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A question regarding mollifiers on Sobolev spaces on closed manifolds
Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold and denote by $H^s(M), \, s\in \mathbb{R} $ the standard Sobolev spaces on $M$ defined using powers of $1+\triangle$. Let $J_n: \mathcal{D}'(M)\rightarrow \...
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Does this Sobolev-space like construction have a name?
Take $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ arbitrary then define as $X$ the closure of $C^1(\Omega) \cap W^{1,1}(\Omega)$ w.r.t. the norm $f \mapsto \left\lVert f \right\rVert_{\infty} + \left\lVert \nabla f \...
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Trace class operators convergent series
On wikipedia it is mentioned that if we are on some (separable) Hilbert space $H$ and there is an ONB $(e_n)$ such that any compact operator $K$ can be written as
$$ K = \sum_{n,m =0}^{\infty} K_{n,m}...
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Existence of solution of a variational inequality
Let $K\subseteq \mathbb{R} ^n$ be closed and convex, and let $F:K \to \mathbb R^n $ be a continuous function. If for every $x,y \in K$ we have $$(x-y)^T(F(x)-F(y))\ge \alpha ||x-y||^2 \, ;\quad \...
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Estimating the size of a subset of $\mathbb{R}^N$
This concrete geometric question has arisen out of the problem of counting arithmetic functions with a particular property. The details of the relationship between the counting procedure and this ...
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Is this simple oscillatory integral operator uniformly bounded on $L^2$?
Let $\phi(t,s)$ be a real-valued function smooth away from the diagonal, and equal to 0 on the diagonal. Assume that $0\le \phi(t,s)\le |t-s|$ for $t,s\in \mathbb{R}$. Let
$$T_\lambda f(t)=\int \frac{\...
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Fourier series and regular distribution
Assume you have a distribution $K$ on $\mathbb{T}$, the torus, such that $\sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} |K(e_n)|^2$ is finite, where $e_n := e^{in\cdot}$ are the Fourier basis. Does this imply that the ...
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A question about Kolmogorov Superpositions
D.A. Sprecher showed (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Sprecher2/publication/243052898_A_Representation_Theorem_for_Continuous_Functions_of_Several_Variables/links/554929f20cf2ebfd8e3ad956....
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If $f_j\to f$ in $L^1(\Bbb R^n)$ then $Tf_j\to Tf$ in $L^{1,\infty}(\Bbb R^n)$
Let's define $A:=\{f\in L^1(\Bbb R^n)\cap L^2(\Bbb R^n)\;:\;f\;\mbox{has compact support}\}$. So $A$ is dense in $L^1(\Bbb R^n)$.
Given then $f\in L^1(\Bbb R^n)$; by density there exists $\{f_j\}_j\...
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I have an embedding $\iota$ between two Hilbert spaces and want to know if $\iota\iota^\ast$ is something simple like an orthogonal projection
I'm reading A Concise Course on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations. In Proposition 2.5.2 the authors define the notion of a cylindrical $Q$-Wiener process $W$. It turns out that $W$ is just a $...
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Conditions for continuity of non-simple eigenvectors
Here, https://math.stackexchange.com/a/1146455, it is noted that eigenprojections are continuous, but eigenvectors are not. Are there any conditions where the eigenvalues are not simple, but the ...
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Sobolev inequality involving summing from $j = 0$ to $m - 2$, exists constant
Let $I = (0, 1)$ and $1 \le q < \infty$. For all $\epsilon > 0$, does there exist $C = C(\epsilon, q)$ such that$$\|D^{(m - 1)}u\|_{L^q(I)} + \sum_{j = 0}^{m - 2} \|D^ju\|_{L^\infty(I)} \le \...
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Modify the jump set of $BV$ function
Let $u\in BV(\Omega)$ be a function of bounded variation where $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ is open bounded with smooth boundary. We use $Du$ to denote the weak derivative of $u$. (So $Du$ is a Radon ...
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Completion of $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ with respect to the norm $\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{\Omega} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \Bigg)^{\frac{1}{2}}. $
I have a question that it seems simple but I can not solve it.
Let $\Omega$ be the unit ball centered at zero in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N>4$. Assume that $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ is the space of all ...
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Constant periodic Sobolev embedding
Dear mathoverflowers,
I would like to have a reference regarding the optimal constant in the Sobolev embedding
$$
\|u\|_{L^q}\leq C_{s,q}\|u\|_{\dot{H}^s},
$$
($H^s$ denotes the standard L^2 ...
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Existence of topology on the space of continuous functions
Let $C:=C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ be the space of real-valued continuous functions defined on $[0,1]$. Could we find a topological vector space topology $\pi$ on $C$ such that the following two conditions ...
