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Energy of harmonic maps from $\mathbb R^2$ to $S^2$ is quantized
Assume that $U:\mathbb R^2\to S^2=\{y\in\mathbb R^3:|y|=1\}$ is a smooth solution of the equation $\Delta U+|\nabla U|^2U=0$ in $\mathbb R^2$ with $\int_{\mathbb R^2}|\nabla U|^2\,dx<+\infty$. ...
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Is square of Delta function defined somewhere?
I am wondering whether anyone knows if the square of Dirac Delta function is defined somewhere.
In the beginning, this question might look strange. But by restricting the space of the test functions, ...
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Reference request: log Sobolev inequality for uniform measure (uniform distribution over discrete set)
Suppose that $N \in \mathbb N_+$ is fixed and denote by $\mu = (\mu_0,\ldots,\mu_N)$ the uniform distribution on the set $\{0,1,\ldots,N\}$ (i.e., $\mu_n = \frac{1}{N+1}$ for each $0\leq n\leq N$). I ...
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Necessary conditions for convergence of convolution
In math.SE, I've asked a question about the convergence of convolution of two functions which have bilateral Laplace transform and also have disjoint Region Of Convergence (ROC) but the question didn'...
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Functional equations based on composition
I have asked this question here (*), but there are no answer.
Let $n \in \mathbb N^*$, $\{a_0,\ldots,a_n\} \subset \left] 0,+\infty\right]$. We suppose $Eq : \sum\limits_{k=0}^n a_k f^k(x)=0$ have no ...
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Is there a uniformly continuous injective image of $(0,1)\setminus\Bbb Q$ in the Cantor space?
It seems too good to be possible, but:
Is there a uniformly continuous injective image of $(0,1)\setminus\Bbb Q$ in the Cantor space?
Here, the Cantor space $\{0,1\}^{\Bbb N}$ is equipped with the ...
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A continuous injection from the Hilbert cube to the real line?
Continuing an earlier "too good to be true" question that I posted recently, the same holds for the present question:
Is there a continuous injection from the Hilbert cube $[0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ ...
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Generalized family of Hölder inequalities
Is the "only if" direction of the following fact known?
For fixed sequences $(a)_i = a_1, \dots, a_r$, $(b)_i = b_1, \dots, b_r$ and $(c)_i = c_1, \dots, c_r$, the inequality $\prod_{i = 1}^...
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Uniformly closed ideals of smooth/real analytic functions
Consider $U\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ an open subset and denote by $R$ either the algebra of real-valued smooth or real analytic functions on $U$. In either case suppose that $R$ is equipped with the ...
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A strange condition of convexity?
During my research, I come across this question.
Let $f \in C^2(\mathbb R, \mathbb R_+^*)$ with $\forall x \in\mathbb R, f'(x) \geq |f''(x)+f(x)|$.
Is it true that $\forall x \in \mathbb R, f''(x) \...
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Preimage of null sets under a monotone increasing function
Let $I\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be a closed bounded interval and $f:I \to I$ a monotonic increasing function and $S$ the countable set of points $s$ such that $|f^{-1}(s)| > 1$. Is the following ...
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Equivalent definition for Skorokhod metric
I have a question about the Skorokod distance on the space $\mathcal{D}([0,1],\mathbb{R})$:
$$
d(X,Y):= \inf_{\lambda \in \Lambda}\left( \sup_{t\in [0,1]}|t-\lambda(t)|\vee \sup_{t\in [0,1]}|X(t)-Y(\...
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On a deceptively tricky calculus problem
Motivation for this question: If the operators $B_i'$ satisfy an inequality, prove that $B_1'+\dots B_n'$ also satisfies the same inequality
Let $A$ be a non-constant operator acting on $C^...
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Prove that the following function is positive
Consider the following function:
$$K(x, y; t) = \sum_{n \geq 0} \frac{e^{-(2n+1)t}}{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!} H_n(x) H_n(y) \exp\left(-\frac{(x^2 + y^2)}{2}\right)
$$
This is Mehler's kernel, and can be ...
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An integrable estimate of the Hölder constant of the map $x \mapsto \int_{\mathbb R^d} f(y) \partial_1 \partial_1 g_t (x-y) \, \mathrm d y$
Let $(g_t)_{t>0}$ be the Gaussian heat kernel on $\mathbb R^d$, i.e.,
$$
g_t (x) := (4\pi t)^{-\frac{d}{2}} e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4t}},
\quad t>0, x \in \mathbb R^d.
$$
Let $f : \mathbb R^d \to \...
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Growth rate of elementary sequences
We consider three sequences $(x_n),(y_n),(z_n)$, where $(x_n) \in \ell^1$ is positive and the other two sequences are merely assumed to be positive, i.e. $y_n,z_n \ge 0$ where $0<z_n<z_{n+1}$ is ...
