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Continuity of an upper semi-continuous function over periodic points
Let $f: X \to \mathbb{R}$ be an upper semi-continuous function on $X$, which is a compact subspace of a vector space. Let sequence $x_n, n \in \mathbb{N}$, with positive elements - periodic: there ...
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Approximating $L^p$ functions by eigenfunctions of Laplacian
I'm reading a paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022039608004932.
In this paper, the authors assume that $\mathcal{O}$ is a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $C^m$ boundary ...
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Solution of $\Delta f -\frac{1}{2}hf = 0$ behaves asymptotically as $f(x) = 1 - C/|x|$
Let $f: \mathbb{R}^{3} \to \mathbb{R}$ be the solution of the following PDE:
$$\Delta f -\frac{1}{2}h f = 0$$
where $h \in C_{c}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{3})$ (compactly supported an smooth) and $f$ ...
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Uniqueness of the uniform distribution on hypersphere
I'm looking for a uniqueness-type result for the following problem, which is related to the uniform distribution in the hypersphere $\mathbb{S}^{p-1}$. Suppose $f$ is a sufficiently smooth function on ...
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Orthonormal bases in RKHSs via interpolating sequences
Definitions and setting
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a separable, infinite-dimensional, reproducing kernel Hilbert space on a nonempty set $X$. As usual, denote the reproducing kernel on $\mathcal{H}$ by $K$ ...
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Why is this function in $L^1$?
I had a question about a claim made in the paper "Group Invariant Scattering" and why it is true. Consider the function $h_j(x) = 2^{nj}\psi(2^jx)$, where $\psi$ is a function such that $\...
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What is known about when $vN(G)$ is a factor, for a locally compact group $G$?
When $G$ is a discrete group, it is an elementary result in the theory of von Neumann algebras that the group von Neumann algebra $vN(G)$ is a factor if and only if $G$ is an ICC group.
What is known ...
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Is there an operation in topology analogous to the operation of averaging over a compact subgroup in harmonic analysis?
Let me start with the following
Illustration: Let $G$ be a compact group, and let $\pi:G\to H$ be its (surjective) continuous homomorphism onto a (compact) group $H$. So we can think that $H$ is the ...
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Maximal operator estimates for the Schrödinger equation
Let $a>0$ and consider the operator
$$Tf(t,x)= \int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}e^{ i x\cdot \xi} e^{i t \lvert\xi\rvert^{a}} \widehat{f}(\xi) \, d\xi.$$
When $a=2$, the function $Tf$ solves the Cauchy problem ...
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Distinguishing the Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
Theorem 2.3.9. in Triebel's Theory of Function Spaces states that the Besov space $B^{s_1, p_1}_{q_1} (\mathbb R^d)$ coincides with the Triebel-Lizorkin space $F^{s_2, p_2}_{q_2} (\mathbb R^d)$ if and ...
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$L^\infty$ bound of $x^m \psi_n(x)$ where $\psi_n$ is a Hermite function and $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$ - extension from Cramer's inequality
For each $n \in \mathbb{N}$, the Hermite function $\psi_n : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a Schwartz function defined by
\begin{equation}
\psi_n(x):=(-1)^n(2^n n!\sqrt{\pi})^{-1/2} e^{x^2/2} \frac{d^n}...
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The notion of "Admissible" and "Permitted" in the context of convolution with distributions and hypocontinuity
I am reading the paper "On Convolutions" (1958) and have encountered the notion of "Admissible" and "Permitted" spaces.
In p.17-18 of the above paper, it says that an ...
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Schrödinger representation of the Heisenberg group
Let $\Pi_{\lambda}$ be the the Schrödinger representations of the Heisenberg group $H^n=\Bbb C^n\times\Bbb R$. For $\phi\in L^2(\Bbb R^n)$, we have
$$\Pi_{\lambda} (x,y,t)\phi(\xi)=e^{i\lambda t} e^{...
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How to give a counterexample of this estimate related to Paley-Littlewood theorem?
I am studying Paley-Littlewood theorem in Harmonic analysis, and I met an exercise. I would like to construct a function $f$ as a counterexample to show that the inequality
\begin{equation}
\| f \|^...
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Why complex conjugate in definition of the Fourier transform?
Let $G$ be a locally compact abelian group and $f:G \to \mathbb{C}$ a function. Its Fourier transform (when it exists) is defined to be
$$\widehat{f}(\chi) = \int_G f(g) \bar{\chi}(g) \mathrm{d} g,$$
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Fixing the duality $L^\infty(X)= L^1(X)^*$ for Radon measure spaces
Consider the following fragment from Folland's book "A course in abstract harmonic analysis":
Let me denote the Borel subsets of $X$ by $\mathscr{B}(X)$. Folland claims that if $\mu$ is a ...
