Questions tagged [convolution]
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What is convolution intuitively?
If random variable $X$ has a probability distribution of $f(x)$ and random variable $Y$ has a probability distribution $g(x)$ then $(f*g)(x)$, the convolution of $f$ and $g$, is the probability ...
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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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Self convolutions of singular continuous measure
Let $\mu$ be a finite measure on $\mathbb{R}$. Define the measures $(\mu_n)_{n\geq 1}$ by $\mu_{n+1}=\mu\ast \mu_n$ and $\mu_1=\mu$
Is there a singular (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) ...
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If $(\exp(\mu_n))_{n\in\mathbb N}$ is weakly convergent, is the normalized sequence convergent as well?
Let $E$ be a metric space and $\mathcal M(E)$ denoote the space of finite signed measures on $\mathcal B(E)$ equipped with the total variation norm $\left\|\;\cdot\;\right\|$.
I would like to know ...
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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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When can a function be made positive by averaging?
Let $f: {\bf Z} \to {\bf R}$ be a finitely supported function on the integers ${\bf Z}$. I am interested in knowing when there exists a finitely supported non-negative function $g: {\bf Z} \to [0,+\...
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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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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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Existence of solutions to first-order PDE involving convolution
Let $f(x,\alpha)$ be a smooth function of compact support in $x$. Now, let its $\alpha$-dependence be determined by the following first-order equation,
\begin{align}
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Convolution of $\ell$-adic sheaves is commutative if the group is commutative
[This is a duplicate of this question on Stackexchange]
I am trying to figure out how to prove a very basic statement about convolution of $\ell$-adic/perverse sheaves in Katz's "Rigid local systems" ...
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Integral operator (compactness)
I am studying the compactness of some convolution operators. Let the convolution
$$ \Gamma: X\longrightarrow X; x\mapsto\int_0^t T(t-s)B(s)x\mathrm{d}s. $$
Here $T(\cdot)$ is a $C_0$-semigroup on some ...
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Inequality involving convolution roots
I am struggling with the following problem. Let $f$ be a real smooth function. Let assume that $f$ is:
increasing
strictly convex on $(-\infty,0)$
strictly concave on $(0,+\infty)$
Let $\sigma>0$ ...
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Any chance to get the moments of this exotic distribution?
Let us define the following cumulative distribution:
\begin{align}
\Pr (Y(t)\geq a)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{e^{-kt}(kt)^n }{n!}\int_a^\infty[\circledast_{f}\circ H_a ]^n\delta (x) dx
\end{align}
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Exponential deconvolution using the first derivative
There is an interesting observation using the first derivative to deconvolve an exponentially modified Gaussian:
The animation is here at terpconnect.umd.edu.
The main idea is that if we have an ...
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Are the roots of an infinitely divisible probability infinitely divisible themselves?
Let $\mu$ be an infinitely divisible probability on a topological group $G$. If $\nu ^{* n} = \mu$ for some $n$, is $\nu$ an infinitely divisible probability too?
A sufficient criterion would be to ...
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Is the difference between $\alpha$-Hölder constants of $f*\rho$ and $g*\rho$ controlled by $\|f-g\|_\infty$?
Let $\mathcal D_1$ be the set of bounded probability density functions on $\mathbb R^d$. This means $f \in \mathcal D_1$ if and only if $f$ is non-negative measurable such that $\int_{\mathbb R^d} f (...
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The derivative of a filter with respect to a output signal [closed]
I have two signals, $d(t)$ and $p(t)$, respectively the input and the output of the matching filter $w(t)$, i.e.
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d(t)*w(t)=p(t)
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where $*$ denotes convolution.The impulse response $w(t)$ may be ...
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Existence of unique convolution semigroups of probability measures on more general spaces then $\mathbb R^d$
Let $E$ be a $\mathbb R$-Banach space, $\mathcal M_1(E)$ (resp. $\mathcal M_1^\infty(E)$) denote the set of probability measures (resp. infinitely divisible probability measures) on $E$, $\varphi_\mu$ ...
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Does the tensor product of mollifiers work for $L^{p,q}$ spaces?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be compact regions of $n$- and $m$-dimensional Euclidean spaces respectively.
For any $p,q \in [1,\infty)$, define $L^{p,q}(X \times Y)$ be the space of real valued functions $f :X \...
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