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A functional equation
I am working on some physics problem and got stuck with the following equation: Let $a$ be a very small positive number. Is there a bounded function $F$, $0 \leq F \leq 1$, such that for all $x \in \...
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Upper bound $\int_{\mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d} |fx)-f(y)| (1+|y|) \ell (x) p_t (x-y) \, \mathrm d x \, \mathrm d y$ in $t$
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We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $c>0$. Let $f : \bR^d \to \bR$ and $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be measurable such that $\ell$ ...
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approximating differentiable functions with double trigonometric polynomials
Let $Q = [0,1]^2$. For sake of notation, let
$$
f^{(i,j)}(x,\xi) = \frac{\partial^{i+j}}{\partial x^i \partial \xi^j}f(x,\xi).
$$
Fix some non-negative integer $k$. Moreover let $f\in C^k(Q)$ if
$$
\|...
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What is the maximum of $ \frac{\sin(n(x+a))}{\sin(x+a)} + \frac{\sin(n(x-a))}{\sin(x-a)}$?
I have asked this here. Due to inactivity and no satisfying answers, I am asking here. Hope that's okay.
We know the global maxima of the function $\frac{\sin(nx)}{\sin(x)}$
is $n$ (thanks to this ...
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Literature containing basic knowledge of homogeneous functions
Let $D$ be a nonempty open subset of $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}$ and $f:D\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function of two variables. For all $(x,y)\in D$ and $t>0$ such that $(tx,ty)\in D$, if the equality $f(...
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Method of characteristics for higher order PDEs in more than two variables
I am trying to understand the mathod of characteristics for solving partial differential equations. However, all the examples I found over the internet are for first order PDEs or for second order ...
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Inequality with Hermite polynomials
Consider the (physicist's) Hermite polynomials $H_n(x)$ which are divided by
$$\sqrt{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!}$$
for the purpose of normalization.
These are orthogonal with respect to the weight function $e^{...
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Solution of recurrence relation with summation
I have the following recurrence relation:
$$b(n,k)=\sum _{\text{i}=0}^{2 n-1} \left(b(n-1,k-\text{i})+\frac{\text{i} (2 n-\text{i}) \binom{2 n-1}{\text{i}} \binom{(n-2)^2}{k-\text{i}}}{2 n-1} \right)$$...
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The curse of dimensionality of the Kolmogorov–Arnold neural network
The Kolmogorov–Arnold neural networks (KAN), Ziming Liu et al., KAN: Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks is inspired by the Kolmogorov–Arnold representation theorem (KA theorem). Though it is not proved in the ...
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Convergence of mollified functions in weighted $L^p$ norm
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Let $(\rho_n)_{n \geq 1}$ be a sequence of mollifiers on $\bR^d$, i.e., each $\rho_n$ is a ...
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Entropy arguments used by Jean Bourgain
My question comes from understanding a probabilistic inequality in Bourgain's paper on Erdős simiarilty problem: Construction of sets of positive measure not containing an affine image of a given ...
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Injectivity of a convolution operator
Let $p,\mu,\nu$ be probability density functions on
$\mathbb{R}$ such that
$$
\int_{\mathbb{R}}p(y-x) \nu(y) \, dy=\mu(x).
$$ Now, consider the operator $T:L^2(\mu)\to L^2(\nu)$ such that $$ Tf=f*p.$$ ...
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Question on ODE involving mollifiers from Taylor's book on PDEs
In Taylor's third book on PDEs chapter 16, the author discusses quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems of the form
$$\partial_{t}u=A^{k}(t,x,u)\partial_{k}u+g(t,x,u)$$
with some initial condition $u(...
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Does the Poincaré inequality hold on annular domains?
Does the following Poincaré inequality hold
$$\int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |f-\bar{f}|^2 dx \leq C(r_2-r_1)^2 \int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |\nabla f|^2 dx,$$
where $B_r$ denotes a ball of radius ...
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Is the Bures metric equivalent to the Euclidean one?
Let $K=\mathbb R$ (reall numbers) or $K=\mathbb C$ (complex numbers). Define $\mathcal M_n$ to be the space of $n\times n$ matrices $A=(a_{i,j})_{1\le i,j\le n}$, with $a_{i,j}\in K$. Let $\|\cdot\|$ ...
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Steiner symmetrization of smooth function on non-simply connected regions
Given a smooth function $u$ defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$, restrict $u$ to a subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ (possibly not simply connected) foliated by level sets of a smooth function $\psi: \Omega \...
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"Simple" integral equation
Let $H(z)$ be a continuous solution of the problem
$$
H(z)=\frac1{1-z}\int_z^1 \frac{2\zeta}{1+\zeta} H(\zeta^2)\,d\zeta,\ \ \ z\in[0,1);\ \ \ H(1)=1.
$$
Is it true that $H(0)=1-\ln2$? The question ...
