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PDEs and algebraic varieties
Let $P$ be an order $d$ differential operator with constant coefficients and consider a PDE of the form $Pf = \delta$. Taking the Fourier transform of $P$ we get a degree $d$ polynomial whose zero ...
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How to generalize the various vector calculus theorems to distributions?
Here is a list of vector calculus identities; in the proof of these identities, we all assume that these functions are $𝐶^𝑘$ in an open set, and we usually use these identities to calculate ...
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Version of Banach-Steinhaus theorem
I am wondering about the following version of the Banach-Steinhaus theorem.
Let $A$ be a closed convex subset contained in the unit ball of a Banach space $X$ and consider bounded operators $T_n \in \...
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Classes of (non-continuous) functions with the fixed point property
Let $K$ be a convex body in $ R^d$. (Say, a ball, say a cube...) For which classes $ \cal C$ of functions, every function $ f \in {\cal C}$ which takes $K$ into itself admits a fixed point in $K$.
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Proof of Green's formula for rectifiable Jordan curves
$\newcommand{\Ga}{\Gamma}$
I am trying to find a proof of Green's formula for rectifiable Jordan curves $\Ga$ (and the corresponding interior regions $R$). There is a proof by Ridder, followed by ...
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$x f'$ bounded by $x^2f $ and $f''$?
Consider the Hilbert space of functions $f \in L^2(\mathbb R)$ such that $x^2f \in L^2(\mathbb R) $ and $ f'' \in L^2(\mathbb R).$
I am wondering whether it is true that $xf'\in L^2(\mathbb R)$ as ...
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Dual space of $L^2(\mathbb{R},L^1(0,1))$?
I was wondering what the dual space of $L^2(\mathbb{R},L^1(0,1))$ is? (equipped with Lebesgue measures)
Formally, one would suspect that it is just $L^2(\mathbb{R},L^{\infty}(0,1))$. But this may be a ...
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Harmonic oscillator in spherical coordinates
It is probably the most well-known result in quantum mechanics that the harmonic oscillator can be solved by supersymmetry.
More precisely, the operator
$$-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+x^2$$
can be ...
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Concentration compactness. Can this concept be stated in a theorem?
I recently attended a talk on NLS which is rather not my main field of interest. Yet, I got interested in a concept called concentration compactness during the talk.
When I approached the speaker ...
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Proof of the "Neo-classical Inequality", a fractional extension of the binomial theorem
I came across the following inequality, dubbed the "Neoclassical Inequality" which holds uniformly in $p\geq 1$ and $n\in\mathbb N$:
$$\frac{1}{p^2}\sum_{j=0}^n\frac{a^{\frac{j}p}b^{\frac{n-j}p}}{\...
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A question on trig series
Assume $\{a_k\}_{k\ge1}$ is a real sequence such that $u(x) = \sum_{k\ge 1}a_k\sin(kx)$ is a smooth function, and for every $x \in [-\pi, \pi]$
$$\left(\sum_{k\ge 1}\frac{a_k}{k}\sin(kx)\right)\left(\...
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Can a vector-function $v:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}^n$ be an eigenvector of its own Jacobian matrix?
Good morning,
I've came across this question, which has been puzzling me for some days. Suppose we are given a vector-valued function $v:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}^n$, $v(x)=\left( v_1(x),\dots, v_n(...
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Trace of integral trace-class operator
I have seen many answers to the converse question (which seems to be difficult in general), but I would like to ask the following:
Let $T: L^2 \rightarrow L^2$ be a trace-class operator that is also ...
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Reference request: Riesz potential $I_\alpha : L^{d/\alpha} \to \rm{BMO}$?
Let us denote the Riesz potential in $\mathbb R^d$ by
$$
I_\alpha (f)(x) := c_{d, \alpha} \int_{\mathbb R^d} \frac{f(y)}{|x-y|^{d-\alpha}}
\, dy.$$
By the classical Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev theorem ...
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Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with discrete Laplacian
In the paper "Global existence and scattering for rough solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^3$" by Colliander, Keel, Staffilani, Takaoka and Tao it is argued in the beginning ...
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Inverse function theorem for $W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}$ functions
Let $n\ge 2$, $f:B_1\subset \mathbb R^n\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$, $f\in W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}(B_1)$, $\text{det}(Df)>c>0$, where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Can we show that $f$ is a homeomorphism ...
