Some remarks on the Jacobian question

This revised version of Abhyankar's old lecture notes contains the original proof of the Galois case of then-variable Jacobian problem. They also contain proofs for some cases of the 2-variable Jacobian, including the two characteristic pairs case. In addition, proofs of some of the well-known formulas enunciated by Abhyankar are actually written down. These include the Taylor Resultant Formula and the Semigroup Conductor formula for plane curves. The notes are also meant to provide inspiration for applying the expansion theoretic techniques to the Jacobian problem.     

Taylor formula for homogenous groups and applications

In this paper, we provide a Taylor formula with integral remainder in the setting of homogeneous groups in the sense of Folland and Stein (Hardy spaces on homogeneous groups. Mathematical notes, vol 28. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1982). This formula allows us to give a simplified proof of the so-called ‘Taylor inequality’. As a by-product, we furnish an explicit expression for the relevant Taylor polynomials. Applications are provided. Among others, it is given a sufficient condition for the real-analiticity of a function whose higher order derivatives (in the sense of the Lie algebra) satisfy a suitable growth condition. Moreover, we prove the ‘L-harmonicity’ of the Taylor polynomials related to a ‘L-harmonic’ function, when L is a general homogenous left-invariant differential operator on a homogeneous group. (This result is one of the ingredients for obtaining Schauder estimates related to L).     

Micro-macro models for viscoelastic fluids: modelling, mathematics and numerics

This paper is an introduction to the modelling of viscoelastic fluids,with an emphasis on micromacro(or multiscale) models.Some elements of mathematical and numerical analysis are provided.These notes closely follow the lectures delivered by the second author at the Chinese Academy of Science during the Workshop "Stress Tensor E?ects on Fluid Mechanics" in January 2010.     

Effective equidistribution and the Sato-Tate law for families of elliptic curves

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Extending recent work of others, we provide effective bounds on the family of all elliptic curves and one-parameter families of elliptic curves modulo p (for p prime tending to infinity) obeying the Sato-Tate law. We present two methods of proof. Both use the framework of Murty and Sinha (2009) [MS]; the first involves only knowledge of the moments of the Fourier coefficients of the L-functions and combinatorics, and saves a logarithm, while the second requires a Sato-Tate law. Our purpose is to illustrate how the caliber of the result depends on the error terms of the inputs and what combinatorics must be done.

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For a video summary of this paper, please click here or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faW2iDpe5IE.     

Generating the patterns of variation with GeoGebra: the case of polynomial approximations

In this paper, we report a teaching experiment regarding the theory of polynomial approximations at the university mathematics teaching in Sweden. The experiment was designed by applying Variation theory and by using the free dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. The aim of this study was to investigate if the technology-assisted teaching of Taylor polynomials compared with traditional way of work at the university level can support the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts and ideas. An engineering student group (n = 19) was taught Taylor polynomials with the assistance of GeoGebra while a control group (n = 18) was taught in a traditional way. The data were gathered by video recording of the lectures, by doing a post-test concerning Taylor polynomials in both groups and by giving one question regarding Taylor polynomials at the final exam for the course in Real Analysis in one variable. In the analysis of the lectures, we found Variation theory combined with GeoGebra to be a potentially powerful tool for revealing some critical aspects of Taylor Polynomials. Furthermore, the research results indicated that applying Variation theory, when planning the technology-assisted teaching, supported and enriched students’ learning opportunities in the study group compared with the control group.     

关于自守型式的Langlands函子性

本文系该著者有关自守型式的Langlands函子性的演讲稿的细述及扩充文稿.特别强调了与该著者的近期工作相关的课题.     

Contact Dehn surgery, symplectic fillings, and Property P for knots

These are notes of a talk given at the Mathematische Arbeitstagung 2005 in Bonn. Following ideas of Özbağcı–Stipsicz, a proof based on contact Dehn surgery is given of Eliashberg's concave filling theorem for contact 3-manifolds. The role of the theorem in the Kronheimer–Mrowka proof of Property P for nontrivial knots is sketched.     

