On a class of nonlinear problems involving a p(x)-Laplace type operator

We study the boundary value problem in Ω, u = 0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a smooth bounded domain in ℝ ^N . Our attention is focused on two cases when , where m(x) = max{p ₁(x), p ₂(x)} for any x ∈ or m(x) < q(x) < N · m(x)/(N − m(x)) for any x ∈ . In the former case we show the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for any λ > 0. In the latter we prove that if λ is large enough then there exists a nontrivial weak solution. Our approach relies on the variable exponent theory of generalized Lebesgue-Sobolev spaces, combined with a ℤ₂-symmetric version for even functionals of the Mountain Pass Theorem and some adequate variational methods.     

8-ranks of Class Groups of Some Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields

Let F = Q（√-p1p2） be an imaginary quadratic field with distinct primes p1 = p2 = 1 mod 8 and the Legendre symbol （p1/p2） = 1. Then the 8-rank of the class group of F is equal to 2 if and only Pl if the following conditions hold： （1） The quartic residue symbols （p1/p2）4 = （p2/p1）4 = 1; （2） Either both p1 and p2 are represented by the form a^2 ＋ 32b^2 over Z and p^h2＋（2p1）/4=x^2-2p1y^2,x,y∈Z,or both p1 and p2 are not represented by the form a^2 ＋ 32b^2 over Z and p^h2＋（2p1）/4=ε（2x^2-p1y^2）,x,y∈Z,ε∈{±1},where h＋（2p1） is the narrow class number of Q（√2p1）,Moreover, we also generalize these results.     

INJECTIVE MAPS ON PRIMITIVE SEQUENCES OVER Z/（p^e）

Let Z/(pe) be the integer residue ring modulo pe with p an odd prime and integer e ≥ 3. For a sequence (a) over Z/(pe), there is a unique p-adic decomposition (a) = (a)0 (a)1·p … (a)e-1 ·pe-1, where each (a)i can be regarded as a sequence over Z/(p), 0 ≤ i ≤ e - 1. Let f(x) be a primitive polynomial over Z/(pe) and G' (f(x), pe) the set of all primitive sequences generated by f(x) over Z/(pe). For μ(x) ∈ Z/(p)[x] with deg(μ(x)) ≥ 2 and gcd(1 deg(μ(x)),p- 1) = 1,set ψe-1 (x0, x1,…, xe-1) = xe-1·[ μ(xe-2) ηe-3 (x0, x1,…, xe-3)] ηe-2 (x0, x1,…, xe-2),which is a function of e variables over Z/(p). Then the compressing map ψe-1: G'(f(x),pe) → (Z/(p))∞,(a) (→)ψe-1((a)0, (a)1,… ,(a)e-1) is injective. That is, for (a), (b) ∈ G' (f(x), pe), (a) = (b) if and only if ψe - 1 ((a)0, (a)1,… , (a)e - 1) =ψe - 1 ((b)0,(b)1,… ,(b)e-1). As for the case of e = 2, similar result is also given. Furthermore, if functions ψe-1 and ψe-1 over Z/(p) are both of the above form and satisfy ψe-1((a)0,(a)1,… ,(a)e-1) = ψe-1((b)0,(b)1,… ,(b)e-1) for (a),(b) ∈ G'(f(x),pe), the relations between (a) and (b), ψe-1 and ψe-1 are discussed.     

On a separating solution of a recurrent equation

We consider the recurrent equation

Hua’s theorem with nine almost equal prime variables

We sharpen Hua’s result by proving that each sufficiently large odd integer N can be written as

A note on the non-commutative neutrix product of distributions

The distributionF(x ₊, −r) Inx₊ andF(x ₋, −s) corresponding to the functionsx ₊ ^−r lnx₊ andx ₋ ^−s respectively are defined by the equations

On some homotopical and homological properties of monoid presentations

If a monoid S is given by some finite complete presentation ℘, we construct inductively a chain of CW-complexes

Irreducibility of dynamics and representation of KMS states in terms of Lévy processes

Quantum systems described by the Schr?dinger operators with Φ being continuous functions such that the pseudo-differential operators Φ(p_j) generate Lévy processes, are considered. It is proven that the linear span of the operators is dense in the algebra of all observables in the σ-strong and hence in the σ-weak and strong topologies. Here are time automorphisms and the F’s are taken from families of multiplication operators obeying conditions described in the paper. This result implies that a linear functional continuous in either of these topologies is fully determined by its values on such products. In the case of KMS states this yields a representation of such states in terms of path integrals. Received: 22 December 2004     

Continuous spectrum for a class of nonhomogeneous differential operators

We study the boundary value problem in Ω, u = 0 on ∂Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in with smooth boundary, λ is a positive real number, and the continuous functions p ₁, p ₂, and q satisfy 1 < p ₂(x) < q(x) < p ₁(x) < N and for any . The main result of this paper establishes the existence of two positive constants λ₀ and λ₁ with λ₀ ≤ λ₁ such that any is an eigenvalue, while any is not an eigenvalue of the above problem.     

Inequalities of the Brunn–Minkowski type for Gaussian measures

Let be an integer, let γ be the standard Gaussian measure on , and let . Given this paper gives a necessary and sufficient condition such that the inequality is true for all Borel sets A ₁,...,A _m in of strictly positive γ-measure or all convex Borel sets A ₁,...,A _m in of strictly positive γ-measure, respectively. In particular, the paper exhibits inequalities of the Brunn–Minkowski type for γ which are true for all convex sets but not for all measurable sets.      

