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How to solve $f(f(x))=x^2+x$ [duplicate]
Now I just have the equation $f(f(x))=x^2+x$. How can I find $f(x)$?
I have already tried many times, but I cannot solve it by any way I know. Is a solution possible?
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Does the truncated Hausdorff moment problem admit absolutely continuous solutions?
Let $\mu$ be a (Borel) probability measure on $[0,1]$ and define $m_j(\mu) = \int x^j\,\mu(dx)$. Let $k$ be a positive integer and consider the set $\mathcal C_{\mu,k}$ of probability measures $\nu$ ...
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Generalized Lax-Milgram for Weak Formulation of 1D Linear Schrodinger
I am interested in the variational formulation of the 1D Schrodinger equation:
$i u_t- \beta u_{xx} = 0 $ and $u(x,0)=u_0(x)$ which upon integration by parts yields:
$i(u_t,v) + \beta (u_x,v_x) = 0$ ...
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Convergence of a triple sum involving the imaginary part of the Riemann zeta function's non trivial zeros
Let $N>0$ an integer, $k>0$ a real parameter and let $\rho = \beta +i \gamma$ a non trivial zero of the Riemann zeta function. For a work I need to find the best possible $k$ such that $$I=\sum_{...
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Topology in space of test functions $\mathcal{D}(\Omega)$ and space of distributions $\mathcal{D}'(\Omega)$
We can concluded that $\mathcal{D}(\Omega):=\bigcup_{K \in \mathcal{K}(\Omega)} \mathcal{D}_K(\Omega)$ (where $\mathcal{K}(\Omega)$ denotes the union of all compacts set content in a open subset $\...
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Why do functions in complex analysis behave so well? (as opposed to functions in real analysis)
Complex analytic functions show rigid behavior while real-valued smooth functions are flexible. Why is this the case?
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Measure of intersections in probability spaces
Let $(X,\mu)$ be a probability space, and $0<\epsilon<1/2$. Let $\{A_i:i\in \mathbb{N}\}$ be a collection of measurable subsets of $X$ such that $\mu(A_i)\geq \epsilon$ for all $i\in\mathbb{N}$.
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Inverses of probability generating functions: positivity of derivatives
Let $\mathcal{G}$ be the set of probability generating functions of random variables taking positive integer values, considered as functions on $[0,1]$.
So $G\in\mathcal{G}$ can be written $G(x)=\...
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A question about Borel sets on the unit interval
It is known that each non-decreasing continuous function $\phi$ induces a $\sigma$-additive measure $d\phi$ such that $\int_0^1 f(x) d\phi(x)$ exists for every bounded real-valued Baire function $f$. ...
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Is the variation of two BV functions the same in the set in which they coincide?
Given two real $BV$ functions $u$ and $v$ in an open interval $(a,b)$ consider the set
$A=\{x: \text{both } u \text{ and } v \text{ are continuous at } x \text{ and } u(x)=v(x)\}$
is it true that $|...
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Decay of real continuous algebraic functions at infinity
Let $f$ be a real valued continuous algebraic function on $\mathbb R^n$. Suppose the zero set of $f$ is bounded, i.e., if $|x|$ is large enough, $f(x)\neq 0$. Is there any estimate of the sort $|f(x)|\...
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Pointwise convergence for continuous functions
Let $f_n:[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb R$ be a sequence of continuous functions converging pointwise, i.e. such that $\forall x\in [0,1]$, the sequence $(f_n(x))_{n\in \mathbb N}$ converges. We set $f(x)=\...
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Homeomorphism between (-1,1)×[-1,1) and [-1,1]×[-1,1) [closed]
Can one construct homeomorphism between (-1,1)×[-1,1) and [-1,1]×[-1,1)?
If so, please show me how to construct it.
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Some problems about symmetric convolution semigroup on the unit circle
These are problems from Example 1.4.2 of Fukushima's book "Dirichlet forms and symmetric Markov processes".
Let $\Lambda$ be the set of all real sequences $\left\{\lambda_n\right\}_{n\in\mathbf{Z}}$ ...
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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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Is this a log-concave function?
Let $(a_k)$ be a log-concave positive decreasing sequence. Is $\sum\limits_{k=1}^n a_k(1-e^x)^{k-1}$ log-concave in $x<0$, for each natural $n$?
