Questions tagged [periodic-functions]
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A conjecture about $\lfloor n!\cdot q/e\rfloor-\,!n\cdot q$
I was thinking about this question asked at Math.SE, when I came up with the following conjecture.
For every $q\in\mathbb Q$ consider a sequence $s_n^{(q)}$ (terms within the sequence are indexed by $...
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What is $\sum (x+\mathbb{Z})^{-2}$?
This is a simple question, but its been bugging me. Define the function $\gamma$ on $\mathbb{R}\backslash \mathbb{Z}$ by
$$\gamma(x):=\sum_{i\in \mathbb{Z}}\frac{1}{(x+i)^2}$$
The sum converges ...
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Would efficient factoring have any *other* useful applications?
This question is certainly somewhat opinion-based, but hopefully not hopelessly so.
The granddaddy of all applications for an efficient period finding or factoring capability (e.g. Shor's algorithm) ...
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Periodic function $f$ for which $f(x^2)$ is periodic too
There is the following question which was asked multiple times on Math.SE (e.g. here and here) without any final result:
Question: Is there a periodic function $f:\Bbb R \to\Bbb R$ of smallest ...
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Does there exist a nonconstant, periodic, real analytic function with period 1 and rational Maclaurin coefficients?
Does there exist a nonconstant, real analytic function $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f$ is periodic with period 1 and whose Maclaurin coefficients are all rational?
(The function $\...
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Vanishing periodizations $\sum_{k \in \mathbb Z} f(t+ak)$ of a function $f$ for different values of $a$ implies $f=0$?
Consider a continuous function $f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb C$ with rapid decay (e.g. $|f(t)| < e^{-t^2}$). For a constant $a>0$ let
$$
F_a(t) = \sum_{k \in \mathbb Z} f(t+ak)
$$
be the ...
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A limit related to quasi-periodic function
Let us consider $V(x) = 2-\sin(x) - \sin(\sqrt{2} x)$ on $x\in \mathbb{R}$ so that $V(x)>0$ everywhere. One can see that
$$
\frac{C_1}{t^2} \leq \min_{|x|\leq t} V(x)\leq \frac{C_2}{t^2}
$$
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Besicovitch Almost Periodic Functions a subspace of what?
The common example of a nonseparable Hilbert space comes from the collection of Besicovitch almost periodic function spaces. Starting with $L^p_{\text{loc}}(\mathbb{R})$ we look at those elements ...
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Approximation of triply periodic minimal surfaces with trigonometric level sets
Some triply periodic minimal surfaces are known to be approximated by trigonometric level sets very accurately.
To see this, let's sample a gyroid scaled to the bounding box $[0, 1]^3$ exactly through ...
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The space of periodizable tempered distribution
The periodization operator $\mathrm{Per}$ is defined for a Schwartz function $\varphi \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ as
\begin{equation}
\mathrm{Per} \{ \varphi \} (x) = \sum_{n \in \mathbb{Z}} \varphi( ...
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Are the irrotational and solenoidal parts of a smooth vector field linearly independent?
Let $\textbf{F}\in \mathbb{R}^3$ be a smooth vector field for all space. It is well known using Helmholtz decomposition that we can decompose $\textbf{F}$ into two vector fields in $V$: $$\textbf{F} = ...
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Under what conditions can interval exchanges be approximated by periodic maps?
Under what conditions can an interval exchange be approximated by periodic maps? (in the weak topology for the Lebesgue measure on $[0,1]$ ).
Are there non-trivial examples of periodically ...
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Periodic functions over different lattices in $\mathbb R^d$ are linearly independent [closed]
I have the following claim that I think have been proved by someone, but I can not find the reference, hence I would like to ask for help. Here is the claim:
Let $f_1, \ldots, f_n$ be continuous ...
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Evaluating an integral of a periodic function. It's positive?
My purpose is to show that this integral
\begin{equation}
I_t(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-\frac{\cosh^2(u)}{2x}}\,e^{-\frac{u^2}{2 t}}\,\cos\left(\frac{\pi\,u}{2t }\right)\,\cosh(u)\,du\,\,,\,\,x,...
