Systems of quadratic Diophantine inequalities and the value distribution of quadratic forms

Let Q ₁,…,Q _r be quadratic forms with real coefficients. We prove that the set is dense in , provided that the system Q ₁(x) = 0,…,Q _r (x) = 0 has a nonsingular real solution and all forms in the real pencil generated by Q ₁,…,Q _r are irrational and have rank larger than 8r. Moreover, we give a quantitative version of the above assertion. As an application we study higher correlation functions of the value distribution of a positive definite irrational quadratic form. Author’s address: Institut für Statistik, Technische Universit?t Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria     

Uniform rates of approximation by short asymptotic expansions in the CLT for quadratic forms

Let X, X ₁, X ₂,… be i.i.d. \mathbbR^d {\mathbb{R}^d} -valued real random vectors. Assume that E X = 0 and that X has a nondegenerate distribution. Let G be a mean zero Gaussian random vector with the same covariance operator as that of X. We study the distributions of nondegenerate quadratic forms \mathbbQ[ S_N ] \mathbb{Q}\left[ {{S_N}} \right] of the normalized sums S _N  = N ^−1/2 (X ₁ + ⋯ + X _N ) and show that, without any additional conditions,

On the irrationality measure for certain series

Let K be either the rational number field \Bbb Q{\Bbb Q} or an imaginary quadratic field. We give irrationality results for the number q = ?_n=1^￥rⁿ/(qⁿ-r^l)\theta=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{r^n}/(q^n-r^l), where q (∣q∣ > 1) is an integer in K, r∈ K ^× (∣r∣ < ∣q∣), and 1 ￡ l ? \Bbb Z1\le l\in{\Bbb Z} with q ⁿ ≠ r ^l (n ≥ 1).     

Schur convexity and Schur multiplicative convexity for a class of symmetric functions with applications

For x = (x ₁, x ₂, …, x _n ) ∈ (0, 1 ] ⁿ and r ∈ { 1, 2, … , n}, a symmetric function F _n (x, r) is defined by the relation

Smooth Universal Taylor Series

Let W í \Bbb C\Omega \subseteq {\Bbb C} be a simply connected domain in \Bbb C{\Bbb C} , such that {￥} è[ \Bbb C \[`(W)]]\{\infty\} \cup [ {\Bbb C} \setminus \bar{\Omega}] is connected. If g is holomorphic in Ω and every derivative of g extends continuously on [`(W)]\bar{\Omega} , then we write g ∈ A^∞ (Ω). For g ∈ A^∞ (Ω) and z ? [`(W)]\zeta \in \bar{\Omega} we denote S_N (g,z)(z) = ?^N_l=0\fracg^(l) (z)l ! (z-z)^lS_N (g,\zeta )(z)= \sum^{N}_{l=0}\frac{g^{(l)} (\zeta )}{l !} (z-\zeta )^l . We prove the existence of a function f ∈ A^∞(Ω), such that the following hold:

A lower bound on the energy of travelling waves of fixed speed for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation

In this paper we consider the Gross-Pitaevskii equation iu _t = Δu + u(1 − |u|²), where u is a complex-valued function defined on \Bbb R^N×\Bbb R{\Bbb R}^N\times{\Bbb R} , N ≥ 2, and in particular the travelling waves, i.e., the solutions of the form u(x, t) = ν(x ₁ − ct, x ₂, …, x _N ), where c ? \Bbb Rc\in{\Bbb R} is the speed. We prove for c fixed the existence of a lower bound on the energy of any non-constant travelling wave. This bound provides a non-existence result for non-constant travelling waves of fixed speed having small energy.     

