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Concave and other bounded functions: Series representation and converging polynomials

Main Question Suppose $f:[0,1]\to[0,1]$ is continuous, polynomially bounded, and belongs to a large class of functions (for example, the $k$-th derivative, $k\ge 0$, is continuous, Lipschitz ...
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How to prove that $ \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} { \Gamma\{(1+2m)/\alpha\}\over \Gamma(1/2+m)} { (-t^2/4)^{m}\over m !} \ge (\alpha/2)^{3}\exp(-t^{2}/4) $

I would love to prove the following inequality $$ {1\over \sqrt{\pi} } \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} \Gamma\{(1+2m)/\alpha\} { (-t^2)^{m}\over (2m) !}=$$ $$ \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} { \Gamma\{(1+2m)/\alpha\}\over \...
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How does Conway's proposed compromise for constructing the real numbers in ONAG actually work?

I have also asked this question on Math Stack Exchange (link). In On Numbers and Games, after discussing the inclusion of the real numbers in the surreal numbers, No, Conway discusses the merits of ...
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Structural Stability on Compact $2$-Manifolds with Boundary

I'm studying the structural stability of vector fields and I'm interested in learning about this phenomenon on compact $2$-manifolds with boundary. Let $M^2$ be a compact connected 2-manifold and $\...
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Connected component optimization

For an open set $A\subset[0,1]^d$, denote the connected components of $A$ by $cc(A)$. Given a smooth symmetric function $f\colon[-1,1]^d\to\mathbb R$ with $f(0)>0$, I am interested in the ...
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Concavity of product and ratio of sums

Apologies if this question is not appropriate for MathOverflow. I have asked at Math.StackExchange without success. Consider the function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined as $$ f(x)=\...
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Heisenberg group: function without vertical derivative

Let $\mathbb H$ be Heisenberg group with vector fields $$ X=\partial_x - \frac12y\partial_t,\quad Y=\partial_y + \frac12x\partial_t,\quad T=\partial_t $$ and $U\subset\mathbb H$ is an open set. I am ...
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Summary of sufficient conditions for convergence of Fourier series

I would like to summarize various sufficient conditions for various modes of convergence of Fourier series. The followings are what I have gathered so far: $L^p$ convergence: if $f \in L^p(\mathbb{T}...
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Did Lebesgue like non-measurable set or not?

I was surprised by the following paragraph in Bressoud's A radical approach to Lebesgue's theory of integration, quoted by Caicedo's in his comment to this question: Vitali's nonmeasurable set, ...
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Proving this function is convex

Let $C$ be a symmetric positive definite matrix such that $0\leq c_{ij} \leq 1$, $c_{ii}=1$, and define $f$ as $$f(x)=\sum_{i}x_{i}\log(\sum_{j}c_{ij}x_{j})$$ for positive vectors $x$ (in fact let's ...
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The space of analytic associative operations

This question is a follow-up to this old one of mine. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the set of functions $\star:\mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ which are associative and $C^\omega$ (real analytic entire) in ...
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$C^0$-limit of volume-preserving maps on $\mathbb R^n$

Let $f_k:B_1\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$ be a sequence of injective differentiable volume-preserving maps (i.e. $\mu(f_k(A))=\mu(A)$ for any measurable $A\subset B_1$) that converges uniformly to $f:B_1\...
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Permutations which change the value of a convergent series

I'm interested in the following combinatorial problem: What is a necessary and sufficent condition on a permutation $\sigma : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$, so that there exist a summable ...
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Can you identify this irrational number?

There is a certain number, say $v$. I can prove it is irrational. That would be more interesting if it is expressible in terms of known values ... zeta functions, Catalan's number, L-functions, etc. ...
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Between real analysis and mathematical logic

This question lies in the intersection of real analysis and logic, so I try to keep things rather basic. First of all, logicians care about the following kind of formula: Let $\varphi(n, x)$ be a ...
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A seemingly trivial property of continuous functions differentiable at the origin (PART 2)

Let $F:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$ be a continuous function such that $F(0)=0$, $F$ is differentiable at $0$ and $DF(0)$ is invertible. Is there an elementary way to show that for all $\epsilon>0$ ...
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Sard's theorem for superharmonic functions: less regularity required?

