Wall crossings for double Hurwitz numbers

Double Hurwitz numbers count covers of P¹ by genus g curves with assigned ramification profiles over 0 and ∞, and simple ramification over a fixed branch divisor. Goulden, Jackson and Vakil have shown double Hurwitz numbers are piecewise polynomial in the orders of ramification (Goulden et al., 2005) [10], and Shadrin, Shapiro and Vainshtein have determined the chamber structure and wall crossing formulas for g=0 (Shadrin et al., 2008) [15]. This paper gives a unified approach to these results and strengthens them in several ways — the most important being the extension of the results of Shadrin et al. (2008) [15] to arbitrary genus.The main tool is the authors? previous work (Cavalieri et al., 2010) [6] expressing double Hurwitz number as a sum over certain labeled graphs. We identify the labels of the graphs with lattice points in the chambers of certain hyperplane arrangements, which give rise to piecewise polynomial functions. Our understanding of the wall crossing for these functions builds on the work of Varchenko (1987) [17], and could have broader applications.     

Polynomial Hurwitz Numbers and Intersections on \overline M _{0,k}

We express Hurwitz numbers of polynomials of arbitrary topological type in terms of intersection numbers on the moduli space of curves of genus zero with marked points.     

The chromatic numbers of double coverings of a graph

If we fix a spanning subgraph H of a graph G, we can define a chromatic number of H with respect to G and we show that it coincides with the chromatic number of a double covering of G with co-support H. We also find a few estimations for the chromatic numbers of H with respect to G.     

Crossing numbers of graph embedding pairs on closed surfaces

We shall prove that any two graphs G₁ and G₂ can be embedded together on a closed surface of genus g with at most 4g · β(G₁) · β(G₂) crossing points on their edges if they are embeddable on the surface, where β(G) stands for the Betti number of G, and show several observations on crossings of graph embedding pairs. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 36: 8–23, 2001     

Equations of Hurwitz schemes in the infinite Grassmannian

The main result proved in the paper is the computation of the explicit equations defining the Hurwitz schemes of coverings with punctures as subschemes of the Sato infinite Grassmannian. As an application, we characterize the existence of certain linear series on a smooth curve in terms of soliton equations. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Rough convergence of double sequences of fuzzy numbers

In this paper, we define the concepts of rough convergence and rough Cauchy sequence of double sequences of fuzzy numbers. Then, we investigate some relations between rough limit set and extreme limit points of such sequences.     

Hodge numbers of nodal double octics

Let B be a surface of even degree d in P³ with nodes as the only singular points. In [1] Clemens proved that the topology of the small resolution of the double covering of P³ branched along B depends not only on the number of nodes but also on the so-called defect, a non-negative integer describing their configuration.

The aim of this note is to give an elementary proof of the Clemens. result and to present some geometric interpretation of defect.     

Some double sequence spaces of interval numbers defined by Orlicz function

In this paper we introduce some interval valued double sequence spaces defined by Orlicz function and study different properties of these spaces like inclusion relations, solidity, etc. We establish some inclusion relations among them. Also we introduce the concept of double statistical convergence for interval number sequences and give an inclusion relation between interval valued double sequence spaces.     

Characterizations of trees with equal paired and double domination numbers

A paired-dominating set of a graph G is a dominating set of vertices whose induced subgraph has a perfect matching, and a double dominating set is a dominating set that dominates every vertex of G at least twice. We show that for trees, the paired-domination number is less than or equal to the double domination number, solving a conjecture of Chellali and Haynes. Then we characterize the trees having equal paired and double domination numbers.     

Polynomiality of monotone Hurwitz numbers in higher genera

Hurwitz numbers count branched covers of the Riemann sphere with specified ramification, or equivalently, transitive permutation factorizations in the symmetric group with specified cycle types. Monotone Hurwitz numbers count a restricted subset of these branched covers, related to the expansion of complete symmetric functions in the Jucys–Murphy elements, and have arisen in recent work on the asymptotic expansion of the Harish-Chandra–Itzykson–Zuber integral. In previous work we gave an explicit formula for monotone Hurwitz numbers in genus zero. In this paper we consider monotone Hurwitz numbers in higher genera, and prove a number of results that are reminiscent of those for classical Hurwitz numbers. These include an explicit formula for monotone Hurwitz numbers in genus one, and an explicit form for the generating function in arbitrary positive genus. From the form of the generating function we are able to prove that monotone Hurwitz numbers exhibit a polynomiality that is reminiscent of that for the classical Hurwitz numbers, i.e.  , up to a specified combinatorial factor, the monotone Hurwitz number in genus g$g$ with ramification specified by a given partition is a polynomial indexed by g$g$ in the parts of the partition.     

