Optimal logarithmic energy points on the unit sphere

We study minimum energy point charges on the unit sphere in , , that interact according to the logarithmic potential , where is the Euclidean distance between points. Such optimal -point configurations are uniformly distributed as . We quantify this result by estimating the spherical cap discrepancy of optimal energy configurations. The estimate is of order . Essential is an improvement of the lower bound of the optimal logarithmic energy which yields the second term in the asymptotical expansion of the optimal energy. Previously, this was known for the unit sphere in only. Furthermore, we present an upper bound for the error of integration for an equally-weighted numerical integration rule with the nodes forming an optimal logarithmic energy configuration. For polynomials of degree at most this bound is as . For continuous functions of satisfying a Lipschitz condition with constant the bound is as .

     

Short effective intervals containing primes in arithmetic progressions and the seven cubes problem

For any and any non-exceptional modulus , we prove that, for large enough ( ), the interval contains a prime in any of the arithmetic progressions modulo . We apply this result to establish that every integer larger than is a sum of seven cubes.

     

Equal moments division of a set

Let be the minimal positive integer , for which there exists a splitting of the set into  subsets, , , ..., , whose first moments are equal. Similarly, let be the maximal positive integer , such that there exists a splitting of into subsets whose first moments are equal. For , these functions were investigated by several authors, and the values of and have been found for and , respectively. In this paper, we deal with the problem for any prime . We demonstrate our methods by finding for any and for .

     

Rationality problem of three-dimensional purely monomial group actions: the last case

A -automorphism of the rational function field is called purely monomial if sends every variable to a monic Laurent monomial in the variables . Let be a finite subgroup of purely monomial -automorphisms of . The rationality problem of the -action is the problem of whether the -fixed field is -rational, i.e., purely transcendental over , or not. In 1994, M. Hajja and M. Kang gave a positive answer for the rationality problem of the three-dimensional purely monomial group actions except one case. We show that the remaining case is also affirmative.

     

The hyperdeterminant and triangulations of the 4-cube

The hyperdeterminant of format is a polynomial of degree in unknowns which has terms. We compute the Newton polytope of this polynomial and the secondary polytope of the -cube. The regular triangulations of the -cube are classified into -equivalence classes, one for each vertex of the Newton polytope. The -cube has coarsest regular subdivisions, one for each facet of the secondary polytope, but only of them come from the hyperdeterminant.

     

Weak coupling of solutions of first-order least-squares method

A theoretical analysis of a first-order least-squares finite element method for second-order self-adjoint elliptic problems is presented. We investigate the coupling effect of the approximate solutions for the primary function and for the flux . We prove that the accuracy of the approximate solution for the primary function is weakly affected by the flux . That is, the bound for is dependent on , but only through the best approximation for multiplied by a factor of meshsize . Similarly, we provide that the bound for is dependent on , but only through the best approximation for multiplied by a factor of the meshsize . This weak coupling is not true for the non-selfadjoint case. We provide the numerical experiment supporting the theorems in this paper.

     

Computations of Eisenstein series on Fuchsian groups

We present numerical investigations of the value distribution and distribution of Fourier coefficients of the Eisenstein series on arithmetic and non-arithmetic Fuchsian groups. Our numerics indicate a Gaussian limit value distribution for a real-valued rotation of as , and also, on non-arithmetic groups, a complex Gaussian limit distribution for when near and , at least if we allow at some rate. Furthermore, on non-arithmetic groups and for fixed with near , our numerics indicate a Gaussian limit distribution for the appropriately normalized Fourier coefficients.

     

Sign changes in sums of the Liouville function

The Liouville function is the completely multiplicative function whose value is at each prime. We develop some algorithms for computing the sum , and use these methods to determine the smallest positive integer where . This answers a question originating in some work of Turán, who linked the behavior of to questions about the Riemann zeta function. We also study the problem of evaluating Pólya's sum , and we determine some new local extrema for this function, including some new positive values.

     

On the distinctness of modular reductions of maximal length sequences modulo odd prime powers

We discuss the distinctness problem of the reductions modulo of maximal length sequences modulo powers of an odd prime , where the integer has a prime factor different from . For any two different maximal length sequences generated by the same polynomial, we prove that their reductions modulo are distinct. In other words, the reduction modulo of a maximal length sequence is proved to contain all the information of the original sequence.

     

Computational estimation of the constant

The paper describes a computational estimation of the constant characterizing the bounds of . It is known that as

with , while the truth of the Riemann hypothesis would also imply that . In the range , two sets of estimates of are computed, one for increasingly small minima and another for increasingly large maxima of . As increases, the estimates in the first set rapidly fall below and gradually reach values slightly below , while the estimates in the second set rapidly exceed and gradually reach values slightly above . The obtained numerical results are discussed and compared to the implications of recent theoretical work of Granville and Soundararajan.

     

The irreducibility of some level 1 Hecke polynomials

Let be the characteristic polynomial of the Hecke operator acting on the space of level 1 cusp forms . We show that is irreducible and has full Galois group over  for and ,  prime.

