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Function $\phi$ such that $f(\phi(x,y)) = f(x) + f(y)$

I have a continuous function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$, and I am looking for a continuous (or at least measurable) function $\phi:\mathbb{R}^{2n}\to\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $f(\phi(x,y))=f(x)+f(y)$....
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Looking for review of delay differential equations involving $f(x)$ and $f(x/k)$

A research problem unexpectedly leads me to a delay differential equation of the form $$ f(x)=\alpha(f(x),f(x/2))\,f'(x)+\beta(f(x),f(x/2))\,f'(x/2)+\gamma(f(x),f(x/2)) $$ For special cases of $\alpha,...
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Reference needed: estimate of the second order derivatives

In $\mathbb{R}^d$ there is estimate (see 1.3, Chapter III of E.M.Stein' book Singular Integrals and Differentiability Properties of Functions) $$\left\|\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i \partial x_j} \...
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Stability of nonsmooth, Lipschitz continuous, autonomous system of differential equations

Consider the following autonomous system of differential equations: $$\frac{\mathrm d\mathbf x}{\mathrm dt} = \mathbf v(\mathbf x)$$ where $\mathbf x, \mathbf v \in \mathbb R^n$. Assume that $\...
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Non-positive definite solution for differential Riccati equation

Consider the matrix-valued differential Riccati equation (DRE): $$ \dot P_t +PA+A^\top P+Q-(B^\top P+S)^\top (B^\top P+S)=0, \quad t\in [0,T];\quad P(T)=G, $$ where all coefficients are continuous. ...
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Stability of Euler discretization

I am looking at the discretization of an ODE: $$x_{n+1} = x_n + \alpha f(x_n),$$ where $x_n\in R^d$ and $f$ is continuously differentiable and such that $f(0)=0$ and $f'(0)$ is Hurwitz (i.e., the real ...
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Recommendation for books on boundary-value problems that include perturbed boundaries and many solved problems

I am looking for a book or resource that contains applied math analytical methods and a lot of solved problems in Boundary-Value Problems for second-order PDEs, and if it could be related to wave-...
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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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References for Green's functions right focal boundary-value problem

Could you please give me some references for the computation of a Green's function for a second-order right focal difference equation? For this problem: \begin{gather*} \Delta^2 u(t)=f(t), \; t\in\{0,...
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Could the Riemann zeta function be a solution for a known differential equation?

Riemann zeta function is a function of complex variable $s$ that analytically continous the sum of Dirichlet series .defined as :$$\zeta(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\displaystyle \frac{1}{n^s} $$ for when ...
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Tight upper bounds on trigonometric polynomials

According to D. Hajela's chapter in Open Problems in Communications and Computation the following question was open as of the late 1980s. I have been unable to find any references so any results or ...
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Seeking articles on closed-form formulas for specific partial fraction expansions

I'm currently researching a general closed-form formula, in terms of elementary functions, for functions that have the following type of partial fraction expansion: $$\frac{1}{x^{p}}+\sum_{n=1}^{+\...
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Apéry's constant $\zeta(3)$ fastest convergent series

UPDATE Feb.02.2024 The series below, Eq.(3) for computing and Eq.(2) for verifying, were applied by Andrew Sun on Dec.22.2023 to get over $2\cdot10^{12}$ decimal digits and break the number of ...
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Reference or proof of a theorem of L. Fejér on summability of Fourier series

In the article "Ensembles exceptionnels" by A. Beurling, the author cites the following theorem of Fejér: Suppose that a $2\pi$ periodic function $ f $, Lebesgue integrable in $(0,2\pi)$ ...
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Integral involving Legendre polynomial

In a physics problem the following integral shows up $$\int\limits_0^{2\pi}P_m(\cos{(\theta-\alpha)})\,\cos^{m+2}{(n\alpha)}\;d\alpha,$$ where $P_m$ is the Legendre polynomial and $n,m$ are integer ...
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On the derivative of the Bernstein polynomial

$\newcommand\Z{\Bbb Z}\newcommand\De{\Delta}$For a natural $n$ and a function $g\colon\Z\to\Bbb R$, let $B_n g$ be the corresponding Bernstein polynomial, so that $$(B_n g)(x)=\sum_{k\in\Z} g(k)\binom ...
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Reference request for equivalent Lipschitz smoothness conditions

