Functions not first-return integrable

Benedetto Bongiorno constructed a certain class of improperly Riemann integrable functions on [0,1] which are not first-return integrable. He asked if all improper Riemann integrable functions which are not Lebesgue integrable are not first-return integrable. Recently David Fremlin provided a clever example to show that this is not the case. It remains open as to which functions are first-return integrable. We prove two general theorems which imply the existence of a large class of improperly Riemann integrable functions which are not first-return integrable. As a corollary we obtain that there is an improperly Riemann integrable function which is C^∞ on (0,1] yet fails to be first-return integrable.     

On some Dirichlet series related to the Riemann zeta function,I

On the assumption of the truth of the Riemann hypothesis for the Riemann zeta function we construct a class of modified von-Mangoldt functions with slightly better mean value properties than the well known function L\Lambda . For every e ? (0,1/2)\varepsilon \in (0,1/2) there is a [(L)\tilde] : \Bbb N ? \Bbb C\tilde {\Lambda} : \Bbb N \to \Bbb C such that¶ i) [(L)\tilde] (n) = L (n) (1 + O(n^-1/4  logn))\tilde {\Lambda} (n) = \Lambda (n) (1 + O(n^{-1/4\,} \log n)) and¶ii) ?_{n \leqq x} [(L)\tilde] (n) (1- [(n)/(x)]) = [(x)/2] + O(x^1/4+e) (x \geqq 2).\sum \limits_{n \leqq x} \tilde {\Lambda} (n) \left(1- {{n}\over{x}}\right) = {{x}\over{2}} + O(x^{1/4+\varepsilon }) (x \geqq 2).¶Unfortunately, this does not lead to an improved error term estimation for the unweighted sum ?_{n \leqq x} [(L)\tilde] (n)\sum \limits_{n \leqq x} \tilde {\Lambda} (n), which would be of importance for the distance between consecutive primes.     

On exponential sums over primes in short intervals

Let Λ(n) be the von Mangoldt function, x real and y small compared with x. This paper gives a non-trivial estimate on the exponential sum over primes in short intervals S₂(x,y;a)=?_{x < n ￡ x+y}L(n)e(n² a)S_2(x,y;{\alpha})=\sum_{x < n \le x+y}\Lambda(n)e(n^2 {\alpha}) for all α ∈ [0,1] whenever x^\frac23+e ￡ y ￡ xx^{\frac{2}{3}+{\varepsilon}}\le y \le x . This result is as good as what was previously derived from the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis.     

New Coins from Old, Smoothly

Given a (known) function f:[0,1]→(0,1), we consider the problem of simulating a coin with probability of heads f(p) by tossing a coin with unknown heads probability p, as well as a fair coin, N times each, where N may be random. The work of Keane and O’Brien (ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 4(2):213–219, 1994) implies that such a simulation scheme with the probability ℙ _p (N<∞) equal to 1 exists if and only if f is continuous. Nacu and Peres (Ann. Appl. Probab. 15(1A):93–115, 2005) proved that f is real analytic in an open set S⊂(0,1) if and only if such a simulation scheme exists with the probability ℙ _p (N>n) decaying exponentially in n for every p∈S. We prove that for α>0 noninteger, f is in the space C ^α [0,1] if and only if a simulation scheme as above exists with ℙ _p (N>n)≤C(Δ _n (p)) ^α , where \varDelta _n(x):=max{?{x(1-x)/n},1/n}\varDelta _{n}(x):=\max\{\sqrt{x(1-x)/n},1/n\}. The key to the proof is a new result in approximation theory: Let B⁺_n\mathcal{B}^{+}_{n} be the cone of univariate polynomials with nonnegative Bernstein coefficients of degree n. We show that a function f:[0,1]→(0,1) is in C ^α [0,1] if and only if f has a series representation ?_n=1^￥F_n\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}F_{n} with F_n ? B⁺_nF_{n}\in \mathcal{B}^{+}_{n} and ∑ _k>n F _k (x)≤C(Δ _n (x)) ^α for all x∈[0,1] and n≥1. We also provide a counterexample to a theorem stated without proof by Lorentz (Math. Ann. 151:239–251, 1963), who claimed that if some j_n ? B⁺_n\varphi_{n}\in\mathcal{B}^{+}_{n} satisfy |f(x)−φ _n (x)|≤C(Δ _n (x)) ^α for all x∈[0,1] and n≥1, then f∈C ^α [0,1].     

