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Generalized Fourier transforms associated to Schroedinger operators

Let $n\geq 1$. Let $q\in C^{\infty}_0(\mathbb R^n)$ be compactly supported and consider the operator $P= -\Delta+q(x)$ on $\mathbb R^n$. We will assume that $q$ is sufficiently small so that the ...
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Poincaré inequality on compact manifolds without boundary

The question arises from a paper The heat flow for the full bosonic string, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 50 (2016). In line 4, Page 362, the author claimed the following inequality which looks similar to ...
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Does $i\partial_tu = \Delta^2 u$ exhibit more or less dispersion than $i\partial_t u= \Delta u$?

Consider the initial-value problems in $d=1$ $$\begin{cases} i\partial_tu = \Delta^2 u \\ u(x,0)=u_0 \end{cases}$$ and $$\begin{cases} i\partial_t u= \Delta u \\ u(x,0)=u_0, \end{cases}$$ Solutions to ...
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Rate of convergence of mollified distributions in Besov spaces with negative regularity

Given a standard mollifier $\rho_\delta$ and a distribution $ u \in B^\alpha_{ p, p}$ with $\alpha<0$, $p \in [1, \infty]$ and $B^\alpha_{p,p}$ is a not-homogeneous Besov space, I'm trying to prove ...
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A bilinear estimate with a simple one-dimensional oscillatory integral kernel

Let $f\in L^{p}(\mathbb{R})$, $1\leq p\leq 2$. I am trying to show that $$\int_{\mathbb{R}}\int_{\mathbb{R}} \,K(y,z)\, \frac{f(y)f(z)}{y^{\frac{1}{2\,p^{\prime}}}\,z^{\frac{1}{2\,p^{\prime}}}}\,dy\,...
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Why does failure of boundedness of this operator for $p<q$ implies its failure for $p>q^{\prime}$?

I am reading the paper "P.Sjolin, Convolution with Oscillating Kernels, Indiana University Mathematics Journal Vol. 30, No. 1 (1981), pp. 47-55" where $L^p-L^p$ boundedness of the operator $...
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An asymmetric quadrilinear estimate

Fix $1<p<2$ and let $a_{i}=1-\frac{\theta_{i}}{p^{\prime}}$ where $\theta_{i}\in (0,1/2)$, $i=1,2,3,4$, and $p^{\prime}$ is the conjugate exponent of $p$. Note here that $0<a_{i}=1-\theta_{i}+...
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A simple bilinear estimate

Let $2\leq p,q <\infty$ and fix $0<\alpha<1$ such that $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\leq 2-\alpha$. Suppose that $f\in L^{p}([0,1])$ and $g\in L^{q}([0,1])$. What is the optimal value of $t=t(\...
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Fourier integral operators and parametrix

Consider the classical wave equation in a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, assuming vanishing of the function and its normal derivative on the boundary. Question: Is there an expression for the ...
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On the I-method's energy increment calculation in a paper of Dodson

I am currently reading Dodson's Global Well-posedness for the Defocusing, Quintic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension for Low Regularity Data article and I am trying to understand Theorem ...
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Prove J.L. Lions’s Lemma without using Fourier transform

When I read the book Linear and Nonlinear Functional Analysis with Applications, I came across J.L. Lions's Lemma (the book doesn't give a proof), which states Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ be a ...
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Calculating frequency of sound of ringing metal coin

I would like to reproduce the results of Manas - The music of gold: Can gold counterfeited coins be detected by ear?, but it skips a lot of steps, and the mathematics behind it is a bit advanced for ...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality

Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that $$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$ for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Possible research directions in analysis? [closed]

I am an undergraduate student who loves basic mathematics in the analysis branch, but I have learned that some directions, for example, harmonic analysis, are already well developed and difficult to ...
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Asymptotic behavior of a certain oscillatory integral

Let $x>0$ and consider the integral $$I(x):=\int_0^\infty \frac{e^{i r}}{r^{\frac{1}{2}}} \int_0^\infty \frac{e^{-s}}{s^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{r}{sx+\sqrt{sxr}+r} \, ds \, dr.$$ I am trying to ...
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The integrability of $\widehat{e^{-|x|^a}}$, $a>0$

Let $f_a(x)=e^{-|x|^a}$, $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$. Then $f \in L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ for every $1\leq p\leq \infty$. It is also smooth away from the origin and decays faster than any polynomial as $|x|\...
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Does this dyadic sum converge?

Let $a\in (0,1)$ and define $$J(j):=\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{- 2^{j} s} \frac{s^{a}}{1+s^{2a}} ds,\quad j\in \mathbb{Z}.$$ Note that rescaling $2^{j} s\mapsto s$ shows that $$J(j)\leq 2^{-j(1+a)}\int_{0}^...
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Positivity of the Fourier transform: prove or disprove that $\operatorname{Re}(\overline{\widehat{u}}(\xi) \widehat{F\circ u}(\xi))\geq0$

Let $F:[0,\infty) \to[0,\infty)$ be increasing, $C^1$ and $L-$Lipschitz with $F(0)=0$. Let $u\in L^1 (\Bbb R^d)$, $u\geq0$ so that $F\circ u\in L^1 (\Bbb R^d)$ I would like to prove (or disprove) ...
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How to choose some $h$ so its Fourier transform supported in some set?

