r-log-concavity of partition functions

The Ramanujan Journal - Let $$\hat{\mathscr {L}}$$ be the operator given by $$\hat{\mathscr {L}} \{a_n\}_{n \ge 0} = \{a_{n+1}^2 - a_{n} a_{n+2} \}_{n \ge 0}$$ . A sequence $$\{ a_n \}_{n \ge 0}$$...     

A generalized variety problem

Semigroup Forum - Let $${\mathscr {C}}\! om $$ denote the variety of all commutative semigroups. For $$n\ge 1$$ let $${{\mathscr {N}}\! il }_n$$ (respectively $${\mathscr {N}}_n$$ ) denote the...     

The depth of a reflexive polytope

Given arbitrary integers d and r with $$d \ge 4$$ and $$1 \le r \le d + 1$$ , a reflexive polytope $${\mathscr {P}}\subset {\mathbb R}^d$$ of dimension d with $$\mathrm{depth}\,K[{\mathscr {P}}] = r$$ for which its dual polytope $${\mathscr {P}}^\vee $$ is normal will be constructed, where $$K[{\mathscr {P}}]$$ is the toric ring of $${\mathscr {P}}$$ .     

ON THE GROWTH OF SOME RANDOM HYPERDIRICHLET SERIES

The paper considers the random L-Dirichlet seriesf(s,ω)=sum from n=1 to ∞ P_n(s,ω)exp(-λ_ns)and the random B-Dirichlet seriesψτ_0(s,ω)=sum from n=1 to ∞ P_n(σ iτ_0,ω)exp(-λ_ns),where {λ_n} is a sequence of positive numbers tending strictly monotonically to infinity, τ_0∈R is a fixed real number, andP_n(s,ω)=sum from j=1 to m_n ε_(nj)a_(nj)s~ja random complex polynomial of order m_n, with {ε_(nj)} denoting a Rademacher sequence and {a_(nj)} a sequence of complex constants. It is shown here that under certain very general conditions, almost all the random entire functions f(s,ω) and ψ_(τ_0)(s,ω) have, in every horizontal strip, the same order, given byρ=lim sup((λ_nlogλ_n)/(log A_n~(-1)))whereA_n=max |a_(nj)|.Similar results are given if the Rademacher sequence {ε_(nj)} is replaced by a steinhaus seqence or a complex normal sequence.     

On the role of arbitrary order Bessel functions in higher dimensional Dirac type equations

This paper exhibits an interesting relationship between arbitrary order Bessel functions and Dirac type equations. Let be the Euclidean Dirac operator in the n-dimensional flat space the radial symmetric Euler operator and α and λ be arbitrary non-zero complex parameters. The goal of this paper is to describe explicitly the structure of the solutions to the PDE system in terms of arbitrary complex order Bessel functions and homogeneous monogenic polynomials. Received: 27 October 2005     

Atomic sublattices and basic derivatives in finance

Positivity - Suppose that E is a vector lattice where the ordering and the lattice operations in E are defined pointwise by a countable family $${\mathcal {F}}=\{f_i|i\in {{\mathbf {N}}}\}$$ of...     

A Littlewood-Paley type inequality

In this note we prove the following theorem: Let u be a harmonic function in the unit ball and . Then there is a constant C = C(p, n) such that

Sufficient conditions for local equivalence of mappings

Let $$f,g:({\mathbb {R}}^n,0)\rightarrow ({\mathbb {R}}^m,0)$$ be $$C^{r+1}$$ mappings and let $$Z=\{x\in \mathbf {\mathbb {R}}^n:\nu (df (x))=0\}$$ , $$0\in Z$$ , $$m\le n$$ . We will show that if there exist a neighbourhood U of $$0\in {\mathbb {R}}^n$$ and constants $$C,C'>0$$ and $$k>1$$ such that for $$x\in U$$ $$\begin{aligned}&\nu (df(x))\ge C{\text {dist}}(x,Z)^{k-1}, \\&\left| \partial ^{s} (f_i-g_i)(x) \right| \le C'\nu (df(x))^{r+k-|s|}, \end{aligned}$$ for any $$i\in \{1,\dots , m\}$$ and for any $$s \in \mathbf {\mathbb {N}}^n_0$$ such that $$|s|\le r$$ , then there exists a $$C^r$$ diffeomorphism $$\varphi :({\mathbb {R}}^n,0)\rightarrow ({\mathbb {R}}^n,0)$$ such that $$f=g\circ \varphi $$ in a neighbourhood of $$0\in {\mathbb {R}}^n$$ . By $$\nu (df)$$ we denote the Rabier function.     