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Fourier series of $e^{(\cos(\pi x) - m)^2}$
I'm looking for the Fourier coefficient of a "periodic Gaussian", which writes
$$
f(x) = e^{-\frac{1}{2s}(\cos(\pi x) - m)^2}
$$
It is a real even 2-periodic function, so its Fourier ...
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Almost periodicity of Bessel functions
We know that a periodic function (e.g. a trigonometric function) has the property
$$
f(x+n\Lambda)=f(x) \qquad n\in\mathbb Z
$$
A Bessel function is not exactly periodic, because the value of the ...
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When is the periodisation of a function continuous?
Consider a function $f\in\mathcal{C}_0(\mathbb{R})$, where $\mathcal{C}_0(\mathbb{R})$ denotes the space of bounded continuous functions vanishing at infinity. I am interested in the $T$-periodisation ...
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Negative eigenvalue for a periodic Sturm-Liouville problem
Let $f \in C^{\infty}([0, 2\pi])$ be a smooth function and consider the following periodic Sturm-Liouville problem:
$$\begin{cases} u''(x) + f(x)u(x) = - \lambda u(x) \\
u(0) = u(2\pi) \\
u'(0) = u'(2\...
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An elliptic function built from a log-theta-function integral?
I'm studying the apparent ellipticity of $$\Theta(z,a):=\frac{\exp(\tfrac2a\int_0^a\ln\vartheta(x+z)\,dx)}{\vartheta(z)\vartheta(z+a)},\tag1$$with $a$ is a free parameter and \begin{align}\vartheta(z)&...
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Smoothing a periodic function of two variables
Let $F \colon \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^n$ be a $C^{1}$-function 1-periodic in each variable, so it can be considered as a function on the flat torus $\mathbb{T}^2 = \mathbb{R}^2 / \mathbb{Z}^2$. We ...
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Probability of Intersection of Randomly Shifted Pulses
Defining a function $f_{a,T}:\mathbb R \to \{0,1\}$ to be $T$-periodic ($\forall x: f_{a,T}(x)=f_{a,T}(x+T)$), with $a\in[0,T]$ such that $\forall x\in [0,T] : f_{a,T}(x)= 1 \iff x\in [0,a]$.
Given ...
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The sum of $q^{-2}$ over nonzero Gaussian integers
I'm reading about the Weierstrass zeta function. In this context,
$\phi(z)=\zeta(z)-\pi\bar{z}$
is periodic over the lattice
$$\mathcal{L}=\{a+bi\mid a,b\in\mathbb{Z}\}.$$
If we take $w\in\mathcal{L}\...
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What is the big-O time complexity of computing $1/N$ to $\log_{2}(N)$ bits of precision?
I am considering large integer values of $N$ (100 or more digits in base-$10$).
In my algorithm, I need to be able to compute the reciprocal of $N$ with enough precision that the repetend will have ...
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$x '(t) + g (x (t)) = f (t),\quad \forall t\in \mathbb R$ have periodic solution $\iff\; \frac 1T \int_0 ^ T f (t) dt \in g (\mathbb R) $
I have a research work concerning the equation: $$x '(t) + g (x (t)) = f (t),\quad \forall t\in \mathbb R$$
f and g are defined and continuous in $\mathbb R$ and with values in $\mathbb R$.
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Name of functions that are the discrete sum of a periodic discrete function
Research I am currently engaged in involves the usage of discrete functions of the following form.
Let $a$ be a finite sequence of integers with length $n$ with $a^\infty = a \circ a \circ \dots$ ...
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Periodic functions on groups
I'll give you some context: We can say that a (classic) periodic function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ with period $\omega$ is an invariant function under the cyclic subgroup $G=\langle\omega\...
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Can all (inverse) trigonometric functions with periodic iterates be characterized?
I wonder whether all (composites of) trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions with periodic functional iterations can be found. In order to specify what I mean by that, let's introduce some ...
