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Partition of unity of simplex
Let $$\chi_S(x,y)=\begin{cases}1&\text{ if }0< x<y< 1\\0&\text{ else }\end{cases}$$
be the indicator function of the simplex $S=\{(x,y)\in (0,1)^2:x<y\}$. I am interested in an ...
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An inequality for a real function
Let $$f(z)=(1+z)^{3/4}-\left(\frac{3}{8}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\right)^{1/4}-\frac{\left(3 z+\sqrt{6} \sqrt{-1+z^2}\right)^{3/4}}{\left(2 \left(2+\sqrt{3}\right)\right)^{3/4}}.$$ Is there a simple proof ...
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Convergence of a power series
Consider the numbers $$a_n=\frac{1}{n+1}\sum_{k=0}^{n}\frac{2^{k-1}\binom{n+1}{k}B_k}{2^{s+k-1}-1}, \ n\geq0,$$ where $s\neq1;0;-1;-2;-3;...$ is a fixed real number, and the $B_k$ are the Bernoulli ...
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Within ZFC, is $2^{\aleph_0}<2^{\aleph_1}$ provable/independent?
So, I ask whether from the ZFC axioms one can prove X that every uncountable set has strictly more than continuum many subsets, or whether X is independent of the ZFC axioms. Note that (within ZFC) ...
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Maximum of a function
Let $p,q\in\Bbb N$ with $p\not=q$. Put $$M=\sup_{x\in[0,1]} \left|\cos(2 p\pi x)-\cos(2 q\pi x)\right|.$$
What is the value of $M$.
Thanks
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Definition of integral over level sets in coarea formula
This is probably a simple question, maybe more suited for MSE. In the coarea formula, you have
$$\int_{{\mathbb{R}}^n} g (x) |\nabla f(x)|\, dx= \int_\mathbb{R} \left(\int_{\{f=t\}} g d \mathcal{H}^{n-...
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Two-Sided Bounds on Binomial Sum
I came across this partial sum which I cannot find reasonable bounds on; I feel this must be known in the literature, but I do not know where to look. Here is the problem:
Let $s\in (0,1)$ and ...
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Asymptotic of ratio between l1 / l2 norm of a structured vector
As suggested in this discussion, I would like to inquire about the following question:
Consider a matrix B of size $n\times n$ defined as:
$$B_{ij}(\pmb{\theta})=(\theta_i-\theta_j)\sin(\theta_i-\...
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asymptotic of ratio between two summations (l1 / l2 norm)
Let $B$ as a $n\times n$ matrix where
$$B_{ij}(\pmb{\theta})=(\theta_i-\theta_j)\sin(\theta_i-\theta_j), 1\leq i<j\leq n$$ and other entries equals to $0$, and $$\theta=[\theta_1,\cdots,\theta_n]\...
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Continuity of a rational function
This is a simple question. Given a real valued rational function
$$
f (x) = \frac{p(x)}{q(x)}\quad x\in\mathbf R^N,
$$
this is called regular on a point if the denominator $q$ does not vanish there. ...
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Convergence of the infima of convex functions on $\mathbb{R}^m$
Any thoughts on proving the following statement, which is a generalization of the result in convergence of the infima of convex functions from domain $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}^m$ and also Theorem 1 ...
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Pre-images of the critical point of $3.83 x(1-x)$
This question may be easy; however, I have been unable to locate any references regarding the specific scenario described below.
Let $T:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ be the quadratic map $T(x) = 3.83 x (1-x)$. It ...
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A need for analytic continuation of a finite sum function
Let $\varphi(n):=(-1)^{n+1}(n+1)2^{2n}$.
I am able to prove the following identity (${\color{red}{\mathbf{LHS}}}$=infinite series, ${\color{blue}{\mathbf{RHS}}}$=finite sum)
\begin{align*}
{\color{red}...
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Upper bounds for the spatial differential of the inverse of a flux
It is well known that given a regular velocity field $b: \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ (say, continuous in time and uniformly Lipshitz in space), the flux $X$ associated to $b$ is a ...
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Quantitative Lebesgue density theorem
Let $A \subset [0, 1]$ be a measurable set, and $\mathbf 1_A$ its indicator function, viewed as a function on $\mathbb R$. Define for each $\delta > 0$, the function $f_{A, \varepsilon}: \mathbb R \...
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Does global boundedness ruin Stone-Weierstrass denseness?
Let $X$ be any topological space and denote by $\tau_X$ the topology on $C_b(X;\mathbb{R})$ that is induced by the family of seminorms $(\|\cdot\|_\psi\mid\psi\in B_0(X))$ with $\|f\|_\psi:=\sup_{x\in ...
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A limit arising from Mellin Inversion: How to compute a specific term of an asymptotic series?
So I am wondering if there exists a general procedure for the following problem:
given a monotonically increasing function $f(n)$ which is nonegative on the interval $[0,\infty)$ and grows faster than ...
