Questions tagged [cv.complex-variables]
Complex analysis, holomorphic functions, automorphic group actions and forms, pseudoconvexity, complex geometry, analytic spaces, analytic sheaves.
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A converse of the maximum modulus Theorem
W. Rudin in Real and Complex Analysis (262) mentioned that
Theorem Suppose $M$ is a vector space of continuous complex functions
on the closed unit disc $\bar U$, with
the following properties:
(a) $...
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Boundary behavior of a holomorphic function on $D$ ?
Hi, I have two related questions.
$D$ = open init disk in the complex plane $C$.
A. Let $f: D \to C $ be a holomorphic function. Then is it possible that $\forall q \in S^1$,there exists a ...
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Factorization in the Wiener algebra on the unit disc.
Consider the Banach algebra $W^+=\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}^+)$, viewed upon as the analytic functions $f$ on the unit disc $\mathbb{D}$ such that $$\|f\|=\sum_{k\ge0}|a_k|<\infty$$ where
$$f(z)=\sum a_kz^k$...
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The link of a singular quintic hypersurface in CP^4
Given a family of quintic hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{CP}^4$ by
$x_1^5+x_2^5+x_3^5+x_4^5+x_5^5+(5+\epsilon)x_1x_2x_3x_4x_5$
we get a singular variety for $\epsilon=0$ with 125 singular points.
I know ...
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Elementary functions with zeros only at the positive integers
Does there exist a (meromorphic) elementary function $f(z)$ that is zero at all the positive integers $z = 1, 2, 3, \ldots$ and only at those points?
Edit: an elementary function can be written as a ...
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Does $P_xP_y+Q_xQ_y=0 \implies$ "non-existence of limit cycle" for $P\partial_x+Q\partial_y$"? (Complex dilatation and limit cycle theory)
Let $X=P\partial_x+Q\partial_y$ be a vector field on the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$. Assume that we have :$$P_xP_y+Q_xQ_y=0$$ Does this imply that the vector field $X$ is a divergence-free vector field ...
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A kind of holomorphicity of maps on Hilbert space
Let $H$ be an infinite dimensional seperable Hilbert space. Is there an Irreducible involutive sub algebra $D$ of $B(H)$ with the following properties?:
1)For every open set $U\subset H$ and every ...
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Distribution boundary value of analytic function and wave front sets
Assume $f(z)$ is analytic in the tube domain $\mathbb R^n\oplus iC$, where $C\subset \mathbb R^n$ is a convex cone. Under the assumption $|f(x+iy)|\leq 1/|y|^k$, we know by a Theorem of Martineau (see ...
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Conformal mappings for domains whose complement is totally disconnected
Consider a conformal homeomorphism $f \colon \Omega \to \Omega'$ between domains $\Omega, \Omega'$ in the plane. Let $E = \mathbb{R}^2 \setminus \Omega$ and $E' = \mathbb{R}^2 \setminus \Omega'$. My ...
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A question about openness theorem
The openness theorem says that:
If $\varphi$ be a negative plurisubharmonic function
in the unit ball $B(0,1)$ in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ satisfying
$$
\intop_{B(0,1)}e^{-\varphi}<\infty,
$$
then there ...
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Regarding outer functions
Please see the definition of Hardy spaces on the unit disc here. Let $0<p\leq\infty$. Let $f\in H^p$ with $\|f-1_e\|_p<1$ (Where $1_e$ Is the constant function one). Then is $f$ an outer ...
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Are there algorithmic tools for computing poincare residues?
In Schnell's note on Computing Picard-Fuchs Equations he gives a recursive method for computing residues on hypersurfaces. In short, if you have a meromorphic differential form
$$
\frac{dw}{w^k}\wedge ...
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Riesz inequality
Let $p>2$ and $$\|b\|^p_p:=\int_0^{2\pi} |b(e^{it})|^p dt.$$
Assume that $a$ is a bounded holomorphic on the unit disk and assume that $a(0)=0$.
What is the best constant $C_p$ in the inequality $$\...
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Integral Expression in Complex Dynamics
Let $\phi\in \mathbb{C}(z)$ be a degree $d\geq 2$ rational map, which we can write as $\phi = \frac{f}{g}$ for $f,g\in \mathbb{C}[z]$. Let $\omega_{FS}$ denote the Fubini-Study form on $\mathbb{P}^1(\...
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upper bound on derivatives of a function defined on an arc
This is a simple question I asked in math.SE last month but unfortunately no one gives any comment. So I decided to try some luck here.
You can skip examples below and read from "General setting" at ...
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Quantifying the monotonicity property of the hyperbolic metric
Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are connected hyperbolic Riemann surfaces, with $X\subsetneq Y$. Let $\rho_{X,Y}$ be the density of the hyperbolic metric of $X$ with respect to that of $Y$; then $\rho_{X,Y} &...
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existence of a special conformal mapping
Sorry I don't know how to give an appropriate title.
