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Number of real roots of a polynomial
Let $P\in \mathbb{R}[x]$ be a polynomial such that $(P, P') = 1$. Suppose that we want to calculate the number of real roots of $P$ in the interval $[a, b]$ (to simplify, let us assume that $P(a), P(b)...
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Witt's proof of Gelfand-Mazur / Ostrowski's Theorem
Previously asked on Math Stackexchange without answers.
Background: As sort of a hobby, Ernst Witt gave extremely short proofs for famous theorems. This question is about his six-line proof of the ...
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How complicated can an elementary antiderivative get?
I asked this question on MSE here.
I recently learned that there are many very large numbers that have been defined, such as $\operatorname{TREE}(3)$ and many others that are too big to be written ...
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Generating functions in countable commutative monoids
Let $f: \mathbb{N}_0 \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a function. The power series of $f$ can be viewed as the function $\mathscr{P}_f : q \mapsto \sum_{n \in \mathbb{N}_0}^{} f(n)q^n$ where $q \in \mathbb{...
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Nature of function as $x\rightarrow\infty$
I'm studying the limits and applicability of Abel Plana summation for different test functions (class of functions). In doing so this just pops out and couldn't handle the said integral so asked here (...
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Finding roots of equation with gamma functions
Encountered this function in one of my research problems
$$\frac{\Gamma \left(1-\dfrac{i c}{a}-\gamma \right) \Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}+\dfrac N 2-\gamma \right)}{\Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}-\...
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Korovkin subset of $C(\mathbb{T})$
Let $K$ be a compact Hausdorff space and $A$ be a subset of $C(K)$. $A$ is said to be a Korovkin set if for every sequence $(T_n)$ of positive linear operators on $C(K)$, the condition $\|T_n(f)- f\|_\...
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Inclusion of Hardy spaces
It is well-known that any convergence in $L^p$ for $p \in [1,\infty]$ implies convergence in $L^1_{\text{loc}}$ by Hölder's inequality.
It is also known that for $p>1$ it holds that $L^p(\mathbb R)...
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Is the following integral positive or not?
Let $n$ be a given even positive integer. We have the following integral
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\int_0^1\cdots\int_0^1\prod\limits_{i=1}^n\prod\limits_{j=1}^n(x_i-y_j)dx_1\cdots dx_ndy_1\cdots ...
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Can one integrate around a branch-cut?
How meaningful is it to try to integrate around the branch-cut of a function?
For example lets say I have the function $\log(z^2+a^2)$ for $a>0$ and I choose my branch-cuts to be starting at $\pm ...
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A difficult integral which the Risch algorithm shows is not elementary
For reasons which aren't conceptually related to the problem a few of my colleagues and I are in need of finding an expression for the following integral in terms of $a$ and $\delta$:
$$\int_{\delta}^...
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Norm on the space of real analytic functions
The space $C^{\omega}(\Omega)$ of real-valued real analytic functions on the open bounded set $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ does not have any obvious or natural metric which would make it a Fréchet ...
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Separate holomorphicity implies holomorphicity on analytic varieties
Suppose that $M$ and $N$ are two complex analytic varities and suppose that $f\colon M\times N \to \mathbb{C}$ is a map. Further assume that $f$ is such that for every $p\in M$ the map $f(p,\cdot)\...
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Differentiable functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$ whose derivative is everywhere a scalar multiple of a special orthogonal matrix
The Cauchy–Riemann equations say that if $u : \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is holomorphic then, regarded as a linear transformation of $\mathbb{R}^2$, its derivative is either zero or, up to a ...
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On new (purely analytic) perspective towards theory of prime numbers
[I'm going to ask this question very carefully as a question similar to this received a critical response on this platform.
I myself am very skeptical about this but I want to know, from the experts' ...
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On properties on a certain functional
Consider the following function:
$$F(z) = \omega(z)\sin^2\left(\frac{c\Gamma(z)}{z}\right)$$
Here, $\omega(z)$ is a weight we have to construct and $c$ is a constant.
The following three conditions ...
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Chern number of projection-Topological magic in physics
I enclosed a computation from a well-known paper in the field of mathematical physics where the Chern number of the first Landau level is computed (the result claimed is $-1$) and the full paper can ...
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Sobolev space under Mellin transform
The Mellin transform is known to be an isomorphism see wikipedia
between $M:L^2(0, \infty) \rightarrow L^2(-\infty, \infty)$
where $$M(f):= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{1}{2} + is} ...
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Nekrasov Partition function and the leading term of Prepotential
I've got a pretty basic question from the paper SEIBERG-WITTEN THEORY
AND RANDOM PARTITIONS, https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0306238.pdf.