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Separate holomorphicity implies holomorphicity on analytic varieties
Suppose that $M$ and $N$ are two complex analytic varities and suppose that $f\colon M\times N \to \mathbb{C}$ is a map. Further assume that $f$ is such that for every $p\in M$ the map $f(p,\cdot)\...
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When is a $p$-th order stationary point of a polynomial actually a local minimum?
Definition: For integer $p\geq 1$, we say $x\in \mathbb{R}^d$ is a $p$-th order stationary point of a function $f \colon \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ if there exists a $C>0$ and an $\epsilon>0$ ...
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A lower bound for the $L^1$ norm of real trigonometric polynomials
This question is somewhat similar to Minimizing the L1 norm of odd-term trigonometric polynomial. The context of the question is based on the paper Hardy's Inequality and the $L^1$ norm of Exponential ...
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Local equality of functions implies global equality?
The following question arised in my research, and I was unable to settle it after playing with it for sometime. Let $\{a^k_i\}_{i\geq 1}$ (for $k\in \{1,2,3,4\}$) be four sequences of real numbers. ...
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Asking a reference about the $p$-Laplacian of $|\nabla u|^p$
It is well-known that for a harmonic function $u$, i.e.
$$ \Delta u=0, $$
the quantity $|\nabla u|^2$ is subharmonic, i.e.
$$\Delta (|\nabla u|^2) \geq 0. $$
Reason:
$$\Delta (|\nabla u|^2)= 2 \nabla (...
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What is a subset of $\mathbb{Z}^3$ making $\Bigl( \sin(n \cdot x),\cos(n \cdot x) \Bigr)_{n \in \mathbb{Z}^3}$ linearly independent?
This question was originally posted in ME: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4725157/what-is-an-explicit-subset-of-mathbbz3-that-makes-bigl-sinn-cdot-x
but more and more I think about it, this ...
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Series involving sine and cosine
Let $(a_n)_n$ be an increasing real sequence with $a_n=O(\sqrt n)$.
Is it true that there exists an increasing function $\phi:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ such that $$\lim \left|\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\phi(n)}\...
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Lower bound for coercive polynomials, II
This is a refinement of my earlier question (Lower bound for coercive polynomials). This time, I ask the same question but for the exponent 1. Indeed, the question is: given a coercive polynomial $f \...
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Does there always exist a regular curve connecting two points in an open connected subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$? [closed]
As the title says, given $A\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ open and connected and $x, y\in A$, I am looking for a continuous curve $\gamma:[0, 1]\rightarrow A$ which is differentiable in $(0,1)$ with $\gamma'(...
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Lower bound for coercive polynomials
For a polynomial $f \in \mathbb{R}[x_1, \cdots, x_n]$, we say that $f$ is coercive (see my earlier question: Real polynomials that go to infinity in all directions: how fast do they grow?) if
$$\...
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Convergence in sequential Lebesgue spaces
Consider a strictly increasing sequence $1\leq q_0<q_n<q_{n+1}<q$ such that $q_n\to q$ as $n\to \infty$. Let $B\subset \Bbb R^d$ be a ball, so that $L^{q}(B)\subset L^{q_{n+1}}(B)\subset L^{...
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Is this a smooth approximation to the $\ell$-infinity distance actually a quasi-metric?
The $\|\cdot\|_{\infty}$-norm on $\mathbb{R}^n$ for $n\in \mathbb{Z}^+$ is not a smooth function. However, I came across this post which essentially says that a pointwise approximation to the maximum ...
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Mass of the push forward of a k-current with fixed orientation
$\DeclareMathOperator{\Mass}{Mass}$Let $f: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smoth map. Given a $2$-vector (in general a $k$-vector but let's stick to $2$) $v_1 \wedge v_2 \in \Lambda_2 (\mathbb{R}^...
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A counterexample showing $BV_p \neq AC_p$
I am trying to work through a supposedly simple counterexample given in papers by Love and Gehring regarding a $p$-power generalization of bounded variation and absolute continuity.
Let $p > 1$. ...
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Differentiable functions on analytic varieties
Let $\iota\colon X\to \Omega\subseteq \mathbb{C}^n$ be a complex analytic variety $X$ in an open subset $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{C}^n$. If $N$ is a smooth manifold and $h\colon M\to X$ is a continuous map,...
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If every point is a Lebesgue point of $f$, does $f$ satisfy the intermediate value property?
Let $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a locally integrable measurable function.
We say $f$ satisfies the intermediate value property if given any $a, b\in \mathbb R$ with $a < b$, whenever $u \in \...
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Product/quotient of factorials beget dyadic powers
I am writing up some notes and the following occurred to me and I would like to see if there are a variety of ways to prove it. Just for reference, the identity pops out of equality between constant ...
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Operation preserving log-concavity of sequences
Here a log-concave sequence $(a_0,a_1,a_2,\ldots)$ is a sequence of positive real numbers such that $a_i^2 \geq a_{i-1}a_{i+1}$ for each $i\geq 1$. These are pervasive within mathematics.
A polynomial ...
