An estimate of a Dirichlet series with real coefficients on a ray

Best possible conditions are found under which the logarithm of the absolute value of an entire Dirichlet series with real coefficients rarely changing sign increases on the positive ray in the same way as in the whole plane. This result essentially strengthens a similar result due to Pavlov concerning the growth of Taylor series on the positive ray. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 810–823, December, 1996. This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 93-01-00259.     

Double roots of power series and related matters

For a given collection of distinct arguments , multiplicities and a real interval containing zero, we are interested in determining the smallest for which there is a power series with coefficients in , and roots of order respectively. We denote this by . We describe the usual form of the extremal series (we give a sufficient condition which is also necessary when the extremal series possesses at least non-dependent coefficients strictly inside , where is 1 or 2 as is real or complex). We focus particularly on , the size of the smallest double root of a power series lying on a given ray (of interest in connection with the complex analogue of work of Boris Solomyak on the distribution of the random series ). We computed the value of for the rationals in of denominator less than fifty. The smallest value we encountered was . For the one-sided intervals and the corresponding smallest values were and .

     

Explicit bounds for multidimensional linear recurrences with restricted coefficients

This note employs path counting techniques to extend recent results on bounds for odd order linear recurrences to higher dimensions. The results imply optimal zero-free polydisks for multivariable power series with 0, 1 coefficients. Among the applications is a result that states that the optimal zero-free polydisk has radius approximately 1/(v+1), for large dimensions v.     

Nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and matrix coefficients for unramified principal series

We show how a certain limit of the nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials appears in the representation theory of semisimple groups over p-adic fields as matrix coefficients for the unramified principal series representations. The result is the nonsymmetric counterpart of a classical result relating the same limit of the symmetric Macdonald polynomials to zonal spherical functions on groups of p-adic type.     

On the power series coefficients of certain quotients of Eisenstein series

In their last joint paper, Hardy and Ramanujan examined the coefficients of modular forms with a simple pole in a fundamental region. In particular, they focused on the reciprocal of the Eisenstein series . In letters written to Hardy from nursing homes, Ramanujan stated without proof several more results of this sort. The purpose of this paper is to prove most of these claims.

     

A new summation method for power series with rational coefficients

We show that an asymptotic summation method, recently proposed by the authors, can be conveniently applied to slowly convergent power series whose coefficients are rational functions of the summation index. Several numerical examples are presented.

     

The Hardy-Littlewood theorem for trigonometric series with generalized monotone coefficients

Earlier we introduced a continuous scale of monotony for sequences (classes M _α, α ≥ 0), where, for example, M ₀ is the set of all nonnegative vanishing sequences, M ₁ is the class of all nonincreasing sequences, tending to zero, etc. In addition, we extended several results obtained for trigonometric series with monotone convex coefficients onto more general classes. The main result of this paper is a generalization of the well-known Hardy—Littlewood theorem for trigonometric series, whose coefficients belong to classes M _α, where α ∈ ( $ \tfrac{1} {2} Earlier we introduced a continuous scale of monotony for sequences (classes M _α, α ≥ 0), where, for example, M ₀ is the set of all nonnegative vanishing sequences, M ₁ is the class of all nonincreasing sequences, tending to zero, etc. In addition, we extended several results obtained for trigonometric series with monotone convex coefficients onto more general classes. The main result of this paper is a generalization of the well-known Hardy—Littlewood theorem for trigonometric series, whose coefficients belong to classes M _α, where α ∈ (, 1). Namely, the following assertion is true. Let α ∈ (, 1), < p < 2, a sequence a ∈ M _α, and . Then the series cos nx converges on (0,2π) to a finite function f(x) and f(x) ∈ L _p (0,2π). Original Russian Text ? M.I. D’yachenko, 2008, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Matematika, 2008, No. 5, pp. 38–47.     

Power series solutions to Volterra integral equations

Power series type solutions are given for a wide class of linear and q-dimensional nonlinear Volterra equations on R^p. The basic assumption on the kernel K(x, y) is that K(x, xt) has a power series in x. For example, this holds for any analytic kernel.The kernel may be strongly singular, provided certain constants are finite. One and only one such power series solution exists. Its coefficients are given by a simple iterative formula. In many cases this may be solved explicitly. In particular an explicit formula for the resolvent is given.     