For an open set $Z\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$, let $f: Z\mapsto \mathbb{R}$ be a continuously differentiable function on $Z$, and let $L>0$ be fixed. Also, suppose that (a) $f$ is nonconvex and (b) $f$ ...
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A Inequality in the paper by Kenig, Ponce and Vega

I was trying to read the appendix of the paper by Kenig, Ponce and Vega, "Well-posedness and scattering results for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation via the contraction principle", ...
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About certain infinite products with the property $f(a)=f(1/a)$

In the paper Transformations of infinite series, Bryden Cais gives the following transformations of infinite products Theorem 4. If $$ f(t) = \frac{\cosh(\pi t)-1}{\sinh(\pi t)}\frac{\cosh(2\pi t)+1}{...
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Regularization for Newtonian n-body collisions in $\mathbb{R}^3$

In working with binary collisions in the Hamiltonian formulation of the Newtonian $n$-body problem, two common regularization techniques that deal with binary collisions are the Levi-Civita technique, ...
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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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Bound on $L^1$ norm of solution of two-point boundary value problem

This has to be known, but I have not been able to find it in the literature (probably due to not being too familiar with two-point boundary value problems). I have a function $u:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ ...
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For a manual evaluation of a definite integral

I note that Mathematica could yield the identity $$\int_0^1\frac{\log(1+x^2(x-1)/2)}{x^2(x-1)}dx=\frac{\pi(\pi-4)-12\log^22+24\log2}{16}.\tag{1}\label{1}$$ But I don't know how Mathematica got this. ...
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Godunov splitting convergence research

The approximation of Godunov splitting on certain differential equations is known to be first order accurate. In 2011, a paper has also shown that it is first order accurate for nonlinear ordinary ...
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Is this differential identity known?

Recently I discovered the differential identity $$ \frac{d^{k+1}}{dx^{k+1}} (1+x^2)^{k/2} = \frac{(1 \times 3 \times \dots \times k)^2}{(1+x^2)^{(k+2)/2}}$$ valid for any odd natural number $k$; for ...
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On a paper by Dimitrie Pompéiu and on one (in two parts) by Edmund Landau

To celebrate the new year and the future of mathematics (or the mathematics of future), I see no better way to ask a question stemming from my researches on power series. The two papers the title ...
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Does summing divergent series using cutoff functions give consistent results?

One way to try to give a value $S$ to a divergent series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n$ is with a smooth cutoff function: $$ S = \lim_{N\to\infty}\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \eta\left(\frac{n}{N}\right) $$ where $\...
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Beginners text on calculus of variations

I want to begin learning Calculus of Variations. What texts would MathOverflow recommend? Amazon shows up quite a few options. I work on Machine Learning, and that where I intend to apply this. ...
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Are “most” bounded derivatives not Riemann integrable?

Given $a,b\in\mathbb R$ with $a<b$. Let $$X=\{f\in C([a,b]): f \text{ is differentiable on } [a,b] \text{ with }f' \text{ bounded }\},$$ and $$A=\{f\in X: f' \text{ is Riemann integrable}\}. $$ It ...
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Uniqueness of the $J$ invariant

It seems that The $J$ invariant is the unique modular function of weight zero for $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ which is holomorphic away from a simple pole at the cusp such that $$J(e^{2\pi i/3})...
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Matrices and vectors of intervals

I'm working on a project and think that matrices and vectors of intervals will be useful. I'm aware about interval arithmetic, but there is little information on the internet, regarding matrices and ...
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A Poincaré-like inequality

Is it true that for some real $K>0$ and all real $u\in C_0^\infty((0,1))$ we have $$\int_0^1 (u'(x)^2+u(x)^2)\,dx\,\int_0^1 u(x)^2\,dx \le K\Big(\int_0^1 x\,u'(x)^2\,dx\Big)^2\text{ ?}$$
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When is there an inclusion between regular Orlicz Spaces?