Inequalities for irregular Gabor frames

In [C.K. Chui and X.L. Shi, Inequalities of Littlewood-Paley type for frames and wavelets, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 24 (1993), 263–277], the authors proved that if {e^imbxg(x-na): m,n ? \Bbb Z}\{e^{imbx}g(x-na): m,n\in{\Bbb Z}\} is a Gabor frame for L²(\Bbb R)L^2({\Bbb R}) with frame bounds A and B, then the following two inequalities hold: A ￡ \frac2pb?_{n ? \Bbb Z}|g(x-na)|² ￡ B,     a.e.A\le \frac{2\pi}{b}\sum_{n\in{\Bbb Z}}\vert g(x-na)\vert^2\le B, \quad a.e. and A ￡ \frac1a?_{m ? \Bbb Z}|[^(g)](w-mb)|² ￡ B,     a.e.A\le \frac{1}{a}\sum_{m\in{\Bbb Z}}\vert \hat{g}(\omega-mb)\vert^2\le B, \quad a.e. . In this paper, we show that similar inequalities hold for multi-generated irregular Gabor frames of the form è_{1 ￡ k ￡ r}{e^{iáx, l?}g_k(x-m): m ? D_k, l ? L_k }\bigcup_{1\le k\le r}\{e^{i\langle x, \lambda\rangle}g_{k}(x-\mu):\, \mu\in \Delta_k, \lambda\in\Lambda_k \} , where Δ _k and Λ _k are arbitrary sequences of points in \Bbb R^d{\Bbb R}^d and g_k ? L²(\Bbb R^d)g_k\in{L^2{(\Bbb R}^d)} , 1 ≤ k ≤ r.     

Harmonicity of functions satisfying a weak form of the mean value property

Let W ì \Bbb Rⁿ\Omega \subset {\Bbb R}^n be a smooth domain and let u ? C⁰(W).u \in C^0(\Omega ). A classical result of potential theory states that¶¶-ò_{Sr([`(x)])</sub> u(x)ds(x)=u([`(x)])-\kern-5mm\int\limits _{S_{r}(\bar x)} u(x)d\sigma (x)=u(\bar x)¶¶for every [`(x)] ? W\bar x\in \Omega and r > 0r>0 if and only if¶¶Du=0 in W.\Delta u=0 \hbox { in } \Omega.¶¶Here -ò<sub>Sr([`(x)])} u(x)ds(x)-\kern-5mm\int\limits _{S_{r}(\bar x)} u(x)d\sigma (x) denotes the average of u on the sphere S_r([`(x)])S_r(\bar x) of center [`(x)]\bar x and radius r. Our main result, which is a "localized" version of the above result, states:¶¶Theorem. Let u ? W^2,1(W)u\in W^{2,1}(\Omega ) and let x ? Wx\in \Omega be a Lebesgue point of Du\Delta u such that¶¶-ò_Sr([`(x)]) u d s- a = o(r²)-\kern-5mm\int\limits _{S_{r}(\bar x)} u d \sigma - \alpha =o(r^2)¶¶for some a ? \Bbb R\alpha \in \Bbb R and all sufficiently small r > 0.r>0. Then¶¶Du(x)=0.\Delta u(x)=0.     

On the singularities of residual intertwining operators

Let G be a reductive algebraic group defined over \Bbb Q {\Bbb Q} . Let P, P' be parabolic subgroups of G, defined over \Bbb Q {\Bbb Q} , and let _boxclose_boxclose, a_P') t \in W({\frak a}_{P}, {\frak a}_{P'}) . In this paper we study the intertwining operator M_P￠|P(t,l), l ? \frak a^*_{P,\Bbb C} M_{P' \vert P}(t,\lambda),\,\lambda \in {\frak a}^*_{P,{\Bbb C}} , acting in corresponding spaces of automorphic forms. One of the main results states that each matrix coefficient of M_P￠|P(t,l) M_{P' \vert P}(t,\lambda) is a meromorphic function of order ￡ n + 1 \le n + 1 , where n = dim G. Using this result, we further investigate the rank one intertwining operators, in particular, we study the distribution of their poles.     

Commutators of BMO functions and degenerate Schr?dinger operators with certain nonnegative potentials

Let Lf(x)=-\frac1w?_i,j ?_i(a_i,j(·)?_jf)(x)+V(x)f(x){\mathcal{L}f(x)=-\frac{1}{\omega}\sum_{i,j} \partial_i(a_{i,j}(\cdot)\partial_jf)(x)+V(x)f(x)} with the non-negative potential V belonging to reverse H?lder class with respect to the measure ω(x)dx, where ω(x) satisfies the A ₂ condition of Muckenhoupt and a _i,j (x) is a real symmetric matrix satisfying l^-1w(x)|x|² ￡ ?ⁿ_i,j=1a_i,j(x)x_ix_j ￡ lw(x)|x|².{\lambda^{-1}\omega(x)|\xi|^2\le \sum^n_{i,j=1}a_{i,j}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\le\lambda\omega(x)|\xi|^2. } We obtain some estimates for V^aL^-a{V^{\alpha}\mathcal{L}^{-\alpha}} on the weighted L ^p spaces and we study the weighted L ^p boundedness of the commutator [b, V^a L^-a]{[b, V^{\alpha} \mathcal{L}^{-\alpha}]} when b ? BMO_w{b\in BMO_\omega} and 0 < α ≤ 1.     

