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An inequality related to Problem 10210 AMM 1992 No. 3

Problem. Let $A$ be a $N \times N$ real matrix whose $(i,j)$ entry is $a_{ij} \ge 0, \forall i, j$. Let $1$ denote $N\times 1$ all-ones vector. Prove that $$N^2 1^\top A^\top A A^\top 1 \ge (1^\top A ...
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Inequality for function on Spinor bundle

I have a function $H(x,\psi)$ defined on the spinor bundle $\mathbb{S}$ with $H_\psi$ being the continuous derivative in fiber direction having the following properties: (H-1) There exists $0<\...
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Generalization of the triangle inequality to complex exponents: What is $P\left(\left| x^{a+bi} + y^{a+bi} \right| \ge \left|z^{a+bi}\right|\right)$?

Let $x \le y \le z$ be the length of the sides of a triangle whose vertices are uniformly random on the circumference of a circle. In this question, it was proved that if $a \ge 1$, then the ...
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A strange functional inequality

Let $f,g \in C([-2,2],\mathbb R_+^*)$ even and concave real functions. Is it true that $$ \int_0^1 f\big(\cos(x^{-1})+\sin(x^{-1})\big) \cdot g\big(\cos(x^{-1})-\sin(x^{-1})\big) \mathrm{d}x\\ \leq f(...
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Taylor coefficients of the integral of the ordered exponential

Let $A$ be a continuous $2\times 2$ matrix-valued function on $[0,1]$. Define $X_A$ as the solution of $$ X_A'(t) = A(t) X_A(t), \qquad X(0) = I. $$ In other words $X_A$ is the ordered exponential of $...
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Integral inequality related to the (mixed?) moments of two functions

For $k\in \mathbb{Z}_+$ and $t\in [0,1]$ we set $$ S_{k}(t) = \{(t_1,\ldots, t_k)\colon 1\ge t\ge t_1\ge\ldots\ge t_k\ge 0\}. $$ Let $a$ and $b$ be two continuous functions on $[0,1]$. Introduce $$ ...
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Demonstrating bound on integral

I found this question on another forum and it got me interested because of how tight the bound is: prove that $$\int_0^\infty \frac{\arctan(x)}{x^2 + 4}\,dx > \frac{\pi}{4}.$$ The difference ...
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Upper bound for complex integral

I am interested in obtaining a good upper bound for the absolute value of the following integral $$ \left| \int_{0}^{\pi/3} e^{-itn} \left( 1-e^{it} \right)^{k} dt \right|, $$ when $n>k>0$ are ...
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estimate involving Gaussian data

Let $x\in \mathbb{R}^{d}$, $d\geq 1$ and $p>\frac{2}{d}$. For any $R>0$ and any $0<s<\frac{dp}{2}-1$ \begin{align} &\int_{\mathbb{R}}\int_{|x|>R}\left(\frac{1}{1+t^2} \right)^{\frac{...
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Bound on an integral representing a difference of two relative entropies

Let $ f : [0,1] \to \mathbb{R} $ be a function satisfying: 1.) $ |f(x)| \leqslant a $ for some $ a < 1 $, and 2.) $ \int_0^1 f(x) {\mathrm d}x = 0 $. I would like to know whether the following ...
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Lemma about the weighted interpolation inequality

In this article Interpolation inequalities with weights Chang Shou Lin the following lemma is stated and proved. Lemma: Suppose $\dfrac{1}{p}+\dfrac{\alpha}{n} > 0$, then there exists a constant $C$...
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Integral inequality of Polya

In the book Math Problems AMM (1957), Problem 230, there is the next inequality of D. Polya: let $a,b>0$, $0\leq x \leq a $, $f(x)$ --- being not a linear function, and $f(0)=0$, $f(a)=b$, $f(x)\...
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Integral inequality implies $f(t)\equiv 0$ for all $t\geq T$ for some finite $T>0$?

