Duality in Padé-type approximation

Padé and Padé-type approximants are usually defined by replacing the function (1 − xt)⁻¹ by its Hermite (that is confluent) interpolation polynomial and then applying the functional c defined by c(xⁱ) = c_i where the c_i's are the coefficients of the series to be approximated. In this paper the functional d which, applied to (1 − xt)⁻¹, gives the same Padé or Padé-type approximant as before is studied. It can be considered as the dual of the interpolation operator applied to the functional c.     

Numerical computation of wavelet expansion: W error estimate

We consider the numerical procedure introduced in [1] in order to compute the expansion of a function f with respect to a compactly supported wavelet basis, for which we give an error estimate in the W^3,p norm. We also prove an interpolation estimate in the H³ norm.     

k-Lucas numbers and associated bipartite graphs

For a positive integer k2, the k-Fibonacci sequence {g_n^(k)} is defined as: g₁^(k)==g_k−2^(k)=0, g_k−1^(k)=g_k^(k)=1 and for n>k2, g_n^(k)=g_n−1^(k)+g_n−2^(k)++g_n−k^(k). Moreover, the k-Lucas sequence {l_n^(k)} is defined as l_n^(k)=g_n−1^(k)+g_n+k−1^(k) for n1. In this paper, we consider the relationship between g_n^(k) and l_n^(k) and 1-factors of a bipartite graph.     

An improved product construction for large sets of Kirkman triple systems

It has been shown by Lei, in his recent paper, that there exists a large set of Kirkman triple systems of order uv (LKTS(uv)) if there exist an LKTS(v), a TKTS(v) and an LR(u), where a TKTS(v) is a transitive Kirkman triple system of order v, and an LR(u) is a new kind of design introduced by Lei. In this paper, we improve this product construction by removing the condition “there exists a TKTS(v)”. Our main idea is to use transitive resolvable idempotent symmetric quasigroups instead of TKTS. As an application, we can combine the known results on LKTS and LR-designs to obtain the existence of an LKTS(3ⁿm(2·13^n₁+1)(2·13^n_t+1)) for n1, m{1,5,11,17,25,35,43,67,91,123}{2^2r+125^s+1 : r0,s0}, t0 and n_i1 (i=1,…,t).     

Lower bounds for the size in four families of minimum broadcast graphs

In this paper, we give a lower bound for the size B(n) of a minimum broadcast graph of order n = 2^k − 4, 2^k − 6, 2^k − 5 or 2^k − 3 which is shown to be accurate in the cases when k = 5 and k = 6. This result provides, together with an upper bound obtained by a construction given in Bermond et al. (1992), an estimation of the value B(n) for n = 2^k − 4.     

On the orthogonal rational functions with arbitrary poles and interpolation properties

Let = z_n,mm=1ⁿ with |z_n,m| < 1, n = 1,2,…, be an arbitrary sequence of complex numbers. We generalize the orthogonal rational functions with poles at . We study the weak convergence and the interpolation properties of the orthogonal rational functions.     

The existence of Schröder designs with equal-sized holes

A holey Schröder design of type h₁^n₁h₂^n₂ … h_k^n_k (HSD(h₁^n₁h₂^n₂ … h_k^n_k)) is equivalent to a frame idempotent Schröder quasigroup (FISQ(h₁^n₁h₂^n₂ … h_k^n_k)) of order n with n_i missing subquasigroups (holes) of order h_i, (1 i k), which are disjoint and spanning, that is, Σ_{1 i k} n_ih_i = n. In this paper, it is shown that an HSD(hⁿ) exists if and only if h²n(n − 1) 0 (mod 4) with expceptions (h, n) ε {{(1,5),(1,9),(2,4)}} and the possible exception of (h, n) = (6,4).     

New constructions of divisible designs

A construction is given for a (p^2a(p+1),p²,p^2a+1(p+1),p^2a+1,p^2a(p+1)) (p a prime) divisible difference set in the group H×Z²_pa+1 where H is any abelian group of order p+1. This can be used to generate a symmetric semi-regular divisible design; this is a new set of parameters for λ₁≠0, and those are fairly rare. We also give a construction for a (p^a−1+p^a−2+…+p+2,p^a+2, p^a(p^a+p^a−1+…+p+1), p^a(p^a−1+…+p+1), p^a−1(p^a+…+p²+2)) divisible difference set in the group H×Z_p2×Z^a_p. This is another new set of parameters, and it corresponds to a symmetric regular divisible design. For p=2, these parameters have λ₁=λ₂, and this corresponds to the parameters for the ordinary Menon difference sets.     

