The conjecture by Steklov was solved negatively by Rakhmanov in 1979. His original proof was based on the formula for orthogonal polynomial obtained by adding point masses to the measure of orthogonality. In this note, we show how this polynomial can be obtained by applying the method developed recently for proving the sharp lower bounds for the problem by Steklov.
We prove a sharp Lieb-Thirring type inequality for Jacobi matrices, thereby settling a conjecture of Hundertmark and Simon. An interesting feature of the proof is that it employs a technique originally used by Hundertmark-Laptev-Weidl concerning sums of singular values for compact operators.
After recalling the various tautological algebras of the moduli space of curves and some of its partial compactifications and stating several well-known results and conjectures concerning these algebras, we prove that the natural extension to the case of pointed curves of a 1996 conjecture of Hain and Looijenga is true if and only if two of the stated conjectures are true.
We prove some refinements of concentration compactness principle for Sobolev space $W^{1,n}$ on a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$. As an application, we extend Aubins theorem for functions on $mathbb{S}^{n}$ with zero first order moments of the area element to higher order moments case. Our arguments are very flexible and can be easily modified for functions satisfying various boundary conditions or belonging to higher order Sobolev spaces.
In this note, we look at some of the less explored aspects of the gamma function. We provide a new proof of Eulers reflection formula and discuss its significance in the theory of special functions. We also discuss a result of Landau concerning the determination of values of the gamma function using functional identities. We show that his result is sharp and extend it to complex arguments. In 1848, Oskar Schlomilch gave an interesting additive analogue of the duplication formula. We prove a generalized version of this formula using the theory of hypergeometric functions.
A simple proof of Ramanujans formula for the Fourier transform of the square of the modulus of the Gamma function restricted to a vertical line in the right half-plane is given. The result is extended to vertical lines in the left half-plane by solving an inhomogeneous ODE. We then use it to calculate the jump across the imaginary axis.