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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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Hartman uniform distribution of means
Background: for a discrete abelian group $G$, a character of $G$ is a homomorphism $\chi:G\to \mathbf S^1$, $\mathbf S^1$ being the circle group $\{z\in \mathbb C:|z|=1\}$ with ordinary multiplication....
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Have the open Questions 1 and 2 from Section 7 of the paper "Integrals with values in Banach spaces" been answered?
Some context: I had previously asked the post below on MSE, but someone suggested I ask it here and delete the original post.
In section 7 of the paper Integrals with values in Banach Spaces and ...
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Closed linear span of the range of $\boldsymbol f$ and Pettis integrals of $\boldsymbol f$
Let $X$ be a noncompact locally compact topological space, let $H$ by a complex Hilbert space and let $\boldsymbol f:X\to H$ be a continuous function vanishing at infinity whose support is equal to $X$...
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Integrating on $\mathbb{R}$ by summing on $\mathbb{Q}^+$
Does the following integration method hold for regular enough functions $F:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$?
\begin{align}
&\zeta(2)\sum_{\frac{a}{b}\in\mathbb{Q}_n} \frac{F(\log \frac{a}{b})}{\sqrt{abn}...
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Integrability in the product space can follow from a property of the Nemytskii operator?
Let's say that $f:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is a Caratheodory function (i.e. $f(x,\cdot)$ is continuous for a.a. $x\in\Omega$ and $f(\cdot,t)$ is measurable for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$), where ...
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Integral of a measurable function with parameter is measurable?
Say that $f:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is an open set, is a function such that:
$f(x,\cdot)\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\mathbb{R})$ for a.a. $x\in\Omega$
$f(\...
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Functions whose product with every $L^1$ function is $L^1$
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure and $f$ a measurable function whose
product with any integrable function is integrable: $$
\int|g|\,{\rm{d}}\mu<\infty\implies \int|fg|\,{\rm{d}}\mu<\infty. $$
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Expectation on a Polish space
I was wondering, if given a Polish space $X$, and given some probability measure $p$ on $X$, can the expectation of an $X$-valued function be taken? In particular, would the integral
$\int_X x dp$ ...
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$f \in L^2(X\times Y,\mu \times K)$ for Kernel $K$, is the map $X \ni x \mapsto (f(x,\cdot),x) \in \bigsqcup_{x \in X}L^2(Y,\Sigma_Y,K_x)$ measurable?
Let $(X,\Sigma_X)$ and $(Y,\Sigma_Y)$ be two measurable spaces, let $\mu$ be a measure on $(X,\Sigma_X)$, and let $(K_x)_{x \in X}$ be a transition kernel from $(X,\Sigma_X)$ to $(Y,\Sigma_Y)$, that ...
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Limit of a integral whose integrand diverges under the limit
I am trying to simplify the following limit of integral where $\mu$ is given:
$$p(y) = \lim_{\sigma \to 0} \int_{\mathbb R} |x| \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2} } e^{-\frac{1}{2\sigma^2} (xy - \mu)^...
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Is there a uniform version of Lebesgue's differentiation theorem?
Let $\mu$ be a finite measure on $\mathbb R$ and $f,g : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R_{\geq 0}$ two measurable maps such that $\int_{x\in\mathbb R} f(x)\ \mu(dx) \leq 1$ and that $g(x) \leq 1$ for all $x$. ...
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Consistency of a strong Fubini type theorem for measure zero sets
Is the following statement (†) consistent with ZFC?
If $E \subseteq [0,1]^2$ is such that $E_x := \{y\in[0,1] : (x,y)\in E\}$ has measure zero for almost all $x$, then $E^y := \{x\in[0,1] : (x,y)\in ...
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Integration along fibres of continuous map on compact Hausdorff spaces
Let $p:Z\to X$ be a continuous surjective map between compact Hausdorff spaces.
Does there exist a family $m=(m_x)_{x\in X}$ of Radon probability measures on $Z$, such that
the support of $m_x$ is ...
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Sufficient conditions for L1 convergence of exponentials
Suppose $(X,B,m)$ is a finite measure space and $(f_n)$ is a
sequence of functions converging almost surely and in $L^2(X,m)$.
Moreover, I know that for every $n$, $\int e^{f_n(x)} m(dx)<\infty$. ...
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Random variable as an integral of an indicator function
This answer says that if $X$ is a random variable and $X_+ = \mathrm{max}(0, X)$, then $X_+ = \int_0^\infty I_{\{X > x\}}\mathrm{d}x$. I'd like to know how to derive this starting with $A \in \...
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Injectivity of two sided Laplace transform
Let $\mu,\nu$ be finite Borel measures on $\mathbb R$.
