Regular C-fractions f(α) = 1 + a1α/1 + a2α/1 + . .. with an = an2 + bn + c + Vn, |Vn| sufficiently small are examined. In the case Vn = 0, exact expressions are obtained which reveal a two sheeted Riemann structure for f(α). If Vn ≠ 0 analytic properties are obtained by means of perturbation theory applied to the associated difference equation. A conjecture that f(α) is the ratio of two entire functions of for an even larger class of C-fractions is proved for the case .

This note presents a very simple proof for the integration by parts formula for the Perron integral.

Explicit constructions of polynomials of preassigned degree and weight in the derivatives of a given automorphic form are described and studied, supplementing the results of an earlier paper. It turns out that the problem is essentially one concerning symmetric functions rather than automorphic forms.

Let R be a prime ring with σ ∊ Aut (R). We determine the extended centroid of the skew polynomial ring R[x, σ] when (i) 〈σ〉 is X-outer of finite order, (ii) 〈σ〉 is X-outer and infinite, (iii) σm is X-inner and no smaller power of σ fixes the extended centroid of R.

Let f1, . . . , fk be finitely many L1-functions on a measurable set E, and let d and r be numbers such that ∫E, fj, — d > r > 0 for all j. Then there is a measurable subset S of E such that ∫s fj = r for all j.

The result of S. Grabiner [5] on range inclusion is applied for establishing the following two theorems: 1. For A, B ∊ L(H), two operators on the Hilbert space H, we have DBC0(H) ⊆ DAL(H) if and only if DBC1(H) ⊆ DAL(H), where DA is the inner derivation which sends S ∊ L(H) to AS - SA, C1(H) is the ideal of trace class operators and C0(H) is the ideal of finite rank operators. 2. (Due to Fialkow [3]) For A, B ∊ L(H), we write T(A, B) for the map on L(H) sending S to AS - SB. Then the range of T(A, B)is the whole L(H) if it includes all finite rank operators L(H).

Let (𝓜,g) be a Riemannian manifold and let 1, 2, 3 be mutually orthogonal distributions on 𝓜 of dimensions p1, p2,P3 such that p1 + p2 + p3 = dim 𝓜. We assume that , and 1, ⊕ 2 are integrable and that all the geodesies of 𝓜 with initial tangent vector in 2 remain tangent to 2. Then, we prove that Pontk(2, ⊕ 3) = 0 for k > p2 + 2p3, where Pontk(2, ⊕ 3) is the subspace of the Pontrjagin algebra of 2 ⊕ 3 generated by forms of degree k.

The Dedekind zeta function of an algebraic number field E determines the rational equivalence class of the trace form of E. The Hasse symbols of the trace form are related to the local Artin root numbers of the zeta function by formulas of Serre and Deligne. This is used to settle the question of which families of complex numbers appear as the local Artin root numbers of a continuous real representation of the absolute Galois group of ℚ.

If χ is a Dirichlet character to a prime-power modulus pα, then the problem of estimating an incomplete character sum of the form ∑1≤x≤h χ (x) by the method of D. A. Burgess leads to a consideration of congruences of the type

f(x)g'(x) - f'(x)g(x) ≡ 0(pα),

where fg(x) ≢ 0(p) and f, g are monic polynomials of equal degree with coefficients in Ζ. Here, a characterization of the solution-set for cubics is given in terms of explicit arithmetic progressions.

The object of this paper is to exhibit an infinite set of finite semisimple groups H, each of which is the automorphism group of some infinite group, but of no finite group. We begin the construction by choosing a finite simple group S whose outer automorphism group and Schur multiplier possess certain specified properties. The group H is a certain subgroup of Aut S which contains S. For example, most of the PSL's over a non-prime finite field are candidates for S, and in this case, H is generated by all of the inner, diagonal and graph automorphisms of S.

Let G ⊂ Aut (C) be a (finite) group of automorphisms of a curve C defined over a field K and, for each subgroup H ≤ G, let gH denote the genus of the quotient curve CH = C/H (briefly: quotient genus of H).

In this paper we show that certain idempotent relations in the rational group ring [G] imply relations between the quotient genera {gH}H=G this generalizes two theorems of Accola. Moreover, we show that in the case of char (K) = p ≠ 0, a similar statement holds for the Hasse-Witt invariants σH of the curves CH

In this paper a local ergodic theorem is proved for positive (multiparameter) superadditive processes with respect to (multiparameter) semiflows of nonsingular point transformations on a a-finite measure space. The theorem obtained here generalizes Akcoglu-Krengel's [2] local ergodic theorem for superadditive processes with respect to semiflows of measure preserving transformations. The proof is a refinement of Akcoglu-Krengel's argument in [2]. Also, ideas of Feyel [3] and the author [4], [5] are used.

This paper proves a conjecture of Loxton and Smith about the size of the exponential sum S(f;q) formed by summing exp (2πif(x)/q) over x mod q, where f is a polynomial of degree n with integer coefficients. It is shown that |S(f;q)| ≤ Cfdn(q)qe/(e+1), where e is the maximum of the orders of the complex zeros of f'. An estimate is also obtained for Cf in terms of n, e and the different of f, and a number of examples are given to show that the estimate is best possible.

We prove that a topological space X has a locally connected regular T1, extension if and only if X is the underlying topological space of a nearness space Y which is concrete, regular and uniformly locally uniformly connected.

In this paper we study when an integral domain is a finite intersection of PID or factorial overrings. We show that any Krull domain is the intersection of a PID and a field. We give several sufficient conditions for a Krull domain to be an intersection of two PID or factorial overrings.

The representation of integers by the products and quotients of the values of x(x2 + a) at integer points is considered.

It is shown that there are infinitely many natural numbers which differ from the next four greater perfect squares by a perfect square. This follows from the determination of certain families of solutions to the diophantine equation 2(b2 + 1) = a2 + c2. However, it is essentially known that any natural number with this property cannot be 1 less than a perfect square. The question whether there exists a number differing from the next five greater squares by squares is open.

It is proved that an integral domain R is a Bézout domain if (and only if) R is integrally closed and I J = {ij|i ∊ I, j ∊ J} for all ideals I and J of R; that is, if (and only if) R is an integrally closed condensed domain. The article then introduces a weakening of the "condensed" concept which, in the context of the k + M construction, is equivalent to a certain field-theoretic condition. Finally, the field extensions satisfying this condition are classified.

Let K be a field of characteristic different from two. Let L be a finite separable extension of K. If is the separable closure of K, we have a continuous homomorphism π : Ga(/K) → ∑n(n - [L : K]). We give a very short proof of Serre's formula which evaluates the Hasse-Witt invariant of a symmetric bilinear form, transferred from L, in terms of the topological Stiefel-Whitney classes of IT.