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Sufficient condition such that the set of zeros of an analytic function $f:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ contains only isolated points
Consider a real- analytic function $f: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$. We know that zeros of $f$, roughly speaking, live in the low dimensional manifolds.
My question: Does a 'reasonable' sufficient ...
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An integral inequality?
Let $v \in C^\infty(\mathbb R)$ such that $1 \ge v \ge 0$ and $\int_{\mathbb R} v \, dx = 1$.
I want to show that if
$$\int_{\mathbb R} v |v''|^2 \, dx < + \infty. \tag{$\star$}$$
then
$$ \int_{\...
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Unable to understand an application of Minkowski's inequality
Consider the following exerpt from the paper "Non-linear Quantum Processes" by Segal:
with the norm $\|F\|=\left(\int\|F(x)\|^p \, d x\right)^{1 / p}$, then the operator $T_1^{\prime}: F \...
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Find a function $f\geq 0$ such that $e^{-t[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2} f$ is not non-negative for some $t\geq 0$
Consider the square of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $$A=[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2=(x-\partial_x)\partial_x (x-\partial_x)\partial_x.$$ We know that $[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2$ cannot be a ...
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Uniqueness of solutions of Young differential equations
Consider the following one dimensional Young differential equation:
\begin{align*}
&Y_t=\int_0^t Y_s dX_s,\quad t\in[0,1];\\
&Y_0=0.
\end{align*}
Here the driving process $X$ is a bounded ...
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Function series of normal lower semi-continuous functions
For a real-valued $f$ on a topological space $X$, the upper limit of $f$ at $x\in X$ is
defined as follows:
$
f^{\ast }\left( x\right) =\inf \left\{ \sup \left\{ f\left( y\right) :y\in
U\right\} :U\in ...
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Can these identities for the Euler-Mascheroni constant be proven?
I stumbled upon these 4 limit/integral identities involving Euler's constant aka gamma (~0.5772). They appear to be valid based on inspection but I have no idea how to prove them. In addition, I have ...
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A problem about how dominated convergence is used in the analysis of variation
I'm reading Existence of solutions to a higher dimensional mean-field equation on manifolds and get stuck on Lemma6. When $\lambda>\Lambda_1$, with $\Lambda_1=(2 m-1) ! \operatorname{vol}\left(S^{2 ...
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How to prove that the uniform limit of $C^k$ functions is $C^{k-1,1}$?
Already asked in SE but no response, I think it also reasonably belongs here.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4829428/uniform-convergence-of-ck-functions
Basically what the title says, plus ...
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Extracting a common convergent indexing from an uncountable family of sequences
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be some uncountable index set and $X$ be some separable reflexive Banach space.
For each $\alpha \in \mathcal{A}$, let
\begin{equation}
\{ x_n^{\alpha} \}_{n=1}^\infty
\end{equation}
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Making sense of the limit $\lim\limits_{x \to y} T(x,y) $ for a tempered distribution $T$ on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$
I already posted a similar question on MO and looked into the references therein.
However, I cannot find a satisfactory answer for my question..So I ask here again in a more refined form.
Let $T \in \...
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Compact-open Topology for Partial Maps?
I asked the same question on MathStackExchange a month ago and received no answer. I feel that this would be more suitable for MathOverflow.
Compact open topology is one of the most common ways of ...
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Continuous selectors of a continuous multifunctin on a compact metric space
I am currently working on a continuous selector problem of multifunctions. I am trying to figure out if a continuous multifunction defined on a compact metric space always admit a continuous selector.
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Can we approximate a Hölder pdf by higher-order Hölder pdf's?
$\newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb R}\newcommand{\NN}{\mathbb N}$
Let $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $j \in \NN$. We denote by $H^{j + \alpha} := H^{j + \alpha} ({\RR}^d)$ the space of real-valued functions $f$ on $\...
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On the additive property of the subdifferential of lower semicontinuous functions
Let $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ be a lower semicontinuous function, we define the Fréchet subdifferential of $f$ at $x\in\mathbb R$ by
$$\partial^F f(x):=\left\{L\in\mathbb R: \liminf_{v\to0}\frac{f(x+v)...
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"Simple" integral equation
Let $H(z)$ be a continuous solution of the problem
$$
H(z)=\frac1{1-z}\int_z^1 \frac{2\zeta}{1+\zeta} H(\zeta^2)\,d\zeta,\ \ \ z\in[0,1);\ \ \ H(1)=1.
$$
Is it true that $H(0)=1-\ln2$? The question ...
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Is the Boltzmann entropy continuous in the supremum norm?
