We consider a rational function $f$ which is ‘lacunary’ in the sense that it can be expressed as the ratio of two polynomials (not necessarily coprime) having each at most a given number $\ell$ of terms. Then we look at the possible decompositions $f\left(x\right)=g\left(h\right(x\left)\right)$, where $g,h$ are rational functions of degree larger than 1. We prove that, apart from certain exceptional cases which we completely describe, the degree of $g$ is bounded only in terms of $\ell$ (and we provide explicit bounds). This supports and quantifies...

Let $X$ be the wonderful compactification of a connected adjoint semisimple group $G$ defined over a number field $K$. We prove Manin’s conjecture on the asymptotic (as $T\to \infty$) of the number of $K$-rational points of $X$ of height less than $T$, and give an explicit construction of a measure on $X\left(𝔸\right)$, generalizing Peyre’s measure, which describes the asymptotic distribution of the rational points $𝐆\left(K\right)$ on $X\left(𝔸\right)$. Our approach is based on the mixing property of $L^2(𝐆\left(K\right)\setminus 𝐆\left(𝔸\right))$ which we obtain with a rate of convergence. ...

Let $f$ be a dominant rational map of ${\mathbb{P}}^k$ such that there exists $s\<k$ with ${\lambda }_s\left(f\right)\>{\lambda }_l\left(f\right)$ for all $l$. Under mild hypotheses, we show that, for $A$ outside a pluripolar set of $\mathrm{Aut}\left({\mathbb{P}}^k\right)$, the map $f\circ A$ admits a hyperbolic measure of maximal entropy $log{\lambda }_s\left(f\right)$ with explicit bounds on the Lyapunov exponents. In particular, the result is true for polynomial maps hence for the homogeneous extension of $f$ to ${\mathbb{P}}^{k+1}$. This provides many examples where non uniform hyperbolic dynamics is established. One of the key tools is to approximate...

We show that the system of equations $t_x+t_y=t_p,t_y+t_z=t_q,t_x+t_z=t_r$, where $t_x=x(x+1)/2$ is a triangular number, has infinitely many solutions in integers. Moreover, we show that this system has a rational three-parameter solution. Using this result we show that the system $t_x+t_y=t_p,t_y+t_z=t_q,t_x+t_z=t_r,t_x+t_y+t_z=t_s$ has infinitely many rational two-parameter solutions.

Let f be meromorphic on the compact set E ⊂ C with maximal Green domain of meromorphy $E_{\rho \left(f\right)}$, ρ(f) < ∞. We investigate rational approximants $r_{n,mₙ}$ of f on E with numerator degree ≤ n and denominator degree ≤ mₙ. We show that a geometric convergence rate of order $\rho {\left(f\right)}^{-n}$ on E implies uniform maximal convergence in m₁-measure inside $E_{\rho \left(f\right)}$ if mₙ = o(n/log n) as n → ∞. If mₙ = o(n), n → ∞, then maximal convergence in capacity inside $E_{\rho \left(f\right)}$ can be proved at least for a subsequence Λ ⊂ ℕ. Moreover, an analogue...

Let $D$ be a division ring finite dimensional over its center $F$. The goal of this paper is to prove that for any positive integer $n$ there exists $a\in D^{\left(n\right)},$ the $n$th multiplicative derived subgroup such that $F\left(a\right)$ is a maximal subfield of $D$. We also show that a single depth-$n$ iterated additive commutator would generate a maximal subfield of $D.$

In this note, we prove that there is no transcendental entire function $f\left(z\right)\in \mathbb{Q}\left[\right[z\left]\right]$ such that $f\left(\mathbb{Q}\right)\subseteq \mathbb{Q}$ and $\mathrm{den}f(p/q)=F\left(q\right)$, for all sufficiently large $q$, where $F\left(z\right)\in \mathbb{Z}\left[z\right]$.

In 1955, Roth established that if $\xi$ is an irrational number such that there are a positive real number $\epsilon$ and infinitely many rational numbers $p/q$ with $q\ge 1$ and $|\xi -p/q|\&lt;q^{-2-\epsilon }$, then $\xi$ is transcendental. A few years later, Cugiani obtained the same conclusion with $\epsilon$ replaced by a function $q\mapsto \epsilon \left(q\right)$ that decreases very slowly to zero, provided that the sequence of rational solutions to $|\xi -p/q|\&lt;q^{-2-\epsilon \left(q\right)}$ is sufficiently dense, in a suitable sense. We give an alternative, and much simpler, proof of Cugiani’s Theorem and extend it...

