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Let $P$ be a subset of the primes of lower density strictly larger than $\frac12$. Then, every sufficiently large even integer is a sum of four primes from the set $P$. We establish similar results for $k$-summands, with $k\geq 4$, and for $k \geq 4$ distinct subsets of primes. This extends the work of H.~Li, H.~Pan, as well as X.~Shao on sums of three primes, and A.~Alsteri and X.~Shao on sums of two primes. The primary new contributions come from elementary combinatorial lemmas., Comment: 17 pages

We show that on a $\sigma$-finite measure preserving system $X = (X,\nu, T)$, the non-conventional ergodic averages $$ \mathbb{E}_{n \in [N]} \Lambda(n) f(T^n x) g(T^{P(n)} x)$$ converge pointwise almost everywhere for $f \in L^{p_1}(X)$, $g \in L^{p_2}(X)$, and $1/p_1 + 1/p_2 \leq 1$, where $P$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients of degree at least $2$. This had previously been established with the von Mangoldt weight $\Lambda$ replaced by the constant weight $1$ by the first and third authors with Mirek, and by the M\"obius weight $\mu$ by the fourth author. The proof is based on combining tools from both of these papers, together with several Gowers norm and polynomial averaging operator estimates on approximants to the von Mangoldt function of ''Cram\'er'' and ''Heath-Brown'' type., Comment: 37 pages

We discuss the Pointwise Ergodic Theorem for the Gaussian divisor function $d(n)$, that is, for a measure preserving $\mathbb Z[i]$ action $T$, the limit $$\lim_{N\rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{D(N)} \sum _{\mathscr{N} (n) \leq N} d(n) \,f(T^n x) $$ converges for every $f\in L^p$, where $\mathscr{N} (n) = n \bar{n}$, and $D(N) = \sum _{\mathscr{N} (n) \leq N} d(n) $, and $1

We prove versions of Goldbach conjectures for Gaussian primes in arbitrary sectors. Fix an interval $\omega \subset \mathbb{T}$. There is an integer $N_\omega $, so that every odd integer $n$ with $N(n)>N_\omega $ and $\text{dist}( \text{arg}(n) , \mathbb{T}\setminus \omega ) > (\log N(n)) ^{-B}$, is a sum of three Gaussian primes $n=p_1+p_2+p_3$, with $\text{arg}(p_j) \in \omega $, for $j=1,2,3$. A density version of the binary Goldbach conjecture in a sector is also proved., Comment: 36 pages. V2: For the 3 Prime Goldbach Conjecture, we require the odd integer to be not too close to the boundary of the sector

We show that for every $r \geq 1$, and all $r$ distinct (sufficiently large) primes $p_1,..., p_r > p_0(r)$, there exist infinitely many integers $n$ such that ${2n \choose n}$ is divisible by these primes to only low multiplicity. From a theorem of Kummer, an upper bound for the number of times that a prime $p_j$ can divide ${2n \choose n}$ is $1+\log n / \log p_j$; and our theorem shows that for every $\varepsilon > 0$, $r \geq 1$, and any sufficiently large primes $p_1,...,p_r > p_0(\varepsilon,r)$, we can find integers $n$ where for $j=1,...,r$, $p_j$ divides ${2n \choose n}$ with multiplicity at most $\varepsilon \log n/\log p_j$. We connect this result to a famous conjecture by R. L. Graham on whether there are infinitely many integers $n$ such that ${2n \choose n}$ is coprime to $105$., Comment: The main theorem was corrected from previous draft. Several more corrections and simplifications were made

Assume that $ y < N$ are integers, and that $ (b,y) =1$. Define an average along the primes in a progression of diameter $ y$, given by integer $ (b,y)=1 $. \begin{align*} A_{N,y,b} := \frac{\phi (y)}{N} \sum _{\substack{n N _{y,r}} \lvert A_{N,y,b} f \rvert \rVert_{r}\ll \lVert f\rVert_{r}. \end{align*} The implied constant is only a function of $ r$. The uniformity over progressions imposes several novel elements on the proof., Comment: 23 pages. v2 typo corrected

