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examples of function difficult to prove to be $\geq0$?
I have often wondered whether there has ever come a point in your research,
when you were confronted with an explicit real function $f(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n)$ and an explicitly defined compact set $S\...
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A convexity question
Let $Q=[0,1]\times[0,1]$ and let $a$ be a positive smooth function on $Q$. Does there exist a smooth positive function $u$ On $Q$ such that there holds
$$ \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_1^2}u <0 $$
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How does the integral of pseudo Gaussian kernel on $(0,\infty)$ depend on its variance?
Let $a, b: \mathbb R_+ \to [0,1]$ be continuous functions. Let $k: \mathbb R_+\times\mathbb R \to [1,2]$ be $1-$Lipschitz. Set, for $0<s<t$ and $y>0$,
$$A(s,t,y):=\int_s^t\frac{k(u,y)}{1+a(u)}...
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Closeness of a rational approximation
What is
$$p_*:=\inf\big\{p\in\mathbb R\colon\,\inf_{n\in\mathbb N}n^p\,\inf_{k\in\mathbb N}
|2\sqrt{3n}-9\pi/4-k\pi|>0\big\},$$
where $\mathbb N:=\{1,2,\dots\}$?
In other words, I would like to ...
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Asymptotics of a quadratic recursion
Consider the sequence defined by
\begin{align}
c_0 &{}= 1 \\
c_n &{}= 2\,n\,c_{n-1}-\frac{1}{2}\sum_{m=1}^{n-1}c_m\,c_{n-m}.
\end{align}
How can you prove that it has the following asymptotics ...
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Constant bound for the 1 dimensional Besicovitch covering theorem on real line
I recently looked through the proof of the Gagliardo–Nirenberg Interpolation Inequality, see proof and it says that for real line $R$, there exists a sequence of open intervals $\{I_k\}$, which covers ...
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$\int_0^1 f(\sin(1/x)) \times g(\cos(1/x)) dx \leq \int_0^1 f(\sin(1/x)) dx \times \int_0^1 g(\cos(1/x))dx? $
I have noticed experimentally that the following question has a positive answer.
Is it true that for all even and convex functions $f$, $g$:
$$\int_0^1 f(\sin(1/x)) \times g(\cos(1/x)) dx \leq \int_0^...
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Positivity of real functions in two variables
Assume that $f_0,f_1,f_2$ are polynomial functions of degree two in two variables. This means that the $f_i$ are linear combinations with real coefficients of $x^2,xy,x,y^2,y,1$.
Consider the function ...
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Dimension reduction for non-negativity of elementary symmetric polynomials
Fix integers $1 \leq k \leq n$ and suppose $\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^n$ is such that $e_j(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n) \geq 0$ for all $1 \leq j \leq k$, where $e_j$ is the $j$-th elementary symmetric ...
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Obtaining the "best possible" inequality by tuning hyper-parameters
I encountered the following problem in one of my research projects which can be encapsulated as follows. Let's say we have a set $\mathcal{C}$ of functions $f$ defined from $\mathbb R_+$ to $\mathbb R$...
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A discrete version of Poincaré's inequality
Given a (bounded) sequence $\{q_n\}_{n\geq 0}$ such that $\lvert q_n\rvert \leq 1$ for all $n \geq 0$ and $\sum_{n\geq 0} q_n = 0$. We can impose the condition that $\sum_{n\geq 0} \lvert q_n\rvert \...
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A Grönwall-type inequality for $u(t)\le\alpha(t)+\int_0^t\max(u(s),\beta(s))\:{\rm d}s$?
Quick question: Are we able to show a Gronwall-type inequality assuming that $$u(t)\le\alpha(t)+\int_0^t\max(u(s),\beta(s))\:{\rm d}s,$$ where $\alpha$ is nondecreasing (or constant) and $\beta$ is ...
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Absolute lower bound on derivative of generalized trigonometric polynomial at zeroes
By a generalized trigonometric polynomial, I shall mean a function $f:\mathbb R^+ \rightarrow \mathbb R$ given by an expression of the form
$$f(x) := \sum_{j=1}^k a_j \cos(\alpha_j x) + b_j \sin(\...
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Deriving inequalities from other inequalities
My questions come from the proof of Theorem 5.14 in section 5.7 of Boucheron, Lugosi, and Massart - Concentration inequalities. My first question can be stated as follows:
Suppose for positive ...
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Maximal increasing behaviour of $\sqrt{-\log x}\operatorname{Li}_{1/2}(x)$
This is an extension of a problem in mathematical biology. It appears that
For any $\varepsilon>0$, there exists an interval $I\subset(0,1)$ on which $\sqrt{-\log x}^{1+\varepsilon}\operatorname{...
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Estimate the homogeneous components of a polynomial against its maximum
Let $P\equiv P(x) := \sum_{|\alpha|\leq m} c_\alpha\cdot x^\alpha$ be a real polynomial in $d$ variables of (total) degree $m$, where $d, m \in\mathbb{N}$ are fixed.
(I.e., the above sum ranges over ...
