Topological genericity of nowhere differentiable functions in the disc algebra

In this paper we introduce a class of functions contained in the disc algebra \({\mathcal{A}(D)}\) . We study functions \({f \in \mathcal{A}(D)}\) which have the property that the continuous periodic function \({u = {\rm Re}f|_{\mathbb{T}}}\) , where \({\mathbb{T}}\) is the unit circle, is nowhere differentiable. We prove that this class is non-empty and instead, generically, every function \({f \in \mathcal{A}(D)}\) has the above property. Afterwards, we strengthen this result by proving that, generically, for every function \({f \in \mathcal{A}(D)}\) , both continuous periodic functions \({u = {\rm Re}f|_\mathbb{T}}\) and \({\tilde{u} = {\rm Im}f|_\mathbb{T}}\) are nowhere differentiable. We avoid any use of the Weierstrass function and we mainly use Baire’s Category Theorem.     

Irrational Factor of Order k and ITS Connections With k-Free Integers

We introduce an irrational factor of order k defined by \({I_{k}(n) ={\prod_{i=1}^{l}} p_{i}^{\beta_{i}}}\) , where \({n = \prod_{i=1}^{l} p_{i}^{\alpha_{i}}}\) is the factorization of n and \({\beta_{i} = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}\alpha_i, \quad \quad {\rm if} \quad \alpha_i < k \\ \frac{1}{\alpha_i},\quad \quad {\rm if} \quad \alpha_i \geqq k \end{array}\right.}\) . It turns out that the function \({\frac{I_{k} (n)}{n}}\) well approximates the characteristic function of k-free integers. We also derive asymptotic formulas for \({\prod_{v=1}^{n} I_{k}(v)^{\frac{1}{n}}, \sum_{n \leqq x} I_{k}(n)}\) and \({\sum_{n \leqq x} (1 - \frac{n}{x}) I_{k}(n)}\) .     

On the minimal volume of simplices enclosing a convex body

Let \({C \subset \mathbb{R}^n}\) be a compact convex body. We prove that there exists an n-simplex \({S\subset \mathbb{R}^n}\) enclosing C such that \({{\rm Vol}(S) \leq n^{n-1} {\rm Vol}(C)}\) .     

Blow-up solutions concentrated along minimal submanifolds for some supercritical elliptic problems on Riemannian manifolds

Let (M, g) and \({(K, \kappa)}\) be two Riemannian manifolds of dimensions m and k, respectively. Let \({\omega \in C^{2} (N), \omega > 0}\) . The warped product \({M \times_\omega K}\) is the (m +  k)-dimensional product manifold \({M \times K}\) furnished with metric \({g + \omega^{2} \kappa}\) . We prove that the supercritical problem $$- \Delta_{g + \omega^{2} \kappa} u + hu = u^{\frac{m+2}{m-2} \pm \varepsilon} ,\quad u > 0,\quad {\rm in}\,\, (M \times_{\omega} K, g + \omega^{2} \kappa)$$ has a solution concentrated along a k-dimensional minimal submanifold \({\Gamma}\) of \({M \times_{\omega } N}\) as the real parameter \({\varepsilon}\) goes to zero, provided the function h and the sectional curvatures along \({\Gamma}\) satisfy a suitable condition.     

The Degree of Weakly Discretely Generated Spaces

A space X is discretely generated at a point \({x \in X}\) if for any \({A \subseteqq X}\) with \({x \in \textsf{cl}(A)}\) , there exists a discrete set \({D \subseteqq A}\) such that \({x \in \textsf{cl}(D)}\) . The space X is discretely generated if it is discretely generated at every point \({x \in X}\) . We say that X is weakly discretely generated if for any non-closed set \({A \subseteqq X}\) , there exists a discrete set \({D \subseteqq A}\) such that \({\textsf{cl}(D) \setminus A \neq \emptyset}\) . New results about these properties in the classes of pseudocompact and ?ech-complete spaces are obtained and a theorem of Ivanov and Osipov concerning the ordinal function idc is generalized to the class of ?ech-complete spaces.     

