Non-homogeneous binary cubic forms

1951 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Bambah
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
The Other ◽  
Real Numbers ◽  
Cubic Form ◽  
Homogeneous Form ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Cubic Forms

1. Let f(x1, x2, …, xn) be a homogeneous form with real coefficients in n variables x1, x2, …, xn. Let a1, a2, …, an be n real numbers. Define mf(a1, …, an) to be the lower bound of | f(x1 + a1, …, xn + an) | for integers x1, …, xn. Let mf be the upper bound of mf(a1, …, an) for all choices of a1, …, an. For many forms f it is known that there exist estimates for mf in terms of the invariants alone of f. On the other hand, it follows from a theorem of Macbeath* that no such estimates exist if the regionhas a finite volume. However, for such forms there may be simple estimates for mf dependent on the coefficients of f; for example, Chalk has conjectured that:If f(x,y) is reduced binary cubic form with negative discriminant, then for any real a, b there exist integers x, y such that

Set-theoretical basis for real numbers

1950 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-247
Author(s):  
Hao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Real Numbers ◽  
Full Generality ◽  
Ordered Field ◽  
Other Hand

In [1] we have considered a certain system L and shown that although its axioms are considerably weaker than those of [2], it suffices for purposes of the topics covered in [2]. The purpose of the present paper is to consider the system L more carefully and to show that with suitably chosen definitions for numbers, the ordinary theory of real numbers is also obtainable in it. For this purpose, we shall indicate that we can prove in L a certain set of twenty axioms used by Tarski which are sufficient for the arithmetic of real numbers and are to the effect that real numbers form a complete ordered field. Indeed, we cannot prove in L all Tarski's twenty axioms in their full generality. One of them, stating in effect that every bounded class of real numbers possesses a least upper bound, can only be proved as a metatheorem which states that every bounded nameable class of real numbers possesses a least upper bound. However, all the other nineteen axioms can be proved in L without any modification.This result may be of some interest because the axioms of L are considerably weaker than those commonly employed for the same purpose. In L variables need to take as values only classes each of whose members has no more than two members. In other words, only classes each with no more than two members are to be elements. On the other hand, it is usual to assume for the purpose of natural arithmetic that all finite classes are elements, and, for the purpose of real arithmetic, that all enumerable classes are elements.

scholarly journals The -transformation with a hole at 0

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 2482-2514
Author(s):  
CHARLENE KALLE ◽  
DERONG KONG ◽  
NIELS LANGEVELD ◽  
WENXIA LI
Keyword(s):  
Hausdorff Dimension ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
The Other ◽  
Bifurcation Set ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Accumulation Points ◽  
Isolated Points ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Doubling Map ◽  
Null Set

For $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2]$ the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}$-transformation $T_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}:[0,1)\rightarrow [0,1)$ is defined by $T_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}(x)=\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}x\hspace{0.6em}({\rm mod}\hspace{0.2em}1)$. For $t\in [0,1)$ let $K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}(t)$ be the survivor set of $T_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ with hole $(0,t)$ given by $$\begin{eqnarray}K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}(t):=\{x\in [0,1):T_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}^{n}(x)\not \in (0,t)\text{ for all }n\geq 0\}.\end{eqnarray}$$ In this paper we characterize the bifurcation set $E_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ of all parameters $t\in [0,1)$ for which the set-valued function $t\mapsto K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}(t)$ is not locally constant. We show that $E_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ is a Lebesgue null set of full Hausdorff dimension for all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2)$. We prove that for Lebesgue almost every $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2)$ the bifurcation set $E_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ contains infinitely many isolated points and infinitely many accumulation points arbitrarily close to zero. On the other hand, we show that the set of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2)$ for which $E_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ contains no isolated points has zero Hausdorff dimension. These results contrast with the situation for $E_{2}$, the bifurcation set of the doubling map. Finally, we give for each $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2)$ a lower and an upper bound for the value $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of $K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}(t)$ is positive if and only if $t<\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}$. We show that $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}}\leq 1-(1/\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD})$ for all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}\in (1,2)$.

Upward directedness of the Rudin-Keisler ordering of p-points

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-456
Author(s):  
Claude Laflamme
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Related Question ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
New Construction

It has been proven by Blass [1973] that any two P-points which have a P-point as a common upper bound in the Rudin-Keisler (RK) ordering necessarily have a common lower bound (necessarily a P-point). Hence two nonisomorphic Ramsey ultrafilters have neither a common lower nor a common upper bound which is a P-point. So in a model of CH for example (or MA, P(c),…), the RK ordering restricted to P-points is neither upward nor downward directed, since it is well known that nonisomorphic Ramsey ultrafilters exist in such models. On the other hand, we will see that in the model for “near coherence of filters” (NCF) produced by Blass and Shelah [1985], the RK ordering of P-points is upward, hence downward directed. This shows that the question of directedness of the RK ordering of P-points, upward or downward, cannot be decided in ZFC.There is a related question, asked by Blass in [1973], whether two P-points which have a common lower bound necessarily have a common upper bound which is a P-point. Our main result establishes the independence of this statement relative to ZFC. Its consistency will follow as soon as we show that the RK ordering of P-points is upward directed in the NCF model mentioned above, which we do in §2. But its independence will require a new construction, and will be given in §3.

