Su un problema di tipo nuovo relativo alle equazioni paraboliche d'ordine superiore al secondo

Sunto Si studia il problema della determinazione di una soluzione dell'equazione a_k(x)∂^ku/∂x^k=f(x, y) entro la semistriscia a≤x≤b, y≥0, che assuma assegnati valori per y=0 e per x=a, x₁, x₂, b (a<x₁<x₂<b). Analogamente si studia il problema della determinazione di una soluzione dell' equazione a_k(x)∂^ku/∂x^k+b(x)∂u/∂y=f(x,y), entro la medesima semistriscia, cha assuma assegnati valori per y=0 e per x=a, x₁, x₂, b e la cui ∂/∂y assuma assegnati valori per y=0. A Giovanni Sansone nel suo 70^mo compleanno.     

On the rates of the other law of the logarithm

Let X, X1 , X2 , . . . be i.i.d. random variables, and set Sn = X1 +···+Xn , Mn = maxk≤n |Sk|, n ≥1. Let an = o( (n)(1/2)/logn). By using the strong approximation, we prove that, if EX = 0, VarX = σ2 0 and E|X| 2+ε ∞ for some ε 0, then for any r 1, lim ε1/(r-1)(1/2) [ε-2-(r-1)]∞∑n=1 nr-2 P{Mn ≤εσ (π2n/(8log n))(1/2) + an } = 4/π . We also show that the widest a n is o( n(1/2)/logn).     

Higher moments of the error term in the divisor problem

It is proved that, if k ≥ 2 is a fixed integer and 1 ? H ≤ (1/2)X, then $$ \int_{X - H}^{X + H} {\Delta _k^4 \left( x \right) } dx \ll _\varepsilon X^\varepsilon \left( {HX^{{{\left( {2k - 2} \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( {2k - 2} \right)} k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k}} + H^{{{\left( {2k - 3} \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( {2k - 3} \right)} {\left( {2k + 1} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {2k + 1} \right)}}} X^{{{\left( {8k - 8} \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( {8k - 8} \right)} {\left( {2k + 1} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {2k + 1} \right)}}} } \right), $$ where Δ _k (x) is the error term in the general Dirichlet divisor problem. The proof uses a Voronoï-type formula for Δ _k (x), and the bound of Robert-Sargos for the number of integers when the difference of four kth roots is small. The size of the error term in the asymptotic formula for the mth moment of Δ₂(x) is also investigated.     

Precise inequalities for norms of functions,third partial,second mixed,or directional derivatives

For functions f which are bounded throughout the plane R₂ together with the partial derivatives f(^3,0) f(_0,3), inequalities $$\left\| {f^{(1,1)} } \right\| \leqslant \sqrt[3]{3}\left\| f \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} \left\| {f^{(3,0)} } \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} \left\| {f^{(0,3)} } \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} ,\left\| {f_e^{(2)} } \right\| \leqslant \sqrt[3]{3}\left\| f \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} \left( {\left\| {f^{(3,0)} } \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} \left| {e_1 } \right| + \left\| {f^{(0,3)} } \right\|^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}}} \left| {e_2 } \right|} \right)^2 ,$$ are established, where ∥?∥denotes the upper bound on R² of the absolute values of the corresponding function, andf _fe ⁽²⁾ is the second derivative in the direction of the unit vector e=(e₁, e₂). Functions are exhibited for which these inequalities become equalities.     