Let $f:[0, \infty)\to [0, \infty)$ be non-increasing and satisfy for all $t>t_{0}$, $$f(t)+C\int_{t_{0}}^{t}f^{\gamma}(s)ds\leq \frac{1}{t-t_{0}}\int_{t_{0}}^{t}f(s)ds,$$ where $0<\gamma<1$ ...
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$\int_0^u\int_{[-1,1]^2}\int_{[-1,1]^2}\frac{1}{r}e^{-\alpha^2|x-y|^2/r} \, dx\,dy\,dr\leq Cu^{\epsilon}\alpha^{-2\beta}$

I am looking for a proof for the following fact: for $U>0,\beta>0,$ there exists $C>0,\epsilon>0$ such that $$\forall u\in [0,U],\alpha\in\left]0,1\right],\int_0^u\int_{[-1,1]^2}\int_{[-1,...
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Perhaps an application of Hardy's inequality

Let $f \in H_{0}^{1}(0,1)$ and $\lambda >0$ big enough. Consider $0 <\alpha < 1$ and some $k > 0$. I would like to show the following inequality $$ \int_{\lambda^{-k}}^{1}|f(x)|^{2}dx \leq ...
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Integral inequality: Prove $\int_0^1 f\int_0^1 1/f \leq 1$ for a certain function $f$

Let $g$ be a piecewise smooth, zero average, function over $[0,1]$ such that $\min g^2>0$. I would like to show that $$ \int_0^1 g\sqrt{1-r/g^2}\int_0^1 \frac{1}{g\sqrt{1-r/g^2}} \leq 1 $$ for all $...
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Estimate an improper integral

Suppose that $f$ satisfies $a$-Hölder condition on $[0,1]$ ($0<a<1$). Fix $0<b<a$. For any $x\in [0,1]$ and sufficiently small $\delta>0$, is the following inequality established? $$ \...
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For which value of $C(f)$ would the following inequality hold?

I am wondering what would be the value of $C(f)$ for the following inequality to hold? E.g., $C(f)$ could be some quantity related to the Lipschitz constant or the size of the domain. $$\left(\int f(x,...
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upper bound for infimum of integral

I was reading this post , where the following question is discussed: Let $h:[0,1] \rightarrow[0,1]$ be a $C^{1}$ function such that $h^{\prime}(x)<0$ for all $x \in(0,1)$. Then, $$ \inf _{f \in \...
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Lower bound for integrals like $\int_1^{t+1}e^{-\sqrt{s}}s^{-1}ds$

Let $$I(t) = \int_{1}^{t+1}\exp\left\{-c\frac{s^{1-\beta}}{1-\beta}\right\}s^{-2\beta}ds,$$ where $c$ is some positive constant and $\beta\in(0, 1)$. Since the integral $I(t)$ given above could not be ...
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Is $\int_0^\infty{dx\over x^{x^{x^x}}}<\int_0^\infty{dx\over x^{x^{x^{x^{x^x}}}}}<\int_0^\infty{dx\over x^{x^{x^{x^{x^{x^{x^x}}}}}}}<\cdots$ true?

On MSE I asked whether each of $\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{x^x},\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{x^{x^{x^x}}},\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{x^{x^{x^{x^{x^x}}}}},\cdots$ was less than $2$ and received answers on bounding ...
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Expected distance between two uniform points in distinct rectangles

Are there any good approximations (especially upper bounds) for the quantity $E(\|X_1-X_2\|$), where each $X_i$ is uniformly distributed in a rectangle $[a_i,b_i]\times[c_i,d_i]$? It does not appear ...
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Is $\iiint_{[0, 1]^3} \lvert f(x)+f(y)+f(z)\rvert\, dx\, dy\, dz \ge \int_0^1 \lvert f(x)\rvert\, dx$?