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Is there a periodic function without minimum period such that all the possible periods are irrationals? [closed]
Let $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ be a periodic function. We say $f$ is without minimum period if, $\forall t$ such that $f(x+t)=f(x)\forall x$, there is a $t'$ such that $0<t'<t$ and $f(x+t')=f(x)\...
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Convergence of a sum to the integral
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a 1-periodic function. I am looking about the conditions on $(a,b)\in\mathbb{R}^2$ such that we have the property :
$$\frac{1}{n}\sum_{\ell=0}^{n-1}f(a+b\...
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To find a $2\pi$-periodic function with a property
I recently came across the following question in my research, and I don't know how to proceed this problem.
Question: How to find a function $g(x)$ such that it satisfies
(1) $2\pi$ periodic
(2) odd
(...
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Discretizing a cosine function?
I'd like to start by noting that for some fixed natural $N$ basis functions for my system will be generated by $f(k,x)$ as defined and explained here or in numerous other sources:
$$f(k,x) = \sqrt2 \...
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Bounds of periodic functions formed from infinite series of shifts
Recently, I have become quite obsessed with the follow series:
$$f(t,x)=\sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty} (-1)^m f(t+x m)$$
where $f$ is analytic. This series automatically produces a periodic function with ...
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Can we bound the squared Gaussian curvature of genus three triply periodic minimal surfaces?
Assume that $\mathcal{M}$ is a balanced triply periodic minimal surface of genus 3, embedded in a flat torus $T^3=\mathbb{R}^3/\Lambda$ for a lattice $\Lambda$ with volume 1. I want to understand the ...
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Mean of a periodic velocity field and trajectory displacement bound
Suppose $u(t,x)$ is a smooth velocity field on $[0,\infty)\times \mathbb{R}$ and periodic in space, i.e., $u(t,0)=u(t,1)$ $\forall t$. Assume that $\int_0^1 u(t,x) \,dx = c$, independent of time. Let $...
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Quantification of the extent of periodicity in a time series using fractal analyses
I need metrics to quantify and compare the extent of periodicity between any two given time series, considering the time series were "almost periodic". By "almost periodic" I mean: if I were to take ...
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Least common period of a finite sum of exponentials
Hello,
I have come across the function
$f(t) = \sum_{j=1}^n c_j e^{2 \pi i a_j t}$
with $c_j \in \mathbb{C}$, $c_j\neq 0$ and $a_j\in\mathbb{R}$, $a_j \neq 0$ for $j=1,...,n$, and the $a_j$ ...
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Lower bound of infinite sum of shifts
This is an extension of https://mathoverflow.net/posts/452526.
So, it appears that $\sin(xt)$ serves as a better lower bound instead of a linear equation, in fact the series appears to uniformly ...
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Solving a nonlinear differential equation
I need to solve the following equation:
$$y'(t)+2[\cos y(t)+\Omega(t)]=0,$$
where
$$\Omega(t)=-2\eta +\frac{2(\eta^2-1)}{\eta-\cos(4\sqrt{\eta^2-1}t)}$$
with $\eta>1$.
Undoubtedly, the differential ...
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What functions can one try employing to fit an apparently doubly-periodic real function over $[0,1]$?
I have a cosine-like data curve over $x \in [0,1]$ that I can rather well-fit by
a function of the form $a \cos{2 \pi x} +b$. Although good, the fit is still lacking,
in that the residuals from the ...
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Difference between $W^{k,p}([0,1]^d)$ and $W^{k,p}(\mathbb{T}^d)$
Let $\mathbb{T}^d \sim \mathbb{R}^d/\mathbb{Z}^d$. I know that $$W^{k,2}(\mathbb{T})\equiv\{f\in W^{k,2}([0,1]); f^{(i)}(0) = f^{(i)}(1), i = 0, \ldots, k-1\}.$$
Are there similar characterizations ...
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Fundamental of a signal
Consider the space $S$ of real functions with the norm $$\|f\|^2 = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x^2/2} f^2(x) ~\mathrm{d}x, $$
or any reasonable Euclidean norm such that bounded ...