On the order of the error function of the square-full integers

LetL(x) denote the number of square full integers ≤x. By a square-full integer, we mean a positive integer all of whose prime factors have multiplicity at least two. It is well known that $$\left. {L(x)} \right| \sim \frac{{\zeta ({3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2})}}{{\zeta (3)}}x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} + \frac{{\zeta ({2 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {2 3}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 3})}}{{\zeta (2)}}x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 3}} ,$$ where ζ(s) denotes the Riemann Zeta function. Let Δ(x) denote the error function in the asymptotic formula forL(x). On the basis of the Riemann hypothesis (R.H.), it is known that \(\Delta (x) = O(x^{\tfrac{{13}}{{81}} + \varepsilon } )\) for every ε>0. In this paper, we prove the following results on the assumption of R.H.: (1) $$\frac{1}{x}\int\limits_1^x {\Delta (t)dt} = O(x^{\tfrac{1}{{12}} + \varepsilon } ),$$ (2) $$\int\limits_1^x {\frac{{\Delta (t)}}{t}\log } ^{v - 1} \left( {\frac{x}{t}} \right) = O(x^{\tfrac{1}{{12}} + \varepsilon } )$$ for any integer ν≥1. In fact, we prove some general results and deduce the above from them. On the basis of (1) and (2) above, we conjecture that \(\Delta (x) = O(x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {12}}} \right. \kern-0em} {12}} + \varepsilon } )\) under the assumption of R.H.     

On the asymptotics of the Riesz-Bochner kernel

В работе рассматрива ется асимптотика в ме трике пространстваL _p (T ^N ),T ^N ={x∈R ^N , 0<x _i <2π} ядра Р исса-Бохнера $$\Theta ^s \left( {x, \lambda } \right) = \left( {2\pi } \right)^{ - N} \mathop \Sigma \limits_{\left| n \right|^2< \lambda } \left( {1 - \frac{{\left| n \right|^2 }}{\lambda }} \right)^s e^{inx} \left( {x \in T^N , s \geqq 0, \lambda \geqq 0} \right)$$ при λ→∞. Доказывается, что есл иN≧4,p≧2N/(N?1) иs>N((N?1)/2N?1/p), то для произвольной точкиx∈T ^N существует п остояннаяC=C _p (x, s) такая, что выполняется неравен ство $$\parallel \Theta ^s \left( {x - y, \lambda } \right) - \left( {2\pi } \right)^{ - {N \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {N 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} 2^s \Gamma \left( {s + 1} \right)\lambda ^{{N \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {N 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} J_{{N \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {N {2 + s}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2 + s}}} {{\left( {\left| {x - y} \right|\sqrt \lambda } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( {\left| {x - y} \right|\sqrt \lambda } \right)} {\left( {\left| {x - y} \right|\sqrt \lambda } \right)^{{N \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {N {2 + s}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2 + s}}} \parallel _{L_p \left( {T^N } \right)} \leqq }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {\left| {x - y} \right|\sqrt \lambda } \right)^{{N \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {N {2 + s}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2 + s}}} \parallel _{L_p \left( {T^N } \right)} \leqq }}$$ где нормаL _p (T ^N ) берется по пе ременнойy, а черезJ _v обозначена функция Б есселя первого рода порядкаv. СлучаиN=2 иN=3 рассматриваются отдельно.     

On a conjecture of Zaremba

LetN _C (x) be the number of integersm≤x such that there is an integera with 1≤a<m, (a, m)=1 and all partial quotients in the continued fraction expansion ofa/m are at mostC. We prove for allx≥1 that $$N_c (x) > {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {\sqrt {2C} x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {2(1 - 1/C^2 )}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2(1 - 1/C^2 )}}} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\sqrt {2C} x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {2(1 - 1/C^2 )}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2(1 - 1/C^2 )}}} }}$$ .     

Laplace approximations for sums of independent random vectors

Summary LetX _i,iN, be i.i.d.B-valued random variables whereB is a real separable Banach space, and a mappingB R. Under some conditions an asymptotic evaluation of is possible, up to a factor (1+o(1)). This also leads to a limit theorem for the appropriately normalized sums under the law transformed by the density exp .     