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Functions with asymmetrically decreasing Fourier transform?
$\def\ii{{\rm i}}\def\bbR{\mathbb R}\def\bbC{\mathbb C}\def\bbNo{\mathbb N_0}\def\Fou{\mathscr F}$Specifically, I would like to have a compactly supported continuous function $f=u+\ii\,v:\bbR\to\bbC$ ...
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Existence of an $\alpha$-Hölder continuous function whose graph has positive Hausdorff measure of maximal dimension
It is standard that if $f:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is $\alpha$-Hölder continuous, then its graph has Hausdorff dimension at most $2-\alpha$. My naive expectation was that "most" graphs ...
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Dependence and $L^2$ projections of functions
tl;dr: Is it possible that the best approximation to a nonnegative function of three variables with a bivariate function is no better than the best univariate function?
Let $w$ be a density on $\...
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Sufficient conditions for the space of Radon measure to be a Banach space
Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a Hausdorff space and consider the space of Radon measures with bounded total variation $M(\mathcal{X})$ on $\mathcal{X}$.
Usually, the additional assumptions on $\mathcal{X}$ are ...
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Can these identities for the Euler-Mascheroni constant be proven?
I stumbled upon these 4 limit/integral identities involving Euler's constant aka gamma (~0.5772). They appear to be valid based on inspection but I have no idea how to prove them. In addition, I have ...
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Prékopa-Leindler style inequality?
Does anyone know a simple proof of the following Prékopa-Leindler style inequality:
If we have $f_1,f_2,g_1,g_2$ strictly positive functions on $\mathbb{R}$ such that, for any $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb{R}$,...
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Has anyone seen such a function/quantity?
I am dealing with a problem wherein I encounter the following quantity-
$$
Q_{d, \epsilon}(t_0) = \sup_{t' \notin B(t_0, \epsilon)} \inf_{t \in B(t_0, \epsilon)} \frac{d(t') - d(t)}{t'-t}.
$$
Here,...
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$L^p$ domination of mixed partial derivatives of the 3rd order by the unmixed ones?
Is it true that for each real $p>1$ there is some real $C_p$ such that for all smooth real-valued functions $u$ compactly supported on $S:=(0,1)^3$ one has
$$\|D_1D_2D_3u\|_p\le C_p(\|D_1^3u\|_p+\|...
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$L^1$ convergence
Setting
For $i \in \mathbb{N}$, consider two sequences $f_i,g_i \in L^1(\mathbb{R})$ such that $$ f_i \rightarrow_{L^1} f \in L^1(\mathbb{R}) $$ and also $$ g_i \rightarrow_{L^1} g \in L^1(\mathbb{R})...
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Unique continuation property of the equation $ -\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u $ with $ p>2 $
Assume that $ \{u_i\}_{i=1}^{2} $ satisfies $ -\Delta u_i=|u_i|^{p-1}u_i $ in $ B_1 $ with $ p>2 $ and $ u_1=u_2 $ in an open set $ A\subset B_1 $. I want to ask that if $ u_1=u_2 $ in $ B_1 $.
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Monotonicity of matrix conjugation
Let $A$ and $B$ be positive-definite matrices such that $A \le B.$
By matrix monotonicity of the root, this also implies that $A^{\alpha} \le B^{\alpha}$ for $\alpha \in [0,1].$
I am now curious under ...
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The cardinality of projections of subsets of the Hilbert cube by inner products
I have three related questions.
Question 1: Is there a subset $X$ of the Hilbert cube $[0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ of cardinality continuum, such that for each sequence $a\in [0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ with $\sum a_n$ ...
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Dual spaces of Banach-valued $L^{p}$-spaces
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ be a measure space (say complete and $\sigma$-finite, for simplicity). Furthermore, let $(X,\Vert\cdot\Vert_{X})$ be an arbitrary Banach space. I denote by $(L^{p}(\...
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Domain of the infinitesimal generator of a composition $C_0$-semigroup
In the paper [1] the following $C_0$-group is presented,
$$
T(t)f(x) = f(e^{-t} x) , \quad x \in (0,\infty) \quad f \in E
$$
where $E$ is an ($L^1,L^\infty$)-interpolation space. In mi case, I'm just ...
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Equality of two measures on functional spaces
It is well known that if $\mu$ and $\nu$ are two measures on the space $C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R}^n)$ of continuous mappings from $[0,1]$ to $\mathbb{R^n}$ endowed with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra satisfy $$...
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Existence of very weak solution to the elliptic equation $\partial_i(a^{ij}\partial_j u)=\partial_k\partial_l f$
Let $a^{ij}\in W^{1,n}\cap L^\infty (B^1)$ be uniformly elliptic, i.e. $\lambda|\xi|^2\le a_{ij}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\le \Lambda |\xi|^2$ for a.e. $x\in B^1$, $\xi\in\mathbb R^n$, where $B_1\subset \mathbb R^...
