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The pth power of a distance function is twice continuously differentiable, for $p>2$?
Suppose $\mathcal{O}$ is an open convex connected strict subset in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and define $\beta(x)=dist(x, \mathcal{O})$, for each $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$.
Is $\beta^p$, $p>2$ a twice continuously ...
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On weak linear continuous functions
This is what I have first asked in SE but I think it is more suitable for here. I am interested in the set of all continuous functions $f: (0, \infty) \longrightarrow \Bbb{R}$ with the following ...
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Is there such a matrix in $SO(n)$?
Given two $n$ dimensional positive definite matrices $A', B'$, is there a matrix $O \in SO(n)$ such that $A=O A', B=O B'$ and
$$
\frac{A_{ij}}{\sqrt{A_{ii}A_{jj}}} = \frac{B_{ij}}{\sqrt{B_{ii}B_{jj}}},...
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Subharmonic envelope
I came across a more complicated version of the following problem. It is so elementary, I think that there had to be some research done on this in the past. If someone has any ideas please let me know....
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Difference between spaces of integrable functions w.r.t Lebesgue measure and Borel measure [closed]
Is there a difference between
$L^p(\mathbb R,\mathfrak B,\beta)$ and $L^p(\mathbb R,\mathfrak L,\lambda)$ ?
Here I denoted by $\lambda$ the Lebesgue measure, defined on the Lebesgue
$\sigma$-algebra $\...
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Special finite subcover of a compact
Let $(a,b)\in \mathbb R^n$. We consider the following open cover of the compact line segment $[a,b]$: $$[a,b]\subset\underset{x\in [a,b]}{\bigcup}B(x,\rho_x),$$
where for $x\in K,B(x,\rho_x)$ is a ...
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Integral Equation with "convolution"
I've got the following problem I'm working on which is related to some of my research:
Solve:
$f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^x G(x,y)f(y)f(x-y)dy$
for f, given $G$ which has whatever smoothness ...
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Minimizing action squared versus action
I have a very basic question in the calculus of variations:
Suppose I want to minimize the functional
$$A[r, r'] = \int_\Omega L(r, r') dx $$
When is it possible to say that extremals of $A$ agree ...
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Is there an absolutely continuous function $f$
Is there an absolutely continuous function $f$ satisfying
$$
|f(x+\delta)+f(x-\delta)-2f(x)|\leq \mbox{const}\frac{|\delta|}{\log \frac{1}{|\delta|}},\,\,\, |\delta|<1,
$$
which is not $C^{1}$?
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spaces of smooth functions with bounds on partial derivatives
EDIT: As there were no takers at all... I have added below a possible approach I came up with...
I would like to ask the following elementary but tricky question about the density of spaces of smooth ...
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Extension of solutions of PDE
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{2}$ be an open set such that $\mathbf{0} \in \Omega$. Let $A := \Omega \setminus (\{0\}\times \mathbb{R})$, that is, $A$ is $\Omega$ with the $y$-axis removed.
Let $F:...
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Volumes of families of semialgebraic sets
Let $f_0(T),f_1(T) \in \mathbb R [T]$ be polynomials. Let $F(T,X):=X^2+f_1(T)X+f_0(T)$. Then the set $M(t):=\{x \in \mathbb R \mid F(t,x) \le 0\}$ is bounded. Its volume $V(t)$ is $\sqrt{\max\{0,f_1(T)...
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Tauberian theorem wanted
At least, I think it might deserve to be called a Tauberian theorem, inasmuch as it would generalize the Tauberian theorem mentioned by Liviu Nicolaescu in his reply to my question Using a quadratic ...
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A question about approximation of Real analytic functions
Define $B$ to be the set of functions $f:[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$
for which there exists a dense set $C\subset [0,1]$ of computables numbers and an algorithm $F$ such that for any $x_0\in C,$ in ...
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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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The union of weighted compact supported continuous function
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open. Given a weight function $v\geq 1$ such that $v\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)$ and $l.s.c$. Also supposethere exists a Lipschitz continuous sequence $v_n$ such ...
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Numerically finding a Mercer expansion for a given covariance kernel
Let $c(r)$ be a nice, continuous function with compact support. For example, $c(r) = \tfrac 1 5 (1-r)^{11} \big( 5 + 55r + 239 r^2 + 429 r^3 \big)$ for $r \in [0,1]$, and $c(r) = 0$ otherwise.
On ...
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What are good bounds on ratios of subdeterminants?
