On averages of Fourier coefficients of Maass cusp forms

Let φ be a primitive Maass cusp form and t _φ (n) be its nth Fourier coefficient at the cusp infinity. In this short note, we are interested in the estimation of the sums ${\sum_{n \leq x}t_{\varphi}(n)}$ and ${\sum_{n \leq x}t_{\varphi}(n^2)}$ . We are able to improve the previous results by showing that for any ${\varepsilon > 0}$ $$\sum_{n \leq x}t_{\varphi}(n) \ll\, _{\varphi, \varepsilon} x^{\frac{1027}{2827} + \varepsilon} \quad {and}\quad\sum_{n \leq x}t_{\varphi}(n^2) \ll\,_{\varphi, \varepsilon} x^{\frac{489}{861} + \varepsilon}.$$      

The domain of regularity of the limit function of a sequence of analytic functions

Letf (z) be an entire function λ_n(n=0,1,2,...) complex numbers, such that the system f(λ_{n n=0} ^∞ is not complete in the circle ¦z¦n(z) have the form \(\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^{p_n } {\alpha _{nk} } f(\lambda _k \cdot z)\) . We study the properties of the limit function of the sequence Q_n(z) in the case when $$f(z) = 1 + \sum\nolimits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{{z^n }}{{P(1)P(2)...P(n)}}} ,$$ . where P(z) is a polynomial having at least one negative integral root.     

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the asymptotic distribution of the largest entry of a sample correlation matrix

Let {X _k,i ; i ≥ 1, k ≥ 1} be a double array of nondegenerate i.i.d. random variables and let {p _n ; n ≥ 1} be a sequence of positive integers such that n/p _n is bounded away from 0 and ∞. In this paper we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for the asymptotic distribution of the largest entry ${L_{n}={\rm max}_{1\leq i < j\leq p_{n}}|\hat{\rho}^{(n)}_{i,j}|}$ of the sample correlation matrix ${{\bf {\Gamma}}_{n}=(\hat{\rho}_{i,j}^{(n)})_{1\leq i,j\leq p_{n}}}$ where ${\hat{\rho}^{(n)}_{i,j}}$ denotes the Pearson correlation coefficient between (X _1,i , ..., X _n,i )′ and (X _1,j ,...,X _n,j )′. Write ${F(x)= \mathbb{P}(|X_{1,1}|\leq x), x\geq0}$ , ${W_{c,n}={\rm max}_{1\leq i < j\leq p_{n}}|\sum_{k=1}^{n}(X_{k,i}-c)(X_{k,j}-c)|}$ , and ${W_{n}=W_{0,n},n\geq1,c\in(-\infty,\infty)}$ . Under the assumption that ${\mathbb{E}|X_{1,1}|^{2+\delta} < \infty}$ for some δ > 0, we show that the following six statements are equivalent: $$ {\bf (i)} \quad \lim_{n \to \infty} n^{2}\int\limits_{(n \log n)^{1/4}}^{\infty}\left( F^{n-1}(x) - F^{n-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{n \log n}}{x}\right) \right) dF(x) = 0,$$ $$ {\bf (ii)}\quad n \mathbb{P}\left ( \max_{1 \leq i < j \leq n}|X_{1,i}X_{1,j} | \geq \sqrt{n \log n}\right ) \to 0 \quad{\rm as}\,n \to \infty,$$ $$ {\bf (iii)}\quad \frac{W_{\mu, n}}{\sqrt {n \log n}}\stackrel{\mathbb{P}}{\rightarrow} 2\sigma^{2},$$ $$ {\bf (iv)}\quad \left ( \frac{n}{\log n}\right )^{1/2} L_{n} \stackrel{\mathbb{P}}{\rightarrow} 2,$$ $$ {\bf (v)}\quad \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\mathbb{P}\left (\frac{W_{\mu, n}^{2}}{n \sigma^{4}} - a_{n}\leq t \right ) = \exp \left \{ - \frac{1}{\sqrt{8\pi}} e^{-t/2}\right \}, - \infty < t < \infty,$$ $$ {\bf (vi)}\quad \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\mathbb{P}\left (n L_{n}^{2} - a_{n}\leq t \right ) = \exp \left \{ - \frac{1}{\sqrt{8 \pi}} e^{-t/2}\right \}, - \infty < t < \infty$$ where ${\mu=\mathbb{E}X_{1,1}, \sigma^{2}=\mathbb{E}(X_{1,1} - \mu)^{2}}$ , and a _n  = 4 log p _n ? log log p _n . The equivalences between (i), (ii), (iii), and (v) assume that only ${\mathbb{E}X_{1,1}^{2} < \infty}$ . Weak laws of large numbers for W _n and L _n , n ≥  1, are also established and these are of the form ${W_{n}/n^{\alpha}\stackrel{\mathbb{P}}{\rightarrow} 0}\,(\alpha > 1/2)$ and ${n^{1-\alpha}L_{n}\stackrel{\mathbb{P}}{\rightarrow} 0}\,(1/2 < \alpha \leq 1)$ , respectively. The current work thus provides weak limit analogues of the strong limit theorems of Li and Rosalsky as well as a necessary and sufficient condition for the asymptotic distribution of L _n obtained by Jiang. Some open problems are also posed.     

