scholarly journals Local-moves on knots and products of knots II

Author(s):  
Louis H. Kauffman ◽  
Eiji Ogasa

We use the terms, knot product and local-move, as defined in the text of this paper. Let [Formula: see text] be an integer [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be the set of simple spherical [Formula: see text]-knots in [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be an integer [Formula: see text]. We prove that the map [Formula: see text] is bijective, where [Formula: see text]Hopf, and Hopf denotes the Hopf link. Let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be 1-links in [Formula: see text]. Suppose that [Formula: see text] is obtained from [Formula: see text] by a single pass-move, which is a local-move on 1-links. Let [Formula: see text] be a positive integer. Let [Formula: see text] denote the knot product [Formula: see text]. We prove the following: The [Formula: see text]-dimensional submanifold [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] is obtained from [Formula: see text] by a single [Formula: see text]-pass-move, which is a local-move on [Formula: see text]-submanifolds contained in [Formula: see text]. See the body of this paper for the definitions of all local-moves in this abstract. We prove the following: Let [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] be positive integers. If the [Formula: see text] torus link is pass-move-equivalent to the [Formula: see text] torus link, then the Brieskorn manifolds, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], are diffeomorphic as abstract manifolds. Let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be (not necessarily connected or spherical) 2-dimensional closed oriented submanifolds in [Formula: see text]. Suppose that [Formula: see text] is obtained from [Formula: see text] by a single ribbon-move, which is a local-move on 2-dimensional submanifolds contained in [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be an integer [Formula: see text]. We prove the following: The [Formula: see text]-submanifold [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] is obtained from [Formula: see text] by a single [Formula: see text]-pass-move, which is a local-move on [Formula: see text]-dimensional submanifolds contained in [Formula: see text].

2011 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanming Zhong ◽  
Qianrong Tan

Let v2(n) denote the 2-adic valuation of any positive integer n. Recently, Farhi introduced a curious arithmetic function f defined for any positive integer n by [Formula: see text]. Farhi showed that the inequality [Formula: see text] with c = 4.01055487… holds for all positive integer n and conjectured that one can replace the upper bound cn by 4n in this inequality. In this paper, we show two identities about the product [Formula: see text] and then use it to prove partially Farhi's conjecture. Finally, we propose a conjecture from which the truth of Farhi's conjecture can be deduced. In particular, we confirm the truth of our conjecture for all positive integers n up to 100000 by using Matlab 7.1.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 1813
Author(s):  
S. Subburam ◽  
Lewis Nkenyereye ◽  
N. Anbazhagan ◽  
S. Amutha ◽  
M. Kameswari ◽  
...  

Consider the Diophantine equation yn=x+x(x+1)+⋯+x(x+1)⋯(x+k), where x, y, n, and k are integers. In 2016, a research article, entitled – ’power values of sums of products of consecutive integers’, primarily proved the inequality n= 19,736 to obtain all solutions (x,y,n) of the equation for the fixed positive integers k≤10. In this paper, we improve the bound as n≤ 10,000 for the same case k≤10, and for any fixed general positive integer k, we give an upper bound depending only on k for n.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 975-980
Author(s):  
Zhongyan Shen ◽  
Tianxin Cai

Abstract In 2014, Wang and Cai established the following harmonic congruence for any odd prime p and positive integer r, $$\sum_{\begin{subarray}{c}i+j+k=p^{r}\\ i,j,k\in\mathcal{P}_{p}\end{subarray}}\frac{1}{ijk}\equiv-2p^{r-1}B_{p-3} \quad\quad(\text{mod} \,\, {p^{r}}),$$ where $ \mathcal{P}_{n} $ denote the set of positive integers which are prime to n. In this note, we obtain the congruences for distinct odd primes p, q and positive integers α, β, $$ \sum_{\begin{subarray}{c}i+j+k=p^{\alpha}q^{\beta}\\ i,j,k\in\mathcal{P}_{2pq}\end{subarray}}\frac{1}{ijk}\equiv\frac{7}{8}\left(2-% q\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{q^{3}}\right)p^{\alpha-1}q^{\beta-1}B_{p-3}\pmod{p^{% \alpha}} $$ and $$ \sum_{\begin{subarray}{c}i+j+k=p^{\alpha}q^{\beta}\\ i,j,k\in\mathcal{P}_{pq}\end{subarray}}\frac{(-1)^{i}}{ijk}\equiv\frac{1}{2}% \left(q-2\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{q^{3}}\right)p^{\alpha-1}q^{\beta-1}B_{p-3}% \pmod{p^{\alpha}}. $$


1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark Kimberling

Associated with any irrational numberα>1and the functiong(n)=[αn+12]is an array{s(i,j)}of positive integers defined inductively as follows:s(1,1)=1,s(1,j)=g(s(1,j−1))for allj≥2,s(i,1)=the least positive integer not amongs(h,j)forh≤i−1fori≥2, ands(i,j)=g(s(i,j−1))forj≥2. This work considers algebraic integersαof degree≥3for which the rows of the arrays(i,j)partition the set of positive integers. Such an array is called a Stolarsky array. A typical result is the following (Corollary 2): ifαis the positive root ofxk−xk−1−…−x−1fork≥3, thens(i,j)is a Stolarsky array.


