Monochromatic Solutions for Multi-Term Unknowns

Given integers \(k\ge 2\), \(n \ge 2\), \(m \ge 2\) and \( a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_m \in {\mathbb {Z}}{\backslash }{\{0\}}\), and let \(f(z)= \sum _{j=0}^{n}c_jz^j\) be a polynomial of integer coefficients with \(c_n>0\) and \((\sum _{i=1}^ma_i)|f(z)\) for some integer z. For a k-coloring of \([N]=\{1,2,\ldots ,N\}\), we say that there is a monochromatic solution of the equation \(a_1x_1+a_2x_2+\cdots +a_mx_m=f(z)\) if there exist pairwise distinct \(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_m\in [N]\) all of the same color such that the equation holds for some \(z\in \mathbb {Z}\). Problems of this type are often referred to as Ramsey-type problems. In this paper, it is shown that if \(a_i>0\) for \(1\le i\le m\), then there exists an integer \(N_0=N(k,m,n)\) such that for \(N\ge N_0\), each k-coloring of [N] contains a monochromatic solution \(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_m\) of the equation \(a_1x_1+a_2x_2+ \cdots +a_mx_m= f(z)\). Moreover, if n is odd and there are \(a_i\) and \(a_j\) such that \(a_ia_j<0\) for some \(1 \le i\ne j\le m\), then the assertion holds similarly.     

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.     

Fractional Differentiability for Solutions of Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

We study nonlinear elliptic equations in divergence form

$$\text {div }{\mathcal A}(x,Du)=\text {div } G.$$

When \({\mathcal A}\) has linear growth in D u, and assuming that \(x\mapsto {\mathcal A}(x,\xi )\) enjoys \(B^{\alpha }_{\frac {n}\alpha , q}\) smoothness, local well-posedness is found in \(B^{\alpha }_{p,q}\) for certain values of \(p\in [2,\frac {n}{\alpha })\) and \(q\in [1,\infty ]\). In the particular case \({\mathcal A}(x,\xi )=A(x)\xi \), G = 0 and \(A\in B^{\alpha }_{\frac {n}\alpha ,q}\), \(1\leq q\leq \infty \), we obtain \(Du\in B^{\alpha }_{p,q}\) for each \(p<\frac {n}\alpha \). Our main tool in the proof is a more general result, that holds also if \({\mathcal A}\) has growth s?1 in D u, 2 ≤ s ≤ n, and asserts local well-posedness in L ^q for each q > s, provided that \(x\mapsto {\mathcal A}(x,\xi )\) satisfies a locally uniform VMO condition.

     

A generalization of total graphs

Let R be a commutative ring with nonzero identity, \(L_{n}(R)\) be the set of all lower triangular \(n\times n\) matrices, and U be a triangular subset of \(R^{n}\), i.e., the product of any lower triangular matrix with the transpose of any element of U belongs to U. The graph \(GT^{n}_{U}(R^n)\) is a simple graph whose vertices consists of all elements of \(R^{n}\), and two distinct vertices \((x_{1},\dots ,x_{n})\) and \((y_{1},\dots ,y_{n})\) are adjacent if and only if \((x_{1}+y_{1}, \ldots ,x_{n}+y_{n})\in U\). The graph \(GT^{n}_{U}(R^n)\) is a generalization for total graphs. In this paper, we investigate the basic properties of \(GT^{n}_{U}(R^n)\). Moreover, we study the planarity of the graphs \(GT^{n}_{U}(U)\), \(GT^{n}_{U}(R^{n}{\setminus } U)\) and \(GT^{n}_{U}(R^n)\).     

