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Sobolev space under Mellin transform
The Mellin transform is known to be an isomorphism see wikipedia
between $M:L^2(0, \infty) \rightarrow L^2(-\infty, \infty)$
where $$M(f):= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{1}{2} + is} ...
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On the embedding of a function space $X$ into $L^2\cap L^4$
It is well-known that if $\Omega\in \mathbb{R}^n$ is a bounded domain, then we have the embedding
$$
L^4({\Omega})\subset L^2({\Omega})
$$
since $||f||_{L^2(\Omega)}\leq C(\Omega) ||f||_{L^4(\Omega)}$ ...
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Commuting flows problem for non-Lipschitz vector fields
Let $X$ be a continuous vector field on a (say compact) manifold $M$, if $X$ has ODE uniqueness then we can define its associated flow $\mathcal F_X:\mathbb R\times M\to M$ uniquely given by $\mathcal ...
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Recover norm from integral
I am given the following expression where $f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^2, \mathbb{R}^{2 \times 2})$
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}} \int_{\mathbb{R}} \langle g(x), f(x,y) h(y)\rangle dx dy.$$
The functions $g$ and $h$ ...
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Alberti rank-one theorem and reduction of the study of BV function to the two-dimensional case
By Alberti rank-one theorem, could it be possible to reduce the study of a function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N, \mathbb{R}^N)$ to the study of a function $\tilde{u} \in BV(\mathbb{R}^2, \mathbb{R}^2)$? At ...
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Can it be proved that $f$ is integrable?
Let $x$ be a differentiable function on $\mathbb{R}$. I want to prove that for any time $t \geq t_0$
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{2} D^{\alpha} x^2(t) \leq x(t) D^{\alpha} x(t), \ \ \forall \alpha \...
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Choosing the weight in a particular definition of Besov spaces
Following Giovanni Leoni's excellent book (or the Wikipedia article) one possible way to define the Besov spaces $B^{s,p,\theta}(\mathbb R ^d)$, with $s\in(0,1)$ the fractional "order of derivative" ...
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An oscillatory integral estimate
Let $n \geq 3$ and consider two sequences of strictly monotone functions $\{\mu_l(t)\}_{l=1}^{n}$ and $\{\lambda_l(t)\}_{l=1}^n$ on the interval $[-1,1]$ with $\mu_l(0)=0$ and $\lambda_l(0)=1$ for all ...
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the q-Bernstein operator
The Bernstein operator maps $f\in C[0,1]$ to its Bernstein
polynomial $B_n f.$ The eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the
Bernstein operator on $C[0,1]$ have been described in [1]. Similar description ...
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Level sets and integral of functions of two variables
Let $f_1,f_2$ be two positive functions on $\Omega_1, \Omega_2 \subset R^2$ with $f_1|_{\partial \Omega_1}=f_2|_{\partial \Omega_2}=0$. For every $\lambda>0$, denote the the area of the domain ...
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Harnack Inequality for uniformly elliptic PDE via constructing a singularity
I am trying to prove a Harnack inequality for a nonnegative subsolution $u \in H^1(B_2)$ to the PDE $\text{div}(A Du) \ge 0$, where $A = A(x)$ is uniformly elliptic. The proof outline I am following ...
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On probabilistic extension for Bernstein polynomials
Suppose $X_m\sim p_m(x)$ is a discrete distribution on $[0,1]$ where the value takes multipliers of $\frac{1}{m}$ (e.g., $p_m(x=\frac{k}{m})=\frac{1}{m+1})$. Suppose $p(x)=\lim\limits_{m\rightarrow\...
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Coboundary in the slow mixing systems
Given dynamical system $(X, T, \mu)$, $\mu$ is probability, $\mu \circ T =\mu$, $T$'s transfer operator $P$ is defined by following relation: $\int (P a) \cdot b d\mu= \int a \cdot (b \circ T) d\mu$ ...
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What functions can one try employing to fit an apparently doubly-periodic real function over $[0,1]$?
I have a cosine-like data curve over $x \in [0,1]$ that I can rather well-fit by
a function of the form $a \cos{2 \pi x} +b$. Although good, the fit is still lacking,
in that the residuals from the ...
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Absence of fixed points
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)} \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an arbitrary but fixed ...
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If two spheres are isometric, does there exist a bijective isometry $T:S\to S$ with $\|Tu-\alpha Tv\|_Y \leq \|u-\alpha v\|_X$ for all $\alpha>0?$
Let
$$(S,\|\cdot\|) = \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \|(x,y)\| =1\},$$
that is, $S$ is the collection of all norm one vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with respect to the norm $\|\cdot\|.$
Question: Let $\|\...
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Integral function $z(x):=\int_{Y} f(x,y)d\mu(y)$ continuous?