Anderson’s Orthogonality Catastrophe for One-Dimensional Systems

The overlap, \({\mathcal{D}_N}\) , between the ground state of N free fermions and the ground state of N fermions in an external potential in one spatial dimension is given by a generalized Gram determinant. An upper bound is \({\mathcal{D}_N\leq\exp(-\mathcal{I}_N)}\) with the so-called Anderson integral \({\mathcal{I}_N}\) . We prove, provided the external potential satisfies some conditions, that in the thermodynamic limit \({\mathcal{I}_N = \gamma\ln N + O(1)}\) as \({N\to\infty}\) . The coefficient γ > 0 is given in terms of the transmission coefficient of the one-particle scattering matrix. We obtain a similar lower bound on \({\mathcal{D}_N}\) concluding that \({\tilde{C} N^{-\tilde{\gamma}} \leq \mathcal{D}_N \leq CN^{-\gamma}}\) with constants C, \({\tilde{C}}\) , and \({\tilde{\gamma}}\) . In particular, \({\mathcal{D}_N\to 0}\) as \({N\to\infty}\) which is known as Anderson’s orthogonality catastrophe.     

Description of Closed Maximal Ideals in Topological Algebras of Continuous Vector-Valued Functions

Let X be a completely regular Hausdorff space, A be a unital locally convex algebra with jointly continuous multiplication and C(X,A) be the algebra of all continuous A-valued functions on X equipped with the topology of \({\mathcal{K}(X)}\) -convergence. Moreover, let \({\mathfrak{M}_{\ell}(A)}\) and \({\mathfrak{M}(A)}\) denote the set of all closed maximal left and two-sided ideals in A, respectively. In this note, we describe all closed maximal left and two-sided ideals in C(X,A) and show that there exist bijections from \({\mathfrak{M}_{\ell}(C(X, A))}\) onto \({X \times \mathfrak{M}_{\ell}(A)}\) and \({\mathfrak{M}(C(X, A))}\) onto \({X \times \mathfrak{M}(A)}\) . We also present new characterizations of closed maximal ideals in C(X, A) when A is a unital commutative locally convex Gelfand–Mazur algebra with jointly continuous multiplication.     

An upper bound for the Waring rank of a form

Let \({\phi(n)}\) denote the Euler-totient function. We study the error term of the general k-th Riesz mean of the arithmetical function \({\frac {n}{\phi(n)}}\) for any positive integer \({k \ge 1}\) , namely the error term \({E_k(x)}\) where $${\frac{1}{k!} \sum_{n \leq x} \frac{n}{\phi(n)} \left(1-\frac{n}{x}\right)^k = M_k(x) + E_k(x).}$$ The upper bound for \({| E_k(x)|}\) established here thus improves the earlier known upper bounds for all integers \({k\geq 1}\) .     

Interface foliation for an inhomogeneous Allen–Cahn equation in Riemannian manifolds

Let ${(\mathcal{M}, \tilde{g})}$ be an N-dimensional smooth compact Riemannian manifold. We consider the problem ${\varepsilon^2 \triangle_{\tilde{g}} \tilde{u} + V(\tilde{z})\tilde{u}(1-\tilde{u}^2)=0\; {\rm in}\; \mathcal{M}}$ , where ${\varepsilon > 0}$ is a small parameter and V is a positive, smooth function in ${\mathcal{M}}$ . Let ${\kappa \subset \mathcal{M}}$ be an (N ? 1)-dimensional smooth submanifold that divides ${\mathcal{M}}$ into two disjoint components ${\mathcal{M}_{\pm}}$ . We assume κ is stationary and non-degenerate relative to the weighted area functional ${\int_{\kappa}V^{\frac{1}{2}}}$ . For each integer m ≥ 2, we prove the existence of a sequence ${\varepsilon = \varepsilon_\ell \rightarrow 0}$ , and two opposite directional solutions with m-transition layers near κ, whose mutual distance is ${{\rm O}(\varepsilon | \log \varepsilon | )}$ . Moreover, the interaction between neighboring layers is governed by a type of Jacobi–Toda system.     

Non-Veech surfaces in {\mathcal{H}^{\rm hyp}(4)} are generic

We show that every surface in the component \({\mathcal{H}^{\rm hyp}(4)}\) , that is the moduli space of pairs \({(M,\omega)}\) where M is a genus three hyperelliptic Riemann surface and \({\omega}\) is an Abelian differential having a single zero on M, is either a Veech surface or a generic surface, i.e. its \({{\rm GL}^{+}(2,\mathbb{R})}\) -orbit is either a closed or a dense subset of \({\mathcal{H}^{\rm hyp}(4)}\) . The proof develops new techniques applicable in general to the problem of classifying orbit closures, especially in low genus. Combined with work of Matheus and the second author, a corollary is that there are at most finitely many non-arithmetic Teichmüller curves (closed orbits of surfaces not covering the torus) in \({\mathcal{H}^{\rm hyp}(4)}\) .     