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Weak Morrey Spaces
As is well known, Morrey spaces are widely used to
investigate the local behavior of solutions to second order elliptic partial differential
equations. Recall that the classical Morrey spaces $\...
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Orthogonal complements of intersections of closed subspaces
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $H_1, \cdots, H_n$ be closed subspaces of $H$.
$\mathbf{Question}:$ Is it always true that the orthogonal complement $(H_1\cap\cdots\cap H_n)^\bot$ of the intersection ...
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What does integrability of a strictly monotonic function imply about the tails of that function?
In particular, if $f:\mathbb{R}_{+}\rightarrow[0,1]$ is a strictly monotonic decreasing function and $f$ is integrable then does it necessarily hold that $f^{-1}(1/t)=o(t)$?
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Asymptotic behaviour of eigenvalues
If you look at $-\Delta + q$ on the sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$ for example and $||q|| < \infty,$ is there a way to asymptotically describe the behaviour of the eigenvalues? Probably they behave ...
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Lebesgue point and regularity of functions
A known theorem says that for $f \in L_{loc}^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$, almost every point is a Lebesgue point.
I know too a theorem saying that for $f \in W_{loc}^{1,p}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ , every point is a ...
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continuity with respect to weak-${\ast}$ topology
Let $V:=V([0,1],R)$ be the space of all cadlag functions defined on $[0,1]$ of bounded variation. Thus any element $v\in V$ determines a signed measure $\nu$ on $[0, 1]$ given by the formula $\nu([0, ...
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question about a genralized Skorokhod topology
Let $D:=D([0,1], R)$ be the space of all cadlag functions defined on $[0,1]$. Now we have the known Skorokhod topology defined by: $\forall f, g\in D$
$$\rho(f,g):=\inf_{\lambda\in\Lambda}\Big\{\max\...
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Weak relative compactness in $L^1_{loc}$.
In my work I stumbled upon a proposition (without proof, alas), which I can't really prove.
Suppose we have a family of functions $\left\{\phi_\epsilon (t,x,v)\right\}_{\epsilon\in(0,1]}$, and $M(v)$ ...
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Fourier multiplier with a singularity on a convex curve
Let $h$ be a strictly convex function such that $h(0) = h'(0)=0$. Let $\Phi: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ be a $C^{\infty}$-function with compact support (say, $\Phi$ is supported on $[-1,1]\times[-1,...
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Does a particular iteration produce a weak solution to a non linear pde?
Consider the following non linear pde in the unknown $v(x,y)$:
$$ \frac{\partial v(x,y)}{\partial x} +
\Big(\frac{\partial v(x,y)}{\partial x} \Big)^2 = e^{2 ty}-1 $$
where $t$ is some fixed small ...
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A strange Weakly Compactness in $L^1 ( \Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$
Hi to everyone,
The ingredients of my problem are the following:
I have a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$, a set (continuum cardinality) $\mathcal{Q}$ of probability measures on $...
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Young inequality in weighted spaces
Let $U$ be a bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^2$, $g\in L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^2)$.
Let moreover $w$ be a weight (i.e. a non vanishing locally integrable function) on $U$ and $p\geq2$.
Does ...
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Controlling the Lipschitz norm of the limit of a sequence of functions
Consider the Fréchet space $\Omega = C(\mathbb R^d)$ of real-valued continuous functions equipped with the seminorms $$\|f\|_D := \sup_{x,y \in D} \left\{ |f(x)|, \tfrac{|f(x)-f(y)|}{|x-y|} \right\}, \...
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When does $f^{-1}=\frac{1}{f}$ with $f$ a function mapping $\mathbb{R}^{*}$ to $\mathbb{R}$?
In mathematics, an inverse function is a function that "reverses" another function: if the function $f$ applied to an input $x$ gives a result of $y$, then applying its inverse function $g$ to $y$ ...
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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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Approximate simple function $f$ by a sequence of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}^d$ such that $\|f_n\|_\infty\leq \|f\|_\infty$
Let $f=\sum_{i=1}^n c_i 1_{\Delta_i}$ be a simple function on $\mathbb{R}^d$, where $c_i\in\mathbb{C}$. Then we can find sequnces of continuous functions $\{f_k^{(i)}\}$ for each $i=1,\ldots,n$ such ...
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Approximating $1/x$ by a polynomial on $[0,1]$
For every $\varepsilon > 0$, is there a polynomial of $x^4$ without constant term, i.e., $p(x^4) = a_1 x^4 + a_2 x^8 + \cdots +a_n x^{4n}$, such that
$$\|p(x^4)x^2 - x\| < \varepsilon $$
for ...
