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Completeness of discrete shifts in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Consider the space $L^2(\mathbb{R})$. Let $(x_n)_n \subset \mathbb{R}$ be a sequence and $f \in L^2(\mathbb{R})$ a functions. It is well understood under which assumptions the span of the set
$$
S = \{...
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Elementary calculus estimate or not?
Does there exist a constant $C>0$ such that for all $f \in H^3(\mathbb R)$
$$\int_{\mathbb R} \vert x f''(x) \vert^2 \ dx \le C \int_{\mathbb R} \vert f'''(x) \vert^2 + \vert x^3f(x) \vert^2 + \...
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Pointwise convergence of the eigenfunctions expansion of $f(x)=\frac{1}{|x|}$
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded domain with smooth boundary, $0<\lambda_1\leq \lambda_2 \leq \dots \leq \lambda_k\leq \dots$ the Dirichlet eigenvalues and $\{w_k\}_{k=1}^{+\infty}$ an $L^...
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One-dimensional Hausdorff measure of preimages
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbf{R}^n$. For a mapping $f: \Omega\to \bf{R}^n$, what kind of condition ensures that the one-dimensional Hausdorff measure of $f^{-1}(E)$ is zero whenever $E$ ...
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$L^p$-norm of Fourier series in terms of coefficients, $p \neq 2$
It is known that the $L^2$-norm of a Fourier series equals the $l^2$-norm of the coefficients. Are there similar results in the case of $L^p$-norm for $p\neq 2$? Can it be expressed explicitly in ...
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Interpolation of $L^p$ spaces
Let $\Omega_x$ and $\Omega_y$ be sets of finite Lebesgue measure.
We can then look at the space $X_1:=L^2(\Omega_x \times \Omega_y).$
This space is contained in the larger space
$$X_0:=L^2(\...
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Density of polynomials in $C^k(\overline\Omega)$
Let $\Omega$ be an open and bounded subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$ and let $C^k(\Omega)$, $1\leq k<\infty$, be the space of functions $f$ with continuous derivatives of order $\leq k$ in $\Omega$, ...
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Minimization problem for convolution
Let $g(x)$ be a non-negative function supported on $[0,1]$. Let $g \ast g$ denote the convolution of $g$ with itself. Question: What is the smallest possible $L^1(0,1)$ norm of $g$, if I require that $...
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Ground state for non-linear Schrödinger
When studying the blow-up for focusing non-linear Schrödinger equation (NLS) one often compares the initial-state to a stationary solution.
In the energy-critical case, this stationary solution is ...
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Learning roadmap for harmonic analysis
In short, I am interested to know of the various approaches one could take to learn modern harmonic analysis in depth. However, the question deserves additional details. Currently, I am reading Loukas ...
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Existence of a `right' sequence
Suppose that $f_n: \mathbb{R} \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a sequence of bounded variation functions such that there exists $C>0$: $|f_n| < C$ for every $n$ and, as $n \to \infty$, for $...
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A consequence of De Giorgi oscillation lemma
The following lemma is true (see DeGiorgi oscillation lemma)
Let $u$ be a subsolution of $$\mathrm{div}(A(x)\nabla u) = 0,$$
where $A$ is bounded, measurable and uniformly elliptic ($C^{-1}\...
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Graph with complex eigenvalues
The question I am wondering about is:
Can the discrete Laplacian have complex eigenvalues on a graph?
Clearly, there are two cases where it is obvious that this is impossible.
1.) The graph is ...
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Is this kind of interpolation correct?
Let $f=\sum f_j$ be a finite sum. Assume that
$$ \|f\|_2\le(\sum\|f_j\|_2^2)^\frac12$$
$$\|f\|_\infty\le C\max_j\|f_j\|_\infty$$
Then can we conclude that for $2<p<\infty$
$$\|f\|_p\le C^{1-\...
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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
$$a(u,v)=\int_\Omega u(t)...
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Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions
How can one prove the following result on the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions:
Let $f,g:[0,1] \to \mathbb R$ be two continuous functions. Suppose that $$\...
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Rate of convergence of mollifiers // Sobolev norms
Following up to the question raised here, I am searching for a reference (or a simple argument) to establish (in the whole space) the following (suggested) equivalence :
Given $N_1$ and $N_2$ two (...
