Overinterpolation

In this paper we study the consequences of overinterpolation, i.e., the situation when a function can be interpolated by polynomial, or rational, or algebraic functions in more points that normally expected. We show that in many cases such a function has specific forms.Comment: 14 page

Stable algebras of entire functions

Suppose that $h$ and $g$ belong to the algebra \B generated by the rational functions and an entire function $f$ of finite order on ${\Bbb C}^n$ and that $h/g$ has algebraic polar variety. We show that either h/g\in\B or $f=q_1e^p+q_2$, where $p$ is a polynomial and $q_1,q_2$ are rational functions. In the latter case, $h/g$ belongs to the algebra generated by the rational functions, $e^p$ and $e^{-p}$.Comment: 11 page

Polynomial estimates, exponential curves and Diophantine approximation

Let $\alpha\in(0,1)\setminus{\Bbb Q}$ and $K=\{(e^z,e^{\alpha z}):\,|z|\leq1\}\subset{\Bbb C}^2$. If $P$ is a polynomial of degree $n$ in ${\Bbb C}^2$, normalized by $\|P\|_K=1$, we obtain sharp estimates for $\|P\|_{\Delta^2}$ in terms of $n$, where $\Delta^2$ is the closed unit bidisk. For most $\alpha$, we show that $\sup_P\|P\|_{\Delta^2}\leq\exp(Cn^2\log n)$. However, for $\alpha$ in a subset ${\mathcal S}$ of the Liouville numbers, $\sup_P\|P\|_{\Delta^2}$ has bigger order of growth. We give a precise characterization of the set ${\mathcal S}$ and study its properties.Comment: 12 pages. To appear in Mathematical Research Letter

Pade interpolation by F-polynomials and transfinite diameter

We define $F$-polynomials as linear combinations of dilations by some frequencies of an entire function $F$. In this paper we use Pade interpolation of holomorphic functions in the unit disk by $F$-polynomials to obtain explicitly approximating $F$-polynomials with sharp estimates on their coefficients. We show that when frequencies lie in a compact set $K\subset\mathbb C$ then optimal choices for the frequencies of interpolating polynomials are similar to Fekete points. Moreover, the minimal norms of the interpolating operators form a sequence whose rate of growth is determined by the transfinite diameter of $K$. In case of the Laplace transforms of measures on $K$, we show that the coefficients of interpolating polynomials stay bounded provided that the frequencies are Fekete points. Finally, we give a sufficient condition for measures on the unit circle which ensures that the sums of the absolute values of the coefficients of interpolating polynomials stay bounded.Comment: 16 page

Transcendence measures and algebraic growth of entire functions

In this paper we obtain estimates for certain transcendence measures of an entire function $f$. Using these estimates, we prove Bernstein, doubling and Markov inequalities for a polynomial $P(z,w)$ in ${\Bbb C}^2$ along the graph of $f$. These inequalities provide, in turn, estimates for the number of zeros of the function $P(z,f(z))$ in the disk of radius $r$, in terms of the degree of $P$ and of $r$. Our estimates hold for arbitrary entire functions $f$ of finite order, and for a subsequence $\{n_j\}$ of degrees of polynomials. But for special classes of functions, including the Riemann $\zeta$-function, they hold for all degrees and are asymptotically best possible. From this theory we derive lower estimates for a certain algebraic measure of a set of values $f(E)$, in terms of the size of the set $E$.Comment: 40 page

Religion, popular culture and social media: the construction of a religious leader image on Facebook

Despite the emergence of religions on Internet and the importance of social media, research dedicated to religious leaders’ construction of symbolic image on social media, is hard to find. Starting from the 2013 Applebee’s social media crisis, which was triggered by a pastor, the present study investigates the frames and themes Facebook users employed in order to give meaning to the crisis, attribute responsibility, and more importantly, define the role of a religious leader in daily life. This study shows the existence on social media of an active religious literate public, a public clearly troubled in their religious faith and convictions by the non-Christian behavior of the pastor. This shows that in a post-secular society the religious imaginary is not only a “canopy” inherited and kept because of convenience, but a cultural frame of signification the real and a vector of dialogue in a (online) micro and macro public sphere

Smooth submanifolds intersecting any analytic curve in a discrete set

We construct examples of $C^\infty$ smooth submanifolds in ${\Bbb C}^n$ and ${\Bbb R}^n$ of codimension 2 and 1, which intersect every complex, respectively real, analytic curve in a discrete set. The examples are realized either as compact tori or as properly imbedded Euclidean spaces, and are the graphs of quasianalytic functions. In the complex case, these submanifolds contain real $n$-dimensional tori or Euclidean spaces that are not pluripolar while the intersection with any complex analytic disk is polar

Quasianalyticity and pluripolarity

We show that the graph $$\Gamma_f=\{(z,f(z))\in{\Bbb C}^2: z\in S\}$$ in ${\Bbb C}^2$ of a function $f$ on the unit circle $S$ which is either continuous and quasianalytic in the sense of Bernstein or $C^\infty$ and quasianalytic in the sense of Denjoy is pluripolar