Meromorphic extension of the spherical functions on a class of ordered symmetric spaces

We discuss a conjecture of Ólafsson and Pasquale published in (J. Funct. Anal. 181 (2001) 346). This conjecture gives the Bernstein-Sato polynomial associated with the Poisson kernel of the ordered (or non-compactly causal) symmetric spaces. The Bernstein-Sato polynomials allow to locate the singularities of the spherical functions on the considered spaces. We prove that this conjecture does not hold in general, and propose a slight improvement of it. Finally, we prove that the new conjecture holds for a class of ordered symmetric spaces, called both the Makarevi? spaces of type I, and the satellite cones.     

Divisibility properties of values of partial zeta functions at non-positive integers

We conjecture a new bound on the exact denominators of the values at non-positive integers of imprimitive partial zeta functions associated with an Abelian extension of number fields. At s?=?0, this conjecture is closely connected to a conjecture of David Hayes. We prove the new conjecture assuming that the Coates–Sinnott conjecture holds for the extension.     

The composition conjecture for Abel equation

The composition conjecture for the Abel differential equation states that if all solutions in a neighborhood of the origin are periodic then the indefinite integrals of its coefficients are compositions of a periodic function. Several research articles were published in the last 20 years to prove the conjecture or a weaker version of it. The problem is related to the classical center problem of polynomial two-dimensional systems. The conjecture opens important relations with classical analysis and algebra. We give a widely accessible exposition of this conjecture and verify the conjecture for certain classes of coefficients.     

Tate''s Conjecture, Algebraic Cycles and Rational K-Theory in Characteristic p

The purpose of this article is to discuss conjectures on motives, algebraic cycles and K-theory of smooth projective varieties over finite fields. We give a characterization of Tate's conjecture in terms of motives and their Frobenius endomorphism. This is used to prove that if Tate's conjecture holds and rational and numerical equivalence over finite fields agree, then higher rational K-groups of smooth projective varieties over finite fields vanish (Parshin's conjecture). Parshin's conjecture in turn implies a conjecture of Beilinson and Kahn giving bounds on rational K-groups of fields in finite characteristic. We derive further consequences from this result.     

Fibonacci-like behavior of the number of numerical semigroups of a given genus

We conjecture a Fibonacci-like property on the number of numerical semigroups of a given genus. Moreover we conjecture that the associated quotient sequence approaches the golden ratio. The conjecture is motivated by the results on the number of semigroups of genus at most 50. The Wilf conjecture has also been checked for all numerical semigroups with genus in the same range.     

New results on the conjecture of Rhodes and on the topological conjecture

The Conjecture of Rhodes, originally called the “type II conjecture” by Rhodes, gives an algorithm to compute the kernel of a finite semigroup. This conjecture has numerous important consequences and is one of the most attractive problems on finite semigroups. It was known that the conjecture of Rhodes is a consequence of another conjecture on the finite group topology for the free monoid. In this paper, we show that the topological conjecture and the conjecture of Rhodes are both equivalent to a third conjecture and we prove this third conjecture in a number of significant particular cases.     

The Bateman–Horn conjecture: Heuristic,history, and applications

The Bateman–Horn conjecture is a far-reaching statement about the distribution of the prime numbers. It implies many known results, such as the prime number theorem and the Green–Tao theorem, along with many famous conjectures, such the twin prime conjecture and Landau’s conjecture. We discuss the Bateman–Horn conjecture, its applications, and its origins.     

The Mukai conjecture for log Fano manifolds

For a log Fano manifold (X,D) with D ≠ 0 and of the log Fano pseudoindex ≥2, we prove that the restriction homomorphism Pic(X) → Pic(D ₁) of Picard groups is injective for any irreducible component D ₁ ? D. The strategy of our proof is to run a certain minimal model program and is similar to Casagrande’s argument. As a corollary, we prove that the Mukai conjecture (resp. the generalized Mukai conjecture) implies the log Mukai conjecture (resp. the log generalized Mukai conjecture).     

Dirichlet's Theorem, Vojta's Inequality, and Vojta's Conjecture

This paper addresses questions involving the sharpness of Vojta's conjecture and Vojta's inequality for algebraic points on curves over number fields. It is shown that one may choose the approximation term mS(D,-) in such a way that Vojta's inequality is sharp in Theorem 2.3. Partial results are obtained for the more difficult problem of showing that Vojta's conjecture is sharp when the approximation term is not included (that is, when D=0). In Theorem 3.7, it is demonstrated that Vojta's conjecture is best possible with D=0 for quadratic points on hyperelliptic curves. It is also shown, in Theorem 4.8, that Vojta's conjecture is sharp with D=0 on a curve C over a number field when an analogous statement holds for the curve obtained by extending the base field of C to a certain function field.     

