Sums of squares of integers in arithmetic progression

2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (533) ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Tom M. Apostol ◽  
Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian
Keyword(s):  
Arithmetic Progression ◽  
Sums Of Squares ◽  
Consecutive Integers ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right

The following striking identitiesare the cases n = 1,2,3,4 of a remarkable family given by G.J. Dostor [1]:where m = n(2n + 1), and n = 1, 2, … The case m = −n is trivial. If m ≠ −n there are n + 1 squares of consecutive integers on the left and n on the right. We will treat the last term (m + n)2 on the left differently, and refer to it as a transition term relating two sums of squares of n consecutive integers.

Residual Gas Reactions in the Electron Microscope: I. Qualitative Observations on the Water Gas Reaction

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 292-293
Author(s):  
Richard E. Hartman ◽  
Roberta S. Hartman ◽  
Peter L. Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Absolute Temperature ◽  
Residual Gas ◽  
Gas Reactions ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Water Gas ◽  
Thinning Rate

The action of water and the electron beam on organic specimens in the electron microscope results in the removal of oxidizable material (primarily hydrogen and carbon) by reactions similar to the water gas reaction .which has the form:The energy required to force the reaction to the right is supplied by the interaction of the electron beam with the specimen.The mass of water striking the specimen is given by:where u = gH2O/cm2 sec, PH2O = partial pressure of water in Torr, & T = absolute temperature of the gas phase. If it is assumed that mass is removed from the specimen by a reaction approximated by (1) and that the specimen is uniformly thinned by the reaction, then the thinning rate in A/ min iswhere x = thickness of the specimen in A, t = time in minutes, & E = efficiency (the fraction of the water striking the specimen which reacts with it).

Register machine proof of the theorem on exponential diophantine representation of enumerable sets

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 818-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Jones ◽  
Y. V. Matijasevič
Keyword(s):  
Natural Number ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Simple Proof ◽  
Diophantine Equations ◽  
Polynomial Equation ◽  
Exponential Diophantine Equations ◽  
Recursively Enumerable ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Exponential Relation

The purpose of the present paper is to give a new, simple proof of the theorem of M. Davis, H. Putnam and J. Robinson [1961], which states that every recursively enumerable relation A(a1, …, an) is exponential diophantine, i.e. can be represented in the formwhere a1 …, an, x1, …, xm range over natural numbers and R and S are functions built up from these variables and natural number constants by the operations of addition, A + B, multiplication, AB, and exponentiation, AB. We refer to the variables a1,…,an as parameters and the variables x1 …, xm as unknowns.Historically, the Davis, Putnam and Robinson theorem was one of the important steps in the eventual solution of Hilbert's tenth problem by the second author [1970], who proved that the exponential relation, a = bc, is diophantine, and hence that the right side of (1) can be replaced by a polynomial equation. But this part will not be reproved here. Readers wishing to read about the proof of that are directed to the papers of Y. Matijasevič [1971a], M. Davis [1973], Y. Matijasevič and J. Robinson [1975] or C. Smoryński [1972]. We concern ourselves here for the most part only with exponential diophantine equations until §5 where we mention a few consequences for the class NP of sets computable in nondeterministic polynomial time.

scholarly journals The Chaetotaxy of the Pupa of Stegomyia fasciata

1920 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. S. Macfie
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Posterior Angle ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Two Sides

The pupa is bilaterally symmetrical, that is, setae occur in similar situations on each side of the body, so that it will suffice to describe the arrangement on one side only. The setae on the two sides of the same pupa, however, often vary as regards their sub-divisions, and similar variations occur between different individuals; as an example, in Table I are shown some of the variations that were found in ten pupae taken at random. An examination of a larger number would have revealed a wider range. As a rule, a seta which is sometimes single, sometimes divided, is longer when single. For example, in one pupa the seta at the posterior angle ofthe seventh segment was single on the right side, double on the left; the former measuring 266μ, and the latter only 159μ in length. This fact is not specifically mentioned in the descriptions which follow, but should be understood.

Quotients and Inverse Limits of Spaces of Orderings

1979 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 604-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray A. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Quadratic Forms ◽  
Sums Of Squares ◽  
Inverse Limits ◽  
Witt Ring ◽  
Spaces Of Orderings ◽  
Image Position

A connection between the theory of quadratic forms defined over a given field F, and the space XF of all orderings of F is developed by A. Pfister in [12]. XF can be viewed as a set of characters acting on the group F×/ΣF×2, where ΣF×2 denotes the subgroup of F× consisting of sums of squares. Namely, each ordering P ∈ XF can be identified with the characterdefined byIt follows from Pfister's result that the Witt ring of F modulo its radical is completely determined by the pair (XF, F×/ΣF×2).

