Extremal behavior of the heat random field

We study the exponential type inequalities for the distribution of the supremum of a random field that arises as the solution of the heat equation with a random initial condition that is a strictly sub-Gaussian random field. AMS 2000 Subject Classifications Primary—60G60; Secondary—60G17, 60F05     

A large-deviations analysis of the GI/GI/1 SRPT queue

We consider a GI/GI/1 queue with the shortest remaining processing time discipline (SRPT) and light-tailed service times. Our interest is focused on the tail behavior of the sojourn-time distribution. We obtain a general expression for its large-deviations decay rate. The value of this decay rate critically depends on whether there is mass in the endpoint of the service-time distribution or not. An auxiliary priority queue, for which we obtain some new results, plays an important role in our analysis. We apply our SRPT results to compare SRPT with FIFO from a large-deviations point of view. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary—60K25; Secondary—60F10; 90B22     

Existence of Multivariate Max-Universal Laws

If suitably normalized maxima of an i.i.d. sample converge in distribution, the limiting distribution is known to be max-infinitely divisible and the common distribution of the sample is said to belong to its domain of attraction. We prove the existence of max-universal distributions belonging to the domain of attraction of every max-infinitely divisible law. The proof follows in the spirit of corresponding results for normalized sums of i.i.d. random variables originated by Doeblin and shows that necessarily the sampling size has to be rapidly increasing. Restricting the growth rate of the sampling size, we prove that one necessarily deals with max-semistable distributions and their domains of attraction. 2000 Mathematics subject classification Primary—60G70 Secondary—60E99, 60F05     

On some properties of polynomials related to hypergeometric modular forms

We find the discriminants, Galois groups, and prove the irreducibility of certain hypergeometric polynomials, which are closely related to modular forms and supersingular elliptic curves. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—33C45; Secondary—11F11     

Sul gruppo foundamentale di una curva algebrica. Applicazioni alle superficie multiple prive di curva diramante

Sunto Si indica e si applica un metodo per la ricerca effettiva del gruppo fondamentale G di una curva algebrica Φ, e si mostra come — una volta trovato G — si risolvano non solo il problema dei piani multipli F diramati da Φ, ma anche altri problemi connessi, di cui il principale è la determinazione delle funzioni algebriche prive di curva diramante sopra una corrispondente superficie. Si mostra tra l'altro — con costruzione diretta — come si possa modificare la curva di diramazione del piano multiplo generale (cioè il suo gruppo fondamentale) affinchè sorgano su di esso cicli diramanti.     

Dynamical Systems in the Variational Formulation of the Fokker—Planck Equation by the Wasserstein Metric

R. Jordan, D. Kinderlehrer, and F. Otto proposed the discrete-time approximation of the Fokker—Planck equation by the variational formulation. It is determined by the Wasserstein metric, an energy functional, and the Gibbs—Boltzmann entropy functional. In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the dynamical systems which describe their approximation of the Fokker—Planck equation and characterize the limit as a solution to a class of variational problems. Accepted 2 June 2000. Online publication 6 October 2000.     

Finite polynomial orbits in quadratic rings

All finite orbits of polynomial mappings in one variable in rings of integers of quadratic number fields are determined. The largest such orbit has seven elements and lies in the third cyclotomic field. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11R09, 11R11, 37F10     

Tail Calculus with Remainder,Applications to Tail Expansions for Infinite Order Moving Averages,Randomly Stopped Sums,and Related Topics

We derive asymptotic expansions for tails of infinite weighted convolutions of some heavy-tailed distributions. Applications are given to tail expansion of the marginal distribution of ARMA processes, randomly stopped sums, as well as limiting waiting time distribution. AMS 2000 Subject Classifications. Primary—62E99, Secondary—41A60, 44A35, 60G50, 60K25     

Partial Sum Process for Records

Suppose the upper records from a sequence of i.i.d. random variables is in the domain of attraction of a normal distribution. Consider the D(0,1]-valued process {Z_n(·)} constructed by usual interpolation of the partial sums of the records. We prove that under some mild conditions, {Z_n} converges to a limiting Gaussian process in D(0,1]. As a consequence, the partial sums of records is asymptotically normal. AMS 2000 Subject Classification Primary—60F17 Secondary—60G70     

Sulla geometria differenziale dello spazio delle matrici simmetriche

Sunto Si studia la nota metrica hermitiana, generalizzante la metrica iperbolica, che si incontra nella teoria delle funzioni di p≥1 variabili complesse. — Nella p. I si determina, per via elementare, il gruppo continuo G di movimenti col massimo numero di parametri ammesso dalla metrica considerata. — Nella p. II si studiano invece le faccette piane a curvatura nulla: tale ricerca che è stata iniziata daF. Conforto — e condotta a termine daB. Segre per p=2 — viene qui completata, per ogni p, caratterizzando le faccette in questione rispetto al gruppo G, e dando delle medesime una costruzione geometrica.     

