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Literature containing basic knowledge of homogeneous functions
Let $D$ be a nonempty open subset of $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}$ and $f:D\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function of two variables. For all $(x,y)\in D$ and $t>0$ such that $(tx,ty)\in D$, if the equality $f(...
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Is there a real/functional analytic proof of Cramér–Lévy theorem?
In the book Gaussian Measures in Finite and Infinite Dimensions by Stroock, there is a theorem with a comment
The following remarkable theorem was discovered by Cramér and Lévy. So far as I know, ...
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The continuous dependence of the Green's function on a domain
Let $\Omega\in\mathbb{R}^2$ be a smooth bounded domain and $G(x,y)$ be the Green's function of $-\Delta$ in $\Omega$ with zero Dirichlet condition. Clearly $G(x,y)=-\frac{1}{2\pi}\ln|x-y|-h(x,y)$, ...
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Schauder basis of $L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^n,H)$
$\newcommand{\loc}{\mathrm{loc}}$Let $(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n),\mu)$ denote the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ equipped with ...
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Sequential separability on $C_p(X)$
Definition. Let $E$ be a topological space. Suppose that $E$ contains a sequence $\{x_n\}$ such that for every $x\in E$, there exists a subsequence $\{x_{n_k}\}$ of $\{x_n\}$ with $x=\lim x_{n_k}$. ...
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Ekeland's standardness-property inheritable?
Ekeland's inverse function theorem gives weak conditions under which a function $f:E\rightarrow F$ between two graded Fréchet-spaces is locally surjective. The theorem requires
the codomain $F$ to be ...
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Stone-Weierstrass theorem for modules of non-self-adjoint subalgebras
In "Weierstrass-Stone, the Theorem" by Joao Prolla, there is a Stone-Weierstrass theorem for modules, stated as the following:
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a subalegebra of $C(X, \mathbb{R})$ and $...
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Is the closure of the ball of $1$-Lipschitz functions still equi-Lipschitz?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Lip{Lip}$Let $\Lip_0(\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of Lipschitz functions $f:\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb R$ vanishing at zero, i.e., $f(0)=0$, and equipped with the norm $\|f\|:=\|\nabla ...
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Can we characterize the set of neoclassical production functions?
INTRODUCTION
The neoclassical production function is the main building block in neoclassical growth theory, and consequently the main building block of modern macroeconomic theory. Mathematically, ...
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Positive part of Cauchy sequence of Sobolev functions is again Cauchy
Let $p\geq 1$ and consider the space $W^{1,p}(B)$ where $B\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ is the standard unit ball. Moreover, let $f_{k} \in C^{\infty}(B)$ be a Cauchy sequence in $W^{1,p}(B)$ of smooth ...
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The optimal asymptotic behavior of the coefficient in the Hardy-Littlewood maximal inequality
It is well-known that for $f \in L^1(\mathbb{R^n})$,$\mu(x \in \mathbb{R^n} | Mf(x) > \lambda) \le \frac{C_n}{\lambda} \int_{\mathbb{R^n}} |f| \mathrm{d\mu}$, where $C_n$ is a constant only depends ...
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Weak Lebesgue spaces and an estimate for BV functions
Let $u \in BV(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N, \mathbb{R}^N)$. Is it true that there exists a function $f$ in the weak $L^1$ space such that
$$|u(y)-u(x)| \le |x-y|\big|f(y) - f(x)\big|$$
holds for a.e. $...
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Initial data and heat equation
We assume all solutions to be bounded here!
Let $y_{+},y_{-} \in C_c^{\infty}$ be two positive functions.
If we then consider the heat equation
$$\partial_t u(t,x) = \Delta u(t,x)$$ for two ...
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PDE satisfied by projection of a function onto a subspace
Given an open bounded set $D\subset \mathbb R^N$, let $f\in W^{-1,q}(D)$ and let $u$ be a Sobolev function $u\in W_0^{1,p}(D)$ such that $u$ solves the PDE
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\begin{cases}
-\Delta_p u=f\;\text{in $D$}...
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Function square-integrable
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \left(\frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)}\right)^2 \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an ...
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The weakest condition guarantees some Separation-type of convex sets in Banach spaces
Classical Hahn-Banach Separation theorem plays a vital role in many branches of Analysis, Like functional Analysis, Convex Analysis, Variational Analyis, Theory of ODEs, optimal control and ...
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The sheaf of generalized functions on compact subsets
For $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ compact, let $C_{\mathrm{c}}^{\infty}(K)$ denote the space of smooth functions on (an open neighborhood of) $K$ with compact support contained in $K$ with the usual ...
