The homotopy groups of SE(2) at p⩾5 revisited

We present a new technique for analyzing the $v_0$-Bockstein spectral sequence studied by Shimomura and Yabe. Employing this technique, we derive a conceptually simpler presentation of the homotopy groups of the $E(2)$-local sphere at primes $p?5$. We identify and correct some errors in the original Shimomura–Yabe calculation. We deduce the related $K(2)$-local homotopy groups, and discuss their manifestation of Gross–Hopkins duality.     

Powerful numbers in (1ℓ + qℓ)(2ℓ + qℓ)⋯(nℓ + qℓ)

Let q be a positive integer. Recently, Niu and Liu proved that, if $n\ge \max ?\{q,1198?q\}$, then the product $(1^3+q^3)(2^3+q^3)?(n^3+q^3)$ is not a powerful number. In this note, we prove (1) that, for any odd prime power ? and $n\ge \max ?\{q,11?q\}$, the product $(1^{?}+q^{?})(2^{?}+q^{?})?(n^{?}+q^{?})$ is not a powerful number, and (2) that, for any positive odd integer ?, there exists an integer $N_{q,?}$ such that, for any positive integer $n\ge N_{q,?}$, the product $(1^{?}+q^{?})(2^{?}+q^{?})?(n^{?}+q^{?})$ is not a powerful number.     

An exact upper bound for sums of element orders in non-cyclic finite groups

Denote the sum of element orders in a finite group G by $\psi (G)$ and let $C_n$ denote the cyclic group of order n. Suppose that G is a non-cyclic finite group of order n and q is the least prime divisor of n. We proved that $\psi (G)\le \frac{7}{11}\psi (C_n)$ and $\psi (G)<\frac{1}{q?1}\psi (C_n)$. The first result is best possible, since for each $n=4k$, k odd, there exists a group G of order n satisfying $\psi (G)=\frac{7}{11}\psi (C_n)$ and the second result implies that if G is of odd order, then $\psi (G)<\frac{1}{2}\psi (C_n)$. Our results improve the inequality $\psi (G)<\psi (C_n)$ obtained by H. Amiri, S.M. Jafarian Amiri and I.M. Isaacs in 2009, as well as other results obtained by S.M. Jafarian Amiri and M. Amiri in 2014 and by R. Shen, G. Chen and C. Wu in 2015. Furthermore, we obtained some $\psi (G)$-based sufficient conditions for the solvability of G.     

Maximal linear groups induced on the Frattini quotient of a p-group

Let $p>3$ be a prime. For each maximal subgroup $H?\mathrm{GL}(d,p)$ with $|H|?p^{3d+1}$, we construct a d-generator finite p-group G with the property that $\mathrm{Aut}(G)$ induces H on the Frattini quotient $G/\mathrm{\Phi }(G)$ and $|G|?p^{\frac{d^4}{2}}$. A significant feature of this construction is that $|G|$ is very small compared to $|H|$, shedding new light upon a celebrated result of Bryant and Kovács. The groups G that we exhibit have exponent p, and of all such groups G with the desired action of H on $G/\mathrm{\Phi }(G)$, the construction yields groups with smallest nilpotency class, and in most cases, the smallest order.     

Bivariate identities related to Chebyshev and Dickson polynomials over Fq

Let ${\mathbb{F}}_q$ be a field of q elements, where q is a power of an odd prime p. The polynomial $f(y)\in {\mathbb{F}}_q[y]$ defined by$f(y):={(1+\sqrt{y})}^{(q+1)/2}+{(1-\sqrt{y})}^{(q+1)/2}$ has the property that$f(1-y)=\rho (2)f(y),$ where ρ is the quadratic character on ${\mathbb{F}}_q$. This univariate identity was applied to prove a recent theorem of N. Katz. We formulate and prove a bivariate extension, and give an application to quadratic residuacity.     

The mod 2 cohomology of the mapping class group of the Klein bottle with marked points

The purpose of this article is to compute the mod 2 cohomology of ${\mathrm{\Gamma }}^q(\mathbb{K})$, the mapping class group of the Klein bottle with q marked points. We provide a concrete construction of Eilenberg–MacLane spaces $X_q=K({\mathrm{\Gamma }}^q(\mathbb{K}),1)$ and fiber bundles $F_q(\mathbb{K})/{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_q\to X_q\to B({\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2))$, where $F_q(\mathbb{K})/{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_q$ denotes the configuration space of unordered q-tuples of distinct points in $\mathbb{K}$ and $B({\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2))$ is the classifying space of the group ${\mathbb{Z}}_2\times O(2)$. Moreover, we show the mod 2 Serre spectral sequence of the bundle above collapses.     

The calculation for characteristic multiplier of Hill's equation x″+q(t)x=0 in case q(t) with positive mean

We gave the calculate formula for characteristic multiplier of Hill's equation $x^{″}+q(t)x=0$ in case $q(t)>0$ and $q(t)<0$ in the papers of Shi et al. [The calculation for characteristic multiplier of Hill's equation, Appl. Math. Comput. 159 (2004) 57–77] and Shi et al. [The calculation for characteristic multiplier of Hill's equation in case $q(t)<0$, 167 (2005) 1130–1149], respectively. In this paper, we give the calculate formula for characteristic multiplier of Hill's equation in case $q(t)$ alternate signs and ${\int }_0^{\pi }q(t)\mathrm{d}t>0$.