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Failure of Calderón–Zygmund inequality at the endpoints
$\newcommand\norm[1]{\lVert#1\rVert}\newcommand\abs[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}$I'd like to prove that the famous Calderón–Zygmund elliptic estimate $$ \norm{ \partial_{ij}u }_{L^p} \leq C \norm{\Delta u }_{L^...
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Duality of $H^1$ and BMO
While proving that the dual of $H^1$ is $BMO$ in Harmonic Analysis: Real-Variable Methods, Orthogonality, and Oscillatory Integrals, page 143, Stein says that we have $\left\Vert g \right\Vert_{H^1} \...
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Littlewood-Paley characterisation of Hölder regularity
I am going through Terence Tao's "Nonlinear Dispersive Equations (Local & Global Analysis)" and trying to work through some of his exercises. However, I find myself being stumped by ...
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Is a discrete harmonic function bounded below on a large portion of $\mathbb{Z}^2$ constant?
In the paper https://doi.org/10.1215/00127094-2021-0037, the main result is if we partition the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ into unit squares (cells) so that the centers of squares have integer coordinates ...
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Condensed Pontryagin duality
Has Pontryagin duality been extended to condensed abelian groups? The obvious approach being to define $\hat M$ as the internal hom to the circle group. Is it true that $\hat{\hat M}=M$ with this ...
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Specific estimation of the norm for a linearly transformed function in $\mathcal{S}_0^{\beta}(\mathbb{R}^n)$
According to the standard definition, $\mathcal{S}_0^{\beta}(\mathbb{R})$ is a subspace of smooth functions on $\mathbb{R}$ with the property that
\begin{equation}
\lvert x^k f^{(q)}(x) \rvert \leq CA^...
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Detailed examples of induction on scale
I'm trying to understand the induction on scale argument in harmonic analysis. On this abstract it's mentioned that induction on scale can be used to prove Cauchy Schwartz inequality, Beckner's tight ...
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Discrete uniqueness sets for the two-sided Laplace transform?
Let $f : \mathbb R_+ \to \mathbb C$ be a measurable and integrable function where $\mathbb R_+ = [0,\infty)$. The Laplace transform of $f$ is given by
$$
Lf(s) = \int_0^\infty f(x)e^{-sx} \, dx.
$$
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When some Fourier coefficients are fixed, can we control the extremals of the function?
Let $n$ be a odd number. Does there exist any $2\pi$-periodic continuous function $f
:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that the following points simultaneously hold?
1- $-n\lneqq f_{\min}$ (where $f_{\...
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The essential norm where some Fourier coefficients are fixed
Let us denote $C_{2\pi}$ by the set of all $2\pi$-periodic continuous functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$.
Q. Let $\phi\in C_{2\pi}$. Is the following statement valid?
$$\|\phi\|_2=\inf_{g\in C_{2\...
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About the structure of smooth automorphic forms
Recently I read Prof. Cogdell's notes: Lectures on L-functions, Converse Theorems, and Functoriality for $GL_n$. (Co)
In chap.2.3, the conception of smooth automorphic forms is introdued. Explicitly, ...
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Why is $\frac{1}{|x|^{n-2}}u(\frac{x}{|x|^2})$ harmonic if $u$ is harmonic?
I found myself trying to prove the following, but I had to compute everything explicitly.
It is well known that if $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ is an harmonic function on $\mathbb{R}^n$, then the so-...
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Endpoint Calderon-Zygmund inequality of nonlocal fractional laplacian
For $s\in(0,1],$ consider the following non-local fractional laplacian:
$$(-\Delta)^sv= f ~~\text{on } \mathbb{R}^n.$$
Then how to use "the standard elliptic estimate" to obtain:
for $p\in[...
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Conditions ensuring that the paraproduct remainder is well-defined
In short, my question is: are there conditions that one can impose on two tempered distributions $u$ and $v$ that will guarantee that the paraproduct remainder $R(u,v)$ is well-defined and is "...
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Explicit estimates on summability kernels
A "summability kernel" is a sequence of functions $k_n:[0,1)\to \mathbb C$ such that
$$ \int_0^1 k_n(t) \mathrm d t =1,$$
$$ \int_0^1 |k_n(t)| \mathrm d t =O(1),$$ with an implied constant ...
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Square-root lattices: where do they appear?
As an experimental physicist working on crystallography I'm often dealing with the reconstruction of an object from intensity data that emerge from an imaging device. In mathematics the problem is ...
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A statement on completeness of complex exponentials
I'm currently reading a paper by Olevskii on almost integer translates: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0764444297878731
In this paper the author considers for a given sequence $\{ \...
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Harmonic analysis for a beginner
I am currently dealing with discrete Fourier transform and correlation technique to construct the spectrum of a broad band signal. It's already known that if I have enough observations of the signal, ...