Trigonometric series with general monotone coefficients

We study trigonometric series with general monotone coefficients. Convergence results in the different metrics are obtained. Also, we prove a Hardy-type result on the behavior of the series near the origin.     

Reversion of power series and the extended Raney coefficients

In direct as well as diagonal reversion of a system of power series, the reversion coefficients may be expressed as polynomials in the coefficients of the original power series. These polynomials have coefficients which are natural numbers (Raney coefficients). We provide a combinatorial interpretation for Raney coefficients. Specifically, each such coefficient counts a certain collection of ordered colored trees. We also provide a simple determinantal formula for Raney coefficients which involves multinomial coefficients.

     

Local approximation on surfaces with discontinuities,given limited order Fourier coefficients

We present a spline approximation method for a piece of a surface where jump discontinuities occur along curves. The data for the surface is assumed to be Fourier coefficients which are limited in order and possibly contaminated with noise. The support of the approximation is bounded by three sides of a rectangle with a fourth boundary possibly curved. Discontinuities of the surface may occur across the curved side and linear sides adjacent to it. The approximation uses a small number of lines through the support and parallel to the straight boundary lines that are adjacent to the curve. Along each line a one-dimensional spline approximation is done for a section of the surface over the line. This approximation uses two-dimensional Fourier coefficient data, localizing spline functions, and a technique which we developed earlier for one-dimensional analogues of the problem. We use a spline quasi-interpolation scheme to create a surface approximation from the section approximations. The result is accurate even when the surface is discontinuous across the curved boundary and adjacent side boundaries.     

On k-summability of formal solutions for a class of partial differential operators with time dependent coefficients

We study the k-summability of divergent formal solutions for the Cauchy problem of a certain class of linear partial differential operators with time dependent coefficients. The problem is reduced to a k-summability property of formal solutions for a linear similar ordinary differential equation associated with the Cauchy problem.     

Pointwise universal trigonometric series

A series is called a pointwise universal trigonometric series if for any , there exists a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that converges to f(z) pointwise on . We find growth conditions on coefficients allowing and forbidding the existence of a pointwise universal trigonometric series. For instance, if as |n|→∞ for some ε>0, then the series S_a cannot be pointwise universal. On the other hand, there exists a pointwise universal trigonometric series S_a with as |n|→∞.     

On random power series with nonidentically distributed coefficients

The distribution of the radius of convergence r(ω) of a random power series with nonidentically distributed coefficients is considered. The results obtained here extend the well-known work in the identically distributed case.     

A note on the non-holomorphic Eisenstein series

We give a sufficient condition of bounded growth for the non-holomorphic Eisenstein series on SL ₂(ℤ). The C ^∞-automorphic forms of bounded growth are introduced by Sturm (Duke Math. J. 48(2), 327–350, 1981) in the study of automorphic L-functions. We also give a Laplace-Mellin transform of the Fourier coefficients of the Eisenstein series. The transformation constructs a projection of the Eisenstein series to the space of holomorphic cusp forms.      

Exact estimates for integrals involving Dirichlet series with nonnegative coefficients

We consider the Dirichlet series

with coefficients for all . Among others, we prove exact estimates of certain weighted -norms of on the unit interval for any , in terms of the coefficients . Our estimation is based on the close relationship between Dirichlet series and power series. This enables us to derive exact estimates for integrals involving the former one by relying on exact estimates for integrals involving the latter one. As a by-product, we obtain an analogue of the Cauchy-Hadamard criterion of (absolute) convergence of the more general Dirichlet series

with complex coefficients .

     

Polynomials with nonnegative coefficients and a given factor

For a given real polynomial f without positive roots (without nonnegative roots, respectively) we study polynomials h of lowest degree such that the product hf has nonnegative (positive, respectively) coefficients. Our main result is the determination of polynomials h of minimal degree with the aforementioned properties for quadratic polynomials f with negative discriminant; here we exploit slightly modified ideas of E. Meissner (1911). Further, we show that h can be calculated in finitely many steps.