Nonconservative Unimodular Gravity: Gravitational Waves

Unimodular gravity is characterized by an extra condition with respect to general relativity, i.e., the determinant of the metric is constant. This extra condition leads to a more restricted class of invariance by coordinate transformation: The symmetry properties of unimodular gravity are governed by the transverse diffeomorphisms. Nevertheless, if the conservation of the energy–momentum tensor is imposed in unimodular gravity, the general relativity theory is recovered with an additional integration constant which is associated to the cosmological term Λ. However, if the energy–momentum tensor is not conserved separately, a new geometric structure appears with potentially observational signatures. In this text, we consider the evolution of gravitational waves in a nonconservative unimodular gravity, showing how it differs from the usual signatures in the standard model. As our main result, we verify that gravitational waves in the nonconservative version of unimodular gravity are strongly amplified during the evolution of the universe.

A Note on Small Amplitude Limit Cycles of Liénard Equations Theory

In this paper, we demonstrate using a counterexample for a theorem of the small amplitude limit cycles in some Liénard systems and show that that there will be no solutions unless we add an extra condition. A new condition is derived for some specific Liénard systems where a violation of the small amplitude limit cycles theorem takes place.

A Combinatorial Approach to the Stirling Numbers of the First Kind with Higher Level

In this paper, we investigate a generalization of the classical Stirling numbers of the first kind by considering permutations over tuples with an extra condition on the minimal elements of the cycles. The main focus of this work is the analysis of combinatorial properties of these new objects. We give general combinatorial identities and some recurrence relations. We also show some connections with other sequences such as poly-Cauchy numbers with higher level and central factorial numbers. To obtain our results, we use pure combinatorial arguments and classical manipulations of formal power series.

Edgeworth Expansion for the Whittle Maximum Likelihood Estimator of Linear Regression Processes with Long Memory Residuals

We establish an Edgeworth expansion for the distribution of the Whittle maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter of a time series generated by a linear regression model with Gaussian, stationary, and long-memory residuals. This is done by imposing an extra condition on coefficients of the regression model in addition to the standard conditions imposed on the the spectral density function and the parameter values and making use of the results of Andrews et al. (2005), who provided an Edgeworth expansion for the residual component.

About the number of τ-numbers relative to polynomials with integer coefficients

We show that for all polynomials Q(x) with integer coefficients, that satisfy the extra condition |Q(0) · Q(1) | ≠ 1, there are infinitely many positive integers n such that n is a τ-number relative to the polynomial Q(x). We also find some examples of polynomials Q(x) for which 1 is the only τ-number relative to the polynomial Q(x) and some examples of polynomials Q(x) with |Q(0) · Q(1)|= 1, which have infinitely many positive integers n such that n is a τ-number relative to the polynomial Q(x). In addition, we prove one result about the generators of a τ-number.

Quasi-multipliers on topological semigroups and their Stone–Čech compactification

In this paper, we introduce and study the notion of quasi-multipliers on a semi-topological semigroup [Formula: see text]. The set of all quasi-multipliers on [Formula: see text] is denoted by [Formula: see text]. First, we study the problem of extension of quasi-multipliers on topological semigroups to its Stone–Čech compactification. Indeed, we prove if [Formula: see text] is a topological semigroup such that [Formula: see text] is pseudocompact, then [Formula: see text] can be regarded as a subset of [Formula: see text] Moreover, with an extra condition we describe [Formula: see text] as a quotient subsemigroup of [Formula: see text] Finally, we investigate quasi-multipliers on topological semigroups, its relationship with multipliers and give some concrete examples.

Retraction of the paper entitled “Lepton number violation in a unified framework“

Computations of the primordial black hole (PBH) mass function discussed in the literature have conceptual issues. They stem from the fact that the mass function is a differential quantity and the standard criterion of the PBH formation from the seed primordial fluctuations cannot be directly applied to the computation of the differential quantities. We propose a new criterion of the PBH formation, which is the addition of one extra condition to the existing one. By doing this, we derive a formal expression of the PBH mass function without introducing any ambiguous interpretations that exist in the previous studies. Once the underlying primordial fluctuations are specified, the PBH mass function can be in principle determined by the new formula. As a demonstration of our formulation, we compute the PBH mass function analytically for the case where the perturbations are Gaussian and the space is 1 dimension.

Bielliptic smooth plane curves and quadratic points

Let [Formula: see text] be a smooth plane curve of degree [Formula: see text] defined over a global field [Formula: see text] of characteristic [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] (up to an extra condition on [Formula: see text]). Unless the curve is bielliptic of degree four, we observe that it always admits finitely many quadratic points. We further show that there are only finitely many quadratic extensions [Formula: see text] when [Formula: see text] is a number field, in which we may have more points of [Formula: see text] than these over [Formula: see text]. In particular, we have this asymptotic phenomenon valid for Fermat’s and Klein’s equations. Second, we conjecture that there are two infinite sets [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] of isomorphism classes of smooth projective plane quartic curves over [Formula: see text] with a prescribed automorphism group, such that all members of [Formula: see text] (respectively [Formula: see text]) are bielliptic and have finitely (respectively infinitely) many quadratic points over a number field [Formula: see text]. We verify the conjecture over [Formula: see text] for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. The analog of the conjecture over global fields with [Formula: see text] is also considered.

A Noniterative Simultaneous Rigid Registration Method for Serial Sections of Biological Tissues

In this paper, we propose a novel noniterative algorithm to simultaneously estimate optimal rigid transformations for serial section images, which is a key component in performing volume reconstructions of serial sections of biological tissue. To avoid the error accumulation and propagation caused by current algorithms, we add an extra condition: that the positions of the first and last section images should remain unchanged. This constrained simultaneous registration problem has not previously been solved. Our solution is noniterative; thus, it can simultaneously compute rigid transformations for a large number of serial section images in a short time. We demonstrate that our algorithm obtains optimal solutions under ideal conditions and shows great robustness under nonideal circumstances. Further, we experimentally show that our algorithm outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of speed and accuracy.