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Semilinear elliptic equations in complex plane
Let $D$ denote the closed unit disk centered at the origin in the complex plane. Let $F: D \times \mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be a smooth function. Is there any theory for well-posedness (in the sense of ...
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Condition for set of the type $\{(a,b)|a \in A, \ b = f(a)\}$ to have empty interior if $A$ has empty interior [closed]
Let us consider $$\mathcal X = \{(a,b)|a \in A, \ b = f(a)\}, $$ where $A \subset L^1(\mathbb R)$ has empty interior and $f:L^1 \to L^1$ is a bijective map. Does $\mathcal X$ also have empty interior? ...
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Relationship between KL, chi-squared, and Hellinger
There are many well-known relationships between the KL divergence, chi-squared ($\chi^2$) divergence, and the Hellinger metric. In the paper "Assouad, Fano, and Le Cam" by Bin Yu, the author ...
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Characterization of extendible distributions
I asked this question on Mathematics Stackexchange, but got no answer.
I found the following question which characterize the extension of a distribution in $\mathbb{R}$:
Let $f \in L_{\text{loc}}^{1}(...
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Determine if an integral expression is in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$
Note: This is a simplified version of the following question. I did not get a full response and realized can make it simpler to have my main interrogation answered. I decided to write it as a ...
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Identification of a limit point of a sequence of solution of ODE
Let $v^0$ and $v^1$ be the following vector fields over $\big(\mathbb{R}_+^*\big)^3$: for $x\in\big(\mathbb{R}_+^*\big)^3$ and $1\leq i\leq 3$,
\begin{align*}
& v^0_i(x)=x_i(x_{i-1}-x_{i+1}) \\
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Regularity of boundary of a level set of a $C^{1,\alpha}$ function
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ be a $C^{1,\alpha}$ function. Denote $S_C=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^2\mid f(x)=C \}$ the level set of $f$ with value $C$.
What i want to ask is, if $S_C$ is nonempty for some $...
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Sharpest version of semiclassical Calderon-Vaillancourt theorem
Let $S$ be the space of symbols defined by $$S:=\{a\in C^{\infty}(T^*\mathbb{R}^d):\forall \alpha,\beta\in\mathbb{Z}^d,\, |\partial_x^{\alpha}\partial_{\xi}^{\beta}a(x,\xi)|\le C_{\alpha\beta}\},$$ ...
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When can a convolution be written as a change of variables?
Suppose $X$ is a random variable with a density $f(x)$ such that $f(x)$ is a convolution of some density $g$ with some other density $q$:
$$
f = g\ast q.
$$
Under what conditions does $X=h(Y)$, where $...
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Equivalence of implicit function theorem and Peano existence theorem in ODEs?
I was recently reading a book about the implicit function theorem (IFT): The implicit function theorem: history, theory, and applications, and before that I learned that Peano's existence theorem can ...
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Comparing the truncated $\ell^{1}$-norm of polynomial coefficients with the supremum norm on the unit disc
Let $p=a_{0}+a_{1}z+\ldots+a_{n}z^{n}$ be a polynomial. Consider the following truncated $\ell^{1}$-seminorm of the coefficients of $p$:
$$\|p\|_{\ell^{1},\text{trun.}}:=\sum_{k=1}^{n}|a_{k}|=\|p-a_{0}...
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Fractional integration in Orlicz spaces
I am reading the paper "Fractional integration in Orlicz spaces" by R. Sharpley.
And I would like to understand one question:
Let $A,B, C$ are Young's functions. The spaces $L_A, L_B$ are ...
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$\log(t)$ term in the small time expansion of $\mathrm{Tr}( A e^{-tB} )$
Assume $A$ is an operator on a Hilbert space with discrete spectrum. Assume $B$ is a positive operator on the same Hilbert space also with a discrete spectrum. Also assume $A$ and $B$ commute.
I'm ...
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Identification of $\lim_{n\to\infty}f_n^{-1}$ with $f_n:\mathbb R_+\to (0,1]$ strictly decreasing and converging pointwise
Let $f_n: \mathbb R_+\to (0,1]$ be continuous and strictly decreasing for every $n\ge 1$. Assume that the pointwise limit of $(f_n)_{n\ge 1}$ exists, denoted by $f$, and is also strictly decreasing. ...
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Fourier transform of Dirac delta distribution
Let $f,g$ be Schwartz functions on $\mathbb R^4$, we denote them as $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^4)$, one can then define the transform $V$ mapping $f,g$ to a Schwartz function $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^8)$
$$ V(...
