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A Riemann Hilbert problem on the unit square
Let $p_0=0$, $p_1=1$, $p_2=1+i$ and $p_3=i$ be the four vertices of a square $Q$ on the complex plane $\mathbb C$.
Let $f \in C^{\infty}_c((0,1))$ and consider the following Riemann-Hilbert problem on ...
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A local base for space of probability measures with Prohorov metric
Let $S$ be a Polish space. Let $P(S)$ denote the space of probability measures on $(S,\mathcal{B})$, where $\mathcal B$ is the Borel-$\sigma$-algebra over $S$. Equip $P(S)$ with the Prohorov metric. I ...
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Transforming a continuous function into a differentiable function
Given a continuous function $f(x)$ when does there exist a non-constant continuous function $g(x)$ such that $f(g(x))$ is differentiable what about $g(f(x))$?
Does there exist any examples of $f(x)$ ...
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Moduli of continuity and Wasserstein differentiability of functions between measures
Let $X=\mathbb{R}^n$; I am also interested in the general case $X$ is a metric space but for simplicity let's focus on Euclidean space. Let $\mathcal{P}(X)$ denote the space of Borel probability ...
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Sufficient conditions for the continuity of an improper integral concerning the finite-time stability of a dynamical system
Consider the initial value problem
\begin{equation}\label{fainait ve}
\dot{\boldsymbol{x}}(t) = \boldsymbol{f}(\boldsymbol{x}(t)), \;\; t \geq 0, \; \;\boldsymbol{f}(\boldsymbol{0}_n) = \boldsymbol{0}...
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Convergence of infinite linear programming
Suppose we have the following linear program (LP1),
$$\min_{f \in \mathcal{C}} \int_{\mathbb{R}} f(t) \cos(2 \pi x_0 t) dt \\ \text{subject to } \int_{\mathbb{R}}f(t)dt = 1 \\\forall x\in [0,1]: \int_{...
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Conditions on triangle inequality for integral kernel
Consider $\int_RK(x,y)f(y)dy$, where $K(x,y) \in M_+(R^2)$.
Let $L(t,s)$ be an iterated rearrangement of $K$. Let also $$
A(t,v)=\int_0^{1/v}L(1/t,s)ds,
$$
which is decreasing with $v$ and ...
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Möbius function and polynomials
Let $\mu$ be the Möbius function. It is well known that $\sum_{n|k} \mu(n) = 0$ for $k>1$. What could be said about the polynomials $R_k = \sum_{n|k} \mu(n) x^n$ for $x \in [0,1]$? There does not ...
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About an estimate of an oblique derivative problem of Laplace's equation
Suppose $n\geq 2$, set $B=B_r(0)\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $B^+=\{x\in B|x_n>0\}$, $H=\{x\in B|x_n=0\}$, Let $u\in C^\infty(B^+)\cap C^1(B^+\cup H)$ be a solution of the following oblique derivative ...
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Log-concavity inequality
Let $x,y,$ and $t$ be fixed real numbers, $1<x<y$, $0<t<1$. Does the following inequality hold for some $c$
$$\frac{\log{(tx+(1-t)y)}}{\log^t{x}\log^{(1-t)}{y}}>\frac{\log{(sw+(1-s)z)}}{...
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Minkowski (box-counting) dimension of generalized Cantor set
I'm trying to solve this problem.
For $0<\alpha, \beta<1,$ let $K_{\alpha, \beta}$ be the Cantor set obtained as an intersection of the following nested compact sets. $K_{\alpha, \beta}^{0}=[0,...
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Comparison of two Fourier transforms
I am looking for $\delta>0$, such that
$$
\delta \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp(its)
{ \Gamma\{2(it+1)/3\}\over \Gamma\{(it+1)/2\} }dt \le \\
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp(its)
{ \Gamma (it+1)\over \...
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Eigenvalues of convolution matrices
Let $h: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function. Fix $0\leq s_1\leq \cdots \leq s_m\leq 1$ and $0\leq t_1\leq \cdots \leq t_n\leq 1$. Construct $A\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ by letting $A_{i,j}:...
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Conditions for a function to vanish almost nowhere on its support?
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function and $\mathrm{supp}(f) := \mathrm{cl}\{x\in\mathbb{R}^d\mid f(x)\neq 0\}$ its support.
Under which conditions is it true that $f≠0$ (...
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Reference request : Convergence of radial basis function interpolation or spline interpolation as points become dense, for a continuous function
Is there any proof for this. Kindly request a reference in case available or any related documents towards this.
PS : I am specifically interested in the case of scattered data (irregularly placed), ...
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Natural candidates for super-half-exponential which limit to half-exponential function from above
There are no closed form candidates for half-exponential functions "Closed-form" functions with half-exponential growth.
However super-half-exponentials (functions whose composition grows ...
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Path connectedness of a certain subspace of measurable functions
Note: Functions that differ on a null set are not identified.
Consider the space of measurable functions $[0, 1] \to [0, 1]$ that are continuous exactly on a set of Lebesgue measure $r$ , $0 < r &...
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Continuity of Helmholtz-Hodge projection in $H^1(\Omega)$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ (for simplicity $d = 2$ or $3$) be a bounded Lipschitz domain. For any vector-valued function $\mathbf{f} \in \mathbf{L}^2(\Omega):= \left ( L^2(\Omega) \right )^d$, ...
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Fastest way to calculate the eigenvalues of a product of two Toeplitz matrices
I have the following problem:
I need to find the fastest way to calculate the eigenvalues of a matrix that is the product of two Toeplitz matrices. $B = A U$.
