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Eigenvalue of a convolution and a restriction?
Let $\epsilon>0$ be small. Let $\eta(t) = \frac{2\epsilon}{\epsilon^2+(2\pi t)^2}$ (the Fourier transform of $x\mapsto e^{-\epsilon |x|}$). Let $V$ be the space of integrable, bounded functions $f:\...
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Function that is (essentially) a self-convolution but not a multiple of a self-convolution
Call a function $F:\mathbb{R}\to C$ nice if it is of the form $F = f\ast \tilde{f}$, where $\tilde{f}(x) = \overline{f(-x)}$. (Of course nice functions are precisely those whose Fourier transform is ...
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Fourier decay implies what kind of regularity
We consider a function $f:\mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb C$ that is compactly supported and bounded. In addition, we know that
$$\lim_{\vert x\vert \to \infty} \vert x \vert^2 \vert \hat{f}(x)\vert =0,$$
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Fourier transform of exponential over torus
I found the following formula for the Fourier transform on a flat 2-torus, but I don't quite know how to derive it. We have a variable $q=(q_x,q_y) \in [0,2\pi)^2$ and by considering it in polar ...
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Functions such that the *integral* of the Fourier transform is non-negative?
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be in $L^1$, with its Fourier transform $\widehat{f}$ also in $L^1$. What is a necessary and sufficient condition on $f$ so that
$$\int_{-\infty}^x \widehat{f}(t) dt \...
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A question on finite Fourier series
Let $\mathcal F(N)$ denote the space of finite Fourier series up to frequency $N > 0$, i.e. $f\in \mathcal F(N)$ if and only if it can be written as
$$f(x) = \sum_{k=0}^N a_k\cos(kx+\theta_k)$$
for ...
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A Question in Fourier Analysis proposing a conjecture
Let $f$ be a $2\pi$ periodic BV function whose derivative is also BV.Let the amount of jump at a point $x$ is denoted as $\lfloor f \rfloor (x) = f(x+0)-f(x-0)$ Define function $J:\mathbb{R} \to\...
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Generalized Fourier transforms associated to Schroedinger operators
Let $n\geq 1$. Let $q\in C^{\infty}_0(\mathbb R^n)$ be compactly supported and consider the operator $P= -\Delta+q(x)$ on $\mathbb R^n$. We will assume that $q$ is sufficiently small so that the ...
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Existence of solutions to a series of integral equations
I am trying to solve the following integral equation analytically:
$$
\sum_{n \geq 1} \left( \int_0^te^{-n^2(t-s)} f_n(s) \, ds \right) = g(t), \quad t \in [0, T],
$$
where $(f_n(t))_n$ is the unknown ...
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How can discrete Fourier transform approximation prove the completeness of complex exponentials in $L^2(T)$?
I have a question about the completeness of complex exponentials in function spaces.
For the discrete set $ S = \{1, 2, \ldots, n\} $, it is clear and intuitive that $ e^{2\pi ikx/n} $ for $ k = 0, 1, ...
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Prove uniqueness of Radon transform without using Fourier transform
The uniqueness of Radon transform can be expressed by the following claim (I assumed that the function has compact support for simplicity):
If a continuous function with compact support has zero ...
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Asymptotic decay rate of an oscillator integral
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I want to evaluate the decay estimate of the integral
$I^d(t; v) = \int_0^{\sqrt{d}\pi} dr \, r^{d-2} \int_0^\pi \sin(tr) e^{i\sqrt{d}vtr\cos\theta} \sin^{d-2}\theta \, d\theta $
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Calculating hyperbolic Fourier series
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is it possible to uniquely express functions locally as infinite sums of hyperbolic sines and cosines
$f(x)=\sum\limits_{i=0}^\infty \alpha_i\sinh(i\cdot x)+\beta_i\cosh(i\cdot x)$
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Carleson's theorem: proof of a lemma
I am reading the paper of Michael Lacey called "Carleson's theorem: proof, complements, variations" 1, on Carleson's theorem in Fourier analysis. At the bottom of page 20 at the beginning of ...
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Asymptotic behavior and of an integral on a d-dimensional torus
I am trying to evaluate the asymptotic behavior of the following integral as $t \to \infty$:
$$
I(t; \mathbf{v}) = \int_{[-\pi, \pi]^d} \frac{\sin(t f(\mathbf{k}))}{\sin(f(\mathbf{k}))} e^{i t \mathbf{...
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Computing a closed form representation for a Fourier series summation
I want to compute a closed form representation for the below given summation expession.
$$g_{\lambda}(\boldsymbol{x}) = \sum\limits_{\boldsymbol{l}\in\mathbb{Z}^m} \frac{1}{1+\lambda\|\boldsymbol{l}\|...
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How to show such result for generalized $ O(|x|^{-1/2}) $ function?
