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Hilbert transform on a Besov space

Consider the usual Hilbert transform of periodic functions $$H(f) = \frac{1}{2\pi}P.V.\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\cot(\frac{x-y}{2})f(y)dy.$$ We know $H$ does not map $L^\infty$ continuously to $L^\infty$. Now ...
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Moduli of continuity and Wasserstein differentiability of functions between measures

Let $X=\mathbb{R}^n$; I am also interested in the general case $X$ is a metric space but for simplicity let's focus on Euclidean space. Let $\mathcal{P}(X)$ denote the space of Borel probability ...
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What is the completion of $L^\infty$ in the dual of BV?

Every $f \in L^\infty([0,1])$ induces a continuous linear functional on BV via $g \mapsto \int f g \mathrm{d}x$. I believe $L^\infty([0,1])$ is also separable in BV$^\ast$, while BV$^\ast$ is not ...
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Optimization problem with definite integral inequality constraints

Question: How can we prove that there exists a real constant $c\ge 1$ such that the following inequality holds for all integers $d>1$ and all real numbers $r\in\left[1,\sqrt{d}\right]$? $$\int_{-1}^...
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Estimate involving Besov norm

When reading some old notes of my advisor on interpolation spaces, I bumped into a problem I can't quite wrap my head around. Here are the details. For $p\in(0,\infty)$ a $p$-variation semi-norm of a ...
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A functional integral inequality

Suppose $f:I=(0,1)\to \mathbb R$ is a continuous function that satisfies $$ \int_I f(t) e^{at}\,dt \geq 0\quad \text{for all $a \in \mathbb R$}.$$ Does it follow that $f\geq 0$ on $I$?
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Conditions on triangle inequality for integral kernel

Consider $\int_RK(x,y)f(y)dy$, where $K(x,y) \in M_+(R^2)$. Let $L(t,s)$ be an iterated rearrangement of $K$. Let also $$ A(t,v)=\int_0^{1/v}L(1/t,s)ds, $$ which is decreasing with $v$ and ...
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a question about vector valued Banach spaces

I wonder the difference between $L^1(\mu\times\nu)$ and $L^1(\mu;L^1(\nu))$, as if partial derivatives can be exchanged with integration in the second spaces in many articles. In Folland's real ...
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What is the weak limit of $f_n \ \mathrm{sign}(f_n - 1)$ if $f_n \to f$ weakly in $L^p([0,1])$?

Let $f_n: [0,1] \to \mathbb R$ be a uniformly bounded sequence in $L^p$. Then there exists a subsequence such that $f_{n_k} \to f$ weakly in $L^p([0,1])$. What is the weak limit of the sequence of ...
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Closed convex hull in infinite dimensions vs. continuous convex combinations

tl;dr: When is the closed convex hull of a set $K$ equal to the set of "continuous" convex combinations of $K$? I am essentially asking for the most general, infinite-dimensional analogue of ...
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Analysis of coefficients for quickly vanishing analytic vector field

Let $u = (u_1, u_2, u_3): \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a divergence-free analytic vector field for $n =3$ or $n =4$, i.e., $u_i : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ are analytic ...
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Analytic approximations of smooth vector fields

Let $M$ be the set of smooth divergence-free vector fields $u$ on $\mathbb{R}^3$ with $$|\partial_x^{\alpha} u(x)| \leq C_{\alpha K}(1+|x|)^{-K}$$ on $\mathbb{R}^3$ for any $\alpha,K$. Further, we ...
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inequality involving the fractional Sobolev space

Let $X_{0}$ be the Sobolev space defined on $(1, 2)$ by $X_{0}(1,2)= \{u\in H^s(\mathbb R): u=0 \text{ in } \mathbb R-(1, 2)\}.$ Is it possible to determine the constant $C$ of the inequality $$|u(x)...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of product with cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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The sign of the tail of Fourier transform of a positive function/ characteristic function

I am interested in a specific density (positive function) and would like to prove that the tail of its characteristic function (Fourier transform) is positive ($>0$). Here is the density $f(x)=c_\...
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Eigenvalues of convolution matrices

Let $h: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function. Fix $0\leq s_1\leq \cdots \leq s_m\leq 1$ and $0\leq t_1\leq \cdots \leq t_n\leq 1$. Construct $A\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ by letting $A_{i,j}:...
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Analogue of decay of Fourier coefficients of a smooth function on $\mathbb{S}^1$

