Strongly regular growth of entire functions of order zero

For entire functions of order zero we introduce a new concept of regularity of growth, which is shown to possess properties similar to those which characterize the concept of totally regular growth of entire functions of finite order in the sense of Levin-Pflüger. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zameiki, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 196–208, February, 1998. This research was partially supported by the International Science Foundation under grant No. UCR000.     

Maximum curves and isolated points of entire functions

Given , curves belonging to the set of points were defined by Hardy to be maximum curves. Clunie asked the question as to whether the set could also contain isolated points. This paper shows that maximum curves consist of analytic arcs and determines a necessary condition for such curves to intersect. Given two entire functions and , if the maximum curve of is the real axis, conditions are found so that the real axis is also a maximum curve for the product function . By means of these results an entire function of infinite order is constructed for which the set has an infinite number of isolated points. A polynomial is also constructed with an isolated point.

     

On the zero sets of certain entire functions

We consider the class of entire functions of the form

where are polynomials and are entire functions. We prove that the zero-set of such an , if infinite, cannot be contained in a ray. But for every region containing the positive ray there is an example of with infinite zero-set which is contained in this region.

     

Regular growth of various characteristics of entire functions of order zero

We study the relationship between the strongly regular growth of an entire function f of order zero, the existence of the angular density of its zeros, the behavior of the Fourier coefficients of the logarithm of f, and the regular growth of the logarithm of the modulus and the argument of f in the L^p[0, 2π]-metric, p ≥ 1.     

Maximum modulus sets in pseudoconvex boundaries

LedD be a strictly pseudoconvex domain in ? ⁿ withC ^∞ boundary. We denote byA ^∞(D) the set of holomorphic functions inD that have aC ^∞ extension to \(\bar D\) . A closed subsetE of ?D is locally a maximum modulus set forA ^∞(D) if for everyp∈E there exists a neighborhoodU ofp andf∈A ^∞(D∩U) such that |f|=1 onE∩U and |f|<1 on \(\bar D \cap U\backslash E\) . A submanifoldM of ?D is an interpolation manifold ifT _p (M)?T _p ^c (?D) for everyp∈M, whereT _p ^c (?D) is the maximal complex subspace of the tangent spaceT _p (?D). We prove that a local maximum modulus set forA ^∞ (D) is locally contained in totally realn-dimensional submanifolds of ?D that admit a unique foliation by (n?1)-dimensional interpolation submanifolds. LetD =D ₁ x ... xD _r ? ? ⁿ whereD _i is a strictly pseudoconvex domain withC ^∞ boundary in ? ⁿ _i ,i=1,…,r. A submanifoldM of ?D ₁×…×?D _r verifies the cone condition if \(II_p (T_p (M)) \cap \bar C[Jn_1 (p),...,Jn_r (p)] = \{ 0\} \) for everyp∈M, wheren _i (p) is the outer normal toD _i atp, J is the complex structure of ? ⁿ , \(\bar C[Jn_1 (p),...,Jn_r (p)]\) is the closed positive cone of the real spaceV _p generated byJ _{n 1}(p),…,J _{n r}(p), and II _p is the orthogonal projection ofT _p (?D) onV _p . We prove that a closed subsetE of ?D ₁×…×?D _r which is locally a maximum modulus set forA ^∞(D) is locally contained inn-dimensional totally real submanifolds of ?D ₁×…×?D _r that admit a foliation by (n?1)-dimensional submanifolds such that each leaf verifies the cone condition at every point ofE. A characterization of the local peak subsets of ?D ₁×…×?D _r is also given.     

Maximum acyclic and fragmented sets in regular graphs

We show that a typical d‐regular graph G of order n does not contain an induced forest with around vertices, when n ? d ? 1, this bound being best possible because of a result of Frieze and ?uczak [6]. We then deduce an affirmative answer to an open question of Edwards and Farr (see [4]) about fragmentability, which concerns large subgraphs with components of bounded size. An alternative, direct answer to the question is also given. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 57: 149–156, 2008     

Maximum independent sets on random regular graphs

We determine the asymptotics of the independence number of the random d-regular graph for all \({d\geq d_0}\). It is highly concentrated, with constant-order fluctuations around \({n\alpha_*-c_*\log n}\) for explicit constants \({\alpha_*(d)}\) and \({c_*(d)}\). Our proof rigorously confirms the one-step replica symmetry breaking heuristics for this problem, and we believe the techniques will be more broadly applicable to the study of other combinatorial properties of random graphs.     

On some criteria for completely regular growth of entire functions of exponential type

This paper sharpens the author’s previous results concerning the completely regular growth of an entire function of exponential type all of whose zeros are simple, forming a sequence Λ = {λ_k} _k=1 ^∞ . For a function with real zeros, we write the growth regularity conditions (on the real axis and on the entire plane) in terms of lower bounds only for the absolute value of the derivative at the points λ_k. We also obtain an analog of Krein’s theorem concerning the functions whose inverse can be expanded in the corresponding series of simple fractions.