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We introduce a method for calculating the divided differences of the exponential function by means of addition and removal of items from the input list to the function. Our technique exploits a new identity related to divided differences…

The results presented in this paper are refinements of some results presented in a previous paper. Three such refined results are presented. The first one relaxes one of the basic hypotheses assumed in the previous paper, and thus extends…

We compute arithmetic support of the formal deformations $D=P+tQ_1+t^2Q_2+...$ of the differential operator $P=(x\partial_x-r_1)...(x\partial_x-r_k)$, where $r_1,...,r_k\in\mathbb{Q}$ for sufficiently large primes $p$ in terms of the…

The traditional first approach to fractional calculus is via the Riemann-Liouville differintegral $_{a}D_{x}^{k}$. The intent of this paper will be to create a space $K$, pair of maps $g: C^{\omega}(\mathbb{R}) \to K$ and $g': K \to…

Fractional derivative can be defined as a fractional power of derivative. The commutator (i/h)[H, ], which is used in the Heisenberg equation, is a derivation on a set of observables. A derivation is a map that satisfies the Leibnitz rule.…

This paper studies a large class of continuous functions $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}^d$ whose range is the attractor of an iterated function system $\{S_1,\dots,S_{m}\}$ consisting of similitudes. This class includes such classical examples as…

Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^d$, $d \geq 3,$ and $f: \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a twice differentiable function with all second partial derivatives being continuous. For $1\leq i,j \leq d$, let $a_{ij} : \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow…

In calculus, l'Hopital's rule provides a simple way to evaluate the limits of quotient functions when both the numerator and denominator vanish. But what happens when we move beyond real functions on a real interval? In this article, we…

In fractional calculus there are two approaches to obtain fractional derivatives. The first approach is by iterating the integral and then defining a fractional order by using Cauchy formula to obtain Riemann fractional integrals and…

The set C of complex-valued continuous functions on [0,\infty) is a ring by the addition and the convolution. It has the quotient field Q(C), by which J. Mikusinski developed his operational calculus. In this paper, we revisit a derivation…

By considering a least squares approximation of a given square integrable function f:[0,1]^n --> R by a shifted L-statistic function (a shifted linear combination of order statistics), we define an index which measures the global influence…

The problem of recovering a diffusion coefficient $a$ in a second-order elliptic partial differential equation from a corresponding solution $u$ for a given right-hand side $f$ is considered, with particular focus on the case where $f$ is…

A heuristic formula for 5-point approximation of the first derivative of an unknown function whose values are measured with an error at unequally spaced points is proposed. The derivative at a given point is calculated using the effective…

We define the second discriminant $D_2$ of a univariate polynomial $f$ of degree greater than $2$ as the product of the linear forms $2\,r_k-r_i-r_j$ for all triples of roots $r_i, r_k, r_j$ of $f$ with $i<j$ and $j\neq k, k\neq i$. $D_2$…

Let g be a (say, sufficiently differentiable) function on the reals. One knows how to apply g to Hermitian elements A of a C* algebra. Yet the question of differentiability of the mapping A to g(A) is not trivial, since in general "A and dA…

Under general conditions, the equation $g(x,y) = 0$ implicitly defines $y$ locally as a function of $x$. In this article, we express divided differences of $y$ in terms of bivariate divided differences of $g$, generalizing a recent result…

A symmetric function of $N$ variables can be given in terms of symmetric polynomials of these variables. We determine those symmetric polynomials in which the dual differential operators take the neatest form when expressed in terms of our…

For a real-valued non-negative and log-concave function we introduce a notion of difference function; the difference function represents a functional analog on the difference body of a convex body. We prove a sharp inequality which bounds…

The compensated quotient-difference (Compqd) algorithm is proposed along with some applications. The main motivation is based on the fact that the standard quotient-difference (qd) algorithm can be numerically unstable. The Compqd algorithm…

The fundamental importance of functional differential equations has been recognized in many areas of mathematical physics, such as fluid dynamics (Hopf characteristic functional equation), quantum field theory (Schwinger-Dyson equations)…