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Counterexamples to differentiation under integral sign?

I'm exploring differentiation under the integral sign (I want to be much faster and more assured in doing this common task). So one thing I'm interested in is good counterexamples, where both ...
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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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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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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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Why should one still teach Riemann integration?

In the introduction to chapter VIII of Dieudonné's Foundations of Modern Analysis (Volume 1 of his 13-volume Treatise on Analysis), he makes the following argument: Finally, the reader will ...
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For what sets does the Lebesgue Differentiation Theorem hold in one dimension?

Lebesgue's differentiation theorem states that if $x$ is a point in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a Lebesgue integrable function, then the limit of $\frac{\int_B f d\...
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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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measurability of integrated functions

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a mathematician, but a computer scientist, so I hope the question is not trivial (or perhaps I hope so, in order to get a definitive answer). Anyway it's not a homework, as ...
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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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Why is Lebesgue integration taught using positive and negative parts of functions?

Background: When I first took measure theory/integration, I was bothered by the idea that the integral of a real-valued function w.r.t. a measure was defined first for nonnegative functions and only ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A historical mystery : Poincaré’s silence on Lebesgue integral and measure theory?

Lebesgue published his celebrated integral in 1901-1902. Poincaré passed away in 1912, at full mathematical power. Of course, Lebesgue and Poincaré knew each other, they even met on several occasions ...
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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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Change of variables for $p$-adic integral

Say $p$ is an odd prime. Suppose I have a measure $\mu$ on $\mathbf{Z}_p$. As in II.4.3 in Colmez - Fonctions d'une variable $p$-adique, I can restrict $\mu$ to $1+p\mathbf Z_p$, and there is a ...
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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 ...