On the rational recursive sequencex_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha x_n + \beta x_{n - 1} + \gamma x_{n - 2} + \delta x_{n - 3} }}{{Ax_n + Bx_{n - 1} + Cx_{n - 2} + Dx_{n - 3} }}

The main objective of this paper is to study the boundedness character, the periodic character and the global stability of the positive solutions of the following difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \frac{{\alpha x_n + \beta x_{n - 1} + \gamma x_{n - 2} + \delta x_{n - 3} }}{{Ax_n + Bx_{n - 1} + Cx_{n - 2} + Dx_{n - 3} }},n = 0,1,2.....$ where the coefficientsA, B, C, D, α, β, γ, δ, and the initial conditionsx _-3,x _-2,x _-1,x ₀ are arbitrary positive real numbers.     

Une formule asymptotique pour\sum\limits_{n \leqq x} {a_z (n)d(n + 1)}

Sans résumé     

An ODE approach to the equation\Delta u + Ku^{\frac{{n + 2}}{{n - 2}}} = 0, inR n,inR n

Supported by a CNR fellowship Supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-8914778     

On the difference equationx_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - 1}^p }}

We study, firstly, the dynamics of the difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - 1}^p }}$ , withp ∈ (0,1) and α∈ [0, ∞). Then, we generalize our results to the (k + 1)th order difference equation $x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_n^p }}{{x_{n - k}^p }}$ ,k = 2, 3,... with positive initial conditions.     

On the Diophantine equation \dfrac{ax^{n+2l}+c}{abt^{2}x^{n}+c}{\displaystyle\frac{ax^{n+2l}+c}{abt^{2}x^{n}+c}}=by^{2}

We obtain all solutions of the equation $\frac{ax^{n+2l}+c}{abt^{2}x^{n}+c} = by^{2}$ with c??{??1,??2,??4}.     

On the recursive sequencex_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_{n - 1}^p }}{{x_n^p }}

The boundedness, global attractivity, oscillatory and asymptotic periodicity of the positive solutions of the difference equation of the form $$x_{n + 1} = \alpha + \frac{{x_{n - 1}^p }}{{x_n^p }}, n = 0,1,...$$ is investigated, where all the coefficients are nonnegative real numbers.     

Cyclic DNA codes over the ring $$\mathbb {F}_2+u\mathbb {F}_2+v\mathbb {F}_2+uv\mathbb {F}_2+v^2\mathbb {F}_2+uv^2\mathbb {F}_2$$

We study the structure of cyclic DNA codes of odd length over the finite commutative ring \(R=\mathbb {F}_2+u\mathbb {F}_2+v\mathbb {F}_2+uv\mathbb {F}_2 + v^2\mathbb {F}_2+uv^2\mathbb {F}_2,~u^2=0, v^3=v\), which plays an important role in genetics, bioengineering and DNA computing. A direct link between the elements of the ring R and 64 codons used in the amino acids of living organisms is established by introducing a Gray map from R to \(R_1=\mathbb {F}_2+u\mathbb {F}_2 ~(u^2=0)\). The reversible and the reversible-complement codes over R are investigated. We also discuss the binary image of the cyclic DNA codes over R. Among others, some examples of DNA codes obtained via Gray map are provided.     

The log-behavior of $$\root n \of {p(n)}$$ and $$\root n \of {p(n)/n}$$p(n)/nn

Let p(n) denote the partition function and let \(\Delta \) be the difference operator with respect to n. In this paper, we obtain a lower bound for \(\Delta ^2\log \root n-1 \of {p(n-1)/(n-1)}\), leading to a proof of a conjecture of Sun on the log-convexity of \(\{\root n \of {p(n)/n}\}_{n\ge 60}\). Using the same argument, it can be shown that for any real number \(\alpha \), there exists an integer \(n(\alpha )\) such that the sequence \(\{\root n \of {p(n)/n^{\alpha }}\}_{n\ge n(\alpha )}\) is log-convex. Moreover, we show that \(\lim \limits _{n \rightarrow +\infty }n^{\frac{5}{2}}\Delta ^2\log \root n \of {p(n)}=3\pi /\sqrt{24}\). Finally, by finding an upper bound for \(\Delta ^2 \log \root n-1 \of {p(n-1)}\), we establish an inequality on the ratio \(\frac{\root n-1 \of {p(n-1)}}{\root n \of {p(n)}}\).     

On the Dynamics of x_{\bf{n} + \bf{1}} = {{ \mgreek{a} + \mgreek{g} x_{n-1} + \mgreek{d} x_{n-2}} \over {A + x_{n-2}}}

We investigate the global stability, the periodic character and the boundedness nature of solutions of the equation in the title for all admissible nonnegative values of the parameters and the initial conditions. We show that the solutions exhibit a trichotomy character depending on how the parameter γ compares to the sum of the parameters δ and A.     

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 \(A^k+B^k+C^k=D^k+E^k\), \(k=1,3\).