Suppose that $K=[-N, N]$ is some compact subset of $\mathbb R$, for some $N>2.$ Can we expect to choose $h$ such that $h=1$ on $K$ and the support of the Fourier transform of $\widehat{h}$ ...
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A parametrix construction for heat boundary value problem using Fourier transformation

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded open subset in $\mathcal{R}^{d}$, with $d \geqslant 3 $ and $T>0$. Consider the linear parabolic initial Dirichlet boundary value problem with $f\in H^{-1}(\Omega)$...
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$\|\hat{f}\|_{L^q}< \infty \implies \left\| \|\chi_{n+(-1/2, 1/2]} \widehat{f}\|_{L^p_{\xi}} \right\|_{\ell^q_n}<\infty $

Suppose that support of $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ is compact set $K\subset \mathbb R.$ Assume that $ \int_{\mathbb R} |\widehat{f}|^q d\xi <\infty.$ ($\widehat{\cdot}$ denote the Fourier ...
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Systems of parabolic equations -- Petrovskii's condition

Consider the flat torus $\mathbf{T}^d:=\mathbf{R}^d/\mathbf{Z}^d$ and define the corresponding periodic-parabolic cylinder $Q_T:=(0,T)\times\mathbf{T}^d$. Given a matrix field $A:Q_T\rightarrow\text{M}...
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Approximation of Hölder functions by Fourier series

Let $Q$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbf R^N$ with smooth boundary. Let $f\in C^a(\overline{Q})$, $0<a<1$. Denote $\psi_k(x)$ normalized eigenfunctions and $\lambda_k$ eigenvalues ($k=0,1,2\...
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Recovering phase function using Fourier decomposition

I have a function $\phi(x): \mathbb{R} \to [0, 2 \pi)$, which describes phase of another function $$f = e^{i \phi(x)}. $$ I am interested in the following problem. If I know the function/distribution $...
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$L^p-L^q$ boundedness of this simple singular oscillatory integral operator

Let $0<\alpha<1$ and define $$Tf(x):=\int e^{\dot{\imath} x y} \frac{f(y)}{|x-y|^{\alpha}}dy.$$ The Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality characterizes $L^p-L^q$ boundedness of $Hf(x):=\int \frac{...
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Different ways to prove $L^p$-estimates for the heat equation

Let $p \in (1,\infty)$. We are interested in strong $L^p$-solutions to the heat equation in $\mathbb{R}^n$. $$ \begin{cases} \partial_t u = \Delta u + f \\ u(0) = 0. \end{cases} $$ It is well-...
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Two dimensional oscillatory integral

I am having a little confusion in verifying the two dimensional oscillatory integral in Lemma 2.1 in This paper, namely $$I_t (x,y) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^2} |\xi|^{\epsilon + i \beta} e^{i t(\xi^3 + \xi \...
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Approximation by gaussian mollification in Sobolev spaces

I have been trying to find a good estimate on the constant in the inequality (in dimension $d=3$ to simplify) $$\label{0}\tag{0} \|(1-e^{t\Delta})f\|_{L^{5/3}(\Bbb R^3)} \leq C_0\,t^{2/5}\, \|\nabla \...
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Wiener Integral and its distribution

Let $(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, \mathbb{P})$ be a probability space. Let $(W(t))_{x \in \mathbb{R}^d}$ be a Gaussian random field. Then, we can define Wiener integral $\int_{\mathbb{R}^d} f(\xi) \, dW(\xi)$...
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Why we have $f=0$

Define the Fourier transform for a suitable function $f\in L^1(\Bbb R)$ by $\widehat{f}(\xi)=\int_{\Bbb R}f(x)e^{-ix\xi} dx$. Assume the condition $$\int_{\Bbb R}\int_{\Bbb R}|\widehat{f}(\xi)f(x)|^...
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$|\partial $ as Fourier multiplier

I have the following nonlinear dispersive PDEs $$i \partial_t u- \partial_x^2 u =|\partial_x| |u|^2$$ where $f$ is some nice complex-valued function. I am trying to use the ansatz $u(t,x) = e^{i \...
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A potential wrong proof of a Lemma

Consider the following lemma: Let $g \in H^s_{x,y}(S)$ where $S = \mathbb{R}^2$ or $S = \mathbb{T}^2$, and $\eta \in C^\infty(\mathbb{R})$, $\operatorname{Supp}(\eta) \subset [-2,2]$, and $\eta \equiv ...
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Asymptotic behavior of a double oscillatory integral

Let $0<\theta_1,\theta_2<\pi/2$. Suppose $\psi$ is a smooth real-valued function with compact support. Consider the oscillatory integral $$I(t):=\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1}{(y-e^{\dot{\imath}\theta_1}) ...
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Riesz transform after linear transformation