On products of k atoms

Let H be an atomic monoid. For k ? \Bbb Nk \in {\Bbb N} let V_k (H){\cal V}_k (H) denote the set of all m ? \Bbb Nm \in {\Bbb N} with the following property: There exist atoms (irreducible elements) u ₁, …, u _k , v ₁, …, v _m ∈ H with u ₁· … · u _k = v ₁ · … · v _m . We show that for a large class of noetherian domains satisfying some natural finiteness conditions, the sets V_k (H){\cal V}_k (H) are almost arithmetical progressions. Suppose that H is a Krull monoid with finite cyclic class group G such that every class contains a prime (this includes the multiplicative monoids of rings of integers of algebraic number fields). We show that, for every k ? \Bbb Nk \in {\Bbb N}, max V_2k+1 (H) = k |G|+ 1{\cal V}_{2k+1} (H) = k \vert G\vert + 1 which settles Problem 38 in [4].     

Homogenization for strongly anisotropic nonlinear elliptic equations

In this paper we present homogenization results for elliptic degenerate differential equations describing strongly anisotropic media. More precisely, we study the limit as e? 0 \epsilon \to 0 of the following Dirichlet problems with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients:¶¶ . \cases {{ -div(\alpha(\frac{x}{\epsilon}}, \nabla u) A(\frac{x}{\epsilon}) \nabla u) = f(x) \in L^{\infty}(\Omega) \atop u = 0 su \eth\Omega\ } ¶¶where, p > 1,     a: \Bbb Rⁿ ×\Bbb Rⁿ ? \Bbb R,     a(y,x) ? áA(y)x,x?^p/2-1, A ? M^{n ×n}(\Bbb R) p>1, \quad \alpha : \Bbb R^n \times \Bbb R^n \to \Bbb R, \quad \alpha(y,\xi) \approx \langle A(y)\xi,\xi \rangle ^{p/2-1}, A \in M^{n \times n}(\Bbb R) , A being a measurable periodic matrix such that A^t(x) = A(x) 3 0A^t(x) = A(x) \ge 0 almost everywhere.¶¶The anisotropy of the medium is described by the following structure hypothesis on the matrix A:¶¶l^2/p(x) |x|² ￡ áA(x)x,x? ￡ L ^2/p(x) |x|², \lambda^{2/p}(x) |\xi|^2 \leq \langle A(x)\xi,\xi \rangle \leq \Lambda ^{2/p}(x) |\xi|^2, ¶¶where the weight functions l \lambda and L \Lambda (satisfying suitable summability assumptions) can vanish or blow up, and can also be "moderately" different. The convergence to the homogenized problem is obtained by a classical compensated compactness argument, that had to be extended to two-weight Sobolev spaces.     

Two-dimensional complex tori with multiplication by $\sqrt {d}$

We give an elementary argument for the well known fact that the endomorphism algebra End(A)?\Bbb Q {\rm {End}}(A)\otimes {\Bbb Q } of a simple complex abelian surface A can neither be an imaginary quadratic field nor a definite quaternion algebra. Another consequence of our argument is that a two-dimensional complex torus T with \Bbb Q (?d)\hookrightarrow End_{\Bbb Q} (T){\Bbb Q }(\sqrt {d})\hookrightarrow {\rm{End_{{\Bbb Q }}}}(T) where \Bbb Q (?d){\Bbb Q }(\sqrt {d}) is real quadratic, is algebraic.     

Boundedness of maximal,potential type,and singular integral operators in the generalized variable exponent Morrey type spaces

We consider generalized Morrey type spaces M^{p( ·),q( ·),w( ·)}( W) {\mathcal{M}^{p\left( \cdot \right),\theta \left( \cdot \right),\omega \left( \cdot \right)}}\left( \Omega \right) with variable exponents p(x), θ(r) and a general function ω(x, r) defining a Morrey type norm. In the case of bounded sets W ì \mathbbRⁿ \Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}^n} , we prove the boundedness of the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator and Calderón–Zygmund singular integral operators with standard kernel. We prove a Sobolev–Adams type embedding theorem M^{p( ·),q₁( ·),w₁( ·)}( W) ? M^{q( ·),q₂( ·),w₂( ·)}( W) {\mathcal{M}^{p\left( \cdot \right),{\theta_1}\left( \cdot \right),{\omega_1}\left( \cdot \right)}}\left( \Omega \right) \to {\mathcal{M}^{q\left( \cdot \right),{\theta_2}\left( \cdot \right),{\omega_2}\left( \cdot \right)}}\left( \Omega \right) for the potential type operator I ^α(·) of variable order. In all the cases, we do not impose any monotonicity type conditions on ω(x, r) with respect to r. Bibliography: 40 titles.     