Parallel and semi-parallel hypersurfaces of \mathbb{S}^n × ℝ

We give a complete classification of totally umbilical, parallel and semi-parallel hypersurfaces of the Riemannian product space × ℝ. The author is a postdoctoral researcher supported by the Research Foundation — Flanders (F.W.O.).     

Padé approximations to the logarithm II: Identities, recurrences, and symbolic computation

Combinatorial identities that were needed in [25] are proved, mostly with C. Schneider’s computer algebra package Sigma. The form of the Padé approximation of the logarithm of arbitrary order is stated as a conjecture. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—41A21, 05A19, 33F10 Supported by NRF-grant 2047226. Supported by NRF-grant 2053748. Supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, by the John Knopfmacher Research Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory, and by the SFB-grant F1305 and the grant P16613-N12 of the Austrian FWF. Supported by NRF-grant 2053756.     

Asymptotic behavior of mean uniform norms for sequences of Gaussian processes and fields

We consider the mean uniform (mixed) norms for a sequence of Gaussian random functions. For a wide class of Gaussian processes and fields the -asymptotic for mixed norms is found whenever the volume of the index set is of order and tends to infinity, for example, -length time interval for random processes. Some numerical examples demonstrate the rate of convergence for the obtained asymptotic. The developed technique can be applied to analysis of various linear approximation methods. As an application we consider the rate of approximation by trigonometrical polynomials in the mean uniform norm. AMS 2000 Subject Classification Primary—60G70, 60G15; Secondary—60F25     

Generating Jacobi Forms

In this paper we explore the relationship between vector-valued modular forms and Jacobi forms and give explicit relations over various congruence subgroups. The main result is that a Jacobi form of square-free index on the full Jacobi group is uniquely determined by any of the associated vector components. In addition, an explicit construction is given to determine the other vector components from this single component. In other words, we give an explicit construction of a Jacobi form from a subset of its Fourier coefficients. This leads to results about how the transformation properties are affected by congruence restrictions on the Fourier expansion. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary—11F50; Secondary—11F30     

Padé approximations to the logarithm III: Alternative methods and additional results

We use C. Schneider’s summation software Sigma and a method due to Andrews-Newton-Zeilberger to reprove results from [5] and [24] as well as to prove new related material. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—41A21, 05A19, 33F10 K. Driver: Supported by NRF-Grant 2047226. H. Prodinger: Supported by NRF-Grant 2053748. C. Schneider: Supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, by the John Knopfmacher Research Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory, and by the SFB-grant F1305 and the grant P16613-N12 of the Austrian FWF. J. A. C. Weideman: Supported by NRF-Grant FA2005032300018.     

Mixed moments of L-functions

In this paper we will study the main term of mixed moments of L-functions associated to holomorphic cusp forms of integral weight on congruence subgroups of odd and squarefree level. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11F67, 11M41, 11F30     

The shoenfield Absoluteness Lemma

A new proof of Lévy’s version of the Absoluteness Lemma is given—a proof which avoids dependent choices and leads to stronger versions of the lemma. Research partially supported by N.S.F. Grant GP-8625.     

The Pre-WDVV Ring of Physics and its Topology

We show how a simplicial complex arising from the WDVV (Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde) equations of string theory is the Whitehouse complex. Using discrete Morse theory, we give an elementary proof that the Whitehouse complex Δ_n is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of (n−2)! spheres of dimension n−4. We also verify the Cohen-Macaulay property. Additionally, recurrences are given for the face enumeration of the complex and the Hilbert series of the associated pre-WDVV ring. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary—13F55, Secondary—05E99, 55P15     

Hyperbolic uniformization of Fermat curves

The ground-breaking research on the uniformization of curves was conducted at the beginning of the last century. Nevertheless, there are few examples in the literature of algebraic curves for which an explicit uniformization is known. In this article we obtain an explicit uniformization of the Fermat curves F _N , for each . The results presented here are based in part on an earlier study of the second author [6] in which each Riemann surface F _N (ℂ) was described as a quotient of the complex disk by a Fuchsian group Γ. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11F03, 11F06; Secondary—11F30 This work was partially supported by MCYT BFM2000-0627 and BMF2003-01898.