We show that if n is a positive integer and $2^{\aleph ₀}\le \aleph ₙ$, then for every positive integer m and for every real constant c > 0 there are functions $f₁,...,f_{n+m}:ℝⁿ\to ℝ$ such that $(f₁,...,f_{n+m})\left(ℝⁿ\right)={ℝ}^{n+m}$ and for every x ∈ ℝⁿ there exists a strictly increasing sequence (i₁,...,iₙ) of numbers from 1,...,n+m and a w ∈ ℤⁿ such that $(f_{i₁},...,f_{iₙ})\left(y\right)=y+w$ for $y\in x+(-c,c)\times {ℝ}^{n-1}$.

Let $X$ be a continuum and $n$ a positive integer. Let $C_n\left(X\right)$ be the hyperspace of all nonempty closed subsets of $X$ with at most $n$ components, endowed with the Hausdorff metric. For $K$ compact subset of $X$, define the hyperspace ${C_n}_K\left(X\right)=\{A\in C_n\left(X\right):K\subset A\}$. In this paper, we consider the hyperspace $C_K^n\left(X\right)=C_n\left(X\right)/{C_n}_K\left(X\right)$, which can be a tool to study the space $C_n\left(X\right)$. We study this hyperspace in the class of finite graphs and in general, we prove some properties such as: aposyndesis, local connectedness, arcwise disconnectedness, and contractibility. ...

We survey recent results concerning estimates of the principal eigenvalue of the Dirichlet $p$-Laplacian and the Navier $p$-biharmonic operator on a ball of radius $R$ in ${ℝ}^N$ and its asymptotics for $p$ approaching $1$ and $\infty$. Let $p$ tend to $\infty$. There is a critical radius $R_C$ of the ball such that the principal eigenvalue goes to $\infty$ for $0<R\le R_C$ and to $0$ for $R>R_C$. The critical radius is $R_C=1$ for any $N\in \mathbb{N}$ for the $p$-Laplacian and $R_C=\sqrt{2N}$ in the case of the $p$-biharmonic operator. When $p$ approaches $1$, the principal eigenvalue...

Let $a=(a_1,a_2,...,a_n)$ be a nonincreasing sequence of positive real numbers. Denote by $S=\{1,2,...,n\}$ the index set and by $J_k=\{I=\{r_1,r_2,...,r_k\}$, $1\le r_1<r_2<\cdots <r_k\le n\}$ the set of all subsets of $S$ of cardinality $k$, $1\le k\le n-1$. In addition, denote by $a_I=a_{r_1}+a_{r_2}+\cdots +a_{r_k}$, $1\le k\le n-1$, $1\le r_1<r_2<\cdots <r_k\le n$, the sum of $k$ arbitrary elements of sequence $a$, where $a_{I_1}=a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_k$ and $a_{I_n}=a_{n-k+1}+a_{n-k+2}+\cdots +a_n$. We consider bounds of the quantities $R{S}_k\left(a\right)=a_{I_1}/a_{I_n}$, $L{S}_k\left(a\right)=a_{I_1}-a_{I_n}$ and $S_{k,\alpha }\left(a\right)={\sum }_{I\in J_k}{a}_I^{\alpha }$ in terms of $A={\sum }_{i=1}^n{a}_i$ and $B={\sum }_{i=1}^n{a}_i^2$. Then we use the obtained results to generalize some results regarding Laplacian and normalized Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs.

Let $A$ be a bounded linear operator in a complex separable Hilbert space $\mathscr{H}$, and $S$ be a selfadjoint operator in $\mathscr{H}$. Assuming that $A-S$ belongs to the Schatten-von Neumann ideal ${𝒮}_p$ $(p>1),$ we derive a bound for ${\sum }_k{|\mathrm{R}{\lambda }_k\left(A\right)-{\lambda }_k\left(S\right)|}^p$, where ${\lambda }_k\left(A\right)$ $(k=1,2,\cdots )$ are the eigenvalues of $A$. Our results are formulated in terms of the “extended” eigenvalue sets in the sense introduced by T. Kato. In addition, in the case $p=2$ we refine the Weyl inequality between the real parts of the eigenvalues of $A$ and the eigenvalues...

Consider the $n\times n$ matrix with $(i,j)$’th entry $gcd(i,j)$. Its largest eigenvalue ${\lambda }_n$ and sum of entries $s_n$ satisfy ${\lambda }_n>s_n/n$. Because $s_n$ cannot be expressed algebraically as a function of $n$, we underestimate it in several ways. In examples, we compare the bounds so obtained with one another and with a bound from S. Hong, R. Loewy (2004). We also conjecture that ${\lambda }_n>6{\pi }^{-2}nlogn$ for all $n$. If $n$ is large enough, this follows from F. Balatoni (1969).

A space $X$ is said to have the Rothberger property (or simply $X$ is Rothberger) if for every sequence $\langle {𝒰}_n:n\in \omega \rangle$ of open covers of $X$, there exists $U_n\in {𝒰}_n$ for each $n\in \omega$ such that $X={\bigcup }_{n\in \omega }{U}_n$. For any $n\in \omega$, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for $C_p{(\Psi \left(𝒜\right),2)}^n$ to have the Rothberger property when $𝒜$ is a Mrówka mad family and, assuming CH (the Continuum Hypothesis), we prove the existence of a maximal almost disjoint family $𝒜$ for which the space $C_p{(\Psi \left(𝒜\right),2)}^n$ is Rothberger for all $n\in \omega$.

A metric continuum $X$ is said to be continuously homogeneous provided that for every two points $p,q\in X$ there exists a continuous surjective function $f:X\to X$ such that $f\left(p\right)=q$. Answering a question by W.J. Charatonik and Z. Garncarek, in this paper we show a continuum $X$ such that the hyperspace of subcontinua of $X$, $C\left(X\right)$, is not continuously homogeneous.