In (4.25) the author expressed the partition function ...
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Does a bounded convex domain has one smooth boundary point?
In the study of analysis and geometry of a bounded domain, its boundary regularity is important. For example, it is known that a bounded convex domain has Lipschitz bounday. This implies that a ...
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How well do continuously differentiable functions behave from R^2 to R^2 ?
The behaviour of complex smooth vs 1-dimensional real smooth functions is discussed in a previous question.
In "Complex Analysis as Catalyst" by Steven G. Krantz, the Cauchy integral formula is ...
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Monotonicity of a certain parametric integral
I would like to ask for some help (hints, ideas) in solving the following problem:
Given integer $n>0$ and real $\alpha>0,\beta>1$ we want to show, that
if we define for any $x\in\mathbb{R}...
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Least number of circles required to cover a continuous function on $[a,b]$
I asked this question on MSE here.
Given a continuous function $f :[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}$, what is the least number of closed circles with fixed radius $r$ required to cover the graph of $f$?
It is ...
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Differentiable functions on analytic varieties
Let $\iota\colon X\to \Omega\subseteq \mathbb{C}^n$ be a complex analytic variety $X$ in an open subset $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{C}^n$. If $N$ is a smooth manifold and $h\colon M\to X$ is a continuous map,...
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Real analytic periodic function whose critical points are fully denegerated
I have asked this question on MathStackExchange. My question: is there any non-constant real analytic function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that, $$\nabla f(x_0)=0 \Rightarrow \nabla^2 f(...
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Where does this trig. identity hold?
Fix an integer $n\geq1$.
QUESTION. Is it possible to find ALL pair of sequences of non-negative integers $(a_k,b_k)$, for $k=1,2,\dots,n$, such that
$$\sum_{k=1}^n \sin^{2a_k}\theta\cdot \cos^{2b_k}\...
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Semilinear elliptic equations in complex plane
Let $D$ denote the closed unit disk centered at the origin in the complex plane. Let $F: D \times \mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be a smooth function. Is there any theory for well-posedness (in the sense of ...
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On a question relating integral equation:
I don't know if the following question qualifies as research level. If it isn't, sorry.
Set the following terminology:
$ \alpha_1 =\alpha_1(t,x)=t(\tan^{-1}(x)+c)$
$\alpha_2=\alpha_2(s,x)=s(\tan^{-1}(...
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Hilbert transform on weighted Sobolev spaces
Let $\mathscr H\,f$ denote the Hilbert transform of a function $f \in L^2(\mathbb R)$. We know that $\mathscr H$ is an isometry on $L^2(\mathbb R)$, but I want to know to what is the mapping ...
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Extension of a $\delta$-subharmonic function that is subharmonic on a reduced domain
Suppose $B$ is a ball in $\mathbb{R}^{m}$ and $u$ and $s$ are subharmonic on $B$. Suppose there is a closed subset $F$ of the closure of $B$ with no interior such that $v=u-s$ is subharmonic on $B\...
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question about sequences and series (complex analysis may be only elementary real analysis)
I would like to have your help about the proof of the following statement:
If the sequences of complex numbers $\{F_N\}_{N \in \mathbb{N}},\{G_N\}_{N \in \mathbb{N}}$ have the following properties:
(...
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Finding a function in contour integration involving Riemann mapping
Let $T$ be a rectifiable Jordan curve in $\mathbb{C},$ $G$ be the interior of $T,$ and $\Phi$ be a conformal map of the unit disk $\mathbb{D}$ onto $G.$ Let $\mathcal{P}_{n}$ be the space of algebraic ...
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To find a positive function with compact spectrum
Let
$e_1=(0,1)^T$,
$$
S=\left\{x\in \mathbb{R}^2\Big| \frac{|\langle x, e_1\rangle|}{|x|}>\delta>0\right\},
$$
is a cone in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
I want to find a non-trivial smooth function ...
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Roots of a partially holomorphic function
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbb R^d$, let $U$ be an open subset of $\mathbb C$ and let $f:\Omega\times U\rightarrow\mathbb C$ be a $C^\infty$ function which is holomorphic with respect to $\...
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Does this symmetrization operator have a name? Any theory?
Consider a function $f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ of $n$ complex variables. Define
$$f_{\mathrm{symm}}(x_1,\ldots,x_n) =
2^{-n}\sum_{\varepsilon_1,\ldots,\varepsilon_n=\pm 1}
f(\varepsilon_1x_1,\ldots,\...
