A note on slant submanifolds of nearly trans-Sasakian manifolds

The geometry of slant submanifolds of a nearly trans-Sasakian manifold is studied when the tensor field Q is parallel. It is proved that Q is not parallel on the submanifold unless it is anti-invariant and thus the result of [CABRERIZO, J. L.—CARRIAZO, A.—FERNANDEZ, L. M.—FERNANDEZ, M.: Slant submanifolds in Sasakian manifolds, Glasg. Math. J. 42 (2000), 125–138] and [GUPTA, R. S.—KHURSHEED HAIDER, S. M.—SHARFUDIN, A.: Slant submanifolds of a trans-Sasakian manifold, Bull. Math. Soc. Sci. Math. Roumanie (N.S.) 47 (2004), 45–57] are generalized.     

The Moment Problem Associated with the q -Laguerre Polynomials

   Abstract. We consider the indeterminate Stieltjes moment problem associated with the q -Laguerre polynomials. A transformation of the set of solutions, which has all the classical solutions as fixed points, is established and we present a method to construct, for instance, continuous singular solutions. The connection with the moment problem associated with the Stieltjes—Wigert polynomials is studied; we show how to come from q -Laguerre solutions to Stieltjes—Wigert solutions by letting the parameter α —> ∞ , and we explain how to lift a Stieltjes—Wigert solution to a q -Laguerre solution at the level of Pick functions. Based on two generating functions, expressions for the four entire functions from the Nevanlinna parametrization are obtained.     

A-monotone nonlinear relaxed cocoercive variational inclusions

Based on the notion of A — monotonicity, a new class of nonlinear variational inclusion problems is presented. Since A — monotonicity generalizes H — monotonicity (and in turn, generalizes maximal monotonicity), results thus obtained, are general in nature.      

Some argument inequalities for certain analytic functions

For analytic functions f(z) in the open unit disk U and convex functions g(z) in U, Nunokawa et al. [NUNOKAWA, M.—OWA, S.—NISHIWAKI, J.—KUROKI, K.—HAYAMI, T: Differential subordination and argumental property, Comput. Math. Appl. 56 (2008), 2733–2736] have proved one theorem which is a generalization of the result [POMMERENKE, CH.: On close-toconvex analytic functions, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 114 (1965), 176–186]. The object of the present paper is to generalize the theorem due to Nunokawa et al..     

On the number of primitive representations of integers as sums of squares

Formulas for the number of primitive representations of any integer n as a sum of k squares are given, for 2 ≤ k ≤ 8, and for certain values of n, for 9 ≤ k ≤ 12. The formulas have a similar structure and are striking for their simplicity. Dedicated to Richard Askey on the occasion of his 70th birthday. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification Primary—11E25; Secondary—05A15, 33E05.     

The ring lemma in three dimensions

Suppose that n cyclically tangent discs with pairwise disjoint interiors are externally tangent to and surround the unit disc. The sharp ring lemma in two dimensions states that no disc has a radius below c _n (R ²) = (F _2n−3−1)⁻¹—where F _k denotes the kth Fibonacci number—and that the lower bound is attained in essentially unique Apollonian configurations. In this article, generalizations of the ring lemma to three dimensions are discussed, a version of the ring lemma in three dimensions is proved, and a natural generalization of the extremal two-dimensional configuration—thought to be extremal in three dimensions—is given. The sharp three-dimensional ring lemma constant of order n is shown to be bounded from below by the two-dimensional constant of order n − 1.     

Covering properties which,under weak diamond principles,constrain the extents of separable spaces

We show that separable, locally compact spaces with property (a) necessarily have countable extent — i.e., have no uncountable closed, discrete subspaces — if the effective weak diamond principle ⋄(ω,ω,<) holds. If the stronger, non-effective, diamond principle Φ(ω,ω,<) holds then separable, countably paracompact spaces also have countable extent. We also give a short proof that the latter principle implies there are no small dominating families in ^ω ₁ ω.     

I sottogruppi del gruppo modulare con coefficienti del corpo di Jacobi-Eisenstein e un teorema sui gruppi finiti

Sommario Introduzione — § 1 – 1. L'indice μ(n) dei sottogruppi Г_μ(n) del gruppo Γ di sostituzioni lineari unimodulari con coefficienti del campo diJacobi-Eisenstein — 2. Il poliedro fondamentale del sottogruppo Г_μ(1−ε) — § 2 – 3. I campi fondamentali dei gruppi Г_μ(n) — 4. Impossibilità di limitare con un numero finito di piani e sfere di riflessione i poliedri fondamentali dei gruppi Г_μ(n), conn intero razionale pari, diverso da 2 — § 3 – 5. Relazioni fondamentali fra le sostituzioni generatrici del gruppo di sostituzioni lineari con coefficienti del corpo K_ε con determinante ±1 — § 4 – 6. Sulla indipendenza delle sostituzioniS,T,U, generatrici del gruppo finito G_2μ(n) e sulle loro relazioni caratteristiche nel gruppo G_2μ(n) — § 5 – 7. Dimostrazione del teorema fondamentale sui gruppi G_2μ(n). Lemmi preliminari — 8, Dimostrazione del teorema fondamentale nel caso di moduli primi con 2(1−ε) — § 6 – 9. Il teorema fondamentale per i modulim(1−ε), 3m, 2m, 2m(1−ε), 6m conm primo con 6 – 10. Immagine geometrica dei gruppi G_2μ(1−ε) — § 7 – 11. Il gruppo delle sostituzioni unimodulari , [c/1+4ma]=+1, e il caso eccezionale dei moduli 4m – 12. Il gruppo delle sostituzioni unimodulari [c/1+3m(1−ε)a]₃=+1 e il caso eccezionale dei moduli 3(1−ε)m.     