Ranges of certain functionals in classes of regular functions

LetP _κ,n (λ,β) be the class of functions \(g(z) = 1 + \sum\nolimits_{v = n}^\infty {c_\gamma z^v }\) , regular in ¦z¦<1 and satisfying the condition $$\int_0^{2\pi } {\left| {\operatorname{Re} \left[ {e^{i\lambda } g(z) - \beta \cos \lambda } \right]} \right|} /\left( {1 - \beta } \right)\cos \lambda \left| {d\theta \leqslant \kappa \pi ,} \right.z = re^{i\theta } ,$$ , 0 < r < 1 (κ?2,n?1, 0?Β<1, -π<λ<π/2;M _κ,n (λ,β,α),n?2, is the class of functions \(f(z) = z + \sum\nolimits_{v = n}^\infty {a_v z^v }\) , regular in¦z¦<1 and such thatF _α(z)∈P _κ,n?1(λ,β), where \(F_\alpha (z) = (1 - \alpha )\frac{{zf'(z)}}{{f(z)}} + \alpha (1 + \frac{{zf'(z)}}{{f'(z)}})\) (0?α?1). Onr considers the problem regarding the range of the system {g ^(v?1)(z_?)/(v?1)!}, ?=1,2,...,m,v=1,2,...,N _?, on the classP _κ,1(λ,β). On the classesP _κ,n (λ,β),M _κ,n (λ,β,α) one finds the ranges of C_v, v?n, a_m, n?m?2n-2, and ofg(?),F _?(?), 0<¦ξ¦<1, ξ is fixed.     

On a transformation of power series

Изучаются ряды Риман а, рассматривавшиеся ранее в работах [1] и [2]. Пустьa _n (n=1, 2,…) — последов ательность комплекс ных чисел иr _n =a _n +a _2n +…. Предполо жим, чтоΣ¦a _n ¦<∞. Тогда выпо лняются неравенства $$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\sum\limits_n {\left| {r_n } \right| \leqq } \sum\limits_n {\left| {a_n } \right|} d(n),} & {\sum\limits_n {\left| {a_n } \right|} } \\ \end{array} \leqq \sum\limits_n {\left| {r_n } \right|2^{\omega (n)} ,} $$ гдеd(n) иω(n) — соответств енно число делителей и число простых делителейn. Е сли $$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {F(z) = \sum\limits_n {a_n z^n ,} } & {p_n (z) = \sum\limits_{s|n} {\mu \left( {\frac{n}{s}} \right)z^s ,} } \\ \end{array} $$ то \(F(z) = \sum\limits_n {r_n p_n (z)} \) для ¦z¦<1. В статье с одержатся некоторые результаты о сходимо сти рядов РиманаΣt _n p _n (z) на окружно сти ¦z¦=1. Например, если числаt _n неотрицатель ны, монотонно убывают и \(\sum\limits_n {t_n< \infty } \) , то ряд равн омерно сходится для ¦z¦=1. Сформулированы неко торые новые задачи.     

A Note on Drazin Invertibility for Upper Triangular Block Operators

A bounded linear operator A acting on a Banach space X is said to be an upper triangular block operators of order n, and we write ${A \in \mathcal{UT}_{n}(X)}$ , if there exists a decomposition of ${X = X_{1} \oplus . . . \oplus X_{n}}$ and an n × n matrix operator ${(A_{i,j})_{\rm 1 \leq i, j \leq n}}$ such that ${A = (A_{i, j})_{1 \leq i, j \leq n}, A_{i, j} = 0}$ for i > j. In this note we characterize a large set of entries A _{i, j} with j > i such that ${\sigma_{\rm D} (A) = {\bigcup\limits_{i = 1}^{n}} \sigma_{\rm D} (A_{i, i})}$ ; where σ_D(.) is the Drazin spectrum. Some applications concerning the Fredholm theory and meromorphic operators are given.     

