Enumeration of pairs of permutations

Let π = (a₁, a₂, …, a_n), ? = (b₁, b₂, …, b_n) be two permutations of $\text{Z}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{= {1, 2, …, n}}$. A rise of π is pair a_i, a_i+1 with a_i < a_i+1; a fall is a pair a_i, a_i+1 with a_i > a_i+1. Thus, for i = 1, 2, …, n ? 1, the two pairs a_i, a_i+1; b_i, b_i+1 are either both rises, both falls, the first a rise and the second a fall or the first a fall and the second a rise. These possibilities are denoted by RR, FF, RF, FR. The paper is concerned with the enumeration of pairs π, p with a given number of RR, FF, RF, FR. In particular if ω_n denotes the number of pairs with RR forbidden, it is proved that $\text{∑}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{}_0\text{ω}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{z}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{n!n!}\text{=}\text{1}\text{?(z)}$, $\text{?(z) = ∑}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{}_0\text{(-1)}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{z}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{n!n!}$. More precisely if ω(n, k) denotes the number of pairs π, p with exactly k occurences of RR(or FF, RF, FR) then $\text{1 + ∑}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{}_{\mathrm{n=1}}\text{z}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{n!n!}$$\text{∑}{}^{\mathrm{n?1}}{}_{\mathrm{k=0}}\text{ω(n, k)x}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{=}\text{(1 ? x)}\text{(?(z(1 ? x)) ? x)}$.     

Votes and a half-binomial

In two party elections with popular vote ratio $\text{p}\text{q}\text{,}\text{1}\text{2}\text{≤p=1 ?q}$, a theoretical model suggests replacing the so-called MacMahon cube law approximation $\text{(}\text{p}\text{q}\text{)}{}^3$, for the ratio $\text{P}\text{Q}$ of candidates elected, by the ratio $\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(q)}$ of the two half sums in the binomial expansion of (p+q)^2k+1 for some k. This ratio is nearly $\text{(}\text{p}\text{q}\text{)}{}^3$ when k = 6. The success probability $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)=(}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{(p}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{+q}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{)}$ for the power law $\text{(}\text{p}\text{q}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{?}\text{P}\text{Q}$ is shown to so closely approximate $\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)=Σ}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{(}{}_{\mathrm{r}}{}^{\mathrm{2k+1}}\text{)p}{}^{\mathrm{2k+1?r}}\text{q}{}^{\mathrm{r}}$, if we choose $\text{a = a}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{=}\text{(2k+1)!}\text{4}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{k!k!}$, that $\text{1≤}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)}\text{≤1.01884086}$ for $\text{k≥1}\text{if}\text{1}\text{2}\text{≤p≤1}$. Computationally, we avoid large binomial coefficients in computing $\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)}$ for k>22 by expressing $\text{2?}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{(p)?1}$ as the sum $\text{(p?q) Σ}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{(4pq)}{}^{\mathrm{s}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{(2s+1)}$, whose terms decrease by the factors $\text{(4pq)(1?}\text{1}\text{2s}\text{)}$. Setting K = 4k+3, we compute a_k for the large k using a continued fraction $\text{πa}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^2\text{=}\text{K+1}{}^2\text{(}\text{2K+3}{}^2\text{(}\text{2K+5}{}^2\text{(2K+…)}\text{)}\text{)}$ derived from the ratio of π to the finite Wallis product approximation.     

Infinite 0–1-sequences without long adjacent identical blocks

This paper deals with sequences a₁a₂a₃ ··· of symbols 0 and 1 with the property that they contain no arbitrary long blocks of the form a_i+1 ? a_i+k = ww. The behaviour of this class of sequences with respect to some operations is examined. Especially the following is shown: Let be $\text{a}{}^{\mathrm{(0)}}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{= a}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{, a}{}^{\mathrm{(n+1)}}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{= (}\text{1}\text{i}\text{) ∑}{}^{\mathrm{i}}{}_{\mathrm{k\; =\; 1}}\text{a}{}^{\mathrm{(n)}}{}_{\mathrm{k}}$, then there exists a sequence without arbitrary long adjacent identical blocks such that no lim_k→∞a⁽ⁿ⁾_k exists. Let be α? (0, 1), then there exists such a sequence with lim_k→∞a⁽¹⁾_k = α. Furthermore a class of sequences appearing in computer graphics is considered.     