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.     

Uniform estimates for order statistics and Orlicz functions

We establish uniform estimates for order statistics: Given a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables ξ ₁, … , ξ _n and a vector of scalars x = (x ₁, … , x _n ), and 1 ≤ k ≤ n, we provide estimates for \mathbb E   k-min_{1 ￡ i ￡ n} |x_ix_i|{\mathbb E \, \, k-{\rm min}_{1\leq i\leq n} |x_{i}\xi _{i}|} and \mathbb E k-max_{1 ￡ i ￡ n}|x_ix_i|{\mathbb E\,k-{\rm max}_{1\leq i\leq n}|x_{i}\xi_{i}|} in terms of the values k and the Orlicz norm ||y_x||_M{\|y_x\|_M} of the vector y _x  = (1/x ₁, … , 1/x _n ). Here M(t) is the appropriate Orlicz function associated with the distribution function of the random variable |ξ ₁|, G(t) = \mathbb P ({ |x₁| ￡ t}){G(t) =\mathbb P \left(\left\{ |\xi_1| \leq t\right\}\right)}. For example, if ξ ₁ is the standard N(0, 1) Gaussian random variable, then G(t) = ?{\tfrac2p}ò₀^t e^-\fracs22ds {G(t)= \sqrt{\tfrac{2}{\pi}}\int_{0}^t e^{-\frac{s^{2}}{2}}ds }  and M(s)=?{\tfrac2p}ò₀^se^-\frac12t2dt{M(s)=\sqrt{\tfrac{2}{\pi}}\int_{0}^{s}e^{-\frac{1}{2t^{2}}}dt}. We would like to emphasize that our estimates do not depend on the length n of the sequence.     

Vector-valued Jacobi-like forms

We introduce vector-valued Jacobi-like forms associated to a representation r: G? GL(n,\Bbb C)\rho: \Gamma \rightarrow GL(n,{\Bbb C}) of a discrete subgroup G ì SL(2,\Bbb C)\Gamma \subset SL(2,{\Bbb C}) in \Bbb Cⁿ{\Bbb C}^n and establish a correspondence between such vector-valued Jacobi-like forms and sequences of vector-valued modular forms of different weights with respect to ρ. We determine a lifting of vector-valued modular forms to vector-valued Jacobi-like forms as well as a lifting of scalar-valued Jacobi-like forms to vector-valued Jacobi-like forms. We also construct Rankin-Cohen brackets for vector-valued modular forms.     

On the error terms for representation numbers of quadratic forms

Let f be a primitive positive integral binary quadratic form of discriminant −D, and r _f (n) the number of representations of n by f up to automorphisms of f. We first improve the error term E(x) of $ \sum\limits_{n \leqq x} {r_f (n)^\beta } $ \sum\limits_{n \leqq x} {r_f (n)^\beta } for any positive integer β. Next, we give an estimate of ∫₁ ^T |E(x)|² x ^−3/2 dx when β = 1.     

Geometric progressions in sumsets over finite fields

Given two sets A, B í \Bbb F_q^d{\cal A}, {\cal B}\subseteq {\Bbb F}_q^d , the set of d dimensional vectors over the finite field \Bbb F_q{\Bbb F}_q with q elements, we show that the sumset A+B = {a+b | a ? A, b ? B}{\cal A}+{\cal B} = \{{\bf a}+{\bf b}\ \vert\ {\bf a} \in {\cal A}, {\bf b} \in {\cal B}\} contains a geometric progression of length k of the form vΛ ^j , where j = 0,…, k − 1, with a nonzero vector v ? \Bbb F_q^d{\bf v} \in {\Bbb F}_q^d and a nonsingular d × d matrix Λ whenever # A # B 3 20 q^2d-2/k\# {\cal A} \# {\cal B} \ge 20 q^{2d-2/k} . We also consider some modifications of this problem including the question of the existence of elements of sumsets on algebraic varieties.