1961 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Rankin

For any positive integers n and v letwhere d runs through all the positive divisors of n. For each positive integer k and real x > 1, denote by N(v, k; x) the number of positive integers n ≦ x for which σv(n) is not divisible by k. Then Watson [6] has shown that, when v is odd,as x → ∞; it is assumed here and throughout that v and k are fixed and independent of x. It follows, in particular, that σ (n) is almost always divisible by k. A brief account of the ideas used by Watson will be found in § 10.6 of Hardy's book on Ramanujan [2].


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Raza ◽  
Hafsa Masood Malik

Let [Formula: see text] be any positive integers such that [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is a square free positive integer of the form [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] The main focus of this paper is to find the fundamental solution of the equation [Formula: see text] with the help of the continued fraction of [Formula: see text] We also obtain all the positive solutions of the equations [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] by means of the Fibonacci and Lucas sequences.Furthermore, in this work, we derive some algebraic relations on the Pell form [Formula: see text] including cycle, proper cycle, reduction and proper automorphism of it. We also determine the integer solutions of the Pell equation [Formula: see text] in terms of [Formula: see text] We extend all the results of the papers [3, 10, 27, 37].


2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-252
Author(s):  
ARTŪRAS DUBICKAS

AbstractLetx0<x1<x2< ⋅⋅⋅ be an increasing sequence of positive integers given by the formulaxn=⌊βxn−1+ γ⌋ forn=1, 2, 3, . . ., where β > 1 and γ are real numbers andx0is a positive integer. We describe the conditions on integersbd, . . .,b0, not all zero, and on a real number β > 1 under which the sequence of integerswn=bdxn+d+ ⋅⋅⋅ +b0xn,n=0, 1, 2, . . ., is bounded by a constant independent ofn. The conditions under which this sequence can be ultimately periodic are also described. Finally, we prove a lower bound on the complexity function of the sequenceqxn+1−pxn∈ {0, 1, . . .,q−1},n=0, 1, 2, . . ., wherex0is a positive integer,p>q> 1 are coprime integers andxn=⌈pxn−1/q⌉ forn=1, 2, 3, . . . A similar speculative result concerning the complexity of the sequence of alternatives (F:x↦x/2 orS:x↦(3x+1)/2) in the 3x+1 problem is also given.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-395
Author(s):  
Jiramate Punpim ◽  
Somphong Jitman

Triangular numbers have been of interest and continuously studied due to their beautiful representations, nice properties, and various links with other figurate numbers. For positive integers n and l, the nth l-isosceles triangular number is a generalization of triangular numbers defined to be the arithmetic sum of the formT(n, l) = 1 + (1 + l) + (1 + 2l) + · · · + (1 + (n − 1)l).In this paper, we focus on characterizations and identities for isosceles triangular numbers as well as their links with other figurate numbers. Recursive formulas for constructions of isosceles triangular numbers are given together with necessary and sufficient conditions for a positive integer to be a sum of isosceles triangular  numbers. Various identities for isosceles triangular numbers are established. Results on triangular numbers can be viewed as a special case.


2009 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Lengyel

International audience Let $n$ and $k$ be positive integers, $d(k)$ and $\nu_2(k)$ denote the number of ones in the binary representation of $k$ and the highest power of two dividing $k$, respectively. De Wannemacker recently proved for the Stirling numbers of the second kind that $\nu_2(S(2^n,k))=d(k)-1, 1\leq k \leq 2^n$. Here we prove that $\nu_2(S(c2^n,k))=d(k)-1, 1\leq k \leq 2^n$, for any positive integer $c$. We improve and extend this statement in some special cases. For the difference, we obtain lower bounds on $\nu_2(S(c2^{n+1}+u,k)-S(c2^n+u,k))$ for any nonnegative integer $u$, make a conjecture on the exact order and, for $u=0$, prove part of it when $k \leq 6$, or $k \geq 5$ and $d(k) \leq 2$. The proofs rely on congruential identities for power series and polynomials related to the Stirling numbers and Bell polynomials, and some divisibility properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 27th... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenny Tevlin

International audience This paper contains two results. First, I propose a $q$-generalization of a certain sequence of positive integers, related to Catalan numbers, introduced by Zeilberger, see Lassalle (2010). These $q$-integers are palindromic polynomials in $q$ with positive integer coefficients. The positivity depends on the positivity of a certain difference of products of $q$-binomial coefficients.To this end, I introduce a new inversion/major statistics on lattice walks. The difference in $q$-binomial coefficients is then seen as a generating function of weighted walks that remain in the upper half-plan. Cet document contient deux résultats. Tout d’abord, je vous propose un $q$-generalization d’une certaine séquence de nombres entiers positifs, liés à nombres de Catalan, introduites par Zeilberger (Lassalle, 2010). Ces $q$-integers sont des polynômes palindromiques à $q$ à coefficients entiers positifs. La positivité dépend de la positivité d’une certaine différence de produits de $q$-coefficients binomial.Pour ce faire, je vous présente une nouvelle inversion/major index sur les chemins du réseau. La différence de $q$-binomial coefficients est alors considérée comme une fonction de génération de trajets pondérés qui restent dans le demi-plan supérieur.


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