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Can Hölder's Inequality be strengthened for smooth functions?
Is there an $\epsilon>0$ so that for every nonnegative integrable function $f$ on the reals,
$$\frac{\| f \ast f \|_\infty \| f \ast f \|_1}{\|f \ast f \|_2^2} > 1+\epsilon?$$
Of course, we ...
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Hardy-type inequality for point boundary
Let $f$ be in $W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ for $n\geq 3$ and $p>n/2$, with $f=0$ at the origin. I want to show that the integral $$\int_{B(0,r)} (f |x|^{-2})^p dV <\infty$$ for some small $r>0$. A ...
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A linear operator equation (PDE) with non-monotone term
I'm interested in the existence and/or uniqueness to the following problem. Let $V$ and $H$ be Hilbert spaces and $V \subset H \subset V^*$ form a Gelfand triple.
There is a linear operator $L:{D}(L) ...
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Operator theory of initial-value ODE problems
The theory of elliptic boundary value problems is usually treated from the perspective of functional analysis, and the theory of operators between Hilbert spaces.
In contrast to that, the theory of ...
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Uniqueness of solutions to an ODE system
For each $i$ (up to infinity), let $u_i \in C^1(0,T)$ satisfy
$$\frac{d}{dt}u_i(t) + \sum_{j=1}^\infty b(t;w_j,w_i)u_j(t) = 0$$
$$u_i(0) = u_i(T)$$
where $b(t;\cdot,\cdot)$ is an inner product on some ...
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A book about almost periodic functions [closed]
Can anyone give me suggestions for new books about Besicovitch's almost periodic functions? Thanks a lot.
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The trivility of Besov space for large parameter
For all $s>0$, $1\le p<+\infty$ and $u\in L^p(\mathrm{d}x)$, we define
$$D_{s,p}(u)=\sup_{r>0}\frac{1}{r^{sp+n}}\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}\int_{B(x,r)}|u(y)-u(x)|^p\mathrm{d}y\mathrm{d}x$$
and
$$W^{...
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Laplacian mapping on various function spaces
I have a question related to a certain elliptic operator on $R^N$ but I think i can clarify my confusion if I just consider the Laplacian $\Delta$ on the unit ball in $R^N$.
If $ 1 <p< \infty$...
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Variational Principle for a System of Differential Equations
I am studying a differential operator of the form $$ L\left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \end{array}\right) = -\Delta \left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \end{array}\right) + V(x)\left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \...
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Intuition for the Hardy space $H^1$ on $R^n$
the standard intuition for Lebesgue spaces $L^p(\mathbb R^n)$ for $p \in [1,\infty]$ are measurable functions with certain decay properties at infinity or at the singularities.
In particular, a ...
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Holder continuity of Poisson equation with divergence free drift
I am interested in the following PDE.
Suppose $u_m$ is a smooth solution of a elliptic equation of the form
$$ -\Delta u_m(x) + a_m(x) \cdot \nabla u_m(x) = f_m(x) \qquad B_1 $$ with $ u_m=0 $ on $\...
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Continuity with values in L^2
Hi,
let $T>0$, $\Omega\subset\mathrm{R}^n$ be a bounded smooth domain and suppose
$$u\in L^2(0,T;W^{1,2}(\Omega))\cap L^\infty((0,T)\times\Omega))\ \text{and } \partial_tu\in L^2(0,T;W^{-1,2}(\...
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Can I approximate Schwartz functions which integrate to zero by $C_0^\infty$ functions which integrate to zero?
Let $X$ be the closed subspace of Schwartz space $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ defined by
\begin{equation*}
X=\left\{f\in\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^N):\quad \int f\; dx=0\right\}.
\end{equation*}
My ...
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Spectrum of Mathieu equation
I have the differential equation $-f''(x)-q \cos(x) f(x) = \lambda f(x)$ and I want to find all the eigenvalues of this equation analytically on $[0,2\pi]$ that satisfy the boundary condition $f(0) = ...
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Abstract ODE; PDE; uniqueness of solution
I have a somewhat vague question regarding an abstract ODE in a Banach space.
Suppose $A:D(A) \subset X \rightarrow X$ is some linear operator (let's assume it's closed) and maybe add some other ...
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smooth Luzin theorem
For measurable functions $f(x)$, $g(x)$ on $[0,1]$ define the distance $\rho(f,g)$ as a Lebesgue measure of the set $\{x:f(x)\ne g(x)\}$. Then Luzin's famous theorem states that $C[0,1]$ is dense with ...