It is a classical result that $L^p(\Omega) \subset L^q(\Omega)$ when $q<p$ and $|\Omega| < \infty$. I'd like to know if there is an Orlicz version of this fact. In other words, let $L^{G_1}$ and ...
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Catalan's constant fast convergent series

NOTE. UPDATE 2 introduces proven series for Catalan's constant that is possibly the fastest currently known. Working with some conjectured continued fractions that were published here, I have found ...
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References for derivative w.r.t. initial condition of an ODE

Let $b:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be measurable such that for all $n \in \mathbb N$ we have $$ \sup_{t \ge 0} |b(t, 0)| + \sup_{t \ge 0} \sup_{x \in \mathbb R^d} |\nabla^n_x b (t, ...
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Radius of the ball where the inverse of Lipschitz maps exists

I am aware of the inverse function theorem for Lipschitz maps, which uses the notion of generalised derivative $\delta_{x_0} f$ of a Lipschitz map $f$, due to F.H.Clarke in On the inverse function ...
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Number of positive roots for an exponential sum

Given $n\geq 3$ distinct constants $c_1, c_2, ..., c_n \in\mathbb{C}$, I want to bound/estimate the number of positive real roots for the equation $$f(x):=\sum_{i=1}^{n}\dfrac{c_i^n}{\prod_{j\neq i}(...
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Reference request: analysis of a nonlinear Fokker-Planck type equation

It is well-known that the linear Fokker-Planck equation (written in one space dimension for simplicity) $$\partial_t \rho = \partial_x \left(\rho_\infty \partial_x\left(\frac{\rho}{\rho_\infty}\right)\...
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Generalizations of the Euler–Maclaurin Summation Formula

I'm using the Euler–Maclaurin formula in a research project I'm working on. While brilliant, the elementary proof found in Apostol - An Elementary View of Euler's Summation Formula does not give me ...
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Name of a Frobenius-like method for ODEs

Mike McNulty, who is a postdoc working with me, showed me the following trick for looking at asymptotic behavior of ODEs near singular points that he found; my question: does it have a well-known name ...
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If $b\in C^1(E, \mathbb{R})$ and $b'$ is compact, then $b$ is weakly continuous — a reference request

While reading the well known book Minimax Methods in Critical Point Theory with Applications to Differential Equations by Paul Rabinowitz, in the proof of a generalisation of the Mountain Pass Theorem ...
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Carleson's lectures at UCLA

It seems that Professor Lennart Carleson gave a series of Lectures at UCLA in 1985. For example, one could find several mentions about these lectures in the book by Garnett & Marshal (see for ...
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Nonvanishing of Jacobians implies global injectivity?

I am interested in obtaining injectivity of a $C^1$ map from the nonvanishing minors of its Jacobian matrix. Here is a brief history of the topic. In 1953, Samuelson asked the following: If the ...
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The compact embedding of $H^{1/2}_{2\pi}$ in $L^s(0, 2\pi)$

Consider the fractional Sobolev space $H^{1/2}_{2\pi}$. This space consists of the functions $u$ in the space $L^2(0, 2\pi)$ whose coefficients of their Fourier expansion $$u(t)=a_0+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}...
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SDE with non-degenerate diffusion visits every point

I am asking an extension of the question here for SDEs of the Ito form. Consider the SDE $dX_t =\sigma(X_t) dW_t$, where $W$ is a $d$-dimensional Brownian motion and $\sigma:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}...
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Convergence of solutions to parametrized ODE when no limiting ODE exists

There is plenty of literature on the convergence of the solutions to the real ODE, parametrized by $N \in (0;\infty)$, \begin{equation} f_N' (x) = a_N (x) \cdot f_N (x) + b_N (x) \end{equation} to the ...
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Multi-parameter stationary phase asymptotic expansion

I am looking for an asymptotic expansion of the oscillatory integral of the form $$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}f(x)\exp(i(\lambda_1\phi_1(x)+\dots+\lambda_k\phi_k(x))dx,$$ as $\lambda_i\to \infty$ ...
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References on infinite series involving the tetration operator, like $ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{ {^{n}2} } $

I wonder whether there are any references on infinite series involving the tetration operator, including: \begin{align} S_{1} &:= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{ {^{n}2} } \\ &= \frac{1}{2} + \...
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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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How did Fermi calculate this integral?

In his 1926 paper Fermi states without further explanation that it follows from the Thomas-Fermi equation $$\frac{d^2\psi(x)}{dx^2}=\frac{\psi(x)^{3/2}}{\sqrt{x}},\label{1} \tag{1}$$ and boundary ...

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