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We study fractions associated to Ford circles which are extracted by means continuous curves. We show that the extracted fractions have similar properties to Farey sequences, like the Farey sum, and we prove that every ordered sequence that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Mauricio Elizalde , Cesar Guevara

In this paper, we show that the difference between the number of parts in the odd partitions of $n$ and the number of parts in the distinct partitions of $n$ satisfies Euler's recurrence relation for the partition function $p(n)$ when $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-08 Mircea Merca

One of the most common types of functions in mathematics, physics, and engineering is a sum of products, sometimes called a partition function. After "normalization," a sum of products has a natural graphical representation, called a normal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-08-27 G. David Forney, , Pascal O. Vontobel

Writing for a general mathematical audience, we provide elementary upper and lower bounds on the growth (as a function of N) of the sum \sum_{n=1}^N (-1)^{\floor{n x}} for various fixed x. For example, if x is a quadratic irrational, then…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Kevin O'Bryant , Bruce Reznick , Monika Serbinowska

We use discrete Morse theory to determine the M\"obius function of generalized factor order. Ordinary factor order on the Kleene closure A* of a set A is the partial order defined by letting u\leq w if w contains u as a subsequence of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-08-22 Robert Willenbring

In this paper, the author considers the fractional mean field equation on a finite graph $G=(V,E)$, say \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^s u=\rho\left(\dfrac{he^u}{\int_V he^ud\mu}-\dfrac{1}{|V|}\right),\quad\forall\,x\in V, \end{equation*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Yang Liu

In this paper we are concerned with the asymptotic behavior of nonautonomous fractional approximations of oscillon equation $$ u_{tt}-\mu(t)\Delta u+\omega(t)u_t=f(u),\ x\in\Omega,\ t\in\mathbb{R}, $$ subject to Dirichlet boundary condition…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Flank D. M. Bezerra , Rodiak N. Figueroa-López , Marcelo J. D. Nascimento

We establish nontrivial bounds for bilinear sums involving the M\"obius function evaluated over solutions to a broad class of equations. Several of our results may be regarded as M\"obius-function analogues of the ternary Goldbach problem.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-11 William D. Banks , Igor E. Shparlinski

We consider the moment of quadratic twists of the M\"obius function of the form \[ S_k(X,Y) = \sum_{d\leq X} \left( \sum_{n\leq Y} \left(\frac{8d}{n}\right) \mu(n)\right)^k, \] where $\left(\frac{8d}{\cdot}\right)$ is the Kronecker symbol…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-30 Yuichiro Toma

In this paper, we study non-trivial upper bounds for the sum $\sum \limits_{n \in S} |\lambda_f(n)|$ where $f$ is a normalized Maass eigencusp form for the full modular group, $\lambda_f(n)$ is the $n$th normalized Fourier coefficient of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-10 K Venkatasubbareddy , Amrinder Kaur , Ayyadurai Sankaranarayanan

Fractional Brownian motion belongs to a class of long memory Gaussian processes that can be represented as linear functionals of an infinite dimensional Markov process. This representation leads naturally to: - An efficient algorithm to…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Philippe Carmona , Laure Coutin

Let $M_n$ be a $n \times n$ Wigner or sample covariance random matrix, and let $\mu_1(M_n), \mu_2(M_n), ..., \mu_n(M_n)$ denote the unordered eigenvalues of $M_n$. We study the fluctuations of the partial linear eigenvalue statistics $$…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-08-06 Sean O'Rourke , Alexander Soshnikov

We derive and prove an explicit formula for the sum of the fractional parts of certain geometric series. Although the proof is straightforward, we have been unable to locate any reference to this result. This summation formula allows us to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-09-15 J. J. P. Veerman , L. S. Fox , P. J. Oberly

In this study the general formula for differential and integral operations of fractional calculus via fractal operators by the method of cumulative diminution and cumulative growth is obtained. The under lying mechanism in the success of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Fevzi Buyukkilic , Zahide Ok Bayrakdar , Dogan Demirhan

A well known result in the theory of uniform distribution modulo one (which goes back to Fej\'er and Csillag) states that the fractional parts $\{n^\alpha\}$ of the sequence $(n^\alpha)_{n\ge1}$ are uniformly distributed in the unit…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Niclas Technau , Nadav Yesha

In this paper, we consider the fractional elliptic equation \begin{align*} \left\{\begin{aligned} &(-\Delta)^s u-\mu\frac{u}{|x|^{2s}} = \frac{|u|^{2_s^\ast (\alpha)-2}u}{|x|^{\alpha}} + f(x,u), && \mbox{in} \ \Omega,\\ &u=0, && \mbox{in} \…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-29 Kexue Li

We use M\"obius inversion and the Bernoulli polynomials to prove inequalities between the logarithmic summatory function of the M\"obius function and weighted averages of its ordinary summatory function.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-09-18 Michel Balazard

We set up some weighted norm inequalities for fractional oscillatory integral operators. As applications, the corresponding results for commutators formed by $BMO(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ functions and the operators are established.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-16 Shaoguang Shi , Zunwei Fu , Shanzhen Lu , Fayou Zhao

Let $ x\geq 1 $ be a large number, let $ [x]=x-\{x\} $ be the largest integer function, and let $ \varphi(n)$ be the Euler totient function. The result $ \sum_{n\leq x}\varphi([x/n])=(6/\pi^2)x\log x+O\left ( x(\log x)^{2/3}(\log\log…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-04-12 N. A. Carella

In this short, we study sums of the shape $\sum_{n\leqslant x}{f([x/n])}/{[x/n]},$ where $f$ is Euler totient function $\varphi$, Dedekind function $\Psi$, sum-of-divisors function $\sigma$ or the alternating sum-of-divisors function…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Jing Ma , Huayan Sun