On height isotopy classes of embeddings in the plane of a Morse function of a circle

Let \(\mathrm{SM}_{2n}(S^1,\mathbb {R})\) be a set of stable Morse functions of an oriented circle such that the number of singular points is \(2n\in \mathbb {N}\) and the order of singular values satisfies the particular condition. For an orthogonal projection \(\pi :\mathbb {R}^2\rightarrow \mathbb {R}\), let \({\tilde{f}}_0\) and \({\tilde{f}}_1:S^1\rightarrow \mathbb {R}^2\) be embedding lifts of f. If there is an ambient isotopy \(\tilde{\varphi }_t:\mathbb {R}^2\rightarrow \mathbb {R}^2\) \((t\in [0,1])\) such that \({\pi \circ \tilde{\varphi }}_t(y_1,y_2)=y_1\) and \(\tilde{\varphi }_1\circ {\tilde{f}}_0={\tilde{f}}_1\), we say that \({\tilde{f}}_0\) and \({\tilde{f}}_1\) are height isotopic. We define a function \(I:\mathrm{SM}_{2n}(S^1,\mathbb {R})\rightarrow \mathbb {N}\) as follows: I(f) is the number of height isotopy classes of embeddings such that each rotation number is one. In this paper, we determine the maximal value of the function I equals the n-th Baxter number and the minimal value equals \(2^{n-1}\).     

On the semiclassical functional calculus for <Emphasis Type="Italic">h</Emphasis>-dependent functions

We study the functional calculus for operators of the form \(f_h(P(h))\) within the theory of semiclassical pseudodifferential operators, where \(\{f_h\}_{h\in (0,1]}\subset \mathrm{C^\infty _c}({{\mathbb {R}}})\) denotes a family of h-dependent functions satisfying some regularity conditions, and P(h) is either an appropriate self-adjoint semiclassical pseudodifferential operator in \(\mathrm{L}^2({{\mathbb {R}}}^n)\) or a Schrödinger operator in \(\mathrm{L}^2(M), M\) being a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension n. The main result is an explicit semiclassical trace formula with remainder estimate that is well-suited for studying the spectrum of P(h) in spectral windows of width of order \(h^\delta \), where \(0\le \delta <\frac{1}{2}\).     

Determination of cusp forms by central values of Rankin–Selberg <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">L</Emphasis>-functions<Superscript>*</Superscript>

Let f be a fixed holomorphic Hecke eigen cusp form of weight k for \( SL\left( {2,{\mathbb Z}} \right) \), and let \( {\mathcal U} = \left\{ {{u_j}:j \geqslant 1} \right\} \) be an orthonormal basis of Hecke–Maass cusp forms for \( SL\left( {2,{\mathbb Z}} \right) \). We prove an asymptotic formula for the twisted first moment of the Rankin–Selberg L-functions \( L\left( {s,f \otimes {u_j}} \right) \) at \( s = \frac{1}{2} \) as u _j runs over \( {\mathcal U} \). It follows that f is uniquely determined by the central values of the family of Rankin–Selberg L-functions \( \left\{ {L\left( {s,f \otimes {u_j}} \right):{u_j} \in {\mathcal U}} \right\} \).     

Reconstruction Algorithms for a Class of Restricted Ray Transforms Without Added Singularities

Let X and \(X^*\) denote a restricted ray transform along curves and a corresponding backprojection operator, respectively. Theoretical analysis of reconstruction from the data Xf is usually based on a study of the composition \(X^* D X\), where D is some local operator (usually a derivative). If \(X^*\) is chosen appropriately, then \(X^* D X\) is a Fourier integral operator (FIO) with singular symbol. The singularity of the symbol leads to the appearance of artifacts (added singularities) that can be as strong as the original (or, useful) singularities. By choosing D in a special way one can reduce the strength of added singularities, but it is impossible to get rid of them completely. In the paper we follow a similar approach, but make two changes. First, we replace D with a nonlocal operator \(\tilde{D}\) that integrates Xf along a curve in the data space. The result \(\tilde{D} Xf\) resembles the generalized Radon transform R of f. The function \(\tilde{D} Xf\) is defined on pairs \((x_0,\Theta )\in U\times S^2\), where \(U\subset {\mathbb R}^3\) is an open set containing the support of f, and \(S^2\) is the unit sphere in \({\mathbb R}^3\). Second, we replace \(X^*\) with a backprojection operator \(R^*\) that integrates with respect to \(\Theta \) over \(S^2\). It turns out that if \(\tilde{D}\) and \(R^*\) are appropriately selected, then the composition \(R^* \tilde{D} X\) is an elliptic pseudodifferential operator of order zero with principal symbol 1. Thus, we obtain an approximate reconstruction formula that recovers all the singularities correctly and does not produce artifacts. The advantage of our approach is that by inserting \(\tilde{D}\) we get access to the frequency variable \(\Theta \). In particular, we can incorporate suitable cut-offs in \(R^*\) to eliminate bad directions \(\Theta \), which lead to added singularities.     