Limiting values of the variance and the moments of the dimension of a sum or intersection of random vector subspaces

Let W be an n-dimensional vector space over a field F; for each positive integer m, let the m-tuples (U₁, …, U_m) of vector subspaces of W be uniformly distributed; and consider the statistics X_m,1 dim_F(∑_i=1^m U_i) and X_m,2 dim_F (∩_i=1^m U_i). If F is finite of cardinality q, we determine lim E(X_m,1^k), and lim E(X_m,2^k), and hence, lim var(X_m,1) and lim var(X_m,2), for any k > 0, where the limits are taken as q → ∞ (for fixed n). Further, we determine whether these, and other related, limits are attained monotonically. Analogous issues are also addressed for the case of infinite F.     

Graph spectra

The k-spectrum s_k(G) of a graph G is the set of all positive integers that occur as the size of an induced k-vertex subgraph of G. In this paper we determine the minimum order and size of a graph G with s_k (G) = {0, 1, …,(₂^k)} and consider the more general question of describing those sets S {0,1, … ,(₂^k)} such that S = s_k(G) for some graph G.     

The L~(p,q)-stability of the Shifts of Finitely Many Functions in Mixed Lebesgue Spaces L~(p,q)(R~(d+1))

The stability is an expected property for functions,which is widely considered in the study of approximation theory and wavelet analysis.In this paper,we consider the Lp,q-stability of the shifts of finitely many functions in mixed Lebesgue spaces L~(p,q)(R~(d+1)).We first show that the shiftsφ(·-k)(k∈Z~(d+1))are Lp,q-stable if and only if for anyξ∈R~(d+1),∑_(k∈Z~(d+1))|φ(ξ+2πk)|~20.Then we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the shifts of finitely many functions in mixed Lebesgue spaces L~(p,q)(R~(d+1))to be Lp,q-stable which improves some known results.     

Unconditional uniqueness of solution for $$\dot H^{s_c }$$ critical 4th order NLS in high dimensions

In this paper, we study the unconditional uniqueness of solution for the Cauchy problem of Ḣ^s_c(0 ≤ s_c < 2) critical nonlinear fourth-order Schrödinger equations i∂_tu + Δ²u-εu=λ|u|^αu. By employing paraproduct estimates and Strichartz estimates, we prove that unconditional uniqueness of solution holds in C_t(I; Ḣ^s_c(R^d)) for d ≥ 11 and min{1^-, (8)/(d-4)} ≥ α >(-(d-4)+√4(d-4)²+64)/4.     

An inequality for M-matrices

If AB are n × n M matrices with dominant principal diagonal, we show that 3[det(A + B)]^1/n ≥ (det A)^1/n + (det B)^1/n.     

Phase Retrieval of Real-valued Functions in Sobolev Space

The Sobolev space H^s(R^d) with s > d/2 contains many important functions such as the bandlimited or rational ones. In this paper we propose a sequence of measurement functions {ϕ_j,k^γ} ⊆ H^-s(R^d) to the phase retrieval problem for the real-valued functions in H^s(R^d). We prove that any real-valued function f ∈ H^s(R^d) can be determined, up to a global sign, by the phaseless measurements {|<f, ϕ_j,k^γ>|}. It is known that phase retrieval is unstable in infinite dimensional spaces with respect to perturbations of the measurement functions. We examine a special type of perturbations that ensures the stability for the phase-retrieval problem for all the real-valued functions in H^s(R^d) ∩ C¹(R^d), and prove that our iterated reconstruction procedure guarantees uniform convergence for any function f ∈ H^s(R^d) ∩ C¹(R^d) whose Fourier transform f is L¹-integrable. Moreover, numerical simulations are conducted to test the efficiency of the reconstruction algorithm.     

