We consider the Massera-Schäffer problem for the equation $$-y^{\text{'}}\left(x\right)+q\left(x\right)y\left(x\right)=f\left(x\right),x\in ℝ,$$ where $f\in L_p^{\mathrm{loc}}\left(ℝ\right),$ $p\in [1,\infty )$ and $0\le q\in L_1^{\mathrm{loc}}\left(ℝ\right).$ By a solution of the problem we mean any function $y,$ absolutely continuous and satisfying the above equation almost everywhere in $ℝ.$ Let positive and continuous functions $\mu \left(x\right)$ and $\theta \left(x\right)$ for $x\in ℝ$ be given. Let us introduce the spaces $$\begin{array}{cc}\hfill L_p(ℝ,\mu )& =\left\{f\in L_p^{\mathrm{loc}}{\left(ℝ\right):\parallel f\parallel }_{L_p(ℝ,\mu )}^p={\int }_{-\infty }^{\infty }{\left|\mu \left(x\right)f\left(x\right)\right|}^p\mathrm{d}x<\infty \right\},\\ \hfill L_p(ℝ,\theta )& =\left\{f\in L_p^{\mathrm{loc}}{\left(ℝ\right):\parallel f\parallel }_{L_p(ℝ,\theta )}^p={\int }_{-\infty }^{\infty }{\left|\theta \left(x\right)f\left(x\right)\right|}^p\mathrm{d}x<\infty \right\}.\end{array}$$ We obtain requirements to the functions $\mu$, $\theta$ and $q$ under which (1) for every function $f\in L_p(ℝ,\theta )$ there exists a unique solution $y\in L_p(ℝ,\mu )$ of the above equation; (2) there is an absolute constant...

We consider the linear system $|2{\Theta }_0|$ of second order theta functions over the Jacobian $JC$ of a non-hyperelliptic curve $C$. A result by J.Fay says that a divisor $D\in |2{\Theta }_0|$ contains the origin $𝒪\in JC$ with multiplicity $4$ if and only if $D$ contains the surface $C-C=\left\{𝒪\right(p-q)\mid p,q\in C\}\subset JC$. In this paper we generalize Fay’s result and some previous work by R.C.Gunning. More precisely, we describe the relationship between divisors containing $𝒪$ with multiplicity $6$, divisors containing the fourfold $C_2-C_2=\{𝒪(p+q-r-s)\mid p,q,r,s\in C\}$, and divisors singular along $C-C$, using...

Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $\&gt;2$. Consider the dual pair $H={\mathrm{SO}}_{2m},G={\mathrm{Sp}}_{2n}$ over $X$ with $H$ split. Write ${\mathrm{Bun}}_G$ and ${\mathrm{Bun}}_H$ for the stacks of $G$-torsors and $H$-torsors on $X$. The theta-kernel ${\mathrm{Aut}}_{G,H}$ on ${\mathrm{Bun}}_G\times {\mathrm{Bun}}_H$ yields theta-lifting functors $F_G:\mathrm{D}\left({\mathrm{Bun}}_H\right)\to \mathrm{D}\left({\mathrm{Bun}}_G\right)$ and $F_H:\mathrm{D}\left({\mathrm{Bun}}_G\right)\to \mathrm{D}\left({\mathrm{Bun}}_H\right)$ between the corresponding derived categories. We describe the relation of these functors with Hecke operators. In two particular cases these functors realize the geometric Langlands functoriality for the above pair (in the non...

Let $(M,\theta )$ be a compact CR manifold of dimension $2n+1$ with a contact form $\theta$, and $L=(2+2/n){\Delta }_b+R$ its associated CR conformal laplacien. The CR Yamabe conjecture states that there is a contact form $\tilde{\theta }$ on $M$ conformal to $\theta$ which has a constant Webster curvature. This problem is equivalent to the existence of a function $u$ such that $Lu=u^{1+2/n}$, $u>0$ on $M$. D. Jerison and J. M. Lee solved the CR Yamabe problem in the case where $n\ge 2$ and $(M,\theta )$ is not locally CR equivalent to the sphere $S^{2n+1}$ of ${𝐂}^n$. In a join work with R. Yacoub, the CR Yamabe...

The notion of $\beta$-normality was introduced and studied by Arhangel’skii, Ludwig in 2001. Recently, almost $\beta$-normal spaces, which is a simultaneous generalization of $\beta$-normal and almost normal spaces, were introduced by Das, Bhat and Tartir. We introduce a new generalization of normality, namely weak $\beta$-normality, in terms of $\theta$-closed sets, which turns out to be a simultaneous generalization of $\beta$-normality and $\theta$-normality. A space $X$ is said to be weakly $\beta$-normal (w$\beta$-normal$)$ if for every...