A function $f:\mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ must be at least $C^d$ in order to guarantee in general that $$\{\phi\in \mathbb{R}|\,\exists x\in \mathbb{R}^d:\,f(x)=\phi,\,(\nabla f)(x)=0\}$$ is a zero-...
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On the "Collected Works" of Charles Bradfield Morrey, Jr

Why Charles Bradfield Morrey, Jr.'s "Collected works" haven't been published yet? I've been thinking of this question for a while, at least from the first time I started to improve the ...
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A discontinuous construction

Suppose we have an uncountable family of functions $f_r: [0, 1] \to R$ indexed by $r \in [0, 1]$ such that for each $r$, there exists a unique $x$ in $[0, 1]$ such that $f_{r}$ is positive on $x$ and $...
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When is Radon-Nikodym derivative induced by a proper map of manifolds bounded?

Let $X,Y$, be compact complex manifolds, and let $f:X\to Y$ be a smooth, proper (i.e. for each $y\in Y$, $f^{-1}(y)$ is a compact set) and surjective map. Choose metrics on $X,Y$ and let $\mu_X, \mu_Y$...
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The first homotopic Baire class

Let $X$ and $Y$ be topological spaces. A map $f:X\to Y$ belongs to the first Baire class (to the first homotopic Baire class), if there exists a continuous map $H:X\times \omega\to Y$ (a continuous ...
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Lavrentiev Phenomenon

Does there exist a (onedimensional) integral functional of calculus of variations $$ F(y)=\int_a^b f(t,y(t),y'(t))\,dt
 $$ such that not only $$ \inf_{y\in\operatorname{Lip}([a,b])}F(y)>\inf_{y\in ...
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Results that are easier in a metric space

Are there any significant results in the theory of metric spaces that (are considerably more difficult to reproduce/have not been reproduced) in the theory of uniform spaces? In particular, I'm ...
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Counter-example to the completeness of the Wasserstein metric

$\newcommand{\P}{\mathcal{P}}$ Let $(E,d)$ be a complete metric space, let $\P(E)$ be the set of all probability measures on $(E,\mathcal{B}(E))$. Let $W_d$ be the $1$-Wasserstein (Kantorovich) ...
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distance distributions on a hypersphere?

Fix a real number $0\leq t\leq 1$ and an integer $n>1$. Let $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ denote the unit hypersphere. Define $$d_N(n;t):=\max\sum_{i<j}\Vert P_i-P_j\Vert_2^t$$ where ...
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integrality of a Riccati-type equation

The following is a problem we were unable to prove and left stated in the paper "Arithmetical properties of a sequence arising from an arctangent sum", J. Numb. Theory 128 (2008) 1807–1846. Define ...
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Fixed radius mean value property implies harmonicity?

Let $f$ be a continuous real-valued function on $\mathbb{R}^n$. It is well known that the following are equivalent: $f$ is harmonic. $f$ satisfies the ball mean value property $$ f(x)=\frac{1}{|B(x,r)...
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Increasing derivatives of recursively defined polynomials

Consider recursively defined polynomials $f_0(x)=x$ and $f_{n+1}(x)=f_n(x)−f_n'(x) x (1−x)$. These polynomials have some special properties, for example $f_n(0)=0$, $f_n(1)=1$, and all $n+1$ roots of ...
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Proving Richardson's theorem for constants

(I asked this a little over 3 months ago on math.SE, and when I initially re-asked here, no one had responded there. $\:$ After I re-asked here, Eric Towers responded there, since I had forgotten to ...
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Uniform approximation of separately continuous functions on zero-dimensional spaces

For topological spaces $X,Y,Z$ а function $f:X\times Y\to Z$ is called separately continuous if for any $(x,y)\in X\times Y$ the restrictions of $f$ to the sets $\{x\}\times Y$ and $X\times \{y\}$ are ...
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About the first decimal of $\sqrt {n!}$

Do we have : $$\sup\{\sqrt {n!} - E(\sqrt {n!}); n\in I\!\!N\}=1?$$ Where $E(\cdot)$ is the integer part function, and $n!=1\times 2...\times n$.
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A monoid-structure on pairs of interlacing polynomials

Let us call a pair of two real polynomials $(P,Q)$ interlacing if $\deg(P)=\deg(Q)+1$, both polynomials have strictly positive leading coefficients and $P,Q$ have only real roots which interlace ...
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On derivatives of polynomials majorized by $\max(1,|x|^d)$

In the course of generalizing the Bernstein-Markov theorem to normed space, Harris came up with the following question. Suppose that $p$ is a real polynomial satisfying $|p(x)| \leq (1+|x|)^d$. How ...
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Polynomials and divided differences

I would greatly appreciate any hint for proving the following. Question: Let $f:[0, 1] \to {\bf R}$. Can it be proved that if $[0, 1/(N+m),\dots, (N+m)/(N+m) ; f ]=0$ for all $m=1,2, 3,\dots$, then $...
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Hausdorff dimension and sigma finiteness

If a function $ f : \mathbf{R} \to \mathbf{R} $ is $\mathscr{C}^{0,\alpha}$ for every $ 0 < \alpha < 1 $ then its graph has Hausdorff dimension $1$. I would like to see an example of such a ...
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Do there exist strictly contracting eikonal functions on $\mathbb R^n$?