Construction of a recurrence relation for modified moments

In this paper we are constructing a recurrence relation of the form

$\text{∑}\text{i=0}\text{r}\text{ω}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(k)m}{}_{\mathrm{k+i}}{}^{\mathrm{\{\lambda \}}}\text{[f] = ω(k)}$

for integrals (called modified moments)

$\text{m}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{\{\lambda \}}}\text{[f]df=}\text{∫}\text{?1}\text{1}\text{f(x)C}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{(\lambda )}}\text{(x)dx (k = 0,1,…)}$

in which C_k^(λ) is the k-th Gegenbauer polynomial of order $\text{λ(λ > ?}\text{1}\text{2}\text{)}$, and f is a function satisfying the differential equation

$\text{∑}\text{i=0}\text{n}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(x)f}{}^{\mathrm{(i)}}\text{(x) = p(x) (?1?x?1)}$

of order n, where p₀, p₁, …, p_n ? 0 are polynomials, and m_k^〈λ〉[p] is known for every k. We give three methods of construction of such a recurrence relation. The first of them (called Method I) is optimum in a certain sense.     

Minimax estimators for a multinormal precision matrix

Let S_p×p ～ Wishart (Σ, k), Σ unknown, k > p + 1. Minimax estimators of Σ^?1 are given for L₁, an Empirical Bayes loss function; and L₂, a standard loss function (R_i ≡ E(L_i ∣ Σ), i = 1, 2). The estimators are $\text{Σ}\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{=}\text{a}\text{S}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{+}\text{br}\text{(S)I}{}_{\mathrm{p\times p}}$, a, b ≥ 0, r(·) a functional on $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>p(p+2)</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$. Stein, Efron, and Morris studied the special cases $\text{Σ}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>a</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{=}\text{a}\text{S}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{(E}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>k?p?1</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}$ and $\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{=}\text{a}\text{S}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{+ (b/tr S)I}$, for certain, a, b. From their work $\text{R}{}_1\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) ≤ R}{}_1\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>a</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) (?Σ)}$, a = k ? p ? 1, b = p² + p ? 2; whereas, we prove $\text{R}{}_2\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>a</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) ≤}\text{R}{}_2\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) (?Σ)}$. The reversal is surprising because $\text{L}{}_1\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) →}\text{L}{}_2\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S)}$ a.e. (for a particular L₂). Assume $\text{R}$ (compact) ? $\text{S}$, $\text{S}$ the set of p × p p.s.d. matrices. A “divergence theorem” on functions F_p×p : $\text{R}$ → $\text{S}$ implies identities for R_i, i = 1, 2. Then, conditions are given for $\text{R}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) ≤}\text{R}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) ≤}\text{R}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(Σ}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{,}\text{Σ}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>a</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{; S) (?Σ)}$, i = 1, 2. Most of our results concern estimators with r(S) = t(U)/tr(S), U = p ∣S∣^1/p/tr(S).     

Measuring flatness in linear spaces

Let L be a finite-dimensional normed linear space and let M be a compact subset of L lying on one side of a hyperplane through 0. A measure of flatness for M is the number $\text{D(M) =}\text{inf}\text{{}\text{sup}\text{f(x)}\text{f(y)}\text{: x, y ? M}}$, where the infimum is over all f in $\text{L}{}^1$ which are positive on M. Thus D(M) = 1 if M is flat, but otherwise D(M) > 1. On the other hand, let E(M) be a second measure on M defined as follows: If M is linearly independent, E(M) = 1. If M is linearly dependent, then (1) let Z be a minimal, linearly dependent subset of M; (2) partition Z into mutually exclusive subsets U = {u₁, …, u_p} and V = {v₁, …, v_q} such that there exist positive coefficients a_i and b_i for which Σ_{i = 1}^pa_iu_i = Σ_{i = 1}^qb_iv_i; (3) let $\text{r =}\text{max}\text{{}\text{Σ}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{Σ}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{b}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{,}\text{Σ}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{b}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{Σ}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{}}$; (4) let E(M) be the supremum of all ratios r which can be formed by steps (1), (2) and (3). The main result of this paper is that these two measures are the same: D(M) = E(M). This result is then used to obtain results concerning the Banach distance-coefficient between an arbitrary finite-dimensional normed linear space and Hilbert space.     