The prime-counting function and its analytic approximations

The paper describes a systematic computational study of the prime counting function π(x) and three of its analytic approximations: the logarithmic integral \({\text{li}}{\left( x \right)}: = {\int_0^x {\frac{{dt}}{{\log \,t}}} }\), \({\text{li}}{\left( x \right)} - \frac{1}{2}{\text{li}}{\left( {{\sqrt x }} \right)}\), and \(R{\left( x \right)}: = {\sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^\infty {{\mu {\left( k \right)}{\text{li}}{\left( {x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k}} } \right)}} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\mu {\left( k \right)}{\text{li}}{\left( {x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k}} } \right)}} k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k} }\), where μ is the Möbius function. The results show that π(x)x) for 2≤x≤10¹⁴, and also seem to support several conjectures on the maximal and average errors of the three approximations, most importantly \({\left| {\pi {\left( x \right)} - {\text{li}}{\left( x \right)}} \right|} < x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}}\) and \( - \frac{2}{5}x^{{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} < {\int_2^x {{\left( {\pi {\left( u \right)} - {\text{li}}{\left( u \right)}} \right)}du < 0} }\) for all x>2. The paper concludes with a short discussion of prospects for further computational progress.     

On the trigonometric polynomials of Fejér and Young

The trigonometric polynomials of Fejér and Young are defined by $S_n (x) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {\tfrac{{\sin (kx)}} {k}}$S_n (x) = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {\tfrac{{\sin (kx)}} {k}} and $C_n (x) = 1 + \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {\tfrac{{\cos (kx)}} {k}}$C_n (x) = 1 + \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {\tfrac{{\cos (kx)}} {k}}, respectively. We prove that the inequality $\left( {{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 9}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 9}} \right)\sqrt {15} \leqslant {{C_n \left( x \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{C_n \left( x \right)} {S_n \left( x \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {S_n \left( x \right)}}$\left( {{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 9}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 9}} \right)\sqrt {15} \leqslant {{C_n \left( x \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{C_n \left( x \right)} {S_n \left( x \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {S_n \left( x \right)}} holds for all n ≥ 2 and x ∈ (0, π). The lower bound is sharp.     

Lower bounds for the modulus of the logarithmic derivative of a polynomial

Estimates are given for the measure of a section of an arbitrary straight line of the set $$E_\delta = \left\{ {z:\left| {P' {{\left( z \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( z \right)} {\left( {nP \left( z \right)} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {nP \left( z \right)} \right)}} \leqslant \delta } \right|} \right\} \left( {\delta > 0} \right)$$ where P (z) is a polynomial of degree n. THEOREM. Suppose P (x) = (x ? x₁) ... (x ? x_n) is a polynomial with real zeros. Then, for any δ > 0, on any intervala ?x ?b, containing all of the x_k (k=1, 2, ..., n), outside an exceptional set E_δ?[a,b] such that $$mes E_\delta \leqslant \left( {\sqrt {1 + \delta ^2 \left( {b - a} \right)^2 } - 1} \right)/\delta $$ , we have the inequality $$\left| {P' {{\left( x \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\left( x \right)} {\left( {nP \left( x \right)} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {nP \left( x \right)} \right)}}} \right| > \delta $$ . A similar estimate is given for polynomials whose roots lie either in Imz ? 0 or in Imz ? 0.     

