A study of (<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis> + 1), <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>; 2, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)-minihypers

In this paper, we study the weighted (x(q + 1), x; 2, q)-minihypers. These are weighted sets of x(q + 1) points in PG(2, q) intersecting every line in at least x points. We investigate the decomposability of these minihypers, and define a switching construction which associates to an (x(q + 1), x; 2, q)-minihyper, with x ≤ q ² − q, not decomposable in the sum of another minihyper and a line, a (j(q + 1), j; 2, q)-minihyper, where j = q ² − q − x, again not decomposable into the sum of another minihyper and a line. We also characterize particular (x(q + 1), x; 2, q)-minihypers, and give new examples. Additionally, we show that (x(q + 1), x; 2, q)-minihypers can be described as rational sums of lines. In this way, this work continues the research on (x(q + 1), x; 2, q)-minihypers by Hill and Ward (Des Codes Cryptogr 44:169–196, 2007), giving further results on these minihypers.     

Multiplicities of simple modules in the Sp(4, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)-permutation module on <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>(3, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>), <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis> even

In this paper we shall determine the multiplicities of simple modules in characteristic 2 in the Sp(4, q)-permutation module on projective 3-space P(3, q), q = 2 ⁿ .     

On the <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-gamma <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-distribution

We provide combinatorial as well as probabilistic interpretations for the q-analogue of the Pochhammer k-symbol introduced by Díaz and Teruel. We introduce q-analogues of the Mellin transform in order to study the q-analogue of the k-gamma distribution.     

Charakterisierung der <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Orthogonalpolynome in <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>

Characterization of q-Orthogonal Polynomials. Im Anschluß an die Arbeit Orthogonalpolynome in x und q^–x als Lösungen von reellen q-Operatorgleichungen zweiter Ordnung (Monatsh. Math. 132, 123–140 (2001); im folgenden als [4] zitiert) werden alle Möglichkeiten für q-Orthogonalpolynome in x als Lösungen von q-Operatorgleichungen zweiter Ordnung angegeben (Orthogonalität im positiv definiten Sinne). Dabei erfolgt die Numerierung der Abschnitte und die Angabe der Formel-nummern unter Einbeziehung von [4].     

On the directions problem in <Emphasis Type="Italic">AG</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>)

We prove that if q = p ^h , p a prime, do not exist sets U í AG(n,q){U {\subseteq} AG(n,q)}, with |U| = q ^k and 1 < k < n, determining N directions where

The tree method for multidimensional <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Hahn and <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Racah polynomials

We develop a tree method for multidimensional q-Hahn polynomials. We define them as eigenfunctions of a multidimensional q-difference operator and we use the factorization of this operator as a key tool. Then we define multidimensional q-Racah polynomials as the connection coefficients between different bases of q-Hahn polynomials. We show that our multidimensional q-Racah polynomials may be expressed as product of ordinary one-dimensional q-Racah polynomial by means of a suitable sequence of transplantations of edges of the trees. Our paper is inspired to the classical tree methods in the theory of Clebsch–Gordan coefficients and of hyperspherical coordinates. It is based on previous work of Dunkl, who considered two-dimensional q-Hahn polynomials. It is also related to a recent paper of Gasper and Rahman: we show that their multidimensional q-Racah polynomials correspond to a particular case of our construction.     

A Characterization of PSL(3, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>) for <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>=2<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript>

The order components of a finite group are introduced in [12]. In [9], it is proved that the group PSL(3,q), where q is an odd prime power, is uniquely determined by its order components. In this paper, we show that the group PSL(3, q), where q=2 ^m , is also uniquely determined by its order components. Received December 15, 2000, Revised August 15, 2001, Accepted November 13, 2001     

Some <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-congruences for homogeneous and quasi-homogeneous multiple <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-harmonic sums

We show some new Wolstenholme type q-congruences for some classes of multiple q-harmonic sums of arbitrary depth with strings of indices composed of ones, twos, and threes. Most of these results are q-extensions of the corresponding congruences for ordinary multiple harmonic sums obtained by the authors in a previous paper. We also establish duality congruences for multiple q-harmonic non-strict sums and a kind of duality for multiple q-harmonic strict sums. Finally, we pose a conjecture concerning two kinds of cyclic sums of multiple q-harmonic sums.     

Generalized <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Baskakov operators

In the present paper we propose a generalization of the Baskakov operators, based on q integers. We also estimate the rate of convergence in the weighted norm. In the last section, we study some shape preserving properties and the property of monotonicity of q-Baskakov operators.     

