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A kaleidoscopic coloring of the plane

Problem. Is there a partition $\mathbb R^2=A\sqcup B$ of the Euclidean plane into two Lebesgue measurable sets such that for any disk $D$ of the unit radius we get $\lambda(A\cap D)=\lambda(B\cap D)=\...
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A question about small sets of reals

In ZFC, does there exist an uncountable set of reals $A$ such that for every closed measure zero set of reals $B$, we have that $ A + B = \{a+b : a \in A, b \in B\} \neq \mathbb{R}$? This question is ...
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Function of two sets intersection

Let $U$ be the set of all nonempty subsets of $[0,1]$ that are a union of finitely many closed intervals (where an "interval" that is a single point does not count as an interval). Does ...
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Lebesgue density 1/2 (or bounded away from 0 and 1)

From the work of Preiss, we know that in infinite-dimensional spaces, one has violations of the Lebesgue density theorem. In particular, he has constructed examples of probability spaces where a set ...
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Uniform closure of subspaces of Baire class 1

Describe a uniformly closed linear subspace $A \subset C([0,1])$ such that the space $B_1(A)$ is not uniformly complete. Here $B_1(A)$ is the set of all bounded functions $f$ which are pointwise ...
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Concerning Luzin-(N)-property

Definition: a function $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ has Luzin-(N)-Property if $f$ maps any null set to a null set. By https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Luzin-N-property, it is known that ...
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Maximizing an integral w.r.t. a measure on the unit sphere

I would like to know if the answer to the following question is known. Let $d \ge 3$. What is the value of $$ \theta(d) := \max_{\mu} \int_{S^{d-1}} \int_{S^{d-1}} \cdots \int_{S^{d-1}} |x_1 \...
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Non-affine smooth transformation of Gaussian is Gaussian

Suppose $Z\sim N(0,1)$ (standard Gaussian) and $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a differentiable function such that $f(Z)\sim N(0,1)$. My question is whether there exists any such $f$ other than $f(x)...
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A discontinuous construction

Suppose we have an uncountable family of functions $f_r: [0, 1] \to R$ indexed by $r \in [0, 1]$ such that for each $r$, there exists a unique $x$ in $[0, 1]$ such that $f_{r}$ is positive on $x$ and $...
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When is Radon-Nikodym derivative induced by a proper map of manifolds bounded?

Let $X,Y$, be compact complex manifolds, and let $f:X\to Y$ be a smooth, proper (i.e. for each $y\in Y$, $f^{-1}(y)$ is a compact set) and surjective map. Choose metrics on $X,Y$ and let $\mu_X, \mu_Y$...
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Counter-example to the completeness of the Wasserstein metric

$\newcommand{\P}{\mathcal{P}}$ Let $(E,d)$ be a complete metric space, let $\P(E)$ be the set of all probability measures on $(E,\mathcal{B}(E))$. Let $W_d$ be the $1$-Wasserstein (Kantorovich) ...
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Hausdorff dimension and sigma finiteness

If a function $ f : \mathbf{R} \to \mathbf{R} $ is $\mathscr{C}^{0,\alpha}$ for every $ 0 < \alpha < 1 $ then its graph has Hausdorff dimension $1$. I would like to see an example of such a ...
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Weak-type inequality for the partial Fourier sum operator

I'm studying harmonic analysis by myself. One of the online notes gives the following claim as a remark: For any $N \in \mathbb{Z}^{+}$, let's use $S_{N}$ to denote the partial ($N$ terms) Fourier sum ...
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Dual space of continuous functions

Let $C_b(\Omega,V )=$ { $ f:\Omega\rightarrow V $ } is the Banach space of all bounded continuous functions in Banach space $V$ with a norm $\|\cdot\|$ defined as $\|f\|_\infty=\sup _{x\in\Omega}\|f(x)...
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Convolution of a bounded function and measures

Given a function $f\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and a family of Radon measure $\mu_\alpha$, under what condition do we have $f*\mu_\alpha$ equi-continuous? One condition I know is if $\mu_\alpha$ has a ...
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Is there a natural finitely additive measure for which Vitali sets have measure zero?

Vitali sets are nonmeasurable and in particular are not null sets. But all Vitali sets are in some sense small, as described below. Let $V$ be any Vitali set and let $k \in \mathbb{N}$. For each $i \...
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Does there exist a “fat” Thomae’s function?