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Radial Kernel with Bounded Support and Norm of Gradient Bounded by a Dimension-free Constant
I was wondering if it is possible to construct a compactly supported radial kernel function in $\mathbb{R}^d$ such that the norm of the gradient is bounded by some dimension-free constant. That is, ...
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A specific mollified functions in the Sobolev space H^1(R)
Let $u>0$ be in $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})=W^{1,2}(\mathbb{R})$, we know that the set of $C^{\infty}$ functions with compact support are dense in the Sobolev space $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})$. Hence, we have a ...
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"Nice" functions on infinite-dimensional space of germs of continuous functions at a point
Consider set of all germs of continuous functions at some point.
Question: What are some functions ("any/nice/constructive/whatever") from this set to R (reals) ? (Except evalution at point and made ...
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About BMO space on smooth open bounded domain
Let $\Omega$ be any open domain in $\Bbb R^d$.
Define the $\text{BMO}(\Omega)$ space as
$$ \text{BMO}(\Omega)= \big\{u\in L^1_{loc}(\Omega)\,\,:\,\, |u|_{\text{BMO}(\Omega)} <\infty \big\},
$$
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Bounding the $L^{p*}$ norm from below for functions satisfying a $p$-capacity estimate
If $1 \le p < n$, the $p$-capacity of a compact set $A \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with respect to an open set $U$ containing it is defined as $$\text{Cap}_p(A, U) := \inf \left\{\int_U |\nabla u|^p \, ...
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The curse of dimensionality of the Kolmogorov–Arnold neural network
The Kolmogorov–Arnold neural networks (KAN), Ziming Liu et al., KAN: Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks is inspired by the Kolmogorov–Arnold representation theorem (KA theorem). Though it is not proved in the ...
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Existence of very weak solution to the elliptic equation $\partial_i(a^{ij}\partial_j u)=\partial_k\partial_l f$
Let $a^{ij}\in W^{1,n}\cap L^\infty (B^1)$ be uniformly elliptic, i.e. $\lambda|\xi|^2\le a_{ij}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\le \Lambda |\xi|^2$ for a.e. $x\in B^1$, $\xi\in\mathbb R^n$, where $B_1\subset \mathbb R^...
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About the naturality of Krasnoselskii genus on Variational Methods
I have recently watched a seminar about Variational Methods from Mónica Clapp and she gave a very interesting motivation of why the Lusternik–Schnirelmann category (click on the link for the ...
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Can gradient zero implies that a function is constant with Hörmander vector fields
Let $X=(X_1,\cdots,X_m)$ be a system of Hörmander vector fields defined on $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Sobolev space $W_{X}^{1,p}(\Omega)$ is defined by
$$W_{X}^{1,p}(\Omega):=\{u\in L^p(\Omega)|X_iu\in L^p(\...
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Embedding theorems for Dini continuous functions
Are there embedding theorems for the space of Dini continuous functions on a Euclidean domain, or even just on an interval? Ideally, I am looking for something like the classical Morrey inequalities ...
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Norm on the space of real analytic functions
The space $C^{\omega}(\Omega)$ of real-valued real analytic functions on the open bounded set $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ does not have any obvious or natural metric which would make it a Fréchet ...
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Leibniz rule bound for the inverse of the Laplacian?
Let $f, g \in L^2[\mathbb{T}^2]$ be real-valued functions without zero modes. That is, $\int_{\mathbb{T}^2}f=\int_{\mathbb{T}^2}g=0$. Here, ${\mathbb{T}^2}$ is the $2$-dimensional torus $[\mathbb{R}/\...
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Growth of the constants from the Stone-Weierstrass Theorem
The Stone Weierstrass theorem for $C([0,1])$ claims that for any continuous function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ and each $n\in\mathbb{N}$, there is a polynomial $p_{n,f}(x)=\sum_ia_{f,n,i}x^i$ such that $\...
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Rate of uniform approximation by piecewise constant functions
Definitions and Notation:
Fix a positive constant $M>0$ with positive integers $m,n$ and the standard orthonormal basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
For every positive integer $N$, define the ...
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Definition clarification: "regular directed distributions"
(I asked this question on math.stackexchange (see here) but didn't receive any reaction, hence I try it here. If it does not fit within here, just let me know in the comments.)
In the definition of ...
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A weighted $W^{2,p}$ estimates
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain and $u\in W^{2,p}(\Omega)\cap H^1_0(\Omega)$. By the classical $L^p$ theory of second order elliptic equation, we have
$$
\|\nabla^2u\|_{L^p(\Omega)}\leq C\|\...
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If $u_n\rightharpoonup u$ in $L^2(0,T;L^2)$ then there is a subsequence such that $u_n(t)\rightharpoonup u(t)$ almost everywhere?
