Universal mappings for certain classes of operators and polynomials between Banach spaces

A well‐known result of J. Lindenstrauss and A. Pełczyński (1968) gives the existence of a universal non‐weakly compact operator between Banach spaces. We show the existence of universal non‐Rosenthal, non‐limited, and non‐Grothendieck operators. We also prove that there does not exist a universal non‐Dunford–Pettis operator, but there is a universal class of non‐Dunford–Pettis operators. Moreover, we show that, for several classes of polynomials between Banach spaces, including the non‐weakly compact polynomials, there does not exist a universal polynomial.     

The transport dynamics in complex systems governing by anomalous diffusion modelled with Riesz fractional partial differential equations

In this paper, numerical solutions of fractional Fokker–Planck equations with Riesz space fractional derivatives have been developed. Here, the fractional Fokker–Planck equations have been considered in a finite domain. In order to deal with the Riesz fractional derivative operator, shifted Grünwald approximation and fractional centred difference approaches have been used. The explicit finite difference method and Crank–Nicolson implicit method have been applied to obtain the numerical solutions of fractional diffusion equation and fractional Fokker–Planck equations, respectively. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed numerical solution techniques. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mehler's formulas for the univariate complex Hermite polynomials and applications

We give 2 widest Mehler's formulas for the univariate complex Hermite polynomials , by performing double summations involving the products and . They can be seen as the complex analogues of the classical Mehler's formula for the real Hermite polynomials. The proof of the first one is based on a generating function giving rise to the reproducing kernel of the generalized Bargmann space of level m. The second Mehler's formula generalizes the one appearing as a particular case of the so‐called Kibble‐Slepian formula. The proofs we present here are direct and more simpler. Moreover, direct applications are given and remarkable identities are derived.     

Ehrhart Polynomials of 3-Dimensional Simple Integral Convex Polytopes

The author gives an explicit formula on the Ehrhart polynomial of a 3-dimensional simple integral convex polytope by using toric geometry.     

On the largest prime factor of shifted primes

For any integer n ≥ 2, let P(n) be the largest prime factor of n. In this paper, we prove that the number of primes p ≤ x with P(p-1) ≥ p~c is more than(1-c + o(1))π(x) for 0 c 1/2. This extends a recent result of Luca, Menares and Madariaga for1/4≤ c ≤1/2. We also pose two conjectures for further research.     

Several improved asymptotic normality criteria and their applications to graph polynomials

As widely regarded, one of the most classical and remarkable tools to measure the asymptotic normality of combinatorial statistics is due to Harper's real-rooted method proposed in 1967. However, this classical theorem exists some obvious shortcomings, for example, it requests all the roots of the corresponding generating function, which is impossible in general.Aiming to overcome this shortcoming in some extent, in this paper we present an improved asymptotic normality criterion, along with several variant versions, which usually just ask for one coefficient of the generating function, without knowing any roots. In virtue of these new criteria, the asymptotic normality of some usual combinatorial statistics can be revealed and extended. Among which, we introduce the applications to matching numbers and Laplacian coefficients in detail. Some relevant conjectures, proposed by Godsil (Combinatorica, 1981) and Wang et al. (J. Math. Anal. Appl., 2017), are generalized and verified as corollaries.     

Exceptional Laurent biorthogonal polynomials through spectral transformations of generalized eigenvalue problems

A formulation is given for the spectral transformation of the generalized eigenvalue problem through the decomposition of the second-order differential operators. This allows us to construct some Laurent biorthogonal polynomial systems with gaps in the degree of the polynomial sequence. These correspond to an exceptional-type extension of the orthogonal polynomials, as an extension of the Laurent biorthogonal polynomials. Specifically, we construct the exceptional extension of the Hendriksen–van Rossum polynomials, which are biorthogonal analogs of the classical orthogonal polynomials. Similar to the cases of exceptional extensions of classical orthogonal polynomials, both state-deletion and state-addition occur.     

A new operational vector approach for time-fractional subdiffusion equations of distributed order based on hybrid functions

This research study deals with the numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear time-fractional subdiffusion equations of distributed order. The main aim of our approach is based on the hybrid of block-pulse functions and shifted Legendre polynomials. We produce a novel and exact operational vector for the fractional Riemann–Liouville integral and use it via the Gauss–Legendre quadrature formula and collocation method. Consequently, we reduce the proposed equations to systems of equations. The convergence and error bounds for the new method are investigated. Six problems are tested to confirm the accuracy of the proposed approach. Comparisons between the obtained numerical results and other existing methods are provided. Numerical experiments illustrate the reliability, applicability, and efficiency of the proposed method.