A function $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ is said to be a strict contraction if $$|f(x) - f(y)| < |x - y|$$ for all $x \neq y$. A function $f$ is said to be eikonal if it is differentiable ...
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Generalized Rademacher theorem for fractional derivatives

It is known that if $f$ is $\alpha$ Holder and $\gamma<\alpha$ then $f$ is $\gamma$ fractional differentiable. See Theorem 14 in the paper by G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littlewood, "Some properties ...
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How to prove these identities for $\log(2)$ based on $_3F_2$ integrals?

In this MO post I have placed 4 Ramanujan-type hypergeometric series found using the LLL algorithm for fast computing of some logarithms. I could prove 3 of them by means of classical methods based on ...
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Generating functions in countable commutative monoids

Let $f: \mathbb{N}_0 \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a function. The power series of $f$ can be viewed as the function $\mathscr{P}_f : q \mapsto \sum_{n \in \mathbb{N}_0}^{} f(n)q^n$ where $q \in \mathbb{...
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Energy of harmonic maps from $\mathbb R^2$ to $S^2$ is quantized

Assume that $U:\mathbb R^2\to S^2=\{y\in\mathbb R^3:|y|=1\}$ is a smooth solution of the equation $\Delta U+|\nabla U|^2U=0$ in $\mathbb R^2$ with $\int_{\mathbb R^2}|\nabla U|^2\,dx<+\infty$. ...
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Archimedean ordered field in which every function is smooth

In constructive mathematics, it is consistent that every function $\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ on the Dedekind real numbers is continuous. However, it is not consistent that every function $\mathbb{R} \...
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Have we discovered constructions for natural fractional dimensional spheres?

I have been thinking about a couple different problems in fractal geometry (including I one deleted because it was ill posed) and realize they all depend in a fundamental way on the problem of: Can we ...
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Injectiveness of a monotonic surjective mapping $\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^n$ with $\det J \neq 0$

Consider a surjective mapping $F \colon \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^n$, $F\in C^1$, $\dfrac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_j} > 0$, and $\det \left(\!\left( \dfrac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_j} \right)\!\...
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Equivalent forms of Fourier restriction conjecture

this question is posted in mathstackexchange, but it seems that no one answers it. Sorry to the administrator if this question is not appropriate on Mathoverflow. I'm reading Pertti Maattila's book ...
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Using the Lorentz operators to build polynomials that converge to a continuous function

Questions Let $f(\lambda):[0,1]\to (0,1)$ have a $\beta-\lfloor\beta\rfloor$)-Hölder continuous $\lfloor\beta\rfloor$-th derivative, where $\beta>0$. Find explicit bounds, with no hidden constants,...
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Can every weakly converging sequence be made to converge strongly after taking a subsequence and rearranging?

Let $f_i: [0, 1] \to \mathbb R$ be functions in $L^1 \cap L^\infty$ with $\sup_i \|f_i\|_{L^\infty} < M$ for some $M > 0$. Suppose $f_i$ converge weakly in $L^1$ to some $L^1$ function $f$ - ...
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Do smooth cutoff functions analytically continue functions?

My goal is to prove (or disprove) that sufficiently smooth and quickly decaying cutoff functions being tacked on to a Taylor series correctly extend the radius of convergence to the analytic ...
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Gap between consecutive Dirichlet eigenvalues

Suppose $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$ is a domain with a Lipschitz boundary and let $\{\lambda_k\}_{k=0}^n$ be the eigenvalues for the Laplacian operator on $\Omega$, that is to say $$ -\Delta \phi_k = ...
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Is the arithmetic-geometric mean of 1 and 2 rational?

It is easy to show that, for two fixed real numbers $\alpha, \beta > 0$, the sequences given by $a_ 1 = \frac{\alpha + \beta }{2}$, $ g_1 = \sqrt{\alpha\beta}$, and $a_{n+1} = \frac{a_n + g_n}{2}$, ...
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Weak-type inequality for the partial Fourier sum operator

I'm studying harmonic analysis by myself. One of the online notes gives the following claim as a remark: For any $N \in \mathbb{Z}^{+}$, let's use $S_{N}$ to denote the partial ($N$ terms) Fourier sum ...
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