INTEGRABILITY OF GEODESIC FLOWS FOR METRICS ON SUBORBITS OF THE ADJOINT ORBITS OF COMPACT GROUPS

Let G/K be an orbit of the adjoint representation of a compact connected Lie group G, σ be an involutive automorphism of G and \( \tilde{G} \) be the Lie group of fixed points of σ. We find a sufficient condition for the complete integrability of the geodesic ow of the Riemannian metric on \( \tilde{G}/\left(\tilde{G}\cap K\right) \) which is induced by the bi-invariant Riemannian metric on \( \tilde{G} \). The integrals constructed here are real analytic functions, polynomial in momenta. It is checked that this sufficient condition holds when G is the unitary group U(n) and σ is its automorphism determined by the complex conjugation.     

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.

     

On coherent families of uniformizing elements in some towers of Abelian extensions of local number fields

For a local number field K with the ring of integers \( {\mathcal{O}_K} \), the residue field \( {\mathbb{F}_q} \), and uniformizing π, we consider the Lubin–Tate tower \( {K_\pi } = \bigcap\limits_{n \geqslant 0} {{K_n}} \), where K _n = K(π _n ), f(π0) = 0, and f(π _n +1) = π _n . Here f(X) defines the endomorphism [π] of the Lubin–Tate group. If q ≠ 2, then for any formal power series \( g(X) \in {\mathcal{O}_K}\left[ {\left[ X \right]} \right] \) the following equality holds: \( \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{\text{SP}}{{{K_n}} \mathord{\left/{\vphantom {{{K_n}} K}} \right.} K}} g\left( {{\pi_n}} \right) = - g(0) \). One has a similar equality in the case q = 2.     

Finite Gap Jacobi Matrices,III. Beyond the Szegő Class

Let \({\frak {e}}\subset {\mathbb {R}}\) be a finite union of ?+1 disjoint closed intervals, and denote by ω _j the harmonic measure of the j left-most bands. The frequency module for \({\frak {e}}\) is the set of all integral combinations of ω ₁,…,ω _? . Let \(\{\tilde{a}_{n}, \tilde{b}_{n}\}_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\) be a point in the isospectral torus for \({\frak {e}}\) and \(\tilde{p}_{n}\) its orthogonal polynomials. Let \(\{a_{n},b_{n}\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a half-line Jacobi matrix with \(a_{n} = \tilde{a}_{n} + \delta a_{n}\), \(b_{n} = \tilde{b}_{n} +\delta b_{n}\). Suppose

$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \lvert \delta a_n\rvert ^2 + \lvert \delta b_n\rvert ^2 <\infty $

and \(\sum_{n=1}^{N} e^{2\pi i\omega n} \delta a_{n}\), \(\sum_{n=1}^{N} e^{2\pi i\omega n} \delta b_{n}\) have finite limits as N→∞ for all ω in the frequency module. If, in addition, these partial sums grow at most subexponentially with respect to ω, then for z∈???, \(p_{n}(z)/\tilde{p}_{n}(z)\) has a limit as n→∞. Moreover, we show that there are non-Szeg? class J’s for which this holds.

     

Eldan’s Stochastic Localization and Tubular Neighborhoods of Complex-Analytic Sets

Let \(f: \mathbb {C}^n \rightarrow \mathbb {C}^k\) be a holomorphic function and set \(Z = f^{-1}(0)\). Assume that Z is non-empty. We prove that for any \(r > 0\),

$$\begin{aligned} \gamma _n(Z + r) \ge \gamma _n(E + r), \end{aligned}$$

where \(Z + r\) is the Euclidean r-neighborhood of Z; \(\gamma _n\) is the standard Gaussian measure in \(\mathbb {C}^n\), and \(E \subseteq \mathbb {C}^n\) is an \((n-k)\)-dimensional, affine, complex subspace whose distance from the origin is the same as the distance of Z from the origin.