Asymptotic behavior for non-oscillatory solutions of difference equations with several delays in the neutral term

In this paper, we first consider difference equations with several delays in the neutral term of the form * $$\Delta\left(y_{n}+\sum_{i=1}^{L}p_{i}y_{n-{k_{i}}}-\sum_{j=1}^{M}r_{j}y_{n-{\rho_{j}}}\right)+q_{n}y_{n-\tau}=0\quad \mbox{for}\ n\in\mathbb{Z}^{+}(0),$$ study various cases of coefficients in the neutral term and obtain the asymptotic behavior for non-oscillatory solution of (*) under some hypotheses. Moreover, we consider reaction-diffusion difference equations with several delays in the neutral term of the form $$\begin{array}{l}\Delta_{1}\left(u_{n,m}+\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{L}p_{i}u_{n-{k_{i}},m}-\displaystyle \sum_{j=1}^{M}r_{j}u_{n-{\rho_{j}},m}\right)+q_{n,m}u_{n-\tau,m}\\[18pt]\quad {}=a^{2}\Delta_{2}^{2}u_{n+1,m-1}\end{array}$$ for (n,m)∈?⁺(0)×Ω, study various cases of coefficients in the neutral term and obtain the asymptotic behavior for non-oscillatory solution under some hypotheses.     

Constant-Sign Periodic and Almost Periodic Solutions for a System of Integral Equations

We consider the following system of integral equations $${u_{i}(t)=\int\nolimits_{I} g_{i}(t, s)f(s, u_{1}(s), u_{2}(s), \cdots, u_{n}(s))ds, \quad t \in I, \ 1 \leq i\leq n}$$ where I is an interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . Our aim is to establish criteria such that the above system has a constant-sign periodic and almost periodic solution (u ₁, u ₂,…,u _n ) when I is an infinite interval of $\mathbb{R}$ , and a constant-sign periodic solution when I is a finite interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . The above problem is also extended to that on $\mathbb{R}$ $$u_{i} {\left( t \right)} = {\int_\mathbb{R} {g_{i} {\left( {t,s} \right)}f_{i} {\left( {s,u_{1} {\left( s \right)},u_{2} {\left( s \right)}, \cdots ,u_{n} {\left( s \right)}} \right)}ds\quad t \in \mathbb{R},\quad 1 \leqslant i \leqslant n.} }$$      

Kriterien in der Theorie der Gleichverteilung

It is the aim of this paper to introduce two new notions of discrepancy. They are defined by the formulas $$\begin{gathered} \Delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right) = \mathop {\sup }\limits_{\left| z \right| = r} \left| {\left( {{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 N}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} N}} \right)\sum\limits_{n = 1}^N {f\left( {z e^2 \pi i\omega \left( n \right)} \right)} - f\left( 0 \right)} \right|, and \hfill \\ \delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right) = \mathop {\sup }\limits_{\left| z \right| = r} \left| {\left( {{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 N}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} N}} \right)\sum\limits_{n = 1}^N {f\left( {z \omega \left( n \right)} \right)} \cdot z - \int\limits_0^z {f\left( \zeta \right)d\zeta } } \right|, \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ wheref is a holomorphic function defined in the unit disc withf ^(k) (0)≠0 for allk∈?,r<1 is a positive number, and ω is a sequence in [0, 1]. The first of these discrepancies can be generalized for multidimensional sequences. ω is uniform distributed if and only if lim _N→∞ Δ _N ^r (ω;f)=0 resp. lim _N→∞δ _N ^r (ω;f)=0. These results are proved in a quantitative way by estimating the classical discrepancyD _N (ω) by means ofΔ _N ^r (ω;f) and δ _N ^r (ω;f): $$\begin{gathered} \Delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right) \ll D_N \left( \omega \right) \ll \Phi \left( {\Delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right)} \right), \hfill \\ \delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right) \ll D_N \left( \omega \right) \ll \Psi \left( {\delta _N^r \left( {\omega ;f} \right)} \right). \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ The functions Φ and Ψ only depend onf andr. These estimations are based on the inequalities ofKoksma-Hlawka andErdös-Turán.     