$\newcommand\abs[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}\newcommand\Abs[1]{\left\lvert#1\right\rvert}$Question: Let $f(x)$ be a continuous real-valued function defined on the interval $[0, 1]$. Does the following ...
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Approximating a limit of an integral

How can we prove the following asymptotic lower bound for the regularized Beta function when $n\rightarrow\infty$? $$\int_0^{1} I_{2 t - t^2}\left(\frac{n - 1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}\right) dt=\Omega\left(\...
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Reverse Inequality

I was doing some numerical integration when I figured the function I was dealing with (i.e., the function I was integrating) evaluated to big numbers on a tiny portion of the interval (over which I ...
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Integral estimate (inequality) with a Schwartz function

$\DeclareMathOperator\supp{supp}\newcommand\abs[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}\newcommand\Bigabs[1]{\Bigl\lvert#1\Bigr\rvert}$Given a Schwartz function $f \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ with $\supp(f) \subseteq [-A,...
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An "elementary" inequality

The following is left unproven in a monograph. The author refers to it as "elementary exercise" but I am unable to prove it. Any insight is appreciated. $$ \int f \log f d\mu \le 2 \left[\...
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Optimization problem with definite integral inequality constraints

Question: How can we prove that there exists a real constant $c\ge 1$ such that the following inequality holds for all integers $d>1$ and all real numbers $r\in\left[1,\sqrt{d}\right]$? $$\int_{-1}^...
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inequality for two integral expressions

Given bounded positive functions $f, g, h \in L^1$, with $g, h$ finitely supported, I would like to compare the following two expressions: $$\begin{aligned} a_1 &= \int_{0}^{\infty} \! dx \, f(x) \...
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Removing integral from norm by inequality

My first question on Math Overflow. For my Mathematics Bachelor thesis I am looking at a paper called "Deep Limits of Residual Neural networks" by Matthew Thorpe and Yves van Gennip. (arxiv....
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Euler–Maclaurin formula in $\mathbb{Z}^d$

I was wondering whether there is a Euler–Maclaurin formula of sorts for expressions such as $$ \sum_{x \in [a,b]^d\cap \mathbb{Z}^d} f(x) - \int_{[a,b]^d}f(x) $$ where $d\ge 2$ is an integer, $a,b \...
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Inequality involving Gaussian integral [closed]

I'm looking to prove the following inequality: $$ \left| \int_0^1 e^{-x^2} \sin(x) \, dx \right| \leq \frac{1}{2} \left(1- \frac{1}{e}\right) $$ So far I have no idea on how to prove it. Anybody?
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Integral of matrix determinant with respect to Lebesgue measure

$\newcommand\norm[1]{\lVert#1\rVert} \newcommand\opnorm[1]{\norm{#1}_{\text{op}}} \newcommand\Frnorm[1]{\norm{#1}_{\text F}}$Define \begin{align*} S_t=\{ (A,B)\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}\times\...
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If $h$ is a decreasing function then $\psi$ is an increasing function

Let $h : [0,1] \to [0,1]$ be a $\mathcal{C}^1$ function such that $h'(x)<0$ for all $x \in (0,1)$. Consider the function $$ \psi(x) = \frac{\int_0^1yh(|x-y|) dy}{\int_0^1 h(|x-y|)dy} $$ I am trying ...
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Inequalities for the Gudermannian function of the type $\operatorname{gd}(x)\operatorname{gd}\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)<\text{upper bound}$, where $x>0$

After I've read the solution of Problem 4327 (see [1]) I wondered if an inequality for a similar upper bound in the RHS is feasible for the known as Gudermannian function $$\operatorname{gd}(x)\...
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Examples of Steffensen's inequality at undergraduated level studies

I've known few days ago the known as Steffensen's inequality, see the article Steffensen's inequality from Wolfram MathWorld and the cited bibliography. It seems that there are applications (I don't ...
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Ratio of Selberg integral