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Do these two pairs coincide at small time?
Let $\alpha, \beta:\mathbb R_+\to [0,1]$ be continuous and decreasing functions s.t. $\alpha(0)=1=\beta(0)$ and $\alpha, \beta$ are continuously differentiable on $(0,\infty)$ satisfying for some $c&...
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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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Notation for dominating (or uniformly bounded) function
While I developing a new statistical estimator, I wondered is there any good notation for dominating (or uniformly bounded) function.
A situation like this. For some true function $f:\mathbb{R} \to \...
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What is $\left\| u \right\|_{ H_{0}^{k}, H_{0}^{k}}$ norm when $H_{0}^{k}=\left\{u \in H^{k, 2}(M) \mid \int_{M} u \operatorname{vol}_{g}=0\right\}$
What is $\left\| f \right\|_{ H_{0}^{k}, H_{0}^{k}}$ norm when $H_{0}^{k}=\left\{u \in H^{k, 2}(M) \mid \int_{M} u \operatorname{vol}_{g}=0\right\}$.
I'm reading a paper
Chern-Yamabe flow
which said ...
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Bounding integral expression with Sobolev norm of integrand
Consider the following integral expression:
$$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$
for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
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Bounding integral expression with BV norm of integrand
Consider the following integral expression:
$$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$
for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
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Bounding integral expression with total variation of integrand
Consider the following integral expression:
$$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{(g(x)-g(y))(x-y)}{|x-y|^{3}} d x d y $$
for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\infty(\mathbb R)$,...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part II
This question is a follow up on my latest MO post which was addressed kindly by Iosif Pinelis. What is new here is that I need to correct the assumption by including a missing hypothesis. The context ...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part I
Let $u(x)$ be a harmonic polynomial in the unit ball $B_1(0)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with $u(0)=0$.
For $0<r\leq1$, consider the average of its Dirichlet integral
$$A(r):=\frac1{\vert B_r(0)\vert}\int_{...
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Straightening a function supported on a strip
Given a positive smooth function $b:\mathbb{R}^{N+M}\to \mathbb{R}$ which vanishes exactly outisde of some $U\times\mathbb{R}^M$ ($U\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ open), is there another positive smooth ...
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Linear dependence of the derivatives of a vector valued function
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^5$ be an injective smooth function, and consider the function
$$
g:\mathbb{R}^5\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^5
$$
given by
$$
g(t_1,t_2,t_3,a,b) = f(t_1)+a(f(t_2)-f(t_1))...
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Second differential of total variation
I am trying to give meaning to the notion of second differential of total variation.
For sufficiently regular $u:\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ let the total variation be given by
$$TV(u)=...
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Gradient of a convex function on $\mathbb{R}^d$, maximum on hypercubes bounded by values in corners?
Let $f : \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be infinitely often continuously differentiable and convex.
For $d = 1$, we know that for any interval $[a, b]$, it holds for $x, y \in [a, b]$ that
$$
(f'...
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Does the map $f \mapsto \mu_f$ (BV to Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure) behave nicely under function concatenation?
Consider two continuous functions $f,g : [0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ of bounded variation, and let $\mu_f, \mu_g : \mathcal{B}([0,1])\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be their associated Lebesgue-Stieltjes (...
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Question on the existence/uniqueness of the fixed point
Let $E$ a Banach space ($E$ is the space of continuous functions on $[0,T]$ for my case). Let $F, G: E\times E\to E$ be contraction maps of contraction constant $\epsilon>0$. Given $b\in\mathbb R$, ...
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Generalized Jensen's inequality for positively homogeneous functions
The function $f:V \to \hat{\mathbb{R}}$ is said to be positively homogeneous iff $f(\alpha v) = \alpha f(v)$ for every $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$. Here $V$ is a real vector space and $\hat{\mathbb{R}...
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Infinite dimensional involutions: infinitely large sets of multivariate polynomials self-inverse under self-substitution
Examples of infinite dimensional involutions
Edit 2/25/23, as suggested by YCOR below: (Start)
The first return on a Google search on involution--from late Latin 'a rolling up'--gives the Oxford ...
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The Laplace transform and the Lagrange compositional inversion formula
I'm looking for references which derive the Lagrange inversion formula, given below (in bold), for the Taylor series coefficients of the compositional inverse of a function $f$ analytic at the origin ...