The Herglotz-Zagier function, double zeta functions, and values of L-series

In this paper, we define L-series generalizing the Herglotz-Zagier function (Ber. Verhandl. Sächsischen Akad. Wiss. Leipzig 75 (3-14) (1923) 31, Math. Ann. 213 (1975) 153), and the double zeta function (First European Congress of Mathematics, Vol. II, Paris, 1992, pp. 497-512; Progress in Mathematics, Vol. 120, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1994) and evaluate them after meromorphic continuation at integer points in their extended domains. This is accomplished in three steps. First, when is a periodic function and are the harmonic numbers, we establish identities relating these series to the L-series

     

Strong laws of large numbers for intermediately trimmed Birkhoff sums of observables with infinite mean

We consider dynamical systems on a finite measure space fulfilling a spectral gap property and Birkhoff sums of a non-negative, non-integrable observable. For such systems we generalize strong laws of large numbers for intermediately trimmed sums only known for independent random variables. The results split up in trimming statements for general distribution functions and for regularly varying tail distributions. In both cases the trimming rate can be chosen in the same or almost the same way as in the i.i.d. case. As an example we show that piecewise expanding interval maps fulfill the necessary conditions for our limit laws. As a side result we obtain strong laws of large numbers for truncated Birkhoff sums.     

Distribution of rational numbers in short intervals

A simplified proof for a well-distribution property for rational numbers is given and a connection with Riemann’s Hypothesis is pointed out. More precisely, we consider rational numbers with denominators of a given order of magnitude and show that the number of such numbers lying in a short interval of given length is normally close to its expectation in a mean square sense. The proof is elementary, using only Fourier series and Ramanujan sums. At the end of the paper, a variant of the circle method is discussed as an application.      

Approximation and entropy numbers in Besov spaces of generalized smoothness

We determine the exact asymptotic behaviour of entropy and approximation numbers of the limiting restriction operator , defined by J(f)=f|_Ω. Here Ω is a non-empty bounded domain in , ψ is an increasing slowly varying function, , and is the Besov space of generalized smoothness given by the function t^sψ(t). Our results improve and extend those established by Leopold [Embeddings and entropy numbers in Besov spaces of generalized smoothness, in: Function Spaces, Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 213, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2000, pp. 323–336].     

Average distribution of k-free numbers in arithmetic progressions

We obtain a new bound on the average value of the error term in the asymptotic formula for the number of k-free numbers in arithmetic progressions. In particular, we improve the results of J. Gibson (2014) and C. Hooley (1975).     

Some generalizations of the Apostol-Genocchi polynomials and the Stirling numbers of the second kind

Recently, the authors introduced some generalizations of the Apostol-Bernoulli polynomials and the Apostol-Euler polynomials (see [Q.-M. Luo, H.M. Srivastava, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 308 (2005) 290-302] and [Q.-M. Luo, Taiwanese J. Math. 10 (2006) 917-925]). The main object of this paper is to investigate an analogous generalization of the Genocchi polynomials of higher order, that is, the so-called Apostol-Genocchi polynomials of higher order. For these generalized Apostol-Genocchi polynomials, we establish several elementary properties, provide some explicit relationships with the Apostol-Bernoulli polynomials and the Apostol-Euler polynomials, and derive various explicit series representations in terms of the Gaussian hypergeometric function and the Hurwitz (or generalized) zeta function. We also deduce their special cases and applications which are shown here to lead to the corresponding results for the Genocchi and Euler polynomials of higher order. By introducing an analogue of the Stirling numbers of the second kind, that is, the so-called λ-Stirling numbers of the second kind, we derive some basic properties and formulas and consider some interesting applications to the family of the Apostol type polynomials. Furthermore, we also correct an error in a previous paper [Q.-M. Luo, H.M. Srivastava, Comput. Math. Appl. 51 (2006) 631-642] and pose two open problems on the subject of our investigation.