For a finite poset $P=(X,{\preceq})$ the fractional weak discrepancy of P, denoted $wd_F(P)$, is the minimum value t for which there is a function $f:X{\rightarrow}{\mathbb{R}}$ satisfying (1) $f(x)+1{\leq}f(y)$ whenever $x{\prec}y$ and (2) ${\mid}f(x)-f(y){\mid}{\leq}t$ whenever $x{\parallel}y$. In this paper, we determine the range of the fractional weak discrepancy of (M, 2)-free posets for $M{\geq}5$, which is a problem asked in [9]. More precisely, we showed that (1) the range of the fractional weak discrepancy of (M, 2)-free interval orders is $W=\{{\frac{r}{r+1}}:r{\in}{\mathbb{N}}{\cup}\{0\}\}{\cup}\{t{\in}{\mathbb{Q}}:1{\leq}t<M-3\}$ and (2) the range of the fractional weak discrepancy of (M, 2)-free non-interval orders is $\{t{\in}{\mathbb{Q}}:1{\leq}t<M-3\}$. The result is a generalization of a well-known result for semiorders and the main result for split semiorders of [9] since the family of semiorders is the family of (4, 2)-free posets.

We compute the second cohomology of the affine Lie algebra aff(1) on the dimensional real space with coefficients in the space ${\mathcal{D}}^n_{{\underline{\lambda}},{\mu}}$ of n-ary linear differential operators acting on weighted densities where ${\underline{\lambda}}=({\lambda}_1,{\ldots},{\lambda}_n)$. We explicitly give 2-cocycles spanning these cohomology.

Rings in which all accessible subrings are ideals are called filial. A ring R is called fully filial if all its subrings are filial (that is rings in which the relation of being an ideal is transitive). The present paper is devoted to the study of fully filial torsion rings. We prove a classification theorem for semiprime fully filial torsion rings.

A graph theoretical model called Roman domination in graphs originates from the historical background that any undefended place (with no legions) of the Roman Empire must be protected by a stronger neighbor place (having two legions). It is applicable to military and commercial decision-making problems. A Roman dominating function for a graph G = (V, E) is a function $f:V{\rightarrow}\{0,1,2\}$ such that every vertex v with f(v)=0 has at least a neighbor w in G for which f(w)=2. The Roman domination number of a graph is the minimum weight ${\sum}_{v{\in}V}\;f(v)$ of a Roman dominating function. In order to deal a problem of a Roman domination-type defensive strategy under multiple simultaneous attacks, ${\acute{A}}lvarez$-Ruiz et al. [1] initiated the study of a new parameter related to Roman dominating function, which is called strong Roman domination. ${\acute{A}}lvarez$-Ruiz et al. posed the following problem: Characterize the graphs G with equal strong Roman domination number and Roman domination number. In this paper, we construct a family of trees. We prove that for a tree, its strong Roman dominance number and Roman dominance number are equal if and only if the tree belongs to this family of trees.

The aim of this paper is to investigate the problems of meromorphic functions sharing values concerning periodicities and shifts. In this paper we prove the following result: Let f(z) and g(z) be two nonconstant entire functions, let $c{\in}{\mathbb{C}}{\setminus}\{0\}$, and let $a_1$, $a_2$ be two distinct finite complex numbers. Suppose that ${\mu}(f){\neq}1$, ${\rho}_2(f)<1$, and f(z) = f(z+c) for all $z{\in}{\mathbb{C}}$. If f(z) and g(z) share $a_1$ CM, $a_2$ IM, then $f(z){\equiv}g(z)$. Moreover, examples are given to show that all the conditions are necessary.

Let R be an associative ring with identity, M a t.u.p. monoid with only one unit and ${\omega}:M{\rightarrow}End(R)$ a monoid homomorphism. Let R be a reversible, M-compatible ring and ${\alpha}=a_1g_1+{\cdots}+a_ng_n$ a non-zero element in skew monoid ring $R{\ast}M$. It is proved that if there exists a non-zero element ${\beta}=b_1h_1+{\cdots}+b_mh_m$ in $R{\ast}M$ with ${\alpha}{\beta}=c$ is a constant, then there exist $1{\leq}i_0{\leq}n$, $1{\leq}j_0{\leq}m$ such that $g_{i_0}=e=h_{j_0}$ and $a_{i_0}b_{j_0}=c$ and there exist elements a, $0{\neq}r$ in R with ${\alpha}r=ca$. As a consequence, it is proved that ${\alpha}{\in}R*M$ is unit if and only if there exists $1{\leq}i_0{\leq}n$ such that $g_{i_0}=e$, $a_{i_0}$ is unit and aj is nilpotent for each $j{\neq}i_0$, where R is a reversible or right duo ring. Furthermore, we determine the relation between clean and nil clean elements of R and those elements in skew monoid ring $R{\ast}M$, where R is a reversible or right duo ring.