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Smoothness of Radon transform
Let $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ be density function (i.e nonnegative function which integrates to $1$), and consider its Radon transform $R[f]$ defined by
$$
R[f](w,b) := \int_{\mathbb R^n}\delta(x^\...
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Estimate for an oscillatory integral of the first kind
I am confused in finding the right bound for the following oscillatory integral
$$I = \int_\mathbb{R} (\psi(2^{-k} \xi))^2 e^{i (y \xi - 3 \eta \xi^2 t)} d\xi.$$
Where $\psi(2^{-k} \xi)$ is a smooth ...
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Hölder inequality between different Orlicz spaces
If we have a product of functions $fg$ with $f\in L^r$ and $g\in L^s$ for some $s,r>1$ satisfying $1/r+1/s=1$, then we know that $fg\in L^1$.
But if $g$ is a little bit more than $L^s$, say $L^s \...
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Quantitative Skorokhod embedding
The Skorokhod embedding theorem says that any random variable $X$ with $\mathbb E X=0$ and $\mathbb E[X^2]<\infty $ can be written as $X=B_{\tau }$ where $B$ is a Brownian motion and $\tau $ is a ...
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Kernels of sequences of operators
Let $\left( S_{n}^{1}\right) $ and $\left( S_{n}^{2}\right) $ two sequences
of operators in $\mathcal{L}(E_{1},F_{1})$ and $\mathcal{L}(E_{2},F_{2})$
where $E_{i},F_{i},i=1,2$ are Hilbert spaces such ...
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Existence of saddle points under a $C^0$-perturbation of a continuous function
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function and has a strict maximum point $a$ and strict minimum point $b$. Define $g(x,y)=f(x)+f(y)$ and $h_\varepsilon(x,y)$ be a family of continuous ...
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Partial derivative of the Bessel's operator
Let $J^s = (I- \Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian, and $w(x,y) \in L^2(\mathbb{T}^2)$. During my study to the paper, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.02027.pdf, the author stated that
$$\...
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On a variant of Carlson’s theorem
My question is on whether or not there exists some monotone strictly decreasing sequence of positive numbers $c_1>c_2>\ldots$ such that given any $f$ which is a uniformly bounded holomorphic ...
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What is $T T^*$ argument?
During my studying of many papers, some authors used what so-called $T T^*$ argument. I have no clue about this concept (or mathematical tool). Could you please enlighten me with some explanations or/...
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A convexity question
Let $Q=[0,1]\times[0,1]$ and let $a$ be a positive smooth function on $Q$. Does there exist a smooth positive function $u$ On $Q$ such that there holds
$$ \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_1^2}u <0 $$
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Sufficient condition to be increasing, following a vector field
Let $f\in\mathcal{C}^1(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R})$ $(n\geq 1)$ be an observable, and let $v^1,v^2\in\mathcal{C}^1(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R}^n)$ be two vector fields such that for any $(x^1_t)_{t\geq 0}$ ...
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Non-injectivity of the limit of non-injective sequence of operators
It is known that the limit of a sequence of non injective operators is not necessarily non-injective, for instance, the operator \begin{eqnarray*}
T_n &:&\ell ^{2}\rightarrow \ell ^{2} \\
x &...
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Approximations for real functions
Is there some set of real functions ($S$) that has precisely the cardinality of the continuum, but is dense in the space of all the real functions in a sense that every real function can be ...
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Inverse transform of $\int K(s,t) \rho(s) dS $
Assume that $V$ is a n-dimensional surface, or the disjoint union such surfaces.
Let $K(s,t)$ be a function $V^2\to \mathbb R$. For the sake of simplicity, it can be assumed that $K$ is continuous, ...
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Can every real function be approximated with a Riemann-integrable one with any precision required?
Is there some proof that Riemann-integrable functions are dense in the space of all real functions?
In a sense that for every real function $f$ and number $\varepsilon>0$, there is Riemann-...
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Does this sequence of functions converge in a distributional sense?
Let $f\in W^{1,12/5}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ (time-independent), let $K^{\epsilon}$ be a uniformly in $\epsilon$ bounded sequence in $L^{1}\cap L^{7/5}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ and let
$$\tilde{K}^{\epsilon} := K^{\...
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Looking for references to study $U^p$ and $V^p$ spaces
I am studying some papers in the analysis of nonlinear PDEs and I am encountering the $U^p$ and $V^p$ spaces for the first time. Where can I find references more detailed than papers?
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