Related papers: Variations and extensions of Croft's problem

For any real sequence {c(n)} tending to infinity as n tends to infinity, this constructs a function f which is continuous and integrable, and such that for every nonzero x, limsup c(n) f(n x) is infinite.

Does there exist an increasing absolutely continuous function, $f: [0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb R$ such that $\{x: f'(x)=0\}$ is both countable and dense? This problem was proposed by F.S. Cater about two decades ago. We give an affirmative…

This is an introduction to calculus, and its applications to basic questions from physics. We first discuss the theory of functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$, with the notion of continuity, and the construction of the derivative $f'(x)$ and…

We remark that there is no smooth function $f(x)$ on $[0, 1]$ which is flat at $0$ such that the derivative $f^{(n)}$ of any order $n\geq 0$ is positive on $(0,1]$. Moreover, the number of zeros of the $n$-th derivative $f^{(n)}$ grows to…

The Thue-Morse sequence (1, -1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 1, ...) can in a sense be naturally extended to a continuous function f called the Fabius function. It is shown how to determine the exact value of f(x) whenever x is the ratio between a…

Here is a sample of the results proved in this paper: Let $f:{\bf R}\to {\bf R}$ be a continuous function, let $\rho>0$ and let $\omega:[0,\rho[\to [0,+\infty[$ be a continuous increasing function such that $\lim_{\xi\to…

We reduce the classification of finite extensions of function fields (of curves over finite fields) with the same class number to a finite computation; complete this computation in all cases except when both curves have base field…

A function $f$ from a subset of $\R^n$ to $\R$ is continuous at the origin, if and only if $\lim_{t\to 0+} f(\bs(t))=f(\bnull)$ for all continuous paths $\bs$ with $\lim_{t\to 0+} \bs(t)=\bnull$. The continuity of $f$ can, however, be…

A nonlinear operator equation $F(x)=0$, $F:H\to H,$ in a Hilbert space is considered. Continuous Newton's-type procedures based on a construction of a dynamical system with the trajectory starting at some initial point $x_0$ and becoming…

For functions $f$ of a continuous variable in $\mathbb{R}^{+}$ we show that the Hirsch function $h_f$ equals $f$ iff $(f(f(x)) = x f(x))$ on $\mathbb{R}^{+}$, leading for continuous $f$ to $f$ = $\emptyset$ or the power function $f(x)$ =…

Let f be a nonconstant meromorphic function in the plane and h be a nonconstant elliptic function. We show that if all zeros of f are multiple exept finitely many and T(r,h)=o{T(r,f)} as r tends to infinity, then f'=h has infinitely many…

We investigate the behavior of sequences $(f(c_nx))$ for Lebesgue integrable functions $f:\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb R$. In particular, we give a~description of classes of multipliers $(c_n)$ and $(d_n)$ such that $f(c_nx)\to0$ or…

The s-th forward difference sequence that tends to zero, inspired by the consecutive terms of a sequence approaching zero, is examined in this study. Functions that take sequences satisfying this condition to sequences satisfying the same…

We consider minimization problems in the calculus of variations set in a sequence of domains the size of which tends to infinity in certain directions and such that the data only depend on the coordinates in the directions that remain…

We show that for any $k$-times continuously differentiable function $f:[a,\infty)\longrightarrow{\mathbb R}$, any integer $q\ge 0$ and any $\alpha>1$ the inequality $$\liminf_{x\to\infty} \frac{x^k \cdot\log x\cdot \log_2 x\cdot\dots\cdot…

Recently, a concept of forward continuity and a concept of forward compactness are introduced in the senses that a function $f$ is forward continuous if $\lim_{n\to\infty} \Delta f(x_{n})=0$ whenever $\lim_{n\to\infty} \Delta x_{n}=0$,\;…

The ancient unsolved problem of congruent numbers has been reduced to one of the major questions of contemporary arithmetic: the finiteness of the number of curves over $\bf Q$ which become isomorphic at every place to a given curve. We…

Let the metric space $\mathbb R^n \setminus \sim$ be the metric space of $n$-sized unordered tuples of real numbers. In the following, it will be shown that if a function $\varphi: \mathbb R^m \to \mathbb R^n \setminus \sim$ is continuous,…

We study two variations of the classical one-delta problem for entire functions of exponential type, known also as the Carath\'eodory--Fej\'er--Tur\'an problem. The first variation imposes the additional requirement that the function is…

In this short note, we establish the following result: Let $f:[0,+\infty[\to [0,+\infty[$, $\alpha:[0,1]\to ]0,+\infty[$ be two continuous functions, with $f(0)=0$. Assume that, for some $a>0$, the function $\xi\to…