Lp-dual Quermassintegral sums

In this paper,we first introduce a concept of L_p-dual Quermassintegral sum function of convex bodies and establish the polar projection Minkowski inequality and the polar projection Aleksandrov-Fenchel inequality for L_p-dual Quermassintegral sums.Moreover,by using Lutwak's width-integral of index i,we establish the L_p-Brunn-Minkowski inequality for the polar mixed projec- tion bodies.As applications,we prove some interrelated results.     

nvolutorial Płonka sums

The construction of the sum of a direct (semilattice ordered) system of algebras introduced by J. Plonka – later known as the Plonka sum – is one of the most important methods of composition in universal algebra, having a number of applications in different algebraic theories, such as semigroup theory, semiring theory, etc. In this paper we present a more general way for constructing algebras with involution, that is, algebraic systems equipped with a unary involutorial operation which is at the same time an antiautomorphism of the underlying algebra. It is the sum – involutorial Plonka sum, as we call it – of an involution semilattice ordered system of algebras. We investigate its basic properties, as well as the problem of its subdirect decomposition.     

The first moment of Salié sums

The main objective of this article is to study the asymptotic behavior of Salié sums over arithmetic progressions. We deduce from our asymptotic formula that Salié sums possess a bias towards being positive. The method we use is based on the Kuznetsov formula for modular forms of half-integral weight. Moreover, in order to develop an explicit formula, we are led to determine an explicit orthogonal basis of the space of modular forms of half-integral weight.     

Generalized Gibbs phenomenon for Fourier partial sums and de la Vallée-Poussin sums

It is well-known that the Fourier partial sums of a function exhibit the Gibbs phenomenon at a jump discontinuity. We study the same question for de la Vallée-Poussin sums. Here we find a new Gibbs function and a new Gibbs constant. When the function is continuous, a behavior similar to the Gibbs phenomenon also occurs at a kink. We call it the “generalized Gibbs phenomenon”. Let $F_{n}(x):=\frac{k_{n}(g,x)-g(x)}{k_{n}(g,x_{0})-g(x_{0})}$ , where x ₀ is a kink and where k _n (g,x) represents Fourier partial sums and de la Vallée-Poussin sums. We show that F _n (x) exhibits the “generalized Gibbs phenomenon”. New universal Gibbs functions for both sums are derived.     

Power-moments of SL3(ℤ) Kloosterman sums

Classical Kloosterman sums have a prominent role in the study of automorphic forms on GL₂ and further they have numerous applications in analytic number theory. In recent years, various problems in analytic theory of automorphic forms on GL₃ have been considered, in which analogous GL₃-Kloosterman sums (related to the corresponding Bruhat decomposition) appear. In this note we investigate the first four power-moments of the Kloosterman sums associated with the group SL₃(?). We give formulas for the first three moments and a nontrivial bound for the fourth.     

Orthogonal sums of 0-σ-simple semigroups

Supported by Grant 0401 A of RFNS through Math. Inst. SANU.     

On Lehmer’s problem and Dedekind sums

Let p be an odd prime and c a fixed integer with (c, p) = 1. For each integer a with 1 ≤ a ≤ p ? 1, it is clear that there exists one and only one b with 0 ? b ? p ? 1 such that ab ≡ c (mod p). Let N(c, p) denote the number of all solutions of the congruence equation ab ≡ c (mod p) for 1 ? a, b ? p?1 in which a and \(\overline b \) are of opposite parity, where \(\overline b \) is defined by the congruence equation b\(\overline b \) ≡ 1 (mod p). The main purpose of this paper is to use the properties of Dedekind sums and the mean value theorem for Dirichlet L-functions to study the hybrid mean value problem involving N(c, p)?½φ(p) and the Dedekind sums S(c, p), and to establish a sharp asymptotic formula for it.     

A new generalization of Hardy–Berndt sums

In this paper, we construct a new generalization of Hardy–Berndt sums which are explicit extensions of Hardy–Berndt sums. We express these sums in terms of Dedekind sums s _r (h, k : x, y|λ) with x?=?y?=?0 and obtain corresponding reciprocity formulas.     

