra is given.     

Pointwise and integral estimates for the B-Riesz potential in terms of B-maximal and B-fractional maximal functions

We study the maximal and fractional maximal functions and Riesz potentials that are generated by the generalized shift operator associated with the Laplace-Bessel operator. We obtain some pointwise and integral estimates that give a relation between the B-maximal and B-fractional maximal functions and B-Riesz potentials and extend the available results to the objects of a more general nature. Basing on these results, we prove interpolation theorems for the B-fractional maximal functions and B-Riesz potentials.     

B-Theory of Runge-Kutta methods for stiff volterra functional differential equations

B-stability andB-convergence theories of Runge-Kutta methods for nonlinear stiff Volterra functional differential equations (VFDEs) are established which provide unified theoretical foundation for the study of Runge-Kutta methods when applied to nonlinear stiff initial value problems (IVPs) in ordinary differential equations (ODEs), delay differential equations (DDEs), integro-differential equations (IDEs) and VFDEs of other type which appear in practice.     

Multiplicative character sums with the sum of g-ary Digits Function

We establish upper bounds for multiplicative character sums with the function σ_g (n) which computes the sum of the digits of n in a fixed base g ≥ 2. Our results may be viewed as analogues of some previously known results for exponential sums with sum of g-ary digits function. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11A63, 11B50, 11L40     

On the rearrangement estimates and the boundedness of the generalized fractional integrals associated with the Laplace-Bessel differential operator

We introduce the generalized fractional integrals (generalized B-fractional integrals) generated by the Δ _B Laplace-Bessel differential operator and give some results for them. We obtain O’Neil type inequalities for the B-convolutions and give pointwise rearrangement estimates of the generalized B-fractional integrals. Then we get the L _p,γ -boundedness of the generalized B-convolution operator, the generalized B-Riesz potential and the generalized fractional B-maximal function. Finally, we prove a sharp pointwise estimate of the nonincreasing rearrangement of the generalized fractional B-maximal function. V. S. Guliyev was partially supported by the grant of INTAS (Nr. 05-1000008-8157). Z. V. Safarov was partially supported by INTAS YS Post Doctoral Fellowship (Nr. 05-113-4671).     

Metacyclic groups and modular forms

In the paper we find the metacyclic groups of the form 〈a, b:a ^m=e, b ^s=e, b ⁻¹ ab=a ^r〉, wherem=3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 23, such that the modular forms associated with all elements of these groups by some faithful representation are multiplicative η-products. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 163–173, February, 2000.     

The Role of the Inner Product in Stopping Criteria for Conjugate Gradient Iterations

Two natural and efficient stopping criteria are derived for conjugate gradient (CG) methods, based on iteration parameters. The derivation makes use of the inner product matrix B-defining the CG method. In particular, the relationship between the eigenvalues and B-norm of a matrix is investigated, and it is shown that the ratio of largest to smallest eigenvalues defines the B-condition number of the matrix. Upper and lower bounds on various measures of the error are also given. The compound stopping criterion presented here is an obvious default in software packages because it does not require any additional norm computations.     

Game-perfect graphs

A graph coloring game introduced by Bodlaender (Int J Found Comput Sci 2:133–147, 1991) as coloring construction game is the following. Two players, Alice and Bob, alternately color vertices of a given graph G with a color from a given color set C, so that adjacent vertices receive distinct colors. Alice has the first move. The game ends if no move is possible any more. Alice wins if every vertex of G is colored at the end, otherwise Bob wins. We consider two variants of Bodlaender’s graph coloring game: one (A) in which Alice has the right to have the first move and to miss a turn, the other (B) in which Bob has these rights. These games define the A-game chromatic number resp. the B-game chromatic number of a graph. For such a variant g, a graph G is g-perfect if, for every induced subgraph H of G, the clique number of H equals the g-game chromatic number of H. We determine those graphs for which the game chromatic numbers are 2 and prove that the triangle-free B-perfect graphs are exactly the forests of stars, and the triangle-free A-perfect graphs are exactly the graphs each component of which is a complete bipartite graph or a complete bipartite graph minus one edge or a singleton. From these results we may easily derive the set of triangle-free game-perfect graphs with respect to Bodlaender’s original game. We also determine the B-perfect graphs with clique number 3. As a general result we prove that complements of bipartite graphs are A-perfect.      

