On the derivative of the Minkowski question mark function ?(<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>)

Let x?=?[0; a ₁ , a ₂ , …] be the regular continued fraction expansion of an irrational number x ∈ [0, 1]. For the derivative of the Minkowski function ?(x) we prove that ?′(x)?=?+∞, provided that \( \mathop {{\lim \sup }}\limits_{t \to \infty } \frac{{{a_1} + \cdots + {a_t}}}{t} < {\kappa_1} = \frac{{2\log {\lambda_1}}}{{\log 2}} = {1.388^{+} } \), and ?′(x)?=?0, provided that \( \mathop {{\lim \inf }}\limits_{t \to \infty } \frac{{{a_1} + \cdots + {a_t}}}{t} > {\kappa_2} = \frac{{4{L_5} - 5{L_4}}}{{{L_5} - {L_4}}} = {4.401^{+} } \), where \( {L_j} = \log \left( {\frac{{j + \sqrt {{{j^2} + 4}} }}{2}} \right) - j \cdot \frac{{\log 2}}{2} \). Constants κ₁, κ₂ are the best possible. It is also shown that ?′(x)?=?+∞ for all x with partial quotients bounded by 4.     

Frobenius Differential-Algebraic Universums on Complex Algebraic Curves

In terms of differential generators and differential relations for a finitely generated commutative- associative differential C-algebra A (with a unit element) we study and determine necessary and sufficient conditions for the fact that under any Taylor homomorphism \(\widetilde \psi \)M: A → C[[z]] the transcendence degree of the image \(\widetilde \psi \)M(A) over C does not exceed 1 \(\left( {\widetilde \psi M{{\left( a \right)}^{\underline{\underline {def}} }}\sum\limits_{m = 0}^\infty {\psi M\left( {{a^{\left( m \right)}}} \right)} } \right)\frac{{{z^m}}}{{m!}}\), where a ∈ A, M ∈ Spec_CA is a maximal ideal in A, a^(m) is the result of m-fold application of the signature derivation of the element a, and ψM is the canonic epimorphism A → A/M).     

On the periodicity of continued fractions in elliptic fields

Article [1] raised the question of the finiteness of the number of square-free polynomials f ∈ ?[h] of fixed degree for which \(\sqrt f \) has periodic continued fraction expansion in the field ?((h)) and the fields ?(h)(\(\sqrt f \)) are not isomorphic to one another and to fields of the form ?(h)\(\left( {\sqrt {c{h^n} + 1} } \right)\), where c ∈ ?* and n ∈ ?. In this paper, we give a positive answer to this question for an elliptic field ?(h)(\(\sqrt f \)) in the case deg f = 3.     

On series by Haar system

The paper considers the series by Haar system \(\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {a_n \chi _n (x)} \), satisfying the conditions \(\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {a_n^2 \chi _n^2 (x)} = \infty \) and a _n χ _n (x) → 0 almost everywhere. Some theorems about correcting a function on sets of arbitrarily small measures are proved.     

Libera and Hilbert matrix operator on logarithmically weighted Bergman,Bloch and Hardy-Bloch spaces

We show that if α > 1, then the logarithmically weighted Bergman space \(A_{{{\log }^\alpha }}^2\) is mapped by the Libera operator L into the space \(A_{{{\log }^{\alpha - 1}}}^2\), while if α > 2 and 0 < ε ≤ α?2, then the Hilbert matrix operator H maps \(A_{{{\log }^\alpha }}^2\) into \(A_{{{\log }^{\alpha - 2 - \varepsilon }}}^2\).We show that the Libera operator L maps the logarithmically weighted Bloch space \({B_{{{\log }^\alpha }}}\), α ∈ R, into itself, while H maps \({B_{{{\log }^\alpha }}}\) into \({B_{{{\log }^{\alpha + 1}}}}\).In Pavlovi?’s paper (2016) it is shown that L maps the logarithmically weighted Hardy-Bloch space \(B_{{{\log }^\alpha }}^1\), α > 0, into \(B_{{{\log }^{\alpha - 1}}}^1\). We show that this result is sharp. We also show that H maps \(B_{{{\log }^\alpha }}^1\), α > 0, into \(B_{{{\log }^{\alpha - 1}}}^1\) and that this result is sharp also.     