Assuming that $ \chi\in C_c^{\infty}([-2,2]) $ is a cutoff function such that $\text{supp }\chi\subset[-2,2]$, $\chi\equiv 1 $ in $ [-1,1] $, and $ 0\leq\chi\leq 1 $, suppose that $ f\in C^{\infty}(\...
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Orthogonal space of polynomials
Let $f \colon [0,+\infty) \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function. Assume that for any non-negative integer $n$, the function $f(t) t^n$ in integrable in $(0,+\infty)$ and
$$
\int_0^{+\infty} f(t) t^n ...
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Maximal function on mixed $L^{p}$
Consider $ f_{j,k}$ to be a function in $L^{p}(l^{q}(l^{2}))$, that is
$$
\Vert f_{j,k} \Vert^{p}_{L^{p}(l^{q}(l^{2}))} = \int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}} \left( \sum_{k} \big[ \sum_{j} \vert f_{j,k}(x) \vert^{2}...
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Measurability of $L^{p}(L^{q})$ integrable functions
Let $ F: \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with the property that
$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \big[ \int_0^\infty |F(x,r) |^q \, dr \big]^{p/q} \, dx < \infty
$
In addition we ...
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Vectors of complex exponentials span $\mathbf{C}^N$
Let $Q = [0,1]\times [0,1]$. Let $1\leq k < \infty$ and $\{(x_l,\xi_l)\}_{l=1}^{k}\subseteq Q$ be such that $(x_i,\xi_i)\ne (x_j, \xi_j)$ for $i\ne j$. Additionally, for $1\leq l \leq k$, let $n_l\...
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approximating differentiable functions with double trigonometric polynomials
Let $Q = [0,1]^2$. For sake of notation, let
$$
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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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
$$ \left|\int_D f(x^1,x^2)\, e^{\lambda (x^1+ix^2)}\,...
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On weighted Fourier transforms
Suppose that $f\in L^{\infty}((0,1))$ and that there exists $c_1,c_2>0$ such that
$$ \left|\int_0^1 e^{i \xi x} e^{-|\xi|^{-1}x}f(x)\,dx \right| \leq c_1 e^{-c_2|\xi|} \quad \forall\, |\xi|>1.$$
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Reference request: injectivity of CWT, density of dilations and translations in $L^p$
Recently, I encountered the notion of Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), and I find it very intriguing (for a reference, see the wiki). I believe it offers a different and more general perspective on ...
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Multiplication with dilations of nonzero measurable function is injective
Denote $f_s(x):=f(sx)$ as the dilation of a function $f$. I want to know whether the following statement is true:
Suppose $f$ and $g$ are measurable functions on $\mathbb{R}$, and $f$ is not almost ...
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A simple bilinear estimate
Let $2\leq p,q <\infty$ and fix $0<\alpha<1$ such that
$\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\leq 2-\alpha$.
Suppose that $f\in L^{p}([0,1])$ and $g\in L^{q}([0,1])$.
What is the optimal value of $t=t(\...
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Fourier series but different waveform
Given a nondegenerate smooth simple closed convex curve $f: [0,2\pi]\to \mathbb C \setminus \{0\}$ with winding number (around origin) $1$, and $f$ have zero mean. Let $f_n: [0,2\pi]\to \mathbb C \...
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An asymmetric quadrilinear estimate
Fix $1<p<2$ and let $a_{i}=1-\frac{\theta_{i}}{p^{\prime}}$
where $\theta_{i}\in (0,1/2)$, $i=1,2,3,4$, and $p^{\prime}$ is the conjugate exponent of $p$. Note here that $0<a_{i}=1-\theta_{i}+...
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Is there a compactly supported differentiable function whose Fourier transform is not in L1?
In my MSE answer here, I discussed the example of compactly supported continuous function
$$g(x)=
\begin{cases}
\dfrac{\frac12 -x}{\log(x)},&0<x\leq1/2\\
0,&\text{otherwise}
\end{cases}$$
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To find a $2\pi$-periodic function with a property
I recently came across the following question in my research, and I don't know how to proceed this problem.
Question: How to find a function $g(x)$ such that it satisfies
(1) $2\pi$ periodic
(2) odd
(...
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$L^1$ norm for a product of cosines
Let $k$ be an integer and consider the function
$$
f(t)=\prod_{i=1}^{k} \cos(3^{i-1}\pi t).
$$
I'm interested in finding bounds for $\int_{0}^{1}|f(t)|dt$ in terms of $k$. The first idea that comes to ...
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Possible research directions in analysis? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student who loves basic mathematics in the analysis branch, but I have learned that some directions, for example, harmonic analysis, are already well developed and difficult to ...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality
Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that
$$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$
for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Periodicity in one Fourier variable
Let $f:[0,1]\times [0,1] \to \mathbb C$ be a double periodic function (periodic in both variables) that depends real-analytically on its argument.
We can thus write $f$ as $$ f(x) = \sum_{n \in \...
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Blow up for certain classes of distributions
Let $\mathbb D$ be the open unit disc centered at the origin and let $u \in H^{-N}(\mathbb D)$ be a distribution for some natural number $N>0$. Suppose that $$u|_{\mathbb D\setminus \{0\}} \in C^{\...
