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Borel-Écalle re-summation and resurgence: criteria and results

This is about the theory of Borel-Écalle re-summation and resurgence, see Refs below. This states that the perturbative series (say of the vacuum expectation value of an operator $\mathcal{O}$ in ...
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Steiner symmetrization of smooth function on non-simply connected regions

Given a smooth function $u$ defined on $\mathbb{R}^2$, restrict $u$ to a subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ (possibly not simply connected) foliated by level sets of a smooth function $\psi: \Omega \...
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Asymptotics of Jacobi form

What are the large $x\in\mathbb R$ asymptotics of $f(x)=\theta_3(c_1+c_2 x^3,e^{-x^2})$ where $c_1,c_2$ are a pair of complex numbers (say, $\Re(c_2)>0$ and $\Im(c_2)<0$), and $\theta_3(a,b)=\...
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Calculating hyperbolic Fourier series

Question: is it possible to uniquely express functions locally as infinite sums of hyperbolic sines and cosines $f(x)=\sum\limits_{i=0}^\infty \alpha_i\sinh(i\cdot x)+\beta_i\cosh(i\cdot x)$ or even ...
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For what sets does the Lebesgue Differentiation Theorem hold in one dimension?

Lebesgue's differentiation theorem states that if $x$ is a point in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is a Lebesgue integrable function, then the limit of $\frac{\int_B f d\...
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On a trigonometric inequality by Huygens

The following inequality, ascribed to Huygens, appeared in this post: \begin{equation*} 1-\frac43\,\frac{\sin^3\theta/2}{\theta-\sin\theta} >(1-\cos\theta/2)\Big(\frac35-\frac3{1400}\frac{\...
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Sobolev spaces are smooth? Their dual is strictly convex?

Do you know any reference which says something about the: Smoothness of the Sobolev space $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ i.e. if the duality mapping $J\colon W^{1,p}(\Omega)\to W^{1,p}(\Omega)^*$ is a singleton. ...
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What is the maximum of $ \frac{\sin(n(x+a))}{\sin(x+a)} + \frac{\sin(n(x-a))}{\sin(x-a)}$?

I have asked this here. Due to inactivity and no satisfying answers, I am asking here. Hope that's okay. We know the global maxima of the function $\frac{\sin(nx)}{\sin(x)}$ is $n$ (thanks to this ...
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Asymptotic behavior and of an integral on a d-dimensional torus

I am trying to evaluate the asymptotic behavior of the following integral as $t \to \infty$: $$ I(t; \mathbf{v}) = \int_{[-\pi, \pi]^d} \frac{\sin(t f(\mathbf{k}))}{\sin(f(\mathbf{k}))} e^{i t \mathbf{...
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Proving that a polynomial $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction is bounded below by $1$ outside of a disc of finite radius

This is a follow up from this question. I have a polynomial function $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction. In other words, if we choose a direction $(a,b)\in S^1$ and keep moving along the ...
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Proving that a function $f(x,y)$, that is unbounded in every direction, is uniformly bounded below by $1$ outside some disc of large enough radius

I have a smooth function $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction. In other words, if we choose a direction $(a,b)\in S^1$ and keep moving along the curve $(ta,tb)$, then $$\lim_{t\to\infty}f(ta,...
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A question on Borel measurability

Let $(X, \mathcal{B}_{X}, \mu)$ be a measure space. Here, $\mu$ is an infinite Borel measure and $\mu$ is not $\sigma$-finite. Let $\pi$ be surjective Borel measurable map form $(X, \mathcal{B}_{X}, \...
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Carleson's theorem: proof of a lemma

I am reading the paper of Michael Lacey called "Carleson's theorem: proof, complements, variations" 1, on Carleson's theorem in Fourier analysis. At the bottom of page 20 at the beginning of ...
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Integrability in the product space can follow from a property of the Nemytskii operator?

Let's say that $f:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is a Caratheodory function (i.e. $f(x,\cdot)$ is continuous for a.a. $x\in\Omega$ and $f(\cdot,t)$ is measurable for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$), where ...
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Integral of a measurable function with parameter is measurable?

Say that $f:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is an open set, is a function such that: $f(x,\cdot)\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\mathbb{R})$ for a.a. $x\in\Omega$ $f(\...
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Solution of recurrence relation with summation

I have the following recurrence relation: $$b(n,k)=\sum _{\text{i}=0}^{2 n-1} \left(b(n-1,k-\text{i})+\frac{\text{i} (2 n-\text{i}) \binom{2 n-1}{\text{i}} \binom{(n-2)^2}{k-\text{i}}}{2 n-1} \right)$$...
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Ramsey type property of the Lipschitz constant

The following problem was proposed by Pietro Majer as an extension of an earlier question of mine on Lipschitz functions. For $f$ a Lipschitz function on $\mathbb R^n$, we denote by $$\text{Lip}(f, U) ...
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Is the Bures metric equivalent to the Euclidean one?

