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Second moment of a measure with size biaised variation
Let $\mu_. : \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow M_F(\mathbb{N}) $ a function. We set up :
$$ \mu_t = \sum a_i(t) \delta_i$$
where each $a_i$ is a positive continuous function from $\mathbb{R}^+$ to $\mathbb{R}^+...
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Di Perna-Lions theory for transport equations with an additional integral operator
I'm looking for a reference about some possible generalization of the well-known Di Perna-Lions theory for transport equations (say, on $[0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^d$) of the form
\begin{align}
\...
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A continuity argument for a dispersive $gKdV$ estimate
I'm learning about the gKdV equation, following Schlag & Muscalu vol II. We're looking at
$$\begin{cases} u_t + u_{xxx} + F(u)_x = 0 \\ u_0 = g\end{cases}$$
where $F(u) = u^5$ (for example). The ...
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Parabolic regularization for the Navier-Stokes equations
I'm looking for some references about a result on the Navier-Stokes equations which seems to be folklore but for which I didn't manage to find a proof. The setting is the following :
Let $Q=\mathbb{R}^...
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Regular Lagrangian flows on a domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with a boundary
I'm looking for some references about the theory of regular Lagrangian flows on a smooth domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$ (say a smooth bounded open set of $\mathbb{R}^d$ or a half space).
Here, ...
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Regularity of the dependence of the flow on the vector field definining it
Let $M$ be a smooth compact manifold and $k \geqslant 1$.
Define $\mathfrak{X}^k(M,TM)$ to be the set of vector fields $M \rightarrow TM$ of class $C^k$. As $M$ is compact, endowing $\mathfrak{X}^k(M,...
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Spaces of solutions to algebraic linear differential equations
What is the name of the function space formed by solutions to algebraic linear differential equations? Where can I find a discussion of its properties?
By an algebraic linear differential equation I ...
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How do we approximate the pressure in the Boussinesq equations of hydrodynamics? [closed]
How do we approximate the pressure or the gradient of it in the Boussinesq equations of hydrodynamics ?
Is the pressure limited or can it be any amount?
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Strong maximum principle for a PDE with coefficient in $L^1$
Let $U$ be a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary, $n \geq 3$. Set $N = \frac{2n}{n-2}$. I am interested in the following equation:
$$
-\Delta \phi + R \phi + \phi^{N-1} = 0
$$
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Differential equation
Consider $u = u(\phi,\psi)$ where $\phi = \phi(x)$ and $\psi =\psi(x)$ are both analytic function. The following equation
$$\partial_x u - u\partial_x (\phi-\psi)=0$$
has a trivial solution $u(\phi,\...
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Uniqueness of solutions of Young differential equations
Consider the following one dimensional Young differential equation:
\begin{align*}
&Y_t=\int_0^t Y_s dX_s,\quad t\in[0,1];\\
&Y_0=0.
\end{align*}
Here the driving process $X$ is a bounded ...
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$x '(t) + g (x (t)) = f (t),\quad \forall t\in \mathbb R$ have periodic solution $\iff\; \frac 1T \int_0 ^ T f (t) dt \in g (\mathbb R) $
I have a research work concerning the equation: $$x '(t) + g (x (t)) = f (t),\quad \forall t\in \mathbb R$$
f and g are defined and continuous in $\mathbb R$ and with values in $\mathbb R$.
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Fredholmness of elliptic operator on Hölder spaces
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth oriented closed Riemannian manifold, $E\to M$ a smooth vector bundle, and $C^{k,\alpha}(E)$ the Banach space of sections of $E$ that are $k$-times differentiable (with respect ...
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A time dependent variational problem coming from a second order linear PDE
Fix $u_0\in H^1(\Omega)$ and $f=f(x,y,t)\in L^2(\Omega\times [0,T])$ where $\Omega$ is a sufficiently smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
Consider the problem of finding $u:\Omega\times[0,T]\to\...
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How to solve the integral equation $f(x)=\frac{\lambda\int_{x}^1 \sqrt{1+(f(t))^2}dt+c_1}{\int_{x}^1 \sqrt{1+(f(t))^2}dt+c_2}$?
Recently, I have asked a question about variational analysis (First moments of uniform distribution on a curve from (0,0) to (1,1) in two-space). Such the question can be addressed in some cases by ...
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Usefulness of the $\sigma(L^\infty,L^1)$ topology in the context of differential equations
In Brezis's Functional Analysis book through chapters 3-4, I've seen the $\sigma(L^\infty,L^1)$ topology on $L^\infty$ but did not see (so far) any application of it in differential equations. Is ...