Intermediate error estimates

Let R[f] be the remainder of some approximation method, having estimates of the form f;R[f]f; ρ_i ; f⁽ⁱ⁾ for i = 0,…, r. In many cases, ρ₀ and ρ_r are known, but not the intermediate error constants ρ₁,…,ρ_r−1. For periodic functions, Ligun (1973) has obtained an estimate for these intermediate error constants by ρ₀ and ρ_r. In this paper, we show that this holds in the nonperiodic case, too. For instance, the estimates obtained can be applied to the error of polynomial or spline approximation and interpolation, or to numerical integration and differentiation.     

Smoothness of the gradient of weak solutions of degenerate linear equations

Let Q(x) be a nonnegative definite, symmetric matrix such that (Q(x))(1/2) is Lipschitz continuous. Given a real-valued function b(x) and a weak solution u(x) of div(Q▽u) = b, we find sufficient conditions in order that Q(1/2)▽u has some first order smoothness. Specifically, if Ω is a bounded open set in R~n, we study when the components of Q(1/2)▽u belong to the first order Sobolev space W_Q~(1,2)(Ω)defined by Sawyer and Wheeden. Alternately, we study when each of n first order Lipschitz vector field derivatives X_iu has some first order smoothness if u is a weak solution in Ω of ∑_(i=1)~n X′_iX_(iu) + b = 0.We do not assume that {X_i} is a Hormander collection of vector fields in Ω. The results signal ones for more general equations.     

Circulant digraphs determined by their spectra

Inspired by Ádám's conjecture the isomorphism problem of circulant digraphs is widely investigated. In the literature, the spectrum method was to solve the isomorphism problem for the circulants of prime-power order by some people. In this paper, we develop the spectrum method to characterize the circulant digraphs of orders p^a and p^aq^b, where p and q are distinct primes.     

On the extreme eigenvalues of hermitian (block) toeplitz matrices

We are concerned with the behavior of the minimum (maximum) eigenvalue λ₀⁽ⁿ⁾ (λ_n⁽ⁿ⁾) of an (n + 1) × (n + 1) Hermitian Toeplitz matrix T_n(ƒ) where ƒ is an integrable real-valued function. Kac, Murdoch, and Szegö, Widom, Parter, and R. H. Chan obtained that λ₀⁽ⁿ⁾ — min ƒ = O(1/n^2k) in the case where ƒ C^2k, at least locally, and ƒ — inf ƒ has a zero of order 2k. We obtain the same result under the second hypothesis alone. Moreover we develop a new tool in order to estimate the extreme eigenvalues of the mentioned matrices, proving that the rate of convergence of λ₀⁽ⁿ⁾ to inf ƒ depends only on the order ρ (not necessarily even or integer or finite) of the zero of ƒ — inf ƒ. With the help of this tool, we derive an absolute lower bound for the minimal eigenvalues of Toeplitz matrices generated by nonnegative L¹ functions and also an upper bound for the associated Euclidean condition numbers. Finally, these results are extended to the case of Hermitian block Toeplitz matrices with Toeplitz blocks generated by a bivariate integrable function ƒ.     

On some properties of the series ∑k=0 kx and the Stirling numbers of the second kind

We partially characterize the rational numbers x and integers n 0 for which the sum ∑_k=0^∞ kⁿx^k assumes integers. We prove that if ∑_k=0^∞ kⁿx^k is an integer for x = 1 − a/b with a, b> 0 integers and gcd(a,b) = 1, then a = 1 or 2. Partial results and conjectures are given which indicate for which b and n it is an integer if a = 2. The proof is based on lower bounds on the multiplicities of factors of the Stirling number of the second kind, S(n,k). More specifically, we obtain for all integers k, 2 k n, and a 3, provided a is odd or divisible by 4, where v_a(m) denotes the exponent of the highest power of a which divides m, for m and a> 1 integers.

New identities are also derived for the Stirling numbers, e.g., we show that ∑_k=0²ⁿk! S(2n, k) , for all integers n 1.     

Possible values for 2

From GCH and P^{m(κ)-hypermeasurable} (1 <m<gw), we construct a model satisfying 2_ⁿ = _a(n) and 2_^ω = _ω+m for a monotone a:ω→ω satisfying a(n)>n.