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Regularity for the Mean Value Theorem
Consider the most classical form of the Mean Value Theorem: given a positive continuous function $f\in C([0,2])$ and a continuous function $g\in C([0,2])$, there exist $c\in(\frac{1}{2},\frac{3}{2})$...
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Dual of the space of vector valued Borel measures
What is the dual of the space of all vector valued Borel measures?
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Graph of bounded continous functions with distance 1
Let $V = \{f:[0,1]\to \mathbb{R}: f \text{ is continuous}\}$ and consider the metric that is defined for $f,g\in V$ by $$d(f,g) = \max\{|f(t)-g(t)|: t\in [0,1]\}.$$
We set $E = \{\{f,g\}: f,g \in V\...
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Is Jordan outer measure finitely additive on positively separated sets in $\mathbb{R^n}$?
I am trying to argue that exterior measure has nice properties that Jordan outer measure doesn't have. One of them is finite additivity, but I can't find a simple way to show Jordan outer measure is ...
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A question about the tail of an absolutely integrable function
Assume $X$ is a measure space and $f : X \to [0,\infty]$ is an absolutely integrable function (that is $\int_X f \; d \mu < \infty$). This question is about the asymptotic behaviour of the function ...
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A singular value inequality
Let $s_1,s_2: \mathbb{R}^{2\times 2} \mapsto \mathbb{R}_+$,
$s_{1}\left(\cdot\right)\ge s_{2}\left(\cdot\right)\ge 0$, be the
singular values of a $2\times2$ matrix. Is it true that
$$\left|s_{1}\...
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non-trivial convergent sequence [duplicate]
I have reached a deadlock to find a example to show that a compact Hausdorff space does not need to have a no non-trivial convergent sequence.(except $\beta\omega$)
can you give me a example of ...
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What (analytical or numerical) method can I use to solve scalar optimal problem?
I got the following optimization problem in mind and I am looking for some (analytic or numerical) methods to solve it. Can anyone have any ideas? Here is problem
\begin{aligned}
& {\text{...
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Discrete measures and discrete kernels
This is a cross-post from math.stack. Let $d\in\mathbb N$ and $\mu$ be the probability measure on $\mathbb R^d$ defined by $\mu=\sum_{k=1}^\infty 2^{-k}\delta_{x_k}$ for some sequence $(x_k)_{k\in\...
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Examples of deterministic processes of quadratic variation which are of unbounded variation
In [Föllmer 81] (English translation to be found here) writes: "The class of processes of quadratic variation is clearly larger than the class of semimartingales: Just consider a deterministic process ...
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Analyzing the solution to a second-order, non-linear ODE
Let $\psi : [0,\infty] \to \mathbb R$ be a strictly positive, continuously differentiable function, and consider the non-linear ODE $$\ddot x = - \frac{1}{4} \frac{\psi'(x)}{\psi(x)} \left( \dot x^2 - ...
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Terminology for sequences/functions that approach each other
What do I call two sequences $a, b$ such that $\lim_{n\to\infty} |a_n - b_n| = 0$? Or what do I call two functions $f, g$ such that $\lim_{x\to c} |f(x) - g(x)| = 0$? (For my purposes, these are ...
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Skorokhod distance between $\omega, \omega\circ f_{\varepsilon}$ and $\omega, \omega\circ b_{\varepsilon}$
Let $\Omega:=D([0,1],R)$ be the space of cadlag functions $x$ defined on $[0,1]$. Let $\rho$ be the Skorokhod metric on $\Omega$, see e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0dl%C3%A0g
Now define ...
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Equivalent of Stirling-like numbers
let $b_{n,k}$ be the numbers defined formally by $$X^n=\sum_{k=0}^n b_{n,k}\binom{X}{k}$$ where $\binom{X}{n}=\frac{1}{n!}\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}(X-k)$.
I am looking for an equivalent of $b_{n,k}$ when $k$ ...
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Finding conditions to guarantee existence of solutions to IVP [closed]
Consider the following IVP:
$x'=f(t,x)$ and $x(0)=x_0$, where $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $t\in \mathbb{R}$.
Suppose that for all $(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, $|f(t,x)|\leq b(t) |x|^2$.
In order for the ...
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a unique solution ? iteration involving conditional distributions
consider the following mappings, G and T,
$y(s) = Gx(s)=\exp\left[\sum_{s'}p(s'|s)\log x(s') \right]$
$z(s) = Ty(s)=\sum_{s'}q(s'|s)y(s')e^{-r(s')}$
where $0< x(s)\leq 1$ ,$r(s)<0$ , $s,s'\in ...