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What can be said about the Fourier transforms of characteristic functions?
What can be said about the Fourier transform of the characteristic function $1_A$, where $A\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is of finite Lebesgue measure? In particular,
What properties are common to ...
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Theorem with an example [closed]
i have this theorem
in the paper they gives an example:
but here $H_1$ is not satisfied !
How to correct it please?
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Existence for ODE in Banach space (accretive operators and Crandall-Liggett)
There is a theory of mild solutions $u \in C^0(0,T;X)$ where $X$ is a Banach space for equations of the form
$$\frac{du}{dt} + Au = f$$
where $A$ is an accretive nonlinear operator under some ...
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A sufficient condition for a probability measure to have compact support
Consider a probability measure $\mu$ on, let's say, $\mathbb R$.
Is there a necessary and sufficient condition so that $\mu$ has compact support $Supp(\mu)$ ?
I agree this question is too vague, ...
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A differentiable version of the Michael selection theorem
Assume that $X$ and $Y$ are Banach spaces and $T:X\to Y$ is a bounded surjective linear map.
Is there a Gateaux differentiable function $g:Y\to X$ such that $T\circ g=Id_{Y}$?
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A (non trivial) continuous map on a Banach space which is nowhere Frechet differentiable
Assume that $X$ is a Banach space. Is there a continuous map $f:X\to X$ such that $f$ is nowhere Frechet differentiable, but its restriction to every finite dimensional subspace is every where Frechet ...
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What are the basis functions for a product space?
Let $X=L^1\left([0,1]^3\right)$,
for numerical purpose, what are the possible basis function for $X$?
In finite element method, the basis functions are tooth functions, or polynomial functions.
Is ...
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Inverse Transpose of Jacobian Matrix
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^n\mapsto\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bijective function. Fixed $a\in\mathbb{R}^n$. For any $x$ closes to $a$, using Taylor's series we can approximate $f(x)$ by
\begin{equation}
f(x)\approx f(...
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Is the speed of a curve in $ \ell^\infty $ zero a.e. if the derivative of each component is zero a.e.?
Let $ A $ be an $ \mathcal{H}^1$-measurable subset of $ \mathbb{R} $ and $ \gamma \colon A \subseteq \mathbb{R} \to \ell^\infty $ be a Lipschitz mapping with the Lipschitz constant $ L $. Also, assume ...
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A two dimensional integral equation
I have the following integral equation:
$\phi(x, y) = \frac{a}{x-y} \int_y^x \phi(s, y) ds + \frac{b}{x-y} \int_y^x \phi(x, s) ds$
where $a > 1$ and $b> 1$ are constants, and $x \geq y$. The ...
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Birth-Death Process associated with Orthogonal Polynomials
I have read in various places the following objects are related:
orthogonal polynomials
birth-death processes
Lattice paths
continued fractions
After a lot of searching online, I found sketches ...
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matrix Khintchine inequality
The usual Khintchine inequality says that if $\{\epsilon_n\}_{n = 1}^N$ are i.i.d. random variables with $\mathbb{P}(\epsilon_n = \pm 1) = \frac{1}{2}$ for each $n$ then
\begin{equation*}
\left( \...
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Dynamical properties of injective continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}^d$
Let $\varphi:\mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{R}^d$ be an injective continuous function.
Denote by $\varphi_n$ the $n$-th iterate of $\varphi$, i.e.
$\varphi_n(x)=\varphi_{n-1}(\varphi(x))$ for all $x\in\...
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What is the translation in Fourier transform for a function to have exp. decay at $x\to -\infty$
It is known that smooth functions with exponential decay at $\pm\infty$ are functions whose Fourier transform have analytic continuation in some suited complex strip. I was wondering what happens if ...
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Reference for complex analysis jargon
I am not a (complex) analyst but it seems that some of the questions I am working on are related to the following concepts:
logarithmic capacity
transfinite diameter
Green's function of a compact ...
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specific improper integral involving erf
I have encountered an integral, and kindly ask for help with a solution. It is beyond my own capabilities, and neither Maple nor Mathematica were of any help:
$$
\int_{1}^{\infty} \left[\mathrm{erf}\...
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growth bound for solution of an ordinary integro-differential equation
I am considering the following ordinary integro-differential equation
$$
A g = \sigma^2(y) + \int_\mathbb{R} \nu(y,dz) z^2
$$
where
$$
A = b(y) \partial + \frac{1}{2} \sigma^2(y) \partial^2
+ \int_\...
