All Questions
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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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Mappings that preserve local or global minimum
In the most general form, I'm interested in any non-trivial results of the following question.
Consider metric space $X$ and $Y$, denote all real valued functions on $X$ and $Y$ as $\mathbb{R}^{X}$ ...
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Question about Lebesgue Bochner spaces
Let $T>0$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain. Also $p\in (1,\infty)$ is any number.
I know that $u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))$ and $\nabla u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))^N$. How ...
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Special density on $L^2$
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain, and $u\in L^2(\Omega)$ with $0\leq u(x)\leq 1$ a.e. on $\Omega$. It is well known that $C^{\infty}_c(\Omega)$ is dense in $L^2(\Omega)$. Because $C^...
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Steiner symmetrization of smooth function on non-simply connected regions
Given a smooth function $u$ defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$, restrict $u$ to a subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ (possibly not simply connected) foliated by level sets of a smooth function $\psi: \Omega \...
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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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Sufficient conditions for the space of Radon measure to be a Banach space
Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a Hausdorff space and consider the space of Radon measures with bounded total variation $M(\mathcal{X})$ on $\mathcal{X}$.
Usually, the additional assumptions on $\mathcal{X}$ are ...
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Equality of two measures on functional spaces
It is well known that if $\mu$ and $\nu$ are two measures on the space $C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R}^n)$ of continuous mappings from $[0,1]$ to $\mathbb{R^n}$ endowed with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra satisfy $$...
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Dual spaces of Banach-valued $L^{p}$-spaces
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ be a measure space (say complete and $\sigma$-finite, for simplicity). Furthermore, let $(X,\Vert\cdot\Vert_{X})$ be an arbitrary Banach space. I denote by $(L^{p}(\...
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Domain of the infinitesimal generator of a composition $C_0$-semigroup
In the paper [1] the following $C_0$-group is presented,
$$
T(t)f(x) = f(e^{-t} x) , \quad x \in (0,\infty) \quad f \in E
$$
where $E$ is an ($L^1,L^\infty$)-interpolation space. In mi case, I'm just ...
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Measurability of $L^{p}(L^{q})$ integrable functions
Let $ F: \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with the property that
$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \big[ \int_0^\infty |F(x,r) |^q \, dr \big]^{p/q} \, dx < \infty
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In addition we ...
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Projection measure and an integral formula for Lipschitz functions
Let $n\geq m\geq 0$ be integers and put $k=n-m$. Let $A\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be Borel measurable, we define the projection measure of $A$ as
$$\mu_k(A):=\underset{P_1, \ldots, P_r}{\sup_{A=A_1\sqcup\...
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On the existence of a complicated fractal-like set of finite perimeter
Let $f\in BV(\Bbb R^n)$ be an integer-valued function that maps into $\{0, 1\}$ and is identically $0$ outside some bounded set in $\Bbb R^n$. In particular, $f$ determines a bounded Caccioppoli set $...
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A question about the maximal function
Let $n>4$, $f\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ and 0 denote the origin of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. We define a weighted maximal function by $$Mf(x)=\sup_{0<r<1}r^{4-n}\int_{B_{r}(x)}|f|$$ which is ...
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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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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
$$ \int_{\...
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Is there a version of dominated convergence theorem for local $L^p$ spaces?
Fix $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $(L^p (\mathbb R^d), \|\cdot\|_{L^p})$ be the Lesbesgue space of $p$-integrable real-valued functions on $\mathbb R^d$. Let $\tilde L^p (\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of ...
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Is there a modification of $f$ on a null set such that $F: [0, T] \to L^p ({\mathbb R}^d), t \mapsto f(t,\cdot)$ is Bochner measurable?
Let $T>0$ and $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $f \in L^p ([0, T] \times {\mathbb R}^d)$. By a theorem in this thread, there is a Lebesgue null subset $N$ of $[0, T]$ such that $f(t, \cdot)$ is Lebesgue ...
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Banach space of vector measures
Let $S$ be a set and $\Sigma$ be a $\sigma$-algebra of subsets of $S$. Let $A$ be a Banach space over the field of complex numbers. A countably additive map $\mu:\Sigma\to A$ is called a vector ...
