Rational points on X_0^+ (p^r)

We show how the recent isogeny bounds due to \'E. Gaudron and G. R\'emond allow to obtain the triviality of X_0^+ (p^r)(Q), for r>1 and p a prime exceeding 2.10^{11}. This includes the case of the curves X_split (p). We then prove, with the help of computer calculations, that the same holds true for p in the range 10 < p < 10^{14}, p\neq 13. The combination of those results completes the qualitative study of such sets of rational points undertook in previous papers, with the exception of p=13.Comment: 16 pages, no figur

On (p,r)(p,r)-null sequences and their relatives

Let $1\leq p < \infty$ and $1\leq r \leq p^\ast$, where $p^\ast$ is the conjugate index of $p$. We prove an omnibus theorem, which provides numerous equivalences for a sequence $(x_n)$ in a Banach space $X$ to be a $(p,r)$-null sequence. One of them is that $(x_n)$ is $(p,r)$-null if and only if $(x_n)$ is null and relatively $(p,r)$-compact. This equivalence is known in the "limit" case when $r=p^\ast$, the case of the $p$-null sequence and $p$-compactness. Our approach is more direct and easier than those applied for the proof of the latter result. We apply it also to characterize the unconditional and weak versions of $(p,r)$-null sequences

Characterization of tropical hemispaces by (P,R)-decompositions

We consider tropical hemispaces, defined as tropically convex sets whose complements are also tropically convex, and tropical semispaces, defined as maximal tropically convex sets not containing a given point. We introduce the concept of $(P,R)$-decomposition. This yields (to our knowledge) a new kind of representation of tropically convex sets extending the classical idea of representing convex sets by means of extreme points and rays. We characterize tropical hemispaces as tropically convex sets that admit a (P,R)-decomposition of certain kind. In this characterization, with each tropical hemispace we associate a matrix with coefficients in the completed tropical semifield, satisfying an extended rank-one condition. Our proof techniques are based on homogenization (lifting a convex set to a cone), and the relation between tropical hemispaces and semispaces.Comment: 29 pages, 3 figure