In this paper, results on removable singularities for analytic functions, harmonic functions and subharmonic functions by Besicovitch, Carleson, and Shapiro are extended. In each theorem, we need not assume that$f$has the global property at any point, so we are able to allow dense sets of singularities. We do not state our results in terms of exceptional sets, but each one leads to a series of results implying that certain sets are removable for appropriate classes of functions.

In this paper, high order central finite difference schemes in a finite interval are analyzed for the diffusion equation. Boundary conditions of the initial-boundary value problem (IBVP) are treated by the simplified inverse Lax-Wendroff (SILW) procedure. For the fully discrete case, a third order explicit Runge-Kutta method is used as an example for the analysis. Stability is analyzed by both the GKS (Gustafsson, Kreiss and Sundstr\"om) theory and the eigenvalue visualization method on both semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes. The two different analysis techniques yield consistent results. Numerical tests are performed to demonstrate and validate the analysis results.

Starting with a commutative ring $R$ and an ideal $I$ , it is possible to define a family of rings $R(I)_{a,b}$ , with $a,b \in R$ , as quotients of the Rees algebra $\oplus_{n \geq0} I^{n}t^{n}$ ; among the rings appearing in this family we find Nagata’s idealization and amalgamated duplication. Many properties of these rings depend only on $R$ and $I$ and not on $a$ , $b$ ; in this paper we show that the Gorenstein and the almost Gorenstein properties are independent of $a$ , $b$ . More precisely, we characterize when the rings in the family are Gorenstein, complete intersection, or almost Gorenstein and we find a formula for the type.

Using a geometric method, we characterize all entire functions that transform the Bloch space into a Bergman space by superposition in terms of their order and type. We also prove that all superposition operators induced by such entire functions act boundedly. Similar results hold for superpositions from BMOA into Bergman spaces and from the Bloch space into certain weighted Hardy spaces.

Definitive screening designs (DSDs) are widely used for studying quantitative factors. However, DSDs constructed from different conference matrices are not equally good. We show DSDs using Paley’s conference matrices guarantee desirable performance (either optimal or near-optimal) under several important criteria.