Let $z(x):=\int_{Y} f(x,y)d\mu(y)$ for $x \in \mathbb R$ be an integral function where $\mu$ is a finite(!) Borel measure on $Y$ and $x \mapsto f(x,y)$ is continuous for every $y.$
Moreover, we know ...
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Morrey condition (integral condition) and (local) Holder condition
Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $f:\mathbb{R^n} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a non-negative function such that $f(x)=0$. Is it true that (assuming $\alpha,\beta>0$)
$$\limsup_{r \to 0} r^{-\alpha \beta}\frac{...
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A question on the zeros involving the equation containing exponential factor [closed]
I recently encounter a puzzle that: how to show that for any constant $c_1,c_2,c_3,c_4 \in \mathbb{R}$ the equation
$$c_1 e^t+c_2e^{-t}+c_3 e^{\alpha t}+c_4 e^{-\alpha t}=0$$
has at most only one ...
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How we can do the derivative for this equation w.r.t.to time t>0
Let $x\in[0,L]$ and consider the following equation,
$$\varepsilon \left( t \right)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{L}{({{\rho }_{1}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} \right|}^{2}}+{{\rho }_{2}}{{\left| {{\varphi }_{t}} ...
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points separation and dimensions [closed]
Suppose $\mathcal{A}$ is a sub-algebra of $C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$.
If $\mathcal{A}$ separates points in $[0,1]$, does it follow $\dim\mathcal{A}=\infty$?
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Functions satisfying Neumann boundary condition
I have a question about functions satisfying a condition.
Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a Lipschitz domain. That is, for each $x \in \partial D$, there exists an open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ in $\...
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Orthogonal complement vector space
Let $X$ be a vector space contained in $H^{1}(\mathbb R^d),$ then we can study
$X^{\perp_{L^2}}:=\left\{ \xi \in L^2; \langle \xi, x \rangle_{L^2} =0 \ \forall x \in X \right\}$
and
$X^{\perp_{H^{-...
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Strongly continuous semigroup: continuous or continuous componentwise?
Let $T(t)_{t \ge 0}$ be a strongly continuous semigroup on a Hilbert space $H.$
Then, one can consider the function
$f(t_1,t_2):= T(t_1)S T(t_2)x$ where $x$ is a fixed element of the Hilbert space ...
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Sequence of nested sets in $[0, 1]$ with bound on gaps
What is the best possible $\epsilon$ and sequence $(a_n)_{n = 1}^\infty \subset [0, 1]$ we can find such that
$$
d_{N}:=\sup_{x\in [0,1]}\inf_{n=1}^N |x-a_n|\leq \frac{1+\epsilon}{N}
$$
for all $N\in ...
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Is $X = \{ B \in L^\infty(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n): \nabla \cdot B \in L^\infty(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n) \}$ a dense subspace?
The Sobolev space $W^{1,\infty}(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n)$ is not dense in $L^\infty(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n)$. In fact the functions in $W^{1,\infty}(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n)$ are Lipshitz, and not ...
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On the bound of the Stein-Wainger oscillatory integral
Let $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$, $\phi\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R})$. We define the Stein-Wainger oscillatory integral by
$$I=p.v.\int_\mathbb{R} e^{i\lambda\phi(t)}\frac{dt}{t}.$$
Stein-Wainger [1] showed ...
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Looking for some function
Is there a continuous function $F: R\to R$ such that $F$ is a surjection but not an injection, $F(Q)\subset Q$ and the restriction $F: Q\to Q$ is an injection, but not a surjection. Here $Q$ denotes ...
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Non-linear translation invariant functionals on $L^1$
I have recently come across a class of (possibly non-linear) operators $F$ defined on $L^1$ such that
$F \colon L^1(\mathbb R^d) \to \mathbb [0,+\infty]$;
$F(u(\cdot - z)) = F(u(\cdot))$ for every $...
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A specific mollified functions in the Sobolev space H^1(R)
Let $u>0$ be in $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})=W^{1,2}(\mathbb{R})$, we know that the set of $C^{\infty}$ functions with compact support are dense in the Sobolev space $H^{1}(\mathbb{R})$. Hence, we have a ...
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Constant in trace theorem for balls
Consider the standard open ball $B_r:=\left\{x ; \left\lvert x \right\rvert \le R \right\}.$
The trace theorem tells us any function in $W^{k,p}(B_r)$ can be restricted to a function $W^{k-1,p}(\...
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Boundedness of different Fourier transforms
Let $f: \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be in $L^2\cap L^1,$ then the Fourier transform is in $L^2 \cap L^\infty.$
Does this imply that we can take common norms in the sense that we can estimate ...