On <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>-factorization of complete bipartite multigraphs

Let λK _m,n be a complete bipartite multigraph with two partite sets having m and n vertices, respectively. A K _p,q -factorization of λK _m,n is a set of edge-disjoint K _p,q -factors of λK _m,n which partition the set of edges of λK _m,n . When p = 1 and q is a prime number, Wang, in his paper [On K _1,q -factorization of complete bipartite graph, Discrete Math., 126: (1994), 359-364], investigated the K _1,q -factorization of K _m,n and gave a sufficient condition for such a factorization to exist. In papers [K _1,k -factorization of complete bipartite graphs, Discrete Math., 259: 301-306 (2002),; K _p,q -factorization of complete bipartite graphs, Sci. China Ser. A-Math., 47: (2004), 473-479], Du and Wang extended Wang’s result to the case that p and q are any positive integers. In this paper, we give a sufficient condition for λK _m,n to have a K _p,q -factorization. As a special case, it is shown that the necessary condition for the K _p,q -factorization of λK _m,n is always sufficient when p : q = k : (k + 1) for any positive integer k.     

The moments for <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Bernstein operators in the case 0 < <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis> < 1

In this note we give the estimates of the central moments for q-Bernstein operators (0 < q < 1) which can be used for studying the approximation properties of the operators.     

Rate of convergence to stationarity of the system <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>+<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>

We consider the M/M/N/N+R service system, characterized by N servers, R waiting positions, Poisson arrivals and exponential service times. We discuss representations and bounds for the rate of convergence to stationarity of the number of customers in the system, and study its behaviour as a function of R, N and the arrival rate λ, allowing λ to be a function of N.     

Typical <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Superscript>-Dimensions of Measures

For a probability measure μ on a subset of , the lower and upper L^q-dimensions of order are defined by We study the typical behaviour (in the sense of Baire’s category) of the L^q-dimensions and . We prove that a typical measure μ is as irregular as possible: for all q ≥ 1, the lower L^q-dimension attains the smallest possible value and the upper L^q-dimension attains the largest possible value.     

On the Theory of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis></Subscript>)-Banach Lattices

Given 1≤ p,q < ∞, let BL_pL_q be the class of all Banach lattices X such that X is isometrically lattice isomorphic to a band in some L_p(L_q)-Banach lattice. We show that the range of a positive contractive projection on any BL_pL_q-Banach lattice is itself in BL_pL_q. It is a consequence of this theorem and previous results that BL_pL_q is first-order axiomatizable in the language of Banach lattices. By studying the pavings of arbitrary BL_pL_q-Banach lattices by finite dimensional sublattices that are themselves in this class, we give an explicit set of axioms for BL_pL_q. We also consider the class of all sublattices of L_p(L_q)-Banach lattices; for this class (when p/q is not an integer) we give a set of axioms that are similar to Krivine’s well-known axioms for the subspaces of L_p-Banach spaces (when p/2 is not an integer). We also extend this result to the limiting case q = ∞.     

A new characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">PSU</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">p,q</Emphasis>)

Summary Let G be a finite group. Order components of G were introduced in Chen [5]. Let OC(G) be the set of order components of G. Some finite groups are characterizable by their order components. This assertion was proved for the simple groups PSU(p,q), where p=3, 5, 7 and 11. In this paper, we prove that the simple groups PSU(p,q) can be uniquely determined by their order components, where p&ge;13 is a prime number. Main consequences of our results are the validity of a conjecture of J. G. Thompson and another conjecture of W. Shi and J. Bi for the groups under consideration.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Analogue of a linear transformation preserving log-convexity

In this paper, we establish the preserving log-convexity of linear transformation associated with p, q-analogue of Pascal triangle, i.e., if the sequence of nonnegative numbers {x_n}n is logconvex, then \({y_n} = {\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^n {\left[ {\frac{n}{k}} \right]} _{pq}}{x_k}\) so is it for q ≠ p ≥ 1.     

Small weight codewords in the dual code of points and hyperplanes in PG(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>), <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis> even

The main theorem of this article gives a classification of the codewords in \({C^{\bot}_{n-1}(n,q)}\) , the dual code of points and hyperplanes in PG(n, q), q even, with weight smaller than \({q+\sqrt[3]{q^{2}}+1}\). In the proof, we rely on the classification of the small blocking sets in PG(2, q), q even.     

3<Emphasis Type="Italic">nj</Emphasis>-symbols and identities for <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Bessel functions

The 6j-symbols for representations of the q-deformed algebra of polynomials on \(\mathrm {SU}(2)\) are given by Jackson’s third q-Bessel functions. This interpretation leads to several summation identities for the q-Bessel functions. Multivariate q-Bessel functions are defined, which are shown to be limit cases of multivariate Askey–Wilson polynomials. The multivariate q-Bessel functions occur as 3nj-symbols.     

Presenting affine <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Schur algebras

We obtain a presentation of certain affine q-Schur algebras in terms of generators and relations. The presentation is obtained by adding more relations to the usual presentation of the quantized enveloping algebra of type affine . Our results extend and rely on the corresponding result for the q-Schur algebra of the symmetric group, which were proved by the first author and Giaquinto.