We define $U : [0, +\infty) \to [0, +\infty)$ by $U(0) := 0$ and $U (s) := s \log s$ for $s >0$. Then $U$ is strictly convex. Let $D$ be the set of all bounded non-negative continuous functions $\...
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Embedding theorems for Dini continuous functions
Are there embedding theorems for the space of Dini continuous functions on a Euclidean domain, or even just on an interval? Ideally, I am looking for something like the classical Morrey inequalities ...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality
Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that
$$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$
for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Equivalent norms of fractional Sobolev spaces on bounded Lipschitz domain
Let $s>0$, $1<p<\infty$ and let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain. Set $H^{s,p}(\Omega)=\{u\in L^p(\Omega):\exists\tilde u\in L^p(\mathbb R^n),\tilde u|_{\Omega}=u,(I-\...
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If a continuous function is differentiable at a point, is it differentiable in some neighborhood around that point? [closed]
This seems like it should be true but I was wondering if anyone could prove it. Thanks!
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Function orthogonal to $|y-x|$ on $[0,1]$ for every $y \in [0,1]$?
Does there exist an essentially nonzero function $f:[0,1] \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ so that
$$
\int_0^1 |y-x| f(x) \, dx = 0
$$
for every $y \in [0,1]$? I think I see how to show that any such $f$ can't be ...
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Possible research directions in analysis? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student who loves basic mathematics in the analysis branch, but I have learned that some directions, for example, harmonic analysis, are already well developed and difficult to ...
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A Gaussian measure $\mu$ on $\mathcal{E}'(S^1)$ by Minlos theorem and its value for Sobolev spaces $H^{\alpha}(S^1)$
I posted this question on ME as "A Gaussian measure on $\mathcal{E}'(S^1)$ by Minlos Theorem and its value for $L^2(S^1)$",
but it seems much more nontrivial than I expected... so, I post an ...
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Dependence of Sobolev embedding theorem constant on smoothness
Assume that $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is "nice" enough and $k$ is a positive real number. Using the Sobolev embedding theorem, we can get that
$$
\|f\|_{W^{0,2d/(d-2k)}\ \ \ \ \ (\Omega)}...
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Equivalent characterization of weak derivative in Bochner space
Let $H$ be a hilbert space. A function $v\in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ is called the weak derivative of $u \in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ iff
$$ \int_0^T u(t) \varphi'(t) \, dt = -\int_0^T v(t) \varphi(t) \, ...
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PDEs and algebraic varieties
Let $P$ be an order $d$ differential operator with constant coefficients and consider a PDE of the form $Pf = \delta$. Taking the Fourier transform of $P$ we get a degree $d$ polynomial whose zero ...
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The space of analytic associative operations
This question is a follow-up to this old one of mine.
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the set of functions $\star:\mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ which are associative and $C^\omega$ (real analytic entire) in ...
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Elliptic regularity and Sobolev spaces
Consider a linear partial differential operator $D:C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})\to C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$, i.e.
$$D=\sum_{\alpha\in\mathbb{N}^{d}}a^{\alpha}(x)\partial^{\alpha}_{x}$$
where $a$ are ...
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finite dimensionality of a subspace of a Banach space
Let $H$ be the space of measurable functions on $(0,1)$ such that
$$ \|u\|_{H}^2 = \int_0^1 x^2\,|\partial_x u|^2\,dx + \int_{0}^1 |u|^2\,dx <\infty.$$
Let $C>0$ be a constant. Suppose that $W \...
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Closure of Laplacian
Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ the (positive) Laplace-Beltrami operator. Now, consider this operator as an operator
$$\Delta:\mathcal{D}(\Delta)\to L^{2}(M)$$
There are two ...
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A compact embedding claim
Let $U= (0,1)\times (0,1)$. Consider the weighted Sobolev spaces $H_1$ with the norms
$$ \|u\|_{H_1}^2 = \int_0^1 (\int_0^1 x\,|u(x,y)|^2\,dx) \,dy$$
Let $H_2$ be the weighted Sobolev space with the ...
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The number of roots of pseudo-exponential polynomials
Assume that $J$ is the interval $(-\pi,\pi]$. For $k=1,\ldots,2n$, suppose that $\lambda_k$s are real functions on $J$ with $|\lambda_k|=1$, meaning that $\lambda_k(t)$ is either $-1$ or $1$ where $t\...
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Norm inequality for the inclusion $L^2(\partial \Omega)\hookrightarrow H^{-1/2}(\partial \Omega)$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be a lipschitz domain. We then have the trace operator $\tau : H^1(\Omega) \to L^2(\partial \Omega)$ and can define the space $H^{1/2}(\partial \Omega) := \tau(H^1(\...