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When convolution with exponential kernel is bounded
Let $g(t)=e^{-\omega t}$, $\omega>0$. What is, in terms of well-known function spaces, the space $X$, $L_{loc}^2(0,\infty)\subset X$, of all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to \mathbb{R}^+$, satisfying
$...
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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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Tietze extension theorem for lower semi continuous functions
On the Tietze extension theorem, if instead of a continuous function "f" we use a lower semi continuous function on a closed subspace of a metric space, is the theorem correct? I mean, can we extend ...
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Conditions to obtain a real logarithm of a unitary unimodular complex matrix?
The problem statement is the following:
$$U=\exp\{iV\}$$
where $U$ is a unitary unimodular matrix of the following form:
$$U=\begin{bmatrix}u_1+iu_2&u_3+iu_4\\-u_3+iu_4&u_1-iu_2\end{bmatrix}...
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PDE satisfied by projection of a function onto a subspace
Given an open bounded set $D\subset \mathbb R^N$, let $f\in W^{-1,q}(D)$ and let $u$ be a Sobolev function $u\in W_0^{1,p}(D)$ such that $u$ solves the PDE
$$
\begin{cases}
-\Delta_p u=f\;\text{in $D$}...
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On what kind of condition of a compact set $K$ in the plane, $C(K)$ has a generator?
Let $K\subset \Bbb{C}$ be a compact subset of the complex plane, and let $C(K)$ be the space of all complex continuous functions on $K$.
We say that $f\in C(K)$ is a generator of $C(K)$ when the set $...
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About covariance operators for probability distributions on a function space
Feel free to restrict the function space to a Hilbert space or to a RKHS. Given a probability distribution on it when can we define a ``covariance operator" for it and when would it also have a well-...
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A.e. pointwise convergence of L2 functions - counterexample for generalization of Carleson's thm
Let $f_n \in L^2[0,1]$ be an orthonormal sequence and let $c_n \in \mathbb C$ be such that $\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} |c_n|^2 < \infty$. Does this imply that the sequence $\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}c_nf_n$ ...
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$C[0,1]$ is Banach-space isomorphic to $c_0(C[0,1])$
$c_0(C[0,1])$ is the $c_0$-direct sum of countably many $C[0,1]$.How to prove
$C[0,1]$ is Banach-space isomorphic to $c_0(C[0,1])$.
Here,Banach-space isomorphism means a bounded invertible operator ...
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Convergence of $L^p$ of approximation
Let $f \in L^p(\mathbb R^n)$ be given. Consider a partition of rectangles $I_{ij}:=[x_i,x_{i+1}]\times [x_j,x_{j+1}]$ of $\mathbb R^2.$
Then, we may define the coefficients
$$\alpha_{ij}= \frac{1}{\...
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Approximation of a $C^{\infty}_c$ function by tensor products
Suppose that $f \in C^{\infty}_c ( \mathbb{R}^2 )$, i.e. $f$ is a $C^{\infty}$ function with compact support defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$. The following link
Approximation of smooth compactly supported ...
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Lipschitz bound on semigroups
Let $T$ be a self-adjoint operator (possibly unbounded) and $S$ a bounded self-adjoint operator.
Then one can study the unitary groups $R_T(t):=e^{itT}$ and $R_S(t):=e^{itS}.$
Now if you think about ...
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Density argument with Schwartz functions?
I was wondering whether the Schwartz functions are also dense in
$$\{f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n); \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} |x|^2 |f(x)|^2 dx + \int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\xi|^2 |\hat{f}(\xi)|^2 d \xi < \infty\}$$
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dual space of a subspace of the space of bounded measures
Let $\mathcal{M}=\mathcal{M}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of bounded measures. Equipped with the weak convergence, the dual space of $\mathcal{M}$ is $\mathcal{C}_b(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of continuous ...
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Boundary behavior of $H^2_0(\Omega)$ functions
If $u \in H^2_0(\Omega)$, is it true that $$u(x) \le C\mathrm{dist}(x,\partial \Omega)^2$$ as $x$ goes to the boundary?
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Density of the linear span of products of harmonic polymomials
Let $\mathcal{H}$ denote the space of all harmonic polynomials with complex coefficients in $n$ variables $x_1,\ldots, x_n$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$. I'm trying to show that the linear span of the set $\...
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What are the possible $L^{\infty}$ closures of an integration-invariant linear subspace of $C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$?
Let $S \subset C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ be an $\mathbb{R}$-linear subspace that is invariant under the $T := \int_0^x$ integration operation: if $g \in S$ then the function $f = Tg$ defined pointwise by $...
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An argument in the proof of a compactness theorem
In the proof of a compactness theorem involving fractional derivatives in Temam's Navier-Stokes Equations, an argument as the following is made.
Suppose $X_0,X,X_1$ are Hilbert spaces such that
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