Universal Cycle Packings and Coverings for <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-Subsets of an <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Set

A cyclic sequence of elements of [n] is an (n, k)-Ucycle packing (respectively, (n, k)-Ucycle covering) if every k-subset of [n] appears in this sequence at most once (resp. at least once) as a subsequence of consecutive terms. Let \(p_{n,k}\) be the length of a longest (n, k)-Ucycle packing and \(c_{n,k}\) the length of a shortest (n, k)-Ucycle covering. We show that, for a fixed \(k,p_{n,k}={n\atopwithdelims ()k}-O(n^{\lfloor k/2\rfloor })\). Moreover, when k is not fixed, we prove that if \(k=k(n)\le n^{\alpha }\), where \(0<\alpha <1/3\), then \(p_{n,k}={n\atopwithdelims ()k}-o({n\atopwithdelims ()k}^\beta )\) and \(c_{n,k}={n\atopwithdelims ()k}+o({n\atopwithdelims ()k}^\beta )\), for some \(\beta <1\). Finally, we show that if \(k=o(n)\), then \(p_{n,k}={n\atopwithdelims ()k}(1-o(1))\).     

Construction of sign-changing solutions for a harmonic equation with subcritical exponent

In this paper, we study the harmonic equation involving subcritical exponent \((P_{\varepsilon })\): \( \Delta u = 0 \), in \(\mathbb {B}^n\) and \(\displaystyle \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu } + \displaystyle \frac{n-2}{2}u = \displaystyle \frac{n-2}{2} K u^{\frac{n}{n-2}-\varepsilon }\) on \( \mathbb {S}^{n-1}\) where \(\mathbb {B}^n \) is the unit ball in \(\mathbb {R}^n\), \(n\ge 5\) with Euclidean metric \(g_0\), \(\partial \mathbb {B}^n = \mathbb {S}^{n-1}\) is its boundary, K is a function on \(\mathbb {S}^{n-1}\) and \(\varepsilon \) is a small positive parameter. We construct solutions of the subcritical equation \((P_{\varepsilon })\) which blow up at two different critical points of K. Furthermore, we construct solutions of \((P_{\varepsilon })\) which have two bubbles and blow up at the same critical point of K.     

Map determined by rank-$$\varvec{}$$ matrice for relatively mall $$\varvec{}$$

Let n and s be integers such that \(1\le s<\frac{n}{2}\), and let \(M_n(\mathbb {K})\) be the ring of all \(n\times n\) matrices over a field \(\mathbb {K}\). Denote by \([\frac{n}{s}]\) the least integer m with \(m\ge \frac{n}{s}\). In this short note, it is proved that if \(g:M_n(\mathbb {K})\rightarrow M_n(\mathbb {K})\) is a map such that \(g\left( \sum _{i=1}^{[\frac{n}{s}]}A_i\right) =\sum _{i=1}^{[\frac{n}{s}]}g(A_i)\) holds for any \([\frac{n}{s}]\) rank-s matrices \(A_1,\ldots ,A_{[\frac{n}{s}]}\in M_n(\mathbb {K})\), then \(g(x)=f(x)+g(0)\), \(x\in M_n(\mathbb {K})\), for some additive map \(f:M_n(\mathbb {K})\rightarrow M_n(\mathbb {K})\). Particularly, g is additive if \(char\mathbb {K}\not \mid \left( [\frac{n}{s}]-1\right) \).     

Existence of positive solution for nonlocal singular fourth order Kirchhoff equation with Hardy potential

This paper is concerned with the existence of positive solution to a class of singular fourth order elliptic equation of Kirchhoff type

$$\begin{aligned} \triangle ^2 u-\lambda M(\Vert \nabla u\Vert ^2)\triangle u-\frac{\mu }{\vert x\vert ^4}u=\frac{h(x)}{u^\gamma }+k(x)u^\alpha , \end{aligned}$$

under Navier boundary conditions, \(u=\triangle u=0\). Here \(\varOmega \subset {\mathbf {R}}^N\), \(N\ge 1\) is a bounded \(C^4\)-domain, \(0\in \varOmega \), h(x) and k(x) are positive continuous functions, \(\gamma \in (0,1)\), \(\alpha \in (0,1)\) and \(M:{\mathbf {R}}^+\rightarrow {\mathbf {R}}^+\) is a continuous function. By using Galerkin method and sharp angle lemma, we will show that this problem has a positive solution for \(\lambda > \frac{\mu }{\mu ^*m_0}\) and \(0<\mu <\mu ^*\). Here \(\mu ^*=\Big (\frac{N(N-4)}{4}\Big )^2\) is the best constant in the Hardy inequality. Besides, if \(\mu =0\), \(\lambda >0\) and h, k are Lipschitz functions, we show that this problem has a positive smooth solution. If \(h,k\in C^{2,\,\theta _0}(\overline{\varOmega })\) for some \(\theta _0\in (0,1)\), then this problem has a positive classical solution.