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How to show that $ u $ is vanishing in $ \mathbb{R}^3\setminus B_1 $?
I come across an interesting question.
Let $ B_r=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^3:|x|\leq r\} $ be the ball in $ \mathbb{R}^3 $ with radius $ r $. Assume that $ u \in C(\mathbb{R}^3\setminus B_1) $ satisfies
$$
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Long tail property of Laplace transforms
A function $F: \mathbb R_+ \rightarrow \mathbb R_+$ is said to be long tailed if $F(\infty)=0$ and for all $y \geq 0$ $$\frac{F(x+y)}{F(x)} \rightarrow 1, \quad x\rightarrow \infty.$$
Let $\mu$ be a ...
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Extremizing the integral part of an integro-differential equation
Consider the problem of finding a continuously twice-differentiable function $x(t)$ which extremizes the convergent improper integral
\begin{equation}
I=\int_{-\infty}^{t} f(x,s)\mathop{ds}
\end{...
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Can a function that is continuous on a dense set be almost extended to a continuous function?
Note: All sets and functions defined below are assumed measurable. $\mu$ denotes the Lebesgue measure.
Let $D$ be a dense subset of $[0, 1]$, and $f: D \to \mathbb R$ a function. Given $\varepsilon &...
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Extract this constant term
Given a Laurent polynomial $F$ in the variables $\mathbf{t}=(t_1,\dots,t_n)$, let $CT_{\vec{\mathbf{t}}}\,F$ denote its constant term.
For example, $CT_{t_1,t_2}((8t_1-\frac1{3t_1t_2})(5t_1t_2+t_2^2+\...
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Factoring a smooth map as a function to a linear map
I am searching for a reference to the following fact about smooth functions.
If $f \in C^k(\mathbb{R}^n, \mathbb{R}^m)$ such that $f(0) = 0$, then there exists $g \in C^{k - 1}(\mathbb{R}^n, \...
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Does control on the “magnitude” of the rearrangement give control of the rearranged Cesaro sums?
Let $a_n$ be a nonnegative sequence that Cesaro converges to $K > 0$. We recall this means
$$\frac{1}{N} \sum_{n = 1}^N a_n \to K$$
as $N \to \infty$.
Suppose $a_{\phi_n}$ with $\phi: \mathbb N \to ...
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Is the inequality $\sum_{i} p_i \frac{a_i}{b_i} \leq \frac{\sum_{i} p_i a_i}{\sum_{i} p_i b_i}$ true?
Let $p_i \in [0,1]$ and $\sum_{i} p_i = 1$, and furthermore let $a_i$ and $b_i$ be positive real numbers. Is the inequality
$$
\sum_{i} p_i \frac{a_i}{b_i} \leq \frac{\sum_{i} p_i a_i}{\sum_{i} p_i ...
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Minimum number of $|\cdot|$ operations necessary to express $\max$
For two variables, their maximum
$\max\{x_1,x_2\}$ can be expressed using one $|\cdot|$ operation:
$$
\max\{x_1,x_2\} = \frac12(x_1+x_2+|x_1-x_2|).
$$
For $3$ variables, it seems fairly clear that ...
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Generalisation of 'derivatives are Baire 1'
If $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is differentiable, then its derivative $f'$ is Baire 1 (which essentially follows by the definition of derivative).
Do functions differentiable almost ...
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Recursive sequence of renewal type : when does one term dominate them all?
Let $(b_n)_{n \geq 0}$ be an increasing sequence of non negative real numbers.
Let $(u_n)_{n \geq 0}$ be recursively defined by $u_0 =1$ and
$$u_{n} = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} u_{k} b_{n-k}$$
Find a ...
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Are there $f,h$ such that $h$ is Lipschitz, $\int_0^t f(s)\,\mathrm d s<\infty$ and $|\partial_t g| (t, x) \le f(t)g(h(t), x)$?
We consider the heat kernel
$$
g :\mathbb R_{>0} \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R,\quad (t, x) \mapsto \frac{1}{(4\pi t)^{d/2}} \exp \bigg ( - \frac{|x|^2}{4t} \bigg ).
$$
Then
$$
\partial_t g(t, x)...
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Location of the negative real roots of certain integer-valued polynomials
The following question on polynomials arose as a potentially helpful intermediate step on a proof of a Theorem that I want to demonstrate. Its statement is quite elementary, and I can think of a ...
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A bound for the Bessel function of the first kind J_0
I have proved the following bound for the Bessel function of the first kind:
$$
J_0(x)=\sum_{m=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^m\,(x/2)^{2m}}{(m!)^2}
$$
which is
$$
|J_0(x)|\le \frac1{\sqrt[4]{1+x^2}}
$$
but I ...
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Cardinality of maximal elements in terms of set-theoretic inclusion in the space $c_0(\mathbb{N})$
Let $c_0(\mathbb{N})$ be the space of real-valued sequences converging to zero.
Here, each element $\{\alpha_n\} \in c_0(\mathbb{N})$ itself is a "set", so that we can think about set-...
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