Numerical approximation of product integrals

A technique for the numerical approximation of matrix-valued Riemann product integrals is developed. For a ? x < y ? b, I_m(x, y) denotes

$\text{∫}\text{χ}\text{y}\text{∫}\text{χ}\text{v}{}_2\text{?}\text{∫}\text{χ}\text{v}{}_2\text{∏}\text{i=1}\text{m}\text{F(ν}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{)dν}{}_1\text{dν}{}_2\text{?dν}{}_{\mathrm{m}}$

, and A_m(x, y) denotes an approximation of I_m(x, y) of the form

$\text{(y?x)}{}^{\mathrm{m}}\text{∑}\text{k=1}\text{n}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{∏}\text{i=1}\text{m}\text{F(χ}{}_{\mathrm{ik}}\text{)}$

, where a_k and y_ik are fixed numbers for i = 1, 2,…, m and k = 1, 2,…, N and x_ik = x + (y ? x)y_ik. The following result is established. If p is a positive integer, F is a function from the real numbers to the set of w × w matrices with real elements and F⁽¹⁾ exists and is continuous on [a, b], then there exists a bounded interval function H such that, if n, r, and s are positive integers, $\text{(b ? a)}\text{n}\text{= h < 1, x}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{= a + hi}\text{for}\text{i = 0, 1,…, n}\text{and}\text{0 < r ? s ? n}$, then

$\text{∏}\text{χ}{}_{\mathrm{r?}}\text{χ}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{(I+F dχ)?}\text{∏}\text{i=r}\text{s}\text{I+}\text{∑}\text{j=1}\text{p}\text{I}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{(χ}{}_{\mathrm{i?1}}\text{,χ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{)}$

$\text{=h}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{H(χ}{}_{\mathrm{r?1}}\text{,χ}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{)+O(h}{}^{\mathrm{p+1}}\text{)}$

Further, if F^(j) exists and is continuous on [a, b] for j = 1, 2,…, p + 1 and A is exact for polynomials of degree less than p + 1 ? j for j = 1, 2,…, p, then the preceding result remains valid when A_j is substituted for I_j.     

On differences and sums of integers,I

A set {b₁,b₂,…,b_i} ? {1,2,…,N} is said to be a difference intersector set if {a₁,a₂,…,a_s} ? {1,2,…,N}, j > ?N imply the solvability of the equation a_x ? a_y = b′; the notion of sum intersector set is defined similarly. The authors prove two general theorems saying that if a set {b₁,b₂,…,b_i} is well distributed simultaneously among and within all residue classes of small moduli then it must be both difference and sum intersector set. They apply these theorems to investigate the solvability of the equations ($\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{x}}\text{?}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{y}}\text{p}\text{= + 1}$, $\text{(a}{}_{\mathrm{u}}\text{?}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{v}}\text{p}\text{) = ? 1}$, $\text{(a}{}_{\mathrm{r}}\text{+}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{p}\text{) = + 1}$, $\text{(a}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{+}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{p}\text{) = ? 1}$ (where ($\text{a}\text{p}$) denotes the Legendre symbol) and to show that “almost all” sets form both difference and sum intersector sets.     

Asymptotic behavior of nonoscillatory solutions of nonlinear differential equations with retarded arguments

For nonlinear retarded differential equations $\text{y}{}^{\mathrm{2n}}\text{(t)?}\text{∑}\text{i=1}\text{m}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(t,y(t),y(g}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(t)))=0}$ and $\text{y}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{(t)?}\text{∑}\text{i=1}\text{m}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(t)F}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(y(g}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(t)))=h(t),}$ the sufficient conditions are given on f_i, p_i, F_i, and h under which every bounded nonoscillatory solution of (${}^1$) or (${}^7$) tends to zero as t → ∞.     