Assume that there is an open interval $(a,b)$ on which the Laplace transforms exist and coincide:
$$
\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-tx}\,d\mu(x) = \...
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Takesaki lemma: existence Gelfand-Pettis integral
Consider the following fragment from Takesaki's second volume of "Theory of operator algebras" (lemma 2.4, chapter VI "Left Hilbert algebras").
In another post, it was explained ...
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Question on an integral inequality
I am reading van de Vaart and Weller, Weak Convergence and Empirical Processes With Applications to Statistics. And I am stuck in the proof of Theorem 2.6.7 on page 141.
For simplicity I restae the ...
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$\int_{\mathbb{R}}|p(v-r,x)-p(u-r,x)|\,dx \leq C\frac{v-u}{u-r}$
Consider $p(u,x)=(4\pi u)^{-d/2}e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4u}},u>0,x\in \mathbb{R}^d.$
Prove that there exists $C>0$ such that for all $0<u\leq v,r\in[0,u[,$ $$\int_{\mathbb{R}^d}|p(v-r,x)-p(u-r,x)|\, ...
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$\int_0^u\int_{[-1,1]^2}\int_{[-1,1]^2}\frac{1}{r}e^{-\alpha^2|x-y|^2/r} \, dx\,dy\,dr\leq Cu^{\epsilon}\alpha^{-2\beta}$
I am looking for a proof for the following fact: for $U>0,\beta>0,$ there exists $C>0,\epsilon>0$ such that $$\forall u\in [0,U],\alpha\in\left]0,1\right],\int_0^u\int_{[-1,1]^2}\int_{[-1,...
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Inequality and integral
Let $p(u,x):=(4 \pi u)^{-1/2}e^{-\frac{x^2}{4u}},u>0,x \in \mathbb{R}.$
Let $\mathcal{E}:=\{\phi \in C_c^\infty (\mathbb{R}),\operatorname{supp}(\phi) \subset B(0,1),\|\phi\|_\infty \leq 1\}.$
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Integral and inequality
Let $p(u,x):=(4 \pi u)^{-1/2}e^{-\frac{x^2}{4u}},u>0,x \in \mathbb{R}.$
Let $\mathcal{E}:=\{\phi \in C_c^\infty (\mathbb{R}),\operatorname{supp}(\phi) \subset B(0,1),\|\phi\|_\infty \leq 1\}.$
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Integral with inequality
Let $p(u,x):=(4 \pi u)^{-1/2}e^{-\frac{x^2}{4u}},u>0,x \in \mathbb{R}.$
Let $\mathcal{E}:=\{\phi \in C_c^\infty (\mathbb{R}),\operatorname{supp}(\phi) \subset B(0,1),\|\phi\|_\infty \leq 1\}.$
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Representing an $L^2$-functional by a non-$L^2$-function on a dense subspace - Part II
This is a follow-up to this previous question, but under stronger assumptions.
Let $(X, \mu)$ be a (say, $\sigma$-finite) measure space, let $g \in L^2$ (say, over the real
scalar field). Let $\tilde ...
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Representing an $L^2$-functional by a non-$L^2$-function on a dense subspace
Let $(X, \mu)$ be your favourite measure space (finite or $\sigma$-finite if you like), let $g \in L^2$ (say, the scalar field of $L^2$ is $\mathbb{R}$, though this probably doesn't matter). Let $\...
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Equivalence between Lebesgue integrable and Riemann integrable functions
As the title says, for every Lebesgue integrable function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is there a Riemann integrable function $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f=g$ almost everywhere?
For example, ...
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Reference request: Integrability condition on measures
Let $(\mathcal{C}, \|\cdot\|)$ be a (non-locally compact) Banach space with Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}$.
Given a probability measure $\mu : \mathcal{B}\rightarrow[0,1]$, I'm interested in ...
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Squeezing more convergence from the convergence in all $L^p$ spaces
Let $X$ be a space endowed with a finite measure $m$. Let $f_n : \to \mathbb C$ be measurable functions such that $|f_n| \le 1$ for all $n$ and $f_n \to 0$ in every space $L^p (X)$ with $p \in [1, \...
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Radon-Nikodym derivative of vector-valued measure with respect to another vector-valued measure
Let $(X, | \cdot |)$ be a Banach space.
I am interested in whether one can extend the definition of the Kullback-Leibler divergence
$$
\text{KL}(\mu \ \Vert \ \nu)
:= \int_{\Omega} \ln\left(\frac{\...
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Prove or disprove the positivity of the ess inf of a singular function
Consider a measurable radial function $u:\Bbb R^d\to(0,\infty)$ such that
$$\int_{B_\delta(0)} u(x) d x=\infty\quad\forall\,\, \delta>0.$$
I would like to prove or to disprove that there exists $r&...
