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A real root of a cubic equation for a stationary point
Let us consider the quartic polynomial in $x$
\begin{equation}
F(x) = (2 a p +2)x^4+ (6a(1-a)p^2+(6-12a)p-6)x^3
+ p(2(a-2)(a-1)a p^2 + 3(5a^2-9a+2)p +12a-18)x^2
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Real root isolation for exponential polynomials
Suppose we are given an exponential polynomial $f:\mathbb{R}\mapsto\mathbb{R}$
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f(t)=\sum_{i=1}^n p_i(t)e^{\lambda_i t}
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where $p_i(t)$s are polynomials with algebraic coefficients and $\lambda_i$...
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Baire class 1 and (uncountably many) discontinuities
Consider a function $f:[0,1]\to[0,1]$ which is continuous on a co-meager set $C\subset[0,1]$ and discontinuous on $D=[0,1]\setminus C$. Suppose that $D\cap I$ is uncountable for every open interval $I\...
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Does the almost sure convergence of absolutely continuous r.v.'s imply the weak convergence of the pdf's in $(L^\infty)^*$?
The following question was asked in a comment at Almost sure convergence vs convergence of probability density functions :
Suppose that $(X_n)$ is a sequence of random variables (r.v.'s) converging ...
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Sum of negative roots of a $5^{th}$ degree monic polynomial
Let $f(x)$ be a $4^{th}$ degree monic polynomial say $f(x) = x^4 + a_1x^3+a_2x^2+a_3x+a_4$ with the property that $a_1<0, a_4>0$ and $a_2<a_3$. They by Descartes' rule of signs we can ...
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Can (how) one distinguish germs of continuous functions by a countable set of params?
Continuous functions can be distinguished by their values at say rational points of [0 1].
Germs of analytic functions can be distinguished by derivatives at a point.
So in both cases we see ...
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Simplify Wasserstein distance between Gaussians with binary cost function
Let $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$ be 1D gaussian distributions with means $m_1$ and $m_2$ respectively and common variance $\sigma$. Let $\Omega$ be a closed subset of $\mathbb R^2$, and consider the cost ...
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Is $(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$ for $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$?
Is it possible to deduce that $$(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$$ if $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$? What I can prove is that $(f \ast K)' \in L^1 \cap L^\infty$. Is ...
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What does Landau symbol mean in an inequality?
I'm reading about subdifferentiable function at page 232 of Villani's Optimal Transport: Old and New.
Definition 10.5 (Subdifferentiability, superdifferentiability). Let $U$ be an open set of $\...
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Good upper bound for $\Gamma(1-b,\log(a))-\Gamma(1-b,N\log(a))$, where $a,b \in (0, 1)$ and $N \ge 1$
Let $a,b \in (0, 1)$ and $N \ge 1$, and consider the incomplete gamma function $x \mapsto \Gamma(1-a,x)$.
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Is there a simple bound (involving 'simple function's) for the expression $\Gamma(1-...
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Local maxima of the sum of Gaussian functions in *one dimension* are always strict local maxima - proof?
Motivated by this question asked earlier, I was wondering whether one can prove easily that the local maxima of the sum of Gaussians:
$$f_n(x):= \sum_{i=1}^{n}e^{-(x-x_i)^2}, \quad x_1 < x_2 < \...
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Alberti rank-one theorem and reduction of the study of BV function to the two-dimensional case
By Alberti rank-one theorem, could it be possible to reduce the study of a function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N, \mathbb{R}^N)$ to the study of a function $\tilde{u} \in BV(\mathbb{R}^2, \mathbb{R}^2)$? At ...
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Characterization of a subset of $[0,1]$
Let $T\subseteq[0,1]$ be a subset containing $1$. Now we know that $T$ satisfies the following property:
For every $t\in [0,1)$, if there exists a decreasing sequence $\{t_n\}_{n\ge 1}\subset T$ such ...
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Superharmonic extension 2
This question is a simplified version of the one in the MO post Superharmonic extension.
Suppose $K$ is a compact of $\mathbb{R}^m$ ($m\geq2$), and $U(x)=\log\frac{1}{|x|}$ if $m=2$, and $=|x|^{2-m}$ ...
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On summation methods of divergent series
$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}\newcommand{\N}{\mathbb N}\newcommand{\si}{\sigma}\newcommand{\CC}{\mathcal C}$This previous question introduced the following notion of a summability space.
Let $\N:=\{1,2,\...