     

On the Lucas sequence equations $$V_{n}(P,1)=wkx^{2},$$$$w\in \left\{ 5,7\right\} $$w∈5,7

Let P be an odd integer and \((V_{n})\) denote the generalized Lucas sequence defined by \(V_{0}=2,\) \(V_{1}=P,\) and \(V_{n+1}=PV_{n}+V_{n-1}\) for \(n\ge 1.\) In this study, we solve the equations \(V_{n}=5kx^{2},\) \(V_{n}=7kx^{2},\) \(V_{n}=5kx^{2}\pm 1,\) and \(V_{n}=7kx^{2}\pm 1\) when k|P with \(k>1.\) Moreover, applying some of the results, we obtain complete solutions to the equations \(V_{n}=\sigma x^{2},\) \(\sigma \in \left\{ 15,21,35\right\} \).     

ANCOVA: a heteroscedastic global test when there is curvature and two covariates

For two independent groups, let \(M_j(\mathbf {X})\) be some conditional measure of location for the jth group associated with some random variable Y given \(\mathbf {X}=(X_1, X_2)\). Let \(\Omega =\{\mathbf {X}_1, \ldots , \mathbf {X}_K\}\) be a set of K points to be determined. An extant technique can be used to test \(H_0\): \(M_1(\mathbf {X})=M_2(\mathbf {X})\) for each \(\mathbf {X} \in \Omega \) without making any parametric assumption about \(M_j(\mathbf {X})\). But there are two general reasons to suspect that the method can have relatively low power. The paper reports simulation results on an alternative approach that is designed to test the global hypothesis \(H_0\): \(M_1(\mathbf {X})=M_2(\mathbf {X})\) for all \(\mathbf {X} \in \Omega \). The main result is that the new method offers a distinct power advantage. Using data from the Well Elderly 2 study, it is illustrated that the alternative method can make a practical difference in terms of detecting a difference between two groups.     

The first moment of central values of symmetric square <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-functions in the weight aspect

We establish an asymptotic formula with arbitrary power saving for the first moment of the symmetric square L-functions \(L(s,\mathrm{sym}^2f)\) at \(s=\frac{1}{2}\) for \(f\in \mathcal {H}_k\) as even \(k\rightarrow \infty \), where \(\mathcal {H}_k\) is an orthogonal basis of weight-k Hecke eigen cusp forms for \(SL(2,\mathbb {Z})\). The approach taken allows us to extract two secondary main terms from the best-known error term \(O(k^{-\frac{1}{2}})\). Moreover, our result exhibits a connection between the symmetric square L-functions and quadratic fields, which is the main theme of Zagier’s work Modular forms whose coefficients involve zeta-functions of quadratic fields in 1977.     