On a theorem of Marcinkiewicz and Zygmund

Let {ϕn(x)} be an orthonormal system on the closed interval [0,1], and let ∥ϕ _n ∥_∞ ≤M _n . In 1937 Marcinkiewicz and Zygmund obtained an estimate of the norm inL _q [0,1] of the sum of the series ∑ _n=1 ^∞ c _n ϕ _n (x) under the condition that {M _n } is monotone increasing. In this paper it is shown that this condition cannot be discarded. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 386–390, March, 1998. The author wishes to thank V. I. Kolyada for setting the problem and for his permanent attention to this work.     

On conjugacy of some systems of functions

Summary. We investigate the bounded solutions j:[0,1]? X \varphi:[0,1]\to X of the system of functional equations¶¶j(f_k(x))=F_k(j(x)),    k=0,?,n-1,x ? [0,1] \varphi(f_k(x))=F_k(\varphi(x)),\;\;k=0,\ldots,n-1,x\in[0,1] ,(*)¶where X is a complete metric space, f₀,?,f_n-1:[0,1]?[0,1] f_0,\ldots,f_{n-1}:[0,1]\to[0,1] and F₀,...,F_n-1:X? X F_0,...,F_{n-1}:X\to X are continuous functions fulfilling the boundary conditions f₀(0) = 0, f_n-1(1) = 1, f_k+1(0) = f_k(1), F₀(a) = a,F_n-1(b) = b,F_k+1(a) = F_k(b), k = 0,?,n-2 f_{0}(0) = 0, f_{n-1}(1) = 1, f_{k+1}(0) = f_{k}(1), F_{0}(a) = a,F_{n-1}(b) = b,F_{k+1}(a) = F_{k}(b),\,k = 0,\ldots,n-2 , for some a,b ? X a,b\in X . We give assumptions on the functions f_k and F_k which imply the existence, uniqueness and continuity of bounded solutions of the system (*). In the case X = \Bbb C X= \Bbb C we consider some particular systems (*) of which the solutions determine some peculiar curves generating some fractals. If X is a closed interval we give a collection of conditions which imply respectively the existence of homeomorphic solutions, singular solutions and a.e. nondifferentiable solutions of (*).     

Hausdorff dimension of the recurrence set of Gauss transformation

Let x₀ ? [0,1){x_0\in [0,1)} be an irrational number and {t _n } _n≥1 be a nondecreasing sequence of natural numbers. The recurrence set of Gauss transformation T is defined by

Measure preserving transformations of jump Lévy processes

Let x(t),t ? [ 0,1 ] \xi (t),t \in \left[ {0,1} \right] , be a jump Lévy process. By P_x {\mathcal{P}_\xi } we denote the law of in the Skorokhod space \mathbbD {\mathbb{D}} [0, 1]. Under some nondegeneracy condition on the Lévy measure Λ of the process, we construct a group of P_x {\mathcal{P}_\xi } -preserving transformations of the space \mathbbD {\mathbb{D}} [0, 1]. Bibliography: 10 titles.     

Regular left-continuous t-norms

A left-continuous (l.-c.) t-norm ⊙ is called regular if there is an n<ω such that the map x ↦ x⊙a has, for any a∈[0,1], at most n discontinuity points, and if the function mapping every a∈[0,1] to the set behaves in a specifically simple way. The t-norm algebras based on regular l.-c. t-norms generate the variety of MTL-algebras. With each regular l.-c. t-norm, we associate certain characteristic data, which in particular specifies a finite number of constituents, each of which belongs to one out of six different types. The characteristic data determines the t-norm to a high extent; we focus on those t-norms which are actually completely determined by it. Most of the commonly known l.-c. t-norms are included in the discussion. Our main tool of analysis is the translation semigroup of the totally ordered monoid ([0,1];≤,⊙,0,1), which consists of commuting functions from the real unit interval to itself.     