Estimates for the Fourier coefficients of symmetric square L-functions

Let f(z) be a holomorphic Hecke eigenform of even weight k for the full modular group ${SL_2(\mathbb{Z})}$ , and denote by L(s, sym² f) the corresponding symmetric square L-function associated to f. Suppose that ${\lambda_{\rm{sym}^2} f(n)}$ is the nth normalized Fourier coefficient of L(s, sym² f). In this paper, the asymptotic formula $$\begin{array}{ll}\sum_{n\leq x} \lambda^2_{\rm{sym}^2 f}(n) = C x + O(x^{\frac{10}{13}} \log^{9} x)\end{array}$$ is established.     

Modular forms,hypergeometric functions and congruences

Let $$A_k(n)=\sum_{\substack{i_1,i_2,\ldots, i_k \ge0\\ i_1+i_2+\cdots+ i_k=n}}\binom{2i_1}{i_1}^2 \binom{2i_2}{i_2}^2\cdots \binom{2i_k}{i_k}^2, \quad \textrm{for } k,n\in\mathbb{N}. $$ Using the theory of Stienstra and Beukers (Math. Ann., 271:269–304, 1985), we prove that the numbers A ₃(n) and A ₃(n?1)?16A ₃(n?2) satisfy three term congruence relations similar to those satisfied by Apery numbers. Moreover, for k≥3 and p prime, we prove divisibility by p of some simple linear combinations of the numbers A _k (n), for $n\in \mathbb{N}$ . To obtain this, we study the arithmetic properties of the Fourier coefficients of certain holomorphic and weakly holomorphic modular forms.     

Maximal and minimal solutions of an Aronsson equation: L ∞ variational problems versus the game theory

The Dirichlet problem $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{l}\Delta _\infty u - |Du|^2 = 0 \quad {\rm on} \, \Omega \subset {{\mathbb R}^n} \\ u|\partial \Omega = g \\\end{array} \right. $$ might have many solutions, where ${\Delta_{\infty}u=\sum_{1\leq i,j\leq n}u_{x_i}u_{x_j}u_{x_ix_j}}$ . In this paper, we prove that the maximal solution is the unique absolute minimizer for ${H(p,z)={\frac{1}{2}}|p|^2-z}$ from calculus of variations in L ^∞ and the minimal solution is the continuum value function from the “tug-of-war” game. We will also characterize graphes of solutions which are neither an absolute minimizer nor a value function. A remaining interesting question is how to interpret those intermediate solutions. Most of our approaches are based on an idea of Barles–Busca (Commun Partial Differ Equ 26(11–12):2323–2337, 2001).     

A nonclassical law of the iterated logarithm for self-normalized partial sums

Let {X _n ,?n≧1} be a sequence of nondegenerate, symmetric, i.i.d. random variables which are in the domain of attraction of the normal?law?with zero means and possibly infinite variances. Denote ${S_{n}=\sum_{i=1}^{n} X_{i}}$ , ${V_{n}^{2}=\sum_{i=1}^{n} X_{i}^{2}}$ . Then we prove that there is a sequence of positive constants {b(n),?n≧1} which is defined by Klesov and Rosalsky [11], is monotonically approaching infinity and is not asymptotically equivalent to loglogn but is such that $\displaystyle \limsup_{n\to\infty} \frac{|S_n|}{\sqrt{2V_n^2b(n)}}= 1$ almost surely if some additional technical assumptions are imposed.     

On certain estimates for orthogonal polynomials depending on parameters

Рассматривается сис тема ортогональных м ногочленов {P _n (z)} ₀ ^∞ , удовлетворяющ их условиям $$\frac{1}{{2\pi }}\int\limits_0^{2\pi } {P_m (z)\overline {P_n (z)} d\sigma (\theta ) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {0,m \ne n,P_n (z) = z^n + ...,z = \exp (i\theta ),} \\ {h_n > 0,m = n(n = 0,1,...),} \\ \end{array} } \right.} $$ где σ (θ) — ограниченная неу бывающая на отрезке [0,2π] функция с бесчисленным множе ством точек роста. Вводится последовательность параметров {а_{n 0} ^∞ , независимых дру г от друга и подчиненных единств енному ограничению { ¦а_n¦<1} ₀ ^∞ ; все многочлены {Р _n (z)} 0/∞ можно найти по формуле $$P_0 = 1,P_{k + 1(z)} = zP_k (z) - a_k P_k^ * (z),P_k^ * (z) = z^k \bar P_k \left( {\frac{1}{z}} \right)(k = 0,1,...)$$ . Многие свойства и оце нки для {P _n (z)} ₀ ^∞ и (θ) можн о найти в зависимости от этих параметров; например, условие \(\mathop \Sigma \limits_{n = 0}^\infty \left| {a_n } \right|^2< \infty \) , бо лее общее, чем условие Г. Cerë, необходимо и достато чно для справедливости а симптотической форм улы в области ¦z¦>1. Пользуясь этим ме тодом, можно найти также реш ение задачи В. А. Стекло ва.     