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Find a explicit choice function of the "rationally equivalence class"
Define two real numbers to be rationally equivalent provided their difference is a rational number.
from Royden Real Analysis
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variation norm of a Fourier transform
Motivated by certain uniform estimate in oscillatory integrals, I am now trying to calculate the Fourier transform of the function ${\large e^{i|t|^{\epsilon}}/t}$ on $\mathbb{R}$, where $\epsilon\in (...
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Most natural smooth interpolation of 1,4=2^2,3^27,4^4^4^4, [closed]
Is there a functional equation for extending this to a smooth real function?
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Ask for theory about the weighted L^2(R^d) space.
Dear MOs,
I am now considering the following norm:
$$
||f||_{H}^2 := \iint f(x) H(x,y) f(y) d x d y\:.
$$
where the integral is over the whole space $R^{2d}$ and $H(x,y)$ is some non-negative ...
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Analytic extension of the exterior Newtonian potential into the domain
I just want to know for a domain with smooth boundary whether exterior Newtonian potential has singular analytic extension into the domain or into a part of the domain.
Definition of Newtonian ...
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An application of Baire category theorem
Hi,
Does somebody know a proof (or a reference) for the following statement:
Let $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be an infinitely differentiable function. Suppose that for all $x$, $f^n(x)=0$ ...
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derivatives of composite function [closed]
There's a formula for the $n$th derivative of a composite function $f(g(x))$ - it's called Faa di Bruno's formula - but I'm not really interested in the formula but in the proof given in the book of ...
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Norms for complex measures
I'm searching for a state of the art introduction to norms on the space of complex measures (on $\mathbb R^n $, for example, or some compact subset thereof). I'd be interested in inequalities of the ...
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surjective function from non-measurable sets
let $V$ be the vitali set and let $g:V\to\mathbb R$ be a surjective function. then the fuction $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that $f(x)=g([x])$ will be a function that is surjective in any interval ...
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Continuous functions remaining constant
I solved a problem in analysis and i was thinking of generalizing this question which i couldn't succeed.
If $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function which satisfies $f(x)=f(2x+1)$, ...
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$L^1$ norm of the Fourier transform of a truncated Gaussian
I asked this question on Math StackExchange recently but the only useful comment I got was that this could be a good question for Math Overflow. Here it goes:
Consider the Gaussian $G(x):=e^{-x^2}$ ...
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Convergence of Difference Quotients
Let $\gamma_{\varepsilon} \rightharpoonup \gamma$ in $W^{1,\infty}(0,1)$. Then for any fixed $s \in \mathbb (0,1)$ does the limit $\lim_{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0} \frac{\gamma_{\varepsilon}(s\...
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Uniform boundedness in $L^1[0,1]$ implies finite $\limsup$ almost everywhere for a subsequence? [closed]
Given a sequence of functions $f_k \in L^1([0,1])$ such that $||f_k||_{L^1(0,1)}\leq C$.
Is there a subsequence $\{k_l\,|\,l\in \mathbb N\}\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ such that for $\mathcal{L}^1$-almost ...
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extreme points of the image of a nonlinear vector-valued function
Consider a continuous function $f : D \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^m$, where $D \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ is a compact convex set. I am in search of a result that helps me say something about the extreme ...
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Is there an appropriate weighted Sobolev space to include exponential map and projection map?
Observe that given a non negative function
$\omega: \mathbb{R^2} \rightarrow [0, \infty)$, we can define the weighted
$L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^2, \omega) $ spaces. They are measurable functions
$f: \...
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Writing a function as a sum of functions of bounded diameter
This problem is distilled from one arising in a study of complex random variables, but I've removed as much baggage as I can without (I hope) making it trivial.
Fix $D>0$. A function $f:\mathbb R\...
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Pohozaev result for equations with weights
I am interested in nonnegative solutions of
$-div( e^{-\gamma(x)} \nabla u(x)) = e^{-\gamma(x)} u(x)^p$ in $\Omega$ with $ u=0$ on $ \partial \Omega$.
Or instead the equation $ -\Delta u + \...
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Weak relative compactness in $L^1_{loc}$.
In my work I stumbled upon a proposition (without proof, alas), which I can't really prove.
Suppose we have a family of functions $\left\{\phi_\epsilon (t,x,v)\right\}_{\epsilon\in(0,1]}$, and $M(v)$ ...
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When can we "displace" an ultrafilter limit with another limit?
