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Metric currents on singular measures in $\mathbb R^d$
Unless I am misunderstanding a lot of works, it is my understanding that a finite and non negative measure $\mu=g\mathcal{H}^\alpha$, where $\mathcal{H}^\alpha$ is the $\alpha$-Haudorff measure, ...
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Does quadratic asymptotic growth imply log-Sobolev inequality?
Let $f : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow [0,\infty)$ be a smooth function and consider $h$ s.t $h(\vec{x}) = f(\vec{x}) + \lambda \Vert \vec{x} \Vert^2$.
Does this imply that irrespective of any other ...
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Steiner symmetrization of smooth function on non-simply connected regions
Given a smooth function $u$ defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$, restrict $u$ to a subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ (possibly not simply connected) foliated by level sets of a smooth function $\psi: \Omega \...
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On the existence of a complicated fractal-like set of finite perimeter
Let $f\in BV(\Bbb R^n)$ be an integer-valued function that maps into $\{0, 1\}$ and is identically $0$ outside some bounded set in $\Bbb R^n$. In particular, $f$ determines a bounded Caccioppoli set $...
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Computation of tangent functional
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, the tangent functional is defined as follows.
If $x \in S$, we define the tangent functional $\tau(x,\cdot)$ at $x$ as
\begin{equation}
\...
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Definition and properties of tangent functional
I am reading Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgensen and I am somewhat confused. Here, $E$ is a Banach space, $S$ is the unit sphere, and $x \in S$.
We let $\tau(x, \cdot)$ denote the ...
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Gateaux differentiability of the norm in Banach spaces
I'm struggling to understand a particular implication in the proof of Corollary 5 of this paper involving Gateaux differentiability of the norm. The claim is that Gateaux differentiability of the norm ...
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When can an affine functional on the dual be represented as an element of a Banach space?
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, we are given a functional $\varphi: T(x_0)\to (-\infty, \infty]$, which is a lower semicontinuous, affine, Baire function on a subspace $T(x_0)$ ...
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Vector measures as metric currents
Currents in metric spaces were introduced by Ambrosio and Kirchheim in 2000 as a generalization of currents in euclidean spaces. Very roughly, a principle idea is to replace smooth test functions (and ...
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The dual of $\mathrm{BV}$
$\DeclareMathOperator\BV{BV}\DeclareMathOperator\SBV{SBV}$I'm going to let $\BV := \BV(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denote the space of functions of bounded variation on $\mathbb{R}^d$. My question concerns the ...
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Generalization of a bounded variation
Let $(X, d)$ be a metric space. We will say that $\gamma \colon [a,b] \to X$ is of bounded variation, if
\begin{equation}
V(\gamma) = \sup_{a=t_0 < \cdots < t_n < b} \sum_{i=1}^n d( \gamma(...
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Regular Lagrangian flow for "square root example": $\frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \sqrt{X(t,x)}$
Consider the problem
$$(\star) \quad \begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \sqrt{X(t,x)}, &t \in [0,T],\\
X(0,x) = x, &x \in \mathbb R
\end{cases}
$$
This is the prototype of non-uniqueness ...
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Decomposition of non negative Radon measure into $L^1$ and $H^{-1}$ functions
What is a reference for the following result (which appears to be well-known in measure theory)?
Any non negative Radon measure can be decomposed uniquely into the sum of an absolutely continuous ...
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Existence of a limit of alpha-difference quotient for Hölder functions
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^d,d\geq 1,$ be an Hölder function with exponent $\alpha\in (0,1)$, meaning that
\begin{equation}
\sup_{x, y \in \mathbb R, \,x\neq y}\frac{|f(x)-f(y)|}{|x-y|^\alpha}<...
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Finding set of best approximations from a point in $c_0$ to its subspace
Given $X$=$c_0$, null sequence space with sup norm. Consider a subspace $Y$ of $c_0$ consisting of elements of $c_0$ as, $Y=\{x\in c_0 : x_{2i}=i.x_{2i-1}, i \geq 1\}$. I need to find the set of best ...
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Prove or disprove that $u=0$ a.e. on $\Bbb R^d$
Let $\Omega\subset\Bbb R^d$ be an open set. Let $k:\Bbb R^d\to [0,\infty)$ be measurable such that $0\in \operatorname{supp}k$. This implies that $\Omega\subset \Omega_k=\Omega+\operatorname{supp}k$. ...