Markoff–Lagrange spectrum and extremal numbers

Let \( \gamma = \frac{1}{2}\left( {1 + \sqrt {5} } \right) \) denote the golden ratio. H. Davenport and W. M. Schmidt showed in 1969 that, for each non-quadratic irrational real number ξ, there exists a constant c > 0 with the property that, for arbitrarily large values of X, the inequalities\( \left| {{x_0}} \right| \leqslant X,\,\,\,\left| {{x_0}\xi - {x_1}} \right| \leqslant c{X^{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {\gamma } \right.}}}\,\,\,{\text{and}}\,\,\,\left| {{x_0}{\xi^2} - {x_2}} \right| \leqslant c{X^{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {\gamma } \right.}}} \)admit no non-zero solution \( \left( {{x_0},{x_1},{x_2}} \right) \in {\mathbb{Z}^3} \). Their result is best possible in the sense that, conversely, there are countably many non-quadratic irrational real numbers ξ such that, for a larger value of c, the same inequalities admit a non-zero integer solution for each X ≥ 1. Such extremal numbers are transcendental and their set is stable under the action of \( {\text{G}}{{\text{L}}_2}\left( \mathbb{Z} \right) \) on \( \mathbb{R}\backslash \mathbb{Q} \) by linear fractional transformations. In this paper, it is shown that there exist extremal numbers ξ for which the Lagrange constant ν(ξ) = liminf _q→∞ q||qξ|| is \( \frac{1}{3} \), the largest possible value for a non-quadratic number, and that there is a natural bijection between the \( {\text{G}}{{\text{L}}_2}\left( \mathbb{Z} \right) \)-equivalence classes of such numbers and the non-trivial solutions of Markoff’s equation.     

Connected size Ramsey number for matchings vs. small stars or cycles

The notation \(F\rightarrow (G,H)\) means that if the edges of F are colored red and blue, then the red subgraph contains a copy of G or the blue subgraph contains a copy of H. The connected size Ramsey number \(\hat{r}_c(G,H)\) of graphs G and H is the minimum size of a connected graph F satisfying \(F\rightarrow (G,H)\). For \(m \ge 2,\) the graph consisting of m independent edges is called a matching and is denoted by \(mK_2\). In 1981, Erdös and Faudree determined the size Ramsey numbers for the pair \((mK_2, K_{1,t})\). They showed that the disconnected graph \(mK_{1,t} \rightarrow (mK_2,K_{1,t})\) for \( t,m \ge 1\). In this paper, we will determine the connected size Ramsey number \(\hat{r}_c(nK_2, K_{1,3})\) for \(n\ge 2\) and \(\hat{r}_c(3K_2, C_4)\). We also derive an upper bound of the connected size Ramsey number \(\hat{r}_c(nK_2, C_4),\) for \(n\ge 4\).     

On the gaps between non-zero Fourier coefficients of cusp forms of higher weight

We show that if a modular cuspidal eigenform f of weight 2k is 2-adically close to an elliptic curve \(E/\mathbb {Q}\), which has a cyclic rational 4-isogeny, then n-th Fourier coefficient of f is non-zero in the short interval \((X, X + cX^{\frac{1}{4}})\) for all \(X \gg 0\) and for some \(c > 0\). We use this fact to produce non-CM cuspidal eigenforms f of level \(N>1\) and weight \(k > 2\) such that \(i_f(n) \ll n^{\frac{1}{4}}\) for all \(n \gg 0\).     

On the simultaneous Diophantine equations $$ m \cdot (x_1^k+x_2^k+ \cdots + x_{t_1}^k)=n \cdot (y_1^k+y_2^k+ \cdots y_{t_2}^k)$$; $$k=1,3$$k=1,3

In this paper, we solve the simultaneous Diophantine equations \(m \cdot ( x_{1}^k+ x_{2}^k +\cdots + x_{t_1}^k)=n \cdot (y_{1}^k+ y_{2}^k +\cdots + y_{t_2}^k )\), \(k=1,3\), where \( t_1, t_2\ge 3\), and m, n are fixed arbitrary and relatively prime positive integers. This is done by choosing two appropriate trivial parametric solutions and obtaining infinitely many nontrivial parametric solutions. Also we work out some examples, in particular the Diophantine systems of \(A^k+B^k+C^k=D^k+E^k\), \(k=1,3\).     