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A contradiction to do with continuity? (involves chain rule)
Suppose for each $t$, $S(t) \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a domain (hypersurface). We have a diffeomorphism $D^0_t:S(0) \to S(t)$ for each $t$ such that it solves the ODE
$$\frac{d}{dt}D^0_t(\cdot) = V(D^...
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Hölder continuity of uniform limit of piecewise constant functions
Consider a piecewise constant function $v: [a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined by a finite partition $a=t_0 < t_1 < t_2 < ... < t_s=b$ of the interval $[a,b]$, and constants $m_1,m_2,...,...
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showing convergence of a function recursion relation
I have obtained (formally) a perturbative solution
$$
H(y) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \delta^n H_n(y)
$$
to the following integro-differential equation ($\delta$ is a small constant, $\nu$ is a L\'evy ...
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Let a function f have all moments zero. What conditions force f to be identically zero?
Throughout, let $f$ be a Lebesgue measurable function (or continuous if you wish, but this is probably no easier). (Questions with distributions etc. are possible also but I want to keep things simple ...
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decreasing rearrangements: why the asymmetry of measure-preserving maps?
Ryff proved in 1970 that the decreasing rearrangement $f^*$ of a, say, continuous function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ admits a measure preserving map $\phi$ such that $f=f^*\circ\phi$. In general it is ...
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Conditions on a measure to satisfy certain relation on moments.
Suppose we have a measure $\mu$ on $\mathbb R_+$ such that $\forall s>-1$ $t^s\in L^1(\mathrm d\mu(t))$.
I'd like to impose some conditions on $\mu$ so the function
$$f:p\to \frac{\int_0^\infty t^...
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For what spaces is the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator of strong type $(p,p)$ if and only if $p > p_0 > 1$?
(This is essentially a continuation of my previous question, here.)
Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space, i.e. $\mu$ is a Borel measure on the metric space $(X,d)$. Further assume (though you ...
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Bruhat-Schwartz functions and derivatives in p-adic numbers
First of all, I am not an expert in neither classical, nor $p$-adic functional analysis, but anyway, I stumbled over the following lately:
Let $\varphi:\mathbb{Q}_p\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$.
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Constructing a Sobolev space containing the differential k-forms of a Riemannian manifold
I am currently writing a paper about the Hodge theorem for an algebraic topology course. The specific formulation I am proving can be stated thus. Let $M$ be a compact, orientable n-dimensional ...
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Variation on Fatou's lemma for Sobolev norms
Recall that Fatou's Lemma says that for every sequence $f_n$ of non-negative measurable functions
$$\int \liminf_{n\to \infty} f_n \ d\mu\leq \liminf_{n\to \infty} \int f_n\ d\mu \ .$$
If I am not ...
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Ideals of the ring of smooth functions
The ring $C^\infty(M)$ of smooth functions on a smooth manifold $M$ is a topological ring with respect to the Whitney topology and the usual ring operations. Is it possible to describe, maybe under ...
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weak*closure of {f:||f||=1} in dual.
What is the weak* closure of {f:||f||=1}? I am sure this set is not closed in weak* topology.
So what is the weak* closure of this set. Thanks.
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Weierstrass Approximation Theorem with an additional condition
Good afternoon:
Let $f$ be a continuous function defined on an closed interval $[a, b]\subset\mathbb R$.
By Weierstrass Approximation Theorem, for any $\epsilon>0$, there is a polynomial $p$ such ...
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Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for measures
Riemann Lebesgue Lemma states that Fourier transform of an $L^1$ function, $\hat{f}(\lambda)$ is continuous and goes to zero as $|\lambda|\to \infty$. If $\mu$ is a finite nonatomic measure then is it ...
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For which metric measure spaces is the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator not of weak type (1,1)?
Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space, i.e. $\mu$ is a Borel measure on the metric space $(X,d)$. I'll denote the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator - either centred or uncentred, I don't mind ...
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Examples of loss of regularity by "creation of topology"
I would like to have a list as general as possible of examples of situations where the density of smooth objects into some "natural class" (the meaning of "natural" depending on the problem considered)...
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Hilbert transforms of measures
Given a finite measure $\mu$ on the real line $\mathbb R$, one definition of its Hilbert transform is $(H\mu)(y) =\frac{1}{\pi}(PV)\int \frac{d\mu(x)}{x-y}$ which is known to exist almost everywhere ...
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