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Lower bound of an expectation
Suppose a random variable $X$ has unit variance i.e. $\sigma^{2} = 1$. Is there a positive constant $c > 0$ such that
$$\mathbb{E}[\ | X - \mathbb{E}[X] | \ ] \ge c $$
My attempt of a solution is ...
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Properties of a function $C_\ell(\ell)$ which checks an inequality in ideal case (decreasing assumption) and after estimating impact in general case
Suppose that
$X=2 \ell+1, Y=C_{\ell}$, both $X$ and $Y$ are function of $\ell$, $X$ is increasing and $Y$ is assuming to be decreasing.
But in reality, my data follow a $C_\ell$ increasing for a small ...
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An inequality about quasi-linear function
Let $\gamma$ be a positive, nondecreasing, continuous, function defined on $[0,\infty]$. Suppose that $\gamma(x+y)\le C(\gamma(x)+\gamma(y))$. In addition, suppose $$ \int_{2}^{\infty}\frac{dr}{\gamma(...
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Strange result about convexity
$f \in C^2([0,1])$ with $f''$ convex and $f(0) = f'(0) = f''(0) = 0$.
Is it true that : $f''(1)+6f(1)\geq 4f'(1)$ ?
Source: AoPS
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Covering the surface below a convex function
Is it possible to find the smallest positive real number $c$ (or at least the smallest positive integer $c$) such that the following result holds for all functions $f$ satisfying some conditions?
Let ...
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Compare AM and GM
\begin{gather*}
M_g=(x_1\times x_2\times\dotsb\times x_n)^{1/n} \\
M_a=\frac1 n\times (x_1+x_2+\dotsb+x_n).
\end{gather*}
Is it true that $$\lvert M_g-M_a\rvert \leq (\max(x_i) /\min(x_i)) \times(\max(...
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Questions on a cone defined by elementary symmetric functions
Let $1\le k\le n$ be given integers. Define the following cone
$$\Gamma_k=\{\lambda\in\mathbb{R}^n| S_j(\lambda)>0, j=1, ..., k\},$$
where $S_j(\lambda)$ is the $j$th elementary symmetric function ...
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How to show the following inequality $_2F_1(5.5, 1, 5;-|x|^2]>0$? [closed]
Consider the function $_2F_1(5.5, 1, 5;-|x|^2]$ for $x\in \mathbb{R}^n.$ I want to show that this function is positive. I checked that it does not have any roots so can I conclude the inequality by ...
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Determine the sign (positive or negative) of an integral with the fractional Laplacian
Let $u,v:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ and $\phi: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R_+$ be smooth bounded functions. Assume also $\phi' \ge 0$. Assume that $u(0) - v(0) = 0$ and that $0$ is a strict global minimum of ...
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Divergence between random variables after transformation
Let $X$ and $Y$ be random variables with laws $\mu_X$, $\mu_Y$ and $d$ be some $f$-divergence (e.g. KL, total variation, Hellinger). Writing $d(X,Y)$ for the divergence between $\mu_X$ and $\mu_Y$, ...
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Need a reference for a trigonometric inequality
In my old high school notebook (20 years ago), the following inequality appears with its proof:
$$1+\cos x + \frac{1}{2}\cos 2x + \cdots + \frac{1}{n}\cos nx \geq 0$$
for any real $x$ and positive ...
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Monotonicity of a parametric integral
For real $x>0$, let
$$f(x):=\frac1{\sqrt x}\,\int_0^\infty\frac{1-\exp\{-x\, (1-\cos t)\}}{t^2}\,dt.$$
How to prove that $f$ is increasing on $(0,\infty)$?
Here is the graph $\{(x,f(x))\colon0<...
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When is $\lVert f*g\rVert_\infty=\lVert f\rVert_1\lVert g\rVert_\infty$?
If $1\leq p<\infty$, it is easy to find nice necessary and sufficient equality conditions for the convolution inequality $$\lVert f*g\rVert_p\leq\lVert f\rVert_1\lVert g\rVert_p\qquad (f\in L^1(\...
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Tight upper bounds on trigonometric polynomials
According to D. Hajela's chapter in Open Problems in Communications and Computation the following question was open as of the late 1980s. I have been unable to find any references so any results or ...
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A bound on an oscillatory solution of an ODE
This question was restated as follows:
Let $V\colon[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}$ be smooth, strictly decreasing and
$V(b) = 0$. Suppose that $f\colon[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}$ is smooth and
satisfies $f''(x)+V(x) f(x)...
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An inequality for an integral transform of a function
Let
$$J_{f;y}(u):=3 u^3 \int_u^1\frac{dt}{t^4} \,e^{-i y t}f(t)- e^{-i u y}f(u),$$
where $y\in(0,\infty)$, $u\in(0,1)$, and
$$f(t):=t+\pi (1-t) t \cot (\pi t).$$
Here are the graphs of $f$ (black), ...
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Change in the number of positive zeros of a continuous function
Let $f(x)$ be any continuous function, then is it true that $$Z^{+}\left(\alpha f(x)+(x+\beta)f'(x)\right)\leq Z^{+}\left(f'(x)\right)$$
where $\alpha>1$ is a real number and $\beta$ is any ...