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Anisotropic Calderon-Zygmund decomposition
I am looking for the following version of Calderon-Zygmund decomposition, consider an function $f \in L^1(R^{d+1})$ and cylinders of the form $Q_{R,R^p}$ for some fixed $p \in (0,\infty)$, The ...
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Almost everywhere convergent Fourier series
Apparently there is a deep theorem stating:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{C}$ be a function satisfying $f(x)=f(x+2\pi)$ and $\int_0^{2\pi}|f(x)|^2dx<\infty$. Then the Fourier series of $f$ converges ...
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Maximal function estimate for differential quotient of function satisfying $\nabla f \in BMO$
For a function $f \in W^{1,p}(\mathbb R^N)$, it is well-known that there exists a constant $C_N$ (dependent on $N$) such that
$$
|f(x)-f(y)| \le C_N|x-y|(\mathcal M|\nabla f|(x) + \mathcal M|\nabla f|(...
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$|\partial $ as Fourier multiplier
I have the following nonlinear dispersive PDEs
$$i \partial_t u- \partial_x^2 u =|\partial_x| |u|^2$$
where $f$ is some nice complex-valued function.
I am trying to use the ansatz $u(t,x) = e^{i \...
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Holomorphic "quasi-interpolation" of a function sequence
I am interested in some sort of analytic interpolation. A toy version of my problem is as follows. Let $V \subset \mathbb{C}$ be a complex neighborhood of $[0,1]$. Assume there is some bounded ...
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Fourier coefficient of close functions
Let $p$ be some prime. Let $\mathbb{Z}_p$ be the cyclic group of order $p$. Let $f, g \colon \mathbb{Z}_p \to \{\pm 1\}$ be two functions. Recall that the Fourier transform is defined as
$$ f(x) = \...
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Qualitative difference between "continuous" and "discontinuous" states on $M(G)$
Let $G$ be a locally compact Abelian group (we can think that $G={\mathbb R}$). Let $C_0(G)$ be the space of continuous functions $u:G\to{\mathbb C}$ vanishing at infinity with the usual $\sup$-norm, ...
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Splitting of a topological vector space (TVS) into an (a) countable sum and (b) direct integral of subspaces
I thought that this would be a simpe question, and placed it here at the Mathematics Stackexchange. Now have to elevate it to Mathoverflow.
LANGUAGE
TVS = topological vector space. Any subspace of a ...
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Sharpest version of semiclassical Calderon-Vaillancourt theorem
Let $S$ be the space of symbols defined by $$S:=\{a\in C^{\infty}(T^*\mathbb{R}^d):\forall \alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{Z}^d,\, |\partial_x^{\alpha}\partial_{\xi}^{\beta}a(x,\xi)|\le C_{\alpha\beta}\},$$ ...
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BMO estimates of singular integral operators on torus
I have the following elliptic problem:
$$ \Delta u = \operatorname{div}\operatorname{div}S, $$
where $S=(S_{i,j})\colon \mathbb{T}^n\to \mathbb{R}^{n\times n} $ is bounded and $\mathbb{T}^n$ is the $n$...
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Fourier transform of Dirac delta distribution
Let $f,g$ be Schwartz functions on $\mathbb R^4$, we denote them as $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^4)$, one can then define the transform $V$ mapping $f,g$ to a Schwartz function $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^8)$
$$ V(...
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Characterization of elements of Hardy Space
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}^n$ be a $C^{\infty}$ bounded domain. Let $H^2(\partial\Omega)$ denote the Hardy space, and $S(.,.)$ denote its Szego Kernel. We know that
$$
\forall f\in H^2(\partial\...
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An square root of the multiplicative operator on $\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}_n)$
Let us consider the finite group algebra $\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}_n)$. Let $x=(x_0,\cdots,x_{n-1})$ in $\ell^1(\mathbb{Z}_n)$ and define
$$M_x: \ell^1(\mathbb{Z}_n)\to \ell^1(\mathbb{Z}_n) : M_x(a)=a*x$$
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Regarding basis of holomorphic Hardy space
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}^n$ be any $C^{\infty}$ bounded domain and let $H^2(\partial\Omega)$ denotes a holomorphic Hardy space which is a $L^2(\partial\Omega)$ closure of $A^{\infty}(\Omega)(=\...
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Urysohn's lemma for Bochner functions?
Let $G$ be a locally compact Hausdorff group. In the proof of theorem 4.32 of Folland's book "A course in abstract harmonic analysis", the following result is used:
If $U$ is an open ...
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de Rham theorem for tempered distributions
I am wondering if the following statement holds.
If $u\in \mathscr{S}'$ satisfies $\left< u,\Phi\right>=0$ for all $\Phi \in \mathscr{S}$ with $\mathrm{div}\, \Phi=0$, then there exists $p\in \...
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