Methods of Functional Analysis
and Topology

In this paper two lemmas for arbitrary general functions are given and then, by iteration,we express them as a continued fraction after that by specializing the parameters the continued fraction representation for the generalized tenth order mock theta functions are obtained.

Let $\mathcal{L}(H)$ denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex infinite dimensional Hilbert space $H$ into itself. Given $A,B\in \mathcal{L}(H)$, the generalized derivation $\delta_{A,B}\in \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{L}(H))$ is defined by $\delta_{A,B}(X)=AX-XB$. For hyponormal operators $A$ and $B$, L.A. Fialkow gave necessary conditions for which the range of $\delta_{A,B}$ is norm closed in $\mathcal{L}(H)$ [13]. In this paper, we present necessary or sufficient conditions under which the generalized derivation $\delta_{A,B}$ has closed range, where $A$ and $B$ are $p$-hyponormal operators. We give a characterization for the range of $\delta_{A,B}$ to have closed range in the case when $A$ and $B$ are cyclic subnormal operators.

Let us consider the scattering theory of one-dimensional Schrödinger equation defined by piecewise constant potentials with compact support. We construct the asymptotics of reflection coefficient by iterating the transition matrices. The jump points of the step potential appear in the asymptotics of reflection coefficient. Accordingly, we investigate the modulus of reflection coefficient. The modulus is connected to the zero set of reflection coefficient via Nevanlinna-Levin type of representation theorem. The growth theory of zero set of the reflection coefficient plays a role.

We introduce a concept of antisymmetric Arens regularity of Banach spaces and prove that a Banach space is Arens regular if and only if it is both symmetrically Arens regular and antisymmetrically Arens regular. We show that if a Banach space is nonreflexive, then it is not antisymmetrically Arens regular and provide an example of a symmetrically Arens regular Banach space which is not antisymmetrically Arens regular.