Let $\nu$ be the uniform measure on the unit circle $\mathbb{S}^1 \subset \mathbb{R}^2$, normalised so that $\nu(\mathbb{S}^1) = 1$. Suppose $\mu$ is a Borel probability measure on $\mathbb{S}^1$ ...
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Approximation in fractional Sobolev space

Assume $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^d$ is Lipschitz open set. Let $p\geq 1$ and $0<s\leq 1/p$. How to prove that $C_c^\infty(\Omega)$ is dense in $W^{s,p}(\Omega)$? Recall that, $$|u|^p_{W^{s,p}(\Omega)}= ...
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Approximate Sobolev embedding

It is well-known in $H^2(\mathbb R^3)$ embeds into $L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3).$ Now consider a function $u \in \ell^{\infty}(h\mathbb Z^3)$ and a grid of points $x \in h\mathbb{Z}^3.$ We then define ...
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If an estimate is false on $L^{1}$, then it is false for the $\delta$ distribution?

Let $u=\int e^{\dot{\imath}K(x,y)} f(y) dy$. My advisor told me that we can disprove an integrability estimate $$\|u\|_{L^p}\lesssim \|f\|_{L^{1}}\label{1}\tag{1}$$ by disproving it when $f=\delta$, ...
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About the metrizability of the space of Probability measures $\mathcal{P}(S)$

It is often proved in Books that the space of Probability measures $\mathcal{P}(S)$ on a Polish metric space $(S,\rho)$ endowed with the weak/narrow topology induced by declaring it to be be the ...
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Measure theory on abstract Boolean ring

Since a σ-algebra in measure theory is indeed an algebra over $\mathbb{Z}_2$ with addition given by symmetric difference and multiplication given by intersection, does it mean we can put measure on ...
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Lower bounds on analytic functions connected to Fox H

The question is related to the one I asked before and never got an answer to. Fourier transform of $f_a(x)= a^{-2}\exp(-|x|^a)$, $a \in (0,2)$, is decreasing in $a$ . I need to demonstrate that the ...
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Injectivity of analytic functions

Suppose $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ is a real analytic function on $(a, \infty)$. I have two questions: Suppose $||f(x)|| \rightarrow \infty$ as $x \rightarrow \infty$. I know without ...
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the dual space of C(X) (X is noncompact metric space)

It is well known that when $X$ is a compact space (or locally compact space), the dual space of $C(X)=\{f |f: X\rightarrow \mathbb{C} \text{ is continuous and bounded} \}$ is $M(X)$, the space of ...
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Existence of classical solution for a parabolic equation without Hölder continuity in time for its coefficients

Consider equation $$\partial_t u = \partial_x u + \partial_{xx} u - c u + f, \hbox{ on } (t, x) \in (0, \infty) \times \mathbb R$$ with initial condition $u(0, x) = g(x).$ Suppose that $c(t, x)$ and $...
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Fourier transform either changes sign infinitely often far out or is continuous at $x=0$

I am reading a book "Fourier Series and Integrals" by Dym & McKean. There is an exercise (Page 106): Exercise: Check that if $f$ is a real, even, summable function and if $f(0+)$ and $f(0-)$...
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Two definitions of $L^p$ spaces that are not always equivalent

There are two definitions of $L^p(S, \Sigma,\mu)$ in the literature. (Here $S$ is a set, $\Sigma$ is a $\sigma$-algebra of subsets of $S$ and $\mu$ is a positive measure.) The two definitions are ...
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Is the integral functional $I(x) = \int_{0}^{T} \Lambda (t , x(t), \dot{x} (t)) \; dt $ locally lipschitz on the space $C^2 [0 ,T] $?

Let the function $\Lambda : [0,T] \times \mathbb{R^n} \times \mathbb{R^n} \to \mathbb R$ be continuously differentiable. Then the integral functional $I(x) = \int_{0}^{T} \Lambda (t , x(t), \dot{x} (t)...
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Constructing a small Radon-Nikodym derivative

Let $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$ be a $C^1$ function. Is it possible to (explicitly construction) a function $h$ such that: $0<h(x)$. $\int_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} |h(x)|<\infty$, $\sup_{x \in ...
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Continuity of Helmholtz-Hodge projection in $H^1(\Omega)$

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ (for simplicity $d = 2$ or $3$) be a bounded Lipschitz domain. For any vector-valued function $\mathbf{f} \in \mathbf{L}^2(\Omega):= \left ( L^2(\Omega) \right )^d$, ...
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Baire category theorem for uncountable unions

