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What is the pure intuition for topological continuity and topology? [closed]

I have read the introductory sections of many books on Real Analysis and Topology, yet nowhere have I found an unbiased motivation for the notions of either topology or (topological) continuity. The ...
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Do there exist nonconstant functions such that...

Do there exist nonconstant real valued functions $f$ and $g$ such that the expression: $$f(x) -v/g(x)$$ is maximized at $x = v$ for all positive real $v$?
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Hanner's inequalities: the intuition behind them

Hanner's inequalities in the theory of $L^p$ spaces (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanner's_inequalities) look hard to come-up with at the first glance. Their proof (say, the one in Lieb & Loss ...
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Jordan Form Over a Polynomial Ring

Let $X$ be the set of $k\times k$ matrix with entries in $\mathbb{C}$, and let $M\in X$. The group $GL(k,\mathbb{C})$ acts on $X$ by conjugation, and according to the Jordan decomposition theorem (...
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Inverse function theorem for DC-functions

I would like to have an inverse (or/and) implicite function theorem for DC-functions. It seems that I have right definitions, but I fail to prove it... Definitions: Let $h:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R$ ...
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On \ell_3 norm in R^2

Let $v,w\in\mathbb{R}^{2}$ and $v\perp w$. Is it true that $\left\Vert v\right\Vert _{3}\leq\left\Vert v+w\right\Vert _{3}$, in which $\left\Vert \left(x,y\right)\right\Vert _{3}:=\sqrt[3]{\left|x\...
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Countable discrete abelian group amenable

For me the definition of amenability of an at most countable discrete group (with counting measure) is existence of a Folner sequence. Assuming this, why is every countable discrete abelian group ...
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A problem regarding definition of p-norm [closed]

Let ${\bf x}=(x_1,...,x_n)$, the p-norm of x is $(|x_1|^p+...+|x_n|^p)^{1/p}$. If one of the components of x is 0, there will be exponential of the form $0^p$. If p is an irrational, $x^p$ is only ...
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Decide how many non-negative solutions a set of multivariate quadratic equations have

Given a set of multivariate, quadratic, non-homogeneous equations, is there a way to decide how many non-negative roots it have? Some explanations: All the coefficients are real numbers. The number ...
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Is the absolutely continuous image of a nowhere dense set is also nowhere dense?

Let $f: [a, b] \subseteq \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be an absolutely continuous map. Does $f$ map a nowhere dense subset of $[a, b]$ to a nowhere dense set? Remarks: The answer is "no" if $f$ is ...
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Partition of R into midpoint convex sets

We say that a subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}$ is midpoint convex if for any two points $a,b\in X$ the midpoint $\frac{a+b}{2}$ also lies in $X$. My question is: is it possible to partition $\mathbb{R}$ ...
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How can I measure the Morse index in infinite dimensions?

Let $V$ be a vector space over $\mathbb R$, and $a: V\otimes V\to \mathbb R$ a symmetric bilinear pairing. Recall that the Morse index of $a$ is the maximal dimension of any subspace $V_- \subseteq V$...
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What is this effect in Fourier/additive synthesis called?

Hi, I have re-synthesized a cyclic function additively, and I added a fixed offset to the frequency of each partial. So if the function was $\sum a_{n} sin(2 \pi x * n)$ and its frequencies were $n*f_{...
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continuous selection of a multivalued function?

The title is probably a bit too broad. I frequently encountered the following situation: suppose I need to select a solution to a linear equation from a compact set. Can I make this selection ...
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Continuous function from $[0,1]$ to $[0,1]$

Does there exist a continuous function $f:[0,1]\rightarrow [0,1]$ such that $f$ takes every value in $[0,1]$ an infinite number of times?
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Bibliography for topologies defined by a family of seminorms

Hello I am trying to learn more about Fréchet spaces (in order to study the theory of distributions) and was wondering what people thought was the best resource. Thank you very much.
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Text/structure for an analysis course for students with pre-existing understanding of some applied aspects of analysis

Greetings, I'm teaching a one-off course (perhaps never to be repeated) in a curriculum that's in transition, and I'm looking for advice on a textbook, or stories from people who have taught similar ...
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Best way to teach concept of real numbers using a hands-on activity?

I know a middle school math teacher looking for some suggestions for hands-on activities to teach the concept of real numbers. I'm new to this site, so this may be a little off topic.
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When deRham curve is bijection?

Motivation: Suppose we have deRham curve. From wikipedia: Consider some metric space $(M,d)$ (generally $R^2$ with the usual euclidean distance), and a pair of contraction mappings on M: $d_0:\ M \...
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Embeddings of Weighted Banach Spaces

Let be $d$ a positive integer, $\Omega=\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{Z}^d}$ and fix $R\geq 2$. We define weighted Banach spaces $$ \Omega_p:=\left\{ x\in \Omega\left| \left[\sum_{i\in\mathbb{Z}^d}\frac{|x_i|^...
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Evaluating Shintani cone zeta functions

Hi everyone I am trying the evaluate sums of the form $$ \sum_{n_1>0,n_2>0,\ldots,n_m>0} \frac{1}{\big((a_{1,1}n_1 +\ldots +a_{1,m}n_m)^k \ldots (a_{m,1}n_1+ \ldots +a_{m,m}n_m)^k\big)}$$ ...
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Dependence of error on mesh for Riemann sums

Suppose $f$ is continuous on $[a,b]$ with $I = \int_a^b f(x)\: dx$, and for every $\epsilon > 0$ let $\delta(\epsilon)$ be the largest $\delta > 0$ such that every Riemann sum arising from a ...
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Reference for Tate vector spaces

... aka locally linear compact vector spaces. The one reference I know is http://www.math.harvard.edu/~gaitsgde/grad_2009/SeminarNotes/Nov3-10(CentExt).pdf. Does anyone know another good reference?
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Conditions that allow unique solutions for Linear Diophantine equations

(This posting became very long, so I should note that there are two alternative but nearly equivalent formulations of the same question being given. The first one asks for the optimal strategy for ...
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How can we use the bounded convergence theorem in this proof of the Riesz Representation Theorem?

I'm studying the proof of the Riesz Representation Theorem as it appears in Ch. 6 of Royden's Real Analysis. When I looked on the web I noted there are a few different theorems that go by the name "...
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Cardinality of Equivalence Classes of Cauchy Sequences

What's the cardinality of a single equivalence class of Cauchy sequences in ℚ? To clarify, I'm not asking for the cardinality of the real numbers, but for the cardinality of the set of Cauchy ...
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Decomposition of Hölder continuous functions

Let $\alpha\in(0,1)$ and $\eta\in\Lambda_0^\alpha(\mathbb{R})$ be a compactly supported Hölder continuous function of order $\alpha$. I would like to show that, for any $n\in\mathbb{N}$, it is ...
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Asymptotically multiplicative functions and matrices

Hi, Let $\mathbb{N}_{cop}^2$ denote the set of all pairs of coprime natural numbers. A function $f:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$ is called asymptotically multiplicative, iff $\epsilon_{m,n}:=f(mn)...

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