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Proving more stronger fomula for discrepancy of a sequence [closed]
I am reading famous book about uniform distribution of sequences by Kuipers and Niederreiter and have questions about solving below exercise from that book. Before going to main exercise I will write ...
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Riemann-Liouville integral of $f$ is zero implies $f =0$ a.e
The Riemann-Liouville integral is defined by
$$
I^\alpha f(x)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(\alpha)} \int_a^x f(t)(x-t)^{\alpha-1} d t
$$
where $\Gamma$ is the gamma function and $a$ is an arbitrary but fixed base ...
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Vague Topologies induced by $C_c$ and $C_0$ are the same on a closed ball of finite Radon measures?
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space. Denote $C_c(X)$ and $C_0(X)$ the space of continuous functions with compact support and vanishing at infinity respectively. By Riesz representation ...
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Lebesgue differentiation theorem at boundary points for Sobolev traces
$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$
Let $\Omega\subset \R^d$ be a smooth, bounded open set and fix $p\geq 1$.
Fact 1: the usual Lebesgue differentiation theorem says that, if $u\in L^p(\Omega)$, then
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u(x)...
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Deduce that a function is zero on interval $[0,M]$
I have been thinking about this for the last few days but I was not able to produce a definitive answer.
Take an integrable function $g$ that maps in $\mathbb{R}$ and with domain contained in $[0,M]$ (...
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Transforming two smooth densities to the same density
I am looking for an example of the following:
Find a bijective, differentiable function $f$ and continuous probability density functions $q_1\ne q_2$ such that $f_*q_1=p=f_*q_2$, where $f_*$ is the ...
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Building random homeomorphisms of the circle
Given a positive Borel measure without atoms $\tau$ on the circle $\mathbb T =\mathbb R /\mathbb Z =[0,1)$ , in https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3423 a homeomorphism $h:[0,1)\to [0,1)$ is defined as
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Condition for set of the type $\{(a,b)|a \in A, \ b = f(a)\}$ to have empty interior if $A$ has empty interior [closed]
Let us consider $$\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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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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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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Extracting the point mass measure of some type of positive measures
Let us consider the measure algebra $M(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of all Radon measures on the reals.
Let $\delta_0$ be the point mass measure concentrated on 0, which is also the multiplicative ...
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An equation in the convolution measure algebra on reals
Let us consider the measure algebra $M(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of all Radon measures on reals.
Let $\mu$ be a Radon measure in $M(\mathbb{R})$ and $\delta_0$ be the point mass measure concentrated on ...
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Schauder basis of $L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^n,H)$
$\newcommand{\loc}{\mathrm{loc}}$Let $(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n),\mu)$ denote the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ equipped with ...
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Support of a measure
Let $T:X\to X$ be a continuous function on a compact manifold $X$ and let $\text{Leb}$ be the Lebesgue measure normalized so that $\text{Leb}(X)= 1$. We denote by $\mathcal{M}(X)$ the space of all ...
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Is the lattice of bounded Henstock Kurzweil integrable functions countably complete?
The set of HK integrable functions with an integrable upper bound $f$ forms a lattice, and satisfies the MCT and DCT. Does this mean that the lattice is countably complete?
Indexing any countable set, ...
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Set where the speed of convergence is uniform in Lebesgue's density theorem
Let $B \subset \mathbb R^n$ be the unit ball.
Consider a Borel measurable set $E \subset B$ with positive Lebesgue measure $|E|>0$ (say $|E| = |B|/2$).
Then, Lebesgue's density theorem, says that ...
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Averaging and fractional Laplacian
Let $u,\phi:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be smooth functions and $\Omega_\epsilon$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R$ with diameter $\epsilon>0$ (consider for exaple the ball $B_{\epsilon/2}(0)$). Is ...
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(Generalized) Uncentered Maximal Function $\tilde Mf$ in Stein's Harmonic Analysis
It is well known that on $\Bbb R^n$, equipped with the usual Lebesgue measure, the standard Hardy-Littlewood maximal function $Mf(x)$ (with respect to averaging on cubes or balls centered at $x$) is ...