Bicomplex Quantum Mechanics: I. The Generalized Schrödinger Equation

We introduce the set of bicomplex numbers which is a commutative ring with zero divisors defined by where We present the conjugates and the moduli associated with the bicomplex numbers. Then we study the bicomplex Schr?dinger equation and found the continuity equations. The discrete symmetries of the system of equations describing the bicomplex Schr?dinger equation are obtained. Finally, we study the bicomplex Born formulas under the discrete symmetries. We obtain the standard Born’s formula for the class of bicomplex wave functions having a null hyperbolic angle.     

Lipschitz-Nikolski\imath constants and asymptotic simultaneous approximation on theM n -operatorsconstants and asymptotic simultaneous approximation on theM n -operators

This note is a study of approximation of classes of functions and asymptotic simultaneous approximation of functions by theM _n -operators of Meyer-König and Zeller which are defined by $$(M_n f)(x) = (1 - x)^{n + 1} \sum\limits_{k = 0}^\infty {f\left( {\frac{k}{{n + k}}} \right)} \left( \begin{array}{l} n + k \\ k \\ \end{array} \right)x^k , n = 1,2,....$$ Among other results it is proved that for 0<α≤1 $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } n^{\alpha /2} \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in Lip_1 \alpha } \left| {(M_n f)(x) - f(x)} \right| = \frac{{\Gamma \left( {\frac{{\alpha + 1}}{2}} \right)}}{{\pi ^{1/2} }}\left\{ {2x(1 - x)^2 } \right\}^{\alpha /2} $$ and if for a functionf, the derivativeD ^m+2 f exist at a pointx∈(0, 1), then $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } 2n[D^m (M_n f) - D^m f] = \Omega f,$$ where Ω is the linear differential operator given by $$\Omega = x(1 - x)^2 D^{m + 2} + m(3x - 1)(x - 1)D^{m + 1} + m(m - 1)(3x - 2)D^m + m(m - 1)(m - 2)D^{m - 1} .$$      

On the Evaluation of the Integral $$\int_0^{{\pi \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {\pi 4}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 4}} {\ln \left( {\cos ^{{m \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {m n}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} n}} \theta \pm \sin ^{{m \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {m n}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} n}} \theta } \right)d\theta } $$

The integral $$\int_0^{{\pi \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {\pi 4}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 4}} {\ln \left( {\cos ^{{m \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {m n}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} n}} \theta \pm \sin ^{{m \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {m n}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} n}} \theta } \right)d\theta } $$ where m and n are relatively prime positive integers, is evaluated exactly in terms of elementary functions and the Catalan constant G.     

Positively Convex Spaces

We give a construction of the left adjoint of the comparison functor in one step and we give a characterization of separated (finitely) positively convex spaces.     

A finite field approach to the Carlitz–Riordan q-Catalan numbers

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics - Let q be a prime power and $${\mathbb {F}}_q$$ be the finite field with q elements. Suppose that $$n\ge 1$$ and $${{\mathscr {F}}}=\{E_1,\ldots ,E_{2n-1}\}$$ is...     

Powers of the Catalan Generating Function and Lagrange''s 1770 Trinomial Equation Series

The Catalan numbers $1, 1, 2, 5, 14, 42, 132, 429, 1430, 4862,\ldots$ are given by $C(n)=\frac{1}{n+1}\binom{2n}{n}$ for $n\geq 0$. They are named for Eugene Catalan who studied them as early as 1838. They were also found by Leonhard Euler (1758), Nicholas von Fuss (1795), and Andreas von Segner (1758). The Catalan numbers have the binomial generating function $$\mathbf{C}(z) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}C(n)z^n = \frac{1 - \sqrt{1-4z}}{2z}$$ It is known that powers of the generating function $\mathbf{C}(z)$ are given by $$\mathbf{C}^a(z) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{a}{a+2n}\binom{a+2n}{n}z^n.$$ The above formula is not as widely known as it should be. We observe that it is an immediate, simple consequence of expansions first studied by J. L. Lagrange. Such series were used later by Heinrich August Rothe in 1793 to find remarkable generalizations of the Vandermonde convolution. For the equation $x^3 - 3x + 1 =0$, the numbers $\frac{1}{2k+1}\binom{3k}{k}$ analogous to Catalan numbers occur of course. Here we discuss the history of these expansions. and formulas due to L. C. Hsu and the author.     