Optimal recovery methods for the integral on classes of differentiable functions

Найдены методы восст ановления интеграла по информации $$I\left( f \right) = \left\{ {f^{(j)} \left( {x_i } \right)\left( {j = 0, ..., \gamma _i - 1; i = 1, ..., n; 1 \leqq \gamma _i \leqq r; \gamma _i + ... + \gamma _n \leqq N} \right.} \right\},$$ оптимальные на класс ахW _p ^r ,r=1,2,...; 1≦p≦∞. Это позволило, в частност и, получить наилучшие для классаW _p ^r квадратурные форму лы вида $$\mathop \smallint \limits_0^1 f\left( x \right)dx = \mathop \Sigma \limits_{i = 1}^n \mathop \Sigma \limits_{j = 1}^{\gamma _i - 1} a_{ij} f^{(j)} \left( {x_i } \right) + \mathop \Sigma \limits_{j = 1}^{[{r \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {r 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}]} b_j f^{(2j - 1)} \left( 0 \right) + \mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = 1}^{[{r \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {r 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}]} c_k f^{(2k - 1)} \left( 1 \right) + R\left( f \right)$$ И $$\mathop \smallint \limits_0^1 f\left( x \right)dx = af\left( 0 \right) + \mathop \Sigma \limits_{i = 1}^n \mathop \Sigma \limits_{j = 0}^{\gamma _i - 1} a_{ij} f^{(j)} \left( {x_i } \right) + bf\left( 1 \right) + \mathop \Sigma \limits_{j = 1}^{[{r \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {r 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}]} b_j f^{(2j - 1)} \left( 0 \right) + \mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = 1}^{[{r \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {r 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}]} c_k f^{(2k - 1)} \left( 1 \right) + R\left( f \right).$$      

Eine Bemerkung über die Werte der Funktion σ (n)

By means of the Hoheisel—Montgomery prime number theorem it is shown that for every α≥1 the inequality $$|(\sigma (n)/n) - \alpha | \leqslant {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {n^{({2 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {2 5}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 5}) - \varepsilon } }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {n^{({2 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {2 5}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 5}) - \varepsilon } }}(\varepsilon > 0,\sigma (n) = \sum\limits_{d/n} d )$$ has infinitely many solutionsn∈N. It is highly probable that the exponent 2/5 can be replaced by 1.     

On the order of the error function of the square-full integers,II

LetL(x) denote the number of square-full integers not exceedingx. It is well-known that $$L\left( x \right) \sim \frac{{\zeta \left( {{3 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {3 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \right)}}{{\zeta \left( 3 \right)}}x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} + \frac{{\zeta \left( {{2 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {2 3}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 3}} \right)}}{{\zeta \left( 2 \right)}}x^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 3}} ,$$ whereζ(s) denotes the Riemann Zeta function, LetΔ(x) denote the error function in the asymptotic formula forL(x). On the assumption of the Riemann hypothesis (R.H.), it is known that $$\Delta x = O\left( {x^{13/81 + 8} } \right)$$ for everyε > 0. In this paper, we prove on the assumption of R.H. that $$\frac{1}{x}\int\limits_x^1 {\left| {\Delta \left( t \right)} \right|dt = O\left( {x^{1/10 + ^8 } } \right)} .$$ In fact, we prove a more general result. We conjecture that $$\Delta x = O\left( {x^{1/10 + ^8 } } \right)$$ under the assumption of the R.H.     

On the strong approximation by the (C, α)-means of Fourier series. II

стАтьь ьВльЕтсь пРОД ОлжЕНИЕМ пРЕДыДУЩЕИ ОДНОИМЕННОИ РАБОты АВтОРА, гДЕ ИжУ ЧАлсь пОРьДОк ВЕлИЧИН пРИ УслОВИьх, ЧтО α>-1/2, Рα >- 1 И ЧтО МАтРИцАt _nk УДОВлЕтВОРьЕт НЕкОт ОРОМУ УслОВИУ РЕгУльРНОстИ. жДЕсь ДОкАжыВАЕтсь, Ч тО ЕслИf∈H ^Ω, тО ВыпОлНь Етсь ОцЕНкА $$\left\{ {\frac{1}{{\lambda _n }}\mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = n - \lambda _n + 1}^n \left| {\sigma _k^\alpha \left( x \right) - f\left( x \right)} \right|^p } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} = O\left( {\left\{ {\frac{1}{{\lambda _n }}\mathop \Sigma \limits_{k = n - \lambda _n + 1}^n \left( {\frac{1}{k}\mathop \smallint \limits_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 k}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} k}}^{2\pi } \frac{{\omega \left( t \right)}}{{t^2 }}dt} \right)^p } \right\}^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 p}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} p}} + \left( {\frac{{\lambda _n }}{n}} \right)^\alpha \omega \left( {\frac{1}{n}} \right)} \right)$$ (λ₁=1, λ_n+1-λ_n≦1), А тАкжЕ ЧтО Ёт А ОцЕНкА ОкОНЧАтЕльН А В сВОИх тЕРМИНАх; пОДОБ НыИ РЕжУль-тАт спРАВЕДлИВ тАкжЕ И Дль сОпРьжЕННОИ ФУНкцИИ . ДОкАжыВАЕтсь, ЧтО Усл ОВИьα>?1/2 Иpα>?1, кОтОРыЕ Б ылИ НАлОжЕНы В УпОМьНУтО И ВышЕ ЧАстИ I, сУЩЕстВЕН Ны.     