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Continuous extension of functions
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $f \in W^{1,p} (\partial \Omega)$. Can $f$ be extended to a function $u \in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ such that $u|_{\partial \Omega}=f$ and
$$\lVert u\...
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Approximation of function in general measure space
Let $\mu$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure on $R^n$ ($n\geq 1$) and $(E,d)$ be a complete metric space. For any measurable function $f: R^n\to E$ with
$$
\int_{R^n}d(f(x),f(x_0))\mu(dx)<\infty,\quad \...
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Lax Milgram for non coercive problem?
I obtained the variational form of my problem. and the bilinear form is below.
Bilinear Form Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}$ be an open set. For $u,v\in H^1_0(\Omega)$. I have
$$a(u,v)=\int_\Omega u(t)...
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Euler-Lagrange equations on a differentiable manifold
I am following the conventions of https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9902027
Let $M$ be a differentiable manifold, $E \to M$ a vector bundle over $M$ with fibre $F$, $J^1(E)$ the rank-one jet bundle over $...
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Feynman-Kac formula for lattice heat equation with non-diagonal potential
Suppose that $X$ is the continuous-time simple symmetric random walk on the lattice $\mathbb Z^d$ (i.e., a simple symmetric random walk with i.i.d. exponential jump times), and let
$$u(t,x):=\mathbf E\...
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How we can do the derivative for this equation w.r.t.to time t>0
Let $x\in[0,L]$ and consider the following equation,
$$\varepsilon \left( t \right)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{L}{({{\rho }_{1}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} \right|}^{2}}+{{\rho }_{2}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} ...
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The difference between the nonlocal and local conditions problems
In some problems involving ordinary differential equations, subsidiary conditions are imposed locally. In some other cases, nonlocal conditions are imposed.
In this paper: Existence and uniqueness ...
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Weighted reverse Poincare inequality over a function class of neural networks
We consider a probability measure supported on the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$, whose density is $p(x)$. We also consider a (one-layer) neural network function class $\mathcal{C}$, whose elements have ...
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Limit circle/point of an ODE with finite eigenvalues
Consider the following Sturm–Liouville (SL) eigenvalue problem defined in $(-\infty,0]$ or $[0,\infty)$ or $(-\infty,+\infty)$ $$(py')'-qy=-\lambda^2wy,$$ in which $p(x)=x^2$, $w(x)=1$, and $q(x)=(x/2+...
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Orthonormal Basis of Multi-Dimensional Sobolev Space of Different Orders without Reproducing Kernel
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$. Under regularity conditions, we know that the $s$-th order Sobolev space $H^s(\Omega)$ with $s \geq d/2$ is a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. In ...
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Uniqueness of solution of Volterra Integral Equation with deviating argument
In the context of a physics problem, I am looking at a linear integral equation 2nd kind Volterra equation with deviating (centrosymmetric) argument in the unknown $u(t) \in L^2[a,b]$:
\begin{equation}...
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Property of Fixed Point Function
Given an operator $\mathcal{T}$ that maps from a function $f: \mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ to another function $f': \mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, we are interested in the fixed point $f^*...
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Counter example about blow-up solution of DEs
Let $f(\cdot)$ be a continuously differentiable function over $\mathbb{R}$, and $u\in L^2_{loc}(0,\infty)$, $a\in \mathbb{R}$, and $x(t)$ solves the integral of $$\dot{x}(t)=ax(t)+f(x(t))+u(t), \quad ...
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Spectral Gap of Elliptic Operator
Under what conditions on $a(x)$ and domain $D$, the spectral gap of the elliptic operator $ \nabla \cdot(a(x)\cdot \nabla)$ defined on $D$, can be controlled?
The boundary condition is that the ...
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An embedding question: Morrey spaces
Question. If $u\in L^1$ and $Du$ is in the dual of the Holder space $C^\alpha$, then is it possible to say $u$ belongs to some Morrey space $L^{1, \delta}$?
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Criteria for Schrödinger operator on real line to have simple spectrum
Consider a Schrödinger operator $H:=-\Delta+V$ on $\mathbb R$, where $V$ is such that $H$ has a purely discrete spectrum
$-\infty<\lambda_1\leq\lambda_2\leq\cdots$ converging to $+\infty$. Do there ...
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Solve nonlinear equation
Suppose that $f:E\to F$(between Banach spaces), is of the form
$$f(x)=f(0)+D(x)+N(x).$$
Here $D$ is a linear term, whose kernel is of finite dimension, and admits a right inverse $G$, i.e. $D(G)(\...
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Well-posedness for equations of the form $u_t = grad[V(u)]$ and $u_{tt}=grad[V(u)]$?
