Series representations for the Apery constant $$\zeta (3)$$ ζ ( 3 ) involving the values $$\zeta (2n)$$ ζ ( 2 n )

The Ramanujan Journal - In this note, using the well-known series representation for the Clausen function, we also provide some new representations of Apery’s constant $$\zeta (3)$$ . In...     

On the Study of Processes of $$\sum (H)$$ and $$\sum _\mathrm{s}(H)$$∑s(H) Classes

In papers by Yor, a remarkable class \(({\varSigma })\) of submartingales is introduced, which, up to technicalities, are submartingales \((X_{t})_{t\ge 0}\) whose increasing process is carried by the times t such that \(X_{t}=0\). These submartingales have several applications in stochastic analysis: for example, the resolution of Skorokhod embedding problem, the study of Brownian local times and the study of zeros of continuous martingales. The submartingales of class \(({\varSigma })\) have been extensively studied in a series of articles by Nikeghbali (part of them in collaboration with Najnudel, some others with Cheridito and Platen). On the other hand, stochastic calculus has been extended to signed measures by Ruiz de Chavez (Le théorème de Paul Lévy pour des mesures signées. Séminaire de probabilités (Strasbourg). Springer, Berlin, 1984) and Beghdadi-Sakrani (Calcul stochastique pour les mesures signées. Séminaire de probabilités (Strasbourg). Springer, Berlin, 2003). In Eyi Obiang et al. (Stochastics 86(1):70–86, 2014), the authors of the present paper have extended the notion of submartingales of class \(({\varSigma })\) to the setting of Ruiz de Chavez (1984) and Beghdadi-Sakrani (2003), giving two different classes of stochastic processes named classes \(\sum (H)\) and \(\sum _\mathrm{s}(H)\) where from tools of the theory of stochastic calculus for signed measures, the authors provide general frameworks and methods for dealing with processes of these classes. In this work, we first give some formulas of multiplicative decomposition for processes of these classes. Afterward, we shall establish some representation results allowing to recover any process of one of these classes from its final value and the last time it visited the origin.     

Characterization of symmetrically $$\Delta $$ Δ -normed operator ideals which are interpolation spaces between Schatten–von Neumann ideals

Positivity - Let $$\mathcal {E}$$ be a symmetrically $$\Delta $$ -normed ideal in B(H). For $$1\le p<\infty ,$$ $$q\ge 1,$$ we give a necessary and sufficient condition for $$\mathcal {E}$$...     

The Taylor coefficients of the Jacobi theta constant $$\theta _3$$θ3

The Ramanujan Journal - Some geometric properties of a normalized hyper-Bessel functions are investigated. Especially we focus on the radii of starlikeness, convexity, and uniform convexity of...     

Some identities associated with mock theta functions $$\omega (q)$$ ω ( q ) and $$\nu (q)$$ ν ( q )

The Ramanujan Journal - Recently, Andrews, Dixit, and Yee defined two partition functions $$p_{\omega }(n)$$ and $$p_{\nu }(n)$$ that are related with Ramanujan’s mock theta functions...     

The Dedekind $$\eta $$-function,a Hauptmodul for $$\Gamma _0(13)$$Γ0(13), and invariant theory

We give an explicit formula for the Hauptmodul \(\left( \frac{\eta (\tau )}{\eta (13 \tau )}\right) ^2\) of the level-13 Hecke modular group \(\Gamma _0(13)\) as a quotient of theta constants, together with some related explicit formulas. Similar results for primes \(p=2, 3, 5, 7\) (the other p for which \(\Gamma _0(p)\) has genus zero) are well known, and date back to Klein and Ramanujan. Moreover, we find an exotic modular equation, i.e., it has the same form as Ramanujan’s modular equation of degree 13, but with different kinds of modular parameterizations.     

A $$\mathrm {GL}_3$$ GL 3 analog of Selberg’s result on S(t)

The Ramanujan Journal - We are concerned with counting self-conjugate $$(s,s+1,s+2)$$ -core partitions. A Motzkin path of length n is a path from (0, 0) to (n, 0) which stays...     

Congruences related to the Ramanujan/Watson mock theta functions $$\omega (q)$$ and $$\nu (q)$$ν(q)

We establish new connection formulae between Fibonacci polynomials and Chebyshev polynomials of the first and second kinds. These formulae are expressed in terms of certain values of hypergeometric functions of the type \(_2F_{1}\). Consequently, we obtain some new expressions for the celebrated Fibonacci numbers and their derivative sequences. Moreover, we evaluate some definite integrals involving products of Fibonacci and Chebyshev polynomials.     

A primal-dual homotopy algorithm for $$\ell _{1}$$-minimization with $$\ell _{\infty }$$ℓ∞-constraints

In this paper we propose a primal-dual homotopy method for \(\ell _1\)-minimization problems with infinity norm constraints in the context of sparse reconstruction. The natural homotopy parameter is the value of the bound for the constraints and we show that there exists a piecewise linear solution path with finitely many break points for the primal problem and a respective piecewise constant path for the dual problem. We show that by solving a small linear program, one can jump to the next primal break point and then, solving another small linear program, a new optimal dual solution is calculated which enables the next such jump in the subsequent iteration. Using a theorem of the alternative, we show that the method never gets stuck and indeed calculates the whole path in a finite number of steps. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm. In many cases, our method significantly outperforms commercial LP solvers; this is possible since our approach employs a sequence of considerably simpler auxiliary linear programs that can be solved efficiently with specialized active-set strategies.     