Definitions and some motivation: Thomae’s function, also known as the raindrop function has several curious properties. One of which is the following - both its discontinuity set and continuity set ...
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Partitioning $\mathbb{R}^n$ into closed sets

Let $n$ be a positive integer. It is well-known that $\mathbb{R}^n$ cannot be non-trivially partitioned into open sets, since it is connected. Let $\frak P$ be a partition of $\mathbb{R}^n$ into ...
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Cadlag and adapted (usual conditions assumed) imply progressively measurable (related to Protter's Stochastic Calculus theorem 6)

Hi maybe someone on here can help me. I have been stuck on showing this fact for several months. I asked this question in the stack exchange and it has floated around for a while but to no avail. ...
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Partition of the unit interval into uncountably many sets of full outer measure

Is it possible to construct an uncountable partition $(A_\delta)_{\delta\in[0,1]}$ of the unit interval $[0,1]$ such that $\mu (A_\delta)=1$ for each $\delta\in[0,1]$? ($\mu$ stands for the outer ...
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measure of an image under an argmax function

I am trying to find any techniques to analyze the measure of an image of a set under an argmax function. For example, let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be compact and $\phi:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}$ be ...
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Equidistribution of spheres in $\mathbb{R^2}/\mathbb{Z^2}$

Let $\mathbb{H^2}$ be the hyperbolic upper half place, and let $\Gamma$ be a lattice in $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ acting on $\mathbb{H^2}$. A proof of the equidistribution of spheres on $\mathbb{H^2/\Gamma}$ ...
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Characterizations of an exotic measure on the open sets in the circle $S^{1}$

Suppose that $U\subseteq S^{1}$ is open where $S^{1}=\{z\in\mathbb{Z}:|z|=1\}$. Then define $\mu_{n}(U)=\max_{t\in S^{1}}\frac{1}{n}\cdot|\{k\in\{1,...,n\}|t\cdot e^{\frac{2\pi ik}{n}}\in U\}|$. ...
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Independent Events Inducing Probability Measures

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a sigma algebra over $\Omega$ and $M$ the set of all probability measures on $\mathcal{F}$. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be some collection of pairs $(A,B)$ with $ \ A,B\in\mathcal{F}$. Now ...
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When a null uncountable set can be image of some increasing function with discontinuities on a dense countable set

Consider the following result: A: Let $f:D \to \mathbb R$ be an increasing function with discontinuities on a dense countable subset of $D$ such that the jump values sum to $\mu(D)$, where $D$ is a ...
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Measurability of $L^{p}(L^{q})$ integrable functions

Let $ F: \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with the property that $ \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \big[ \int_0^\infty |F(x,r) |^q \, dr \big]^{p/q} \, dx < \infty $ In addition we ...
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Generalized Jensen's inequality for positively homogeneous functions

The function $f:V \to \hat{\mathbb{R}}$ is said to be positively homogeneous iff $f(\alpha v) = \alpha f(v)$ for every $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$. Here $V$ is a real vector space and $\hat{\mathbb{R}...
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Estimating the size of $\Omega_r=\{x\in\Omega: \text{dist}(x,\partial\Omega)<r \}$

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\Bbb R^n$. Define $$ \Omega_r=\{x\in\Omega: \text{dist}(x,\partial\Omega)<r \}, $$ i.e. it the ring of thickness $r$ at the boundary of $\Omega$. Intuitively, ...
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Existence of function minimising L^1 distance to a sequence of functions

Here all functions are from $[0, 1] \to \mathbb R$. Let $f_i$ be a sequence of continuous functions such that there exists some $M > 0$ such that $|f_i| < M$ for all $i$. Does there always ...
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Approximating martingales given marginal distributions

Let $(\mu_0,\mu_1)$ be a vector of probability measures on $\mathbb R$ that are of finite first moment, i.e. $$\int_{\mathbb{R}}|x|\mu_i(dx)~<~+\infty \mbox{ for } i=0,1$$ and increasing in ...
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The ring generated by measures

Suppose $X$ is a space equipped with a $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{M}_X$. Then the set of measures on $X$ is closed under addition and scalar multiplication by elements of ${\mathbb R}$. Formally ...
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Small deviation asymptotics for sub-gaussian diffusions in dirichlet spaces

Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space equipped with a strongly local, regular Dirichlet form $(\mathcal{E}, \mathcal{D}(\mathcal{E}))$ on $L^2(X,\mu)$. Assume that the associated heat kernel $p_t(...
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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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Is (the generalised) Sard's theorem optimal?