     

The Dirichlet problem for Einstein metrics on cohomogeneity one manifolds

Let \(G{/}H\) be a compact homogeneous space, and let \(\hat{g}_0\) and \(\hat{g}_1\) be G-invariant Riemannian metrics on \(G/H\). We consider the problem of finding a G-invariant Einstein metric g on the manifold \(G/H\times [0,1]\) subject to the constraint that g restricted to \(G{/}H\times \{0\}\) and \(G/H\times \{1\}\) coincides with \(\hat{g}_0\) and \(\hat{g}_1\), respectively. By assuming that the isotropy representation of \(G/H\) consists of pairwise inequivalent irreducible summands, we show that we can always find such an Einstein metric.     

Approximation of entire functions of exponential type by exponential sums<Superscript>*</Superscript>

Let K be a compact set in \( {{\mathbb R}^n} \). For \( 1 \leqslant p \leqslant \infty \), the Bernstein space \( B_K^p \) is the Banach space of all functions \( f \in {L^p}\left( {{{\mathbb R}^n}} \right) \)such that their Fourier transform in a distributional sense is supported on K. If \( f \in B_K^p \), then f is continuous on \( {{\mathbb R}^n} \) and has an extension onto the complex space \( {{\mathbb C}^n} \) to an entire function of exponential type K. We study the approximation of functions in \( B_K^p \) by finite τ -periodic exponential sums of the form

$ \sum\limits_m {{c_m}{e^{2\pi {\text{i}}\left( {x,m} \right)/\tau }}} $

in the \( {L^p}\left( {\tau {{\left[ { - 1/2,1/2} \right]}^n}} \right) \)-norm as τ → ∞ when K is a polytope in \( {{\mathbb R}^n} \).

     

On the family of elliptic curves $$\varvec{y^2=x^3-m^2x+p^2}$$

In this paper, we study the torsion subgroup and rank of elliptic curves for the subfamilies of \(E_{m,p} : y^2=x^3-m^2x+p^2\), where m is a positive integer and p is a prime. We prove that for any prime p, the torsion subgroup of \(E_{m,p}(\mathbb {Q})\) is trivial for both the cases {\(m\ge 1\), \(m\not \equiv 0\pmod 3\)} and {\(m\ge 1\), \(m \equiv 0 \pmod 3\), with \(gcd(m,p)=1\)}. We also show that given any odd prime p and for any positive integer m with \(m\not \equiv 0\pmod 3\) and \(m\equiv 2\pmod {32}\), the lower bound for the rank of \(E_{m,p}(\mathbb {Q})\) is 2. Finally, we find curves of rank 9 in this family.     

Convergence of Martingale and Moderate Deviations for a Branching Random Walk with a Random Environment in Time

We consider a branching random walk on \({\mathbb {R}}\) with a stationary and ergodic environment \(\xi =(\xi _n)\) indexed by time \(n\in {\mathbb {N}}\). Let \(Z_n\) be the counting measure of particles of generation n and \(\tilde{Z}_n(t)=\int \mathrm{e}^{tx}Z_n(\mathrm{d}x)\) be its Laplace transform. We show the \(L^p\) convergence rate and the uniform convergence of the martingale \(\tilde{Z}_n(t)/{\mathbb {E}}[\tilde{Z}_n(t)|\xi ]\), and establish a moderate deviation principle for the measures \(Z_n\).     

The Gray image of constacyclic codes over the finite chain ring $$F_{p^m}[u]/\langle u^k\rangle $$

Let \(\mathbb {F}_{p^m}\) be a finite field of cardinality \(p^m\), where p is a prime, and k, N be any positive integers. We denote \(R_k=F_{p^m}[u]/\langle u^k\rangle =F_{p^m}+uF_{p^m}+\cdots +u^{k-1}F_{p^m}\) (\(u^k=0\)) and \(\lambda =a_0+a_1u+\cdots +a_{k-1}u^{k-1}\) where \(a_0, a_1,\ldots , a_{k-1}\in F_{p^m}\) satisfying \(a_0\ne 0\) and \(a_1=1\). Let r be a positive integer satisfying \(p^{r-1}+1\le k\le p^r\). First we define a Gray map from \(R_k\) to \(F_{p^m}^{p^r}\), then prove that the Gray image of any linear \(\lambda \)-constacyclic code over \(R_k\) of length N is a distance preserving linear \(a_0^{p^r}\)-constacyclic code over \(F_{p^m}\) of length \(p^rN\). Furthermore, the generator polynomials for each linear \(\lambda \)-constacyclic code over \(R_k\) of length N and its Gray image are given respectively. Finally, some optimal constacyclic codes over \(F_{3}\) and \(F_{5}\) are constructed.     

