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Breakdown of the fourier series identity $e_n e_m = e_{n+m}$ on a perturbed torus

I would like to apologize for leaving things a bit vague. I think my question could be stated much more precisely but right now that is difficult for me to do. I nevertheless think it is an ...
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Integral convolution equation $\int_{B_n(R) } e^{- \| x - t\|} d\nu(t) = e^{- \|x \|^2/2}$ on $x \in B_n(R)$. Find measure $\nu$

Let $B_n(R)$ denote the $n$ ball centered at zero with radius $R$. We are interested in the following integral equation: given $R>0$ and $\lambda>0$, let \begin{align} \int_{B_n(R)} e^{- \...
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Recent progress restriction conjecture - Problem 2.7 (Terence Tao lecture notes)

I've been tackling the following problem for some time, Problem 2.7. (a) Let $S:=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{R}_{+} \times \mathbf{R}_{+}: x^2+y^2=1\right\}$ be a quarter-circle. Let $R \geq 1$, and ...
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Fourier transform relation for spherical convolution

Let $f$ and $g$ be two functions defined over the 2d sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$. The convolution between $f$ and $g$ is defined as a function $f * g$ over the space $SO(3)$ of 3d rotations as $$(f*g)(R) = \...
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Sufficient condition for a probability distribution on $\mathbb Z_p$ to admit a square-root w.r.t convolution

Let $p \ge 2$ be a positive integer, and let $Q \in \mathcal P(\mathbb Z_p)$ be a probability distribution on $\mathbb Z_p$. Question. What are necessary and sufficient conditions on $Q$ to ensure ...
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Relationship between Fourier inversion theorem and convergence of "nested" Fourier series representations of $f(x)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\erf{erf}\DeclareMathOperator\sech{sech}\DeclareMathOperator\sgn{sgn}\DeclareMathOperator\sinc{sinc}$This is a cross-post of a question I posted on MSE a couple of weeks ago which ...
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Approximating a function by a convolution of given function?

Let $g:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a given differentiable function of exponential decay on both sides. Now let us be given a function $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$, also of exponential decay, if you ...
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Computing sums with linear conditions quickly

Let $f:\{1,\dotsc,N\}\to \mathbb{C}$, $\beta:\{1,\dotsc,N\}\to [0,1]$ be given by tables (or, what is basically the same, assume their values can be computed in constant time). For $0\leq \gamma_0\leq ...
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Equivalent action of convolution of directional derivative

I have asked this question a while back on StackExchange but have not received any answer/comment. I received a suggestion to post the same question in here which is more research oriented. Let $k*f(x)...
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Deconvolution using the discrete Fourier transform

Summary: From discrete convolution theorem, it is understandable that we need 2N-1 point DFT of both sequences in order to avoid circular convolution. If we need to do deconvolution of a given ...
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Does this formula correspond to a series representation of the Dirac delta function $\delta(x)$?

Consider the following formula which defines a piece-wise function which I believe corresponds to a series representation for the Dirac delta function $\delta(x)$. The parameter $f$ is the evaluation ...
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Vanishing convolution between density and compactly supported function

Find a pair of functions $f,g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that: $f$ is smooth and compactly supported (say, on $[0,1]$ but this isn't crucial), $g(x)>0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$, $\int g(x)\,dx=...
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Approximate identities and pointwise convergence

I'm studying Fourier analysis and have a question about approximate identities. Let $k_{\epsilon}$ be an approximate identity on $L^{1}(\mathbf{T})$. We know that $k_{\epsilon}*f\to f$ in $L^{1}$ as $...
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Square root of dirac delta function

Is there a measurable function $ f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^+ $ so that $ f*f(x)=1 $ for all $ x\in \mathbb{R} $, i.e $$\int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(t)f(x-t) dt=1 $$ for all $ x\in \mathbb{R} $.
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Origin of the convolution theorem

I am a chemist, with some interest in signal processing. Sometimes, we use the deconvolution process to remove the instruments response from the desired signals. I am looking for the earliest ...
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Earliest use of deconvolution by Fourier transforms

From a previous discussion here Origin of the convolution theorem, it was shown that the property of convolution $y(t)$=$a$*$b$ becoming a multiplication after Fourier transform: $F$$(y(t))$= $F(a)F(b)...
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Does convolution by a Schwartz function preserve symbol classes?

I am working on a problem involving pseudodifferential operators, and I need a property of the operator "convolution by a Schwartz function". I apologize in advance if the question is ...
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Convolution, Fourier transforms, and area preservation [closed]

Consider the convolution of two functions, f * g. And let us assume, for practicality, some example case where an integral of f or g can be interpreted as the "area under the curve" (or the ...
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Fast convolution of sparse functions

Let $F:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{Z}$ be a step function with at most $k$ discontinuities, at given rationals $a_1<a_2<\dotsc<a_k$. Let $g:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{Z}$ be given as a linear ...
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Is there (fast) fourier transform for vector convolution?

Given a list of variables $u_1,\dots,u_m\in\mathbb R$ and $v_1,\dots,v_n\in\mathbb R$ the standard convolution is defined $$U*V(t)={\sum_{i}} u_iv_{t-i}.$$ Given a list of vectors $u_1,\dots,u_m\in\...
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Characterization of convolution operators via the Fourier transform

Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a linear and continuous operator from the space of tempered distributions $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$ to itself. The Fourier transform of a tempered distribution $f$ is denoted by $...
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Optimization with convolution in the objective function

I would like to minimize the following objective function $$ \| H \ast A - (H \cdot I) \ast B \|_F^2 $$ w.r.t. $H$, where $H$, $I$, $A$, and $B$ are all square matrices of the same size ($I$ is a ...
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A question about the convolution theorem

I have the following "argument" about Fourier series, which I know is wrong because it yields a ridiculous conclusion. However, I don't know where the mistake is, and need to know which step is the ...
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Positive Convolution Root

I try to compute the convolution root of a symmetric, positive definite, nonnegative, one dimensional function $f: \mathbb R\to \mathbb R^+_0$. Furthermore I assume $f$ is bounded and $\int_{\mathbb R}...
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Show a convolution of distributions ε-close to min-entropy k is ε^t-close to min-entropy k

Assume $X_1,...,X_t$ are independent distributions on $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$ s.t. each $X_i$ is $\epsilon$-close to min-entropy $k$; i.e. there exist distributions $Y_1,...,Y_t$ on $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$ s.t: $$ \...
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