The Busy Period of the M/GI/∞ Queue

An equation for the distribution Z() of the duration T of the busy period in a stationary M/GI/ service system is constructed from first principles. Two scenarios are examined, being distinguished by the half-plane Re()>₀ for some ₀0 in which the generic service time random variable S, always assumed to have a finite mean E(S), has an analytic Laplace–Stieltjes transform E(e^–S ). If ₀<0 then E(e^–T ) is analytic in a half-plane (₁,), where ₀₁<0 and ₁ is determined by the distribution of S; then for any 0<s<|₁|.When ₀=0, E(e^–T ) is analytic in (0,), and now more is known about T. Inequalities on the tail () are used to show that for any 1, E(T ) is finite if and only if E(S ) is finite. It follows that the point process consisting of the starting epochs of busy periods is long range dependent if and only if E(S ²)=, in which case it has Hurst index equal to [frac12](3–), where is the moment index of S.If also the tail (x)=Pr{Sx} of the service time distribution satisfies the subexponential density condition ₀ ^x (x–u) (u)du/ (x)2E(S) as x, then (x)/ (x)e^E(S), where is the arrival rate.     

Period Integrals and Rankin–Selberg L-functions on GL(n)

We compute the second moment of a certain family of Rankin–Selberg L-functions L(f ×?g, 1/2) where f and g are Hecke–Maass cusp forms on GL(n). Our bound is as strong as the Lindel?f hypothesis on average, and recovers individually the convexity bound. This result is new even in the classical case n?=?2.     

Multiple Periodic Solutions with Minimal Period for Second Order Discrete System

By making use of Clark duality, minimax theory and geometrical index theory, some results on the existence and multiplicity of subharmonic solutions with prescribed minimal period to second order subquadratic discrete system are obtained.     

Period Doubling in the Rössler System—A Computer Assisted Proof

Using rigorous numerical methods, we validate a part of the bifurcation diagram for a Poincaré map of the Rössler system (Rössler in Phys. Lett. A 57(5):397–398, 1976)—the existence of two period-doubling bifurcations and the existence of a branch of period two points connecting them. Our approach is based on the Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction and uses the C ^r -Lohner algorithm (Wilczak and Zgliczyński, available at http://www.ii.uj.edu.pl/~wilczak) to obtain rigorous bounds for the Rössler system.     

Asymptotic Expansions for the Congestion Period for the M/M/∞ Queue

We consider the M/M/ queue with arrival rate , service rate and traffic intensity =/. We analyze the first passage distribution of the time the number of customers N(t) reaches the level c, starting from N(0)=m>c. If m=c+1 we refer to this time period as the congestion period above the level c. We give detailed asymptotic expansions for the distribution of this first passage time for , various ranges of m and c, and several different time scales. Numerical studies back up the asymptotic results.     

Existence of the Global Smooth Solution to the Period Boundary Value Problem of Fractional Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation

It is well known that Feynman and Hibbs[1] used path integrals over Brownian paths to derive the standard(nonfractional) Schrodinger equation. Recently, Laskin[5, 6] showed that the path integral over the Lévy-like quantum mechanical paths allows to develop the generalization of the quantum mechanics. Namely, if the path integral over Brownian trajectories leads to the well known Schrodinger equation, then the path integral over Lévy trajectories leads to the fractional Schrodinger equation. Laskin[7] showed the Hermiticity of the fractional Hamilton operator and established the parity conservation law. Xiaoyi Guo and Mingyu Xu[4] studied some physical applications of the fractional Schrodinger equation.     

Period of the adelic Ikeda lift for <Emphasis Type="Italic">U</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>)

We give a period formula for the adelic Ikeda lift of an elliptic modular form f for U(m, m) in terms of special values of the adjoint L-functions of f. This is an adelic version of Ikeda’s conjecture on the period of the classical Ikeda lift for U(m, m).