p-Adic Multiresolution Analysis and Wavelet Frames

We study p-adic multiresolution analyses (MRAs). A complete characterization of test functions generating an MRA (scaling functions) is given. We prove that only 1-periodic test functions may be taken as orthogonal scaling functions and that all such scaling functions generate the Haar MRA. We also suggest a method for constructing sets of wavelet functions and prove that any set of wavelet functions generates a p-adic wavelet frame.     

Functions orthogonal to polynomials and their application in axially symmetric problems in physics

We investigate properties of sets of functions comprising countably many elements A_n such that every function A_n is orthogonal to all polynomials of degrees less than n. We propose an effective method for solving Fredholm integral equations of the first kind whose kernels are generating functions for these sets of functions. We study integral equations used to solve some axially symmetric problems in physics. We prove that their kernels are generating functions that produce functions in the studied families and find these functions explicitly. This allows determining the elements of the matrices of systems of linear equations related to the integral equations for considering the physical problems.     

To the question about the maximum principle for manifolds over local algebras

We consider manifolds over a local algebra A. We study basis functions of the canonical foliation which represent the real parts of A-differentiable functions. We prove that these are constant functions. We find the form of A-differentiable functions on some manifolds over local algebras, in particular, on compact manifolds. We obtain an estimate for the dimension of some spaces of 1-forms and analogs of the above results for the projective mappings of foliations.     

Boolean functions with MacWilliams duality

We introduce a new class of Boolean functions for which the MacWilliams duality holds, called MacWilliams-dual functions, by considering a dual notion on Boolean functions. By using the MacWilliams duality, we prove the Gleason-type theorem on MacWilliams-dual functions. We show that a collection of MacWilliams-dual functions contains all the bent functions and all formally self-dual functions. We also obtain the Pless power moments for MacWilliams-dual functions. Furthermore, as an application, we prove the nonexistence of bent functions in 2n variables with minimum degree n?k for any nonnegative integer k and n ≥ N with some positive integer N under a certain condition.     

Schur function identities, their t-analogs, and k-Schur irreducibility

We obtain general identities for the product of two Schur functions in the case where one of the functions is indexed by a rectangular partition, and give their t-analogs using vertex operators. We study subspaces forming a filtration for the symmetric function space that lends itself to generalizing the theory of Schur functions and also provides a convenient environment for studying the Macdonald polynomials. We use our identities to prove that the vertex operators leave such subspaces invariant. We finish by showing that these operators act trivially on the k-Schur functions, thus leading to a concept of irreducibility for these functions.     

On differential uniformity and nonlinearity of functions

We present results related to vectorial plateaued functions and mappings whose derivatives are 2^s-to-1 functions. The results in this note generalize facts about almost perfect nonlinear and almost bent functions. We investigate the connection between plateaued and 2^s-to-1 functions. We show that functions which are both plateaued and differentially uniform give rise to partial difference sets.     

Relating three nonlinearity parameters of vectorial functions and building APN functions from bent functions

We survey the properties of two parameters introduced by C. Ding and the author for quantifying the balancedness of vectorial functions and of their derivatives. We give new results on the distribution of the values of the first parameter when applied to F + L, where F is a fixed function and L ranges over the set of linear functions: we show an upper bound on the nonlinearity of F by means of these values, we determine then the mean of these values and we show that their maximum is a nonlinearity parameter as well, we prove that the variance of these values is directly related to the second parameter. We briefly recall the known constructions of bent vectorial functions and introduce two new classes obtained with Gregor Leander. We show that bent functions can be used to build APN functions by concatenating the outputs of a bent (n, n/2)-function and of some other (n, n/2)-function. We obtain this way a general infinite class of quadratic APN functions. We show that this class contains the APN trinomials and hexanomials introduced in 2008 by L. Budaghyan and the author, and a class of APN functions introduced, in 2008 also, by Bracken et al.; this gives an explanation of the APNness of these functions and allows generalizing them. We also obtain this way the recently found Edel?CPott cubic function. We exhibit a large number of other sub-classes of APN functions. We eventually design with this same method classes of quadratic and non-quadratic differentially 4-uniform functions.     

The modular properties and the integral representations of the multiple elliptic gamma functions

We show the modular properties of the multiple “elliptic” gamma functions, which are an extension of those of the theta function and the elliptic gamma function. The modular property of the theta function is known as Jacobi's transformation, and that of the elliptic gamma function was provided by Felder and Varchenko. In this paper, we deal with the multiple sine functions, since the modular properties of the multiple elliptic gamma functions result from the equivalence between two ways to represent the multiple sine functions as infinite products.We also derive integral representations of the multiple sine functions and the multiple elliptic gamma functions. We introduce correspondences between the multiple elliptic gamma functions and the multiple sine functions.     

Unitary Representations of the Quantum Lorentz Group and Quantum Relativistic Toda Chain

We give a group theory interpretation of the three types of q-Bessel functions. We consider a family of quantum Lorentz groups and a family of quantum Lobachevsky spaces. For three values of the parameter of the quantum Lobachevsky space, the Casimir operators correspond to the two-body relativistic open Toda-chain Hamiltonians whose eigenfunctions are the modified q-Bessel functions of the three types. We construct the principal series of unitary irreducible representations of the quantum Lorentz groups. Special matrix elements in the irreducible spaces given by the q-Macdonald functions are the wave functions of the two-body relativistic open Toda chain. We obtain integral representations for these functions.     

