On the divisor function in short intervals

Let d(n) denote the number of positive divisors of the natural number n. The aim of this paper is to investigate the validity of the asymptotic formula

$\begin{array}{lll}\sum \limits_{x < n \leq x+h(x)}d(n)\sim h(x)\log x\end{array}$

for \({x \to + \infty,}\) assuming a hypothetical estimate on the mean

$\begin{array}{lll} \int \limits_X^{X+Y}(\Delta(x+h(x))-\Delta (x))^2\,{d}x, \end{array}$

which is a weakened form of a conjecture of M. Jutila.

     

Rotation set for maps of degree 1 on the graph sigma

For a continuous map on a topological graph containing a unique loop S it is possible to define the degree and, for a map of degree 1, rotation numbers. It is known that the set of rotation numbers of points in S is a compact interval and for every rational r in this interval there exists a periodic point of rotation number r. The whole rotation set (i.e., the set of all rotation numbers) may not be connected and it is not known in general whether it is closed.     

Weak solutions for steady compressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier system in two space dimensions

We consider steady compressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier system in a bounded two-dimensional domain. We show the existence of a weak solution for arbitrarily large data for the pressure law p(ϱ, ϑ) ∼ ϱ ^γ + ϱϑ if γ > 1 and p(ϱ, ϑ) ∼ ϱ ln ^α (1 + ϱ) + ϱϑ if γ = 1, α > 0, depending on the model for the heat flux.     

Proximity search heuristics for wind farm optimal layout

A heuristic framework for turbine layout optimization in a wind farm is proposed that combines ad-hoc heuristics and mixed-integer linear programming. In our framework, large-scale mixed-integer programming models are used to iteratively refine the current best solution according to the recently-proposed proximity search paradigm. Computational results on very large scale instances involving up to 20,000 potential turbine sites prove the practical viability of the overall approach.     

Stability of certain nonautonomous difference equations

In this paper, the stability of a class of nonautonomous nonlinear difference equations that are determined by functions which satisfy certain contractive type condition is studied in metric spaces, and its variant problem in ordered Banach spaces is also investigated. Several examples are given to illustrate their applications.     

The algebra of generating functions for multiple divisor sums and applications to multiple zeta values

We study the algebra \({{\mathrm{{\mathcal {MD}}}}}\) of generating functions for multiple divisor sums and its connections to multiple zeta values. The generating functions for multiple divisor sums are formal power series in q with coefficients in \({\mathbb {Q}}\) arising from the calculation of the Fourier expansion of multiple Eisenstein series. We show that the algebra \({{\mathrm{{\mathcal {MD}}}}}\) is a filtered algebra equipped with a derivation and use this derivation to prove linear relations in \({{\mathrm{{\mathcal {MD}}}}}\). The (quasi-)modular forms for the full modular group \({{\mathrm{SL}}}_2({\mathbb {Z}})\) constitute a subalgebra of \({{\mathrm{{\mathcal {MD}}}}}\), and this also yields linear relations in \({{\mathrm{{\mathcal {MD}}}}}\). Generating functions of multiple divisor sums can be seen as a q-analogue of multiple zeta values. Studying a certain map from this algebra into the real numbers we will derive a new explanation for relations between multiple zeta values, including those of length 2, coming from modular forms.     

Two operator representations for the trivariate <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-polynomials and Hahn polynomials

In this paper, we introduce a trivariate q-polynomials \(F_n(x,y,z;q)\) as a general form of Hahn polynomials \(\psi _n^{(a)}(x|q)\) and \(\psi _n^{(a)}(x,y|q)\). We represent \(F_n(x,y,z;q)\) by two operators: the homogeneous q-shift operator \(L(b\theta _{xy})\) given by Saad and Sukhi (Appl Math Comput 215:4332–4339, 2010), and the Cauchy companion operator \(E(a,b;\theta )\) given by Chen (q-Difference Operator and Basic Hypergeometric Series, 2009) to derive the generating function, symmetric property, Mehler’s formula, Rogers formula, another Roger-type formula, linearization formula, and an extended Rogers formula for the trivariate q-polynomials. Then, we give the corresponding formulas for our new definitions of Hahn polynomials \(\psi _n^{(a)}(x|q)\) and \(\psi _n^{(a)}(x,y|q)\) by representing Hahn polynomials by the operators \(L(b\theta _{xy})\) and \(E(a,b;\theta )\), and by a special substitution in the trivariate q-polynomials \(F_n(x,y,z;q)\).     

Uniqueness for Quasi-variational Inequalities

This paper presents a uniqueness result for a quasi-variational inequality QVI(1) that, in contrast to existing results, does not require the projection mapping on a variable closed and convex set to be a contraction. Our basic idea is to find a simple QVI(0), for example a variational inequality, for which we can show the existence of a unique solution. Further, exploiting some nonsingularity condition, we will guarantee the existence of a continuous solution path from the unique solution of QVI(0) to a solution of QVI(1). Finally, we can show that the existence of a second different solution of QVI(1) contradicts the nonsingularity condition. Moreover, we present some matrix-based sufficient conditions for our nonsingularity assumption, and we discuss these assumptions in the context of generalized Nash equilibrium problems with quadratic cost and affine linear constraint functions.     

Group inverses for some 2 × 2 block matrices over rings

We first consider the group inverses of the block matrices (A0BC) over a weakly finite ring. Then we study the sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence and the representations of the group inverses of the block matrices (ACBD) over a ring with unity 1 under the following conditions respectively: (i) B = C, D = 0, B^# and (B^πA) ^# both exist; (ii) B is invertible and m = n; (iii) A^# and (D - CA^#B)^# both exist, C = CAA^# , where A and D are m × m and n × n matrices, respectively.     

Valuation ideals and primary <Emphasis Type="Italic">w</Emphasis>-ideals

Let D be an integral domain, V (D) (resp., t-V (D)) be the set of all valuation (resp., t-valuation) ideals of D, and w-P(D) be the set of primary w-ideals of D. Let D[X] be the polynomial ring over D, c(f) be the ideal of D generated by the coefficients of f ∈ D[X], and N _v = {f ∈ D[X] | c(f) _v = D}. In this paper, we study integral domains D in which w-P(D) ? t-V (D), t-V (D) ? w-P(D), or t-V (D) = w-P(D). We also study the relationship between t-V (D) and \(V\left( {D{{\left[ X \right]}_{{N_v}}}} \right)\), and characterize when t-V (A + XB[X]) ? w-P(A + XB[X]) holds for a proper extension A ? B of integral domains.