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Smooth compactly supported function with good scaling with respect to the fractional Laplacian
Is there a smooth cut off function with compact support such that $\phi: \Omega \subset \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$, $\mathrm{supp} \phi \subset B_R(0) \subset \Omega$ and $$(-\Delta)^s \phi \le C R^{-...
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Ratio of integrals with increasing dimension over Euclidean balls
Let $f_n(x)\geq0$ be any sequence of nonnegative $L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ functions such that $\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}f_n(x)dx=1$ where $dx$ is the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$. For any $a>1,\...
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Sub-Gaussian decay of convolution of $L^1$ function with Gaussian kernel
I think it might be helpful to put the new statement at the beginning and put the original post at the end. This new statement is more mathematically elegant.
Let $f\geq0$ be in $L^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$ ...
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A Fredholm equation with a particular kernel
How to solve this kind of Fredholm’s equation?
$$
x(t)+\lambda \int\limits_{0}^{1}\! \big[ts - \min\{t,s\}\big]x(s)ds=t
$$
Thanks for any help.
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Simple proof of Prékopa's Theorem: log-concavity is preserved by marginalization
The following result is well-known:
Suppose that $H(x,y)$ is a log-concave distribution for $(x,y) \in \mathbb R^{m \times n}$ so that by definition we have
$$H \left( (1 - \lambda)(x_1,y_1) + \...
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Commuting flows problem for non-Lipschitz vector fields
Let $X$ be a continuous vector field on a (say compact) manifold $M$, if $X$ has ODE uniqueness then we can define its associated flow $\mathcal F_X:\mathbb R\times M\to M$ uniquely given by $\mathcal ...
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Compute $ \partial_t\int_{\{u(t,\cdot) >0\} } 1\, dx$ in the sense of distributions where $u$ solves a PDE
Let $u:\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$ be bounded function that solves an evolution PDE $\partial_t u(t,x)= L(u(t,\cdot))(x)$, where $L$ is some elliptic operator.
How can I compute the ...
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Local "boundary comparison principle" for harmonic functions
Let $u$ be a positive solution of the elliptic equation $\mathcal Lu = 0$ on $B^+_1 \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ such that $u$ vanishes continuously on $\{x_n = 0\}$. To fix ideas, we may take $\mathcal L = ...
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Projection of BV function
Let $u \in [BV(\mathbb R^N)]^N$. We have
$$D^{jump} u(x) = a(x) \otimes b(x)|D^{jump}u|,$$
where $a,b \in \mathbb S^{N-1}$.
What is the projection of $D^{jump}u$ in the direction $a$? And how can ...
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Solution of ODE with discontinuity
Let $F:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb R$ be a bounded Lipschitz function and $G(x,y) = (0,\chi_{\{x \le F(y)\}})$.
Consider the ODE
$$
\begin{cases}
\partial_t \Phi(t,x) = G(\Phi), & t \in [0,T]\\
\Phi(...
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Entropy solution for linear transport equation
Consider the transport equations
$$ (1) \qquad \partial_t u + \operatorname{div}(bu) = 0$$
and
$$ (2) \qquad \partial_t u + b \cdot \nabla u= 0$$
Can we define a notion of entropy solutions for (1) ...
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"Almost" absolute continuity of derivative of BV function if ${\rm Tr}\,D_Sf = 0$
Let $f: \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R^N$ be a $BV$ function.
Suppose that $\mathrm{div} f$ is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure: $\operatorname{div} f \ll \mathcal L^N$. This ...
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Growth assumption and example of finite (arbitrarily small) time blow up for ODE
Consider the following ODE initial value problem
\begin{align*}
&\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(t,x) = \boldsymbol{F}(t,\Phi(t,x)), & t \in [0,T], \ \ x \in \mathbb{R}^N,\\
&\Phi(0,x) = x, & x \in \...
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Level sets of a BV function and its derivative
Given $u \in BV(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^M)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, what is the relationship between its level sets and its distributional derivative $Db$?
More specifically, does Alberti ...
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Jacobian and Jacobian matrix of solutions of ODE with Sobolev vector field
Let $\Phi$ be the Lagrangian flow (defined as in page 6 of this paper) of the ODE
$$\begin{cases}
\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\
\Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N
\end{...
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Prove that the flow of a divergence-free vector field is measure preserving
On page 3 of this preprint, after recalling the definition of flow generated by a vector field, the authors remark that "a necessary condition for a flow $\varphi_t(\cdot)$ generated by $a(t, \cdot)$ ...