Ultraproducts of real interpolation spaces between L p -spaces

Let , be a family of compatible couples of L^p-spaces. We show that, given a countably incomplete ultrafilter in , the ultraproduct of interpolation spaces defined by the real method is isomorphic to the direct sum of an interpolation space of type , an intermediate K?the space between and being a purely atomic measure space, and a K?the function space K(Ω₃) defined on some purely non atomic measure space (Ω₃, ν₃) in such a way that Ω₂ ∪ Ω₃ ≠∅. The research of first and third authors is partially supported by the MEC and FEDER project MTM2004-02262 and AVCIT group 03/050.     

Ingham divisor problem with square-free numbers

For the number N(x) of solutions to the equation aq − bc = 1 in positive integers a, b, c and square-free numbers q satisfying the condition aq ≤ x the asymptotic formula

Small zeros of additive forms in several variables

Letf(X) be an additive form defined by

Estimates for functionals by deviations of the Riesz sums in seminormed spaces

Suppose that (X, p) is a sermonized space, is a linearly independent system of elements in X, is a sequence of linear bounded functionals such that c _k (x _l ) = δ _kl ,

Real moments of the restrictive factor

Let λ be a real number such that 0 < λ < 1. We establish asymptotic formulas for the weighted real moments Σ _n≤x R ^λ (n)(1 − n/x), where R(n) =$ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu - 1} } $ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu - 1} } is the Atanassov strong restrictive factor function and n =$ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu } } $ \prod\nolimits_{\nu = 1}^k {p_\nu ^{\alpha _\nu } } is the prime factorization of n.     

Approximation of discrete functions and Chebyshev polynomials orthogonal on the uniform grid

Let _N+2m ={−m, −m+1, …, −1, 0, 1, …,N−1,N, …,N−1+m}. The present paper is devoted to the approximation of discrete functions of the formf : _N+2m → ℝ by algebraic polynomials on the grid Ω _N ={0, 1, …,N−1}. On the basis of two systems of Chebyshev polynomials orthogonal on the sets Ω _N+m and Ω _N , respectively, we construct a linear operatorY _{n+2m, N} =Y _{n+2m, N} (f), acting in the space of discrete functions as an algebraic polynomial of degree at mostn+2m for which the following estimate holds (x ε Ω _N ):

Prime Chains and Pratt Trees

Prime chains are sequences $p_{1}, \ldots , p_{k}Prime chains are sequences p₁, ?, p_kp_{1}, \ldots , p_{k} of primes for which p_j+1 o 1{p_{j+1} \equiv 1} (mod p _j ) for each j. We introduce three new methods for counting long prime chains. The first is used to show that N(x; p) = O_e(x^1+e){N(x; p) = O_{\varepsilon}(x^{1+\varepsilon})}, where N(x; p) is the number of chains with p ₁ = p and p_k ￡ p_x{p_k \leq p_x}. The second method is used to show that the number of prime chains ending at p is ≍ log p for most p. The third method produces the first nontrivial upper bounds on H(p), the length of the longest chain with p _k = p, valid for almost all p. As a consequence, we also settle a conjecture of Erdős, Granville, Pomerance and Spiro from 1990. A probabilistic model of H(p), based on the theory of branching random walks, is introduced and analyzed. The model suggests that for most p ￡ x{p \leq x}, H(p) stays very close to e log log x.     

The generalized Roper-Suffridge extension operator in Banach spaces (III)

Suppose that X is a complex Banach space with the norm ‖·‖ and n is a positive integer with dim X ⩾ n ⩾ 2. In this paper, we consider the generalized Roper-Suffridge extension operator $ \Phi _{n,\beta _2 ,\gamma _2 , \ldots ,\beta _{n + 1} ,\gamma _{n + 1} } (f) $ \Phi _{n,\beta _2 ,\gamma _2 , \ldots ,\beta _{n + 1} ,\gamma _{n + 1} } (f) on the domain $ \Omega _{p_1 ,p_2 , \ldots ,p_{n + 1} } $ \Omega _{p_1 ,p_2 , \ldots ,p_{n + 1} } defined by

<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Besselian Frames in Banach Spaces

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of q-Besselian frame and （p, σ）-near Riesz basis in a Banach space, where a is a finite subset of positive integers and 1/p＋1/q = 1 with p 〉 1, q 〉 1, and determine the relations among q-frame, p-Riesz basis, q-Besselian frame and （p, σ）-near Riesz basis in a Banach space. We also give some sufficient and necessary conditions on a q-Besselian frame for a Banach space. In particular, we prove reconstruction formulas for Banach spaces X and X^＊ that if {xn}n=1^∞ C X is a q-Besselian frame for X, then there exists a p-Besselian frame {y＆＊}n=1^∞ belong to X^＊ for X^＊ such that x = ∑n=1^∞ yn^＊（x）xn for all x ∈ X, and x^＊ =∑n=1^∞ x^＊（xn）yn^＊ for all x^＊ ∈ X^＊. Lastly, we consider the stability of a q-Besselian frame for the Banach space X under perturbation. Some results of J. R. Holub, P. G. Casazza, O. Christensen and others in Hilbert spaces are extended to Banach spaces.     

Borwein's conjecture on average over arithmetic progressions

We provide asymptotic formulas for sums over arithmetic progressions of coefficients of products of the form