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Eric T. Sawyer's proof of Fourier restriction conjecture
Some days ago Eric T. Sawyer uploaded a paper to arxiv claiming a proof of the Fourier restriction conjecture https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.03145.pdf. If complete and correct this work will be a landmark ...
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Questions on de Branges' work on the Riemann hypothesis
According to Wikipedia, Louis de Branges de Bourcia has obtained some notable
results, such as a proof of the Bieberbach conjecture in 1985, which is now
known as de Branges' theorem. Initially, his ...
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Finding a dimension-free bound for a certain multiplier on Euclidean space
The following question is indirectly motivated by strong type maximal function estimates. Let $f\in L_{p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$. For $\xi=(\xi_{1},\ldots,\xi_{n})\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$ define $m(\xi)$ so ...
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Phase perturbations in oscillatory integrals
I am interested in learning about quantitative refinements of the method of stationary phase which allow to treat small perturbations in the phase of an oscillatory integral (of the first kind, in ...
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Fourier series of smooth functions in infinitely many variables
Let $J$ be a set (usually countable). Let $t_j$, $j\in J$, be variables in ${\mathbb R}/2\pi i{\mathbb Z}.$ Put $u_j=\exp(it_j),$ $j\in J.$ Introduce the following semi-norms on the space of Fourier ...
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Equivalent forms of Fourier restriction conjecture
this question is posted in mathstackexchange, but it seems that no one answers it. Sorry to the administrator if this question is not appropriate on Mathoverflow.
I'm reading Pertti Maattila's book ...
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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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Condition on the support of $f$ which ensure that $\widehat{f}$ has a zero-measure nodal region
Suppose that $f\in L^2(\mathbb{R})$ is non-zero and compactly supported. Then its Fourier transform $\widehat{f}\neq 0$ is analytic, and in particular the nodal set $\{\xi\in\mathbb{R}\,s.t.\,\widehat{...
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Is there a way to solve this integral on the sphere explicitly?
Let $k_{j}\in {\mathbb{Z}}^{+}$ and $\,a_{j}\in \,]0,1[$, be such that
$k_{j}\,a_{j}<1$, $j=1,\cdots,n$. Let $f:\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow [0,\infty[$ be defined by the integral
$$f(y):=\int_{\...
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Sobolev extension from a discrete set of points
Let $1 > \alpha > 0$ and fix some $C > 0$. Consider $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded domain and $Y \subset \Omega$ a discrete (finite) set of points. For $f: Y \to \mathbb{R}$ define
$$...
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Value of prolate speroidal wave function at 0
I have a very basic question about prolate speroidal wave functions that can be defined as eigenfunctions to the following integral equation:
$$
\lambda\cdot \psi(x) = \int_{-1}^{1}\frac{\sin 2c(x-y)}{...
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Inverse Function Theorem on Zygmund Spaces, is the inverse in the same Zygmund Space?
Preliminary Definitions
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be open. We define the Zygmund spaces $C^r_{*}(\Omega)$ with $r>0$, $r \in \mathbb{R}$ in the following way: (all the functions are ...
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On a differential inequality
The question has probabilistic origins, but it would take too long to elaborate. $\newcommand{\ii}{\boldsymbol{i}}$ $\newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}}$ $\newcommand{\eS}{\mathscr{S}}$
Fix a nonnegative ...
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Fefferman's article: Pointwise convergence of Fourier series, II
I have some problems reading Pointwise convergence of Fourier series by Fefferman https://www.jstor.org/stable/1970917
I got stuck in Chapter 6, Lemma 5. In the proof he split the $\mathcal P'$ into ...
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Direct analytic proof of positive definiteness of stable characteristic functions
Is there a direct analytic proof that the function
$$
f ( t ) =
\exp\left(-|t|^\alpha \big[ \lambda + i \theta \operatorname{sign} ( t ) \big]\right),
\qquad
\lambda > 0, \quad
|\theta| < \...
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The inversion formula for the square root of a positive function
Let $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R})$. Suppose that $\hat{f}$, the Fourier transform of $f$, is a positive function in $C_0(\mathbb{R})$. Does there exists any function $g\in L^1(\mathbb{R})$ with $|\hat{g}|^2=\...
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The Fourier transform of a compactly supported smooth function on Lie groups over $\mathbb{Q}_S$, where $S$ contains finitely many primes and $\infty$
Let $G$ be a semisimple Lie group defined over global Field $\mathbb{Q}$. Let $S$ be a set of finitely many non-Archimedean places including Archimedean places. Let $P_{0}=M_{0}A_{0}N_{0}$ be the ...
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Strict inequality in decoupling inequality
I am working on the decoupling inequality developed by Bourgain and Demeter: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06032.