In the complex plane, suppose there is a graph $x+if(x)$ separating the plane into two unbounded components, where $f(x)$ is smooth and bounded, ...
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Laurent expansion of a principal value integral
Let $f(t)$ be a nice Hölder continuous function. Also, suppose that $f$ is even. I'm interested in evaluating integrals of the form:
$$\oint (1-z)^{k+1}\int_0^1 \frac{f(t)}{(1-zt)^{n+1}}dtdz,$$
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Weighted projective space with rational or real weights
The most common formulation of the weighted projective space is perhaps the global quotient
$$
(\mathbb{C}^{n+1} \setminus \{(0,\ldots,0\}) / \mathbb{C}^\ast
$$
with the $\mathbb{C}^\ast$ group action ...
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Algebraic function with extra condition, what can it be?
I have an unknown function $\psi(\xi_1,\dots,\xi_n)$, such that
$\psi$ satisfy an (unknown) polynomial equation with coefficients polynomials in the $\xi_i$.
The function is homogeneous, that is, $\...
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Elliptic integral as quantity associated with Riemann surface?
There are many elliptic integrals, so to show my point let me
just pick one of them (complete elliptic integral of the first
kind [1]):
$$K(k) = \int_{0}^{1} \frac {dx} {\sqrt{(1-x^{2})(1-k^{2}x^{2})}}...
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Matrix product of entire functions
Suppose I have two $d \times d$ entire matrix functions $F, G$ defined on $\mathbb{C}$ with the the property that $\|FG^*\|_{L^\infty(\mathbb{C})} < \infty$. Can anything be said about $F$ and $G$, ...
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Order of growth of $\left|\frac{1}{\zeta’(\rho)}\right|$ as $\Im(\rho)\rightarrow\infty$?
Let $\zeta$ denote the Riemann zeta function, and let $\rho\in\mathbb{C}$ be a variable that takes its values among the zeros of the zeta function, so that $\zeta(\rho)=0$, and write $\rho=\sigma+it$. ...
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Is there a dense set of Lipschitz functions in $H^\infty(U)$, each of which maps $(1,0,\ldots,0)$ to 1, where $U$ is the unit ball in $\mathbb{C}^N$?
Let $U$ be the open unit ball in $\mathbb{C}^N$, let $A(U)$ be the algebra of functions analytic on $U$ and continuous on $\bar U$, and let $u=(1,0,\ldots,0)$. Let $\mathcal{B}=\{f\in H^\infty (U): \|...
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Asymptotic analysis for a double integral related to Airy functions
Let $Ai(x,y)$ be the Airy kernel which is given by
\begin{equation}\label{equ2.12}
Ai(x,y)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{Ai(x)Ai'(y)-Ai(y)Ai'(x)}{x-y}, & x\ne y, \\
Ai'(x)^2-xAi(x)^2 & x=y. \\
\end{...
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Correct way to extend a sequence defined on the naturals into the complex plane
Preamble
Sequences $a_n$ defined on the natural numbers are clearly not uniquely interpolated by only one function. In particular, given an interpolation $f(n) = a_n$, then $f(n) + \sin(2\pi n)$ is ...
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Reverse Sobolev inequality for family of holomorphic functions
Denote by $P_m$ the space of polynomials of degree $m$ in a single complex variable $x$. This is a "Reverse Sobolev inequality":
Theorem. Let $U \subset \mathbb{C}^2$ be an open domain and $...
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Cartan–Remmert reduction of an algebraic variety
Let $V$ be a normal connected algebraic (say, quasi-projective) variety over complex numbers. Assume that underlying complex analytic space $V^\text{an}$ is holomorphically convex, and thus admits the ...
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Probability of a number being a bound for roots
Consider the polynomial $p(z)=\sum_0^na_iz^k$ where $a_n=1$ and $a_k \sim N(0,1)$, $k=0,1,2,\dotsc,n-1.$
What is the probability that 2 will be a bound of the roots of the polynomial? How can we find ...
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harmonic envelope of holomorphy
Let $D$ be a (real) domain in $\mathbb R^n=\mathbb R^n+i\lbrace 0 \rbrace\subset \mathbb C^n$. Then, due to P. Lelong, there exists a maximal (complex) domain $\tilde D\subset\mathbb C^n$, $D=\tilde D\...
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Question about a paper by Franca and LeClair in analytic number theory
I am reading an article "Transcendental equations satisfied by the individual
zeros of Riemann $\zeta$, Dirichlet and modular
L-functions" by G. Franca and A. LeClair (2015) see here. The ...
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Converse theorem for zeta universality
Voronin's Universality Theorem for $\zeta(s)$ is that the zeta function can uniformly approximate any non-vanishing holomorphic function to any degree of accuracy in the right-half of the critical ...
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Geometric interpretation of Theta functions and the Jacobi inversion problem
A great part of complex geometry and, algebraic geometry has been developed to address the theory of abelian integrals/functions. A very special problem that kept many great mathematicians busy was ...