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Schauder basis of $L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^n,H)$
$\newcommand{\loc}{\mathrm{loc}}$Let $(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n),\mu)$ denote the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ equipped with ...
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Does the Radon-Nikodym derivative commute with integration?
Suppose I have a measurable space $(\Omega, \Sigma)$ and a function $f: \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{\Sigma} \rightarrow [0,1]$ such that for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$ the tuple $(\Omega, \Sigma, f(x, \_))$ ...
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Is the lattice of bounded Henstock Kurzweil integrable functions countably complete?
The set of HK integrable functions with an integrable upper bound $f$ forms a lattice, and satisfies the MCT and DCT. Does this mean that the lattice is countably complete?
Indexing any countable set, ...
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When does the measure integral of the form $\int_{\log(S)} f d \mu$ exist?
When does the measure integral of the form $\int_{\log(S)} f d \mu$ exist ?
Here $\mu$ can be any measure (Lebesgue, Borel, Haar etc), $f$ is a measurable function, $S$ is any measurable set with ...
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Integral on level sets
Let $g_\epsilon : K \subset \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ (more regularity can be assumed if necessary) be defined on a compact set (with regular boundary) $K \subset \mathbb{R}^d$, and the ...
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How to compute $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{[-1,1]^n}\exp[2\pi i(\theta_1 v_1.x+\theta_2v_2.x)]d^nx d\theta_1d\theta_2$
Let $\mathbf{v}_1, \mathbf{v}_2$ be two vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$. I would like to compute the following singular integral:
$$\int_{-\infty}^{ \infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{[-1,1]^n}
e(\...
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$\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}\setminus\Omega}\vert x-z\vert^{-N-\alpha} dz = c \ \forall x\in\partial U$ implies $dist(x,\partial\Omega)=c, x \in \partial U$?
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb R_+$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N$ and $U \subset \Omega$. Is it true that if
$$\int_{\mathbb R^N \setminus \Omega} |x - z|^{-N-\alpha} dz = \text{constant} \quad \text{for all ...
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Is integration against an indicator Wasserstein-Continuous
Let $\mathcal{P}_p(X)$ denote the Wasserstein space over a compact metric space $X$, and $1\leq p<\infty$. Fix a non-empty closed subset $C\subseteq X$. Then is the map:
$$
\mathbb{P} \mapsto \...
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Question on an exercise from Terry Tao's blog
I've been reading Tao's An introduction to measure theory, a draft can be found here. An exercise from it is
Exercise 30 (Rising sun inequality) Let ${f: {\bf R} \rightarrow {\bf R}}$ be an absolutely ...
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Sources for multiple Stieltjes integral
My research involves multiple Stieltjes integral or multiple Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral. But after searching online, I can not find what I need. So I ask this question on which sources (books or ...
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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
$$\int_0^\infty \frac{x^ks}{(s^2+x^2)^{(k+3)/2}} F(x) dx = 0 \text{ for all $s >0$} \iff ...
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Bochner integral in a Fréchet space
I have a Fréchet space $V$ whose topology is (if it helps) induced by a family $\mathcal{P}$ of norms - not just seminorms - and on this space I have a Borel probability measure $\nu$. Now, I would ...
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Pettis vs. Dunford integrability of operator valued functions
Given a Banach space $X$ and a measure space $(\Omega ,\mu )$, one says that a function
$$
f:\Omega \to X
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is Dunford integrable, or scalarly integrable if, for every $\varphi $ in the ...
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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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Was Cantor aware of Lebesgue theory of integration?
Georg Cantor died in 1919, more than ten years after appearance of the Lebesgue theory of measure and integration at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lebesgue theory has a deep connection with ...
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How to define Lebesgue Integrability of functions assuming values in an arbitrary topological vector space over an arbitrary topological field?
I have already asked this question in this MSE thread, but some people suggested me to ask to the MO community also.
Preliminaries
An algebra of sets in a set $X$ is an $\mathcal{X}\subseteq\mathcal{P}...
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Is there a standard way of defining the integral of an extended real function with respect to a finitely additive probability measure?
Let $X$ be a set, and let $\mu$ be a finitely additive probability measure defined on $2^X$. Let $\Phi$ be the set of functions from $X$ to $\mathbb R \cup \{-\infty, \infty\}$.
Is there a standard ...
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Integration theory for functions and values with values in topological rings
I am curious whether somebody ever tried to generalize the classical theory of Lebesgue integral to functions and measures with values in Hausdorff topological rings.
The generalization of a measure ...
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Spherical average of $\frac{1}{x}$
Let $X_1,...,X_n$ be points on $\mathbb S^1.$
We then define the expectation value $E(X)=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n X_i.$
Let $\frac{dS(X_1)}{2\pi}$ be the normalized surface measure of $\mathbb S^1,$ i....
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