We consider a variety of Euler’s sum of powers conjecture, i.e., whether the Diophantine system $$\left\{\begin{array}{c}n=a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_{s-1},\hfill \\ a_1{a}_2\cdots a_{s-1}(a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_{s-1})=b^s\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ has positive integer or rational solutions $n$, $b$, $a_i$, $i=1,2,\cdots ,s-1$, $s\ge 3.$ Using the theory of elliptic curves, we prove that it has no positive integer solution for $s=3$, but there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that it has a positive integer solution for $s\ge 4$. As a corollary, for $s\ge 4$ and any positive integer $n$, the above Diophantine system has a positive rational solution. Meanwhile, we give conditions...

Let $X$ be a uniruled projective manifold and let $x$ be a general point. The main result of [2] says that if the $(-K_X)$-degrees (i.e., the degrees with respect to the anti-canonical bundle of $X$) of all rational curves through $x$ are at least $dimX+1$, then $X$ is a projective space. In this paper, we study the structure of $X$ when the $(-K_X)$-degrees of all rational curves through $x$ are at least $dimX$. Our study uses the projective variety ${𝒞}_x\subset \mathbb{P}{T}_x\left(X\right)$, called the VMRT at $x$, defined as the union of tangent directions to the...

Consider a recurrence sequence ${\left(x_k\right)}_{k\in \mathbb{Z}}$ of integers satisfying $x_{k+n}=a_{n-1}{x}_{k+n-1}+...+a₁x_{k+1}+a₀x_k$, where $a₀,a₁,...,a_{n-1}\in \mathbb{Z}$ are fixed and a₀ ∈ -1,1. Assume that $x_k>0$ for all sufficiently large k. If there exists k₀∈ ℤ such that $x_{k₀}<0$ then for each negative integer -D there exist infinitely many rational primes q such that $q|x_k$ for some k ∈ ℕ and (-D/q) = -1.

Let ${\left(f_{\lambda }\right)}_{\lambda \in \Lambda }$ be a holomorphic family of rational mappings of degree $d$ on ${\mathbb{P}}^1\left(ℂ\right)$, with $k$ marked critical points $c_1,...,c_k$. To this data is associated a closed positive current $T_1\wedge \cdots \wedge T_k$ of bidegree $(k,k)$ on $\Lambda$, aiming to describe the simultaneous bifurcations of the marked critical points. In this note we show that the support of this current is accumulated by parameters at which $c_1,...,c_k$ eventually fall on repelling cycles. Together with results of Buff, Epstein and Gauthier, this leads to a complete characterization of $\mathrm{Supp}(T_1\wedge \cdots \wedge T_k)$. ...

We obtain an estimate on the average cardinality (d,s,a) of the value set of any family of monic polynomials in ${}_q\left[T\right]$ of degree d for which s consecutive coefficients $a=(a_{d-1},...,a_{d-s})$ are fixed. Our estimate asserts that $(d,s,a)={\mu }_{d}q+\left(q^{1/2}\right)$, where ${\mu }_d:={\sum }_{r=1}^d\left({(-1)}^{r-1}\right)/(r!)$. We also prove that $₂(d,s,a)=\mu {²}_{d}q²+\left(q^{3/2}\right)$, where ₂(d,s,a) is the average second moment of the value set cardinalities for any family of monic polynomials of ${}_q\left[T\right]$ of degree d with s consecutive coefficients fixed as above. Finally, we show that $₂(d,0)=\mu {²}_{d}q²+\left(q\right)$, where ₂(d,0) denotes the average second moment for...

Let $𝒜$ be a commutative algebraic group defined over a number field $k$. We consider the following question:A complete answer for the case of the multiplicative group ${𝔾}_m$ is classical. We study other instances and in particular obtain an affirmative answer when $r$ is a prime and $𝒜$ is either an elliptic curve or a torus of small dimension with respect to $r$. Without restriction on the dimension of a torus, we produce an example showing that the answer can be negative even when $r$ is a prime. ...

In this paper we introduce the concept of $\tau$-extending modules by $\tau$-rational submodules and study some properties of such modules. It is shown that the set of all $\tau$-rational left ideals of ${}_{R}R$ is a Gabriel filter. An $R$-module $M$ is called $\tau$-extending if every submodule of $M$ is $\tau$-rational in a direct summand of $M$. It is proved that $M$ is $\tau$-extending if and only if $M=Re{j}_{M}E(R/\tau \left(R\right))\oplus N$, such that $N$ is a $\tau$-extending submodule of $M$. An example is given to show that the direct sum of $\tau$-extending modules need not...

Let $f:{\mathbb{P}}^k\to {\mathbb{P}}^k$ be a dominating rational mapping of first algebraic degree $\lambda \ge 2$. If $S$ is a positive closed current of bidegree $(1,1)$ on ${\mathbb{P}}^k$ with zero Lelong numbers, we show – under a natural dynamical assumption – that the pullbacks ${\lambda }^{-n}{\left(f^n\right)}^{*}S$ converge to the Green current $T_f$. For some families of mappings, we get finer convergence results which allow us to characterize all $f^{*}$-invariant currents.