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In the first part, we consider generalized quadratic Gauss sums as finite analogues of the Jacobi theta function, and the reciprocity law for Gauss sums as their transformation formula. We attach finite Dirichlet series to Gauss sums using…
The number $\frac{\pi ^{2}}{6}$ is involved in the variance of several distributions in statistics. At the same time it holds $\sum\nolimits_{k=1}^{\infty }k^{-2}= \frac{\pi ^{2}}{6}$, which solves the famous Basel problem. We first provide…
The problem of finding an explicit formula for the probability density function of two zero mean correlated normal random variables dates back to 1936. Perhaps surprisingly, this problem was not resolved until 2016. This is all the more…
The transformations of the sum identities for generalized harmonic and oscillatory numbers, obtained earlier in our recent report [1], enable us to derive the new identities expressed in terms of the corresponding square roots of x. At…
We present a genuinely non-radial quantum-mechanical route by which $\pi$ emerges from equatorial localization on the sphere. For the highest-weight branch of spherical harmonics, this localization is captured by a natural geometric…
In 1971 J. Stallings introduced a generalisation of amalgamated products of groups -- called a pregroup, which is a particular kind of a partial group. He defined the universal group U(P) of a pregroup P to be a universal object (in the…
We prove L^p estimates for a class of two-dimensional multilinear forms that naturally generalize (dyadic variants of) both classical paraproducts and the twisted paraproduct introduced in [5] and studied in [1] and [6]. The method we use…
In this paper, using some arithmetic properties of Jacobi sums, we investigate some products involving Jacobi sums and reveal the connections between these products and certain cyclotomic matrices. In particular, as an application of our…
Teaching the noncommutativity of the product of matrices to high school or college level students is a difficult task when approached from a purely formal perspective. The aim of this paper is to present a simple experimental activity for…
Let $p$ be a prime. Let $A$ and $B$, $A \ge B \ge 0$, be integers with base $p$ expansions $A = \alpha_i\alpha_{i-1}\dots \alpha_0$ and $B = \beta_i\beta_{i-1}\dots \beta_0$. Lucas proved that $$\binom{A}{B} \equiv…
This paper deals with two notions: a polarized partition relations $\left( \begin{array}{c} \alpha \beta \end{array} \right) \to \left( \begin{array}{cc} \gamma & \eta \delta & \lambda \end{array} \right)$ and product of generalized strong…
The classical Mertens' formula states that $ \prod_{p\le N}\big(1-\frac1p)^{-1}\sim e^\gamma\log N, $ where the product is over all primes $p$ less than or equal to $N$, and $\gamma$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. By the Euler product…
E661 in the Enestrom index. This was originally published as "Variae considerationes circa series hypergeometricas" (1776). In this paper Euler is looking at the asymptotic behavior of infinite products that are similar to the Gamma…
Expanding upon recent work, a new class of $A$-functions is introduced that can be viewed as an appropriate generalization of the class of regular $A$-functions, the class of structured $A$-functions, and the class of perfect $A$-functions.…
A slight modification to Halmos' definition of product of measures yields a uniquely characterized associative product. The operation applies to arbitrary (not necessarily $\sigma-$finite) measures and is consistent with the Fubini--Tonelli…
The Dirichlet lambda function $\lambda(s)$ is defined for $\mathrm{Re}(s) > 1$ by \[ \lambda(s) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(2n+1)^s}. \] This function was initially studied by Euler on the real line, where he denoted it by $N(s)$. In…
Let $m\ge 1$ be a rational integer. We give an explicit formula for the mean value $$\frac{2}{\phi(f)}\sum_{\chi (-1)=(-1)^m}\vert L(m,\chi )\vert^2,$$ where $\chi$ ranges over the $\phi (f)/2$ Dirichlet characters modulo $f>2$ with the…
A large-scale experiment was conducted to find formulas relating to the base $e^\pi$. The numbers in this base are $$x = \sum_{n=0}^\infty {a(n)\over e^{\pi n}}$$ where $a(n)$ is taken from the OEIS catalog. These experiments were inspired…
By employing certain extended classical summation theorems, several surprising \pi and other formulae are displayed.
We establish two new direct product theorems for the randomized query complexity of Boolean functions. The first shows that computing $n$ copies of a function $f$, even with a small success probability of $\gamma^n$, requires $\Theta(n)$…