Characterizations of Bochner–Krall Orthogonal Polynomials of Jacobi Type

Let $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ be an orthogonal polynomial system relative to a compactly supported measure. We find characterizations for $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ to be a Bochner--Krall orthogonal polynomial system, that is, $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ are polynomial eigenfunctions of a linear differential operator of finite order. In particular, we show that $\{P_n(x) \}_{n=0}^\infty$ must be generalized Jacobi polynomials which are orthogonal relative to a Jacobi weight plus two point masses.     

On the Right-Definite and Left-Definite Spectral Theory of the Legendre Polynomials

In this paper, we further develop the left-definite and right-definite spectral theory associated with the self-adjoint differential operator A in L²(-1,1), generated from the classical second-order Legendre differential equation, having the sequence of Legendre polynomials as eigenfunctions. Specifically, we determine the first three left-definite spaces associated with the pair (L²(-1,1),A). As a consequence of these results, we determine the explicit domain of both the associated left-definite operator A₁, first observed by Everitt, and the self-adjoint operator A^1/2. In addition, we give a new characterization of the domain D(A) of A and, as a corollary, we present a new proof of the Everitt-Mari result which gives optimal global smoothness of functions in D(A).     

A Note on Lewin’s Problem

The parameter l(G) for a primitive digraph G introduced by Lewin is the minimum positive integer k for which there are walks of both lengths k and k + 1 from some vertex u to some vertex v. We obtain upper bounds on l(G) if G is primitive ministrong, or G is just primitive and not necessarily ministrong, or G is primitive symmetric. We also discuss the numbers attainable as l(G).AMS Subject Classification (2000): 05C20, 15A48Partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19771040) and the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (990447).     

Perfect Baer Subplane Partitions and Three-Dimensional Flag-Transitive Planes

The classification of perfectBaer subplane partitions of PG(2, q²) is equivalentto the classification of 3-dimensional flag-transitive planeswhose translation complements contain a linear cyclic group actingregularly on the line at infinity. Since all known flag-transitiveplanes admit a translation complement containing a linear cyclicsubgroup which either acts regularly on the points of the lineat infinity or has two orbits of equal size on these points,such a classification would be a significant step towards theclassification of all 3-dimensional flag-transitive planes. Usinglinearized polynomials, a parametric enumeration of all perfectBaer subplane partitions for odd q is described.Moreover, a cyclotomic conjecture is given, verified by computerfor odd prime powers q < 200, whose truth would implythat all perfect Baer subplane partitions arise from a constructionof Kantor and hence the corresponding flag-transitive planesare all known.     

Recurrence relations for the coefficients of the Fourier series expansions with respect to q-classical orthogonal polynomials

We propose an algorithm to construct recurrence relations for the coefficients of the Fourier series expansions with respect to the q-classical orthogonal polynomials p_k(x;q). Examples dealing with inversion problems, connection between any two sequences of q-classical polynomials, linearization of ϑ_m(x) p_n(x;q), where ϑ_m(x) is x^mor (x;q)_m, and the expansion of the Hahn-Exton q-Bessel function in the little q-Jacobi polynomials are discussed in detail. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Summability of Product Jacobi Expansions

Orthogonal expansions in product Jacobi polynomials with respect to the weight function W_α, β(x)=∏^d_j=1 (1−x_j)^α_j (1+x_j)^β_j on [−1, 1]^d are studied. For α_j, β_j>−1 and α_j+β_j−1, the Cesàro (C, δ) means of the product Jacobi expansion converge in the norm of L^p(W_{α, β}, [−1, 1]^d), 1p<∞, and C([−1, 1]^d) if

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Moreover, for α_j, β_j−1/2, the (C, δ) means define a positive linear operator if and only if δ∑^d_i=1 (α_i+β_i)+3d−1.     

On stability and stabilization of some discrete dynamical systems

The paper formulates effective and nonimprovable stability conditions for a linear difference system involving 2 integer delays. The used technique combines algorithm of the discrete D‐decomposition method with some procedures of the polynomial theory. Contrary to the related existing results, the derived conditions are fully explicit with respect to both delays, which enables their simple applicability in various scientific and engineering areas. As an illustration, we show their importance in delayed feedback controls of discrete dynamical systems, with a particular emphasis put on stabilization of unstable steady states of the discrete logistic map.     

The primitive matrices of sandwich semigroups of generalized circulant Boolean matrices

Let Gn（C） be the sandwich semigroup of generalized circulant Boolean matrices with the sandwich matrix C and Gc（Jr~） the set of all primitive matrices in Gn（C）. In this paper, some necessary and sufficient conditions for A in the semigroup Gn（C） to be primitive are given. We also show that Gc（Jn） is a subsemigroup of Gn（C）.     

本原极小强连通有向图1—指数的下界

本文给出了n阶本原极小强连通有向图1-指数的下图:expD(1)4.且这个下界是可以达到的.