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Distribution of the support function of convex bodies: beyond mean width
Let $K$ be a symmetric convex body in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (that is the unit ball of a norm). Let $h_K$ be its support function, that is $h_K(u) = \sup_{x \in K}\langle x,u \rangle$. The quantity $w(K) = \...
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Set where the speed of convergence is uniform in Lebesgue's density theorem
Let $B \subset \mathbb R^n$ be the unit ball.
Consider a Borel measurable set $E \subset B$ with positive Lebesgue measure $|E|>0$ (say $|E| = |B|/2$).
Then, Lebesgue's density theorem, says that ...
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A conjecture of De Giorgi on weighted Sobolev spaces
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on $\mathbb{R}^d$ which is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure with density $\rho$. Assume that, for all $t>0$,
\begin{align*}
\exp \left(...
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If the Hausforff dimension of the graph of a function $u$ is $N$ and $\tilde u = u$ a.e. then $\dim_H \mathrm{graph} \, \tilde u = N$ too
Let $\Omega$ be an open (non empty) set and $u:\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a function such that the Hausdorff dimension of its graph is $N$.
Let $\tilde u = u$ a.e. Is it true ...
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Is the composition of two nowhere differentiable functions still nowhere differentiable?
Let $f,g:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ be two continuous but nowhere differentiable functions. By the Denjoy–Young–Saks theorem for almost every point $x_0\in\mathbb R$ one has
$$
\limsup\limits_{x\to x_0}\...
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When does $C_b(X)$ admit a Schauder Basis?
Let $(X,d)$ be a separable and connected metric space. My question is rather short and to the point: do there exist $\{x_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty}\subseteq X$ such that
$$
\left\{d(x_n,\cdot)-d(x_0,\cdot)\...
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A question about pushforward measures and Peano spaces
Specifically my question is the following: Let $P$ be a Peano space. If $(P,\sigma,\mu)$ and $(P,\sigma,\nu)$ are both nonatomic probability measures, does there exist a continuous function $f:P\to P$ ...
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Estimate of Wasserstein distance and flow of vector fields under particular assumptions
Let $\mu$ be a compactly supported absolutely continuous probability measure. Let $v,u$ be Lipschitz vector fields. For a vector field $w$ recall that $\Phi_t^w$ denotes its flow.
A classical estimate ...
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Explicit extension of Lipschitz function (Kirszbraun theorem)
Kirszbraun theorem states that if $U$ is a subset of some Hilbert space $H_1$, and $H_2$ is another Hilbert space, and $f : U \to H_2$ is a Lipschitz-continuous map, then $f$ can be extended to a ...
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Flat norm metrizes the weak* topology
I've come across the following statement in literature (without proof or reference) about the flat norm of currents
$$
F(T) = \sup \{ T(\omega) : \omega \in D^k(U), |\omega(x)| \leq 1, |d\omega(x)| \...
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Relationship between $p$-capacity and Riesz $s$-capacity of a set
What is the relationship between the definitions of $s$-capacity (page 13 here) and $p$-capacity (here) of a set?
Are they equivalent? If not, what inequalities hold? What is the difference (in terms ...
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Concrete description of lift in Arens-Eells space
Let $X$ be a compact pointed metric subspace of the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space $(\mathbb{R}^d,d_E)$ and let $AE(X)$ denote its Arens-Eells space. Then a result of Nik Weaver shows that for every ...
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Minimal condition on set for an optimisation problem
We fix $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{2}$ an open set. My question is: what are the minimum conditions we need on $E \subset \Omega$ such that the following optimisation problem:
$$
\sup\{ \int_{E}(\...
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Sobolev functions on $\mathbb{R}^N$ cannot be discontinuous on a $(N-1)$-dimensional submanifold
How can one prove (or where can I find a proof) that if $u \in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, then $u$ cannot have a $(N-1)$-manifold of discontinuity points?
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Estimate on total variation of composition of functions
Let $f \in BV(\mathbb R)$ and $g: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be Lipschitz. How can I estimate the total variation of $f\circ g$, that is
$$
\int_{\mathbb R} \left|\frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))\right| dx \ ?
$$
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Metric on space of Borel-measurable functions
Let $(X,d_X),(Y,d_Y)$ be metric spaces and $X$ is locally-compact and fix a Borel probability measure $\nu$ on $X$. For any Borel-measurable $f:X\rightarrow Y$, let $\mathcal{K}(f,\delta)$ be the set ...