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Convergence of the difference quotient of a BV function
Consider a BV function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$.
What can be said about the difference quotient
$$
\frac{u(x+\epsilon y)-u(x)}{\epsilon}
$$
regarding its convergence as $\epsilon \to 0$...
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Derivative and Jacobian determinant of solution of ODE [closed]
Let $\Phi$ be the unique solution of
$$\begin{cases}
\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\
\Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N
\end{cases}$$
where we have assumed $f$ smooth.
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Complex structure on $L^2(\mathbb R)$ generalizing the Hilbert transform
The Hilbert transform on the real Hilbert space $L^2(\mathbb R)$ is the singular integral operator
$$
\mathcal H(f)(x) := \frac{1}{\pi} \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{1}{x-y} f(y) dy.
$$
It satisfies $\...
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Approximation of functions by tensor products
Given a function $f(x,y)\in L^p(R^d;L^\infty(B_R))$ with $1<p<\infty$, where $B_R:=\{y\in R^d: |y|\le R\}$, can we find a sequence of functions $f_n$ of the form $f_n(x,y)=\sum_{i=1}^ng_i(x)h_i(...
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Existence of solution to linear fractional equation
We consider the equation
$$ \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{\lambda_j}{x-x_j} =i$$
where $\lambda_j>0$ and $x_j$ are real distinct numbers.
I want to show that if $\lambda_k$ is small compared to the ...
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Properties of heat equation
** I simplified the question: **
On bounded domains, the maximum principle implies that the solution to the heat equation is (strictly) positive, if the initial and boundary data is positive.
I ...
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Brascamp-Lieb inequalities on the sphere
In the paper [CLL], Carlen, Lieb, and Loss demonstrate a version of the Young inequality on the sphere $S^{N-1}$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$. For positive functions $f_j$ on $[-1,1]$, the following bound holds:...
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Discrete dynamical system and bound on norm
Let $z \in \mathbb R\backslash \left\{2 \right\}$ then I would like to understand the following:
Consider the dynamical system with $x_i \in \mathbb C^2:$
$$ x_{i} = \left(\begin{matrix} z &&...
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Off-diagonal estimates for Poisson kernels on manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ its Laplace-Beltrami operator and $T_t = (e^{t \Delta})_{t \geq 0}$ the associated heat semigroup. We can define the subordinated Poisson ...
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Eigenvalue estimates for operator perturbations
I edited the question to a general mathematical question, since I found the answer in Carlo Beenakker's reference and think that my initial question was mathematically misleading.
What was behind ...
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Density of smooth functions under "Hölder metric"
This question came up when I was doing some reading into convolution squares of singular measures. Recall a function $f$ on the torus $T = [-1/2,1/2]$ is said to be $\alpha$-Hölder (for $0 < \alpha ...
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Feller semigroups and fractional operators
Have Feller semigroups been used to investigate the properties of the Cauchy problem associated with the fractional Laplacian (just like they have been used to study local degenerate second order ...
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On the infimium of a functional
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold. Define
$$\lambda(g)=\inf\{\mathcal{F}(g,f),\;0<f\in C^{\infty}(M),\; \int_Mf^2\;d\nu=1\},$$
where $$\mathcal{F}(g,f)=\int_M\left(|\nabla f|^2+ af^2\...
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Interpolation of a trilinear functional
Let $f,g,h\in L^2([0,1]^2)$ and let $K:\mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{C}$ be some smooth kernel with support containing $[0,1]^3$. Denote by $\|f\|_2$ the $L^2([0,1]^2)$ norm of $f$, and same with $g,h.$ If ...
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Elliptic interface problem without conditions on the interface
Consider an open domain $U$ split in two non-overlapping subdomains: $U = U_1 \cup U_2$.
For a model case, consider a ball split in a smaller ball and an anulus.
Consider the following elliptic ...
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Optimal control theory of PDEs
This is a somewhat openly phrased question because I am not quite sure what has been done in that direction.
Imagine one has two evolution equations
$$\partial_t u = p(x,\partial_x,f)u$$
$$\...
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Fredholm integral equation of third kind
Let us consider the following integral equation
$$a(x)u(x) + \int\limits_0^2 {K(s,x)u(s)ds} = f(x)$$
Let f in $L^p(0,1)$ for some $p \in [1,\infty]$ and let $K \in L^q((0,2) \times (0,1))$. Assume ...
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