On the number of primitive representations of integers as sums of squares

Formulas for the number of primitive representations of any integer n as a sum of k squares are given, for 2 ≤ k ≤ 8, and for certain values of n, for 9 ≤ k ≤ 12. The formulas have a similar structure and are striking for their simplicity. Dedicated to Richard Askey on the occasion of his 70th birthday. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11E25; Secondary—05A15, 33E05.     

A Short Derivation of the Möbius Function for the Bruhat Order

We give a short, self-contained derivation of the Möbius function for the Bruhat orderings of Coxeter groups and their parabolic quotients.     

On asymptotics of the q-exponential and q-gamma functions

In this work we present a derivation for the complete asymptotic expansions of Euler?s q-exponential function and Jackson?s q-gamma function via Mellin transform. These formulas are valid everywhere, uniformly on any compact subset of the complex plane.     

Geometric Realization of a Triangulation on the Projective Plane with One Face Removed

Let M be a map on a surface F ². A geometric realization of M is an embedding of F ² into a Euclidean 3-space ?³ such that each face of M is a flat polygon. We shall prove that every triangulation G on the projective plane has a face f such that the triangulation of the Möbius band obtained from G by removing the interior of f has a geometric realization.     

Limit cycles for two classes of planar polynomial differential systems with uniform isochronous centers

In this article, we study the maximum number of limit cycles for two classes of planar polynomial differential systems with uniform isochronous centers. Using the first-order averaging method, we analyze how many limit cycles can bifurcate from the period solutions surrounding the centers of the considered systems when they are perturbed inside the class of homogeneous polynomial differential systems of the same degree. We show that the maximum number of limit cycles, $m$ and $m+1$, that can bifurcate from the period solutions surrounding the centers for the two classes of differential systems of degree $2m$ and degree $2m+1$, respectively. Both of the bounds can be reached for all $m$.     

Stability of mappings with bounded distortion in the Sobolev norm on the John domains of Heisenberg groups

This article completes the authors’s series on stability in the Liouville theorem on the Heisenberg group. We show that every mapping with bounded distortion on a John domain of the Heisenberg group is approximated by a conformal mapping with order of closeness √K ? 1 in the uniform norm and with order of closeness K ? 1 in the Sobolev L _p ¹ -norm for all p < C/K?1. We construct two examples, demonstrating the asymptotic sharpness of our results.     

On the number of limit cycles by perturbing a piecewise smooth Hamilton system with two straight lines of separation

This paper deals with the problem of limit cycle bifurcations for a piecewise smooth Hamilton system with two straight lines of separation. By analyzing the obtained first order Melnikov function, we give upper and lower bounds of the number of limit cycles bifurcating from the period annulus between the origin and the generalized homoclinic loop. It is found that the first order Melnikov function is more complicated than in the case with one straight line of separation and more limit cycles can be bifurcated.     

On the gap between two classes of analytic functions

Two large classes of analytic functions are defined, so that one contains the other. Sharp coefficient bounds for quadratic polynomials falling in the gap between these two classes are given.     

On some classes of hyperbolic knots with the 3-sphere surgery

For the distance of (1,1)-splittings of a knot in a closed orientable 3-manifold, it is an important problem whether a (1,1)-knot can admit (1,1)-splittings of different distances. In this paper, we give one-parameter families of hyperbolic (1,1)-knots such that each (1,1)-knot admits a Dehn surgery yielding the 3-sphere. It is remarkable that such knots are the first concrete examples each of whose (1,1)-splittings is of distance three.     

On the zeta function associated with module classes of a number field

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The goal of this note is to generalize a formula of Datskovsky and Wright on the zeta function associated with integral binary cubic forms. We show that for a fixed number field K of degree d, the zeta function associated with decomposable forms belonging to K in d−1 variables can be factored into a product of Riemann and Dedekind zeta functions in a similar fashion. We establish a one-to-one correspondence between the pure module classes of rank d−1 of K and the integral ideals of width <d−1. This reduces the problem to counting integral ideals of a special type, which can be solved using a tailored Moebius inversion argument. As a by-product, we obtain a characterization of the conductor ideals for orders of number fields.

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On the number of hamiltonian cycles in triangulations with few separating triangles

In this article, we investigate the number of hamiltonian cycles in triangulations. We improve a lower bound of for the number of hamiltonian cycles in triangulations without separating triangles (4‐connected triangulations) by Hakimi, Schmeichel, and Thomassen to a linear lower bound and show that a linear lower bound even holds in the case of triangulations with one separating triangle. We confirm their conjecture about the number of hamiltonian cycles in triangulations without separating triangles for up to 25 vertices and give computational results and constructions for triangulations with a small number of hamiltonian cycles and 1–5 separating triangles.     

A matricial computation of rational quadrature formulas on the unit circle

A matricial computation of quadrature formulas for orthogonal rational functions on the unit circle, is presented in this paper. The nodes of these quadrature formulas are the zeros of the para-orthogonal rational functions with poles in the exterior of the unit circle and the weights are given by the corresponding Christoffel numbers. We show how these nodes can be obtained as the eigenvalues of the operator Möbius transformations of Hessenberg matrices and also as the eigenvalues of the operator Möbius transformations of five-diagonal matrices, recently obtained. We illustrate the preceding results with some numerical examples.     

The spectrum of the Hilbert space valued second derivative with general self-adjoint boundary conditions

We consider a large class of self-adjoint elliptic problems associated with the second derivative acting on a space of vector-valued functions. We present and survey several results that can be obtained by means of two different approaches to the study of the associated eigenvalues problems. The first, more general one allows to replace a secular equation (which is well known in some special cases) by an abstract rank condition. The second one, though available in general, seems to apply particularly well to a specific boundary condition, the sometimes dubbed anti-Kirchhoff condition in the literature, that arises in the theory of differential operators on graphs; it also permits to discuss interesting and more direct connections between the spectrum of the differential operator and some graph theoretical quantities, in particular some results on the symmetry of the spectrum in either case.     

On a multiplicative function on the set of shifted primes

It is proved that if ƒ(n) is a multiplicative function taking a valueζ on the set of primes such thatζ ³ = 1,ζ ≠ 1 andƒ ³(p ^r)=1 forr≥2, then there exists aθ ∈ (0, 1), for which

On Some Categories and Functors in the Theory of Quaternionic Bergman Spaces

Basic facts are presented about the theory of quaternionic Bergman spaces with special emphasis on what is happening with them under conformal transformations of the domains. Constructing a series of categories of quaternion-valued functions as well as functors acting between them we show that the arising spaces and operators have conformally covariant or invariant characters in terms of the theory of categories. The second-named and the third-named authors were partially supported by CONACYT projects as well as by IPN in the framework of COFAA and SIP programs.     

On the number of limit cycles for a quintic Li\""{e}nard system under polynomial perturbations

In this paper, we mainly study the number of limit cycles for a quintic Li\"{e}nard system under polynomial perturbations. In some cases, we give new estimations for the lower bound of the maximal number of limit cycles.     

Limit cycles in the equation of whirling pendulum with autonomous perturbation

The two-parameter Hamiltonian system with the autonomous perturbation is considered. Via the Mel'nikov method, existence and uniqueness of a limit cycle of the system in a certain region of a two-dimensional space of parameters is proved.