I'm considering a ratio of incomplete Selberg integral: $$f_n(a,b)=\frac{\int_{\Delta_a}\prod_{i=1}^nx_i^{\alpha-\frac{n+1}{2}}\prod_{i=1}^n(1-x_i)^{-1/2}\prod_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|}{\int_{\Delta_b}\prod_{...
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Infimum upper bound

Let $h:[0,1]\to[0,1]$ be a $\mathcal{C^1}$ function such that $h'(x)<0$ for all $x\in(0,1)$. I am trying to show that (not sure if it is true): $$ \inf_{f\in \mathcal{H}}\left(\int_0^1\int_0^1 h(|...
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Uniformly Bounded (updating)

Suppose that $a_1<1$, $a_1+a_2+a_3>1.$ For $x,y,z>0,$ (1) define a fucntion $$H(x,y,z)=\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}}\int_0^{\infty}\frac{1}{t^{a_1}~ (1+t)^{a_2+1}~ (1+t+z)^{a_3}}\exp\big\{-\frac{...
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Prove $\int_0^{\infty}{\frac{1}{e^{sx}\sqrt{1+s^2}}}ds < \arctan\left(\frac1x\right),\quad\forall x\ge1$

The question is to prove: $$ \int_0^{\infty}{\frac{1}{e^{sx}\sqrt{1+s^2}}}ds < \arctan\left(\frac1x\right),\quad\forall x\ge1. $$ Numerically it seems to hold true. So I have made some attempts to ...
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Bounding a series of nested integrals

Consider the following matrix function $$ f(t) = \cos(\omega_1t) A_1 + \cos(\omega_2t) A_2, \quad t\ge 0, $$ where $A_1$, $A_2$ are real square matrices and $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$ positive numbers. ...
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A reference for an integrability property?

In a recent paper of mine (Compensated integrability), I established a functional inequality which has nice consequences. For instance, it contains the isoperimetric inequality, and it gives a new ...
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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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A general question on comparison of integrals and a specific problem

When working on an applied math topic, I have come across the following general problem. Let $f(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)$ be a real function of $n$ real variables $x_1, x_2, ..., x_n$ which is ...
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Extension of the Gagliardo Inequality

The Gagliardo Inequality generalizes Fubini's Theorem: let $f_j$ be $d-1$ non-negative measurable functions over ${\mathbb R}^{d-1}$. Let us form the function $$f(x)=\prod_{j=1}^df_j(\widehat{x_j}),$$ ...
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Binomial again, and again

Let $\lceil a\rceil=$ the smallest integer $\geq a$, otherwise known as the ceiling function. When the arguments are real, interpret $\binom{a}b$ using the Euler's gamma function, $\Gamma$. Recently, ...
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Bounding a function with second moments

Let $f(x,y)$ be a non-negative function with $x,y \in \mathbb R^3$ that satisfies $$ I_1(f) := \iint_{\mathbb R^3 \times \mathbb R^3 } f(x,y) \, dx \ dy < \infty $$ and $$ I_2(f) := \iint_{\...
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Asymptotics of a 1D integral, or the orthant probability of an equicorrelated random Gaussian vector

Problem: Let $\phi(x)$ be the normal probability density function (pdf), and $\Phi(x)$ the normal cumulative distribution (cdf). I'm interested in the asymptotic behavior of the following integral $I(...
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Can this equality hold for a nonzero $b$?

Please may you kindly assist me on this integration exercise: For real $a, b$ with $a \neq 0$, consider the equality $$\int_1^\infty f(x)\sin(a\log \sqrt x)x^b \mathrm{d}x = \int_1^\infty f(x)\sin(a\...
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An inequality which involves a sum of integrals

Please help me to prove $$ \sum\limits_{j=2}^n \frac{1}{j^\alpha (j-1)^\alpha} \int\limits_{j-1}^j \frac{dx}{x^{1-\alpha}(n-x)^\alpha} \leq \int\limits_0^1 \frac{dx}{x^{1-\alpha}(n-x)^\alpha},\quad \...
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