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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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Differentiable functions with discontinuous derivatives
For years I've taught my honors calculus students about functions like (the continuous extension of) $x^2 \sin 1/x$, and for just as many years I've told them that they won't encounter functions like ...
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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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How to analytically evaluate this n-dimensional iterated integral?
I would very much appreciate any suggestions and/or pointers to references relevant for the analytic evaluation of the following n-dimensional iterated integral
$$\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}dx_1\int_{-\...
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An inequality for the spectral radius of matrices used by J. Bochi
I am interested in the history of an inequality for the spectral radius of a $d\times d$ real or complex matrix, which occurs in Jairo Bochi's 2002 article Inequalities for numerical invariants of ...
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Is the limsup or liminf of n-wise independent events independent?
Let $(\Omega, \mathscr F, \mathbb P)$ be a probability space.
Consider events indexed by $m, n \in \mathbb N$:
$ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A_{1,n}, A_{2,n}, A_{3,n} ...$ are n-wise independent.
$A_{m,1}...
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Extreme derivatives in Baire class 1
In the 1994 volume of "Differentiation of Real Functions" A. Bruckner poses the following problem (p.41):
"Find necessary and sufficient conditions on a continuous function $F$ that its Dini ...
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Is this intergral inequality valid? [closed]
Does the inequality $\int_2^{\infty} \dfrac{\sqrt x(\log x)^3 + (1+ \log x^2) x}{x(\log x)^2(x^2 - 1)} \,\mathrm {d}x > \ln \dfrac{17}{10}$ hold ?
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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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Approximation of the cumulative normal distribution
As is well known, there is no explicit formula for $\int_{-\infty}^\infty step(t−x)\cdot e^{−t^2/2}dt=\int_x^\infty e^{−t^2/2} dt$ for generic $x,$ where $step(z)$ is the step function, $step(z)=1$ ...
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using the M. Riesz Interpolation Theorem
I posted this on Math StackExchange, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask here as well.
I'm trying to decipher a particular claim in a paper I'm reading, but I just can't seem to figure it out.
The ...
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Infinitely many $k$ such that $[a_k,a_{k+1}]>ck^2$
Let $a_n\in \mathbf{N}$ be an infinite sequence such that $\forall i\neq j, a_i\neq a_j$.
I have the following theorem:
For $0<c<\frac{3}{2}$, there are infinitely many $k$ for which $[a_k,...
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When does this interesting sum diverge?
For $x \gt 0,$ what is the greatest $y$ such that $$\sum_ {1\le h^x \le k^y} \frac{1}{h^x k^y}= \infty ?$$
I don't know of any references or methods for this -- not even for $x=1$, for which the ...
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Injectivity of vector functions: Numerical Verification
Problem Setup
Let $f:A\rightarrow B$, be a continuous function, $A\subset\Re^{n}$,$B\subset\Re^{m}$, $m\geq n$ and $A, B$ compact.
The function $f(\cdot)$ can only be evaluated numerically.
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To understand integral :$\lambda (x) = \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin^{2} \alpha x}{\alpha^{2}} d\mu(\alpha), (\mu(0)=0)$
I wants to understand the integrals of the form
$$\lambda (x) = \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin^{2} \alpha x}{\alpha^{2}} d\mu(\alpha), (\mu(0)=0)$$
where $\mu(\alpha)$ is a non decreasing function such ...
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Dense subspaces of $L^p(0,T;X)$
Given a Banach space $X$ and $1\leq p<\infty$, let's define the space $L^p(0,T;X)$ as the set of all strongly measurable functions $f:(0,T)\mapsto X$ such that
$$\int_0^T\Vert f\Vert_{X}^pdt<\...
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Scaling of distributions
Suppose we have a sequence of $L^1(\mathbb{R})$ functions $p_\epsilon$ with $\|p_\epsilon\|_{L^1} \leq 1$ for all $n$. Suppose we know that $p_\epsilon \to 0$ in distributions. Is it obvious that $\...
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Mean value of a function associated with continued fractions
Suppose that an irrational $x$ in $(0,1)$ has convergents $c(k,x)$, and let
$$d(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \mid x - c(k,x)\mid.$$
What is the mean value of $d$?
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Does the Abel transform preserve analyticity?
Let $I=(0,1]$ and $T=\{(x,y)\in I^2;x\geq y\}$.
