Characteristic Elements of Unimodular -lattices

Characteristic elements have been useful in the classification of unimodular lattices over the integers. This article gives an explicit formula for characteristic elements of a lattice in terms of a basis for the lattice and the dual of that basis.     

Algebraic Independence Results Related to 〈q, r〉-Number Systems

We define 〈q, r〉-linear arithmetical functions attached to the 〈q, r〉-number systems and give a necessary and sufficient condition for their generating power series to be algebraically independent over . We also deduce algebraic independence of the functions values at a nonzero algebraic number in the circle of convergence.     

On the Gibbs Properties of Bernoulli Convolutions Related to β-Numeration in Multinacci Bases

We consider infinitely convolved Bernoulli measures (or simply Bernoulli convolutions) related to the -numeration. A matrix decomposition of these measures is obtained in the case when is a PV number. We also determine their Gibbs properties for being a multinacci number, which makes the multifractal analysis of the corresponding Bernoulli convolution possible.Supported by a HK RGC grant and a CUHK Postdoctoral Fellowship.Supported by the EPSRC grant no GR/R61451/01.     

Spectrally arbitrary zero-nonzero patterns of order 4

In this article the authors characterize all the 4×4 zero-nonzero patterns that are spectrally arbitrary. Several observations and conjectures are presented for the n × n case.     

Matrices that preserve vectors of fixed sign variation

For each k≥ 0, those nonsingular matrices that transform the set of totally nonzero vectors with k sign variations into (respectively, onto) itself are studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions are provided. The cases k=0,1,2,n-3,n-2,n-1 are completely characterized.     

Some Continued Fractions in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook

In this paper we first give the value of a periodic continued fraction which was recorded incorrectly by Ramanujan on page 341 of his lost notebook. Next, we describe several pairs of equivalent continued fractions in which one is the odd part of the other. One of the results is for the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction which was recently proved by Berndt and Yee. Finally, using the Bauer-Muir transformation we prove the equivalence of two continued fractions. One was recorded on page 44 in Ramanujan’s lost notebook, and the other is found in the unorganized pages at the end of Ramanujan’s second notebook.This work was supported by Yonsei University Research Fund of 2003.     

Numerical index of some polyhedral norms on the plane

We give explicit formulae for the numerical index of some (real) polyhedral spaces of dimension two. Concretely, we calculate the numerical index of a family of hexagonal norms, two families of octagonal norms and the family of norms whose unit balls are regular polygons with an even number of vertices.     

Characteristic polynomials of symmetric matrices III: some counterexamples

When is a monic polynomial the characteristic polynomial of a symmetric matrix over an integral domain D? Known necessary conditions are shown to be insufficient when D is the field of 2-adic numbers and when D is the rational integers. The latter counterexamples lead to totally real cubic extensions of the rationals whose difierents are not narrowly equivalent to squares. Furthermorex³-4x+1 is the characteristic polynomial of a rational symmetric matrix and is the characteristic polynomial of an integral symmetric p-adic matrix for every prime p, but is not the characteristic polynomial of a rational integral symmetric matrix.     

An approximate, multivariable version of Specht's theorem

In this article we provide generalizations of Specht's theorem which states that two n × n matrices A and B are unitarily equivalent if and only if all traces of words in two non-commuting variables applied to the pairs (A, A*) and (B, B*) coincide. First, we obtain conditions which allow us to extend this to simultaneous similarity or unitary equivalence of families of operators, and secondly, we show that it suffices to consider a more restricted family of functions when comparing traces. Our results do not require the traces of words in (A, A*) and (B, B*) to coincide, but only to be close.     

An Exceptional Set in the Ergodic Theory of Expanding Maps on Manifolds

Under a general hypothesis an expanding map T of a Riemannian manifold M is known to preserve a measure equivalent to the Liouville measure on that manifold. As a consequence of this and Birkhoff’s pointwise ergodic theorem, the orbits of almost all points on the manifold are asymptotically distributed with regard to this Liouville measure. Let T be Lipschitz of class τ for some τ in (0,1], let Ω(x) denote the forward orbit closure of x and for a positive real number δ and let E(x₀, δ) denote the set of points x in M such that the distance from x₀ to Ω is at least δ. Let dim A denote the Hausdorff dimension of the set A. In this paper we prove a result which implies that there is a constant C(T) > 0 such that if τ = 1 and if τ < 1. This gives a quantitative converse to the above asymptotic distribution phenomenon. The result we prove is of sufficient generality that a similar result for expanding hyperbolic rational maps of degree not less than two follows as a special case.     

On quasi-strongly regular graphs

We study the quasi-strongly regular graphs, which are a combinatorial generalization of the strongly regular and the distance regular graphs. Our main focus is on quasi-strongly regular graphs of grade 2. We prove a “spectral gap”-type result for them which generalizes Seidel's well-known formula for the eigenvalues of a strongly regular graph. We also obtain a number of necessary conditions for the feasibility of parameter sets and some structural results. We propose the heuristic principle that the quasi-strongly regular graphs can be viewed as a “lower-order approximation” to the distance regular graphs. This idea is illustrated by extending a known result from the distance-regular case to the quasi-strongly regular case. Along these lines, we propose a number of conjectures and open problems. Finally, we list the all the proper connected quasi-strongly graphs of grade 2 with up to 12 vertices.     

On the linearity property of Tate's trace

The aim of this article is to show that Tate's trace of finite-potent endomorphisms of infinite-dimensional vector spaces is not linear.     

On the linearity property of Tate's trace

The aim of this article is to show that Tate's trace of finite-potent endomorphisms of infinite-dimensional vector spaces is not linear.     

Additive Maps Preserving Moore-Penrose Inverses of Matrices on Symmetric Matrix Spaces

Suppose F is a field of characteristic not 2. Let M_nF and S_nF be the n × n full matrix space and symmetric matrix space over F, respectively. All additive maps from S_nF to S_nF (respectively, M_nF) preserving Moore-Penrose inverses of matrices are characterized. We first characterize all additive Moore-Penrose inverse preserving maps from S_nF to M_nF, and thereby, all additive Moore-Penrose inverse preserving maps from S_nF to itself are characterized by restricting the range of these additive maps into the symmetric matrix space.     

On the Mean Value of the Index of Composition of an Integer

For each integer n 2, let be the index of composition of n, where . For convenience, we write (1)=(1)=1. We obtain sharp estimates for and , as well as for and . Finally we study the sum of running over shifted primes.Research supported in part by a grant from NSERC.Research supported by the Applied Number Theory Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Science and by a grant from OTKA.