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This paper is the first in a series of two dedicated to the study of period relations of the type $$ L(\frac{1}{2}+k,\Pi)\;\in\;(2\pi i)^{d\cdot k}\Omega_{(-1)^k}{\mathbb Q}(\Pi),\quad \frac{1}{2}+k\;\text{critical}, $$ for certain…

Let $G$ be a nonempty bounded domain in a finite-dimensional Euclidean space. The main results are general estimates from below at points from $G$ for an arbitrary subharmonic function $u\not\equiv -\infty$ on the closure of the domain $G$…

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We show that the three-dimensional primitive equations admit a strong time-periodic solution of period $T>0$, provided the forcing term $f\in L^2(0,\mathcal T; L^2(\Omega))$ is a time-periodic function of the same period. No restriction on…

We study ordinary differential equations of the type $u^{(n)}(t)=f(u(t))$ with initial conditions $u(0) = u'(0) =... = u^{(m-1)}(0) = 0 $ and $u^{(m)}(0) \neq 0$ where $m \geq n$, no additional assumption is made on $f$. We establish some…

We consider the problem of finding the shortest possible period for an exactly periodic solution to some given autonomous ordinary differential equation. We show that, given a pair of Lyapunov-like observable functions defined over the…

We consider the Neumann problem for the equation $u_{xx}+\lambda f(u)=0$ in the punctured interval $(-1,1) \setminus \{0\}$, where $\lambda>0$ is a bifurcation parameter and $f(u)=u-u^3$. At $x=0$, we impose the conditions…

We establish the best (minimum) constant for Ulam stability of first-order linear $h$-difference equations with a periodic coefficient. First, we show Ulam stability and find the Ulam stability constant for a first-order linear equation…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ be a nonempty and open set, then for all $f, g, h\in \mathscr{C}^{2}(\Omega)$ we have \begin{multline*} \diff{2}{x}(f\cdot g\cdot h) -f\diff{2}{x}(g\cdot h)-g\diff{2}{x}(f\cdot h)-h\diff{2}{x}(f\cdot g) +…

I define central functions c(g) and c'(g) in quantum field theory, useful to study the flow of the numbers of vector, spinor and scalar degrees of freedom from the UV limit to the IR limit and basic ingredients for a description of quantum…

We are interested in the differential equation $\ddot u(t) = -A u(t) - c A \dot u(t) + \lambda u(t) + F(t,u(t))$, where $c > 0$ is a damping factor, $A$ is a sectorial operator and $F$ is a continuous map. We consider the situation where…

The existence or non-existence of positive orthogonal functions for subspaces of almost periodic functions has important applications in studying the oscillatory behavior of vibrations. Cazenave, Haraux and Komornik have obtained a number…

For any positive integer n, a new family of periodic functions in power series form and of period n is used to solve in closed form a class of polynomial equation of order n. The n roots are the values of the appropriate function from that…

A \emph{quasi-polynomial} is a function defined of the form $q(k) = c_d(k) k^d + c_{d-1}(k) k^{d-1} + ... + c_0(k)$, where $c_0, c_1, ..., c_d$ are periodic functions in $k \in \Z$. Prominent examples of quasi-polynomials appear in…

A function on a (generally infinite) graph $\G$ with values in a field $K$ of characteristic 2 will be called {\it harmonic} if its value at every vertex of $\G$ is the sum of its values over all adjacent vertices. We consider binary…

The second order partial difference equation of two variables $ \CD u:= A_{1,1}(x) \Delta_1 \nabla_1 u + A_{1,2}(x) \Delta_1 \nabla_2 u + A_{2,1}(x) \Delta_2 \nabla_1 u + A_{2,2}(x) \Delta_2 \nabla_2 u & \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad + B_1(x)…

For a prime $p$ and an integer $x$, the $p$-adic valuation of $x$ is denoted by $\nu_{p}(x)$. For a polynomial $Q$ with integer coefficients, the sequence of valuations $\nu_{p}(Q(n))$ is shown to be either periodic or unbounded. The first…

We study the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$-\Delta u + V(x) u = g(x,u),$$ where V and g are periodic in x. We assume that 0 is a right boundary point of the essential spectrum of $-\Delta+V$. The superlinear and subcritical…

We consider the rational potentials of the one-dimensional mechanical systems, which have a family of periodic solutions with the same period (isochronous potentials). We prove that up to a shift and adding a constant all such potentials…

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…