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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
Nilotpal Kanti Sinha's user avatar
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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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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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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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