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Reference for higher order Campanato Lemmas, e.g. `Sufficiently fast L^2 decay on balls to affine functions implies C^{1,\alpha}'
Whence can I reference the following fact (I have seen it quoted as `standard' in respectable places, so I hope it is so)?:
Let $f : B_2(0) \to \mathbb{R}$, say $f \in L^2(B_2(0))$ . Suppose that ...
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approximately linear functions
i suppose it's fairly well known that if a (continuous, real-valued) function $f$ on the real line satisfies
$f(x-y)=f(x)-f(y)+const$
then it is necessarily linear.
are there any general ...
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Approximation of a Sobolev function that has vanishing trace on the reduced boundary of a Caccioppoli (i.e. finite perimeter) set
For $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ open and bounded, let $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ denote the usual Sobolev space of $L^p(\Omega)$ functions with weak partial derivatives in $L^p(\Omega)$ and $W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$ ...
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Existence of doubling non-Polish metric measure spaces
Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a metric measure space (i.e. $(X,d)$ is a metric space and $\mu$ is a Borel measure on $X$). Let's say that $X$ is doubling if there exists a constant $C \geq 1$ such that $0 < \...
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The weighting function for the infinite product of necklaces
Let us consider the limit $\lim_{n\to \infty}\prod_{p=1}^n N(p,a)$ where $N(n,a)$ is the number of fixed necklaces of length $n$ composed of $a$ types of beads.
Let's rewrite the product in a way ...
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The class of uniformly accelerated curves and surfaces
Once upon a time I was travelling by train and noticed an intresting optic effect I started to think about in terms of math.
Let's consider two examples of curves:
1)The curve defined by the ...
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A difficult integral which the Risch algorithm shows is not elementary
For reasons which aren't conceptually related to the problem a few of my colleagues and I are in need of finding an expression for the following integral in terms of $a$ and $\delta$:
$$\int_{\delta}^...
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Reducing system of equations involving Erf, Error Function
I have a system of equations:
$$1/2 + {\rm Erf}(x) - {\rm Erf}(\frac{x+y}{2})=0$$
$$-1/2 + {\rm Erf}(y) - {\rm Erf}(\frac{x+y}{2})=0,$$
Where $x \le y$ and ${\rm Erf}$ is the Error Function.
By ...
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$L^p$-bounding inequality [closed]
Do we have that$$\|Du\|_{L^{2p}} \le C\|u\|_{L^\infty}^{1\over2} \|D^2u\|_{L^p}^{1\over2}$$for $1 \le p < \infty$ and all $u \in C_c^\infty(U)$? Here, $U$ denotes an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
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If L is the laplacian matrix of an undirected graph, and D is a diagonal matrix, what does the cofactor of L+D look like?
We know (e.g. [Godsil, Royle: Algebraic Graph Theory, Lemma 13.2.3]) that any cofactor of the Laplacian matrix of a graph is constant, and is equal to the number of spanning trees of the graph. How do ...
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a different nested intervals theorem
Is there any literature on (and a standard name for) the proposition that for any arbitrary-cardinality collection of closed intervals in the reals that is nested (in the sense that, given any two of ...
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Almost everywhere differentiability for a class of functions on $\mathbb{R}^2$
A while ago, I came across the following problem, which I was not able to resolve one way or the other.
Let $f,g\colon\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ be continuous functions such that $f(t,x)$ and $g(t,...
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The $n$-th derivative for $z$ at $z = 0$ of $F(a,b)(z)$ is no less than that of $F(\frac{a+b}{2},\frac{a+b}{2})(z)$ [closed]
The proposition the OP wants to prove is incorrect. --Aug 8, 2017
Can we find a elegant way to prove that the $n$-th derivative for $z$ at $z = 0$ of $F(a,b)(z)$ is no less than that of $F(\frac{a+...
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In Fourier Transforms: Positive Definite Functions, Bochner's Theorem, and Derivatives
I've been reading about Bochner's Theorem lately, but when I apply it to the derivative of a function, I seem to get a contradiction with the theorem.
"Bochner's theorem states that a
positive ...
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A question about Skorokhod metric
I have a question related to the Skorokhod distance.
Let $\Omega:=D([0,1],R)$ be the space of cadlag functions $x$ defined on $[0,1]$. Let $\Lambda$ be the collection of non-decreasing continuous ...
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Inverse Laplace transform of a non-negative function
Consider an entire function $f$, which is real for real arguments and satisfies $f(s)\geq 0$ for all $s\in\mathbb{R}$. Furthermore, assume this function is a Laplace transform,
$$
f(s)=\int_0^\infty e^...
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Perturbation of Laplacian via Kato-Rellich theorem
Let's consider a potential $V(x)\in L^3(\mathbb{R}^3)$. I want to know if the following Hamiltonian
$$-\Delta+V(x)$$
is self-adjoint on $H^2(\mathbb{R}^3)$.
