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Asymptotic solutions of the generalized Fermat-type equation of signature (p,p,3) over totally real number fields 完全实数域上签名为 (p,p,3) 的广义费马方程的渐近解
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.020
Satyabrat Sahoo , Narasimha Kumar
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On torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over quartic, quintic and sextic number fields
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.017
Mustafa Umut Kazancıoğlu, Mohammad Sadek
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Complex numbers with a prescribed order of approximation and Zaremba's conjecture
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.010
Gerardo González Robert, Mumtaz Hussain, Nikita Shulga
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On prime numbers and quadratic forms represented by positive-definite, primitive quadratic forms
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.014
Yves Martin
{"title":"On prime numbers and quadratic forms represented by positive-definite, primitive quadratic forms","authors":"Yves Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this note we show that every positive-definite, integral, primitive, <em>n</em>-ary quadratic form with <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span> represents infinitely many prime numbers and infinitely many primitive, non-equivalent, <em>m</em>-ary quadratic forms for each <span><math><mn>2</mn><mo>≤</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>. We do so via an inductive argument which only requires to know the statement for <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span> (proved by H. Weber in 1882), and elementary linear algebra. The result on the representation of prime numbers by <em>n</em>-ary quadratic forms for arbitrary <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>&gt;</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span> can be deduced from theorems already known, but the proof below is more direct and seems to be new in the literature. As an application we establish a non-vanishing result for Fourier-Jacobi coefficients of Siegel modular forms of any degree, level and Dirichlet character, subject to a condition on the conductor of the character.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Number Theory","volume":"274 ","pages":"Pages 26-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Relative sizes of iterated sumsets
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.007
Noah Kravitz
{"title":"Relative sizes of iterated sumsets","authors":"Noah Kravitz","doi":"10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Let <em>hA</em> denote the <em>h</em>-fold sumset of a subset <em>A</em> of an abelian group. Resolving a problem of Nathanson, we show that for any prescribed permutations <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>H</mi></mrow></msub><mo>∈</mo><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, there exist finite subsets <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>⊆</mo><mi>Z</mi></math></span> such that for each <span><math><mn>1</mn><mo>≤</mo><mi>h</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>H</mi></math></span>, the relative order of the quantities <span><math><mo>|</mo><mi>h</mi><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>|</mo><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><mo>|</mo><mi>h</mi><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>|</mo></math></span> is given by <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. We also establish extensions where <span><math><mi>Z</mi></math></span> is replaced by any other infinite abelian group or where one prescribes some equalities (not only inequalities) among the sumset sizes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Number Theory","volume":"272 ","pages":"Pages 113-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Upper bounds on large deviations of Dirichlet L-functions in the q-aspect
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.009
Louis-Pierre Arguin, Nathan Creighton
{"title":"Upper bounds on large deviations of Dirichlet L-functions in the q-aspect","authors":"Louis-Pierre Arguin,&nbsp;Nathan Creighton","doi":"10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We prove a result on the large deviations of the central values of even primitive Dirichlet <em>L</em>-functions with a given modulus. For <span><math><mi>V</mi><mo>∼</mo><mi>α</mi><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>q</mi></math></span> with <span><math><mn>0</mn><mo>&lt;</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>&lt;</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>, we show that<span><span><span><math><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>φ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mi>#</mi><mrow><mo>{</mo><mi>χ</mi><mtext> even, primitive mod </mtext><mi>q</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mrow><mo>|</mo><mi>L</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>χ</mi><mo>,</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>|</mo></mrow><mo>&gt;</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>}</mo></mrow><mspace></mspace><mo>≪</mo><mfrac><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mfrac><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>V</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><mrow><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></mfrac></mrow></msup></mrow><mrow><msqrt><mrow><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>q</mi></mrow></msqrt></mrow></mfrac><mo>.</mo></math></span></span></span> This yields the sharp upper bound for the fractional moments of central values of Dirichlet <em>L</em>-functions proved by Gao, upon noting that the number of even, primitive characters with modulus <em>q</em> is <span><math><mfrac><mrow><mi>φ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac><mo>+</mo><mi>O</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span>. The proof is an adaptation to the <em>q</em>-aspect of the recursive scheme developed by Arguin, Bourgade and Radziwiłł for the local maxima of the Riemann zeta function, and applied by Arguin and Bailey to the large deviations in the <em>t</em>-aspect. We go further and get bounds on the case where <span><math><mi>V</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>o</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. These bounds are not expected to be sharp, but the discrepancy from the Central Limit Theorem estimate grows very slowly with <em>q</em>. The method involves a formula for the twisted mollified second moment of central values of Dirichlet <em>L</em>-functions, building on the work of Iwaniec and Sarnak.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50110,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Number Theory","volume":"273 ","pages":"Pages 96-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Square patterns in dynamical orbits
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.004
Vefa Goksel , Giacomo Micheli
{"title":"Square patterns in dynamical orbits","authors":"Vefa Goksel ,&nbsp;Giacomo Micheli","doi":"10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jnt.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let &lt;em&gt;q&lt;/em&gt; be an odd prime power. Let &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;f&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;∈&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;[&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;x&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;]&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; be a polynomial having degree at least 2, &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;∈&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and denote by &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;f&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;n&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;-th iteration of &lt;em&gt;f&lt;/em&gt;. Let &lt;em&gt;χ&lt;/em&gt; be the quadratic character of &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;O&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;f&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the forward orbit of &lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt; under iteration by &lt;em&gt;f&lt;/em&gt;. Suppose that the sequence &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;χ&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;f&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;n&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;n&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;≥&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is periodic, and &lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt; is its period. Assuming a mild and generic condition on &lt;em&gt;f&lt;/em&gt;, we show that, up to a constant depending on &lt;em&gt;d&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt; can be bounded from below by &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;mo&gt;|&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;O&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;f&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;|&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;/&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mfrac&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;log&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;⁡&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;log&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;⁡&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/mfrac&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as &lt;em&gt;q&lt;/em&gt; grows. More informally, we prove that the period of the appearance of squares in an orbit of an element provides an upper bound for the size of the orbit itself. Using a similar method, we can also prove that, up to a constant depending on &lt;em&gt;d&lt;/em&gt;, we cannot have more than &lt;span&gt;&lt;math&gt;&lt;msup&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mfrac&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;log&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;⁡&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;msub&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mi&gt;log&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;mrow&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msub&gt;&lt;mo&gt;⁡&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/mfrac&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/msup&gt;&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt; consecutive squares or non-squares in the forward orbit of &lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt;. In addition, using geometric tools from global function field theory such as abc theorem, we provide a classification of all polynomials for which our generic condition does not hold, making the results effective. Interestingly enough, our condition is purely geometrical, while our final results are completely arithmetical. As a corollary, this paper removes most of the hypothesis of (Ostafe, Shparlinski. 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An asymptotic formula involving the triple divisor function
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.011
Guangwei Hu , Chenran Xu
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Some improvements on the Davenport-Heilbronn method
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.013
Konstantinos Kydoniatis
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Heights of rational points on Mordell curves
IF 0.6 3区 数学
Journal of Number Theory Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2025.01.012
Alan Zhao
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