An SQP algorithm for extended linear-quadratic problems in stochastic programming

Extended Linear-Quadratic Programming (ELQP) problems were introduced by Rockafellar and Wets for various models in stochastic programming and multistage optimization. Several numerical methods with linear convergence rates have been developed for solving fully quadratic ELQP problems, where the primal and dual coefficient matrices are positive definite. We present a two-stage sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method for solving ELQP problems arising in stochastic programming. The first stage algorithm realizes global convergence and the second stage algorithm realizes superlinear local convergence under a condition calledB-regularity.B-regularity is milder than the fully quadratic condition; the primal coefficient matrix need not be positive definite. Numerical tests are given to demonstrate the efficiency of the algorithm. Solution properties of the ELQP problem underB-regularity are also discussed.Supported by the Australian Research Council.     

Polynomials of Least Deviation from Zero

A new family of polynomials of least deviation from zero is defined on the unit disk B. Lower bounds for best approximations in the space L _p (B), p ≥ 1, are given.__________Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 78, no. 2, 2005, pp. 308–313.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by V. A. Yudin.     

Continuity Properties of Distributions with Some Decomposability

Absolute continuity and smoothness of distributions in the nested subclasses ~L _m (B), m = 0, 1, 2,..., of the class of all B-decomposable distributions are studied. All invertible matrices are classified into two types in terms of P.V. numbers. The minimum integer m for which all full distributions in ~L _m (B) are absolutely continuous and the minimum integer m for which all absolutely continuous distributions in ~L _m (B) have the densities of class C ^r for 0 r are discussed according to the type of the matrix B related to P.V. numbers.     

Representation of finite groups and the first Betti number of branched coverings of a universal Borromean orbifold

The paper studies the first homology of finite regular branched coverings of a universal Borromean orbifold called B _4,4,4ℍ³. We investigate the irreducible components of the first homology as a representation space of the finite covering transformation group G. This gives information on the first betti number of finite coverings of general 3-manifolds by the universality of B _4,4,4. The main result of the paper is a criterion in terms of the irreducible character whether a given irreducible representation of G is an irreducible component of the first homology when G admits certain symmetries. As a special case of the motivating argument the criterion is applied to principal congruence subgroups of B _4,4,4. The group theoretic computation shows that most of the, possibly nonprincipal, congruence subgroups are of positive first Betti number. This work is partially supported by the Sonderforschungsbereich 288.     

Interior and closure operators on bounded residuated lattice ordered monoids

GMV-algebras endowed with additive closure operators or with its duals-multiplicative interior operators (closure or interior GMV-algebras) were introduced as a non-commutative generalization of topological Boolean algebras. In the paper, the multiplicative interior and additive closure operators on DRl-monoids are introduced as natural generalizations of the multiplicative interior and additive closure operators on GMV-algebras.     

Properties A and B of nth Order Linear Differential Equations with Deviating Argument

Sufficient conditions for the nth order linear differential equation

Homotopy Theory of A∞ Ring Spectra and Applications to MU-Modules

We give a definition of a derivation of an A ring spectrum and relate this notion to topological Hochschild cohomology. Strict multiplicative structure is introduced into Postnikov towers and generalized Adams towers of A -ring spectra. An obstruction theory for lifting multiplicative maps is constructed. The developed techniques are then applied to show that a broad class of complex-oriented spectra admit structures of MU-algebras where MU is the complex cobordism spectrum. Various computations of topological derivations and topological Hochschild cohomology are made.