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Decomposition of non negative Radon measure into $L^1$ and $H^{-1}$ functions
What is a reference for the following result (which appears to be well-known in measure theory)?
Any non negative Radon measure can be decomposed uniquely into the sum of an absolutely continuous ...
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continuous function on the space of probability measures
Let $X$ be a compact space. Let $\mathcal{M}(X)$ be the space of all probability measures on $X$. Denote by $C(X)$ and $C(\mathcal{M}(X))$ the real continuous function on $X$ and $\mathcal{M}(X)$ ...
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How to characterize the order convergence in Bochner-integrable functions space?
Let $(\Omega,\Sigma,\mu)$ a finite measure space. We want to characterize the order convergence (for sequences) in Bochner integrable functions space $L^1(\mu,X)$, $X$ Banach lattice.
In $L^p$ we have:...
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Weak convergence rates for integral operators
Suppose $q=\sum_{i=1}^m\pi_i\delta_{x_i}$ is a discrete measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and let $q\ast \varphi_\epsilon$ denote the convolution of $q$ with some mollifier $\varphi_\epsilon$, so that $q\ast\...
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Estimate on total variation of composition of functions
Let $f \in BV(\mathbb R)$ and $g: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be Lipschitz. How can I estimate the total variation of $f\circ g$, that is
$$
\int_{\mathbb R} \left|\frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))\right| dx \ ?
$$
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Can $\ell_1(E)$ be embedd into the dual of continuous function space?
Let $E$ be a compact seperable space, for example $E=[0,1]\subset\mathbb{R}$. Denote by
$$\ell_1(E):=\{u:=(u_x\in\mathbb{C}:x\in F):F\text{ is a countable subset of }E \text{ and } \|u\|_{\ell_1(E)}:=\...
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A special approximation of the Heaviside function
Is there a $C^m$ approximation $f_\epsilon$ of the Heaviside function such that
$$f_\epsilon(x) = f_1(x/\epsilon) = \begin{cases} 0 & \text{ if } x < 0 \\
1 & \text{ if } x/\epsilon \ge 1
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Functions such that $ \Vert\tfrac{d^4}{dx^4}f\Vert_{L^2(0,1)} < \sqrt{2} \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(0,1)}$
Is there a (non-constant) function $f \in C^4((0,1))$ that is zero in an interval $(a,b) \subset (0,1)$ and such that the inequality
$$\Vert\tfrac{d^4}{dx^4}f\Vert_{L^2(0,1)} < \sqrt{2}\Vert f \...
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Total variation of composition of BV function and diffeomorphism [closed]
Let $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a $BV$ function and $g:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a diffeomorphism. What is the total variation of $f \circ g$?
My guess is
$$
TV(f\circ g) \le TV(f) \Vert (g^{-1})'...
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Injectivity of an integral transform
For a bounded function $F: \mathbb R_{\ge 0} \to \mathbb R$ (not necessarily non-negative), is it true that
$$\int_0^\infty \frac{x^ks}{(s^2+x^2)^{(k+3)/2}} F(x) dx = 0 \text{ for all $s >0$} \iff ...
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Existence of integral kernel
I know the following statement ture.
Let $T \in B(L^1(\mathbb{R}^d), L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^d))$, where $B(X, Y)$ denotes all bounded linear operoters from $X$ to $Y$.
Then, $T$ has the integral kernel $...
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Showing that for measurable $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, $L^1(\Omega; C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ is separable
Here we're integrating "Banach-valued" functions $u: \Omega \rightarrow C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ , and by $u \in L^1(\Omega; C_0(\mathbb{R}^n))$ I mean that
$$\int_{x \in \Omega} \| u(x) \|_{\...
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Kolmogorov entropy of a subset of $L^1$
How can we estimate the Kolmogorov $\epsilon$-entropy
$$H_\epsilon (A,L^1(\mathbb R))$$
where
$
A = \{f:\mathbb R \to [0,K] \text{ s.t. $f \in L^1$ and has total variation $TV(f) \le M$}\}
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