Let $K=\mathbb R$ (reall numbers) or $K=\mathbb C$ (complex numbers). Define $\mathcal M_n$ to be the space of $n\times n$ matrices $A=(a_{i,j})_{1\le i,j\le n}$, with $a_{i,j}\in K$. Let $\|\cdot\|$ ...
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Arrangements of fixed $k$-polyplets in a $n\times n$ matrix

Recently, I asked a question about the number of arrangements of $k$ elements inside a $n\times n$ matrix with certain restrictions. The one I´m actually interested in for this question is in its 2. ...
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On the Lipschitz constant outside the stretch set

Let $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^m$ be a Lipschitz map. We define the local Lipschitz constant $Lf$ of $f$ at $x \in \mathbb R^n$ by $$Lf(x) := \lim_{r \to 0_+} \text{Lip}(f, B_r (x)),$$ where $\text{...
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Convergence of sequences formed by orthocenters, incenters, and centroids in repeated triangle constructions

I asked this question on MSE here. Given a scalene triangle $A_1B_1C_1$ , construct a triangle $A_{n+1}B_{n+1}C_{n+1}$ from the triangle $A_nB_nC_n$ where $A_{n+1}$ is the orthocenter of $A_nB_nC_n$, ...
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Is there a theorem which provides conditions under which a power series satisfies the reciprocal root sum law?

Kalman - Six ways to sum a series discusses Euler's original proof for the Basel problem $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{6} $: $$\frac{\sin(\sqrt x)}{\sqrt x} = 1- \frac{x}{3!}+ \...
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About the Fourier transform of the logarithm function

I want to calculate / simplify: $$\mathcal{F} (\ln(|x|)\mathcal{F(f)}(x))=\mathcal{F} (\ln(|x|)) \star f$$ where $\mathcal{F}$ is the Fourier transform ($\mathcal[f](\xi)=\int_{\mathbb R}f(x)e^{ix\...
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Does Monotone (linear) convergence of iterates imply monotone (linear) convergence of function values?

I am considering a proof that would require a certain connection between convergence of iterates and corresponding function values: Consider an algorithm with iterates $\left\{{\mathbf{x}}^k\right\}_{...
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Intersection between Lipschitz domains

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be an open, bounded and connected Lipschitz domain. Is it true that we can find some $R>0$ such that any $N$-dimensional open ball $B(x,r)$ with $r\leq R$ that ...
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Is it true that p-integrable function can be written as a convolution of an integrable function and p-integrable function?

We know that convolution of an integrable function with an $p$-integrable is an $p$-integrable function. This follows from Young's inequality. My question: Is it true that $L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)\subseteq ...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "non-local" PDE

I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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Deriving an inequality for the integral of maximum indicator functions under measure-preserving transformations

Let's denote the measure space by $(X, \mathcal{B}, \mu)$ and the measure-preserving transformation by $T: X \to X$. Let $A \in \mathcal{B}$ be a measurable set with $0 < \mu(A) < \infty$. Let $...
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Equivalence of omniscience principles for natural numbers and analytic omniscience principles for Cauchy real numbers

In constructive mathematics, a proposition $P$ is decidable if $P \vee \neg P$, and a proposition is stable if $\neg \neg P \implies P$. We have the following principles of omniscience for the natural ...
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Bound the distance between two vectors on the probability simplex

Let $a,b$ be two vectors with strictly positive elements and $\delta = 1 - \frac{\langle a,b \rangle}{\|a\|\|b\|}$. Bound the following optimization problem as a function of $\delta$ $$\sup_{x>0} \...
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For $f$ Lipschitz with $|\nabla f| = 1$ a.e., what is the supremal Hausdorff dimension of the set on which $\varepsilon< |\nabla f| < 1-\varepsilon$?

Let $f$ be a Lipschitz function with $|\nabla f| = 1$ almost everywhere. Let $\varepsilon \geq 0$. What is the supremal Hausdorff dimension of the set on which $f$ is differentiable with $\varepsilon &...
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Can any function in $C^\alpha$ be approximated in $C^{\alpha^-}$ by singular functions?