Factorization of fredholm operators on analytic functions

Let Ω be a simply connected domain in the complex plane, and $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{)}$, the space of functions which are defined and analytic on $\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$, if K is the operator on elements $\text{u(t, a}{}_1\text{, …, a}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{)}\text{of}\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ defined in terms of the kernels k_i(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) in $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 2}}\text{)}$ by is the identity operator on $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$, then the operator I ? K may be factored in the form (I ? K)(M ? W) = (I ? ΠK)(M ? ΠW). Here, W is an operator on $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ defined in terms of a kernel w(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) in $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 2}}\text{)}$ by Wu = ∝_an^tw(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) u(s, a₁, …, a_n) ds. ΠW is the operator; ΠWu = ∝_{an ? 1}w(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) u(s, a₁, …, a_n) ds. ΠK is the operator; ΠKu = ∑_{i = 1}^{n ? 1} ∝_ai^tk_i(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) ds + ∝_{an ? 1}^tk_n(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) u(s, a₁, …, a_n) ds. The operator M is of the form m(t, a₁, …, a_n)I, where $\text{m ? A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ and maps elements of $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ into itself by multiplication. The function m is uniquely derived from K in the following manner. The operator K defines an operator $\text{K}{}^1$ on functions u in $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 2}}\text{)}$, by . A determinant $\text{δ(I ? K}{}^1\text{)}$ of the operator $\text{I ? K}{}^1$ is defined as an element $\text{m}{}^1\text{(t, a}{}_1\text{, …, a}{}_{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ of $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 2}}\text{)}$. This is mapped into $\text{A(Ω}{}^{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$ by setting a_{n + 1} = t to give m(t, a₁, …, a_n). The operator I ? ΠK may be factored in similar fashion, giving rise to a chain factorization of I ? K. In some cases all the matrix kernels k_i defining K are separable in the sense that k_i(t, s, a₁, …, a_n) = P_i(t, a₁, …, a_n) Q_i(s, a₁, …, a_n), where P_i is a 1 × p_i matrix and Q_i is a p_i × 1 matrix, each with elements in $\text{A(Ω}{}_{\mathrm{n\; +\; 1}}\text{)}$, explicit formulas are given for the kernels of the factors W. The various results are stated in a form allowing immediate extension to the vector-matrix case.     

Diffusion with interactions between two types of particles and Pressureless gas equations

We construct two d-dimensional independent diffusions $\text{X}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{=a+∫}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{t}}\text{u(X}{}_{\mathrm{s}}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{,s)}\text{d}\text{s+νB}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{,}\text{X}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{=b+∫}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{t}}\text{u(X}{}_{\mathrm{s}}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{,s)}\text{d}\text{s+νB}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{b}}$, with the same viscosity ν≠0 and the same drift u(x,t)=(pρ_t^a(x)v₁+(1?p)ρ_t^b(x)v₂)/(pρ_t^a(x)+(1?p)ρ_t^b(x)), where ρ_t^a,ρ_t^b are respectively the density of X_t^a and X_t^b. Here $\text{a,b,v}{}_1\text{,v}{}_2\text{∈}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{d}}$ and p∈(0,1) are given. We show that $\text{(ρ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x)=pρ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{(x)+(1?p)ρ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{(x),u(x,t):}\text{t?0,}\text{x∈}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{d}}\text{)}$ is the unique weak solution of the following pressureless gas system

such that $\text{ρ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x)}\text{d}\text{x→pδ}{}_{\mathrm{a}}\text{+(1?p)δ}{}_{\mathrm{b}}\text{,}\text{u(x,t)ρ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x)}\text{d}\text{x→pv}{}_1\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{a}}\text{+(1?p)v}{}_2\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{b}}$ as t→0+. To cite this article: A. Dermoune, S. Filali, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Temporally inhomogeneous scattering theory

A theory of scattering for the time dependent evolution equations $\text{du}\text{dt}\text{= iH}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{(t)u, j = 0, 1}$ (¹) is developed. The wave operators are defined in terms of the evolution operators U_j(t, s), which govern (¹). The scattering operator remains unitary. Sufficient conditions for existence and completeness of the wave operators are obtained; these are the main results. General properties, such as the chain rule and various intertwining relations, are also established. Applications include potential scattering (H₀(t) = ?Δ, Δ denoting the Laplacian, and H₁(t) = ?Δ + q(t, ·)) and scattering for second-order differential operators with coefficients constant in the spatial variable ($\text{H}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{(t) = ∑}{}_{\mathrm{m,\; k\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{mk}}{}^{\mathrm{(j)}}\text{(t)(}\text{?}{}^2\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{m}}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{) + b}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{(t)}\text{for}\text{j = 0, 1}$).     