My idea is to use Kato-Rellich theorem; ...
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$BMO$-property via a John-Nirenberg type estimate?
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d, d\ge 2$, be bounded and denote a ball in $\mathbb R^d$ by $B$. Denote also
$$
f_B:= \frac1{|B|}\int_B f \, dx.
$$
Suppose $f \in L_{\rm loc}^p(\Omega)$ for all $1<p&...
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Dense subspaces of $L^p(0,T;X)$
Given a Banach space $X$ and $1\leq p<\infty$, let's define the space $L^p(0,T;X)$ as the set of all strongly measurable functions $f:(0,T)\mapsto X$ such that
$$\int_0^T\Vert f\Vert_{X}^pdt<\...
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Estimating pointwise multiplication conjugated by a Fourier multiplier
I asked this question first on MSE but there was no activity.
Let $m(D)$ be a Fourier multiplier and $f$ a known function. I'm trying to estimate the operator
$$Tu=m^{-1}(D)(f(x)m(D)u)$$
in say $H^s$....
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Generalization of concave envelope
Let $g:\mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R$ be a measurable function (which could be supposed to be bounded and Lipschitz if required). Let $\mathcal P$ be the collection of probability measures $\mu$ on $\mathbb ...
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Almost periodic function and closed spaces
We denote $X_{T}$ the vector space of all $T$-periodic function with zero mean in $L^2$ ( we know that $X_{T}$ is spawn by $(e^{2i\pi nt/T})$). Let be $$X=X_{2\pi}+X_{3\pi}.$$
I think that $X_{2\pi}+...
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Sequence of subharmonic functions on shrinking domains
Set $G_\eta:=\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2|-\eta<x<\eta, 0<y<1\}$. If $u_\eta\geq 0$ is a sequence of subharmonic functions defined on $G_\eta$ such that
$$
\int_{G_\eta}|u_\eta|^2dx\wedge dy\...
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Can we calculate the inner product of a semicontinous function with the Dirac delta function?
Dear all,
It is clear that if $f:R\mapsto R$ is a continuous function, than $< f, \delta_x >=f(x)$. Now, if $f$ is only semicontinous, can we say that $< f, \delta_x >=f(x)$? I think this ...
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Existence of local minimizer
For a $f\in C^3$ function, if there is a sufficiently small $\epsilon$
$$\| \nabla F(x) \| < \epsilon$$
and a sufficiently large $\alpha$ where
$$\lambda_{\min}[\nabla^2 F(x)] \ge \alpha$$
Can ...
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Inverse Function Theorem on Zygmund Spaces, is the inverse in the same Zygmund Space?
Preliminary Definitions
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be open. We define the Zygmund spaces $C^r_{*}(\Omega)$ with $r>0$, $r \in \mathbb{R}$ in the following way: (all the functions are ...
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Orthogonal polynomials of the second kind
Let $L: \mathbb{R}[x] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a positive definite linear functional and let that $\{s_n\}$ be a positive semi-definite sequence such that $L(x^n)= s_n, n\ge 0.$ Given a positive ...
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functional subrings
I should recall the notion of maximal subring of a commutative unitary ring $R$.
Def: A commutative ring $S$ is called a maximal subring of $R$ if $S \subset R$ and if $T \subset R$ constitute a ...
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The asymptotic behavior of the ratio between the largest two of $n$ i.i.d. chi-square random variables
My question is about the asymptotic behavior of the ratio between the largest and second largest values of $n$ independent chi-square random variables.
Let $X_1, \ldots, X_n$ be $n$ independent and ...
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Decompose a function having antiderivatives into bounded components [closed]
Suppose $f:I\rightarrow\mathbb R$ has antiderivatives on an interval $I\subset\mathbb R$. Then $f$ can be decomposed as $f=g+h$, where both $g,h:I\rightarrow\mathbb R$ have antiderivatives. In ...
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Convolution Integral involving an unknown function
I've got the following problem I'm working on which is related to some of my research.
I am trying to solve the following equation for the function $f$.
$$t^{-\alpha} \exp{ \left(- \beta x^2 t^{-2 \...
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Stochastic increasing convex ordering
Consider $n \geq 2$ and the simplex
\begin{equation}
\Delta=\{(p_1,\cdots,p_n) \in \mathbb{R}^{n} \mid \forall i, p_i \geq 0 \text{ and } \sum_{i=1}^{n}{p_i}=1\}
\end{equation}
Suppose that $\Delta$ ...
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Are planar Lipschitz curves countable unions of graphs?
More precisely:
Question:
Let $\gamma \colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}^2$ be Lipschitz. Do there exist Borel (or Suslin) sets $A_i \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ and directions $v_i \in \mathbb{R}^2$, for ...