For every positive $\alpha < 1$, we consider the space $C^{\alpha}$ of Holder continuous functions of order $\alpha$ on $[0, 1]$, equipped with the norm $$\|f\|_{C^\alpha} := \sup|f| + \sup_{x, y \...
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convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution

I have a question about the convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution. Namely if the 2 are convoluble then the homogeneous solution is necessarily zero? Let $U$ and $E$ ...
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Analyticity of $f*g$ with $f$ and $g$ smooth on $\mathbb{R}$ and analytic on $\mathbb{R}^*$

Suppose that we have two real functions $f$ and $g$ both belonging to $\mathcal{C}^\infty(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ analytic on $\mathbb{R}\setminus\{0\}$ but non-analytic at $x=0$. Is the convolution (...
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Bound measure of difference of advected sets by norm of difference of vector fields

Consider two smooth vector fields $v$ and $u$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, and a smooth set $\Omega$. Consider the flow of $\Omega$ via $v$ and $u$ for a time $T$, namely let $$ \Omega_v =\{x(T, x_0) | x \text{ ...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup for regular initial distribution

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ Let $(p_t)_{t>0}$ be the standard Gaussian heat kernel on $\bR^d$, i.e., $$ p_t (x) := \frac{1}{(4 \pi t)^{\frac{d}{2}}} \...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $c>0$. Let $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be a probability density function such that $$ \|\ell\|...
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Weyl equidistribution for a periodic $L^2$ function

Let $\alpha $ be a fixed irrational number. For a function $g:\Bbb R\to\Bbb C$, define $$g^*(x)=\sup_{N\geq 1} \frac{1}{N} \sum_{n=1}^N |g(x+\alpha n)| ,$$ and assume that there is a constant $C>0$ ...
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Does Gaussian heat kernel ensure $\int_{\mathbb R^d} (1+|x|) \sqrt{\ell_{t_0} (x)} \, \mathrm d x < \infty$?

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ Let $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be a probability density function such that $$ \int_{\bR^d} (1+|x|) \sqrt{\ell (x)} \diff x < ...
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Hausdorff dimension of the zero set of the gradient of an eikonal function

Let $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ be a Lipschitz function with $|\nabla f| = 1$ almost everywhere with respect to Lebesgue measure. What is the supremal Hausdorff dimension of the set on which $f$ is ...
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Elementary proof of the uniqueness of smooth structures on $\mathbb{R}$

Is there any 'elementary' proof of the uniqueness of smooth structures on $\mathbb{R}$? By elementary, I mean that the proof does not use any sophisticated topological machinery. In particular, I'm ...
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Is it consistent with ZFC that the real line is approachable by sets with no accumulation points?

Let $P$ denote the following proposition: There exists a set $S$ of subsets of $\mathbb{R}$ such that $S$ is totally ordered by inclusion; each member of $S$ has no accumulation points; the union of ...
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Ensuring the measure condition $\mu(E) = \lambda$ in a lemma: need some clarification regarding the selection of $A$

I was studying a lemma from my notes on ergodic theory and encountered a difficulty. The lemma states: Let $(X, \mathcal{B}, \mu)$ be an infinite non-atomic measure space, and let $T$ be an ergodic ...
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Literature containing basic knowledge of homogeneous functions

Let $D$ be a nonempty open subset of $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}$ and $f:D\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function of two variables. For all $(x,y)\in D$ and $t>0$ such that $(tx,ty)\in D$, if the equality $f(...
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Does $\int_{\mathbb R^d} (1+|x|^{1 + \alpha}) \ell (x) \, d x < \infty$ imply $\int_{\mathbb R^d} (1+|x|) |\ell (x)|^{1-\alpha} \, d x < \infty$?

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\bE}{\mathbb{E}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. Let $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be a continuous function such that $$ \|...
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Is this inequality in two variables true?

It it true that for all $p\in(0,1/3]$ and all real $t$ we have $$4 \ln(1-p +p\cosh t) \ln\frac{1+\sqrt{1-2p}}{1-\sqrt{1-2p}} \le t^2 (1+c p) \sqrt{1-2p} ,$$ where $c:=2\sqrt{3}\, \ln(2+\sqrt{3})-3$? ...
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Does there exist a continuous field of directions in $\mathbb R^3$ tangent to every sphere?

Does there exist a nonconstant continuous map $v: \mathbb R^3 \to \mathbb S^2$ such that every sphere $S \subset \mathbb R^3$ is tangent to $v(x)$ at some $x \in S$? Bonus: I also suspect that for ...
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Does uniform convergence of suitable functions yield pathwise convergence of their convex envelopes?

For each $k\ge 1$, let $f_k:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R_+$ be $1-$Lipschitz, increasing such that $f_k(x)\ge x^+$ for $x\in\mathbb R$, $f_k(-\infty)=0$ and $$\lim_{x\to+\infty} \big(f_k(x)-x\big)=0.$$ ...
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Convergence of mollified functions in weighted $L^p$ norm

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\bE}{\mathbb{E}} \newcommand{\supp}{\operatorname{supp}} $ Let $(\rho_n)_{n \geq 1}$ be a sequence of mollifiers on $\bR^d$, i.e., each $\rho_n$ is a ...
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Can a differentiable function have everywhere discontinuous derivative?

For $n \geq 2$, let $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ be differentiable. Is it possible that $\nabla f$ is everywhere discontinuous? I believe in dimension $1$, $\nabla f$ has to be continuous on a dense ...

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