Hurwitz theory and the double ramification cycle

This survey grew out of notes accompanying a cycle of lectures at the workshop Modern Trends in Gromov–Witten Theory, in Hannover. The lectures are devoted to interactions between Hurwitz theory and Gromov–Witten theory, with a particular eye to the contributions made to the understanding of the Double Ramification Cycle, a cycle in the moduli space of curves that compactifies the double Hurwitz locus. We explore the algebro-combinatorial properties of single and double Hurwitz numbers, and the connections with intersection theoretic problems on appropriate moduli spaces. We survey several results by many groups of people on the subject, but, perhaps more importantly, collect a number of conjectures and problems which are still open.     

Mathematical proof of closed form expressions for finite difference approximations based on Taylor series

Taylor series based finite difference approximations of derivatives of a function have already been presented in closed forms, with explicit formulas for their coefficients. However, those formulas were not derived mathematically and were based on observation of numerical results. In this paper, we provide a mathematical proof of those formulas by deriving them mathematically from the Taylor series.     

广义泰勒定理:"同伦分析方法"之有效性的一个数理逻辑证明

推导了复变函数一个广义意义上的泰勒级数表达式,证明了有关的收敛性定理,大大增大摄动级数解的收敛区域。定理的证明亦为一种新的、求解非线性问题的解析方法（即“同伦分析方法”）的有效性奠定了一个坚实的数理逻辑基础。     

Weierstrass’s construction of the irrational numbers

We present an overview of the development of the irrational numbers due to Karl Weierstrass. This construction was first presented during lectures in the 1860s in Berlin. Weierstrass never published his construction. Several of his students (Kossak, Horwitz, von Dantscher and Pincherle, to name a few) gave accounts in lecture notes from the courses. However, these notes were not published under the direction of Weierstrass.     

Convergence of subdivision and degree elevation

This paper presents a short, simple, and general proof showing that the control polygons generated by subdivision and degree elevation converge to the underlying splines, box-splines, or multivariate Bézier polynomials, respectively. The proof is based only on a Taylor expansion. Then the results are carried over to rational curves and surfaces. Finally, an even shorter but as simple proof is presented for the fact that subdivided Bézier polygons converge to the corresponding curve.     

Minimal Lp projections by Fourier, Taylor, and Laurent series

In appropriate function space settings, it is proved that the Fourier, Taylor, and Laurent series projections are minimal in all L_p norms (1 p ∞). This result unifies and extends known results for the Fourier, Taylor, and Laurent projections in L_∞ and for the Fourier projection in L₁. The proof is based on a generalisation of a kernel summation formula due to Berman.     

广义Taylor中值函数若干分析性质

文[2-8]对微分中值定理及Taylor定理"中间点"的渐近性质进行了研究,本文在此基础上,给出了"广义Taylor中值函数"的定义,对"广义Taylor中值函数"的分析性质进行了系统的讨论,证明了"广义Taylor中值函数"的单调性、可积性、连续性、可微性等分析性质.     

Sato-Tate Conjectures and Chebyshev Polynomials

Results of Shahidi on the analytic continuation of certain L-functions have been used by Serre to obtain partial information on the distribution of Sato-Tate angles of the Ramanujan function. Employing the Christoffel numbers associated to the orthogonal polynomials used by Serre we derive upper bounds on the lower density of primes with small angles. We also make effective his lower bounds on the upper density of such primes. Assuming that more analytic information is available, we sharpen similar estimates of Ram Murty, and, using the Christoffel numbers attached to the second order Chebyshev polynomials, derive general bounds on the discrepancy between the empirical angles distribution and the Sato-Tate distribution.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-theory from the point of view of <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript>*</Superscript>-algebras and Fredholm representations

These notes represent the subject of five lectures which were delivered as a minicourse during the VI conference in Krynica, Poland, “Geometry and Topology of Manifolds”, May, 2–8, 2004.     

Hermann Minkowski’s approach to physics

Hermann Minkowski’s contributions to relativity theory are extraordinary from a disciplinary standpoint, in that so few mathematicians in Wilhelmine Germany took an interest in theoretical physics. Based on correspondence, lectures, research notes and the accounts of his students and colleagues, Minkowski’s interest in mechanics and physics is retraced, from his early career to his discovery of spacetime.     

利用积分证明Taylor公式

利用 Newton-Leibniz公式 ,给出了 Taylor公式的一种新的证明 .并由所得余项导出了其它形式的余项