scholarly journals A BOUND FOR THE INDEX OF A QUADRATIC FORM AFTER SCALAR EXTENSION TO THE FUNCTION FIELD OF A QUADRIC

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Scully
Keyword(s):  
Quadratic Form ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Function Field ◽  
The Other ◽  
Direct Generalization ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
General Field ◽  
The One ◽  
Anisotropic Quadratic Form

Let $q$ be an anisotropic quadratic form defined over a general field $F$. In this article, we formulate a new upper bound for the isotropy index of $q$ after scalar extension to the function field of an arbitrary quadric. On the one hand, this bound offers a refinement of an important bound established in earlier work of Karpenko–Merkurjev and Totaro; on the other hand, it is a direct generalization of Karpenko’s theorem on the possible values of the first higher isotropy index. We prove its validity in two key cases: (i) the case where $\text{char}(F)\neq 2$, and (ii) the case where $\text{char}(F)=2$ and $q$ is quasilinear (i.e., diagonalizable). The two cases are treated separately using completely different approaches, the first being algebraic–geometric, and the second being purely algebraic.

Isolated minima of the product of n linear forms

1953 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Linear Forms ◽  
Image Position

Letbe n linear forms with real coefficients and determinant Δ = ∥ aij∥ ≠ 0; and denote by M(X) the lower bound of | X1X2 … Xn| over all integer sets (u) ≠ (0). It is well known that γn, the upper bound of M(X)/|Δ| over all sets of forms Xi, is finite, and the value of γn has been determined when n = 2 and n = 3.

On functional Nörlund methods

1970 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Integral Transformations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Nörlund Means ◽  
The One ◽  
Image Position

Integral transformations analogous to the Nörlund means have been introduced and investigated by Kuttner, Knopp and Vanderburg(6), (5), (4). It is known that with any regular Nörlund mean (N, p) there is associated a functionregular for |z| < 1, and if we have two Nörlund means (N, p) and (N, r), where (N, pr is regular, while the function is regular for |z| ≤ 1 and different) from zero at z = 1, then q(z) = r(z)p(z) belongs to a regular Nörlund mean (N, q). Concerning Nörlund means Peyerimhoff(7) and Miesner (3) have recently obtained the relation between the convergence fields of the Nörlund means (N, p) and (N, r) on the one hand and the convergence field of the Nörlund mean (N, q) on the other hand.

scholarly journals Distribution of rational points on the real line

1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Algebraic Number ◽  
Rational Number ◽  
Real Line ◽  
Rational Points ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liouville Numbers ◽  
The Real ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Image Position

It is well known that no rational number is approximable to order higher than 1. Roth [3] showed that an algebraic number is not approximable to order greater than 2. On the other hand it is easy to construct numbers, the Liouville numbers, which are approximable to any order (see [2], p. 162). We are led to the question, “Let Nn(α, β) denote the number of distinct rational points with denominators ≦ n contained in an interval (α, β). What is the behaviour of Nn(α, + 1/n) as α varies on the real line?” We shall prove that and that there are “compressions” and “rarefactions” of rational points on the real line.

Sublattices and Initial Segments of the Degrees of Unsolvability

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Thomason
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Lattice Theory ◽  
Initial Segment ◽  
Finite Lattice ◽  
Equivalence Relations ◽  
Finite Lattices ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Degrees Of Unsolvability

In this paper we shall prove that every finite lattice is isomorphic to a sublattice of the degrees of unsolvability, and that every one of a certain class of finite lattices is isomorphic to an initial segment of degrees.Acknowledgment. I am grateful to Ralph McKenzie for his assistance in matters of lattice theory.1. Representation of lattices. The equivalence lattice of the set S consists of all equivalence relations on S, ordered by setting θ ≦ θ’ if for all a and b in S, a θ b ⇒ a θ’ b. The least upper bound and greatest lower bound in are given by the ⋃ and ⋂ operations:

Configuration of Quadrivalent Atoms

1929 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-221
Author(s):  
T. M. Lowry
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Tetrahedral Configuration ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Metallic Atom ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Function Change ◽  
The One ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Octahedral Configuration ◽  
As If

Two alternative views have been expressed in regard to the configuration of quadrivalent atoms. On the one hand le Bel and van't Hoff assigned to quadrivalent carbon a tetrahedral configuration, which has since been confirmed by the X-ray analysis of the diamond. On the other hand, Werner in 1893 adopted an octahedral configuration for radicals of the type MA6, e.g. inand then suggested that “the molecules [MA4]X2 are incomplete molecules [MA6]X2. The radicals [MA4] result from the octahedrally-conceived radicals [MA6] by loss of two groups A, but with no function-change of the acid residue…. They behave as if the bivalent metallic atom in the centre of the octahedron could no longer bind all six of the groups A and lost two of them leaving behind the fragment [MA4]” (p. 303).

A System of Linear Equations with an Infinity of Unknowns

1924 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-286
Author(s):  
E. C. Titchmarsh
Keyword(s):  
Present Note ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
The Other ◽  
System Of Linear Equations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Monotonic Character

I have collected in the present note some theorems regarding the solution of a certain system of linear equations with an infinity of unknowns. The general form of the equations isthe numbers a1, a2, … c1, c2, … being given. Equations of this type are of course well known; but in studying them it is generally assumed that the series depend for convergence on the convergence-exponent of the sequences involved, e.g. that and are convergent. No assumptions of this kind are made here, and in fact the series need not be absolutely convergent. On the other hand rather special assumptions are made with regard to the monotonic character of the sequences an and cn.

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