C ∞-isometric imbeddings of the hyperbolic plane and of cylinders with hyperbolic metric in spherical spaces

Summary C^∞ — isometric imbeddings of the hyperbolic plane and of the two types of orientable cylinders with hyperbolic metric in spherical8-space are constructed, furthermore C^∞ — isometric imbeddings of the non-orientable cylinder with hyperbolic metric in Euclidean8-space and in spherical10-space. To Enrico Bompiani on his scientific Jubilee.     

Infinite highly connected planar graphs of large girth

We construct infinite planar graphs of arbitrarily large connectivity and girth, and study their separation properties. These graphs have no thick end but continuum many thin ones. Every finite cycle separates them, but they corroborate Diestel’s conjecture that everyk-connected locally finite graph contains a possibly infinite cycle — see [3] — whose deletion leaves it (k — 3)-connected.     

Almost linear upper bounds on the length of general davenport—schinzel sequences

Davenport—Schinzel sequences are sequences that do not contain forbidden subsequences of alternating symbols. They arise in the computation of the envelope of a set of functions. We obtain almost linear upper bounds on the length λ_s(n) of Davenport—Schinzel sequences composed ofn symbols in which no alternating subsequence is of length greater thans+1. These bounds are of the formO(nα(n)^O(α(n)5-3)), and they generalize and extend the tight bound Θ(nα(n)) obtained by Hart and Sharir for the special cases=3 (α(n) is the functional inverse of Ackermann’s function), and also improve the upper boundO(n log*n) due to Szemerédi. Work on this paper has been supported in part by a grant from the U.S. — Israeli Binational Science Foundation.     

Approximation by harmonic functions on closed subsets of Riemann surfaces

Given continuous functionsu and ∈ on a closed subsetF of a Riemann surface, we seek a harmonic functionv on the surface (possibly with logarithmic singularities) such that |u−v|<∈ onF. Research supported in part by NSERC—Canada and FCAR—Quebec.     

Sulla geometria differenziale dello spazio delle matrici simmetriche

Sunto Si studia la nota metrica hermitiana, generalizzante la metrica iperbolica, che si incontra nella teoria delle funzioni di p≥1 variabili complesse. — Nella p. I si determina, per via elementare, il gruppo continuo G di movimenti col massimo numero di parametri ammesso dalla metrica considerata. — Nella p. II si studiano invece le faccette piane a curvatura nulla: tale ricerca che è stata iniziata daF. Conforto — e condotta a termine daB. Segre per p=2 — viene qui completata, per ogni p, caratterizzando le faccette in questione rispetto al gruppo G, e dando delle medesime una costruzione geometrica.     

Pairs of II1 factors

A class of objects—that are best described as being actions ofgroup-like objects of von Neumann algebras—is axiomatised and it is shown that there exists a bijective correspondence between isomorphism classes of suchcovariant systems and isomorphism classes of pairs of II₁ factors (M, N) satisfyingN⊂M, [M:N]<∞ andM∮N′=C.     

Positive values of non-homogeneous indefinite quadratic forms of type (1, 4)

Let Г_r,n—r denote the infimum of all number Г > 0 such that for any real indefinite quadratic form inn variables of type (r, n—r), determinantD ≠ 0 and real numbers c₁; c₂,…, c_n, there exist integersx ₁,x₂,…,x_n satisfying 0 < Q(x₁+c₁,x₂ + c₂,…,x_n + c_n) ≤(Г|Z > |)^1/n. All the values of Г_r,n—r are known except for г_1,4. Earlier it was shown that 8 ≤Г_1,4 ≤16. Here we improve the upper bound to get Г_1,4 < 12.     

Almost—Everywhere convergence of Bochner—Riesz means in Bessel potential spaces

In this paper, we consider the almost everywhere convergenc of Bochner—Riesz means below the critical index in Bessel potential spacesL _a ^p (1≤p≤2 anda>0) and find out the relation between the index of Bochner—Riesz means and the degree of smoothness of functions.     

Adaptation on the space of finite signed measures

Given an i.i.d. sample from a probability measure P on ℝ, an estimator is constructed that efficiently estimates P in the bounded-Lipschitz metric for weak convergence of probability measures, and, at the same time, estimates the density of P — if it exists (but without assuming it does) — at the best possible rate of convergence in total variation loss (that is, in L ¹-loss for densities).      

A generalization of a result of R. Lyons about measures on [0, 1)

Letμ be a probability measure on [0, 1), invariant underS:x ↦px mod 1, and for which almost every ergodic component has positive entropy. Ifq is a real number greater than 1 for which logq/ logp is irrational, andT _n sendsx toq ⁿx mod 1, then for any ε>0 the measureμT _n ⁻¹ will — for a set ofn of positive lower density — be within ε of Lebesgue measure.     

Normal generation of line bundles of high degrees on smooth algebraic curves

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for non-special line bundles of degree2g — 2 and 2g — 3 being not normally generated. We also provide criteria for special line bundles of degreed > 2g — 6 being normally generated. This work was done under JSPS-KOSEF joint research program 1997. The first named author was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Education, #10440051. The second named author was partially supported by BSRI(1998-015-D00023) and SNU(99-5-l-031). During the period when this paper was prepared for publication, the second named author was enjoying the hospitality of ICTP. The third named author was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Education, #09640043.