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Density of restrictions of harmonic functions inside a ball
Let $B$ be the closed unit ball in $\mathbb R^3$ centered at the origin and let $U= \{x\in \mathbb R^3\,:\, \frac{1}{2}\leq |x| \leq 1\}.$ Let
$$ S_U= \{u \in C^{\infty}(U)\,:\, \Delta u =0 \quad\text{...
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Traces of Sobolev spaces
Is there a simple proof of the following fact?
Theorem. Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded and smooth domain. If $n>2$, then $W^{1,n-1}(\partial\Omega)\subset
W^{1-\frac{1}{n},n}(\...
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Non-uniqueness of flow for divergence free vector fields
I am looking for a (possibly time-dependent) vector field $v: [0,1] \times \mathbb R_x^d \to
\mathbb R^d$ such that
$\text{div}_x v = 0$ ;
$v$ has more than one (measure-preserving) flow,...
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Asymptotic behavior of Sturm-Liouville eigenvalues
I have two questions.
Consider the operator $Av = -v'' + a(x)v$ on $I = (0, L)$, with zero Dirichlet condition and $a \in C([0, L])$.
Let $(\lambda_n)$ denote the sequence of eigenvalues of $A$....
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Mean value property with fixed radius
Let $f$ be a continuous function defined on $\mathbb{R^n}$. It is well known that both the spherical mean value property (MVP) of $f$, i.e.
$$f(x)=\frac{1}{|\partial B(x,r)|}\int_{\partial B(x,r)}f,\ ...
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Regularity of Newtonian potential along smooth boundary
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $C^\infty$ boundary, $n\ge 3$. Define
$$V(z)=\int_\Omega \frac{1}{|z-y|^{n-2}}dy$$
Is it true that $V(z) \in C^{\infty}(\partial \Omega)$?
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Existence of a uniformly continuous function $g$ on $\mathbb{R}$ where $f = g$ a.e.?
Suppose $f \in L^\infty(\mathbb{R})$, $f_h(x) = f(x + h)$, and$$\lim_{h \to 0} \|f_h - f\|_\infty = 0.$$Does there exist a uniformly continuous function $g$ on $\mathbb{R}$ such that $f = g$ almost ...
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Points where harmonic functions fail to give a coordinates system
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^n$ with a smooth boundary and let $g$ be a smooth Riemannian metric on $\Omega$. Let $f_1,f_2,\ldots,f_n$ be non-constant smooth functions on $\partial \...
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On critical points of harmonic functions
Let $u \in C^{\infty}(\mathbb R^3)$ be harmonic. Suppose that $u$ has no critical points outside the unit ball but that it has at least one critical point inside the unit ball.
Does it follow that $u$ ...
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Vanishing rate of a harmonic function near a boundary point
Let $u(x, y)$ be a harmonic function on the upper half-plane $\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^+$, that is,
$$\partial_x^2 u(x, y) + \partial_y^2 u(x, y) = 0$$
for $x \in \mathbb{R}, y>0$. Assume $u(x, ...
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Lavrentiev phenomenon between $C^1$ and Lipschitz
Does there exist a (onedimensional) integral functional of calculus of variations (with $f$ finite everywhere)
$$
F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt
$$
such that
$$
\inf_{y\in Lip([a,b])}F(y)<\inf_{...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality
Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that
$$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$
for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on Lipschitz domains
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain with a Lipschitz boundary. Consider the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map $\Lambda:H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\partial \Omega)\to H^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial \Omega)$ defined via
$$ \langle ...
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Interpolation between L^1 and Sobolev Space
Suppose $D^\alpha$ is fractional differentiation of order $\alpha$ on the real line. Is it true that
$||D^\alpha f||_{L^\frac{2 \beta}{2 \beta - \alpha}({\mathbb R})} \leq C_{\alpha,\beta} ||f||_{L^...
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Sobolev embedding theorems in vector bundles on non-compact manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth (not necessarily compact) Riemannian $n$-manifold. It is well-known that dealing with Sobolev spaces in the general non-compact case becomes tricky, since for instance, there ...
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Hölder continuity for operators
Let $x,y$ be positive real numbers then
$$|\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{y}|=\dfrac{|x-y|}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}=\sqrt{|x-y|}\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt{|x-y|}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}\leq 1\cdot |x-y|^{\frac{1}{2}}$$
we obtain $1/...
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Method of characteristics for higher order PDEs in more than two variables
I am trying to understand the mathod of characteristics for solving partial differential equations. However, all the examples I found over the internet are for first order PDEs or for second order ...