Let $A$ be a symmetric matrix and $A_i$ be the matrix obtained from $A$ by dropping the $i^{th}$ row and column. Then what are some good bounds on the value of $\frac{det(A_i)}{det(A)}$ ?
Using the ...
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System of Equations Upper Bound
I asked a related question on math.stackexchange here but would now like to obtain a better bound. This question comes from a graph theory problem. I'll restate the new question here:
For $i=1,2,\...
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Guessing game with guess cost
This is a question about Problem 328 on the website Project Euler. A description of the problem is provided in the previous link. I was wondering if there has been any research done on this question. ...
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Does a log-concave function on a convex set extend continuously to the boundary?
Let $U$ be an open convex set in a locally convex space $X$, and let $f : U \to [0,1]$ be a log-concave function on $U$ (i.e., bounded and real-valued). Under what conditions does $f$ have a ...
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convergence of supergradient
Let $\{g_n\}$ be a sequence of concave functions defined on $\mathbb{R}$ and set
$$\lambda_n(x)=\lim_{\Delta x\to 0+}\frac{g_n(x+\Delta x)-g_n(x)}{\Delta x}$$
Assume there exists a concave function ...
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Looking for methods/results for explicitly bounding iterations of rational functions
In Theorem 2.6.4 of Beardon's book, "Iteration of Rational Functions", he states the values for the first two coefficients of an iterated power series.
That is, suppose that
$$
f(z)=az+b_{1}z^{r+1}+\...
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two versions of the nested interval property
There appear to be two different nested interval properties for the reals with the punchline "... then the intersection of the intervals is non-empty", and I'd like to know their respective histories (...
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The jump set of $SBV$ function over a hyper surface
Assume $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ is open bounded, smooth boundary. Also assume $S\subset \Omega$ is a smooth hyper surface such that $0<\mathcal H^{N-1}(S)<+\infty$.
Now, given a positive ...
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Does this sequence converge to zero?
Description
Let $\{e_n\}$, $e_n\in \mathbb{R}^p$ be a sequence of vectors, $\{U_n\}$, $U_n\in\mathbb{C}^{p\times p}$ be a sequence of unitary matrices (that is $U_i^*=U_i^{-1}$, $^*$denonts conjugate ...
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Decay rate of nonlocal differential operator?
Hi, Moers.
Let $m(\xi) \in S^0$, that is,
$$
|D^\alpha m(\xi)| \leq C<\xi>^{-|\alpha|}, \quad \forall \xi \in R^n.
$$
It's well known that $m(D)$ is bounded in $L^p$ for $1 < p < \infty$.
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Do they have the same limit?
Suppose $a(\cdot)\in L^p$ and is symmetric and $b(\cdot)\in L^q$, where $1/p+2/q=2$, $p,q\ge 1$. Consider the quantity $Q_T=$
$$
\frac{1}{T}\int_{\mathbb{R}}dx\int_{[-T,T]^2}d\mathbf{v}\int_{[-T,T]^2}...
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smooth families of analytic functions
My question is essentially whether taking partial derivatives of a smooth family of analytic functions yields again a smooth family of analytic functions.
The precise question is the following:
Let $...
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This limit converges to the partial derivative?
Let a function $f:X \times \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ continuous, with $X \subset \mathbb{R}$ compact, and supose that $\partial_2 f(x,t)$ exists for all $x \in X$ and is continuous. (here $\...
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Acceleration via smoothing
Is the following approach to accelerating the rate of convergence of $(1+1/2+\dots+1/n)- \ln n$ (with $n=1,2,3,\dots$), and other sequences like it, in the literature?
Let $f(t)=(\sum_{1 \leq n \leq ...
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Schoenberg correspondence on $L^p$
Schoenberg correspondence states that $\psi: \mathbb R^d\longrightarrow \mathbb C$ is conditionally positive definite and hermitian if and only if $e^{t\psi}$ is positive definite for each $t>0$. ...
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A strange Weakly Compactness in $L^1 ( \Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$
Hi to everyone,
The ingredients of my problem are the following:
I have a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$, a set (continuum cardinality) $\mathcal{Q}$ of probability measures on $...
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Controlling the Lipschitz norm of the limit of a sequence of functions
Consider the Fréchet space $\Omega = C(\mathbb R^d)$ of real-valued continuous functions equipped with the seminorms $$\|f\|_D := \sup_{x,y \in D} \left\{ |f(x)|, \tfrac{|f(x)-f(y)|}{|x-y|} \right\}, \...
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Are all discrete-analytic funtions as defined here also natural?
