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Christopher Housholder

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arXiv2026

Bounding The Number of Zeros Near the Central Point in Families of Cuspidal Newforms

We study low-lying zeros in families of even holomorphic cuspidal newforms of fixed weight and prime level, with particular emphasis on the number of forms having a zero in a prescribed normalized window about the central point and on the distribution of the number of such zeros among the forms. We quantify the number of forms having at least one zero in the window and study the distribution of the number of zeros in that window among the forms. Assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, we obtain new lower bounds for the number of forms having a low-lying zero. We first prove that, along an infinite sequence of prime levels $N$, the number of such forms is $\gg N^{7/8}\log N$. We then use higher centered moments and an appropriate test function to show that a positive proportion of the family has a zero in a prescribed window. Finally, we obtain polynomial upper-tail bounds for the number of zeros occurring there and show that a positive proportion of forms have a bounded, nonzero number of low-lying zeros.

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arXiv2026

Spatial-Temporal Nonlocal Traffic Dynamics: Analytical Properties, Adaptive Kernel Formulation, and Empirical Validation

This paper presents a new spatial-temporal nonlocal traffic flow model formulated to overcome the boundedness limitations inherent in classical local formulations. The model introduces an adaptive kernel that captures both spatial and temporal nonlocal interactions, allowing the velocity at a given point to depend on aggregated downstream traffic conditions over a finite time horizon. This structure provides a more realistic representation of driver anticipation and reaction behavior. In addition to developing the model, we establish several key analytical properties that clarify the theoretical foundations of the proposed nonlocal framework. To assess its practical relevance, we conduct a detailed empirical validation using high-resolution NGSIM trajectory data. The results demonstrate that the spatial-temporal nonlocal model significantly improves the reconstruction of traffic density fields compared with traditional local macroscopic models, particularly in regimes where anticipation effects dominate. These findings highlight the potential of spatial-temporal nonlocal traffic dynamics as a robust theoretical and data-driven framework for capturing complex traffic behavior.

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arXiv2025

VC-dimension of subsets of Hamming graphs

Following recent work on the VC-dimension of subsets of various pseudorandom graphs, we study the VC-dimension of Hamming graphs, which have proved somewhat resistant to the standard techniques in the literature. Our methods are elementary, and agree with or improve upon previously known results. In particular, for $H(2,q)$ we show tight bounds on the size of a subset of vertices to guarantee VC-dimension 2 or 3. We also prove an assortment of results for other parameters, with many of these being tight as well.

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arXiv2024

Bounds on distinct and repeated dot product trees

We study questions inspired by Erd\H os' celebrated distance problems with dot products in lieu of distances, and for more than a single pair of points. In particular, we study point configurations present in large finite point sets in the plane that are described by weighted trees. We give new lower bounds on the number of distinct sets of dot products serving as weights for a given type of tree in any large finite point set. We also as demonstrate the existence of many repetitions of some special sets of dot products occurring in a given type of tree in different constructions, narrowing gap between the best known upper and lower bounds on these configurations.

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