Regularized sums of half-integer powers of a Sturm-Liouville operator

We investigate the question of the regularized sums of part of the eigenvalues z_n (lying along a direction) of a Sturm-Liouville operator. The first regularized sum is $$\sum\nolimits_{n = 1}^\infty {(z_n - n - \frac{{c_1 }}{n} + \frac{2}{\pi } \cdot z_n arctg \frac{1}{{z_n }} - \frac{2}{\pi }) = \frac{{B_2 }}{2} - c_1 \cdot \gamma + \int_1^\infty {\left[ {R(z) - \frac{{l_0 }}{{\sqrt z }} - \frac{{l_1 }}{z} - \frac{{l_2 }}{{z\sqrt z }}} \right]} } \sqrt z dz,$$ where the z_n are eigenvalues lying along the positive semi-axis, z _n ² =λ_n, $$l_0 = \frac{\pi }{2}, l_1 = - \frac{1}{2}, l_2 = - \frac{1}{4}\int_0^\pi {q(x) dx,} c_1 = - \frac{2}{\pi }l_2 ,$$ , B₂ is a Bernoulli number, γ is Euler's constant, and \(R(z)\) is the trace of the resolvent of a Sturm-Liouville operator.     

On the convergence rate of the partial sums of positive entire Dirichlet series

Пусть Λ=(λ_n) — возрастаю щая к+∞ последователь ность неотрицательных чис ел, λ₀=0, а S₊(Λ) — класс абсолют но сходящихся в С рядо в Дирихле вида $$F\left( z \right) = \mathop \sum \limits_{k = 0}^\infty a_k \exp \left\{ {z\lambda _k } \right\},$$ где a₀=1 и a_k>0 (k∈N). Положим $$\begin{gathered} S_n \left( z \right) = \mathop \sum \limits_{k = 1}^\infty a_k \exp \left\{ {z\lambda _k } \right\}, \hfill \\ \sigma _n \left( F \right) = \max \left\{ {\frac{1}{{S_n \left( x \right)}} - \frac{1}{{F\left( x \right)}}:x \in R} \right\}. \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ Доказано, что для того, чтобы для любой функц ии F∈S₊(Λ) выполнялось равенст во $$\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{1}{{\ln n}}\ln \frac{1}{{\sigma _n \left( F \right)}} = + \infty ,$$ необходимо и достато чно, чтобы $$\mathop \sum \limits_{n = 1}^\infty \frac{1}{{n\lambda _n }}< + \infty .$$ Аналогичные результ ы получены для различ ных подклассов классаS ₊ (Λ), определяемых условиями на убывани е коэффициентова _n.     

Представление целых функций рядами по фун кциям Миттаг-Леффлера

The class \(B_{\varrho _1 } \) is introduced and thoroughly studied in the paper. By definition,H∈ \(B_{\varrho _1 } \) if there exist sequences {А _n } and {μ _n }, ¦μ _n ¦ ↑ ∞ (depending onH(?)) such that $$\mathop {\lim \sup }\limits_{t \to \infty } \frac{{\ln \Phi \left( {re^{i\varphi } } \right)}}{{r^{\varrho _1 } }} = H\left( \varphi \right), \Phi \left( z \right) = \mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = 1}^\infty \left| {A_k E_\varrho \left( {\lambda _k z} \right)} \right|,$$ whereE _? (z) is a Mittag—Leffler function and? ₁>?>1/2. The significance of the class \(B_{\varrho _1 } \) is confirmed by the following theorem. For each functionH∈ \(B_{\varrho _1 } \) there exists a sequence {λ _n } with the following property: every entire functionF(z) of order? ₁ with the growth indicatorh _F (?)< <H(?) can be expanded into the series $$F\left( z \right) = \mathop \Sigma \limits_{n = 1}^\infty a_n E_\varrho \left( {\lambda _n z} \right),$$ furthermore, $$\mathop {\lim sup}\limits_{r \to \infty } \frac{{\ln \Phi \left( {re^{i\varphi } } \right)}}{{r^{\varrho 1} }}< H\left( \varphi \right), \Phi \left( z \right) = \mathop \Sigma \limits_{n = 1}^\infty \left| {a_n E_\varrho \left( {\lambda _n z} \right)} \right|.$$ The coefficientsa _n are explicitly defined. The results were previously announced by the author inDokl. AN SSSR,264 (1982), 1313–1315.     