Is there an example where we have strict inequality in Theorem 1.1, say in the case $n=2$ ...
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Reconstructing a sine wave using square waves and Möbius inversion: L² convergence?
Let $s$ be the (“square wave”) $1$-periodic real function such that $s(x) = 1$ if $0<x<\frac{1}{2}$ and $s(x) = -1$ if $\frac{1}{2}<x<1$ (and maybe $s(0)=s(\frac{1}{2})=0$ for the sake of ...
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Decay of Laplace (or Mellin) transform beyond region of convergence?
Let $f:[0,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$ be a piecewise differentiable function with $f(0)=0$ and $f'(t)$ of bounded variation. Its Laplace transform $\mathcal{L}f$ converges for $\Re s > 0$. Assume it can ...
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About optimizing decay rate of Fourier transforms?
Suppose we have a density function $f(t)$ of a random variable and $f \in C^1(R)$. If characteristic function of $f$ is $\phi_f(x) \asymp O(x^{-\beta})$ and $f$ satisfies some restrictive conditions ...
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Optimal Kakeya maximal bound for bushes
Let $\{T_{\alpha}\}$ be a collection of $1\times\cdots\times 1\times N$ tubes, where $N\gg 1$, with maximal $1/N$-separated directions, which all are centered at the origin (i.e. they form a bush). In ...
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Does the following inequality hold under Zygmund condition?
Let $f:R\rightarrow R$ be a continuous function which satisfies the Zygmund condition
$$
|f(x+\delta)+f(x-\delta)-2f(x)|\leq \text{const} \frac{|\delta|}{(\log\frac{1}{|\delta|})^{\alpha}}, \,\, \...
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Fourier : from analyticity to exponential decay ; what prevents optimal decay ?
Hello everyone !
In Fourier Analysis, Self-Adjointness by Reed and Simon (Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics, Vol. 2), Theorem IX.14 tells us that (I'll take dimension 1 for simplicity) :
if $...
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For $\Phi$ a majorant of $1_{[-1/2,1/2]}$, how small can the total variation of $\widehat\Phi$ be?
Let $\Phi:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a real-valued, symmetric, non-negative function such that $\Phi(t)\geq 1$ for $|t|\leq 1/2$. Assume furthermore that $\Phi$ and $\widehat\Phi$ are both in $L^1\...
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Fourier transform of Dirac delta distribution
Let $f,g$ be Schwartz functions on $\mathbb R^4$, we denote them as $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^4)$, one can then define the transform $V$ mapping $f,g$ to a Schwartz function $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^8)$
$$ V(...
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Stein's book on harmonic analysis
My background :
I am a Math PhD student. I will most probably work in harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces. I am a fan of Folland's Real analysis and I have thoroughly studied first 8 chapters of ...
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Turán–Nazarov's lemma for algebraic polynomials?
Nazarov proved a version of Turán's lemma in Complete Version of Turan’s Lemma for Trigonometric Polynomials on the Unit Circumference, which is now known by the name Nazarov–Turán's lemma. A special ...
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Boundedness of solutions to second order ODE
Let $q(x)$ be a probability density function over $[0,1]$. Let $\lambda > 0$ and $f: [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ be any solution to the following ODE:
$$
\lambda f''(x) + q(x) f(x) = 0, \text{for all }x \...
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Functions whose Fourier coefficients satisfy $ \sum_{k=1}^\infty |c_k| < 1 $?
Let $f:(0,1) \to \mathbb R$ be a function that can be written as $$f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty c_k \phi_k(x),$$ where $\phi_k(x) = \cos(\pi k x)$. What is the minimal assumption required on $f$ to ...
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Inequality about exponential integrals
I am reading about Dirichlet polynomials in the book Analytic Number Theory by Iwaniec-Kowalski.
During the proof of Theorem 9.1 for any positive real numbers $T, N$ they define a piecewise linear and ...
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Average of irrational flow on the torus
Let $$F(x,y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2-\sin(2\pi x) - \sin(2\pi y)}}$$
defined on $\mathbb{T}^2$. Here $\mathbb{T}^2 = \mathbb{R}^2/ \mathbb{Z}^2$ is the 2-torus. How can I show that
$$ \lim_{T\...
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A specific Schwartz function $f$ on $\mathbb C^2$
Choose a Schwartz function on $\mathbb C$ of the form $f(z)=f(r e^{i\theta})= f_0(r) e^{in\theta}$. Then $$(*) \quad f(e^{i\alpha} z)= e^{in\alpha} f(z), \quad \forall z\in \mathbb C.$$
Now, let $f$ ...
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Is this simple oscillatory integral operator uniformly bounded on $L^2$?
