Questions tagged [real-analysis]
Real-valued functions of real variable, analytic properties of functions and sequences, limits, continuity, smoothness of these.
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Chern number of projection-Topological magic in physics
I enclosed a computation from a well-known paper in the field of mathematical physics where the Chern number of the first Landau level is computed (the result claimed is $-1$) and the full paper can ...
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Uniqueness of minimizers in a problem in the Calculus of Variations - Part II
Take any convex set $A\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ which contains a neighborhood of the origin and let $f_A$ be the associated Minkowski functional
$$
f_A(x) = \inf\{\lambda>0\mid x\in\lambda A\},
$$
which ...
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Stone–von Neumann theorem?
The Stone–von Neumann theorem says that given two unitary groups on a Hilbert space $H$ satisfying the canonical commutation relations (CCR)
$$
U(t)V(s) = e^{-i st} V(s) U(t) \qquad \forall s, t
$$
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Uniformly Bounded
If $a_1<1$, $a_1+a_2+a_3>1$, for $x,y,z>0,$
(1) define a fucntion
$$H(x,y,z)=\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}}\int_0^{\infty}\frac{1}{t^{a_1} (1+t)^{a_2+1}
(1+t+z)^{a_3}}\exp\big\{-\frac{x}{1+t}-\...
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Textbook recommendation request: Exercises to supplement Evans and Gariepy
While a great book about measure theory and real analysis in $\mathbb R^n$, the only downside is the lack of exercises. Can anyone provide a good book to supplement it with exercises? I plan to use it ...
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Example of convex functions fulfilling a (strange) lower bound
I am reading a preliminary version of a paper which focuses on some minimization problems connected to a class of integral functionals. Reading the assumptions of one of the theorems I cannot convince ...
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Uniqueness of minimizers in the Calculus of Variations
Let $f \colon \mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb R$ be the function defined by
$$
f(x,y):= (x^+)^2 + (y^+)^2
$$
where $a^+ = \max\{a,0\}$ for any real number $a$.
Given a Lipschitz regular domain $\Omega \...
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Proof that $2^y x + 2^y - 1$ is an closed formula of $g(1,x,y)$ [on hold]
I should proof that $2^y x + 2^y - 1$ is an closed formula of $g(1,x,y)$ with induction or something else.
Given is:
$g(n,x,y)=\begin{cases} x+y,\quad if\quad n=0 \\ x,\quad \quad \quad if\quad n>...
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Differentiating an integral that grows like log asymptotically
Suppose I have a continuous function $f(x)$ that is non-increasing and always stays between $0$ and $1$, and it is known that
$$ \int_0^t f(x) dx = \log t + o(\log t), \qquad t \to \infty.$$
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Reference request: Functions of bounded variation in one real variable
Is there a good reference for facts and theorems about BV real valued functions? I’m looking for something with much more than say Stein and Shakarchi 3, or Evans and Gariepy. Thanks!
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Parametric statistics: how to estimate the supremum of a set of parameters from a random sample
I would like to ask a question on how to estimate the supremum norm of a set of parameters in the following setting. I appreciate any pointer or suggestion. Thanks.
Question:
Suppose we have $m$ ...
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Changing width of integration
For $F: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ and $w \in \mathbb{R}$, define $g_w(a) = f(a + w) - f(a)$.
Given $g_1$ (and not $F$), how can we compute $g_w$ for other $w$?
We can assume $F$ is well behaved: $...
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Quantitative bound on irrational rotation recurrence time
Given an irrational $a$, the sequence $b_n := na$ is dense and equidistributed in $\mathbb S^1$ where we view $\mathbb S^1$ as $[0, 1]$ with its endpoints identified.
Given a point $p$ in $\mathbb ...
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Smallest Lipschitz Constant of a Differentiable Function [on hold]
Let $X \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ be compact and convex. Moreover, let $f:X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable map with $\sup_{x \in X} \|\nabla f(x)\| = K < \infty$, where $\|\cdot\|$ ...
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A certain generalisation of the golden ratio
Consider a real number $a \ge 1$, and let $g(a)$ be the unique positive solution $x>0$ of $x^a - x^{a-1} - 1 = 0.$
We have $g(1) = 2$, $g(2) = {1+\sqrt{5}\over2}$ (the golden ratio), and $g$ is ...
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Approximation of a two-variable function by tensor products
Let $X$ and $Y$ be compact metric spaces and $f: X \times Y \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function.
We know that, for every $n \in \mathbb{N}$, by the Stone-Weierstrass theorem, there exist $k_n \...