A Characterization of the free n-generated MV-algebra

An MV-algebra A=(A,0,¬,⊕) is an abelian monoid (A,0,⊕) equipped with a unary operation ¬ such that ¬¬x=x,x⊕¬0=¬0, and y⊕¬(y⊕¬x)=x⊕¬(x⊕¬y). Chang proved that the equational class of MV-algebras is generated by the real unit interval [0,1] equipped with the operations ¬x=1?x and x⊕y=min(1,x+y). Therefore, the free n-generated MV-algebra Free _n is the algebra of [0,1]-valued functions over the n-cube [0,1] ⁿ generated by the coordinate functions ξ _i ,i=1, . . . ,n, with pointwise operations. Any such function f is a McNaughton function, i.e., f is continuous, piecewise linear, and each piece has integer coefficients. Conversely, McNaughton proved that all McNaughton functions f: [0,1] ⁿ →[0,1] are in Free _n . The elements of Free _n are logical equivalence classes of n-variable formulas in the infinite-valued calculus of ?ukasiewicz. The aim of this paper is to provide an alternative, representation-free, characterization of Free _n .     

Coincidence of Least Uniform Deviations of Functions from Polynomials and Rational Fractions

For a given nonincreasing vanishing sequence {a _n } _{n = 0} of nonnegative real numbers, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for a sequence {n _k } _{k = 0} to have the property that for this sequence there exists a function f continuous on the interval [0,1] and satisfying the condition that , k = 0,1,2,..., where E _n (f) and R _n,m (f) are the best uniform approximations to the function f by polynomials whose degree does not exceed n and by rational functions of the form r _n,m (x) = p _n (x)/q _m (x), respectively.     

Asymptotic Behavior of Variable-Coefficient Toeplitz Determinants

For a continuous function s\sigma defined on [0,1]×\mathbbT[0,1]\times\mathbb{T}, let \ops\op\sigma stand for the (n+1)×(n+1)(n+1)\times(n+1) matrix whose (j,k)(j,k)-entries are equal to \frac1 2pò₀^2p s( \fracjn,e^iq) e^-i(j-k)q  dq,        j,k = 0,1,...,n . \displaystyle \frac{1} {2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi} \sigma \left( \frac{j}{n},e^{i\theta}\right) e^{-i(j-k)\theta} \,d\theta, \qquad j,k =0,1,\dots,n~. These matrices can be thought of as variable-coefficient Toeplitz matrices or as the discrete analogue of pseudodifferential operators. Under the assumption that the function s\sigma possesses a logarithm which is sufficiently smooth on [0,1]×\mathbbT[0,1]\times\mathbb{T}, we prove that the asymptotics of the determinants of \ops\op\sigma are given by det[\ops] ~ G[s]⁽ⁿ⁺¹⁾E[s]     \text as   n?￥ , \det \left[\op\sigma\right] \sim G[\sigma]^{(n+1)}E[\sigma] \quad \text{ as \ } n\to\infty~, where G[s]G[\sigma] and E[s]E[\sigma] are explicitly determined constants. This formula is a generalization of the Szegö Limit Theorem. In comparison with the classical theory of Toeplitz determinants some new features appear.     

On exponential sums over primes in short intervals

Let Λ(n) be the von Mangoldt function, x real and y small compared with x. This paper gives a non-trivial estimate on the exponential sum over primes in short intervals for all α ∈ [0,1] whenever . This result is as good as what was previously derived from the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis.     

Equidistribution of expanding measures with local maximal dimension and diophantine approximation

We consider improvements of Dirichlet’s Theorem on the space of matrices M_m,n(\mathbb R){M_{m,n}(\mathbb R)}. It is shown that for a certain class of fractals K ì [0,1]^mn ì M_m,n(\mathbb R){K\subset [0,1]^{mn}\subset M_{m,n}(\mathbb R)} of local maximal dimension Dirichlet’s Theorem cannot be improved almost everywhere. This is shown using entropy and dynamics on homogeneous spaces of Lie groups.     

Radon-Nikodym derivatives of finitely additive interval measures taking values in a Banach space with basis

Let X be a Banach space with a Schauder basis { en }, and let Φ( I ) = Σ∞ n=1 en∫I fn(t)dt be a finitely additive interval measure on the unit interval [0, 1], where the integrals are taken in the sense of Henstock-Kurzweil. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for Φ to be the indefinite integral of a Henstock-Kurzweil-Pettis (or Henstock, or variational Henstock) integrable function f : [0, 1] → X .     