Let $\cal A$ be a Banach algebra, $\cal U$ be a free ultrafilter, and $\phi$ be a character. Let ${(w_{\alpha})}_{\alpha}$ be a net in $(\cal A)_{\cal U}$, and suppose that for every $(a_i)\in (\cal A)...
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Question about the derivative of a fuctional
I have this lemma+proof and i dont understand why it follows from $J'(u_n)\rightarrow 0$ that $-\Delta_p u_n- f(x,u_n)\rightarrow 0$ such that
$J(u)=\frac1p\int_{\Omega} |\bigtriangledown u|^p dx-\...
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Approx the jump point of a $BV$ function from both hand side
Let $I=(-1,1)$ be an interval in one dimension. Let $u\in BV(I)$ be defined as
$$
u(x)=
\begin{cases}
0,&\text{ if }x\in(-1,0)\\
1,&\text{ if }x\in(0,1)
\end{cases}
$$
Clearly, we have $u\in ...
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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
$$ \Omega_p:=\left\{ x\in \Omega\left| \left[\sum_{i\in\mathbb{Z}^d}\frac{|x_i|^...
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convergence of concave envelope
Let $\{f_n\}$ be a sequence of uniformly upper bounded functions defined on $\mathbb{R}$ s.t. for every $x\in\mathbb{R}$
$$f_n(x)\to f(x),~ n\to\infty$$
Define $g_n$ and $g$ as the concave envelope ...
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A special approximation of BV functions
Suppose $\Omega:=B(0,1)\subset \mathbb R^2$. Let $u\in BV(\Omega)$ be a radially symmetric, i.e., $u(x)=u(Rx)$ for all $R\in SO(2)$. In addition, suppose $w$ to be an affine function,. i.e., $\...
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A question on existence of solutions of a linear ODE system
I am working on a problem of harmonic functions on surfaces, and in one step I got the following system of ODEs with prescribed asymptotes. I was wondering what methods could give us the existence or ...
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Idempotent solutions to the implict function theorem other than the identity?
I am interested in the following problem. Assume that an (anti)symmetric function $g:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfies the implicit function theorem. That is, $g(x,y) = \pm g(y,x)$ and $g(x,y)=0$ ...
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Inner Product of Given Sum Positive Sequence
Let $$A = \Big\{(a_1,a_2,\dots)\ \Big|\ a_i\ge 0, \sum_{i=1}^\infty a_i=1\Big\},$$ $$v(x)=\sup\left(\bigg\{\sum_{i=1}^\infty a_ib_i\ \bigg|\ (a_i)_{i=1}^\infty,\, (b_i)_{i=1}^\infty \in A,\,\sup\...
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A question about the duality principle
Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are finite sets and $K:X\times Y\to \mathbb R$ is some function. We get an integral transform from the space of real functions on $X$ to real functions on $Y$ given by $$\Phi_Kf(y)=...
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Characterization of a subset of [0,1] $III$
I have a question related to the previous one.
Characterization of a subset of [0,1] $II$
Let $T\subseteq [0,1]$ be some subset closed under lower limit topology, i.e.
$t_n$ is said to converge to $...
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extension of function in an abstract metric space
my question is the following.(Maybe my title is not quite proper for this question):
Let $(E,d)$ be a Polish space (or a separable metric space), let $\xi: E\to R_+$ be a Lipschitz function. Now set $...
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Reference: Hardy space regularity of the Jacobian determinant
I'm looking for a reference, expository in nature, for the proof of the following theorem of Coifman, Lions, Meyer and Semmes.
Theorem:
For all $u\in W^{1,n}(\mathbb{R}^n;\mathbb{R}^n)$, $\...
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When is a convex program continuous in its constraint vectors?
Consider $$F(z)=\min ae^{-x}+b e^{-y} s.t. x\ge 0, y\ge 0\text{ and } x+y=z$$
I checked if this function is continuous, but it is not at $z=0$. $F(z)=2\sqrt{ab}e^{-z/2}$ when $z\ne 0$, and $F(0)=a+b$....
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If two probability distributions have the same weak limit and one of them satisfies Large Deviation Principle, what can we say about the other?
If the probability distribution function of two sequences of random variables have the same weak limit and one of the sequences satisfies a Large deviation principle, then does it imply that the other ...
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Convergence of solutions of the volterra integral equation with convergent kernels
Consider the following Volterra integral equation
$$
g(t) = \int_0^t K_n(t,s)w_n(s) ds
$$
where g(t) and K_n(t,s) are continuous and $K_n(t,s)\geq K_{n+1}(t,s)$ for all $t,s$. Moreover, $K_n(t,s)$ ...
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