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In this short note we prove by a counter-example that Theorem 3.2 in the paper "A study on concave optimization via canonical dual function" by J. Zhu, S. Tao, D. Gao is false; moreover, we give a very short proof for Theorem 3.1 in the…
In this addendum to [4], we provide a pair of counterexamples relevant to the theory of implicit operations. More precisely, we exhibit a pp expansion of a variety that fails to be a variety (although it is a quasivariety). Furthermore, we…
We prove Polya's conjecture of 1943: For a real entire function of order greater than 2, with finitely many non-real zeros, the number of non-real zeros of the n-th derivative tends to infinity with n. We use the saddle point method and…
In this paper we give an ordinal analysis of the theory of second order arithmetic. We do this by working with proof trees -- that is, "deductions" which may not be well-founded. Working in a suitable theory, we are able to represent…
Let P be a distinguished unary predicate and K= {M: M a model of cardinality aleph_n with P^M of cardinality aleph_0}. We prove that consistently for n=4, for some countable first order theory T we have: T has no model in K whereas every…
Provides a counterexample to a long standing conjecture of A. Adem regarding the behaviour of the integral cohomology of a p-group.
We show that if there exists a counter example for the rational case of the Franks-Misiurewicz conjecture, then it must exhibit unbounded deviations in the complementary direction of its rotation set.
In his 2008 thesis, Tateno claimed a counterexample to the Bonato-Tardif conjecture regarding the number of equimorphy classes of trees. In this paper we revisit Tateno's unpublished ideas to provide a rigorous exposition, constructing…
In this paper we propose counterexamples to the Geometrization Conjecture and the Elliptization Conjecture.
Khabibullin's conjecture for integral inequalities has two numeric parameters $n$ and $\alpha$ in its statement, $n$ being a positive integer and $\alpha$ being a positive real number. This conjecture is already proved in the case where…
A conjecture of Woods from 1972 is disproved.
The rank of tensors is not additive with respect to the direct sum.
This paper proves the existence of a dichotomy which being formally derived from the topological successiveness of w-order leads to the same absurdity of Zeno's Dichotomy II. It also derives a contradictory result from the first Zeno's…
In this paper we are concerned with a Gordan-type theorem involving an arbitrary number of inequality functions. We not only state its validity under a weak convexity assumption on the functions, but also show it is an optimal result. We…
In the present paper, we provide five counterexamples to show directly the Jumarie's formulae are not true for non-differentiable continuous functions.
In this paper we determine a class of entire functions using conditions on their odd and even parts. Further it is shown that the zeros of members of this class are localized in a very special way. This result allows us to treat a…
A very short proof of G\"odel's second incompleteness theorem (for set theory, second order arithmetic etc.)
We disprove a 2002 conjecture of Dombi from additive number theory. More precisely, we find examples of sets $A \subset \mathbb{N}$ with the property that $\mathbb{N} \setminus A$ is infinite, but the sequence $n \rightarrow |\{ (a,b,c) \,…
We derive a family of $L^p$ estimates of the X-Ray transform of positive measures in $\mathbb R^d$, which we use to construct a $\log R$-loss counterexample to the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture for every $C^2$ hypersurface in $\mathbb R^d$…
We prove a form of the $\cos \pi \rho$ theorem which gives strong estimates for the minimum modulus of a transcendental entire function of order zero. We also prove a generalisation of a result of Hinkkanen that gives a sufficient condition…