Weak continuity of Riemann integrable functions in Lebesgue-Bochner spaces

In general, Banach space-valued Riemann integrable functions defined on [0, 1] （equipped with the Lebesgue measure） need not be weakly continuous almost everywhere. A Banach space is said to have the weak Lebesgue property if every Riemann integrable function taking values in it is weakly continuous almost everywhere. In this paper we discuss this property for the Banach space LX^1 of all Bochner integrable functions from [0, 1] to the Banach space X. We show that LX^1 has the weak Lebesgue property whenever X has the Radon-Nikodym property and X＊ is separable. This generalizes the result by Chonghu Wang and Kang Wan [Rocky Mountain J. Math., 31（2）, 697-703 （2001）] that L^1[0, 1] has the weak Lebesgue property.     

A development on approximation by monotone sequences of polynomials

Recently people proved that every f∈C[0,1] can be uniformly approximated by polynomial sequences {P_n}, {Q_n} such for any x∈[0,1] and n=1,2,… that {fx98-1}. For example, Xie and Zhou^[2] showed that one can construct such monotone polynomial sequences which do achieve the best uniform approximation rate for a continuous function. Actually they obtained a result as {fx98-2}, which essentially improved a conclusion in Gal and Szabados^[1]. The present paper, by optimal procedure, improves this inequality to {fx98-3}, where ɛ is any positive real number.     

The Nevai Condition

We study Nevai’s condition that for orthogonal polynomials on the real line, $K_{n}(x,x_{0})^{2}K_{n}(x_{0},x_{0})^{-1}\,d\rho(x)\to\delta_{x_{0}}We study Nevai’s condition that for orthogonal polynomials on the real line, K_n(x,x₀)²K_n(x₀,x₀)^-1 dr(x)?d_x0K_{n}(x,x_{0})^{2}K_{n}(x_{0},x_{0})^{-1}\,d\rho(x)\to\delta_{x_{0}} , where K _n is the Christoffel–Darboux kernel. We prove that it holds for the Nevai class of a finite gap set uniformly on the spectrum, and we provide an example of a regular measure on [−2,2] where it fails on an interval.     

The Generalized Multifractional Field: A Nice Tool for the Study of the Generalized Multifractional Brownian Motion

The Generalized Multifractional Brownian Motion (GMBM) is a continuous Gaussian process {X(t)}_{t ? [0,1]}\{X(t)\}_{t\in [0,1]} that extends the classical Fractional Brownian Motion (FBM) and the Multifractional Brownian Motion (MBM) [15, 4, 1, 1]. Its main interest is that, its Hölder regularity can change widely from point to point. In this article we introduce the Generalized Multifractional Field (GMF), a continuous Gaussian field {Y(x,y)}_{(x,y) ? [0,1] ²}\{Y(x,y)\}_{(x,y)\in [0,1]^{\,2}} that satisfies for every tt, X(t)=Y(t,t)X(t)=Y(t,t). Then, we give a wavelet decomposition of YY and using this nice decomposition, we show that YY is b\beta-Hölder in yy, uniformly in xx. Generally speaking this result seems to be quite important for the study of the GMBM. In this article, it will allow us to determine, without any restriction, its pointwise, almost sure, Hölder exponent and to prove that two GMBM's with the same Hölder regularity differ by a "smoother' process.     

Extensions of the measurable choice theorem by means of forcing

Using the method of forcing of set theory, we prove the following two theorems on the existence of measurable choice functions: LetT be the closed unit interval [0,1] and letm be the usual Lebesgue measure defined on the Borel subsets ofT. Theorem1. LetS⊂T×T be a Borel set such that for alltεT,S _t ^def={x|(t,x)εS} is countable and non-empty. Then there exists a countable series of Lebesgue-measurable functionsf _n: T→T such thatS _t={f_n(t)|nεω} for alltε[0,1],W _x={y|(x,y)εW} is uncountable. Then there exists a functionh:[0,1]×[0,1]→W with the following properties: (a) for each xε[0,1], the functionh(x,·) is one-one and ontoW _x and is Borel measurable; (b) for eachy, h(·, y) is Lebesgue measurable; (c) the functionh is Lebesgue measurable.