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Bound in terms of harmonic oscillator
I wonder if the following is true: Let $\alpha >0$ be a positive real number, do we have
$$\Vert H^{\alpha} \psi''\Vert \le \Vert H^{\alpha+1} \psi\Vert,$$
where $H = -\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + x^2$ is ...
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An asymmetric quadrilinear estimate
Fix $1<p<2$ and let $a_{i}=1-\frac{\theta_{i}}{p^{\prime}}$
where $\theta_{i}\in (0,1/2)$, $i=1,2,3,4$, and $p^{\prime}$ is the conjugate exponent of $p$. Note here that $0<a_{i}=1-\theta_{i}+...
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A Lipschitz function induced by the infimum of the length of curves
Recently I have read a paper, Quasiconformal Images of Hölder Domains, written by S. M. Buckley in 2004, published by Annales Academiæ Scientiarum Fennicæ Mathematica. I am confused about page 33 of ...
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$L^p$ domination of mixed partial derivatives by the unmixed ones?
Is it true that for each real $p\ge1$ there is some real $C_p$ such that for all smooth real-valued functions $u$ compactly supported on $S:=(0,1)^2$ one has
$$\|D_1D_2u\|_p\le C_p(\|D_1^2u\|_p+\|D_2^...
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How to prove that $f(x) := |x|^{\frac{\lambda - n}{p}}(1 - \psi(x))$ satisfies a specific property related to its limit at the origin
Disclaimer. I have asked this question a month ago on MSE (click here to access the original post) and even bountied it. I got an answer on MSE, but unfortunately I don't feel like it has enough ...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "non-local" PDE
I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution
I have a question about the convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution. Namely if the 2 are convoluble then the homogeneous solution is necessarily zero?
Let $U$ and $E$ ...
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A strange condition of convexity?
During my research, I come across this question.
Let $f \in C^2(\mathbb R, \mathbb R_+^*)$ with $\forall x \in\mathbb R, f'(x) \geq |f''(x)+f(x)|$.
Is it true that $\forall x \in \mathbb R, f''(x) \...
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How to show such result for generalized $ O(|x|^{-1/2}) $ function?
Assuming that $ \chi\in C_c^{\infty}([-2,2]) $ is a cutoff function such that $\text{supp }\chi\subset[-2,2]$, $\chi\equiv 1 $ in $ [-1,1] $, and $ 0\leq\chi\leq 1 $, suppose that $ f\in C^{\infty}(\...
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A Poincaré inequality holds for $p>2$ but fails for $p\leqslant 2$
I am confused with the following example taken from page 6 of Sobolev Met Poincaré, by Hajłasz and Koskela (MR1683160, Zbl 0954.46022).
Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space and let $\Omega\subset ...
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Orthogonal space of polynomials
Let $f \colon [0,+\infty) \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function. Assume that for any non-negative integer $n$, the function $f(t) t^n$ in integrable in $(0,+\infty)$ and
$$
\int_0^{+\infty} f(t) t^n ...
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A generalisation of Tchebychev inequality
Let $f,g \in C(\mathbb R)$ with $\exists M \in \mathbb R^*, \forall (x,y) \in \mathbb R^2, M\times (f(x)-f(y))(g(x)-g(y)) \geq 0$.
Is it true that exists $ u$ any real function, and $a,b$ monotone ...
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What standard Banach space is isomorphic to the completion of this different normed structure on $\ell^1$?
A colleague asked me the following question:
"What can one do with the following norm on $\ell^1$: $|x|=\int_1^2 |x|_pdp$ where $| \;\; |_p$ is the standard norm on $\ell_p$?"
This ...
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Prove that the following function is positive
Consider the following function:
$$K(x, y; t) = \sum_{n \geq 0} \frac{e^{-(2n+1)t}}{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!} H_n(x) H_n(y) \exp\left(-\frac{(x^2 + y^2)}{2}\right)
$$
This is Mehler's kernel, and can be ...
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An asymptotic integral with complex phase
Suppose that $D\subset \mathbb R^2$ is the closed unit disk and that $f\in C^{\infty}(D)$. Assume that for all $\lambda \in (1,\infty)$ there holds
$$ \left|\int_D f(x^1,x^2)\, e^{\lambda (x^1+ix^2)}\,...
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Measurability of $L^{p}(L^{q})$ integrable functions
Let $ F: \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with the property that
$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \big[ \int_0^\infty |F(x,r) |^q \, dr \big]^{p/q} \, dx < \infty
$
In addition we ...
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A strange functional inequality
Let $f,g \in C([-2,2],\mathbb R_+^*)$ even and concave real functions.
Is it true that
$$
\int_0^1 f\big(\cos(x^{-1})+\sin(x^{-1})\big) \cdot g\big(\cos(x^{-1})-\sin(x^{-1})\big) \mathrm{d}x\\ \leq f(...