Schwache Lösungen des Frankl-Morawetz-Problems im ℝ3

In a bounded simple connected region G ? ?³ we consider the equation $$L\left[ u \right]: = k\left( z \right)\left( {u_{xx} + u_{yy} } \right) + u_{zz} + d\left( {x,y,z} \right)u = f\left( {x,y,z} \right)$$ where k(z)? 0 whenever z ? 0.G is surrounded forz≥0 by a smooth surface Γ₀ with S:=Γ₀ ? {(x,y,z)|=0} and forz<0 by the characteristic \(\Gamma _2 :---(x^2 + y^2 )^{{\textstyle{1 \over 2}}} + \int\limits_z^0 {(---k(t))^{{\textstyle{1 \over 2}}} dt = 0} \) and a smooth surface Γ₁ which intersect the planez=0 inS and where the outer normal n=(n_x, n_y, n_z) fulfills \(k(z)(n_x^2 + n_y^2 ) + n_z^2 |_{\Gamma _1 } > 0\) . Under conditions on Γ₁ and the coefficientsk(z), d(x,y,z) we prove the existence of weak solutions for the boundary value problemL[u]=f inG with \(u|_{\Gamma _0 \cup \Gamma _1 } = 0\) . The uniqueness of the classical solution for this problem was proved in [1].     

Extinction profile of the logarithmic diffusion equation

Let ${N \geq 3}$ and u be the solution of u _t = Δ log u in ${\mathbb{R}^N \times (0, T)}$ with initial value u ₀ satisfying ${B_{k_1}(x, 0) \leq u_{0} \leq B_{k_2}(x, 0)}$ for some constants k ₁ > k ₂ > 0 where ${B_k(x, t) = 2(N - 2)(T - t)_{+}^{N/(N - 2)}/(k + (T - t)_{+}^{2/(N - 2)}|x|^{2})}$ is the Barenblatt solution for the equation and ${u_0 - B_{k_0} \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 if ${N \geq 4}$ . We give a new different proof on the uniform convergence and ${L^1(\mathbb{R}^N)}$ convergence of the rescaled function ${\tilde{u}(x, s) = (T - t)^{-N/(N - 2)}u(x/(T - t)^{-1/(N - 2)}, t), s = -{\rm log}(T - t)}$ , on ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ to the rescaled Barenblatt solution ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x) = 2(N - 2)/(k_0 + |x|^{2})}$ for some k ₀ > 0 as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ . When ${N \geq 4, 0 \leq u_0(x) \leq B_{k_0}(x, 0)}$ in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , and ${|u_0(x) - B_{k_0}(x, 0)| \leq f \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 and some radially symmetric function f, we also prove uniform convergence and convergence in some weighted L ¹ space in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ of the rescaled solution ${\tilde{u}(x, s)}$ to ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x)}$ as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ .     

Rational approximations of real numbers

For anyx ∈ r put $$c(x) = \overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to \infty } } \mathop {\min }\limits_{(p,q\mathop {) \in Z}\limits_{q \leqslant t} \times N} t\left| {qx - p} \right|.$$ . Let [x₀; x₁,..., x_n, ...] be an expansion of x into a continued fraction and let \(M = \{ x \in J,\overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } } x_n< \infty \}\) .Forx∈M put D(x)=c(x)/(1?c(x)). The structure of the set \(\mathfrak{D} = \{ D(x),x \in M\}\) is studied. It is shown that $$\mathfrak{D} \cap (3 + \sqrt 3 ,(5 + 3\sqrt 3 )/2) = \{ D(x^{(n,3} )\} _{n = 0}^\infty \nearrow (5 + 3\sqrt 3 )/2,$$ where \(x^{(n,3)} = [\overline {3;(1,2)_n ,1} ].\) This yields for \(\mu = \inf \{ z,\mathfrak{D} \supset (z, + \infty )\}\) (“origin of the ray”) the following lower bound: μ?(5+3√3)/2=5.0n>(5 + 3/3)/2=5.098.... Suppose a∈n. Put \(M(a) = \{ x \in M,\overline {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } } x_n = a\}\) , \(\mathfrak{D}(a) = \{ D(x),x \in M(a)\}\) . The smallest limit point of \(\mathfrak{D}(a)(a \geqslant 2)\) is found. The structure of (a) is studied completely up to the smallest limit point and elucidated to the right of it.