We consider Riemann surfaces with three or four symmetries, assuming that they have a maximal total number of ovals and find all the possible topological types of the symmetries realizing such a configuration.

For $M{\in}R-Mod$, $N{\subseteq}M$ and $L{\in}{\sigma}[M]$ we consider the product $N_ML={\sum}_{f{\in}Hom_R(M,L)}\;f(N)$. A module $N{\in}{\sigma}[M]$ is called an M-multiplication module if for every submodule L of N, there exists a submodule I of M such that $L=I_MN$. We extend some important results given for multiplication modules to M-multiplication modules. As applications we obtain some new results when M is a semiprime Goldie module. In particular we prove that M is a semiprime Goldie module with an essential socle and $N{\in}{\sigma}[M]$ is an M-multiplication module, then N is cyclic, distributive and semisimple module. To prove these results we have had to develop new methods.

In this paper, we give a characterization of prime submodules of an injective module over a Noetherian ring.

The concepts of pseudocodeword and pseudoweight play a fundamental role in the finite-length analysis of LDPC codes. The pseudoredundancy of a binary linear code is defined as the minimum number of rows in a parity-check matrix such that the corresponding minimum pseudoweight equals its minimum Hamming distance. By using the value assignment of Chen and Kløve we present new results on the pseudocodeword redundancy of binary linear codes. In particular, we give several upper bounds on the pseudoredundancies of certain codes with repeated and added coordinates and of certain shortened subcodes. We also investigate several kinds of k-dimensional binary codes and compute their exact pseudocodeword redundancy.

In this paper, we consider the structure of ${\gamma}$-constacyclic codes of length $2p^s$ over the Galois ring $GR(p^a,m)$ for any unit ${\gamma}$ of the form ${\xi}_0+p{\xi}_1+p^2z$, where $z{\in}GR(p^a,m)$ and ${\xi}_0$, ${\xi}_1$ are nonzero elements of the set ${\mathcal{T}}(p,m)$. Here ${\mathcal{T}}(p,m)$ denotes a complete set of representatives of the cosets ${\frac{GR(p^a,m)}{pGR(p^a,m)}}={\mathbb{F}}p^m$ in $GR(p^a,m)$. When ${\gamma}$ is not a square, the rings ${\mathcal{R}}_p(a,m,{\gamma})=\frac{GR(p^a,m)[x]}{{\langle}x^2p^s-{\gamma}{\rangle}}$ is a chain ring with maximal ideal ${\langle}x^2-{\delta}{\rangle}$, where ${\delta}p^s={\xi}_0$, and the number of codewords of ${\gamma}$-constacyclic code are provided. Furthermore, the self-orthogonal and self-dual ${\gamma}$-constacyclic codes of length $2p^s$ over $GR(p^a,m)$ are also established. Finally, we determine the Rosenbloom-Tsfasman (RT) distances and weight distributions of all such codes.

In this article, a hybrid family of polynomials related to the Appell polynomials is introduced. Certain properties including quasimonomiality, differential equation and determinant definition of these polynomials are established. Further, applications of Carlitz's theorem to these polynomials and to certain other related polynomials are considered. Examples providing the corresponding results for some members belonging to this family are also considered.

Let $M^{2n+1}$, $n{\geq}1$, be a smooth manifold with a pseudoconvex integrable CR structure of hypersurface type. We consider a sequence of CR invariant subsets $M={\mathcal{S}}_0{\supset}{\mathcal{S}}_1{\supset}{\cdots}{\supset}{\mathcal{S}}_n$, where $S_q$ is the set of points where the Levi-form has nullity ${\geq}q$. We prove that ${\mathcal{S}}{_q}^{\prime}s$ are locally given as common zero sets of the coefficients $A_j$, $j=0,1,{\ldots},q-1$, of the characteristic polynomial of the Levi-form. Some sufficient conditions for local existence of complex submanifolds are presented in terms of the coefficients $A_j$.