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Karamata's Abelian/Tauberian Theorem in the complex plane
The following result is well known (a particular case of Karamata's Tauberian Theorem for Power Series in Corollary 1.7.3 of Regular variation by Bingham, Goldie & Teugels):
Fix $c, \rho>0$. If ...
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Trigonometric sum and residues
I am interested in the sum
$$
\sum_{n=1}^k 2\biggl[\sin\biggl(\frac{n\pi}{2k+2}\biggr)\biggr]^{-2g}
$$
where $k$, $g$ are integers. It is not too hard to show that this can also be expressed as
$$
-1-...
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Are fibers in the corona of $H^\infty$ separable?
Let $\mathcal{M}(H^\infty(\mathbb{D}))$ denote the spectrum of the Banach algebra $H^\infty$ and $\mathcal{M}_z(H^\infty(\mathbb{D}))$ the fiber over $z\in \mathbb{D}$, i.e. $\{\varphi\in \mathcal{M}:...
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On the best constant for Carleson's embedding theorem
In "Interpolations by bounded analytic functions and the corona problem", Carleson introduced Carleson measures (for Hardy spaces) and proved the famous embedding theorem according to which $...
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It is possible, without adding further hypotheses, to refine Rouche's theorem in order to obtain a finer localization of the zeros?
The title says it all: a now deleted question on the Mathematics Stackexchange asked more or less the same thing, and I answered by citing the work [1] of Wolfgang Tutschke, whose version of Rouche's ...
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As increasingly higher degree terms are added to a "random" polynomial, how fast do the roots approach the unit circle?
As increasingly higher degree terms are added to a "random" polynomial, the roots of a polynomial can be proven to approach the unit circle. For example, see the MathOverflow question Why ...
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What is a holomorphic foliation?
For a smooth foliation $F$, there are three equivalent definitions:
the leaves of $F$ are tangent to a smooth vector field;
the foliation chart $\phi:U\to \mathbb R^k\times \mathbb R^{n-k}$ is ...
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Walsh-Lebesgue type theorem in $\Bbb R^{2m}$ for $m>1$
Is someone aware of any analogue of the Walsh-Lebesgue theorem in $\mathbb{R}^{2m}$ for $m>1$ and dealing with polyharmonic polynomials?
In this post, $\phi$ is said to be polyharmonic in $\mathbb{...
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Quasi-crystaline generalization of elliptic functions
I came across some meromorphic function, call it $f(z)$, which is "quasicrystalline" in the following sense: one can write $f$ as:
$$
f(z)=\frac{\sum_i a_i e^{i(q_{i,x}x+q_{i,y}y)}}{\sum_i ...
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How to show the set of stable polynomials equals to the set of Lorentzian polynomials in degree 2
Give a homogenous polynomial $f\in \mathbb{R}[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ of degree $2$ in $n$ variables, we can consider $f$ as a quadratic form.
We call $L_n^2:=$ the set of quadratic forms with nonnegative ...
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Four infinite series involving Riemann zeta function
Can you provide a proof for at least one of the claims given below?
It is known that $\pi=\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{3^n-1}{4^n} \cdot \zeta(n+1)$ where $\zeta$ denotes Riemann zeta ...
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Approximation of a holomorphic function vanishing at a submanifold by polynomials
Suppose $M$ is a complex affine algebraic manifold in ${\mathbb C}^n$ (I mean, a set of common zeroes of a system of polynomials on ${\mathbb C}^n$, which is at the same time a smooth manifold). ...
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A more general version of the Fejér-Riesz theorem
A classical result, known as the Fejér-Riesz theorem, states that any Laurent polynomial $p(z)=\sum_{|k|\leq N} c_kz^k$
(the coefficients $c_k$ are complex numbers) which is nonnegative on the torus $\...
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Understanding vector-valued analytic functions vs holomorphic functional calculus
Let $A$ be a unital Banach algebra over complex numbers and call elements of $A$ "vectors". Let $\Omega$ be an open set in $\mathbb{C}$ and $H(\Omega)$ the space of analytic functions on $\...
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Finding roots of equation with gamma functions
Encountered this function in one of my research problems
$$\frac{\Gamma \left(1-\dfrac{i c}{a}-\gamma \right) \Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}+\dfrac N 2-\gamma \right)}{\Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}-\...
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Restricted Perron-Bremermann envelopes
Consider an upper semicontinuous function $\phi: \Omega \to (-\infty, \infty]$, in the sense that $\phi = \phi^*$, where $\phi^*$ denotes the upper semicontinuous regularization
$$
\phi^*(z) = \...
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Tauberian theorem converse (Wiener-Ikehara)
Jacob Korevaar provides a nice converse to to Wiener-Ikehara tauberian theorem on p. 125 of his Tauberian Theory book:
For the non-decreasing, locally of bounded variation function $s$, if we have $\...