As mentioned in this question (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/416607/show-that-fc-has-hausdorff-dimension-at-most-zero/446049#446049), in 1965 Sard proved the following result (paraphrased ...
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The mystery of the jumps of functions with the prescribed jumps: Eisenstein series and hidden symmetries(?)

Say that a function $f(t)$ “changes only by jumps” if $f(t) + \text{const} = C ∑_k j_k θ(t-t_k)$ for a certain constant $C$. Here $θ(t)$ is the Heaviside step function which has a jump 1 at $t=0$ (it ...
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Sets of finite perimeter: intersection with an half space

I have a question regarding sets of finite perimeter. In particular I'm interested to find $$\mu_{E \cap H_t}, \label{1}\tag{1}$$ where $E$ is a set of finite perimeter in a generic open set $\Omega \...
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Dominated convergence Theorem

I am struggling to understand the proof in the paper, Learning Temporal Evolution of Spatial Dependence with Generalized Spatiotemporal Gaussian Process Models. Theorem 2.1 in the page 33 uses ...
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Characterising functions of bounded variation by their modulus of continuity

Given a a.e. finite measurable function $ \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$, define the essential modulus of continuity, $M(f): \ \mathbb R^n \times \mathbb R+ \to \mathbb R$ by $$ M(f) (x, e)=\sup_{m(A) = 0}...
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Largest weak(-like) topology with respect to which continuous functions are dense in the space of Borel functions

Let $X$ denote the space of bounded Borel functions $f\colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$. Let $M$ denote the space of finite Borel measures on $[0,1]$. What is the largest family $F \subset M$ such that for ...
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Dependency of the Wasserstein distance on the parameter: a differential perspective

Let $\mu(dx)=\sum_{i=1}^np_i\delta_{x_i}(dx)$ and $\nu(dy)=\rho(y)dy$ be two probability measures on $\mathbb R^d$. Consider the $2-$Wasserstein distance below: $$W_2(\mu,\nu)^2 \quad := \quad \inf_{\...
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"Nicely" strong measure zero sets

This question is essentially an expanded version of the unanswered half of Two strengthenings of "strong measure zero". A set $X$ of reals is strong measure zero if, for any $f: \omega\...
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Reference request: Darboux properties of real-valued set functions (measures, densities, etc.)

Fix a set $S$ and let $f: \mathcal P(S) \rightharpoonup \mathbf R$ be a real-valued partial function on the power set of $S$; denote by $\mathcal D$ the domain of $f$. We say that $f$ has: (i) the ...
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convolution of surface measures

Thanks for reading my question. Assume we are given two compact (possibly with boundary) $(n-1)$-dimensional $C^{\infty}$ manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2$ embedded in $\mathbb{R}^n$, with induced measure $d\...
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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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convex function with distributional Hessian $D^2 f \leqslant \lambda$, $\lambda$-concave?

Let $f:R^n \to R$ be convex (may not $C^1$), $$[D^2f]=[D^2f]_{ac}+[D^2f]_s=[h_{ij}] L^n+[D^2f]_s$$ is the Lebesgue decomposition of the Hessian matrix. Where $[h_{ij}]$ is the density w.r.t the ...
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Mappings that preserve local or global minimum

In the most general form, I'm interested in any non-trivial results of the following question. Consider metric space $X$ and $Y$, denote all real valued functions on $X$ and $Y$ as $\mathbb{R}^{X}$ ...
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Steiner symmetrization of smooth function on non-simply connected regions

Given a smooth function $u$ defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$, restrict $u$ to a subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ (possibly not simply connected) foliated by level sets of a smooth function $\psi: \Omega \...
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Stability of Hölder constants of frozen Itô stochastic integrals

$ \newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\TT}{\mathbb{T}} \newcommand{\NN}{\mathbb{N}} \newcommand{\PP}{\mathbb{P}} \newcommand{\EE}{\mathbb{E}} \newcommand{\FF}{\mathbb{F}} \newcommand{\PPP}{\...
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For Polish $X,Y$, $L^p(X,Y)$ is separable

Let $X$ and $Y$ be Polish spaces. Equip $X$ with a Borel probability measure $\mu_X$ and $Y$ with a metric $d_Y$. We can define the $L^p$ space as follows: Definition. Define $\begin{align}L^p(X,Y) = \...
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Can we control the Wasserstein metric between $\mu$ and $\nu$ by their moment difference?

Fix $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $(\mathcal P_p(\mathbb R^d), W_p)$ be the Wasserstein space of all Borel probability measures on $\mathbb R^d$ with finite $p$-th moment. Let $D_p$ be the collection of ...
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