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Some fun with special infinite nested radicals
Let us define the following functions:
$$f_n(x)=\sqrt{x^{n}-\sqrt{x^{n+1}- \sqrt{x^{n+2}-\cdots}}} $$
$$g_n(x)=\sqrt{x^{n}+\sqrt{x^{n+1}+ \sqrt{x^{n+2}+\cdots}}} $$
with $f(x)=f_1(x)$ and $g(x)=g_1(x)$...
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About the coefficients of Taylor series for the complex Riemann Zeta function $\zeta(s)$
The following real-valued functions are closely related to the zeros of $\zeta(s)$ in the critical strip $\frac{1}{2}<\Re(s) < 1$.
$$\phi_1(\sigma, t) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^{n+1}\frac{\cos(t\...
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Interpolation between Schatten classes
I was wondering if there is an analogue to the classical Riesz Thorin theorem for Schatten classes. I suppose the answer is yes, since Schatten classes are so similar to $\ell^p$ spaces for which the ...
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Convexity of discrete Fourier transform
Let $f : [0,2\pi] \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous convex function on $(0,2\pi)$ which is singular about $0$ and $2\pi$ but finite when evaluated at the boundaries. Assume also that $f$ is symmetric ...
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Does weak continuity of Jacobians hold for non nondegenerate maps?
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Let $\M,\N$ be two-dimensional smooth, compact, connected, oriented Riemannian manifolds. (with or without boundaries).
Let $f_n \...
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The continuous convergence given the a.e. convergence
Suppose that $f_n: \mathbb{R} \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a uniformly bounded sequence (i.e., there exists $C>0$: $|f_n| < C$ for every $n$) such that
$$ f_n \in C^2_x \times C^1_t, $$
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Rate of convergence of the minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
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Why are the homeomorphisms from the unit circle to the unit circle preserving measure affine? [closed]
Why are the homeomorphisms from the unit circle to the unit circle preserving measure affine? The affine is composition of rotation and continue automorphism.
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Reference for the Hardy maximal function on the torus
I am searching for a reference for the (sharp) Hardy maximal function on the torus $\mathbb{T}^2:=\mathbb{R^2}/\mathbb{Z}^2$, for instance I would need result result of the following type : if $g\in H^...
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Decay rate of minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
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A maximisation problem : finite or not?
Let $\mathcal M_2$ be the space of real $2\times 2$ matrices and $\mathcal S_2\subset \mathcal M_2$ be its subset consisting of positive semidefinite elements, i.e. $A\in \mathcal S_2$ iff $A$ is ...
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Continuous extensions of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is given on $\partial \Omega$ with $|G(y)|=1$ for all $y\in \partial \Omega$. Does ...
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Multiplication with dilations of nonzero measurable function is injective
Denote $f_s(x):=f(sx)$ as the dilation of a function $f$. I want to know whether the following statement is true:
Suppose $f$ and $g$ are measurable functions on $\mathbb{R}$, and $f$ is not almost ...
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Singular integral bounded by Dirichlet form?
We define for some fixed $L$
$$\Omega:=\{(x_1,x_2) \in ([-L,L]^2 \times [-L,L]^2) \setminus \{x_1=x_2\}\},$$
in particular $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb R^2.$
Let $f \in C_c^{\infty}(\Omega)$, then I am ...
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How much do we know about this "local" Hardy-Littlewood maximal function?
The "local" Hardy-Littlewood maximal function is given by $$(M_\phi f)(x)= \sup_{0<\epsilon<1}|\phi_\epsilon \ast f|(x),$$ which is similar to the classical Hardy-Littlewood maximal function : $$...
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Asymptotic behaviour of fixed points in permutations
For any $n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $S_n$ denote the set of all permutations (bijective maps) $\pi:\{1,\ldots, n\} \to \{1,\ldots,n\}$. For $\pi \in S_n$ we set $$\text{fix}(\pi) = \{x\in \{1,\ldots, n\}: \...
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Alternative to the Sampling Theorem / Invertible transform with sampling criteria
I seek a transform $T$ that operates on real-valued $x(t)$, that
Is perfectly invertible
Has discrete counterpart with continuous reconstructor
Provides conditional reconstruction guarantees
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Zeros of entire functions with parameter
Let $f_w:\mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be an entire function with $f_w(0)=1$ and at least one root for any choice of $w \in (0,1)$. Assume further that for a dense set of $w$ the function $f_w$ has ...
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Can we construct a sequence of trigonometric polynomials that converges pointwise to a given continuous function on the torus?