Let's define a discrete-analytic function as a function that is equal to its Newton expansion:
$$f(x) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \binom{x}k \Delta^k f\left (0\right)=\sum_{m=0}^{\infty} \binom {x}m \sum_{k=...
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Countable discrete abelian group amenable
For me the definition of amenability of an at most countable discrete group (with counting measure) is existence of a Folner sequence. Assuming this, why is every countable discrete abelian group ...
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Boundary gradient estimate
Assume $U$ is the unit disk and $\bar U$ its closure and let $u\in C^2(U)\cap C(\bar U)$ be a real function, with $u(z)=0$ for $z\in \partial U$. If $$|\Delta u|\le A|\nabla u|^2+g(z),$$ for some ...
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Text/structure for an analysis course for students with pre-existing understanding of some applied aspects of analysis
Greetings,
I'm teaching a one-off course (perhaps never to be repeated) in a curriculum that's in transition, and I'm looking for advice on a textbook, or stories from people who have taught similar ...
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Limit of a function in a weighted Sobolev space
I have a function $f(x)$ in the space $H^{2,-s}(\mathbb{R}^3)$; have this limit sense
$$\lim_{|x-y|\to 0} f(x)$$
? ($y$ is a fixed point)
If i have $f$ in $H^2$ I can say that
$$\lim_{|x-y|\to 0} f(x)=...
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Sum of product maximum
For which pairs of integers $(n,m)$ is the maximum of the following function $$f(x)=\sum_{i_1+\dots +i_n=m}\prod_{k=1}^n x^{i_k}_{k},\ \ x=(x_1,\dots,x_n), \|x\|=1$$ attained when $x_1=\dots=x_n$?
(...
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Adjoint operator in sobolev space
Let $g\in H_0^1(\Omega)\cap W^{2,\infty}(\Omega),$ and let us define the operator $B : y \to g y$ from $H:=H_0^1(\Omega)\cap H^2(\Omega)$ to $H$, which we endowed with norm $|u|=(\|u\|^2 +\|\Delta u\|...
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Inequality for an integral [closed]
How to prove that the function $$f(r)=(1 - r^2) \int_0^{2\pi}|Re[\frac{e^{i a} (2 - e^{-i s} r)}{(-e^{i s} + r)^2}]|ds$$ for real $a$ and $r\in[0,1]$ attains its maximum for $r=0$ with $f(0)=8$.
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Linearization of cones
Suppose that $K$ is a closed convex cone in $R^{n}$. Is there a "nice" function $f:R^{n} \rightarrow R^{m}$ so that $f(K)$ is a subspace? What about an approximate subspace?
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Hausdorff measure on product spaces of p-adic integers
This question came up (unexpectedly) in a problem I was working on a few years ago. It may not be too difficult but I never got around to figuring out the answer, because all I needed at that time was ...
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Young transform reference
The Young transform of nonnegative function $f(x)$, $x \in \mathbb R^n_+$ is defined to be
$$
(\mathscr Yf)(y) = \inf \left[ \left. \frac{x_1 y_1 + \ldots + x_n y_n}{f(x)} \; \right|\; x \colon f(...
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Concerning strata in $C^\infty(M)$
The Morse functions are dense in $C^\infty(M)$, and you can ask if a 1-parameter family of smooth functions between two given Morse functions will be a homotopy through Morse functions. Well, Cerf ...
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Estimating a quantity from an estimate in its integral
I am reading a paper in which the following argument is made. We have two positive real valued functions $f(x)$ and $g(x)$. We know that $$\int_0^x \int_0^y f(z) \ dz \ dy \leq g(x).$$
It is then ...
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vector space of ternary forms with real rooted property
Let $V \subseteq \mathbb{R}[x,y]_d$ be a two dimensional linear subspace of the vector space of bivariate forms of degree $d$. For each degree $d$ we can find such subspaces with the property that ...
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An interpolation inequality.
For all $s>0$ define for $\epsilon\in(0,1)$ the function:
\begin{equation}
g(\epsilon)=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}(1+k)^s(\sqrt{1-\epsilon})^k.
\end{equation}
Prove that $\exists C>0$ and $\phi(s)$ such ...
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Does a particular iteration produce a weak solution to a non linear pde?
Consider the following non linear pde in the unknown $v(x,y)$:
$$ \frac{\partial v(x,y)}{\partial x} +
\Big(\frac{\partial v(x,y)}{\partial x} \Big)^2 = e^{2 ty}-1 $$
where $t$ is some fixed small ...
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