We introduce the cardinal invariant $\theta$-$a{L}^{\text{'}}\left(X\right)$, related to $\theta$-$aL\left(X\right)$, and show that if $X$ is Urysohn, then $\left|X\right|\le 2^{\theta \text{-}a{L}^{\text{'}}\left(X\right)\chi \left(X\right)}$. As $\theta$-$a{L}^{\text{'}}\left(X\right)\le aL\left(X\right)$, this represents an improvement of the Bella-Cammaroto inequality. We also introduce the classes of firmly Urysohn spaces, related to Urysohn spaces, strongly semiregular spaces, related to semiregular spaces, and weakly $H$-closed spaces, related to $H$-closed spaces.

Let $M(X,𝒜)$ ($M^{*}(X,𝒜)$) be the $f$-ring of all (bounded) real-measurable functions on a $T$-measurable space $(X,𝒜)$, let $M_K(X,𝒜)$ be the family of all $f\in M(X,𝒜)$ such that $\mathrm{coz}\left(f\right)$ is compact, and let $M_{\infty }(X,𝒜)$ be all $f\in M(X,𝒜)$ that $\{x\in X:|f\left(x\right)|\ge \frac{1}{n}\}$ is compact for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$. We introduce realcompact subrings of $M(X,𝒜)$, we show that $M^{*}(X,𝒜)$ is a realcompact subring of $M(X,𝒜)$, and also $M(X,𝒜)$ is a realcompact if and only if $(X,𝒜)$ is a compact measurable space. For every nonzero real Riesz map $\varphi :M(X,𝒜)\to ℝ$, we prove that there is an element $x_0\in X$ such that $\varphi \left(f\right)=f\left(x_0\right)$ for every $f\in M(X,𝒜)$ if $(X,𝒜)$ is a compact measurable space....

Let $𝔞\subseteq ℂ[x_1,...,x_n]$ be a monomial ideal and $𝒥\left({𝔞}^c\right)$ the multiplier ideal of $𝔞$ with coefficient $c$. Then $𝒥\left({𝔞}^c\right)$ is also a monomial ideal of $ℂ[x_1,...,x_n]$, and the equality $𝒥\left({𝔞}^c\right)=𝔞$ implies that $0<c<n+1$. We mainly discuss the problem when $𝒥\left(𝔞\right)=𝔞$ or $𝒥\left({𝔞}^{n+1-\epsilon }\right)=𝔞$ for all $0<\epsilon <1$. It is proved that if $𝒥\left(𝔞\right)=𝔞$ then $𝔞$ is principal, and if $𝒥\left({𝔞}^{n+1-\epsilon }\right)=𝔞$ holds for all $0<\epsilon <1$ then $𝔞=(x_1,...,x_n)$. One global result is also obtained. Let $\widetilde{𝔞}$ be the ideal sheaf on ${\mathbb{P}}^{n-1}$ associated with $𝔞$. Then it is proved that the equality $𝒥\left(\widetilde{𝔞}\right)=\widetilde{𝔞}$ implies that $\widetilde{𝔞}$ is principal.

Let $G$ be a finite group and $p$ a prime number. We prove that if $G$ is a finite group of order $\left|\mathrm{PSL}\right(2,p^2\left)\right|$ such that $G$ has an irreducible character of degree $p^2$ and we know that $G$ has no irreducible character $\theta$ such that $2p\mid \theta \left(1\right)$, then $G$ is isomorphic to $\mathrm{PSL}(2,p^2)$. As a consequence of our result we prove that $\mathrm{PSL}(2,p^2)$ is uniquely determined by the structure of its complex group algebra.

Let $f\left(x\right)$ be a cubic, monic and separable polynomial over a field of characteristic $p\ge 3$ and let $E$ be the elliptic curve given by $y^2=f\left(x\right)$. In this paper we prove that the coefficient at $x^{\frac{1}{2}p(p-1)}$ in the $p$–th division polynomial of $E$ equals the coefficient at $x^{p-1}$ in $f{\left(x\right)}^{\frac{1}{2}(p-1)}$. For elliptic curves over a finite field of characteristic $p$, the first coefficient is zero if and only if $E$ is supersingular, which by a classical criterion of Deuring (1941) is also equivalent to the vanishing of the second coefficient. So the...