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Almost orthonormal projection and orthonormal projection in Hilbert space
Let $(e_i)_i$ be a family of vectors in a Hilbert space being almost orthonormal but not quite, i.e.
$$\langle e_i, e_j \rangle \approx \delta_{i,j} + \alpha e^{-\vert i-j \vert} $$
and $\alpha$ is ...
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Spectrum and operators [closed]
Hwo can help me to prove that if the spectrum of a normal operator lies on a circle {z∈C:∣z∣=1}, then this operator is unitary.
I'm very thankful for any ideas and help
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Weighted reverse Poincare inequality over a function class of neural networks
We consider a probability measure supported on the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$, whose density is $p(x)$. We also consider a (one-layer) neural network function class $\mathcal{C}$, whose elements have ...
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Bringing a Heun equation into canonical form
It is a well known fact that any second order Fuchsian differential equation on the complex plane $$u''(x) + p(x)u'(x) + q(x)u(x)=0$$ with exactly $4$ regular singular points may be suitably ...
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On a much weaker version of the Normal conjecture
I would like to ask you about the following question. It is conjectured that every algebraic irrational number is normal (absolutely normal). I know the result by Bugeaud and Adamczewski about the non-...
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What “mild solution” means, and how to find it?
In this paper: Existence and uniqueness of a classical solution to a functional-differential abstract nonlocal Cauchy problem Byszewski studied this form of functional-differential nonlocal problem (1)...
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If two spheres are isometric, does there exist a bijective isometry $T:S\to S$ with $\|Tu-\alpha Tv\|_Y \leq \|u-\alpha v\|_X$ for all $\alpha>0?$
Let
$$(S,\|\cdot\|) = \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \|(x,y)\| =1\},$$
that is, $S$ is the collection of all norm one vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with respect to the norm $\|\cdot\|.$
Question: Let $\|\...
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Anisotropic perimeter and regularity of anisotropic minimal surfaces
1. Introduction.
By-now classical results assert that minimal surfaces (in $\mathbb R^n$) are generically "smooth" out of a "small" set.
Question. What are the known regularity results for ...
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Is this expression true? [migrated]
Let $a_1=b_1/h,...,a_n=b_n/h\in\mathbb{R}$ with $h\in\mathbb{R}$ small. It's true that, given a $\alpha\in\mathbb{R}$:
\begin{eqnarray}
(a_1+...+a_n)^\alpha=\sum_{i=1}^n (a_i)^\alpha+\mathcal{O}\left(\...
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Is this a known question about the expression of a function on $\Bbb R^2$ as an infinite sum of products?
The question below was posted on Mathematics Stack Exchange. It received no answer, and I do not expect any direct answer to it here. However, the question seems to me a natural one. Thus I wonder ...
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Functions that map open balls to open balls of different radius?
For $n \geq 2$ we say a continuous function $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^n$ such that the image of any bounded open ball is a bounded open ball of different radius is a balloon function.
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How to compute this series: $\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{C_k}{2^{2k+1}}$ [closed]
How to compute this series: $$\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{C_k}{2^{2k+1}}$$ where $C_k$ is the catalan number: $C_k=\frac{1}{k+1}{2k \choose k}$. (Further, is there any general method to treat this ...
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Prove that an iterative estimate implies Holder continuity
Let $u$, $w$ be nonnegative continuous functions such that $\frac{u}{w}$ is bounded on $B_{2^{-1}}$. Why the inequality
$$a_k \le \frac{u}{w} \le b_k \quad \text{ on $B_{2^{-k}}$} , \qquad b_k - a_k ...
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An inequality involving $L^1$ and $L^\infty$ norms of a function of a real variable and its derivative
I got to the following inequality by a (hopefully correct) tortuous argument:
If $F:[a,b] \to \mathbb{R}$ is a absolutely continuous monotone function then:
$$ \|F'\|_1^2 \leq 4 \|F\|_1 \, \|F'\|...
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Difference quotient for functions of bounded variation
Let $u:\mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^N$, $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N)$, be a function of bounded variation.
We have that the following holds
$$(\ast) \qquad \frac{1}{|B_r(0)|}\int_{B_r(0)} \frac{|u(x+z)-...
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Approximate sequence of numbers
Let $n \in \mathbb N$ and $k_n \in \left\{0,..,n \right\}$ then we define the numbers
$$x_{n,k_n} = \frac{k_n+n^2}{n^3+n^2}.$$
It is easy to see that these numbers satisfy
$$x_{n,0} = \frac{1}{n+1} ...
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What tools from functional analysis are relevant to investigating this operator?
Given a sequence of continuous functions ${{f_n}}$, define the varicontinuity index $$V({f_n}): \mathbb{R} \to [0, \infty]$$ by
\begin{split}
V({f_n})(x) &=\sup \Big\{\varepsilon > 0\big|\; \...
