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In this paper we show that the pluripolar hull of$E$={($z$, ω)∈C^{2}:ω=$e$^{−1/z},$z$≠0} is equal to$E$. This implies that$E$is plurithin at 0, which answers a question of Sadullaev. The result remains valid if$e$^{−1/z}is replaced by certain other holomorphic functions with an essential singularity at 0.

A new and fairly elementary proof is given of the result by B. Simon [S], that the potential in a Sturm-Liouville operator is determined by the asymptotics of the associated$m$-function near −∞. The proof given is based on relations between the classical transformation operators and the$m$-function.

We prove the vanishing of the Koszul homology group$H$_{μ}(Kos($M$)_{μ}), where μ is the minimal number of generators of M. We give a counterexample that the Koszul complex of a module is not always acyclic and show its relationship with the homology of commutative rings.

We study the tropical lines contained in smooth tropical surfaces in ℝ^{3}. On smooth tropical quadric surfaces we find two one-dimensional families of tropical lines, like in classical algebraic geometry. Unlike the classical case, however, there exist smooth tropical surfaces of any degree with infinitely many tropical lines.