Rearranged series by Haar system

For the orthonormal Haar system {X _n} the paper proves that for each 0 < ? < 1 there exist a measurable set E ? [0, 1] with measure | E | > 1 ? ? and a series of the form Σ _n=1 ^∞ a _n X _n with a _i ↘ 0, such that for every function f ∈ L ¹(0, 1) one can find a function \(\tilde f\) ∈ L ¹(0, 1) coinciding with f on E, and a series of the form

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty {\delta _i a_i \chi _i } where \delta _i = 0 or 1$

, that would converge to \(\tilde f\) in L ¹(0, 1).

     

Aggregation of random-coefficient AR(1) process with infinite variance and common innovations

We discuss aggregation of random-coefficient AR(1) processes X _i,t = a _i X _i,t?1 + ε _t , i = 1,…,N, with i.i.d. coefficients a _i ∈ (?1, 1) and common i.i.d. innovations {ε _t } belonging to the domain of attraction of an α-stable law (0 < α ≤ 2). Particular attention is given to the case of slope coefficient having probability density growing regularly to infinity at points a = 1 and a = ?1. We obtain conditions under which the limit aggregate \( {\bar X_t} = {\lim_{N \to \infty }}{N^{ - 1}}\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^N {{X_{i,t}}} \) exists and exhibits long memory in a certain sense. In particularly, we show that suitably normalized partial sums of the \( {\bar X_t} \)’s tend to a fractional α-stable motion and that \( \left\{ {{{\bar X}_t}} \right\} \) satisfies the long-range dependence (sample Allen variance) property of Heyde and Yang. We also extend some results of Zaffaroni from the finite variance case to the infinite variance case.     

Localized nodal solutions of higher topological type for semiclassical nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We investigate the existence of localized sign-changing solutions for the semiclassical nonlinear Schrödinger equation

$$\begin{aligned} -\epsilon ^2\Delta v+V(x)v=|v|^{p-2}v,\ v\in H^1(\mathbb {R}^N) \end{aligned}$$

where \(N\ge 2,\) \(2<p<2^*\), \(\epsilon >0\) is a small parameter, and V is assumed to be bounded and bounded away from zero. When V has a local minimum point P, as \(\epsilon \rightarrow 0\), we construct an infinite sequence of localized sign-changing solutions clustered at P and these solutions are of higher topological type in the sense that they are obtained from a minimax characterization of higher dimensional symmetric linking structure via the symmetric mountain pass theorem. It has been an open question whether the sign-changing solutions of higher topological type can be localized and our result gives an affirmative answer. The existing results in the literature have been subject to some geometrical or topological constraints that limit the number of localized sign-changing solutions. At a local minimum point of V, Bartsch et al. (Math Ann 338:147–185, 2007) proved the existence of N pairs of localized sign-changing solutions and D’Aprile and Pistoia (Ann Inst Hénri Poincare Anal Non Linéaire 26:1423–1451, 2009) constructed 9 pairs of localized sign-changing solutions for \(N\ge 3\). Our result gives an unbounded sequence of such solutions. Our method combines the Byeon and Wang’s penalization approach and minimax method via a variant of the classical symmetric mountain pass theorem, and is rather robust without using any non-degeneracy conditions.

     

The Bernstein-Szegö inequality for fractional derivatives of trigonometric polynomials

On the set F _n of trigonometric polynomials of degree n ≥ 1 with complex coefficients, we consider the Szegö operator \(D_\theta ^\alpha \) defined by the relation \(D_\theta ^\alpha f_n (t) = \cos \theta D^\alpha f_n (t) - \sin \theta D^\alpha \tilde f_n (t)\) for α, θ ∈ ?, where α ≥ 0. Here, \(D^\alpha f_n \) and \(D^\alpha \tilde f_n \) are the Weyl fractional derivatives of (real) order α of the polynomial f _n and of its conjugate \(\tilde f_n \). In particular, we prove that, if α ≥ n ln 2n, then, for any θ ∈ ?, the sharp inequality \(\left\| {\cos \theta D^\alpha f_n - \sin \theta D^\alpha f_n } \right\|_{L_p } \leqslant n^\alpha \left\| {f_n } \right\|_{L_p } \) holds on the set F _n in the spaces L _p for all p ≥ 0. For classical derivatives (of integer order α ≥ 1), this inequality was obtained by Szegö in the uniform norm (p = ∞) in 1928 and by Zygmund for 1 ≤ p < ∞ in 1931–1935. For fractional derivatives of (real) order α ≥ 1 and 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞, the inequality was proved by Kozko in 1998.     