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The characteristic (indicator) function of a set is not in the Sobolev space H¹
Is it true that the characteristic
(indicator) function of a subset of
Euclidean space with finite positive
measure is never in the Sobolev space
$H^1 = W^{1,2}$? And if so, what is the best/easiest/...
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Elliptic regularity on manifolds: Is this true?
Let $(M,g)$ be a Riemannian manifold (without boundary) and denote by $\Delta_{g}$ the Laplace-Beltrami operator (or any other elliptic operator if you wish). I was trying to find a reference for the ...
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Why is $\frac{1}{|x|^{n-2}}u(\frac{x}{|x|^2})$ harmonic if $u$ is harmonic?
I found myself trying to prove the following, but I had to compute everything explicitly.
It is well known that if $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ is an harmonic function on $\mathbb{R}^n$, then the so-...
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Sobolev spaces are smooth? Their dual is strictly convex?
Do you know any reference which says something about the:
Smoothness of the Sobolev space $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ i.e. if the duality mapping $J\colon W^{1,p}(\Omega)\to W^{1,p}(\Omega)^*$ is a singleton.
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Intuition for Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg ellipticity
First of all, I am sorry if this is a too basic question, but I stumbled over this notion of ellipticity only very recently.
I am trying to understand the definition of ellipticity of systems due to ...
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Gross's log Sobolev inequality proof with variational calculus?
For $f\in C^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$, Gross's logarithmic Sobolev inequality says that
$$\int f^{2} \log f^{2}\,d\mu -\int f^{2}\,d\mu \log\left(\int f^{2}\,d\mu\right)\leq \frac{2}{c}\int |\nabla f|^{2}...
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Flows in Hilbert spaces
Let $\varphi: [0,T] \rightarrow H$ be a Hilbert space valued $C^1$-function. Let $H = X \oplus X^{\perp}$ such that $\varphi(0) \in X$ and the implication $\varphi(t) \in X \Rightarrow \varphi'(t) \in ...
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Question on ODE involving mollifiers from Taylor's book on PDEs
In Taylor's third book on PDEs chapter 16, the author discusses quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems of the form
$$\partial_{t}u=A^{k}(t,x,u)\partial_{k}u+g(t,x,u)$$
with some initial condition $u(...
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Existence of complex function?
Motivated by a similar question Complex-doubly periodic function in two variables?, I would like to ask if there exists a non-zero function $(z_1,z_2) \mapsto f(z_1,z_2)$, where $z_1,z_2 \in \mathbb C$...
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Almost orthonormal projection and orthonormal projection in Hilbert space
Let $(e_i)_i$ be a family of vectors in a Hilbert space being almost orthonormal but not quite, i.e.
$$\langle e_i, e_j \rangle \approx \delta_{i,j} + \alpha e^{-\vert i-j \vert} $$
and $\alpha$ is ...
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Poincaré inequality for curl-integrable functions
Let $B=B(r)$ denote a ball of radius $r$ in $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ and
$$
u_B := \frac1{|B|}\int_B u \, dx.
$$
The standard Sobolev-Poincaré inequality states that if $u \in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$, ...
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$H^s$ norm of a solution of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation
I'm reading the paper "Global existence and scattering for rough solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^3$ by Colliander, Keel, Staffilani, Takaoka and Tao.
They study the ...
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Uniform continuity of heat semigroup
I would like to illustrate my question with an example:
It is well-known that $\Delta$ is the generator of a strongly continuous semigroup $(T(t))$ on $L^2(\mathbb R^n),$ i.e. the heat-semigroup.
It ...
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When the value of a function in a point is equal to its integral average over the point's neighborhood?
It is well-known that the harmonic functions have this remarkable Averaging Property: if $f$ is harmonic in a domain $U \subset R^n$, then, for any point $x \in U$, $f(x)$ is equal to the integral ...
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Conserved positive charge for a PDE
Let $(x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^2$ and consider the following partial differential equation for the real-valued function $U(x,t)$:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial t^2} = - \frac{\hbar^2}{4m^2} ...
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Lavrentiev Phenomenon
Does there exist a (onedimensional) integral functional of calculus of variations
$$
F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt
$$
such that not only
$$
\inf_{y\in\operatorname{Lip}([a,b])}F(y)>\inf_{y\in ...
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Fixed radius mean value property implies harmonicity?
Let $f$ be a continuous real-valued function on $\mathbb{R}^n$. It is well known that the following are equivalent:
$f$ is harmonic.
$f$ satisfies the ball mean value property
$$
f(x)=\frac{1}{|B(x,r)...
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