Spectral density estimates with partial symmetries and an application to Bahri–Lions-type results

We are concerned with the existence of infinitely many solutions for the problem \(-\Delta u=|u|^{p-2}u+f\) in \(\Omega \), \(u=u_0\) on \(\partial \Omega \), where \(\Omega \) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb {R}^N\), \(N\ge 3\). This can be seen as a perturbation of the problem with \(f=0\) and \(u_0=0\), which is odd in u. If \(\Omega \) is invariant with respect to a closed strict subgroup of O(N), then we prove infinite existence for all functions f and \(u_0\) in certain spaces of invariant functions for a larger range of exponents p than known before. In order to achieve this, we prove Lieb–Cwikel–Rosenbljum-type bounds for invariant potentials on \(\Omega \), employing improved Sobolev embeddings for spaces of invariant functions.     

Korovkin-Type Approximation Theory in Riesz Spaces

In this paper, we prove the following Riesz spaces’ version of the Korovkin theorem. Let E and F be two Archimedean Riesz spaces with F uniformly complete, let W be a nonempty subset of \(E^{+}\), and let \((T_{n})\) be a given sequence of (r-u)-continuous elements of \(\mathcal {L(}E,F)\), such that \(\left| T_{n}-T_{m}\right| x=\left| (T_{n}-T_{m})x\right| \mathcal {\ }\)for all \(x\in E^{+},\) \(m,n\ge n_{0}\) (for a given \(n_{0}\in \mathbb {N} )\). If the sequence \((T_{n}x)_{n}\) \((r-u)\)-converges for every \(x\in W\), then \((T_{n})\) \((r-u)\)-converges also pointwise on the ideal \(E_{W}\), generated by W, to a linear operator \(S_{0}:E_{W}\rightarrow F\). We also prove a similar Korovkin-type theorem for nets of operators. Some applications for f-algebras and orthomorphisms are presented.     

On commutator of generalized Aluthge transformations and Fuglede–Putnam theorem

Let \(A=U|A|\) be the polar decomposition of A on a complex Hilbert space \({\mathscr {H}}\) and \(0<s,t\). Then \({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}=|A|^sU|A|^t\) and \({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}^{(*)}=|A^*|^sU|A^*|^t\) are called the generalized Aluthge transformation and generalized \(*\)-Aluthge transformation of A, respectively. A pair (A, B) of operators is said to have the Fuglede–Putnam property (breifly, the FP-property) if \(AX=XB\) implies \(A^*X=XB^*\) for every operator X. We prove that if (A, B) has the FP-property, then \(({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t},{\widetilde{B}}_{s, t})\) and \((({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t})^{*},({\widetilde{B}}_{s, t})^{*})\) has the FP-property for every \(s,t>0\) with \(s+t=1\). Also, we prove that \(({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t},{\widetilde{B}}_{s, t})\) has the FP-property if and only if \((({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t})^{*},({\widetilde{B}}_{s, t})^{*})\) has the FP-property, where A, B are invertible and \( 0 < s, t \) with \( s + t =1\). Moreover, we prove that if \(0 < s, t\) and \({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}\) is positive and invertible, then \(\left\| {\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}X-X{\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}\right\| \le \left\| A\right\| ^{2t}\left\| ({\widetilde{A}}_{s, t})^{-1}\right\| \left\| X\right\| \) for every operator X. Also, if \( 0 <s, t\) and X is positive, then \(\left\| |{\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}|^{2r} X-X|{\widetilde{A}}_{s, t}|^{2r}\right\| \le \frac{1}{2}\left\| |A|\right\| ^{2r}\left\| X\right\| \) for every \(r>0\).     

On determination of positive-definiteness for an anisotropic operator

We study the positive-definiteness of a family of \(L^2(\mathbb {R})\) integral operators with kernel \(K_{t, a} (x, y) = \pi ^{-1} (1 + (x - y)^2+ a(x^2 + y^2)^t)^{-1}\), for \(t > 0\) and \(a > 0\). For \(0 < t \le 1\) and \(a > 0\), the known theory of positive-definite kernels and conditionally negative-definite kernels confirms positive-definiteness. For \(t > 1\) and a sufficiently large, the integral operator is not positive-definite. For t not an integer, but with integer odd part, the integral operator is not positive-definite.     

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 \( \left\{ {L\left( {s,f \otimes {u_j}} \right):{u_j} \in {\mathcal U}} \right\} \).