Let$f$be an entire function of order at least 1/2,$M(r)$=max_{|}$z$|=$r$|$f(z)$|, and$n(r, a)$the number of zeros of$f(z)-a$in |$z$|≤$r$. It is shown that lim sup_{$r$→∞}$n(r, a)$/log$M (r)$≥1/2π for all except possibly one$a$∈C.

We study to what extent rearrangements preserve the integrability properties of higher order derivatives. It is well known that the second order derivatives of the rearrangement of a smooth function are not necessarily in$L$^{1}. We obtain a substitute for this fact. This is done by showing that the total curvature for the graph of the rearrangement of a function is bounded by the total curvature for the graph of the function itself.

Earlier, for an action of a finite group$G$on a germ of an analytic variety, an equivariant$G$-Poincaré series of a multi-index filtration in the ring of germs of functions on the variety was defined as an element of the Grothendieck ring of$G$-sets with an additional structure. We discuss to which extent the$G$-Poincaré series of a filtration defined by a set of curve or divisorial valuations on the ring of germs of analytic functions in two variables determines the (equivariant) topology of the curve or of the set of divisors.

We study the limiting probability distribution of the homogenization error for second order elliptic equations in divergence form with highly oscillatory periodic conductivity coefficients and highly oscillatory stochastic potential. The effective conductivity coefficients are the same as those of the standard periodic homogenization, and the effective potential is given by the mean. We show that the limiting distribution of the random part of the homogenization error, as random elements in proper Hilbert spaces, is Gaussian and can be characterized by the homogenized Green's function, the homogenized solution and the statistics of the random potential. This generalizes previous results in the setting with slowly varying diffusion coefficients, and the current setting with fast oscillations in the differential operator requires new methods to prove compactness of the probability distributions of the random fluctuation.

Geometric genus is an important invariant in the classification theory for isolated singularities. In this paper we give a complete classification of three-dimensional isolated weighted homogeneous singularities with geometric genus one. This is one of important classes of minimally elliptic singularities.