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We study the distributions of the splitting primes in certain families of number fields. The first and main example is the family Pn,N of integer polynomials monic of degree n with height less or equal then N, and then let N go to infinity.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Ilaria Viglino

Given a sequence of polynomials $(p_n)_n$, an algebra of operators $\mathcal{A}$ acting in the linear space of polynomials and an operator $D_p\in \mathcal{A}$ with $D_p(p_n)=np_n$, we form a new sequence of polynomials $(q_n)_n$ by…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-07-05 Antonio J. Durán , Manuel D. de la Iglesia

Let $X_1,X_2,\ldots$ be independent and identically distributed random variables in $\mathbb{C}$ chosen from a probability measure $\mu$ and define the random polynomial $$ P_n(z)=(z-X_1)\ldots(z-X_n)\,. $$ We show that for any sequence $k…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-12-23 Marcus Michelen , Xuan-Truong Vu

The appearance of primes in a family of linear recurrence sequences labelled by a positive integer $n$ is considered. The terms of each sequence correspond to a particular class of Lehmer numbers, or (viewing them as polynomials in $n$)…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Andrew N. W. Hone , L. Edson Jeffery , Robert G. Selcoe

A numerical semigroup is a subset of the non-negative integers that is closed under addition. For a randomly generated numerical semigroup, the expected number of minimum generators can be expressed in terms of a doubly-indexed sequence of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Calvin Leng , Christopher O'Neill

We study the sequence of monic polynomials $\{S_n\}_{n\geqslant 0}$, orthogonal with respect to the Jacobi-Sobolev inner {product} \;$$ \langle f,g\rangle_{\mathsf{s}}= \int_{-1}^{1} f(x) g(x)\,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-08-14 Héctor Pijeira-Cabrera , Javier Quintero-Roba , Juan Toribio-Milane

We have presented a new axiomatic derivation of Shannon Entropy for a discrete probability distribution on the basis of the postulates of additivity and concavity of the entropy function.We have then modified shannon entropy to take account…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. G. Chakrabarti , Indranil Chakrabarty

It is well-known that the Shannon entropies of some parameterized probability distributions are concave functions with respect to the parameter. In this paper we consider a family of such distributions (including the binomial, Poisson, and…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-08-19 Ioan Rasa

We study the relative entropy of the empirical probability vector with respect to the true probability vector in multinomial sampling of $k$ categories, which, when multiplied by sample size $n$, is also the log-likelihood ratio statistic.…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-12-06 F. Richard Guo , Thomas S. Richardson

The classical problem of maximizing the Shannon entropy of a sum of independent random variables supported on a finite alphabet is considered and settled in the ternary case. Namely, the following theorem is established: if…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Mladen Kovačević

In this paper we consider the minimal polynomial $\psi_n(x)$ of $2\cos (2\pi /n)$. We introduce some polynomial sequences with the same recurrence relation as the rescaled Chebyshev polynomials $t_n(x)=2\, T_n(x/2)$ of the first kind, which…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Mamoru Doi

The discrete Fourier analysis on the $30^{\degree}$-$60^{\degree}$-$90^{\degree}$ triangle is deduced from the corresponding results on the regular hexagon by considering functions invariant under the group $G_2$, which leads to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-04 Huiyuan Li , Jiachang Sun , Yuan Xu

We study the discrete semiclassical orthogonal polynomials of class s=1. By considering all possible solutions of the Pearson equation, we obtain five canonical families. We also consider limit relations between these and other families of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Diego Dominici , Francisco Marcellan

Let $\{P_n \}_{n\ge0}$ be a sequence of monic orthogonal polynomials with respect to a quasi--definite linear functional $u$ and $\{Q_n \}_{n\ge0}$ a sequence of polynomials defined by $$Q_n(x)=P_n(x)+s_n P_{n-1}(x)+t_n P_{n-2}(x),\quad…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-09-04 M. Alfaro , F. Marcellan , A. Pena , M. L. Rezola

A method of estimating the joint probability mass function of a pair of discrete random variables is described. This estimator is used to construct the conditional Shannon-R\'eyni-Tsallis entropies estimates. From there almost sure rates of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Ba Amadou Diadie , Lo Gane Samb

In this paper we will analyze discrete probability distributions in which probabilities of particular outcomes of some experiment (microstates) can be represented by the ratio of natural numbers (in other words, probabilities are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-09-29 Marko V. Jankovic

Reliable data-driven estimation of Shannon entropy from small data sets, where the number of examples is potentially smaller than the number of possible outcomes, is a critical matter in several applications. In this paper, we introduce a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Gabriel F. A. Bastos , Jugurta Montalvão

Let $(p_n)_n$ be a sequence of orthogonal polynomials with respect to the measure $\mu$. Let $T$ be a linear operator acting in the linear space of polynomials $\PP$ and satisfying that $\dgr(T(p))=\dgr(p)-1$, for all polynomial $p$. We…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-02-06 Antonio J. Durán

We consider random walk polynomial sequences $(P_n(x))_{n\in\mathbb{N}_0}\subseteq\mathbb{R}[x]$ given by recurrence relations of the form $P_0(x)=1$, $P_1(x)=x$ and $x P_n(x)=a_n P_{n+1}(x)+c_n P_{n-1}(x)\;(n\in\mathbb{N})$, where $a_n$…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Stefan Kahler , Josef Obermaier

We consider ensembles of random polynomials of the form $p(z)=\sum_{j = 1}^N a_j P_j$ where $\{a_j\}$ are independent complex normal random variables and where $\{P_j\}$ are the orthonormal polynomials on the boundary of a bounded simply…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bernard Shiffman , Steve Zelditch