     

Families of irreducible polynomials of Gaussian periods and matrices of cyclotomic numbers

Given an odd prime we show a way to construct large families of polynomials , , where is a set of primes of the form mod and is the irreducible polynomial of the Gaussian periods of degree in . Examples of these families when are worked in detail. We also show, given an integer and a prime mod , how to represent by matrices the Gaussian periods of degree in , and how to calculate in a simple way, with the help of a computer, irreducible polynomials for elements of .

     

Jacobi sums and new families of irreducible polynomials of Gaussian periods

Let 2$">, an -th primitive root of 1, mod a prime number, a primitive root modulo and . We study the Jacobi sums , , where is the least nonnegative integer such that mod . We exhibit a set of properties that characterize these sums, some congruences they satisfy, and a MAPLE program to calculate them. Then we use those results to show how one can construct families , , of irreducible polynomials of Gaussian periods, , of degree , where is a suitable set of primes mod . We exhibit examples of such families for several small values of , and give a MAPLE program to construct more of them.

     

Class numbers of some abelian extensions of rational function fields

Let be a monic irreducible polynomial. In this paper we generalize the determinant formula for of Bae and Kang and the formula for of Jung and Ahn to any subfields of the cyclotomic function field By using these formulas, we calculate the class numbers of all subfields of when and are small.

     

Links and cubic 3-polytopes

It is well known that a prime link diagram corresponds to a signed plane graph without cut vertices (Kauffman, 1989). In this paper, we present a new relation between prime links and cubic 3-polytopes. Let be the set of links such that each has a diagram whose corresponding signed plane graph is the graph of a cubic 3-polytope. We show that all nontrivial prime links, except -torus links and -pretzel links, can be obtained from by using some operation of untwining. Furthermore, we define the generalized cubic 3-polytope chains and then show that any nontrivial link can be obtained from by some untwining operations, where is the set of links corresponding to generalized cubic 3-polytope chains. These results are used to simplify the computation of the Kauffman brackets of links so that the computing can be done in a unified way for many infinite families of links.

     

A new bound for the smallest

Let denote the number of primes and let denote the usual integral logarithm of . We prove that there are at least integer values of in the vicinity of with . This improves earlier bounds of Skewes, Lehman, and te Riele. We also plot more than 10000 values of in four different regions, including the regions discovered by Lehman, te Riele, and the authors of this paper, and a more distant region in the vicinity of , where appears to exceed by more than . The plots strongly suggest, although upper bounds derived to date for are not sufficient for a proof, that exceeds for at least integers in the vicinity of . If it is possible to improve our bound for by finding a sign change before , our first plot clearly delineates the potential candidates. Finally, we compute the logarithmic density of and find that as departs from the region in the vicinity of , the density is , and that it varies from this by no more than over the next integers. This should be compared to Rubinstein and Sarnak.

     

New expansions of numerical eigenvalues for by nonconforming elements

The paper explores new expansions of the eigenvalues for in with Dirichlet boundary conditions by the bilinear element (denoted ) and three nonconforming elements, the rotated bilinear element (denoted ), the extension of (denoted ) and Wilson's elements. The expansions indicate that and provide upper bounds of the eigenvalues, and that and Wilson's elements provide lower bounds of the eigenvalues. By extrapolation, the convergence rate can be obtained, where is the maximal boundary length of uniform rectangles. Numerical experiments are carried out to verify the theoretical analysis made.

     

Lower bounds for the total stopping time of iterates

The total stopping time of a positive integer is the minimal number of iterates of the function needed to reach the value , and is if no iterate of reaches . It is shown that there are infinitely many positive integers having a finite total stopping time such that 6.14316 \log n.$"> The proof involves a search of trees to depth 60, A heuristic argument suggests that for any constant , a search of all trees to sufficient depth could produce a proof that there are infinitely many such that \gamma\log n.$">It would require a very large computation to search trees to a sufficient depth to produce a proof that the expected behavior of a ``random' iterate, which is occurs infinitely often.

     

Computing automorphisms of abelian number fields

Let be an abelian number field of degree . Most algorithms for computing the lattice of subfields of require the computation of all the conjugates of . This is usually achieved by factoring the minimal polynomial of over . In practice, the existing algorithms for factoring polynomials over algebraic number fields can handle only problems of moderate size. In this paper we describe a fast probabilistic algorithm for computing the conjugates of , which is based on -adic techniques. Given and a rational prime which does not divide the discriminant of , the algorithm computes the Frobenius automorphism of in time polynomial in the size of and in the size of . By repeatedly applying the algorithm to randomly chosen primes it is possible to compute all the conjugates of .

     

On the modular curves

Let denote an elliptic curve over and the modular curve classifying the elliptic curves over such that the representations of in the 7-torsion points of and of are symplectically isomorphic. In case is given by a Weierstraß equation such that the invariant is a square, we exhibit here nontrivial points of . From this we deduce an infinite family of curves for which has at least four nontrivial points.