Couplings of Brownian Motions of Deterministic Distance in Model Spaces of Constant Curvature

We consider the model space \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) of constant curvature K and dimension \(n\ge 1\) (Euclidean space for \(K=0\), sphere for \(K>0\) and hyperbolic space for \(K<0\)), and we show that given a function \(\rho :[0,\infty )\rightarrow [0, \infty )\) with \(\rho (0)=\mathrm {dist}(x,y)\) there exists a coadapted coupling (X(t), Y(t)) of Brownian motions on \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) starting at (x, y) such that \(\rho (t)=\mathrm {dist}(X(t),Y(t))\) for every \(t\ge 0\) if and only if \(\rho \) is continuous and satisfies for almost every \(t\ge 0\) the differential inequality

$$\begin{aligned} -(n-1)\sqrt{K}\tan \left( \tfrac{\sqrt{K}\rho (t)}{2}\right) \le \rho '(t)\le -(n-1)\sqrt{K}\tan \left( \tfrac{\sqrt{K}\rho (t)}{2}\right) +\tfrac{2(n-1)\sqrt{K}}{\sin (\sqrt{K}\rho (t))}. \end{aligned}$$

In other words, we characterize all coadapted couplings of Brownian motions on the model space \(\mathbb {M}^{n}_{K}\) for which the distance between the processes is deterministic. In addition, the construction of the coupling is explicit for every choice of \(\rho \) satisfying the above hypotheses.

     

An isometrical ℂP<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>-theorem

Let M ⁿ (n ? 3) be a complete Riemannian manifold with sec _M ? 1, and let \(M_i^{n_i }\) (i = 1, 2) be two complete totally geodesic submanifolds in M. We prove that if n₁ + n₂ = n ? 2 and if the distance |M₁M₂| ? π/2, then M _i is isometric to \(\mathbb{S}^{n_i } /\mathbb{Z}_h\), \(\mathbb{C}P^{n_i /2}\), or \(\mathbb{C}P^{n_i /2} /\mathbb{Z}_2 \) with the canonical metric when n _i > 0; and thus, M is isometric to S ⁿ /? _h , ?P^n/2, or ?P^n/2/?₂ except possibly when n = 3 and \(M_1 (or M_2 )\mathop \cong \limits^{iso} \mathbb{S}^1 /\mathbb{Z}_h \) with h ? 2 or n = 4 and \(M_1 (or M_2 )\mathop \cong \limits^{iso} \mathbb{R}P^2 \).     

One-Sided Integral Approximations of the Generalized Poisson Kernel by Trigonometric Polynomials

We consider the generalized Poisson kernel Π _q,α = cos(απ/2)P + sin(απ/2)Q with q ∈ (?1, 1) and α ∈ ?, which is a linear combination of the Poisson kernel \(P(t) = 1/2 + \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {{q^k}} \cos kt\)and the conjugate Poisson kernel \(Q(t) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {{q^k}} \sin kt\). The values of the best integral approximation to the kernel Π _q,α from below and from above by trigonometric polynomials of degree not exceeding a given number are found. The corresponding polynomials of the best one-sided approximation are obtained.     

A Supplement to Hölder’s Inequality. The Resonance Case. I

Suppose that m ≥ 2, numbers p₁, …, p _m ∈ (1, +∞] satisfy the inequality \(\frac{1}{{{p_1}}} + ... + \frac{1}{{{p_m}}} < 1\), and functions γ₁ ∈ \({L^{{p_1}}}\)(?¹), …, γ _m ∈ \({L^{{p_m}}}\)(?¹) are given. It is proved that if the set of “resonance points” of each of these functions is nonempty and the so-called “resonance condition” holds, then there are arbitrarily small (in norm) perturbations Δγ_k ∈ \({L^{{p_k}}}\)(?¹) under which the resonance set of each function γ_k + Δγ_k coincides with that of γ_k for 1 ≤ k ≤ m, but \({\left\| {\int\limits_0^t {\prod\limits_{k = 0}^m {\left[ {{\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right) + \Delta {\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right)} \right]d\tau } } } \right\|_{{L^\infty }\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)}} = \infty \). The notion of a resonance point and the resonance condition for functions in the spaces L ^p (?¹), p ∈ (1, +∞], were introduced by the author in his previous papers.     

On exact constants in some embedding theorems of high order

Exact constants in the embedding theorems \(W \circ _2^k \)(?1, 1) ? \(W \circ _2^k \)(?1, 1) are found. It is shown that the extremal functions are even for all k ∈ ?     