This article mainly concentrates on the open question whether a right self-injective ring R is necessary QF if $R/S_l$ is left Goldie. It is answered affirmatively under the condition $S_l{\subseteq}S_r$, where $S_l$ and $S_r$ denote the left socle and right socle of R respectively. And the original condition "right self-injective" can be weakened to "right CS and right P-injective". It is also proved that a semiperfect, left and right mininjective ring R is QF if $S_r{\subseteq}^{ess}$ $R_R$ and $R/S_l$ is left Goldie.

Truncated Hankel operators are compressions of classical Hankel operators to model spaces. In this paper we describe matrix representations of truncated Hankel operators on finite-dimensional model spaces. We then show that the obtained descriptions hold also for some infinite-dimensional cases.

Ricci curvature for locally finite graphs, as proposed by Lin, Lu and Yau, provides a useful isomorphism invariant. A Matching Condition was introduced as a key tool for computation of this Ricci curvature. The scope of the Matching Condition is quite broad, but it does not cover all cases. Thus the current paper introduces extended versions of the Matching Condition, and applies them to the computation of the Ricci curvature of a class of circulants determined by certain number-theoretic data. The classical Matching Condition is also applied to determine the Ricci curvature for other families of circulants, along with Cayley graphs of abelian groups that are generated by the complements of (unions of) subgroups.

In this paper it is proved that on an almost $coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ 3-manifold M, (i) M is h-semisymmetric, (ii) the curvature condition $Q{\cdot}R=0$ and (iii) M is $coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ are equivalent.

We use the so-called pseudoinversion of degenerate metrics technique on foliated compact null hypersurface, $M^{n+1}$, in Lorentzian manifold ${\overline{M}}^{n+2}$, to derive an integral formula involving the r-th order mean curvatures of its foliations, ${\mathcal{F}}^n$. We apply our formula to minimal foliations, showing that, under certain geometric conditions, they are isomorphic to n-dimensional spheres. We also use the formula to deduce expressions for total mean curvatures of such foliations.

Assume that ${\Omega}$ is a bounded domain in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ with $n{\geq}2$. We study positive solutions to the problem, ${\Delta}u=u^p$ in ${\Omega}$, $u(x){\rightarrow}{\infty}$ as $x{\rightarrow}{\partial}{\Omega}$, where p > 1. Such solutions are called boundary blow-up solutions of ${\Delta}u=u^p$. We show that a boundary blow-up solution exists in any bounded domain if 1 < p < ${\frac{n}{n-2}}$. In particular, when n = 2, there exists a boundary blow-up solution to ${\Delta}u=u^p$ for all $p{\in}(1,{\infty})$. We also prove the uniqueness under the additional assumption that the domain satisfies the condition ${\partial}{\Omega}={\partial}{\bar{\Omega}}$.

Let M be a curvature homogeneous or ball-homogeneous non-$coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ almost $coK{\ddot{a}}hler$ 3-manifold. In this paper, we prove that M is locally isometric to a unimodular Lie group if and only if the Reeb vector field ${\xi}$ is an eigenvector field of the Ricci operator. To extend this result, we prove that M is homogeneous if and only if it satisfies ${\nabla}_{\xi}h=2f{\phi}h$, $f{\in}{\mathbb{R}}$.

For a simple implementation, a linear convex splitting scheme was coupled with the Fourier spectral method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic free energy. However, an inappropriate value of the splitting parameter of the linear scheme may lead to incorrect morphologies in the phase separation process. In order to overcome this problem, we present a nonlinear convex splitting Fourier spectral scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a logarithmic free energy, which is an appropriate extension of Eyre's idea of convex-concave decomposition of the energy functional. Using the nonlinear scheme, we derive a useful formula for the relation between the gradient energy coefficient and the thickness of the interfacial layer. And we present numerical simulations showing the different evolution of the solution using the linear and nonlinear schemes. The numerical results demonstrate that the nonlinear scheme is more accurate than the linear one.