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A problem in real analysis of a topological nature
Let $f: R \to R$ be a function such that the closure of its graph contains as a subset the graph of a uniformly continuous function. Does there exist a dense subset $S$ of $R$ such that the ...
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Given these conditions, can a function be defined that is well defined a.e.?
I have two functions, and I want to combine them to define a certain function.
Suppose for every fixed $e$ in $(0, ∞)$, we have a function $g_e (x): \mathbb{R} \to [0,\infty]$ that is well defined a....
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Limiting a sequence of moment generating functions [migrated]
I was trying to solve the following problem:
Let $\{X_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of independent random variables with the probability mass function $P\{X_n = \pm1 \} = \frac{1}{2}$, $n \in \...
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Exterior cone condition for $\mathrm{supp}\, u$ and Lebesgue points of $u$
Let $u:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be an $L^1$ function with compact support. Let $\bar x \in \partial \mathrm{supp}\, u$ and assume that $\mathrm{supp} \, u$ satisfies the exterior cone condition at ...
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Are these conditions enough to ensure joint measurability?
Suppose $f(x, e): \mathbb{R} \times (0, \infty)\to [0,\infty]$ is right continuous in $x$, and monotone increasing in $e$. Is $f$ jointly measurable?
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a question of definite integral [closed]
1.$$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{1+e^{-(x+\ln(u/(1-u)))/\tau}}\, du$$
2.$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{-u^{2}/2}}{1+e^{-(x-u)/\tau}}\,du$$
please help me. I tried to use MATLAB but ...
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Are continuous functions almost completely determined by their modulus of continuity?
Given a function $f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, we define its left modulus of continuity, $L(f): \mathbb{R} \times (0, \infty)\to [0,\infty]$ by
$$L(f)(x, e) := \sup \{d \ge 0 \,:\, f((x, x+d)) \...
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a Kernel free asymptotic for a sampling operator
Let $\Pi=\left\{ t_{k}\right\} _{k\in\mathbb{Z}}$ a sequence of real numbers such that $-\infty<t_{k}<t_{k+1}<+\infty$ for every $k\in\mathbb{Z}$, $\lim_{k\rightarrow\pm\infty}t_{k}=\pm\infty$...
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Constructing an infinite chain of subsets of 'hyper' algebraic numbers?
This question is cross posted from MSE.
Let $F$ be a subset of $\mathbb{R}$ and let $S_F$ denote the set of values which satisfy some generalized polynomial whose exponents and coefficients are ...
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On the convergence of an integral of Hardy's maximal function
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^N$ be an $L^1$ function.
Assume that
$$\mathcal M f(x,y) = \sup_{r< \bar r}\frac{1}{B_r(y)} \int_{B_r(y)} f(x,z)dz \to 0 $$ as $\bar r \to 0$ ...
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Singular integral of the composition of the Hilbert transform and fractional Laplacian
Given $0<s<1$, we can define the Fractional Laplacian by
$$\Lambda^{-s}f(x):=(-\Delta)^{-s/2}(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|x-y|^{-1+s}f(y)dy$$
or by means of Fourier transform as $$\widehat{\...
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Prove conjugation law for Exp(z) using only Exp(x + y) = Exp(x)Exp(y) [closed]
Starting with just the property $E(x + y) = E(x)E(y)$, one can prove quite a lot of the main properties of the exponential function on real numbers. For example, $E(0) = 1$, and $E'(X) = E(X)$, and $E(...
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Kantorovich duality with pseudometrics
The usual framework for the Kantorovich duality in optimal transport theory uses Polish spaces as ground spaces for the distributions that should be transported. Are there results available that ...
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Potential for a Monotone Operator
[Cross-posted from math.stackexchange]
I have a question about understanding the proof of Theorem 4.11 in the paper A Potential Theory for Monotone Multivalued Operators (accessible here). The ...
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Oscillation operator of a function
Call a function from $[0, 1]$ to itself a box function.
Given any box function $f$, define its oscillation function $Of$ as $$Of(x) = \lim _{d \to 0} \sup _{y, z \in B_d (x)} |f(y) - f(z)| \, .$$ ...
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Final time maps of IVP's approximating functions $X\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$
I originally posted this question on the Mathematics StackExchange and got told to consider putting it on here, on MathOverflow. I will word the question a bit differently:
Let $X$ be a compact $k$-...
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Can we find the $a$ value?
We have the following limit with and $a
\in \mathbb{R}$ and $
u \in \mathbb{R}$ . And here, ${\lfloor x \rfloor}$ is floor function
$$\lim_{u \rightarrow \infty}
\frac{f(a)-\int_1^u ( {x-...
