The problem of the existence of infinitely many prime values of a number-theoretic function f (x) has been one of the most important topics in Number Theory. Note that if f (x) represents infinitely many primes, then we can get this necessary condition: for any positive integer h , there exists a positive integer k such that ( f (k), h) =1and f (k) >1. Naturally, we are interested in the number-theoretic functions f (x) that satisfy the aforementioned necessary condition. Thus, there must exist the least positive integer n such that (f(n),h)-1andf(k)>1. Denote this least positive integer n byF_f(h). In this paper, we mainly focus on three famous number-theoretic functions:&f(x)=2^{2^x}+1,m(x)=2^x-1 and l(x)=x^2+1& proving they satisfy the aforementioned necessary condition respectively. Furthermore, we approximately estimate the upper bound of F_f(x)(h),Fm(x)(h)，Fl(x)(h) respectively, and obtain some interesting results.

The original motivation for solving of the Einstein equation is to understand space-time in the absence of matter; see the essay by Tod in this volume for an overview of the mathematics of general relativity. The equation governs the manner in which space-time is inuenced by the sole force of gravity. As is well known, singularities such as black holes can occur. The study of the vacuum Einstein equations is a difficult problem in nonlinear hyperbolic systems; see the essay by Christodoulou in this volume. Complete space-times with nontrivial gravitational radiation are not well understood.

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We categorify a coideal subalgebra of the quantum group of S[2r+ 1 by introducing a 2-category analogous to the one defined by Khovanov一Lauda-Rouquier， and show that self-dual indecomposable l-morphisms categorify the canonical basis of this algebra. This allows us to define a categorical action of this coideal algebra on the categories of modules over cohomology rings of partial flag varieties and on the category ð of type B/C.

Motivated by the paper of Beals, Sattinger and Szmigielski (2000) [3], we propose an extension of the CamassaHolm equation, which also admits the multipeakon solutions. The novel aspect is that our approach is mainly based on classic determinant technique. Furthermore, the proposed equation is shown to possess a nonisospectral Lax pair.