Prime Producing Quadratic Polynomials and Class-Numbers of Real Quadratic Fields

1990 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Louboutin
Keyword(s):  
Class Number ◽  
Quadratic Field ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Condition ◽  
Quadratic Polynomials ◽  
Real Quadratic Fields ◽  
Consecutive Integers ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Real Quadratic

Frobenius-Rabinowitsch's theorem provides us with a necessary and sufficient condition for the class-number of a complex quadratic field with negative discriminant D to be one in terms of the primality of the values taken by the quadratic polynomial with discriminant Don consecutive integers (See [1], [7]). M. D. Hendy extended Frobenius-Rabinowitsch's result to a necessary and sufficient condition for the class-number of a complex quadratic field with discriminant D to be two in terms of the primality of the values taken by the quadratic polynomials and with discriminant D (see [2], [7]).

On the Non-Existence of Certain Euler Products

1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-372
Author(s):  
M. V. Subbarao
Keyword(s):  
Euler Product ◽  
Product Decomposition ◽  
Euler Products ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right

In a paper with the above title, T. M. Apostol and S. Chowla [1] proved the following result:Theorem 1.For relatively prime integers h and k, l ≤ h ≤ k, the seriesdoes not admit of an Euler product decomposition, that is, an identity of the form1except when h = k = l; fc = 1, fc = 2. The series on the right is extended over all primes p and is assumed to be absolutely convergent forR(s)>1.

The rate of convergence of extremes of stationary normal sequences

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 54-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Rootzén
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Convergence ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Point Processes ◽  
Rates Of Convergence ◽  
Joint Distribution Function ◽  
Maximal Correlation ◽  
Standard Normal ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Order

Let {ξ; t = 1, 2, …} be a stationary normal sequence with zero means, unit variances, and covariances let be independent and standard normal, and write . In this paper we find bounds on which are roughly of the order where ρ is the maximal correlation, ρ =sup {0, r 1 , r 2, …}. It is further shown that, at least for m-dependent sequences, the bounds are of the right order and, in a simple example, the errors are evaluated numerically. Bounds of the same order on the rate of convergence of the point processes of exceedances of one or several levels are obtained using a ‘representation' approach (which seems to be of rather wide applicability). As corollaries we obtain rates of convergence of several functionals of the point processes, including the joint distribution function of the k largest values amongst ξ1, …, ξn.

scholarly journals A Fourth Century Head in Central Museum, Athens

1895 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right

There is among the fourth century works in the Central Museum at Athens a head found at Laurium. It is made of Parian marble but it has been completely discoloured by slag or refuse from the lead mines, and is now quite black. In its present condition it is quite impossible to obtain a satisfactory photograph of it, and the reproduction given of it in the figure is from a cast.It has been published, as far as I am aware, only in M. Kavvadias' catalogue. There it is described as a head of the Lykeian Apollo. This identification rests solely on a passage of Lucian, who mentions a statue of the Lykeian Apollo in the gymnasium at Athens.He says of it ( 7)—It will be seen from a glance at the photograph that the grounds for this identification are very slender. The left hand with the bow does not exist, and the only reason for supposing therefore that this is a head of the Lykeian Apollo consists in the fact that the right hand of the statue rests on the head. This in itself seems insufficient and, among other reasons, it is I think rendered impossible by the phrase For the hand is not idly resting, it is not a tired hand; the posture of the fingers is firm and energetic.

On the product of three non-homogeneous linear forms

1947 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Davenport
Keyword(s):  
Real Numbers ◽  
Linear Forms ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Homogeneous Linear

Let ξ, η, ζ be linear forms in u, v, w with real coefficients and determinant Δ ≠ 0. A conjecture of Minkowski, which was subsequently proved by Remak, tells us that for any real numbers a, b, c there exist integral values of u, v, w for whichand the constant ⅛ on the right is best possible.

An inequality relating means

1944 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-255
Author(s):  
J. Bronowski
Keyword(s):  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Geometric Means ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Image Position ◽  
The Right

1. Let a, b be positive constants; and let y1, y2, …, yn be real exponents, not all equal, having arithmetic mean y defined by(here, and in what follows, the summation ∑ extends over the values i = 1, 2, …, n). Then it is clear thatsince the right-hand sides are the geometric means of the positive numbers whose arithmetic means stand on the left-hand sides. I know of no results, however, which relate the ratios and and I have had occasion recently to require such results. This note gives an inequality between these ratios, subject to certain restrictions on a and b.

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