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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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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 $$\...
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Every convex set is of locally finite perimeter
I need to prove that every convex subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is of locally finite perimeter.
$E$ is of locally finite perimeter if there exists a vector-valued Radon measure $\mu_E$ s.t. the Gauss ...
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Initial-boundary value problem for transport equation with $W^{1,p}$ velocity
Let us consider $v:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R \to \mathbb R_+$ such that $v \in L^1(0,\infty, W^{1,p}(\mathbb R))$ and the transport equation
$$ \begin{cases}
u_t + v(t,x) u_x = 0 \qquad & (...
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On the uniform boundedness principle and the space of functions of bounded variation
Let $U$ be a bounded smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$. We write $m$ for the Lebesgue measure on $U$. A function $f \in L^1(U,m)$ has bounded variation in $U$ if
\begin{align*}
V(f,U):=\sup \left\{\int_{...
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How to prove space of non-negative Radon measures is complete?
Let $\mathcal{M}^{+}(\mathbb{R}_{+})$ be space of non-negative Radon measures on $\mathbb{R}_{+}$ with bounded total variation and define the metric $\rho$ on $\mathcal{M}^{+} (\mathbb{R}_{+})$ as $$ \...
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Why are currents named currents?
Why do currents, functionals on compactly supported differentiable n-forms, bear the name they do?
I've assumed that it has something to do with an electrical current being formalized as a vector ...
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Sets of finite perimeter: intersection with an half space
I have a question regarding sets of finite perimeter. In particular I'm interested to find
$$\mu_{E \cap H_t}, \label{1}\tag{1}$$
where $E$ is a set of finite perimeter in a generic open set $\Omega \...
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Hausdorff dimension of the graph of a BV function
Let $u: \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a $BV$ function.
Is the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of $u$ equal to $N$? How can we prove it?
Update.
In an answer to this post, it ...
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Classification of Euclidean-invariant measures?
Is there a classification of measures on $\mathbb R^n$ which are invariant under (Euclidean) isometries? Hausdorff measures of all kinds are examples -- could that be all of them? More precisely,
By ...
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Concrete example of BV function $u:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ with singular derivative
What are examples of two BV functions $u:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ with singular derivative?
More precisely, I'd like to see an example (and a plot using Mathematica or Matlab) of
a function
$$...
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Is the Gaussian Correlation Inequality universal?
T. Royen proved the Gaussian correlation inequality in the context of Gamma distributions back in 2014, which was since popularized by Latala and Matlak. The properties of Gaussian integration seem ...
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Control the oscillation of a function by its total variation
Is it possible to control the oscillation of a BV vector field $u:\mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R^N$ at a point $x_0$ by the total variation of $u$?
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Lusin Lipschitz approximation in BV and Sobolev space
Theorem 5.34 in Functions of bounded variation by L. Ambrosio, N. Fusco and D. Pallara states that
Let $u \in [BV(\mathbb{R}^N)]^m$. Then there exists a constant $\kappa>0$ such that for every $...
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Alberti rank one theorem and a blow-up argument
In this paper, it is written that Alberti’s rank
says that the singular part $D^s u$ with respect to $\mathcal L^d$ of the distributional derivative $Du$ of a function $u \in BV_{loc}(\mathbb R^d; \...
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Meaning of Alberti rank-one theorem
Heuristically what does Alberti's rank-one theorem imply about the structure of a $\mathrm{BV}$ vector field $\boldsymbol{b}$?
Is it rigorously fair to say that the level lines of $\boldsymbol{b}$ ...
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Absolute continuity on $R^{n}$
I know the definition of absolute continuity if there is a function $f:(a,b)\rightarrow R$.
I wonder what is an analogy of this concept if we have a function $f:A\rightarrow R$, where $A\subset R^{n}$ ...
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Box counting dimension of a set and Lipschitz functions
If $f$ is Lipschitz, then the following holds for the Hausdorff dimension:
$$\dim_H f(A) \le \dim_H A.$$
Is the same true for the box counting dimension?
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