An analogue to a conjecture of S. Chowla and H. Walum

It is proved that (for every ε > 0)

$\text{∑}\text{n?T}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}\text{∑n<}\text{T}\text{n}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{n}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{m}{}^{\mathrm{b}}\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{({}\text{T}\text{nm}\text{}) = O(T}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>(a+b+1)</mtext><mtext>3?</mtext>}}\text{)}$

(where {·} denotes the fractional part and B_k the Bernoulli polynomial of order k) under the suppositions that k ≥ 2 and 2a ? 1 ≥ b ≥ 1. If (1) were true for k = 1, a = b = 0, then Piltz' divisor problem (for n = 3) would be readily solved. This is an analog to a conjecture formulated by S. Chowla and H. Walum in 1963 and settled in the affirmative (under suitable suppositions) quite recently by S. Kanemitsu and R. Sita Rama Chandra Rao.     

Analytic inequalities with applications to special functions

Sharp inequalities are derived for certain (polynomial-like) functions of the real variables p_i (i = 1(1)σ) by interpreting p_i as the probabilities that various switches be thrown in certain directions. Parameters m_v in the inequalities are at first taken to be integers; later the inequalities are established when m_v are arbitrary real numbers. The side condition ∑p_i = 1 occurs throughout analysis, so there are many corollaries. Examples of the inequalities established are

$\text{∑}\text{i=1}\text{σ}\text{(1?p}{}_{\mathrm{i}}{}^{\mathrm{m}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{m}}\text{>K?1,}$

valid ifm>1

$\text{∑}\text{j=0}\text{r}\text{n}\text{j}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{jm}}\text{(1?p}{}^{\mathrm{m}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{m?j}}\text{+}\text{1?}\text{∑}\text{j=0}\text{r}\text{n}\text{j}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{j}}\text{(1?p?s)}{}^{\mathrm{n?j}}{}^{\mathrm{m}}\text{> 1+s}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>max</mtext><mtext>[m,n]</mtext>}}$

valid if m > 1, n > r + 1, 0 < p, s, p + s ? 1, and also valid if $\text{0 < m < 1, 0 < n < r + 1 (1 ? x)}{}^{\mathrm{u}}\text{+ x}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>u</mtext>}}\text{< 1,}\text{if}\text{1}\text{2}\text{< x < 1, u > 1}$. (1.03)     

Infinite-variate wide-sense Markov processes and functional analysis for bounded operator-forming vectors

Let p, q be arbitrary parameter sets, and let $\text{H}$ be a Hilbert space. We say that x = (xⁱ)_i?q, xⁱ ? $\text{H}$, is a bounded operator-forming vector (?$\text{H}$_F^q) if the Gram matrix 〈x, x〉 = [(xⁱ, x^j)]_i?q,j?q is the matrix of a bounded (necessarily ≥ 0) operator on $\text{l}{}_{\mathrm{q}}{}^2$, the Hilbert space of square-summable complex-valued functions on q. Let A be p × q, i.e., let A be a linear operator from $\text{l}{}_{\mathrm{q}}{}^2$ to $\text{l}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^2$. Then exists a linear operator ǎ from (the Banach space) $\text{H}$_F^q to $\text{H}$_F^p on $\text{D}$(A) = {x:x ? $\text{H}$_F^q, $\text{A〈x, x〉}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ is p × q bounded on $\text{l}{}_{\mathrm{q}}{}^2$} such that y = ǎx satisfies y^j?σ(x) = {space spanned by the xⁱ}, 〈y, x〉 = A〈x, x〉 and $\text{〈y, y〉 = A〈x, x〉}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{(A〈x, x〉}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}^1$. This is a generalization of our earlier [J. Multivariate Anal.4 (1974), 166–209; 6 (1976), 538–571] results for the case of a spectral measure concentrated on one point. We apply these tools to investigate q-variate wide-sense Markov processes.     