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Some estimates on tensor norms
Denote $M_n$ to be $n\times n$ matrix. For $X\in M_n$ define $\|X\|_1:=\max\limits_{1\leq j\leq n}\sum_{i=1}^n|x_{ij}|$ and $\|B\|_2:=\max\{|\sum_{i,j=1}^nb_{ij}x_iy_j|:|x_i|=|y_j|=1,\ 1\leq i,j\leq n\...
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Dense property of intersection of Sobolev space
I'm using Muscalu and Schlag's textbook (online notes) to study Littlewood-Paley theory in harmonic analysis, where I encounter the following claim:
Pick an arbitrary real number $s$, we have that the ...
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Estimate of Hölder Norms (Littlewood–Paley theory)
I'm currently studying Littlewood–Paley theory and its application to norm estimate/PDEs by reading Muscalu and Schlag's textbook, where I encountered the following norm estimate problem:
Recall that ...
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Mittag-Leffler function
Let the Mittaq-Leffler function be defined by the expression
$$ E_{\mu,\nu}(z) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{z^k}{\Gamma(k\mu+\nu)}\quad \text{$\mu>0$ and $\nu\in \mathbb R$}$$
Now let $n\in \mathbb ...
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An inequality for a recursively defined sequence of numbers
Consider an arbitrary sequence $(x_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}} \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ and $r \in \mathbb{R}$ with $r > 2$.
Set $y_0 = 1$ and $z_0 = 0$ and for $n \in \mathbb{N}$ recursively define
$$y_n = ...
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Is this function concave?
Let
$$h(u):=u^3 \left|\int_u^\infty \frac{e^{-i t}}{t^3} \, dt\right|$$
for $u>0$. Is the function $h$ concave on $(0,\infty)$?
(For context, see Proposition 4.4.4 and formula (4.4.21) in this ...
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A non-polynomial Young function satisfying a power-like condition
This post asked, essentially, for an example of a "non-polynomial" invertible increasing function $f\colon[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ such that $f(0)=0$ and
\begin{equation}
f(cu)f(t)\le f(...
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Looking for non-polynomial functions: with the growth condition: $\phi\big(\theta \frac{s}{t}\big) \leq \frac{\phi(s)}{\phi(t)}$
I am for example(s) of an invertible Convex or concave function $\phi: [0,\infty)\to [0, \infty)$ such that $\phi(0)=0$ and there exists $\theta>0$ and for all $s\leq t$ we have
\begin{align}\label{...
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Generalization of Bernstein’s inequality
I'm using Muscalu and Schlag's textbook to study harmonic analysis and I encountered the following claim:
Given some function $f \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$, where $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$ ...
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$L^p$ estimate of a multiplier operator
I'm studying harmonic analysis by myself and I encountered the following claim about multipliers: consider a sequence of complex numbers $\{m_{n}\}_{n \in \mathbb{Z}}$ that satisfies:
$$\sum_{n \in \...
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Weak-type inequality for the partial Fourier sum operator
I'm studying harmonic analysis by myself. One of the online notes gives the following claim as a remark:
For any $N \in \mathbb{Z}^{+}$, let's use $S_{N}$ to denote the partial ($N$ terms) Fourier sum ...
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Analogous form of Hardy-Littlewood maximal inequality (weak/strong type) on affine subspaces
I'm using some online notes (Professor Schlag, Yale University) to study harmonic analysis by myself. He introduced the following claim as an exercise:
For any function $f \in L^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$ ...
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Riesz rearrangement inequality
In the Lieb-Loss's book Analysis, they present the Riesz rearrangement in Section 3, Theorem 3.9 (page 93). Note that the functions $f, g, h,$ are all nonnegative. I want to ask whether the ...
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Inequality of two variables
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive numbers. Prove that:
$$\ln\frac{(a+1)^2}{4a}\ln\frac{(b+1)^2}{4b}\geq\ln^2\frac{(a+1)(b+1)}{2(a+b)}.$$
Since the inequality is not changed after replacing $a$ on $\frac{1}{...
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Inequality for functions on $[0,\infty)$
Let $0<q<1$ and $\varphi(q;x)=\displaystyle \prod_{j=0}^\infty (1+q^jx),\;x\geqslant 0.$ Consider the following functions:
$$l_k(x;q):=\frac{q^{k(k-1)/2} x^k}{(1-q)(1-q^2)\dots (1-q^k)\varphi(x;...
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Function of two sets
Let $U$ be the set of all nonempty subsets of $[0,1]$ that are a union of finitely many closed intervals (where an "interval" that is a single point does not count as an interval). Does ...
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Monotone rearrangements of function, constrained optimization in $\mathcal{L}^p$
By $\mathcal{S}$ let us denote the set of such step functions $f:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ that additionally satisfy:
$$\forall_{ x>\frac{1}{2}} \ \ \lambda\Big(f=x\Big) \ = \ x\cdot \Big[\lambda\Big(f=x\Big)...
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