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Rademacher theorem

If $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^m$ is of class $C^1$ and $\operatorname{rank} Df(x_o)=k$, then clearly $\operatorname{rank} Df\geq k$ in a neighborhood of $x_o$. It is not particularly difficult to ...
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Applications of measure, integration and Banach spaces to combinatorics

I'm going to be teaching a Master's level analysis course (measure theory, Lebesgue integration, Banach and Hilbert spaces, and if there's time, some spectral or PDE stuff) in the fall. My problem is ...
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A result of Sierpiński on non-atomic measures

There is a classical result commonly attributed to W. Sierpiński that reads as follows: Theorem 1. If $f: \Sigma \to \bf R$ is a non-atomic (*) measure on a set $S$, then for every $X \in \Sigma$ ...
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Existence of a measure-preserving bijection

Let $f, g \, \colon \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be two Borel-measurable functions such that $f$ is non negative and g is radially symmetric, the function $ (0, \infty )\ni t \mapsto g (tx)$ ...
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Growth of $L^p$ norms as $p \to \infty$

Let $f$ be a non-negative function defined on the unit interval. It is well known that $N(p) := \left(\int_0^1 f^p(t) dt\right)^{\frac{1}{p}} $ converges to $\operatorname{esssup}_{[0,1]} f$ when $p \...
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Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions

How can one prove the following result on the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions: Let $f,g:[0,1] \to \mathbb R$ be two continuous functions. Suppose that $$\...
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Flow of ODE with monotone source

Let $\Phi$ be the flow (defined as in page 6 of this paper) of the ODE $$\begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\ \Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}. \end{cases}$$ Is ...
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Partially BV vector fields and renormalization

Why does the approach used to prove Theorem 4.1 in the paper by Le Bris and Lions on Renormalized solutions of some transport equations with partially $W^{1,1}$ velocities and applications not work ...
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Regular Lagrangian flow for explicit ODE with discontinuous right-hand side

Consider the problem $$(\star) \quad \begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \begin{cases} - 1 & \text{ if } X(t,x) >0, \\ 1 & \text{ if } X(t,x) < 0 \end{cases}, &t \in [0,T],\\ X(0,x) ...
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Convergence of the difference quotient of a BV function

Consider a BV function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$. What can be said about the difference quotient $$ \frac{u(x+\epsilon y)-u(x)}{\epsilon} $$ regarding its convergence as $\epsilon \to 0$...
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Role of absolute continuity of divergence of BV function in proof of renormalization property

In the paper http://cvgmt.sns.it/paper/436/, the author proves the renormalization property for the flow generated by a vector field $a(t,\cdot) \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$. Heuristically, ...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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Growth assumption and example of finite (arbitrarily small) time blow up for ODE

Consider the following ODE initial value problem \begin{align*} &\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(t,x) = \boldsymbol{F}(t,\Phi(t,x)), & t \in [0,T], \ \ x \in \mathbb{R}^N,\\ &\Phi(0,x) = x, & x \in \...
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Difference quotient for solutions of ODE and Liouville equation

Suppose that $\Phi$ is the solution of $$\begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\ \Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N \end{cases}$$ How does one prove that $$\...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of product with cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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Level sets of a BV function and its derivative

Given $u \in BV(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^M)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, what is the relationship between its level sets and its distributional derivative $Db$? More specifically, does Alberti ...
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Kolmogorov entropy of a subset of $L^1$

How can we estimate the Kolmogorov $\epsilon$-entropy $$H_\epsilon (A,L^1(\mathbb R))$$ where $ A = \{f:\mathbb R \to [0,K] \text{ s.t. $f \in L^1$ and has total variation $TV(f) \le M$}\} $?
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