On behavior of Fourier coefficients by Walsh system

The paper proves that for any ε > 0 there exists ameasurable set E ? [0, 1] with measure |E| > 1 ? ε such that for each f ∈ L¹[0, 1] there is a function \(\tilde f \in {L^1}\left[ {0,1} \right]\) coinciding with f on E whose Fourier-Walsh series converges to \(\tilde f\) in L¹[0, 1]-norm, and the sequence \(\left\{ {\left| {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right|} \right\}_{n = 0}^\infty \) is monotonically decreasing, where \(\left\{ {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right\}\) is the sequence of Fourier-Walsh coefficients of \(\left\{ {\left| {{c_k}\left( {\tilde f} \right)} \right|} \right\}_{n = 0}^\infty \).     

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.     

Closed range and nonclosed range adjointable operators on Hilbert $$C^*$$-modules

In this paper, we show that for a positive operator A on a Hilbert \(C^*\)-module \( \mathscr {E} \), the range \( \mathscr {R}(A) \) of A is closed if and only if \( \mathscr {R}(A^\alpha ) \) is closed for all \(\alpha \in (0,1)\cup (1,+\,\infty )\), and this occurs if and only if \( \mathscr {R}(A)=\mathscr {R}(A^\alpha ) \) for all \(\alpha \in (0,1)\cup (1,+\,\infty )\). As an application, we prove that for an adjontable operator A if \(\mathscr {R}(A)\) is nonclosed, then \(\dim \left( \overline{\mathscr {R}(A)}/\mathscr {R}(A)\right) =+\,\infty \). Finally, we show that for an adjointable operator A if \( \overline{\mathscr {R}(A^*) } \) is orthogonally complemented in \( \mathscr {E} \), then under certain coditions there exists an idempotent C and a unique operator X such that \( XAX=X, AXA=CA, AX=C \) and \( XA=P_{A^*} \), where \( P_{A^*} \) is the orthogonal projection of \( \mathscr {E} \) onto \( \overline{\mathscr {R}(A^*)}\).     

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 \(\gcd (X,Z) = 1\).     

Heinz mean curvature estimates in warped product spaces $$M\times _{e^{\psi }}N$$

If a graph submanifold (x, f(x)) of a Riemannian warped product space \((M^m\times _{e^{\psi }}N^n,\tilde{g}=g+ e^{2\psi }h)\) is immersed with parallel mean curvature H, then we obtain a Heinz-type estimation of the mean curvature. Namely, on each compact domain D of M, \(m\Vert H\Vert \le \frac{A_{\psi }(\partial D)}{V_{\psi }(D)}\) holds, where \(A_{\psi }(\partial D)\) and \(V_{\psi }(D)\) are the \({\psi }\)-weighted area and volume, respectively. In particular, \(H=0\) if (M, g) has zero-weighted Cheeger constant, a concept recently introduced by Impera et al. (Height estimates for killing graphs. arXiv:1612.01257, 2016). This generalizes the known cases \(n=1\) or \(\psi =0\). We also conclude minimality using a closed calibration, assuming \((M,g_*)\) is complete where \(g_*=g+e^{2\psi }f^*h\), and for some constants \(\alpha \ge \delta \ge 0\), \(C_1>0\) and \(\beta \in [0,1)\), \(\Vert \nabla ^*\psi \Vert ^2_{g_*}\le \delta \), \(\mathrm {Ricci}_{\psi ,g_*}\ge \alpha \), and \({\mathrm{det}}_g(g_*)\le C_1 r^{2\beta }\) holds when \(r\rightarrow +\infty \), where r(x) is the distance function on \((M,g_*)\) from some fixed point. Both results rely on expressing the squared norm of the mean curvature as a weighted divergence of a suitable vector field.