Noncommutative Symmetric Functions Iv: Quantum Linear Groups and Hecke Algebras at q = 0

We present representation theoretical interpretations ofquasi-symmetric functions and noncommutative symmetric functions in terms ofquantum linear groups and Hecke algebras at q = 0. We obtain inthis way a noncommutative realization of quasi-symmetric functions analogousto the plactic symmetric functions of Lascoux and Schützenberger. Thegeneric case leads to a notion of quantum Schur function.     

Recurrence relations for radial positive definite functions

In the theory of radial basis functions as well as in the theory of spherically symmetric characteristic functions recurrence relations are used to construct d-dimensional functions starting with lower-dimensional ones. We show that the operators used so far are special cases of one step recurrence relations for ?₂-radial positive definite functions. We further give the analogue for ?₁-radial functions and thereby define a turning bands operator for 1-symmetric characteristic functions.     

Sub-exponential decay of operator kernels for functions of generalized Schrödinger operators

We study the decay at large distances of operator kernels of functions of generalized Schrödinger operators. We prove sub-exponential decay for functions in Gevrey classes and exponential decay for real analytic functions.

     

Skew quasisymmetric Schur functions and noncommutative Schur functions

Recently a new basis for the Hopf algebra of quasisymmetric functions QSym, called quasisymmetric Schur functions, has been introduced by Haglund, Luoto, Mason, van Willigenburg. In this paper we extend the definition of quasisymmetric Schur functions to introduce skew quasisymmetric Schur functions. These functions include both classical skew Schur functions and quasisymmetric Schur functions as examples, and give rise to a new poset LC that is analogous to Young's lattice. We also introduce a new basis for the Hopf algebra of noncommutative symmetric functions NSym. This basis of NSym is dual to the basis of quasisymmetric Schur functions and its elements are the pre-image of the Schur functions under the forgetful map χ:NSym→Sym. We prove that the multiplicative structure constants of the noncommutative Schur functions, equivalently the coefficients of the skew quasisymmetric Schur functions when expanded in the quasisymmetric Schur basis, are nonnegative integers, satisfying a Littlewood–Richardson rule analogue that reduces to the classical Littlewood–Richardson rule under χ.As an application we show that the morphism of algebras from the algebra of Poirier–Reutenauer to Sym factors through NSym. We also extend the definition of Schur functions in noncommuting variables of Rosas–Sagan in the algebra NCSym to define quasisymmetric Schur functions in the algebra NCQSym. We prove these latter functions refine the former and their properties, and project onto quasisymmetric Schur functions under the forgetful map. Lastly, we show that by suitably labeling LC, skew quasisymmetric Schur functions arise in the theory of Pieri operators on posets.     

Complexity in Complex Analysis

We show that the classical kernel and domain functions associated to an n-connected domain in the plane are all given by rational combinations of three or fewer holomorphic functions of one complex variable. We characterize those domains for which the classical functions are given by rational combinations of only two or fewer functions of one complex variable. Such domains turn out to have the property that their classical domain functions all extend to be meromorphic functions on a compact Riemann surface, and this condition will be shown to be equivalent to the condition that an Ahlfors map and its derivative are algebraically dependent. We also show how many of these results can be generalized to finite Riemann surfaces.     

Theta Functions with Harmonic Coefficients over Number Fields

We investigate theta functions attached to quadratic forms over a number field K. We establish a functional equation by regarding the theta functions as specializations of symplectic theta functions. By applying a differential operator to the functional equation, we show how theta functions with harmonic coefficients over K behave under modular transformations.     

A unified theory of contra-(μ,λ)-continuous functions in generalized topological spaces

We introduce a new notion called contra-(μ,λ)-continuous functions as functions on generalized topological spaces?[8]. We obtain some characterizations and several properties of such functions. The functions enable us to formulate a unified theory of several modifications of contra-continuity due to Dontchev?[18].     

On Generalized Gaussian Quadratures for Exponentials and Their Applications

We introduce new families of Gaussian-type quadratures for weighted integrals of exponential functions and consider their applications to integration and interpolation of bandlimited functions.We use a generalization of a representation theorem due to Carathéodory to derive these quadratures. For each positive measure, the quadratures are parameterized by eigenvalues of the Toeplitz matrix constructed from the trigonometric moments of the measure. For a given accuracy ε, selecting an eigenvalue close to ε yields an approximate quadrature with that accuracy. To compute its weights and nodes, we present a new fast algorithm.These new quadratures can be used to approximate and integrate bandlimited functions, such as prolate spheroidal wave functions, and essentially bandlimited functions, such as Bessel functions. We also develop, for a given precision, an interpolating basis for bandlimited functions on an interval.     

Old friends revisited: the multifractal nature of some classical functions

We study some explicit functions introduced by Riemann, Jordan, Lévy, Kahane… These functions share the property of having a dense set of discontinuities. We prove that they are examples of multifractal functions.     

When separability of the space of ultra-extremal functions is preserved

Abstract

The ultrametrically injective hull T_X of an ultrametric space (X, d) is investigated by viewing it as the space of ultra-extremal functions over X. It turns out that the ultra-extremal functions are also ultra-Ka?etov functions, satisfying two inequalities derived from the strong triangle inequality. We shall compare the ultra-extremal functions with some classes of functions defined with the help of one of the two inequalities from the definition of ultra-Kat?tov functions. We shall consider the question of when separability of the space of ultra-extremal functions is preserved.