Reciprocity formulae for multiple Dedekind–Rademacher sums

We introduce multiple Dedekind–Rademacher sums, in terms of values of Bernoulli functions, that generalize the classical Dedekind–Rademacher sums. The aim of this paper is to give and prove a reciprocity law for these sums. The main theorem presented in this paper contains all previous results in the literature about Dedekind–Rademacher sums.     

Minkowski’s inequality and sums of squares

Positive polynomials arising from Muirhead’s inequality, from classical power mean and elementary symmetric mean inequalities and from Minkowski’s inequality can be rewritten as sums of squares.     

Shifted convolution sums related to Hecke–Maass forms

The Ramanujan Journal - Let $$\phi (z)$$ be a primitive Hecke–Maass cusp forms with Laplace eigenvalue $$\tfrac{1}{4}+t^2$$ . Denote by $$L(s, \mathrm{sym}^m\phi )$$ the m-th symmetric power...     

Best approximation and de la Vallée-Poussin sums

For the class C_ε={f∈C_2π: E_n, n≤Z₊} where \(\left\{ {\varepsilon _n } \right\}_{n \in Z_ + } \) is a sequence of numbers tending monotonically to zero, we establish the following precise (in the sense of order) bounds for the error of approximation by de la Vallée-Poussin sums: (1) $$c_1 \sum\nolimits_{j = n}^{2\left( {n + l} \right)} {\frac{{\varepsilon _j }}{{l + j - n + 1}}} \leqslant \mathop {\sup }\limits_{f \in C_\varepsilon } \left\| {f - V_{n, l} \left( f \right)} \right\|_C \leqslant c_2 \sum\nolimits_{j = n}^{2\left( {n + l} \right)} {\frac{{\varepsilon _j }}{{l + j - n + 1}}} \left( {n \in N} \right)$$ , where c₁ and c₂ are constants which do not depend on n orl. This solves the problem posed by S. B. Stechkin at the Conference on Approximation Theory (Bonn, 1976) and permits a unified treatment of many earlier results obtained only for special classes C_ε of (differentiable) functions. The result (1) substantially refines the estimate (see [1]) (2) $$\left\| {V_{n, l} \left( f \right) - f} \right\|_C = O\left( {\log {n \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {n {\left( {l + 1} \right) + 1}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\left( {l + 1} \right) + 1}}} \right) E_n \left[ f \right] \left( {n \to \infty } \right)$$ and includes as particular cases the estimates of approximations by Fejér sums (see [2]) and by Fourier sums (see [3]).     

On the density of Birkhoff sums for Anosov diffeomorphisms

Let f : M → M be an Anosov diffeomorphism on a nilmanifold. We consider Birkhoff sums for a Holder continuous observation along periodic orbits. We show that if there are two Birkhoff sums distributed at both sides of zero, then the set of Birkhoff sums of all the periodic points is dense in R.     

Convergence of the Vallée-Poussin means for Fourier-Jacobi sums

Letf εC[?1, 1], ?1<α,β≤0, let $f \in C[ - 1, 1], - 1< \alpha , \beta \leqslant 0$ , letS _n ^{α, β} (f, x) be a partial Fourier-Jacobi sum of ordern, and let $$\nu _{m, n}^{\alpha , \beta } = \nu _{m, n}^{\alpha , \beta } (f) = \nu _{m, n}^{\alpha , \beta } (f,x) = \frac{1}{{n + 1}}[S_m^{\alpha ,\beta } (f,x) + ... + S_{m + n}^{\alpha ,\beta } (f,x)]$$ be the Vallée-Poussin means for Fourier-Jacobi sums. It was proved that if 0<a≤m/n≤b, then there exists a constantc=c(α, β, a, b) such that ‖ν _{m, n} ^{α, β} ‖ ≤c, where ‖ν _{m, n} ^{α, β} ‖ is the norm of the operator ν _{m, n} ^{α, β} inC[?1,1].     

Instanton Floer homology for connected sums of Poincaré spheres

In this paper, we apply the Mayer-Vietoris principle to compute the integer graded Floer homology of the connected sum of a Poincaré homology sphere with itself. We then apply the Fintushel-Stern spectral sequence to deduce its regular Floer homology and observe the presence of 3-torsion in the Floer groups.Partially supported by NSF grant number DMS-0245323.