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Local dimension of measures
For a Borel prob measure $\mu$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, define the local dimension of $\mu$ at $x$ by
$$
{\rm dim}_*(\mu, x)=\liminf_{r\to 0} \frac{\log \mu(B(x,r))}{\log r}, {\rm dim}^*(\mu, x)=\limsup_{r\...
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When can an affine functional on the dual be represented as an element of a Banach space?
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, we are given a functional $\varphi: T(x_0)\to (-\infty, \infty]$, which is a lower semicontinuous, affine, Baire function on a subspace $T(x_0)$ ...
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Computation of tangent functional
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, the tangent functional is defined as follows.
If $x \in S$, we define the tangent functional $\tau(x,\cdot)$ at $x$ as
\begin{equation}
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Rademacher theorem
If $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^m$ is of class $C^1$ and $\operatorname{rank} Df(x_o)=k$, then clearly $\operatorname{rank} Df\geq k$ in a neighborhood of $x_o$. It is not particularly difficult to ...
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Second order differentiability of convex functions
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ be a convex function. Then $f$ is locally Lipschitz and hence differentiable a.e. (Rademacher). Let $E\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be the set of points where $f$ is ...
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Regular Lagrangian flow for explicit ODE with discontinuous right-hand side
Consider the problem
$$(\star) \quad \begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \begin{cases} - 1 & \text{ if } X(t,x) >0, \\
1 & \text{ if } X(t,x) < 0 \end{cases}, &t \in [0,T],\\
X(0,x) ...
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Applications of Rademacher's Theorem
Rademacher's Theorem (that every Lipschitz function on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ is almost everywhere differentiable) is a remarkable result on the structure of the space of Lipschitz functions, but I was ...
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Prove $\int_{\mathbb R^N \setminus \Omega} |x - z|^{-N-s} dz \approx dist(x,\partial \Omega)^{-s}$, $s \in (0,2)$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N$ and $s \in (0,2)$. Under what assumptions on $\partial \Omega$ do we have
$$\int_{\mathbb R^N \setminus \Omega} |x - z|^{-N-s} dz \approx \mathrm{dist}(x,\partial \...
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Equivalence of statements about level sets: $u|_{S \times [\tau, \infty)}$ depends only on $t$ $\iff$ $u(t,x) = \mu^{\tau}(t,u(\tau,x))$
Let $u:\mathbb R_+ \times \Omega \subset \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$ (sufficiently smooth). Are the following statements are equivalent?
For every $\tau >0$ and level surface $S$ of $u(\tau,\cdot)$,...
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Estimate on total variation of composition of functions
Let $f \in BV(\mathbb R)$ and $g: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be Lipschitz. How can I estimate the total variation of $f\circ g$, that is
$$
\int_{\mathbb R} \left|\frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))\right| dx \ ?
$$
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Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions
How can one prove the following result on the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the sum of two continuous functions:
Let $f,g:[0,1] \to \mathbb R$ be two continuous functions. Suppose that $$\...
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Projection of BV function
Let $u \in [BV(\mathbb R^N)]^N$. We have
$$D^{jump} u(x) = a(x) \otimes b(x)|D^{jump}u|,$$
where $a,b \in \mathbb S^{N-1}$.
What is the projection of $D^{jump}u$ in the direction $a$? And how can ...
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"Almost" absolute continuity of derivative of BV function if ${\rm Tr}\,D_Sf = 0$
Let $f: \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R^N$ be a $BV$ function.
Suppose that $\mathrm{div} f$ is absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure: $\operatorname{div} f \ll \mathcal L^N$. This ...
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Partially BV vector fields and renormalization
Why does the approach used to prove Theorem 4.1 in the paper by Le Bris and Lions on Renormalized solutions of some transport equations with partially $W^{1,1}$ velocities and applications not work ...
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Growth assumption and example of finite (arbitrarily small) time blow up for ODE
Consider the following ODE initial value problem
\begin{align*}
&\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(t,x) = \boldsymbol{F}(t,\Phi(t,x)), & t \in [0,T], \ \ x \in \mathbb{R}^N,\\
&\Phi(0,x) = x, & x \in \...
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Level sets of a BV function and its derivative
Given $u \in BV(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^M)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, what is the relationship between its level sets and its distributional derivative $Db$?
More specifically, does Alberti ...
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Flow of ODE with monotone source
Let $\Phi$ be the flow (defined as in page 6 of this paper) of the ODE
$$\begin{cases}
\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\
\Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}.
\end{cases}$$
Is ...
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Difference quotient for solutions of ODE and Liouville equation
Suppose that $\Phi$ is the solution of
$$\begin{cases}
\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\
\Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N
\end{cases}$$
How does one prove that
$$\...
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Prove that the flow of a divergence-free vector field is measure preserving
On page 3 of this preprint, after recalling the definition of flow generated by a vector field, the authors remark that "a necessary condition for a flow $\varphi_t(\cdot)$ generated by $a(t, \cdot)$ ...
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Convergence of the difference quotient of a BV function
Consider a BV function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$.
What can be said about the difference quotient
$$
\frac{u(x+\epsilon y)-u(x)}{\epsilon}
$$
regarding its convergence as $\epsilon \to 0$...
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Role of absolute continuity of divergence of BV function in proof of renormalization property
In the paper http://cvgmt.sns.it/paper/436/, the author proves the renormalization property for the flow generated by a vector field $a(t,\cdot) \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$.
Heuristically, ...
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ODE with a measurable vector field
Suppose we have a bounded Borel measurable vector field $F:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$. To make the question non-trivial, assume that $F\neq 0$ eveywhere.
Question. Does there exist at least one ...
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Can we always extract a proper Hausdorff measurable subset from a Hausdorff measurable set?
I also put this question on MSE here
Let $\Gamma\subset \Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be such that $\mathcal H^{N-1}(\Gamma)<+\infty$ (this also implise that $\Gamma$ is Hausdorff measurable).
Let $\...
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Lower bounds from Fourier dimension?
According to Mattila, Geometry of sets and measures in Euclidean spaces, p. 168, the Fourier dimension $\text{dim}_F(A)$ of $A\subseteq \mathbb R^n$ is the unique number in $[0,n]$ such that for any $...
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Lebesgue measure of boundary of Caccioppoli set
Can anything be said about the measure of the topological boundary of a Cacciopoli set in $R^n$? Of course, the reduced boundary has finite (n-1)-dimensional Hausdorff measure, but this does not say ...
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decreasing rearrangements: why the asymmetry of measure-preserving maps?
Ryff proved in 1970 that the decreasing rearrangement $f^*$ of a, say, continuous function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ admits a measure preserving map $\phi$ such that $f=f^*\circ\phi$. In general it is ...
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Existence of rearrangements of functions in $L^p([0,1])$ when given a measure preserving map
Given a funtion $f \in L^p([0,1])$ (take $p=\infty$ if you'd like), and also a measure preserving map $s:[0,1] \to [0,1]$ (meaning $s$ pushes Lebesgue measure forward to itself) I would like to know ...
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Jordan measurability of the level sets
Let $A$ be a compact subset of $R^n$ and $d_S(\bullet, A)$ be the
signed distance function of $A$. Namely, $d_S(p,A) =
d\left({p,\partial A} \right)$ for p in A, and $d_S(p,A) =
-d\left({p,\partial A}...
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