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The functional equation of Hofstadter's Q sequence
Hofstadter's Q sequence is defined by $Q(1) = Q(2) = 1$ and
$Q(n) = Q(n-Q(n-1)) + Q(n-Q(n-2))$ for $n \geq 3$. So far hardly anything
on this sequence has been proved -- not even that $Q(n)$ is well-...
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What is this effect in Fourier/additive synthesis called?
Hi, I have re-synthesized a cyclic function additively, and I added a fixed offset to the frequency of each partial. So if the function was $\sum a_{n} sin(2 \pi x * n)$ and its frequencies were $n*f_{...
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integral over the unit sphere of $\Bbb C^n$
Please, is there a way to calculate this integral
$$\int_{S_{2n-1}} \frac{e^{a \langle z, \zeta \rangle}}{|z - \zeta|^{\beta}} \, d\sigma(\zeta)$$
where $ z $ is a fixed point in the complex unit ball ...
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Computing a limit for the Weierstrass function
Let $a\in (0,1)$ and let $b$ be an odd positive integer such that $ab>1+\frac{3}{2}\pi$. Let $\alpha \in (0,1)$ be defined by $\alpha= -\frac{ln(a)}{ln(b)}$ and consider the well known Weierstrass ...
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Analyticity of a function in two complex variables
Let $f$ be a function defined on $\mathbb{C}^2$ given by
$$
f(s,t)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}dk_1 \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}dk_2 \int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty}dk_3 \frac{1}{\left(\sqrt{s}-k_1\...
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Zeroes of Mellin transform
There exist a "standard" or canonical way to construct a real valued function whose Mellin transform has a prescribed set of zeroes? Clearly for some set of zeroes this could be impossible ...
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Number of solutions to a diophantine equation
Given a positive integer $n$, consider the diophantine equation $4x^2+y^2+4x+y=2n$ with solutions in non-negative integers $x$ and $y$.
Define the proportion
$$\delta_n=\frac{\#\{(x,y)\in\mathbb{Z}^2_{...
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Solving an equation containing Laplace transform
Consider the equation
\begin{equation}
\frac{f(p)}{f(s_{1})}\mathcal{L}(y)(s_{1})+\frac{g(p)}{g(s_{2})}\mathcal{L}%
(y)(s_{2})=\mathcal{L(}y)\mathbf{(}p),
\end{equation}
where $\mathcal{L}$ is the ...
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A problem related to analytic function
Let, $z,w\in \mathbb{C}$. Let, $f(z)$ be an analytic function in $|z|<1$. Define, $f(z)= g(w)$ where $g(w)$ is analytic function in $\Re(w)>1/2$ and $w=\frac{1}{1+z^2}$ .
Question Prove that $$\...
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Second question on a real sequence
I am thinking again about the real sequence $\{a_n\}_{n\ge1}$ which decays faster than any algebraic speed, that is, $\lim_{n\to \infty}n^pa_n = 0$ for every integer $p$. Actually, $a_n$ can be ...
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A Riemann Hilbert problem on the unit square
Let $p_0=0$, $p_1=1$, $p_2=1+i$ and $p_3=i$ be the four vertices of a square $Q$ on the complex plane $\mathbb C$.
Let $f \in C^{\infty}_c((0,1))$ and consider the following Riemann-Hilbert problem on ...
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Comparison of two Fourier transforms
I am looking for $\delta>0$, such that
$$
\delta \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp(its)
{ \Gamma\{2(it+1)/3\}\over \Gamma\{(it+1)/2\} }dt \le \\
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp(its)
{ \Gamma (it+1)\over \...
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Construction of weight function to satisfy condition on given functional
Consider the following function :
$$F(z) = \omega(z){\sin^2\left(\frac{c\Gamma(z)}{z}\right)}$$
Here, $\omega(z)$ is a weight we are going to consider
The following two conditions should meet for $\...
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Asymptotic of a functional as $x\rightarrow \infty$
Consider the following functional :
$$
I(x,s) =\int_0^\infty\mathrm dy \frac{F(x + \mathrm iy, s) − F(x −\mathrm iy, s)}{\mathrm e^{2πy}-1},
$$
where $ F(z, s) = \dfrac{\sinh(\sin^2[π\Gamma(z)/(2z)])...
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The parameter regularity of power sum
Let $f(x,s)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n(s)x^n$ where $|a_n(s)|\le1$ is a bounded function theory. Suppose for every $|x|<1$, $f(x,s)$ is Holder-$\alpha$ for $s$-variable, i.e. $|f(x,s_1)-f(x,s_2)|\le C|...
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