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 .

     

Polynomial interpolation on the unit sphere II

The problem of interpolation at (n+1)² points on the unit sphere by spherical polynomials of degree at most n is proved to have a unique solution for several sets of points. The points are located on a number of circles on the sphere with even number of points on each circle. The proof is based on a method of factorization of polynomials. Dedicated to Mariano Gasca on the occasion of his 60th birthday The second author was supported by the Graduate Program Applied Algorithmic Mathematics of the Munich University of Technology. The work of the third author was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-0201669.     

Rational points on compactifications of semi-simple groups

We prove Manin's conjecture concerning the distribution of rational points of bounded height, and its refinement by Peyre, for wonderful compactifications of semi-simple algebraic groups over number fields. The proof proceeds via the study of the associated height zeta function and its spectral expansion.

     

有理逼近的一些最新进展

作为非线性逼近的一个重要特殊情形，有理函数逼近（即有理逼近）无论在实践中还是在应用中有都有重要的意义，有理逼近日益成为逼近论的一个重要和具有很强生命力的课题。近年来，在这一方面的研究成果不断涌现，其中许多都是非常有意义的。本文将对此作一个总结，特别对其中涉及我们自己的工作作一个回顾。     

两条连续的有理Bézier曲线的逼近合并

目前多项式 Bézier曲线的逼近合并问题已研究得比较深入 ,而有理 Bézier情形主要还是通过两类多项式 h和 H来降阶逼近 ,但是在工业制造中有重要意义的有理 Bézier曲线的合并问题一直缺乏研究 .本文通过控制点的优化扰动将两连续的满足权约束条件的有理 Bézier曲线转化成新的两有理Bézier曲线 ,使它们符合精确合并条件 ;并将合并得到的同阶有理 Bézier曲线看成是原两曲线的有理逼近     

关于一个光线障碍问题的答案

本文完全解决了“三维球体的光线障碍问题”一文「陈文高，数学学报（英），１９９４，１０：１５８－１６７」中提出的一个问题。     

有限域上代数曲线有理点个数

设Ｘ是有限域上光滑、绝对不可约的射影曲线，表示其有理点集，ｇ（Ｘ）表示Ｘ的亏格，令证明了本文利用构造无Ｈｉｌｂｅｒｔ类域塔方法证明了     

Low-energy points on the sphere and the real projective plane

We present a generalization of a family of points on ${\mathbb{S}}^2$, the Diamond ensemble, containing collections of N points on ${\mathbb{S}}^2$ with very small logarithmic energy for all $N\in \mathbb{N}$. We extend this construction to the real projective plane ${\mathbb{RP}}^2$ and we obtain upper and lower bounds with explicit constants for the Green and logarithmic energy on this last space.     

Equivalent conditions involving common fixed points for maps on the unit interval

Let be a continuous self-map of the unit interval . Equivalent conditions are given to ensure that has a common fixed point with every continuous map that commutes with on a suitable subset of . This extends a recent result of Gerald Jungck.

     

On the Unitary Binary Group

One consider the variety of the unitary binary group in n variables and it is shown that this algebraic variety is rational and it has n² parameters. Then it is given a parametrical rational representation of this variety.AMS Subject Classification (1991) 20G20     

Boundary Asymptotics for Orthogonal Rational Functions on the Unit Circle

Let w() be a positive weight function on the unit circle of the complex plane. For a sequence of points { _k } _{k = 1} included in a compact subset of the unit disk, we consider the orthogonal rational functions _n that are obtained by orthogonalization of the sequence { 1, z / ₁, z ² / ₂, ... } where , with respect to the inner product In this paper we discuss the behaviour of _n (t) for t = 1 and n under certain conditions. The main condition on the weight is that it satisfies a Lipschitz–Dini condition and that it is bounded away from zero. This generalizes a theorem given by Szeg in the polynomial case, that is when all _k = 0.     

Mass points of measures on the unit circle and reflection coefficients

Measures on the unit circle and orthogonal polynomials are completely determined by their reflection coefficients through the Szego recurrences. We find the conditions on the reflection coefficients which provide the lack of a mass point at . We show that the result is sharp in a sense.     

Rational approximation with sign-sensitive weight

For metrics of sign-sensitive weight, a generalization of the Jackson theorem and an analog of the Dolzhenko theorem on the estimate of the variation of a function in terms of its least rational deviations are obtained. In the same metric, two-sided estimates for rational deviations of the function signx are given.Translated fromMatematickeskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 715–725, November, 1996.     

On generalized hyperinterpolation on the sphere

It is shown that second-order results can be attained by the generalized hyperinterpolation operators on the sphere, which gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by Reimer in Constr. Approx. 18(2002), no. 2, 183-203.

     

The capability of approximation for neural networks interpolant on the sphere

Compared with planar hyperplane, fitting data on the sphere has been an important and active issue in geoscience, metrology, brain imaging, and so on. In this paper, using a functional approach, we rigorously prove that for given distinct samples on the unit sphere there exists a feed‐forward neural network with single hidden layer which can interpolate the samples, and simultaneously near best approximate the target function in continuous function space. Also, by using the relation between spherical positive definite radial basis functions and the basis function on the Euclidean space ?^{d + 1}, a similar result in a spherical Sobolev space is established. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A class of singular integrals on then-complex unit sphere

The operaton on the n-complex unit sphere under study have three forms: the singular integrals with holomorphic kernels, the bounded and holomorphic Fourier multipliers, and the Cauchy-Dunford bounded and holomorphic functional calculus of the radial Dirac operator $D = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {z_k \frac{\partial }{{\partial _{z_k } }}} $ . The equivalence between the three fom and the strong-type (p,p), 1 <p < ∞, and weak-type (1,1)-boundedness of the operators is proved. The results generalise the work of L. K. Hua, A. Korányli and S. Vagi, W. Rudin and S. Gong on the Cauchy-Szegö, kemel and the Cauchy singular integral operator.     

H-contact unit tangent sphere bundles of Riemannian manifolds

A contact metric manifold is said to be H-contact, if its characteristic vector field is harmonic. We prove that the unit tangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold M equipped with the standard contact metric structure is H-contact if and only if M is 2-stein.