An explicit formula for |FM(1+1+n)|

We show that the number of elements in FM(1+1+n), the modular lattice freely generated by two single elements and an n-element chain, is 1 $$\frac{1}{{6\sqrt 2 }}\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{n + 1} {\left[ {2\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {2k} \\ k \\ \end{array} } \right) - \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {2k} \\ {k - 2} \\ \end{array} } \right)} \right]} \left( {\lambda _1^{n - k + 2} - \lambda _2^{n - k + 2} } \right) - 2$$ , where \(\lambda _{1,2} = {{\left( {4 \pm 3\sqrt 2 } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( {4 \pm 3\sqrt 2 } \right)} 2}} \right. \kern-0em} 2}\) .     

An implication basis for linear forms

The main results of this paper are a generalization of the results of S. Fajtlowicz and J. Mycielski on convex linear forms. We show that if V_n is the variety generated by all possible algebras , where R denotes the real numbers and , for some , then any basis for the set of all identities satisfied by V_n is infinite. But on the other hand, the identities satisfied by V_n are a consequence of gL and μ_n, where μ_n is the n-ary medial law and the inference rule gL is an implication patterned after the classical rigidity lemma of algebraic geometry. We also prove that the identities satisfied by are a consequence of gL and μ_n iff {p₁, ... , p_n} is algebraically independent. We then prove analagous results for algebras of arbitrary type τ and in the final section of this paper, we show that analagous results hold for Abelian group hyperidentities. This paper is dedicated to Walter Taylor. Received July 16, 2005; accepted in final form January 12, 2006. The research of both authors was supported by an operating grant ODP0008215 from NSERC.     

Sharp Estimates for Deviations of Linear Approximation Methods for Periodic Functions by Linear Combinations of Moduli of Continuity of Different Order

Estimates for deviations are established for a large class of linear methods of approximation of periodic functions by linear combinations of moduli of continuity of different orders. These estimates are sharp in the sense of constants in the uniform and integral metrics. In particular, the following assertion concerning approximation by splines is proved: Suppose that is odd, . Then

Inequalities for derivatives of functions in the spaces <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>

  We obtain a new sharp inequality for the local norms of functions x ∈ L _{∞, ∞} ^r (R), namely,

Evaluation of the limits of maximal means

It is proved that the limit $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{\Delta \to \infty } \mathop {\sup }\limits_\gamma \tfrac{1}{\Delta }\int_0^\Delta {f(\gamma (t))dt} $$ , wheref: ? → ? is a locally integrable (in the sense of Lebesgue) function with zero mean and the supremum is taken over all solutions of the generalized differential equation γ ∈ [ω1, ω2], coincides with the limit $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{T \to \infty } \mathop {\sup }\limits_{c \geqslant 0} \varphi _f (k,{\mathbf{ }}T,{\mathbf{ }}c)$$ , where $$\varphi _f = \frac{{(k - 1)\bar I_f (T,c)}}{{1 + (k - 1)\bar \lambda _f (T,c)}},k = \frac{{\omega _2 }}{{\omega _1 }}$$ . Here ¯λf = λf /T, ¯ I_f =If/T, and λf is the Lebesgue measure of the set $$\{ \gamma \in [\gamma _0 ,\gamma _0 + T]:f(\gamma ) \geqslant c\} = A_f ,I_f = \int_{A_f } {f(\gamma )d\gamma } $$ . It is established that this limit always exists for almost-periodic functionsf.     

On an Essentially Algebraic Theory for Locally Presentable Categories

This paper presents a general construction, defining for each given strong generator in any locally finitely presentable category an essentially algebraic, finitary theory – maximal in a certain sense – such that is equivalent to the category of models of . For regular generators , generalization to the non-finitary case is easily done, and yields a new proof of the famous characterization of many-sorted quasivarieties.