On the densities of rational multiples

For two subsets of natural numbers \( A,B \subset \mathbb{N} \), define the set of rational numbers \( \mathcal{M}\left( {A,B} \right) \) with the elements represented by m/n, where m and n are coprime, m is divisible by some a ∈ A, and n is divisible by some b ∈ B. Let I be some interval of positive real numbers and \( \mathcal{F}_x^I \) denote the set of rational numbers m/n ∈ I such that m and n are coprime and n ? x. The analogue to the Erdös–Davenport theorem about multiples is proved: under some constraints on I, the limits \( {{{\sum {\left\{ {\frac{1}{{mn}}:\frac{m}{n} \in \mathcal{F}_x^I \cap \mathcal{M}\left( {A,B} \right)} \right\}} }} \left/ {{\sum {\left\{ {\frac{1}{{mn}}:\frac{m}{n} \in \mathcal{F}_x^I} \right\}} }} \right.} \) exist for all subsets \( A,B \subset \mathbb{N} \) as x → ∞.     

Sharp Estimates for Mean Square Approximations of Classes of Differentiable Periodic Functions by Shift Spaces

Let L₂ be the space of 2π-periodic square-summable functions and E(f, X)₂ be the best approximation of f by the space X in L₂. For n ∈ ? and B ∈ L₂, let \({{\Bbb S}_{B,n}}\) be the space of functions s of the form \(s\left( x \right) = \sum\limits_{j = 0}^{2n - 1} {{\beta _j}B\left( {x - \frac{{j\pi }}{n}} \right)} \). This paper describes all spaces \({{\Bbb S}_{B,n}}\) that satisfy the exact inequality \(E{\left( {f,{S_{B,n}}} \right)_2} \leqslant \frac{1}{{^{{n^r}}}}\parallel {f^{\left( r \right)}}{\parallel _2}\). (2n–1)-dimensional subspaces fulfilling the same estimate are specified. Well-known inequalities are for approximation by trigonometric polynomials and splines obtained as special cases.     

On one complement to the Hölder inequality: I

Let m ≥ 2, the numbers p ₁,…, p _m ∈ (1, +∞] satisfy the inequality \(\frac{1}{{{p_1}}} + ...\frac{1}{{{p_m}}} < 1\), and γ₁ ∈ L ^p1(?¹), …, γ _m ∈ \({L^{{p_m}}}\)(?¹). We prove that, if the set of “resonance” points of each of these functions is nonempty and the “nonresonance” condition holds (both concepts have been introduced by the author for functions of spaces L ^p (?¹), p ∈ (1, +∞]), we have the inequality \(\mathop {\sup }\limits_{a,b \in {R^1}} \left| {\int\limits_a^b {\prod\limits_{k = 1}^m {\left[ {{\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right) + \Delta {\gamma _k}\left( \tau \right)} \right]} d\tau } } \right| \leqslant C{\prod\limits_{k = 1}^m {\left\| {{\gamma _k} + \Delta {\gamma _k}} \right\|} _{L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\), where the constant C > 0 is independent of functions \(\Delta {\gamma _k} \in L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\) and \(L_{{a_k}}^{{p_k}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right) \subset {L^{{p_k}}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}^1}} \right)\), 1 ≤ k ≤ m are some specially constructed normed spaces. In addition, we give a boundedness condition for the integral of the product of functions over a subset of ?¹.     

On the Diophantine equation $$X^{2N}+2^{2\alpha }5^{2\beta }{p}^{2\gamma } = Z^5$$

We prove that for each prime p, positive integer \(\alpha \), and non-negative integers \(\beta \) and \(\gamma \), the Diophantine equation \(X^{2N} + 2^{2\alpha }5^{2\beta }{p}^{2\gamma } = Z^5\) has no solution with N, X, \(Z\in \mathbb {Z}^+\), \(N > 1\), and \(\gcd (X,Z) = 1\).     

Cotorsion and wild homology

We solve the problem of describing the solutions of E-operators of order μ ≥ 1 admitting at z = 0 a basis over C of local solutions which are all holomorphic at z = 0. We prove that the components of such a basis can be taken of the form \(\sum {_{j = 1}^\ell } {P_j}\left( z \right){e^{{\beta _{{j^z}}}}}\), where ? ≤ μ, β ₁,...,β _? ∈ \(\overline {\mathbb{Q}} \) ^x, and P ₁(z),..., P _?(z) ∈ \(\overline {\mathbb{Q}} \)[z].