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In this article we give, for the fist time the solution of the general difference equation of 2-degree. We also give as application the expansion of a continued fraction into series, which was first proved, found in the past by the author.
It is an open problem to determine the dimension of the space of homogeneous polynomials of a fixed degree vanishing at finitely many points in the projective plane to certain multiplicities. We present various aspects of this problem and a…
The Hurwitz problem of composition of quadratic forms, or of "sum of squares identity" is tackled with the help of a particular class of $(\mathbb{Z}_2)^n$-graded non-associative algebras generalizing the octonions. This method provides an…
We present here a probabilistic approach to the generation of new polynomials in two discrete variables. This extends our earlier work on the 'classical' orthogonal polynomials in a previously unexplored direction, resulting in the…
This paper constructs a Riemann surface associated to the icosahedron and discusses the geodesics associated to a flat metric on this surface. Because of the icosahedral symmetry, this is a distinguished special case of the example treated…
In this paper a fourth order finite difference ghost point method for the Poisson equation on regular Cartesian mesh is presented. The method can be considered the high order extension of the second ghost method introduced earlier by the…
We show that the problem to decide whether two (convex) polytopes, given by their vertex-facet incidences, are combinatorially isomorphic is graph isomorphism complete, even for simple or simplicial polytopes. On the other hand, we give a…
Student appreciation of a function is enhanced by understanding the graphical representation of that function. From the real graph of a polynomial, students can identify real-valued solutions to polynomial equations that correspond to the…
A novel method has been introduced to solve a point inclusion in a polygon problem. The method is applicable to convex as well as non-convex polygons which are not self-intersecting. The introduced method is independent of rounding off…
The direct geodesic problem on an oblate spheroid is described as an initial value problem and is solved numerically in geodetic and Cartesian coordinates. The geodesic equations are formulated by means of the theory of differential…
Consider the $n$th degree polynomial equation, $X^n+A_{n-1}X^{n-1}+...+A_1X+A_0=0$ over the ring of 2 by 2 complex matrices. If this equation has more than ${2n \choose 2}$ solutions, then it has infinitely many solutions. We show here that…
Analytic description of the evolution of cosmic ray showers is dominated by the Greisen equation nearly five decades old. We present an alternative approach with several advantages. Among the new features are a prediction of the…
In classical invariant theory, the Gr\"obner base of the ideal of syzygies and the normal forms of polynomials of invariants are two core contents. To improve the performance of invariant theory in symbolic computing of classical geometry,…
In this paper we obtain a new parametric solution of the problem of finding two triads of biquadrates with equal sums and equal products.
In this paper, we bring a complete solution to the Ovals problem, as formulated in [3] and [24].
Adomian decomposition method is used for solving the seventh order boundary value problems. The approximate solutions of the problems are calculated in the form of a rapid convergent series and not at grid points. Two numerical examples…
We show the 3 by 3 magic square of squares problem equivalent to solving quartic polynomials with certain factorization constraints over an abelian extension of the rationals. We analyze a particular case in which said extension is assumed…
We analyze the polynomial solutions of the linear differential equation $p_2(x)y''+p_1(x)y'+p_0(x)y=0$ where $p_j(x)$ is a $j^{\rm th}$-degree polynomial. We discuss all the possible polynomial solutions and their dependence on the…
We extend the famous diophantine Frobenius problem to the case of polynomials over a field $k$. Similar to the classical problem, we show that the $n=2$ case of the Frobenius problem for polynomials is easy to solve. In addition, we…
The idea of this review article is to discuss in a unified way the orthogonality of all positive definite polynomial solutions of the $q$-hypergeometric difference equation on the $q$-linear lattice by means of a qualitative analysis of the…