On Bohr’s inequality

It is established that H. Bohr’s inequality \(\sum\nolimits_{k = 0}^\infty {\left| {{{f^{\left( k \right)} \left( 0 \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{f^{\left( k \right)} \left( 0 \right)} {\left( {2^{{k \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {k 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} k!} \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {2^{{k \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {k 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} k!} \right)}}} \right| \leqslant \sqrt 2 \left\| f \right\|_\infty }\) is sharp on the class H _∞.     

Series of univalent functions

We are considering a class S of functions F(z), F(0) = 0, F′(0) = 1 that are univalent and regular in the circle ¦z¦ < 1, and its subclasses s _h ^* and K of starlike functions of order h and of convex functions respectively. Among others, we establish the following results: If F(z)εs and 0 < α < 1, then IfF (z) ε s (0 < a < 1) and $$\begin{gathered} 1 + \operatorname{Re} {{z_1 F^n \left( {z_1 } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{z_1 F^n \left( {z_1 } \right)} {F'\left( {z_1 } \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {F'\left( {z_1 } \right)}} = \operatorname{Re} {{\alpha z_1 F''\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\alpha z_1 F''\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)} {F'\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {F'\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)}} \hfill \\ \left( {2 - \sqrt 3< \left| {z_1 } \right| = r< 1} \right) \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ then we obtain the domain of values of the point αz₁.     

On the average number of direct factors of a finite Abelian group

Let \(T(x) = \sum\limits_{ord(G) \leqq x} {t(G),} \) , wheret(G) define the number of direct factors of a finite Abelian group.E. Krätzel ([5]) defined a remainderΔ ₁(x) in the asymptotic ofT(x) and proved $$\Delta _1 (x)<< x^{{5 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {5 {12}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {12}}} \log ^4 x.$$ Using two different methods to estimate a special three-dimensional exponential sum we get the better results $$\Delta _1 (x)<< x^{{{282} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{282} {683}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {683}}} \log ^4 x$$ and $$\Delta _1 (x)<< x^{{{45} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{45} {109}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {109}} + \varepsilon } (\varepsilon > 0).$$      

Sharp Estimates for Integral Means for Three Classes of Domains

In this paper, the following sharp estimate is proved: $$\int_{0}^{2{\pi }} {\left| {F\prime \left( {e^{i\theta } } \right)} \right|^p d\theta \leqslant \sqrt {\pi } 2^{1 + p} \frac{{\gamma \left( {{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2} + {p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \right)}} {{\gamma \left( {1 + {p \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {p 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} \right)}}} ,\quad p > - 1,$$ where F is the conformal mapping of the domain $D^ - = \left\{ {\zeta :\left| \zeta \right| > 1} \right\}$ onto the exterior of a convex curve, with $F\prime \left( \infty \right) = 1$ . For p=1, this result is due to Pólya and Shiffer. We also obtain several generalizations of this estimate under other geometric assumptions about the structure of the domain F(D ^-).     

The expected number of parts in a partition ofn

Forn a positive integer letp(n) denote the number of partitions ofn into positive integers and letp(n,k) denote the number of partitions ofn into exactlyk parts. Let , thenP(n) represents the total number of parts in all the partitions ofn. In this paper we obtain the following asymptotic formula for .