If $u_n\rightharpoonup u$ in $L^2(0,T;L^2(\Omega))$. Can we find a subsequence such that $u_{n_k}(t)\rightharpoonup u(t)$ almost everywhere on $[0,T]$?
I'm not sure if this question is trivial or not,...
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Analogue of Kolmogorov/Arnold superposition for general manifolds?
Previously asked and bountied at MSE with slightly different language:
Given a topological space $\mathcal{X}$, let $$\mathsf{Cl_C}(\mathcal{X})=\bigcup_{n\in\mathbb{N}}C(\mathcal{X}^n,\mathcal{X})$$ ...
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A sequence of functions solving $-\Delta u_n + V u_n = u_{n-1}|_{\partial M}$
Let $M = \mathbb R^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is the unit ball.
Let $ h \in C^{\infty}(\partial M)$ and let $u_0$ be the unique function that vanishes at infinity and solves
$$\begin{cases} -\Delta ...
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On Sobolev's inequality for weakly conformal maps
Suppose $u\in W^{2,p}(B^2,\mathbb{R}^n)$, $1<p<2$, is weakly conformal, that is
$$|u_x|=|u_y|,\quad u_x\cdot u_y=0$$
for almost every $(x,y)\in B^2$. Here $B^2$ is the unit open ball in $\mathbb{...
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Schatten norm estimate of spatially truncated resolvent of Laplacian
Consider the operator $-\Delta$ on $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$. In my studies I stumbled upon operators of the form
$$1_{\Gamma_n} (-\Delta -z)^{-1} 1_{\Gamma_m},$$
where $1_{\Gamma_m}$ denotes multiplication ...
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Heat equation damps backward heat equation?
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I was wondering about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions. ...
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Opposite of the curl operator and Biot-Savart kernel
Note: I just realized that using $\omega$ and $w$ might not have been the smartest choice of notation -- Sorry about that.
Let $\renewcommand{\div}{\operatorname{\div}}Q_0, Q_1$ be two real numbers, $...
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Green operator of elliptic differential operator and radius of convergence
Let $E \to X$ be a hermitian vector bundle over a compact Kähler manifold and let $L$ be a self-adjoint elliptic linear differential operator on $E$. Suppose that $E \to X$ and $L$ are real-analytic. ...
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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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Optimal Poincaré constants under combined boundary and average conditions
Let $\Omega=[0,1]^2$ be the unit square, $\Gamma_1=[0,1]\times\{0;1\}$ its horizontal boundary and $\Gamma_2= \{0;1\}\times[0,1]$ its vertical boundary.
I would like to know the optimal Poincaré ...
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Isoperimetric inequality for analytic functions on an annulus
Let $f$ be an anylytic function on the unid disk $|z|<1$. It is well known that
$$\left (\int_0^{2\pi}f(e^{i\theta})d \theta \right)^2 \geq 4\pi \iint_{|z|<1} |f(r e^{i\theta})|^2r dr d \theta.$...
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On properties on a certain functional
Consider the following function:
$$F(z) = \omega(z)\sin^2\left(\frac{c\Gamma(z)}{z}\right)$$
Here, $\omega(z)$ is a weight we have to construct and $c$ is a constant.
The following three conditions ...
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Uniqueness of the inverse kernel of an invertible integral transform
For any invertible integral transform $T$ of kernel $K$ that maps a function $f$ to the function $\varphi$ such that
$$\varphi(s)=\left[T\left\lbrace f\right\rbrace\right](s)=\int_a^bK(x,s)f(x)dx$$
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Space derivative of flow of ODE with monotone source
Consider the ODE
$$
\begin{cases}
\partial_t\Phi(t,x) = f(t,\Phi(t,x)), &\ t>0, \ x \in \mathbb R \\
\Phi(0,x) = x, & x \in \mathbb R
\end{cases}
$$
where $f$ is function which is a non-...
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Controlling a Schwartz kernel near the diagonal
Let $D$ be a first-order elliptic differential operator that is essentially self-adjoint on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$. Consider the operator $(D+i)^q$ acting on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ with domain $C_c^\infty(\...
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Boundary behavior of $H^2_0(\Omega)$ functions
If $u \in H^2_0(\Omega)$, is it true that $$u(x) \le C\mathrm{dist}(x,\partial \Omega)^2$$ as $x$ goes to the boundary?
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Largest weak(-like) topology with respect to which continuous functions are dense in the space of Borel functions
Let $X$ denote the space of bounded Borel functions $f\colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$. Let $M$ denote the space of finite Borel measures on $[0,1]$. What is the largest family $F \subset M$ such that for ...