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Quantitative stability: Hausdorff distance between subdifferentials
Suppose I have two convex functions $f$ and $g$ mapping $\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R}$ (so they are 'more' than proper). Suppose $\|f-g\|_{\infty}<\epsilon$, the sup-norm. In particular, the ...
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Bounds on derivative of integrable, monotonically decreasing, differentiable functions on $\mathbb R_+$
The following three conditions have shown up as hypotheses in some recent work, and despite not having been able to find an example, we assume the third is not implied by the former two. We're hoping ...
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level sets portrait near a critical point
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^{2}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a smooth ($C^{\infty}$) function and $O$ be an
isolated critical point of $f$. I am looking at the local level sets diagram
near $O$ from topological ...
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Hausdorff metric on C[0,1]
Let us consider $C[0,1]$, the space of continuous functions $f\colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$. It comes usually with the metric of the maximum, or of the supremum, $d_{L^{\infty}}$. Each element $f$ in $...
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Existence of topology on the space of continuous functions
Let $C:=C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ be the space of real-valued continuous functions defined on $[0,1]$. Could we find a topological vector space topology $\pi$ on $C$ such that the following two conditions ...
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Scaling properties of the Hölder estimate for heat equation
Lately, I have been interested in scaling properties of parabolic equations, and this question is related to an earlier one I asked about Harnack constants.
Let $Q(R) := Q(R^2,R) = B(0, R) \times [-R^...
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Boundedness of a singular integral operator on $L^p(\mathbb{R})$, $1<p<\infty$
My singular integral operator is defined by
\begin{align}
Sf(x)=-\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(t-x) \frac{dt}{2\sinh\frac{\pi}{2}t},
\end{align}
that is, a convolution $-\frac{1 }{2\sinh\frac{\pi}2x}\ast f....
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compactness of sequence of harmonic functions
Let $ \Omega$ denote a smooth bounded domain in $ R^N$ and let $u_m \in C^\infty( \overline{\Omega})$ harmonic functions. We also suppose $ u_m$ is bounded in $L^2(\Omega)$ (uniformly in $m$).
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What is the identity of this shift operator-like infinite series?
I just ran across the following expression and would like to know if anyone can identify it:
$\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\frac{d^n f(x)}{dx^n}\frac{d^n g(y)}{dy^n}$.
It almost looks ...
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Distances between probability distributions by the variance of the test functions
Let $P$ and $Q$ be two probability distributions on $\mathbb{R}$. The goal is to obtain a notion of ``distance'' between $P$ and $Q$, e.g., total variation distance, K-L divergence.
Let $f\colon \...
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Is every implicit function reparametrized? [closed]
Consider a continously differentiable non-constant function $f:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$. Define
$$
K=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^2|f(x)=0\}.
$$
I wish to know whether there is a continuously differentiable ...
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Nondifferentiability set of an arbitrary real function
A theorem by Zygmunt Zahorski states that a necessary and sufficient condition for a subset of $\mathbb{R}$ to be the nondifferentiability set of a continuous real function is that it is the union of ...
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Level sets of function of inner products of vectors on hypercube
Let $H = \{ 0, 1\}^d$ be the $d$-th Cartesian product of $\{0, 1\}$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Suppose $v_1, \ldots, v_k$ are $k$ vectors in $H$ in general position. We define function $F \colon H^{k}\...
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Does there exist a function such that $\int_{\mathbb{R}_+^{\star} } t^nf(t)dt=0$? [closed]
Let $f\in C([a,b],\mathbb{R})$ such that $\displaystyle\int_{a}^{b} t^nf(t)dt=0$ for all integer n.
We know that $f\equiv 0$. It's call Hausdorff theorem.
This theorem is wrong on $\mathbb{R^+}$, a ...
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Beurling density $D(X)$ of $X=\{x_j\in\mathbb R, \ |x_j-x_{i}|>\gamma>0: \ i,j\in\mathbb Z\}$
Beurling density of set $X$ is defined (see, for example "Nonuniform Sampling and Reconstruction in Shift-Invariant Spaces" by Aldroubi and Grochenig) as:
$$D(X)=\lim_{r\rightarrow \infty} \inf_{y\in\...
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Proving a complicated inequality with powers of logarithms
I am currently formalising some results from complexity theory with a theorem prover. For that, I have to prove the following statement:
Let $p, b, \varepsilon \in \mathbb R$ with $\varepsilon>0$ ...
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Regularized integral and asymptotic expansion
Let $f:(0, \infty) \longrightarrow (0, \infty)$ be a monotonously increasing function (in fact, a step function) and let $P$ be a polynomial of degree $N$. Suppose I know that for some $k$, the limit
$...
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