Let $V \in C^{1}(\mathbb{R}^n, \mathbb{R})$ consider the following PDE:
$$u_t = grad[V(u)]$$
For $u \in C^{1}([0,1]^n\times [0,T),\mathbb{R}^n)$, with boundary conditions specified on the $n$-...
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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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Does asymptotic behavior guarantee uniqueness?
Suppose $w$ is a solution of
$$\frac{d^2}{dx^2}w+\{u(x)+k^2\}w=0$$
with asymptotic condition
$$\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty}w(x)e^{ikx}=1$$
and $u\in L^1_1(\mathbb{R})=\{f:\int_\mathbb{R}(1+|x|)|f|dx<...
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Stochastic Approximation in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Consider an iterative algorithm with incremental updates
\begin{align}
x_{t+1} = x_t + \alpha_t \cdot [ h(x_t) + M_{t+1}],
\end{align}
where $\{x_t \}_{t \geq 0}$ is in a reproducing kernel Hilbert ...
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Existence of a couple of functions solution of a differential equation (with additional constraint)
I would like to know if we can find a real function $v(x)$ and a complex function $f(x)$, such that they solve the following differential equation (with $\alpha$ a complex, $0<Re(\alpha)<1$):
$$...
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Distributional PDE solutions as topological linear duals of PDE solutions
Let
$$
P \;\colon\; \Gamma_\Sigma(E) \to \Gamma_\Sigma(\tilde E^\ast)
$$
be a formally self-adjoint hyperbolic linear differential operator ($\tilde E^\ast$ denotes the densitized dual of a ...
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An elementary question about integration by parts! [closed]
Let $f,g: R \rightarrow R$ be two positive increasing functions. Under what (non-trivial) conditions one can guarantee that $\int_{0}^{\infty}f'g dx\geq \int_{0}^{\infty}g'fdx$.
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Asymptotic behavior of the solution of the high degree differential equation $(x^{2n}y^{(n)})^{(n)}-x^2y=\lambda \; y$
The following differential equation has two independent solutions, one of the two is decreasing exponentially at infinity (k-Bessel function).
$$(x^2y')'-x^2y=\lambda \;y$$
Now for a higher-degree ...
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When is $|\int_a^b \exp(-izx)f(x) \, \mathrm{d}x| \leq |\int_a^b f(x) \, \mathrm{d}x|$ for a general $f$? [closed]
Obviously, if $f(x) \geq 0 $ on $(a,b)$, the above claim is trivial. We also see that if $a = -\infty, b = \infty$, above is claiming that $|\hat{f}(z)| \leq |\hat{f}(0)|$ for all real $z$, where $\...
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Symbol of the Laplace-Beltrami on $\mathbb{S}^2$
This question is about how the principal part (or symbol) is defined on a manifold?-I assume that the answer is: As in $\mathbb{R}^n$ using local coordinates, i.e.
A differential operator $P=\sum_{|\...
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Ground state for a double well potential (Schrödinger)
Consider $V(x)$ a one dimensional polynomial, confining, symmetric double well potential i.e.
$V(x)=V(-x)$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$
$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\pm\infty} V(x)=+\infty$
$V(x)\in \mathbb{...
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Reference request: Original source of Yosida approximation
Numerous papers/books(citation needed) refer to the operator $$A_\lambda := \lambda AR_\lambda (A) = \lambda^2 R_\lambda(A) - \lambda I$$ where $R_\lambda(A)=(I+\lambda A)^{-1}$ is the resolvent, as ...
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Minimum eigenvalue of One-dimensional Schrodinger Operator
Consider the One dimensional Schrodinger Operator
$$
-\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + V(x)
$$
Where the Potential Function $V$ is of the form $V(x) = x^4 - a^2x^2$ , $a \in \mathbb{R} $.
Now of course,the ...
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Spectral growth of One dimensional Schrodinger Operator
Conside the One dimentional Schrodinger Operator
$$
-\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + ( V(x) + E )
$$
Where the Potential Function $V$ is of the form $V(x) = ax^2 + b^2x^4$ , $a,b \in \mathbb{R} $.
What is known ...
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Are there fundamental solutions of the laplacian that decay rapidly?
The question
I consider the Laplacian $\Delta = \partial_1^2 + \partial_2^2 + \partial_3^2$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$. By the "standard" fundamental solution of the Laplacian, I mean the function
$$ \...
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Lyapunov stability for nonlinear PDEs
Where can I find a theorem about Lyapunov stability for the equation in Hilbert space?
$$
y' = Fy,
$$
where $F : V \to V'$ is a nonlinear operator , $y' \in L^2(0,T,V')$, $V$ is a Hilbert space.
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Inverted harmonic oscillator
I am looking for the spectrum of th inverted oscillator $H=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}-x^2$.
Thanks in advance.
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