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Surjectivity of a class of integrals in dimensions two
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be an open set and $G(x,\theta): \Omega \times [0,2\pi]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a positive continuous function. Assume $F:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ defined ...
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Why is this function in $L^1$?
I had a question about a claim made in the paper "Group Invariant Scattering" and why it is true. Consider the function $h_j(x) = 2^{nj}\psi(2^jx)$, where $\psi$ is a function such that $\...
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Asymptotics for oscillatory integral
Consider the following integral for $f \in C_c^{\infty}(\mathbb R^n)$, $x_0$ fixed (possibly zero), and $n \ge 3$
$$F(\lambda) = \int_{\mathbb R^n} e^{i\lambda \vert x-x_0 \vert^2} \frac{f(x)}{\vert x ...
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Estimating commutator of Fourier integral
Let $f(x)= \log(\vert x\vert)$ on $\mathbb R^2$ and define $s_n:H^2 \to L^2$ where $H^2$ is the second Sobolev space by
$$ s_n(g)(x) = \frac{nf(x)}{4\pi i} \int_{\mathbb R^2} e^{\frac{in\vert x-y\...
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If $f(x,t)=\sum_{n \in \mathbb{Z}} a_n(t) e^{in x}$ is $C^\infty$ in $x$ and all $a_n(t)$ continuous, $x$ derivatives of $f$ are continuous in $t$?
This question seem a bit elementary, but I find it more subtle than its looks. So, I post the question here.
Let $f(x,t) : [0,2\pi] \times [0,1] \to \mathbb{C}$ be a function such that $f(0,t)=f(2\pi,...
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Singular integral operators acting on Zygmund class
It is proven in "Classical and Modern Fourier Analysis" by L. Grafakos (Corollary 6.7.2) that if a kernel $K(x)$ defined away from the origin on $\mathbb{R}^n$ satisfies
$$\sup_{0<R<\...
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What is a subset of $\mathbb{Z}^3$ making $\Bigl( \sin(n \cdot x),\cos(n \cdot x) \Bigr)_{n \in \mathbb{Z}^3}$ linearly independent?
This question was originally posted in ME: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4725157/what-is-an-explicit-subset-of-mathbbz3-that-makes-bigl-sinn-cdot-x
but more and more I think about it, this ...
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Sobolev estimates on domain with boundary
Could someone point me to a reference for the proof of the following Sobolev estimate
$$
\|u\|_{L^{2 d /(d-2)}(\Omega)} \leqslant C(\|f\|_{L^{2 d /(d+2)}(\Omega)} + \|g\|_{(\partial\Omega)})
$$
for ...
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Question about stationary phase with Hessian close to $0$
Let $\phi$ be a smooth real function in one variable and say $w$ is a smooth function with compact support say $[- 1, 1]$. Let me define
$$
I_{\lambda} = \int_{\mathbb{R}} w(t) e^{i \lambda \phi(t)} ...
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Riemann-Liouville integral of $f$ is zero implies $f =0$ a.e
The Riemann-Liouville integral is defined by
$$
I^\alpha f(x)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(\alpha)} \int_a^x f(t)(x-t)^{\alpha-1} d t
$$
where $\Gamma$ is the gamma function and $a$ is an arbitrary but fixed base ...
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What is the "best" good kernel?
A family of functions $k_n(x):[-\pi,\pi]\to \mathbb R$ for $n\in \mathbb N$ is said to be a good kernel if all the following are satisfied:
$\frac{1}{2\pi }\int_{-\pi}^\pi k_n(x) \, \mathrm d x=1$,
$...
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Inequality for Fourier transform of a power exponential function
Let
$$
f_{\alpha}(x)=\phi_1(\alpha) \mathrm{e}^{-\frac{|x|^\alpha}{\phi_2(\alpha) }},
x \in \mathbb{R}, 0<\alpha<2,
$$
where
$\phi_1(\alpha)=\frac{\alpha}{2}
\left\{{\{\Gamma(3/\alpha)\}^{1/...
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If the Fourier coefficient $\hat{f}(k)$ of $f\in C^1(\mathbb T)$ is zero for all $|k|<N$, then $\|f\|_{L^\infty}\leq \frac CN \|f'\|_{L^1}$?
Let $f\in C^1(\mathbb T)=C^1(\mathbb R/\mathbb Z)$ be a function such that
$$\hat f(k):=\int_{\mathbb T}f(x)e^{-2\pi ikx}\,dx=0,\qquad \forall k\in\{-N+1,\cdots,-1,0,1,\cdots, N-1\}.$$
Do we have $\|f\...
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Building a smooth function from a rapidly decreasing sequence
Is it possible to build a 1-priodic smooth function from a rapidly decreasing sequence such that the sequence be the Fourier coefficients of the function?
More precisely:
Let $\lbrace c_k\rbrace _{k \...
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