On the Linear Dependence of a Finite Set of Additive Functions

In this note we prove the following: Let n?≥ 2 be a fixed integer. A system of additive functions ${A_{1},A_{2},\ldots,A_{n}:\mathbb{R} \to\mathbb{R}}$ is linearly dependent (as elements of the ${\mathbb{R}}$ vector space ${\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{R}}}$ ), if and only if, there exists an indefinite quadratic form ${Q:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R} }$ such that ${Q(A_{1}(x),A_{2}(x),\ldots,A_{n}(x))\geq 0}$ or ${Q(A_{1}(x),A_{2}(x),\ldots,A_{n}(x))\leq 0}$ holds for all ${x\in\mathbb{R}}$ .     

Invariant submanifolds of Sasakian space forms

In the present study, we consider isometric immersions ${f : M \rightarrow \tilde{M}(c)}$ of (2n + 1)-dimensional invariant submanifold M ²ⁿ⁺¹ of (2m + 1) dimensional Sasakian space form ${\tilde{M}^{2m+1}}$ of constant ${ \varphi}$ -sectional curvature c. We have shown that if f satisfies the curvature condition ${\overset{\_}{R}(X, Y) \cdot \sigma =Q(g, \sigma)}$ then either M ²ⁿ⁺¹ is totally geodesic, or ${||\sigma||^{2}=\frac{1}{3}(2c+n(c+1)),}$ or ${||\sigma||^{2}(x) > \frac{1}{3}(2c+n(c+1)}$ at some point x of M ²ⁿ⁺¹. We also prove that ${\overset{\_ }{R}(X, Y)\cdot \sigma = \frac{1}{2n}Q(S, \sigma)}$ then either M ²ⁿ⁺¹ is totally geodesic, or ${||\sigma||^{2}=-\frac{2}{3}(\frac{1}{2n}\tau -\frac{1}{2}(n+2)(c+3)+3)}$ , or ${||\sigma||^{2}(x) > -\frac{2}{3}(\frac{1}{2n} \tau (x)-\frac{1}{2} (n+2)(c+3)+3)}$ at some point x of M ²ⁿ⁺¹.     

Big elements in irreducible linear groups

Let V be a linear space over a field K of dimension n > 1, and let \({G \leq {\rm GL}(V)}\) be an irreducible linear group. In this paper we prove that the group G contains an element g such that rank \({(g - \alpha E_{n}) \geq \frac{n}{2}}\) for every \({\alpha \in K}\) , where E _n is the identity operator on V. This estimate is sharp for any \({n = 2^{m}}\) . The existence of such an element implies that the conjugacy class of G in GL(V) intersects the big Bruhat cell \({B\dot{w}_{0}B}\) of GL(V) non-trivially (here B is a fixed Borel subgroup of G). The latter fact is equivalent to the existence of a complete flag \({\mathfrak{F}}\) such that the flags \({g(\mathfrak{F}), \mathfrak{F}}\) are in general position for some g ∈ G.     

The error term in the Sato–Tate conjecture

Let \({f(z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty a(n)e^{2\pi i nz} \in S_k^{\mathrm{new}}(\Gamma_0(N))}\) be a newform of even weight \({k \geq 2}\) that does not have complex multiplication. Then \({a(n) \in \mathbb{R}}\) for all n; so for any prime p, there exists \({\theta_p \in [0, \pi]}\) such that \({a(p) = 2p^{(k-1)/2} {\rm cos} (\theta_p)}\) . Let \({\pi(x) = \#\{p \leq x\}}\) . For a given subinterval \({[\alpha, \beta]\subset[0, \pi]}\) , the now-proven Sato–Tate conjecture tells us that as \({x \to \infty}\) , $$ \#\{p \leq x: \theta_p \in I\} \sim \mu_{ST} ([\alpha, \beta])\pi(x),\quad \mu_{ST} ([\alpha, \beta]) = \int\limits_{\alpha}^\beta \frac{2}{\pi}{\rm sin}^2(\theta) d\theta. $$ Let \({\epsilon > 0}\) . Assuming that the symmetric power L-functions of f are automorphic, we prove that as \({x \to \infty}\) , $$ \#\{p \leq x: \theta_p \in I\} = \mu_{ST} ([\alpha, \beta])\pi(x) + O\left(\frac{x}{(\log x)^{9/8-\epsilon}} \right), $$ where the implied constant is effectively computable and depends only on k,N, and \({\epsilon}\) .     