I am encountering the term $\partial_x \mathcal{R}_x(f(x,y))$. I needed to do the following linear transformation $$x' = a x+ by,\,\,\,\,\, y'=ax-by,\,\,\, and \,\,f(x,y)=g(x',y') $$ I ended up with ...
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Asking for reference about a relation related to Fourier transform [closed]

Sorry for the not-perfect question. I am asking for a reference for the following relation: $$\int f . g. h ...= \int_{\xi_1 +\xi_2 +...=0} \hat{f}(\xi_1) \hat{g}(\xi_2)... d\xi_1 d\xi_2...$$ Could ...
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$H^s$ norm of non-integer power of functions

Let $ \Omega = \mathbb{T}^d (1 \leq d \leq 3)$ be the $d$ dimensional torus and $ u \in H^2(\Omega) $ be a complex valued function. For some $ 0 < \alpha < 1 $, let $ g(u) = |u|^\alpha u $. My ...
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Explanation of a step in a work by C. E. Kenig and A.D. Ionescu

I am studying the work Ionescu, A. D.; Kenig, C. E., Local and global wellposedness of periodic KP-I equations, Bourgain, Jean (ed.) et al., Mathematical aspects of nonlinear dispersive equations. ...
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An oscillatory integral

Let $s>0, v\in \mathbb{R}^d, w\in \mathbb{R}, |w|\leq 1$. Pick a cut-off function $B(0,1)\prec \eta \prec B(0,2)$ and a large real number $N$. Do we have the following type of estimates? \begin{...
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Fourier transform of the fractional Poisson kernel

Recall that the extension of function from $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ can be defined using the Poisson Kernel as follows: $$u^{\mathrm{e}}(\mathbf{x}):=\gamma_{n} \int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}} \frac{x_{n+...
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Regularity of $|u|^{\alpha}$ when $u$ is Schwartz

Let $0<\alpha<1$. Let $D_x^{\alpha}$ denote the Fourier multiplier given by $\xi\to |\xi|^{\alpha}$. Suppose $u:\mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{C}$ is Schwartz (or even just smooth with compact support). ...
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Convergence of an infinite sum, whose terms are supported in balls, in Besov space

Suppose we have a ball $B \subset \mathbb R^n$ and $\alpha >0$, and $\{ u_j\}_{j\geqslant-1} $ is a sequence of smooth functions such that the Fourier transforms $\mathcal{F}(u_j) $ are supported ...
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Convergence of a infinite sum in Besov space

Suppose we have an annulus $A \subset \mathbb R^n$, which is the set $\{x|0<r \leqslant\|x\| \leqslant R\}$, $\alpha \in \mathbb R$ and $\{ u_j\}_{j\geqslant-1} $ be a seqence of smooth functions ...
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How to prove that the L-infinity norm is smaller than the Besov norm?

Suppose we have a distribution $u\in B_{\infty,\infty}^\alpha$, the Besov space with regularity coefficient $\alpha>0$. How to prove the folowing inequality? $$ \|u\|_{L^\infty}\leqslant c\|u\|_{B_{...
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Sufficient conditions for the convexity of the discrete Fourier transforms

Let $f : [0,2\pi] \to \mathbb{R}$ be some function. Then the discrete Fourier transform of $f$ when sampled at $2\pi i/N$ is then given by $$ X_n := \sum_{i=0}^{N-1}\cos\left(\frac{2\pi n i}{N}\right)...
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Asking a reference for a fact about nonlocal operators

Let assume that $u$ is smooth enough and $ -\Delta (u \phi) \in L^1(\Omega)$ for any $\phi \in C_c^{\infty}(\Omega)$. Then it easily follows that $ -\Delta u \in L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\Omega)$ by ...
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Zygmund class, Schwartz class and Littlewood-Paley projection operators

I'm studying Littlewood-Paley theory in harmonic analysis, where I encountered the following problem related to the Zygmund class of functions: Consider the Zygmund class of functions defined as ...
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Schwartz regularity for the density of a stochastic process

Let $B$ be a standard Brownian motion in $\mathbb R$. Define the variables $$\begin{align*} X &= B_1, & Y &= \int_0^1B_s\mathrm ds, & Z&= \int_0^1B_s^2\mathrm ds. \end{align*}$$ It ...
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$L^p$-estimates for elliptic pseudodifferential operators

Assume we have an pseudodifferential operator $P:\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n) \rightarrow \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n), Pf(x) = (2\pi)^{-n/2}\int\mathrm{d}\xi\; p(x,\xi)\,\hat{f}(\xi)e^{i\xi x}$ acting on ...
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Integrability of fractional heat kernel

In Estimates of fractional heat kernel, it was stated that $$ \partial_{x_j} p_t^{(n)}(x) = -\frac{x_j}{2 \pi} \, p_t^{(n+2)}(\tilde x) $$ where $x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n) \in \mathbb R^n$, $\tilde x = (...
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Proof of Taylor's Schwartz kernel estimate of pseudodifferential operators

I am interested in the proof of the following result which gives an estimate on the Schwartz Kernel of a $\Psi$DO. There is one aspect the proof that is not clear to me which I would like to ask the ...