Asymptotic behaviour and bifurcation in competitive Lotka-Volterra Systems

A conjecture about global attraction in autonomous competitive Lotka-Volterra systems is clarified by investigating a special system with a circular matrix. Under suitable assumptions, this system meets the condition of the conjecture but Hopf bifurcation occurs in a particular instance. This shows that the conjecture is not true in general and the condition of the conjecture is too weak to guarantee global attraction of an equilibrium. Sufficient conditions for global attraction are also obtained for this system.     

A research problem:

We present a conjecture which when true would generalize T. Ando's characterization of the numerical radius of (bounded linear) operators on a Hilbert space (see [A]). Some evidence for the validity of the conjecture is given. In the finite dimensional case we shall restate the conjecture in terms of convex matrix sets and norms on matrices that are invariant under unitary similarities (u.s.i. norms).     

Counter-examples for refinement of conjectures and proofs in primary school mathematics

The purpose of this study is to explore how primary school students reexamine their conjectures and proofs when they confront counter-examples to the conjectures they have proved. In the case study, a pair of Japanese fifth graders thought that they had proved their primitive conjecture with manipulative objects (that is, they constructed an action proof), and then the author presented a counter-example to them. Confronting the counter-example functioned as a driving force for them to refine their conjectures and proofs. They understood the reason why their conjecture was false through their analysis of its proof and therefore could modify their primitive conjecture. They also identified the part of the proof which was applicable to the counter-example. This identification and their action proof were essential for their invention of a more comprehensive conjecture.     

Miklós–Manickam–Singhi conjectures on partial geometries

In this paper we give a proof of the Miklós–Manickam–Singhi (MMS) conjecture for some partial geometries. Specifically, we give a condition on partial geometries which implies that the MMS conjecture holds. Further, several specific partial geometries that are counterexamples to the conjecture are described.     

On the occurrence of the sine kernel in connection with the shifted moments of the Riemann zeta function

We point out an interesting occurrence of the sine kernel in connection with the shifted moments of the Riemann zeta function along the critical line. We discuss rigorous results in this direction for the shifted second moment and for the shifted fourth moment. Furthermore, we conjecture that the sine kernel also occurs in connection with the higher (even) shifted moments and show that this conjecture is closely related to a recent conjecture by Conrey, Farmer, Keating, Rubinstein, and Snaith (2003, 2005) [CFKRS1] and [CFKRS2].     

Nilpotency of Bocksteins, Kropholler's hierarchy and a conjecture of Moore

We show that the class of pairs (Γ,H) of a group and a finite index subgroup which verify a conjecture of Moore about projectivity of modules over ZΓ satisfy certain closure properties. We use this, together with a result of Benson and Goodearl, in order to prove that Moore's conjecture is valid for groups which belongs to Kropholler's hierarchy LHF. For finite groups, Moore's conjecture is a consequence of a theorem of Serre, about the vanishing of a certain product in the cohomology ring (the Bockstein elements). Using our result, we construct examples of pairs (Γ,H) which satisfy the conjecture without satisfying the analog of Serre's theorem.     

A proof of the rooted tree alternative conjecture

Bonato and Tardif [A. Bonato, C. Tardif, Mutually embeddable graphs and the tree alternative conjecture, J. Combinatorial Theory, Series B 96 (2006), 874-880] conjectured that the number of isomorphism classes of trees mutually embeddable with a given tree T is either 1 or infinite. We prove the analogue of their conjecture for rooted trees. We also make some progress towards the original conjecture for locally finite trees and state some new conjectures.     

On a question of Miles Reid

A conjecture of Miles Reid states that the relative canonical algebra for a pencil of curves of genus greater than one is always generated in degrees at most three (1-2-3 conjecture). We give some explicit counter-examples to the conjecture. Received: 10 December 1998/ Revised version: 15 April 1999     

Finite groups with odd Sylow automizers

Let p be an odd prime number. In this paper, we characterize the nonabelian composition factors of a finite group with odd p-Sylow automizers, and then prove that the McKay conjecture, the Alperin weight conjecture, and the Alperin–McKay conjecture hold for such a group.     

A Remark on the Rank Conjecture

We prove a result about the action of -operations on the homology of linear groups. We use this to give a sharper formulation of the rank conjecture as well as some shorter proofs of various known results. We formulate a conjecture about how the sharper formulation of the rank conjecture together with another conjecture could give rise to a different point of view on the isomorphism between and K_n^{(p)} (F)$ for an infinite field F, and we prove part of this new conjecture.     

叉连图的邻点可区别全染色

邻点可区别全染色猜想得到了国内外许多学者的关注和研究.迄今为止,这个猜想没有得到证明,也没有关于这个猜想的反例.叉连图对邻点可区别全染色猜想成立给予了证明,并给出了精确值.同时,证明了:存在无穷多个图,它们中的每一个图H至少包含一个真子图HH~1,使得x_as~″(H~1)x_as~″(H).