If functions $f:I\to\mathbb R$ and $w:T\to\mathbb R$ are analytic, is the function $A_wf:I\to\mathbb R$,
$$
A_wf(y)=\int_y^1\frac{f(x)w(x,y)}{\sqrt{x^2-...
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Question abouth Skorokhod representation of random variables (II)
This is a continuation of
Question abouth Skorokhod representation of random variables
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two probability measures on $\mathbb R$ such that
$$\int_{\mathbb R}|x|^pd\mu(x),~ \...
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Hellinger integral for the Student/Cauchy family
Let $p$ and $q$ be probability densities on $\mathbb R$, with respect to the Lebesgue measure $dx$. The corresponding Hellinger integral is
$H(p,q):=\int_{\mathbb R}\sqrt{pq}\,dx$.
Let now $p$ be ...
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A $W^{1,2}_{loc}$ function with uniformly bounded integrals on compact subsets $W^{1,2}$?
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold, $\Omega\subset M$ is an open subset, let $f\in W^{1,2}_{loc}(\Omega)$ with uniformly bounded integrals on compact subset, i.e. there exists a $C>0$, such that for ...
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Compact, not local uniform convergence of sequences of functions on the rationals
I stumbled upon the following elementary problem while trying to come up with a certain counterexample in category theory. (Basically, I am interested in the constant sheaf of $\mathbb F_2$-vector ...
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"Nicely" strong measure zero sets
This question is essentially an expanded version of the unanswered half of Two strengthenings of "strong measure zero".
A set $X$ of reals is strong measure zero if, for any $f: \omega\...
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Completion of $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ with respect to the norm $\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{\Omega} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \Bigg)^{\frac{1}{2}}. $
I have a question that it seems simple but I can not solve it.
Let $\Omega$ be the unit ball centered at zero in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N>4$. Assume that $C_{0,rad}^{\infty}(\Omega)$ is the space of all ...
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Countable vs. ultra-negligible sets [duplicate]
A subset $A\subset\mathbb{R}$ is negligible if for each $\epsilon>0$ there exists a sequence $(I_n)$ of intervals such that $A\subset\cup_n I_n$ and $\sum_n \vert I_n \vert \leq \epsilon$. Let us ...
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monotonicity of a function
I want to know if the function below is monotonically decreasing for all $a,b >0, a\neq b $
\begin{equation}
x\rightarrow \frac{\sinh^2((a-b)x)}{\sinh(2ax)\sinh(2bx)} \text{, $x >0. $}
\end{...
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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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Interchange of integral and infimum
Can anyone please suggest how to justify widely used formula for interchange of integral and infimum:
$
\inf_{u(t)\in U}\int_{t_0}^{t_1}g(t,u(t))dt=\int_{t_0}^{t_1}\inf_{u\in U}g(t,u)dt,
$
where $ U\...
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Question abouth Skorokhod representation of random variables
It is known that for any two probability measures $\mu$ and $\nu$ on $\mathbb R$ that are close in the Prokhorov metric $\rho$, i.e.
$$\rho(\mu,\nu)<\varepsilon,$$
then there exist two random ...
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Can the potential of a complete Kahler metric be bounded?
Let $X$ be a complex manifold and $\omega$ a Kahler form on $X$. A smooth function $\rho$ is called a potential of $\omega$ if $i\partial\bar\partial\rho=\omega$. By intuition, it seems that $\rho$ ...
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Majorization of cyclic products
Let $k,m,n\in\mathbb N$ such that $n>k$. For a partition $\alpha=(\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_k)\vdash m$ with $\alpha_1\ge\dots\ge \alpha_k>0$ and nonnegative $ x_1,\dots,x_n$ define $x^\alpha :=\...
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Error term for Euler-MacLaurin summation formula when applied to infinitely smooth functions?
A function $f(z,x)$ is tempered if all of the following are true:
$f(z, x)$ is infinitely differentiable in $z$
$f(z,x)$ is defined for all $z,x \in \mathbb{R}$
Every derivative of $f(z,x)$ is ...
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Is there an algebra for divergent series summation operators?
Let $D$ denote a divergent series and let $C$ denote a convergent series.
Furthermore, let $s : $ { Series } $\to$ $\mathbb{C}$ be a regular, linear divergent series operator, which is either one ...
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