Questions tagged [differential-calculus]
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Is this question written correctly or is the the 2 in the denominator just a mistake? [closed]
the 2 in the denominator,
I used the quotient rule and then multiplied the fraction by x to the 1/2, which allowed me to do some factorizing to cancel out the denominator. However, I am left with ...
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Differential system of equations I would like to simplify
I have 2 functions of time $f(t),g(t)$ and a condition for the time-derivative of a third function $h(t)$, say $$\dot{h}(t)=\dot{g}(t)\cos{f(t)},$$ so $h$ is defined provided a value for $h(0)$ (as $h(...
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How to compute the partial derivatives of this function?
For any probability measure $\mu$ on $\mathbb R^2$ and $\theta\in [0,2\pi]$, denote by $\mu_\theta$ its projection along $v:=(\cos\theta,\sin\theta)$. Namely, if $X$ is a random variable distributed ...
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Applications needing different constants of integration on different intervals [closed]
It's curious that you can have different constants of integration on intervals. E.g. if
$$f(x) = \left\{
\begin{array}{llr}
\frac{-1}{x}+a, & x>0\\
\frac{-1}{x}+b, & x<0\\
\end{array}
\...
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Proving negativeness of function involving $-\log t$
I have been trying to solve the following function is non-increasing with respect $\theta$
\begin{equation}
h(t,\beta) = \frac{1-t-\frac{\beta(-\log t)^{\theta}}{\theta(-\log \beta)^{\theta -1}}}{1-\...
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Existence of antiderivative w.r.t. any given multi-index for tempered distributions
I originally posted this question on ME, but I find it a lot more nontrivial than expected. So, I post it here.
Let $T$ be a tempered distribution on $\mathbb{R}^n$. Then, it is a well-known ...
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I want to find a smooth section of the map from the Stiefel manifold to the Grassmanian manifold
The following question is related to research I am doing on reinforcement learning on manifolds.
I have a set of basis vectors $\boldsymbol{B} = \{\boldsymbol{b}_1,\dots,\boldsymbol{b}_k\}$ that span ...
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type of solutions of $-u^{\prime\prime}=\lambda e^{u}$ based on the value of the parameter $\lambda$. (Gelfand problem)
My question comes from the book
Stable solutions of elliptic partial differential equations, Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics 143. Boca Raton, FL: CRC ...
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Interesting solutions of equation x^y = y^x [closed]
There is simple equation $x^y=y^x$. By taking logarithm we can see that it is equivalent to $\frac{\ln x}{x}=\frac{\ln y}{y}$. When we plot and inspect the function $f(x)=\frac{\ln x}{x}$, we can see ...
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On constructing the canonical boundary operator for a given differential operator
Given an $n\times n$ matrix $$X=\begin{pmatrix}
x_{11} & x_{12} & \cdots & x_{1n} \\
x_{21} & x_{22} & \cdots & x_{2n} \\
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
x_{n1}...
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Symmetric expression of boundary term in integration by part
Suppose $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ be a smooth domain. $f,g\in C^\infty(\Omega)$. We consider the integration by part here:
$$\begin{aligned}
\int_{\Omega}(\partial_1\partial_2f)g&=-\int_{\Omega}(...
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de Rham's Theorem using atlases and colimit preservation
$\DeclareMathOperator\DR{DR}\newcommand\SmoothManifold{\mathrm{SmoothManifold}}\newcommand\ChainComplexes{\mathrm{ChainComplexes}}\DeclareMathOperator\Sing{Sing}\newcommand\DifferentialGradedRAlgebras{...
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Reconstructing an object from its shadow
I'm looking into the section "Reconstructing an object from its shadow" in the book Introduction to the Mathematics of Medical Imaging by Charles L. Epstein.
I have two questions
The ...
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Is there a geometric or calculus-based reason why the following system of equations should have only one solution?
Let $x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4>0$. Consider the following cyclic system of equations:
$$ 2 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 + x_2 x_3 x_4 - 2 \left( \frac{x_2}{ \sqrt{x_1 x_2}} + \frac{x_3}{ \sqrt{x_1 x_3}} + \frac{x_4}{ \...
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Behaviour of the solution of a second order ODE
I am currently studying the following second order ODE
\begin{cases}
\ddot y(x)\left(\ln(x) - 2\ln(y(x))\right) - 2\frac{(\dot y(x))^2}{y(x)} = 0 &\text{in }[0,T]\\
y(0) = 0\\
\dot y(T) = c
\end{...
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Joint maximizer of a strongly concave function
I have a question that is arising in my research.
Suppose that $f : \mathbb{R}^ 2 \to \mathbb{R}$ is a strongly concave function, satisfying:
For every $x$, the function $y \to f(x, y)$ is maximized ...
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Integral of non-Gaussian distributions
In physics, we have an non-Gaussian Distribution which can be simply written as $f(x)=\exp(-ax^2-bx^3)$, and we may need to calculate the integral of this distribution, simply written as $\int_0^\...
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On a deceptively tricky calculus problem
Motivation for this question: If the operators $B_i'$ satisfy an inequality, prove that $B_1'+\dots B_n'$ also satisfies the same inequality
Let $A$ be a non-constant operator acting on $C^...
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Interpretation of second order term in Fokker-Planck equation
Let $G:\mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ be a matrix-valued smooth function. Let us define a quantity by
$$
\begin{align*}
\nabla^2\cdot G(x)
&=\sum\limits_{i=1}^{d}\sum\limits_{j=1}^{d}\...
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