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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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Smooth but non-analytic kernel functions
Does there exist a (stationary) covariance kernel function which is $C^\infty$-smooth but not real analytic? If so, could you please provide an example?
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Does $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n e^{\sin{n}}}{\sqrt{n}}$ converge?
I am trying to study the converge of the series
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n e^{\sin{n}}}{\sqrt{n}}$$
But $e^{\sin{n}}$ is not monotone, and the Abel's test rule fails here. Can someone help me? ...
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If $f\in C([0,\infty))$, does $\delta>0$ and $g\in C^1((0,\delta))\cap C([0,\delta])$ s.t. $g\geq f$ on $[0,\delta]$ and $g(0)=f(0)$ exist?
The question is the following:
Suppose $f : [0,\infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function. Can I find $\delta \in (0,\infty)$ and a function $g : [0,\delta] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such ...
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Solution of a PDE and its uniqueness
Hallo,
consider $f: U \times I \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, where $U \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $0 \in I \subset \mathbb{R}$ be two open sets. I am looking for the solution $f$ of the following PDE
$\...
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Strong convergence in reflecxive Banach space
Let $(X, \|\cdot\|)$ be an Banach space. Assume that a sequence $f_n \rightarrow f$ weakly in $X$, and $\|f_n\| \rightarrow \|f\|$ as $n \rightarrow \infty$. It's known that if $X$ is a uniformly ...
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Is there a version of dominated convergence theorem for local $L^p$ spaces?
Fix $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $(L^p (\mathbb R^d), \|\cdot\|_{L^p})$ be the Lesbesgue space of $p$-integrable real-valued functions on $\mathbb R^d$. Let $\tilde L^p (\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of ...
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How much "room" in inequality $\displaystyle \int_a^b \varphi' ov ~\mathrm{d}x \leq 0$
Let $[a, b]$ be a nonempty interval, $o \in C^1([a, b])$ be such that $o>0$ and $o'<0$ and assume we found some $v \in L^\infty(\mathbb{R})$ such that
\begin{equation}\tag{1}\label{1}
\int_a^b \...
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Closed formula for this sum $\sum^\infty_{n=0}\frac{1}{n^4+n^2+1}.$ [closed]
How to calculate this sum $$\sum^\infty_{n=0}\frac{1}{n^4+n^2+1}.$$
Thank you in advance
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If $f \circ u \in BV$ and $f$ is strictly monotone, then is $u \in BV$?
Let $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a Lipschitz strictly monotone (so, in particular, invertible) function. Let $u: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$. If $f \circ u \in BV$ can we conclude that $u \in BV$?
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Is $(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$ for $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$?
Is it possible to deduce that $$(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$$ if $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$? What I can prove is that $(f \ast K)' \in L^1 \cap L^\infty$. Is ...
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Number theory on Banach space $L^2(\mathbb R)$ meets linear independence?
Consider an orthonormal basis $(\varphi_k)$ of $L^2(\mathbb R)$ with Lebesgue measure.
I came along a nice number theoretic question in analysis:
Write $$f_k(x):=\int_{\left\lvert y \right\rvert \...
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$C[0,1]$ is Banach-space isomorphic to $c_0(C[0,1])$
$c_0(C[0,1])$ is the $c_0$-direct sum of countably many $C[0,1]$.How to prove
$C[0,1]$ is Banach-space isomorphic to $c_0(C[0,1])$.
Here,Banach-space isomorphism means a bounded invertible operator ...
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The existence of differential operator of the form $AB=0$
We define $\mathcal A$ is a differential operator of order $n$ with variable coefficients if
$$ \mathcal A:=\sum_{|\alpha|\leq n}A_\alpha (x) D^\alpha $$
where $\alpha$ is an muti-index and $A_\alpha(...
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A question on the Lebesgue differentiation theorem
In the paper [Jessen, B., Marcinkiewicz, J., and Zygmund, A. Note on the differentiability of multiple integrals. Fundamenta Mathematicae 25.1 (1935): 217-234] it is considered the limit
$$
\lim_{\...
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Decompose the Laplacian
Is there a way to write the negative Laplacian on the 2-sphere as a decomposition of an operator $A$ and its adjoint $A^*$? I am interested in finding such a decomposition, but I could not get one by ...
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Function orthogonal to $|y-x|$ on $[0,1]$ for every $y \in [0,1]$?
Does there exist an essentially nonzero function $f:[0,1] \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ so that
$$
\int_0^1 |y-x| f(x) \, dx = 0
$$
for every $y \in [0,1]$? I think I see how to show that any such $f$ can't be ...
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