“Integer-making” theorems

Let X = {x₁, x₂,…} be a finite set and associate to every x_i a real number α_i. Let f(n) [g (n)] be the least value such that given any family $\text{F}$ of subsets of X having maximum degree n [cardinality n], one can find integers α_i, i=1,2,… so that α_i ? α_i|<1 and

$\text{∑}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i\; ?\; E}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{?}\text{∑}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i\; ?\; E}}\text{α}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{≤?(n)}\text{∑}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i\; ?\; E}}\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{?}\text{∑}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i\; ?\; E}}\text{α}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{≤}\text{g(n)}$

for all $\text{E ?}\text{F}$. We prove

$\text{f(n)≤n ? 1 and g(n)≤c(n}\text{log}\text{n)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$

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On the probability that k positive integers are relatively prime II

Given a set S of positive integers let $\text{Z}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(t)}$ denote the number of k-tuples 〈m₁, …, m_k〉 for which $\text{m}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{∈ S ? [1, t]}$ and (m₁, …, m_k) = 1. Also let $\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(n)}$ denote the probability that k integers, chosen at random from $\text{S ? [1, n]}$, are relatively prime. It is shown that if P = {p₁, …, p_r} is a finite set of primes and S = {m : (m, p₁ … p_r) = 1}, then $\text{Z}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(t) = (td(S))}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{Π}{}_{\mathrm{\nu ?P}}\text{(1 ?}\text{1}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{) + O(t}{}^{\mathrm{k?1}}\text{)}$ if k ≥ 3 and $\text{Z}{}_2{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(t) = (td(S))}{}^2\text{Π}{}_{\mathrm{p?P}}\text{(1 ?}\text{1}\text{p}{}^2\text{) + O(t}\text{log}\text{t)}$ where d(S) denotes the natural density of S. From this result it follows immediately that $\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(n) → Π}{}_{\mathrm{p?P}}\text{(1 ?}\text{1}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{) = (ζ(k))}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{Π}{}_{\mathrm{p\in P}}\text{(1 ?}\text{1}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ as n → ∞. This result generalizes an earlier result of the author's where $\text{P = ?}$ and S is then the whole set of positive integers. It is also shown that if S = {p₁^x₁ … p_r^x_r : x_i = 0, 1, 2,…}, then $\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{S}}\text{(n) → 0}$ as n → ∞.     

Eigenvalues of p-summing and lp-type operators in Banach spaces

This paper is a study of the distribution of eigenvalues of various classes of operators. In Section 1 we prove that the eigenvalues (λ_n(T)) of a p-absolutely summing operator, p ? 2, satisfy

$\text{∑}\text{n∈N}\text{|λ}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{(T)|}{}^{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>p</mtext>}}\text{?π}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{(T).}$

This solves a problem of A. Pietsch. We give applications of this to integral operators in L_p-spaces, weakly singular operators, and matrix inequalities.In Section 2 we introduce the quasinormed ideal Π₂⁽ⁿ⁾, P = (p₁, …, p_n) and show that for T ∈ Π₂⁽ⁿ⁾, 2 = (2, …, 2) ∈ Nⁿ, the eigenvalues of T satisfy

$\text{∑}\text{i∈N}\text{|λ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(T)|}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>2</mtext><mtext>n</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>n</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{?π}{}^{\mathrm{n}}{}_2\text{(T).}$

More generally, we show that for T ∈ Π_p⁽ⁿ⁾, P = (p₁, …, p_n), pi ? 2, the eigenvalues are absolutely p-summable,

$\text{1}\text{p}\text{=}\text{∑}\text{i=1}\text{n}\text{1}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{and}\text{∑}\text{n∈N}\text{|λ}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{(T)|}{}^{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>p</mtext>}}\text{?C}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{n}}{}_{\mathrm{P}}\text{(T).}$

We also consider the distribution of eigenvalues of p-nuclear operators on L_r-spaces.In Section 3 we prove the Banach space analog of the classical Weyl inequality, namely

$\text{∑}\text{n∈N}\text{|λ}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{(T)|}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{? C}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{∑}\text{n∈N}\text{α}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{(T)}{}^{\mathrm{p}}$

, 0 < p < ∞, where α_n denotes the Kolmogoroff, Gelfand of approximation numbers of the operator T. This solves a problem of Markus-Macaev.Finally we prove that Hilbert space is (isomorphically) the only Banach space X with the property that nuclear operators on X have absolutely summable eigenvalues. Using this result we show that if the nuclear operators on X are of type l₁ then X must be a Hilbert space.