Consider any continuous function $f$ on an $m$-dimensional Torus $\mathbb{T}^m$. Can we construct a sequence of band limited functions (trigonometric polynomials), with the band width (degree of the ...
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The conditions used to prove upper semicontinuous of generalized directional derivative (in Clarke sense)
Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space, $z, x, v \in X$. $\{z_i\}, \{x_i\}$ and $\{v_i\}$ are arbitrary sequences converging to $z, x$ and $v$, respectively.
I would like to know under which conditions ...
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Bringing a Heun equation into canonical form
It is a well known fact that any second order Fuchsian differential equation on the complex plane $$u''(x) + p(x)u'(x) + q(x)u(x)=0$$ with exactly $4$ regular singular points may be suitably ...
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Dirichlet problem for a subharmonic function
Suppose $K$ is a compact subset of $\mathbb R^n$ , $V_0$ and $V_1$ the complements of $K$ in $\mathbb R^n$ a and $\mathbb R^n_\infty$ (one point compactification), respectively. Let $u$ be ...
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Bounding integral expression with Sobolev norm of integrand
Consider the following integral expression:
$$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$
for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
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can there be a function $f:\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}\longmapsto\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}$ such that $f(xf(y))=\frac{f(f(x))}{y}$?
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Can an $f$ function be created where:$$f\colon\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}\to \mathbb Q_{+}^{*}$$
The function is defined on the set of fully positive rational numbers and is achieved:
$\forall(x,y)\in \...
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Is this a contraction mapping for small $T$?
Let $G$ be the heat kernal, i.e. for $0\le t<s$ and $x,y\in\mathbb R$
$$G(t,x;s,y):=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi(s-t)}}\exp\left(-\frac{(y-x)^2}{4(s-t)}\right).$$
For $T>0$, let $\mathcal H_T:=\{h:[0,T]\...
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Fixed point of a contraction map
This question is a continuation of Is this a contraction mapping for small $T$?
Set, for $T, m>0$, $H^m_T:=\{h:[0,T]\to [0,m]:~ h,~h' \mbox{ are both continuous on } [0,T]\}$ endowed with the norm
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Laplace transform injectivity for different values of $p$
Let $y\in L^{2}(0,1)$ and let $\widetilde{y}$ be its extension on $(0,\infty
).$ Assume that there exist $p_{0},p_{1}\in
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Infinite products for linear combinations of sines or cosines
There is a well known infinite product both for $\phi(x)=\sin x$ and $\phi(x)=\cos x$. These are particular cases of the Weierstrass factorization theorem. What about
$\phi(x)=a_1\cos b_1 x + a_2\cos ...
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Uniform estimation of an integral
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be open and bounded, let $s\in(0,1)$, let $u\in C^{0,2s+\epsilon}(\Omega)$ bounded and such that: $u=0$, on $\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\Omega$, is true that there exist a ...
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Estimate for computing the $L^2$-norm of a function from its data
Let $f:\mathbb{T}^m \to \mathbb{R}$ is a function of bounded variation(BV). Let $D=\{\boldsymbol{p}_i,i=1,2,3\ldots\}$ be a countable dense subset of $(0,1)^m$. Let $E_n, n = 1,2,3\ldots$ be a ...
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Superharmonic extension
We know the following classic result. If $K\subset\mathbb{R}^m$ ($m>1$) is a compact set and $u$ is superharmonic on a neighborhood of $K$, then we can extend $u$ to a superharmonic function $\...
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Functions for which $|f^{(k)}|_{C^{0,\alpha}(0,1)} \le \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(0,1)}$
Let $f \in C^k(0,1)$ and assume that the $k$-th derivative is $\alpha$-Hölder continuous. Assume that $f(x) = 0$ in a fixed interval $(a,b) \subset (0,1)$. Can we characterize (or at least find some ...
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Is this has anything to do with Riesz representation?
The Riesz representation is very useful in study BV space. There is a lot of version of it and one of the good one can be found in this book, page 49.
Here I come up with a question which has similar ...
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Does the tensor product of mollifiers work for $L^{p,q}$ spaces?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be compact regions of $n$- and $m$-dimensional Euclidean spaces respectively.
For any $p,q \in [1,\infty)$, define $L^{p,q}(X \times Y)$ be the space of real valued functions $f :X \...
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Is this set of function belongs to $L^\infty$?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. Let $u\in SBV\cap L^\infty(\Omega)$ be given. We write
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Du = \nabla u\lfloor \mathcal L^N + (u^+-u^-)\otimes \nu_u\mathcal H^{N-...
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