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Commuting flows problem for non-Lipschitz vector fields
Let $X$ be a continuous vector field on a (say compact) manifold $M$, if $X$ has ODE uniqueness then we can define its associated flow $\mathcal F_X:\mathbb R\times M\to M$ uniquely given by $\mathcal ...
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Constant in trace theorem for balls
Consider the standard open ball $B_r:=\left\{x ; \left\lvert x \right\rvert \le R \right\}.$
The trace theorem tells us any function in $W^{k,p}(B_r)$ can be restricted to a function $W^{k-1,p}(\...
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Inclusion of Hardy spaces
It is well-known that any convergence in $L^p$ for $p \in [1,\infty]$ implies convergence in $L^1_{\text{loc}}$ by Hölder's inequality.
It is also known that for $p>1$ it holds that $L^p(\mathbb R)...
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Sub-quadratic Kolmogorov-Arnold?
The Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem says, essentially, that when computing a continuous function, the only multivariate function you really need is addition. (Somewhat) more precisely, it ...
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Properties of solution to Schrödinger equation
Given a Schrödinger equation with, let's say continuous, periodic potential
$$-y''(x)+V(x)y(x)=\lambda y(x)$$
where $V(x+1)=V(x)$ and $V$ is even, i.e. for $x \in (0,\frac{1}{2})$ we have $V(x+\frac{...
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Fractional integral inequality (Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev)
I am investigating the following integral
\begin{equation}
I^*(x) = \int_{\mathbb{R}} \frac{f(y) \ln |y-x| }{|y - x|^{\mu}} \, dy
\end{equation}
where $f \in L_p(\mathbb{R})$, $ 1 < p < q <...
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Operator topologies
Let $L(H)$ be the space of bounded operators on some Hilbert space.
We can endow this space with the operator norm topology, the strong operator topology (SOT) and the weak operator topology (WOT).
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Properties of the solution of the heat equation
Note 1: the following question has been post on Math Stackexchange here but receive no respond. So I post it here to get more attention.
Note 2: This is my research problem, but the original problem ...
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Can one integrate around a branch-cut?
How meaningful is it to try to integrate around the branch-cut of a function?
For example lets say I have the function $\log(z^2+a^2)$ for $a>0$ and I choose my branch-cuts to be starting at $\pm ...
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The best constant in Poincare-liked inequality in $BV$ and $BD$ space
This question has been posted on Math Stack exchange for a while and received no response. So I decide to move it here to get more attention.
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open, bounded and with ...
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Evaluate a multiple integral
I want to compute this integral and I would appreciate any help: $N\geq 1$ is fixed.
$$I_N=\int_{0\le r_n\le r_{n-1}\le\cdots\le r_1} e^{-(r_1^2+\cdots+r_n^2)} \prod_{i<j} \sinh(r_i-r_j) dr_1\...
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About BMO space on smooth open bounded domain
Let $\Omega$ be any open domain in $\Bbb R^d$.
Define the $\text{BMO}(\Omega)$ space as
$$ \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}$$
where $E$ is a set of finite perimeter in a generic open set $\Omega \...
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Optimal Poincaré constants under combined boundary and average conditions
Let $\Omega=[0,1]^2$ be the unit square, $\Gamma_1=[0,1]\times\{0;1\}$ its horizontal boundary and $\Gamma_2= \{0;1\}\times[0,1]$ its vertical boundary.
I would like to know the optimal Poincaré ...
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On properties on a certain functional
Consider the following function:
$$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$$ as $x$ goes to the boundary?
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Largest weak(-like) topology with respect to which continuous functions are dense in the space of Borel functions
Let $X$ denote the space of bounded Borel functions $f\colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$. Let $M$ denote the space of finite Borel measures on $[0,1]$. What is the largest family $F \subset M$ such that for ...
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Perturbation theory compact operator
Let $K$ be a compact self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space $H$ such that for some normalized $x \in H$ and $\lambda \in \mathbb C:$
$\Vert Kx-\lambda x \Vert \le \varepsilon.$
It is well-known ...
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Chern number of projection-Topological magic in physics
I enclosed a computation from a well-known paper in the field of mathematical physics where the Chern number of the first Landau level is computed (the result claimed is $-1$) and the full paper can ...
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What tools from functional analysis are relevant to investigating this operator?
Given a sequence of continuous functions ${{f_n}}$, define the varicontinuity index $$V({f_n}): \mathbb{R} \to [0, \infty]$$ by
\begin{split}
V({f_n})(x) &=\sup \Big\{\varepsilon > 0\big|\; \...
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Notions of $\beta$-Hölder smoothness when $\beta\in (1,2]$: are they equivalent?
I posted the following question on StackExchange a few months ago (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2898620/notions-of-beta-h%C3%B6lder-smoothness-when-beta-in-1-2-are-they-equivalent), but ...
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Sobolev space under Mellin transform
The Mellin transform is known to be an isomorphism see wikipedia
between $M:L^2(0, \infty) \rightarrow L^2(-\infty, \infty)$
where $$M(f):= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{1}{2} + is} ...
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Is the collection of Schur convex functions sequentially compact?
We know in ROCKAFELLAR's convex analysis chap 10 that the collection of uniformly bounded convex functions on compact set is sequentially compact. I wonder if it is still true for the collection of ...
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Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition
I have a question regarding a decomposition of a vector field. So fix $ 1<p<\infty$ and let $ \Omega$ denote a smooth bounded domain in $ R^N$. Now let $ F $ denote a smooth vector field $F:\...
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Is flatness of Wigner Ville Distribution of error function in Fourier Approximation possible? Is it required?
For a real valued function $f(t)$ I want to check the information left, after taking a Fourier partial sum/integral. Let $\hat{f}$ be its Fourier transform and let $$e_{\omega}(t) = f(t) - \int\...
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Interesting stipulation about completely monotone functions
This question relates to a question I asked here. I thought of a well thought out generalization which appears to follow in the situations I've encountered it. I tried to generalize the answer ...
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Is this "differentiation map" uniquely determined by these properties?
Let $A$ be the set of all real-valued functions having their domain a subset of $\Bbb R$ which are at least differentiable on an open set, and for $f \in A$, let $U_f$ be the largest open set on which ...
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