On character sums over flat numbers

Let q?2 be an integer, χ be any non-principal character mod q, and H=H(q)?q. In this paper the authors prove some estimates for character sums of the form

     

An almost sure central limit theorem for products of sums of partial sums under association

Let be a strictly stationary positively or negatively associated sequence of positive random variables with EX₁=μ>0, and VarX₁=σ²<∞. Denote , and γ=σ/μ the coefficient of variation. Under suitable conditions, we show that

     

Precise asymptotics in the deviation probability series of self-normalized sums

Let X,X₁,X₂,… be a sequence of nondegenerate i.i.d. random variables with zero means. Set Sn=X₁+?+Xn and . In the present paper we examine the precise asymptotic behavior for the general deviation probabilities of self-normalized sums, Sn/Wn. For positive functions g(x), ?(x), α(x) and κ(x), we obtain the precise asymptotics for the following deviation probabilities of self-normalized sums:

     

On certain exponential sums over primes

Let f(x) be a real valued polynomial in x of degree k?4 with leading coefficient α. In this paper, we prove a non-trivial upper bound for the quantity

     

Approximating reals by sums of two rationals

We generalize Dirichlet's diophantine approximation theorem to approximating any real number α by a sum of two rational numbers with denominators 1?q₁,q₂?N. This turns out to be related to the congruence equation problem with 1?x,y?q1/2+?.     

Some identities involving theta functions

Let (|q|<1). For k∈N it is shown that there exist k rational numbers A(k,0),…,A(k,k−1) such that

     

Partitions and sums with inverses in Abelian groups

Let G be an Abelian group and let be infinite. We construct a partition of A such that whenever (xn)_n<ω is a one-to-one sequence in A, g∈G and m<ω, one has

(g+FSI((xn)_n<ω))∩Am≠∅,     

On sums of binomial coefficients and their applications

In this paper we study recurrences concerning the combinatorial sum and the alternate sum , where m>0, n?0 and r are integers. For example, we show that if n?m-1 then

     

Combinatorial sums and finite differences

We present a new approach to evaluating combinatorial sums by using finite differences. Let and be sequences with the property that Δb_k=a_k for k?0. Let , and let . We derive expressions for g_n in terms of h_n and for h_n in terms of g_n. We then extend our approach to handle binomial sums of the form , , and , as well as sums involving unsigned and signed Stirling numbers of the first kind, and . For each type of sum we illustrate our methods by deriving an expression for the power sum, with a_k=k^m, and the harmonic number sum, with a_k=H_k=1+1/2+?+1/k. Then we generalize our approach to a class of numbers satisfying a particular type of recurrence relation. This class includes the binomial coefficients and the unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind.     

Sum rules for Jacobi matrices and divergent Lieb-Thirring sums

Let E_j be the eigenvalues outside [-2,2] of a Jacobi matrix with a_n-1∈?² and b_n→0, and μ^′ the density of the a.c. part of the spectral measure for the vector δ₁. We show that if b_n∉?⁴, b_n+1-b_n∈?², then

     

On the number of representations of certain integers as sums of 11 or 13 squares

Let r_k(n) denote the number of representations of an integer n as a sum of k squares. We prove that for odd primes p,

     

Lower bounds of Copson type for Hausdorff matrices

Let 1 ? p ? ∞, 0 < q ? p, and A = (a_n,k)_n,k?0 ? 0. Denote by L_p,q(A) the supremum of those L satisfying the following inequality:

     

Congruences for sums of binomial coefficients

Let q>1 and m>0 be relatively prime integers. We find an explicit period νm(q) such that for any integers n>0 and r we have

     

Some Zygmund type L inequalities for polynomials

Let p(z) be a polynomial of degree n which does not vanish in |z|<k. It is known that for each q>0 and k?1,

     

Incomplete higher-order Gauss sums

We consider the classical incomplete higher-order Gauss sums

     

Weyl sums in with digital restrictions

Let be a finite field and consider the polynomial ring . Let . A function , where G is a group, is called strongly Q-additive, if f(AQ+B)=f(A)+f(B) holds for all polynomials with degB<degQ. We estimate Weyl sums in restricted by Q-additive functions. In particular, for a certain character E we study sums of the form

where is a polynomial with coefficients contained in the field of formal Laurent series over and the range of P is restricted by conditions on f_i(P), where f_i (1ir) are Q_i-additive functions. Adopting an idea of Gel'fond such sums can be rewritten as sums of the form

with . Sums of this shape are treated by applying the kth iterate of the Weyl–van der Corput inequality and studying higher correlations of the functions f_i. With these Weyl sum estimates we show uniform distribution results.     

Inequalities for a polynomial and its derivative

Let , 1?μ?n, be a polynomial of degree n such that p(z)≠0 in |z|<k, k>0, then for 0<r?R?k, Dewan, Yadav and Pukhta [K.K. Dewan, R.S. Yadav, M.S. Pukhta, Inequalities for a polynomial and its derivative, Math. Inequal. Appl. 2 (2) (1999) 203-205] proved

     

Intersections of Leray complexes and regularity of monomial ideals

For a simplicial complex X and a field K, let .It is shown that if X,Y are complexes on the same vertex set, then for k?0