Any compact Hausdorff space $X$ is a Baire space: if the set $X$ is a meager set (meaning a countable union of nowhere dense subsets, also known as a set of first category), then $X$ is empty. I am ...
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Uniform integrability contradicts convergence to $L^2$ subspace

The following question was asked at https://mathoverflow.net/questions/361367/uniform-integrability-contradicts-convergence-to-l2-subspace : Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional subspace of $L^2(\...
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Approximation of vectors using self-adjoint operators

Let $T$ be an unbounded self-adjoint operator. Does there exist, for any $\varphi$ normalized in the Hilbert space, a constant $k(\varphi)>0$ and a sequence of normalized $(\varphi_n)$ such that $$...
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Smoothing continuous functions in metric space

Let $(X,\rho)$ be a metric space. For any $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$, define the local Lipschitz constant of $f$ at $x$ by $$ \Lambda_f(x) := \sup_{x'\in X\setminus\{x\}} \frac{|f(x)-f(x')|}{\rho(x,x,')} . $$...
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Conditions for the embedding of the space $L^\infty(I, W^{1,2}(U))$ into $L^\infty(I \times U)$

Let $I$ be a compact interval of $\mathbb{R}$ and $U$ be a bounded subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$. If $f \in L^\infty(I, W^{1,2}(U))$, what (non-trivial) condition ($L^p$-estimate on $f$ or decay-like ...
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Convergence of the regularized gradient of a Lipschitz function

Let $\varphi:\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb R_+$ be given as $$ \varphi(x) := \begin{cases} c\exp\big(1/(|x|^2-1)\big) & \mbox{if } |x|\le 1 \\ 0 & \mbox{otherwise}, \end{cases} $$ ...
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Riesz–Markov–Kakutani representation theorem for compact non-Hausdorff spaces

Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff topological space, and $\mathcal C^0 (X) = \{f:X\to\mathbb{R}; \ f \text{ is continuous }\}$. It is well known that for any bounded linear functional $\phi: \mathcal C^...
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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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$\frac{\partial}{\partial x}\int_{\mathbb{R}}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \varepsilon}}e^{-\frac{(x-y)^2}{2\varepsilon}}l(y)dy\leq C\frac{1}{x}$

Let $l$ be a continuous bounded function ($l$ is not differentiable). I want to prove for $x$ large enough that $$\frac{\partial}{\partial x}\int_{\mathbb{R}}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \varepsilon}}e^{-\...
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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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A question on convergence in $\operatorname{Lip}_0(\mathbb R^n)$

$\DeclareMathOperator\Lip{Lip}$This question arose when I read Godefroy and Lerner - Some natural subspaces and quotient spaces of $L^1$. Let $\Lip_0(\mathbb R^n)$ be the space of Lipschitz functions ...
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An interpolation inequality

I am interested in the following statement. Let $q>p$. Then there are positive numbers $\alpha$ and $\beta$ so that for all $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$, one has $$ \left(\int|\nabla f|^p dx\right)^\...
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Bounding $L^p$ norms in terms of lower-order $L^q$ norms

Suppose $f,g\in L^q(\Omega)$ ($\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$) for all $1\le q\le p$. Here, $L^p(\Omega)$ is defined with respect to some measure $\mu$ that is absolutely continuous wrt Lebesgue measure. ...
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What are the necessary conditions on $f$ if $f(x)=f(\sin(\pi x)+x)\iff x\in\Bbb{Z}$?

I am aware that the statement: $$f(x)=f(\sin(\pi x)+x)\iff x\in\Bbb{Z}$$ is not true for all $f$. For example, $f$ can be $x$ to any constant power or any constant to the $x$th power but it cannot be ...
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if $f\circ f=g$ has no solution does this imply $f\circ f=g+g^{-1}$ also has no solution with $g^{-1}$ being a compositional inverse of $g$?

This question is related to solving $f(f(x))=g(x)$. Assume that $g$ is a bijective function $g:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$. If there is no continuous function $f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R\,$ for which $...
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Useful notion for locally convex spaces - well known?

In my current work the following property of maps between locally convex spaces showed up at several places and proved to be useful. It seems quite elementary to me, so I would like to know whether it ...
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A density question

Suppose $\Omega= (0,1)\times(0,1)\subset \mathbb R^2$. Assume that $f, g \in C^{\infty}(\Omega)$ and that $$ \int_\Omega \left(f(x_1,x_2)- \frac{m}{(n+1)}g(x_1,x_2)\right) x_1^n \,x_2^m \,dx_1\,dx_2 = ...
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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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