Combinatorial proofs for identities related to generalizations of the mock theta functions $$\omega (q)$$ω(q) and $$\nu (q)$$ν(q)

The Ramanujan Journal - The two partition functions $$p_\omega (n)$$ and $$p_\nu (n)$$ were introduced by Andrews, Dixit and Yee, which are related to the third-order mock theta functions $$\omega...     

Rational solutions of the Diophantine equations $$f(x)^2 \pm f(y)^2=z^2$$ f ( x ) 2 ± f ( y ) 2 = z 2

Periodica Mathematica Hungarica - We discuss the rational solutions of the Diophantine equations $$f(x)^2 \pm f(y)^2=z^2$$ . This problem can be solved either by the theory of elliptic curves or by...     

The Iwasawa invariant $$\mu$$ μ vanishes for $$\mathbb{Z}_{2}$$ Z 2 -extensions of certain real biquadratic fields

Acta Mathematica Hungarica - For a real biquadratic field, we denote by $$\lambda$$ , $$\mu$$ and $$\nu$$ the Iwasawa invariants of cyclotomic $$\mathbb{Z}_{2}$$ -extension of $$k$$ . We give...     

Contiguous relations,Laplace’s methods,and continued fractions for $${}_3F_2(1)$$ 3 F 2 ( 1 )

The Ramanujan Journal - Using Hilbert transforms, we establish two families of sum rules involving Bessel moments, which are integrals associated with Feynman diagrams in two-dimensional quantum...     

On the exponential diophantine equation $$\left( am^{2}+1\right) ^{x}+\left( bm^{2}-1\right) ^{y}=(cm)^{z}$$ with $$ c\mid m $$c∣m

Let \(a,\ b,\ c,\ m\) be positive integers such that \(a+b=c^2, 2\mid a, 2\not \mid c\) and \(m>1\). In this paper we prove that if \(c\mid m \) and \(m>36c^3 \log c\), then the equation \((am^2+1)^x+(bm^2-1)^y=(cm)^z\) has only the positive integer solution \((x,\ y,\ z)\)=\((1,\ 1,\ 2)\).     

General fractional differential equations of order $$\alpha \in (1,2)$$ and Type $$\beta \in [0,1]$$β∈[0,1] in Banach spaces

In this paper, we are concerned with general fractional differential equations of order \(\alpha \in (1,2)\) and type \(\beta \in [0,1]\) in Banach spaces. We define and develop a theory of general fractional sine functions and show that they are essentiality equivalent to a general fractional resolvent. We use such theory to study the well-posedness of the above general fractional differential equations. An illustration example is presented.     

Optimal portfolio selections via $$\ell _{1, 2}$$ ℓ 1 , 2 -norm regularization

Computational Optimization and Applications - There has been much research about regularizing optimal portfolio selections through $$\ell _1$$ norm and/or $$\ell _2$$ -norm squared. The common...     

On positive integers n with $$\sigma _l (2n+1)<\sigma _l (2n)$$ σ l ( 2 n + 1 ) < σ l ( 2 n )

Periodica Mathematica Hungarica - For any integer l and any positive integer n, let $$ \sigma _{l}(n)=\sum _{d\mid n}d^{l}$$ . In 1936, Erd?s proved that the set of positive integers n with...     

A simpler proof of a Katsurada’s theorem and rapidly converging series for $$\zeta {(2n+1)}$$ ζ ( 2 n + 1 ) and $$\beta {(2n)}$$ β ( 2 n )

Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -) - In a recent work on Euler-type formulae for even Dirichlet beta values, i.e., $$\beta {(2n)}$$ , I have derived an exact closed-form expression for...     

Computable Ramsey’s theorem for pairs needs infinitely many $$\Pi ^0_2$$ sets

In Ramsey’s Theorem and Recursion Theory, Theorem 4.2, Jockusch proved that for any computable k-coloring of pairs of integers, there is an infinite \(\Pi ^0_2\) homogeneous set. The proof used a countable collection of \(\Pi ^0_2\) sets as potential infinite homogeneous sets. In a remark preceding the proof, Jockusch stated without proof that it can be shown that there is no computable way to prove this result with a finite number of \(\Pi ^0_2\) sets. We provide a proof of this claim, showing that there is no computable way to take an index for an arbitrary computable coloring and produce a finite number of indices of \(\Pi ^0_2\) sets with the property that one of those sets will be homogeneous for that coloring. While proving this result, we introduce n-trains as objects with useful combinatorial properties which can be used as approximations to infinite \(\Pi ^0_2\) sets.     

A Kähler structure for the $$\text {PU}(2, 1)$$ PU ( 2 , 1 ) configuration space of four points in $$S^3$$ S 3

Geometriae Dedicata - We show that an open subset $${\mathfrak {F}}_4''$$ of the $$\mathrm{PU}(2,1)$$ configuration space of four points in $$S^3$$ is in bijection with an open subset of...