Measure estimates of nodal sets of bi-harmonic functions

In this paper, we define a frequency for bi-harmonic functions. By using this frequency, we give the measure estimates of nodal sets of bi-harmonic functions. We also show that the frequency has some interesting properties similar to the frequency of harmonic functions.     

Remarks on Steinhaus' property and ratio sets of sets of positive integers

This paper is closely related to an earlier paper of the author and W. Narkiewicz (cf. [7]) and to some papers concerning ratio sets of positive integers (cf. [4], [5], [12], [13], [14]). The paper contains some new results completing results of the mentioned papers. Among other things a characterization of the Steinhaus property of sets of positive integers is given here by using the concept of ratio sets of positive integers.     

Measure of minimal sets for certain discrete dynamical systems

Let X be a separable metric space, μ a complete Borel measure on X that is finite on balls, and f a closed discrete dynamical system on X that preserves μ and has the diameters of all orbits bounded. We prove that almost every point in X (in the sense of measure μ) has its orbit contained in its ω-limit set.     

Measure preserving homomorphisms and independent sets in tensor graph powers

In this note, we study the behavior of independent sets of maximum probability measure in tensor graph powers. To do this, we introduce an upper bound using measure preserving homomorphisms. This work extends some previous results concerning independence ratios of tensor graph powers.     

Ratio sets of random sets

We study the typical behaviour of the size of the ratio set A / A for a random subset \(A\subset \{1,\dots , n\}\). For example, we prove that \(|A/A|\sim \frac{2\text {Li}_2(3/4)}{\pi ^2}n^2 \) for almost all subsets \(A\subset \{1,\dots ,n\}\). We also prove that the proportion of visible lattice points in the lattice \(A_1\times \cdots \times A_d\), where \(A_i\) is taken at random in [1, n] with \(\mathbb P(m\in A_i)=\alpha _i\) for any \(m\in [1,n]\), is asymptotic to a constant \(\mu (\alpha _1,\dots ,\alpha _d)\) that involves the polylogarithm of order d.     

Vandermonde sets and super-Vandermonde sets

Given a set TGF(q), |T|=t, w_T is defined as the smallest positive integer k for which ∑_yTy^k≠0. It can be shown that w_Tt always and w_Tt−1 if the characteristic p divides t. T is called a Vandermonde set if w_Tt−1 and a super-Vandermonde set if w_T=t. This (extremal) algebraic property is interesting for its own right, but the original motivation comes from finite geometries. In this paper we classify small and large super-Vandermonde sets.     

Wiggly sets and limit sets

We show that a compact, connected set which has uniform oscillations at all points and at all scales has dimension strictly larger than 1. We also show that limit sets of certain Kleinian groups have this property. More generally, we show that ifG is a non-elementary, analytically finite Kleinian group, and its limit set Λ(G) is connected, then Λ(G) is either a circle or has dimension strictly bigger than 1. The first author is partially supported by NSF Grant DMS 95-00577 and an Alfred P. Sloan research fellowship. The second author is partially supported by NSF grant DMS-94-23746.     

Between closed sets andg-closed sets

Quite recently, by using semi-open (resp.α-open, preopen,β-open) sets in a topological space, the notions ofsg*-closed (resp.αg*-closed,pg*-closedβg*-closed) sets are indroduced and investigated in [8]. These subsets place between closed sets andg-closed sets due to Levine [5]. In this paper, we introduce the notion ofmg*-closed sets and obtain the unified theory for collections of subsets between closed sets andg-closed sets.     

Sumsets of dense sets and sparse sets

R. Jin showed that whenever A and B are sets of integers having positive upper Banach density, the sumset A+B:= «a+b: a ∈ A, b ∈ B» is piecewise syndetic. This result was strengthened by Bergelson, Furstenberg, and Weiss to conclude that A+B must be piecewise Bohr. We generalize the latter result to cases where A has Banach density 0, giving a new proof of the previous results in the process.     

Packing Measure Analysis of Harmonic Measure

We show that, for any Jordan domain J in R², harmonic measureis supported by a Borel set of packing dimension 1. We alsoobtain incomplete analogs to the results of Makarov, which connectthe almost everywhere behavior of the derivative near the boundaryfor the conformal mapping function from the unit disk J withthe Hausdorff measure properties of sets supporting the harmonicmeasure.     

Crisp sets as classes of discontinuous fuzzy sets

This paper aims to show how, by using a threshold-based approach, a path from imprecise information to a crisp ‘decision’ can be developed. It deals with the problem of the logical transformation of a fuzzy set into a crisp set. Such threshold arises from the ideas of contradiction and separation, and allows us to prove that crisp sets can be structurally considered as classes of discontinuous fuzzy sets. It is also shown that continuous fuzzy sets are computationally indistinguishable from some kind of discontinuous fuzzy sets.     

On sum sets of sidon sets,II

LetG be a finite abelian group,G?{Z _n, Z₂?Z_2n}. Then every sequenceA={g ₁,...,g_t} of $t = \frac{{4\left| G \right|}}{3} + 1$ elements fromG contains a subsequenceB?A, |G|=|G| such that $\sum\nolimits_{g_i \in B^{g_i } } { = 0 (in G)} $ . This bound, which is best possible, extends recent results of [1] and [22] concerning the celebrated theorem of Erdös-Ginzburg-Ziv [21].