Let $ \Lambda $ denote von Mangoldt's function, and consider the averages \begin{align*} A_N f (x) &=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{1\leq n \leq N}f(x-n)\Lambda(n) . \end{align*} We prove sharp $ \ell ^{p}$-improving for these averages, and sparse bounds for the maximal function. The simplest inequality is that for sets $ F, G\subset [0,N]$ there holds \begin{equation*} N ^{-1} \langle A_N \mathbf 1_{F} , \mathbf 1_{G} \rangle \ll \frac{\lvert F\rvert \cdot \lvert G\rvert} { N ^2 } \Bigl( \operatorname {Log} \frac{\lvert F\rvert \cdot \lvert G\rvert} { N ^2 } \Bigr) ^{t}, \end{equation*} where $ t=2$, or assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, $ t=1$. The corresponding sparse bound is proved for the maximal function $ \sup_N A_N \mathbf 1_{F}$. The inequalities for $ t=1$ are sharp. The proof depends upon the Circle Method, and an interpolation argument of Bourgain., Comment: 17 pages

In this paper, we prove that if $R$ is an Archimedean reduced ring and satisfy ACC on annihilators, then $R[[x]]$ is also an Archimedean reduced ring. More generally we prove that if $R$ is a right Archimedean ring satisfying the \emph{ACC} on annihilators and $\alpha$ is a rigid automorphism of $R$, then the skew power series ring $R[[x;\alpha ]]$ is right Archimedean reduced ring. We also provide some examples to justify the assumptions we made to obtain the required result., Comment: 7 pages

Following attempts at an analytic proof of the Pentagonal Number Theorem, we report on the discovery of a general principle leading to an unexpected cancellation of oscillating sums. After stating the motivation, and our theorem, we apply it to prove several results on the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott Problem, integer partitions, and the distribution of prime numbers. Regarding the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem, we show that \begin{align*} \sum_{|\ell|\leq x}(4x^2-4\ell^2)^{2r}-\sum_{|\ell|

We generalize recent matrix-based factorization theorems for Lambert series generating functions generating the coefficients $(f \ast 1)(n)$ for some arithmetic function $f$. Our new factorization theorems provide analogs to these established expansions generating sums of the form $\sum_{d: (d,n)=1} f(d)$ (type I) and the Anderson-Apostol sums $\sum_{d|(m,n)} f(d) g(n/d)$ (type II) for any arithmetic functions $f$ and $g$. Our treatment of the type II sums includes a matrix-based factorization method relating the partition function $p(n)$ to arbitrary arithmetic functions $f$. We also conclude the last section of the article by directly expanding new formulas for an arithmetic function $g$ by the type II sums using discrete Fourier transforms for functions over inputs of greatest common divisors and by suitably defined orthogonal polynomial sequences whose weight function we can define by a discrete time Fourier transform (DTFT) involving the partition function $p(n)$. There are numerous applications and special cases of our new results which we are able to cite as examples in the article. Particular cases of the applications we give in the article include new identities for Euler's totient function, the Ramanujan sums $c_q(n)$, the generalized sum-of-divisors functions, the Mertens function which is the summatory function of the M\"obius function, and the cyclotomic polynomials., Comment: Keywords: divisor sum; totient function; matrix factorization; M\"obius inversion; partition function. MSC (2010): 11N64; 11A25; 05A17. Update includes improvements for notation reference and readbility, including a complete index of all the notation we observe in the article

The mathematical theory of compressed sensing (CS) asserts that one can acquire signals from measurements whose rate is much lower than the total bandwidth. Whereas the CS theory is now well developed, challenges concerning hardware implementations of CS-based acquisition devices-especially in optics-have only started being addressed. This paper presents an implementation of compressive sensing in fluorescence microscopy and its applications to biomedical imaging. Our CS microscope combines a dynamic structured wide-field illumination and a fast and sensitive single-point fluorescence detection to enable reconstructions of images of fluorescent beads, cells, and tissues with undersampling ratios (between the number of pixels and number of measurements) up to 32. We further demonstrate a hyperspectral mode and record images with 128 spectral channels and undersampling ratios up to 64, illustrating the potential benefits of CS acquisition for higher-dimensional signals, which typically exhibits extreme redundancy. Altogether, our results emphasize the interest of CS schemes for acquisition at a significantly reduced rate and point to some remaining challenges for CS fluorescence microscopy.