Finite frames,P-frames and basically disconnected frames

Let \({\mathcal{P}}\) be an ideal of closed quotients of a completely regular frame L and \({\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{P}}(L)}\) the collection of all functions in the ring \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) whose support belong to \({\mathcal{P}}\) . We show that \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) is a Noetherian ring if and only if \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) is an Artinian ring if and only if L is a finite frame. Using this result, we next show that if \({\mathcal{P}}\) is the ideal of all compact closed quotients of L and L is \({\mathcal{P}}\) -continuous, then \({\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{P}}(L)}\) is a Noetherian ring if and only if L is finite. Moreover, we show that L is a P-frame if and only if each ideal of \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) is of the form \({\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{P}}(L)}\) for some choice of \({\mathcal{P}}\) . We furnish equivalent conditions for \({\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{P}}(L)}\) to be a prime ideal, a free ideal, and an essential ideal of \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) separately in terms of the cozero elements of L. Finally, we show that L is basically disconnected if and only if \({\mathcal{R}(L)}\) is a coherent ring.     

On Simultaneous Digital Expansions of Polynomial Values

Let s _q denote the q-ary sum-of-digits function and let \({P_1(X), P_2(X) \in \mathbb{Z}[X]}\) with \({P_1(\mathbb{N}), P_2(\mathbb{N}) \subset \mathbb{N}}\) be polynomials of degree \({h, l \geqq 1, h \neq l}\) , respectively. In this note we show that ( \({s_q(P_1(n))/s_q(P_2(n)))_{n \geqq 1}}\) is dense in \({\mathbb{R}^+}\) . This extends work by Stolarsky [9] and Hare, Laishram and Stoll [6].     

Extinction profile of the logarithmic diffusion equation

Let ${N \geq 3}$ and u be the solution of u _t = Δ log u in ${\mathbb{R}^N \times (0, T)}$ with initial value u ₀ satisfying ${B_{k_1}(x, 0) \leq u_{0} \leq B_{k_2}(x, 0)}$ for some constants k ₁ > k ₂ > 0 where ${B_k(x, t) = 2(N - 2)(T - t)_{+}^{N/(N - 2)}/(k + (T - t)_{+}^{2/(N - 2)}|x|^{2})}$ is the Barenblatt solution for the equation and ${u_0 - B_{k_0} \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 if ${N \geq 4}$ . We give a new different proof on the uniform convergence and ${L^1(\mathbb{R}^N)}$ convergence of the rescaled function ${\tilde{u}(x, s) = (T - t)^{-N/(N - 2)}u(x/(T - t)^{-1/(N - 2)}, t), s = -{\rm log}(T - t)}$ , on ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ to the rescaled Barenblatt solution ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x) = 2(N - 2)/(k_0 + |x|^{2})}$ for some k ₀ > 0 as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ . When ${N \geq 4, 0 \leq u_0(x) \leq B_{k_0}(x, 0)}$ in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ , and ${|u_0(x) - B_{k_0}(x, 0)| \leq f \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N})}$ for some constant k ₀ > 0 and some radially symmetric function f, we also prove uniform convergence and convergence in some weighted L ¹ space in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ of the rescaled solution ${\tilde{u}(x, s)}$ to ${\tilde{B}_{k_0}(x)}$ as ${s \rightarrow \infty}$ .     

Relaxed Hyperelastic Curves on a Non-Degenerate Surface

We study the variational problem belonging to a relaxed hyperelastic curve for non-null curve on a non-degenerate surface in Minkowski three-space \({E_{1}^{3}}\) . Firstly, we derive the intrinsic equations for a relaxed hyperelastic curve and we give the necessary condition for being relaxed hyperelastic curve of any non-null geodesic on the surface in \({E_{1}^{3}}\) . Then, we examine this formulation on non-null geodesics of pseudo-plane, pseudo-sphere \({S_{1}^{2}(r) }\) , hyperbolic space \({H_{0}^{2}(r)}\) and pseudo-cylinder \({C_{1}^{2}(r)}\) .     

Burgess-like Subconvex Bounds for GL2 × GL1

Let F be a number field, π an irreducible cuspidal representation of \({{\rm GL}_2(\mathbb{A}_F)}\) with unitary central character, and χ a Hecke character of analytic conductor Q. Then \({L(1/2, \pi \otimes \chi) \ll Q^{\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{8}(1-2\theta)+\epsilon}}\) , where \({0 \leq \theta \leq 1/2}\) is any exponent towards the Ramanujan–Petersson conjecture. The proof is based on an idea of unipotent translation originated from P. Sarnak then developed by Ph. Michel and A. Venkatesh, combined with a method of amplification.