Let $\phi(t,s)$ be a real-valued function smooth away from the diagonal, and equal to 0 on the diagonal. Assume that $0\le \phi(t,s)\le |t-s|$ for $t,s\in \mathbb{R}$. Let
$$T_\lambda f(t)=\int \frac{\...
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Are there any improvements on the estimate of oscillatory integral with one-side folds?
Suppose $X$ and $Z$ are open sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$, respectively. Define $T_\lambda f:L^2(Z)\to L^2(X)$ by $$T_\lambda f(x)=\int e^{i\lambda\Phi(x,z)}a(x,z)f(z)dz,$$where the ...
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Integrating a series expansion of $\mbox{frac}(x)\lfloor x\rfloor$ coming from Fourier series of sawtooth function
Let me preface this question by saying that I am not exactly sure it counts as research level. It is crossposted on mathstackexchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1519724/integrating-a-...
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What is the Fourier transform of this function?
Consider the function
$$
f(x_1,x_2)=|x_1x_2|^{-\alpha/2}\int_{\mathbb{R}} \frac{e^{it(x_1+u)}-1}{i(x_1+u)} \frac{e^{it(x_2-u)}-1}{i(x_2-u)} |u|^{-\beta}du.
$$
It is known that $f(x_1,x_2)\in L^2(\...
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How well can you approximate a function by a band-restricted function?
Say I have a compactly supported $C^1$ function $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$.
Let $R>0$. Let $\nu$ be some reasonable measure on $\mathbb{R}$ -- take, for instance, (a) $d\nu(t)=dt$ or (b) $d\nu(...
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Spectral gap of tempered distributions
Hi,
Let $\Lambda\subset\mathbb{R}$ be an infinite discrete set of finite density (for simplicity one may take the density equals 1) and $\delta_{\lambda}$
is a unit mass located at the point $\lambda\...
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Regularity properties of the derivatives of a particular function on $D \times D\to \bar{D} $ ?
This question might sound a little less rigorously formulated, but I hope the question still makes sense.
Let $h: S^1 \to S^1$ be an oriention-preserving homeomorphism and let $p(z,t) = \frac{1}{2\...
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characterization of Hörmander multipliers
Denote $S$ as the space of Schwartz functions, for $v\in S'$, the space of tempered distributions, define an operator $T_v:f\in S \to f*v$. Then space of Hormander Multipliers $M^{p,q}$ can be defined ...
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Periodicity in one Fourier variable
Let $f:[0,1]\times [0,1] \to \mathbb C$ be a double periodic function (periodic in both variables) that depends real-analytically on its argument.
We can thus write $f$ as $$ f(x) = \sum_{n \in \...
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$L^p$ norm of Fourier transform of function composed with a diffeomorphism
Suppose $f$ is a compactly supported smooth function from $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $\mathbb{C}$ and $A$ is a diffeomorphism on $\mathbb{R}^n$, do we have any theorems relating the $L^p$ norm of $\hat{f}$ and ...
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Estimating commutator of Fourier integral
Let $f(x)= \log(\vert x\vert)$ on $\mathbb R^2$ and define $s_n:H^2 \to L^2$ where $H^2$ is the second Sobolev space by
$$ s_n(g)(x) = \frac{nf(x)}{4\pi i} \int_{\mathbb R^2} e^{\frac{in\vert x-y\...
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Fourier transform of functions mapping manifolds, is there a definition?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}$I have a problem which boils down to the analysis of functions of the form
$$
f : \mathbb{R} \to \SO(3)^n
$$
Since $\SO(3)$ is a compact group so is $\SO(3)^n$.
Now if ...
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Functional inequality for fractional Laplacian
Let $f$ be a nonnegative function on the $d$-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^d$, which you can take to be smooth. Let $\bar{f}:=\int_{\mathbb{T}^d}fdx$. I am interested in whether the following ...
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Function of several variables whose hessian is a Hankel matrix
First of all, let me apologize because I asked this question a few days ago on https://math.stackexchange.com, but I did not get any reply.
I am studying a function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}...
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What is the Jacobi-Anger expansion of $\sin^{[k]} (\theta) $?
Cross-post from MSE.
The Jacobi-Anger expansion gives expressions for functional iterates of trigonometric functions in terms of Bessel functions. For instance, we have $$\sin(z \sin(\theta)) = 2 \...
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Fourier transforms exhibiting symmetries about their critical points
Upon looking at the graphs of various Fourier sine and cosine transforms (ones without Dirac deltas in their domain) I've noticed a pattern that is probably already known, but that I thought would be ...
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Integrability of Fourier transform of truncated fractional power
Is the Fourier transform of the function $f$ which agrees with $1_{[-1.1]}|x|^\alpha$ on $[-1,1]$ and then decays very fast to zero to become a compactly supported continuous function, is in $L^1(\...
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