The first is a regular Toeplitz matrix $A$...
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Maximum value of $\int (aF^2(x)g(x)+G^2(x)f(x))dx$ over all $f,g$ densities satisfying $\int F(x)g(x)dx=1/2$
I want to maximise $$I(f,g):=\int_{-\infty}^\infty (aF^2(x)g(x)+G^2(x)f(x))dx$$ where $a>0$ is a given constant, over all possible probability densities $f,g$ satisfying $$\int_{-\infty}^\infty F(x)...
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Construction of weight function to satisfy condition on given functional
Consider the following function :
$$F(z) = \omega(z){\sin^2\left(\frac{c\Gamma(z)}{z}\right)}$$
Here, $\omega(z)$ is a weight we are going to consider
The following two conditions should meet for $\...
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Preservation of $(C,1)$ summability of a function, when multiplied by a bounded strictly decreasing function
Let $f(x)$ be a $(C,1)$ summable function defined on $[1,∞)$:
$$ \lim_{R \rightarrow \infty} \int\limits_1^R \left(1−\frac{x}{R}\right)f(x)\,\mathrm{d}x= L, $$
where $L$ is a finite number.
Let $g(x)...
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Gradient descent in $U(n)^r$
I have a function $f:U(n)^r\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which I would like to minimize. Here, $U(n)$ is the set of unitary matrices, and $r$ should be considered to be much bigger than $n$. For instance, $...
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Independence of variables in curvilinear coordinate systems
Let $U$ be a connected open subset of $\Bbb{R}^n$, and let $(\xi_1,\dots,\xi_n)$ be a curvilinear smooth ($C^\infty$) coordinate system on $U$. Suppose $1\leq k<n$. A smooth function $f:U\...
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Commutator estimates for $-(-\Delta)^s$, with $s \in (1,2)$
I'm currently trying to work with the non-local operator given by
$$
(-\Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}f(x)= c_s\text{P.V} \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{-f(x+y)-f(x-y)+2f(x)}{|y|^{1+s}} dy,
$$
where $f :\mathbb ...
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Intuition from Hopf lemma (boundary point lemma )
Consider the classical boundary point lemma:
Let $L$ be an elliptic operator.
Boundary Point Lemma Suppose $\Omega$ has the interior sphere property and that $u\in C^2(\Omega)\cap C^1(\bar\Omega)$ ...
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Example of periodic semidifferentiable function without absolutely convergent Fourier series
Is there an example of a periodic continuous function that is semidifferentiable (i.e the left derivative and the right derivative exist at each point), but
with a non-absolutely convergent Fourier ...
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Asymptotic of a functional as $x\rightarrow \infty$
Consider the following functional :
$$
I(x,s) =\int_0^\infty\mathrm dy \frac{F(x + \mathrm iy, s) − F(x −\mathrm iy, s)}{\mathrm e^{2πy}-1},
$$
where $ F(z, s) = \dfrac{\sinh(\sin^2[π\Gamma(z)/(2z)])...
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Decomposition of the space of Radon measures with respect fractional harmonic capacity?
It is well know that there is a generalization of Lebesgue decomposition theorem in the following way:
Any non negative Radon measure can be decomposed uniquely into the sum of an absolutely ...
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Properties of analytic "super-monomials"
Defining as monomials $m(x,n)\,:=\,x^n,\,n\in\mathbb{N}_0$, I denote by an "super-monomial" an analytic function of the form
$$ \overline{m}(x,n,(a))\ :=\ x^n+\sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty \frac{a_{n+i}x^{...
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Is integration by parts useful for obtaining global cancellation?
If $f$ and $g$ are functions on the real line, and $f$ is oscillatory, then an important technique for bounding the integral $\int fg$ is applying an integration by parts, writing
$$ \int_{-\infty}^\...
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Analytic function whose derivatives and primitives are independent from a given set of countable cardinality
Let $L=(l_j)_{j\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a set of countably many independent real analytic functions on $[0,2\pi]$. Here and in the following, independent means that a function cannot be written as finite ...
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Smallest eigenvalue for large kernel matrix
I am interested in the the asymptotics of the minimum eigenvalue $\lambda_n^n$ of a class of kernel matrix $P = [ K(x_i - x_j) ]_{i,j}$, with $x_i$ equally spaced in the unit cube of $\mathbb{R}^d$.
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How does the principal value affects to the limit here?
In Córdoba and Gancedo - Contour dynamics of incompressible 3-D fluids in a porous medium with different densities (page 4) I read that if
$$ v (x_1,x_2,x_3,t)=-\frac{\rho_2-\rho_1}{4\pi} \...
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Maschler's bargaining set-an incomplete step in a proof
I have a problem with the concept of the bargaining set which is given below in some detail.
Let $N=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ be a set of players and $v:2^N\to \mathbb{R}$
a superadditive game (meaning $S,T \...
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Is harmonic mean of linear functions a Bernstein function?
According to some experiments I've been running, for any $n$ and non-negative $a_1, a_2, \ldots a_n$, the following function:
$f(t) = \frac{n}{\sum_{i=1}^n 1/(a_i+t)}$
is a Bernstein function, ...
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Continuity of the Legendre transform of a Lipschitz function
Let $p > 1$, $f$ defined on $L^p(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R})$, locally Lipschitz and concave, with $f(x) = 0$ when $x \geq 0$ a.e. We define, with $q$ dual to $p$, for any $y\in L^q$ , $g(y) := \sup_{...
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Gaussian width and restricted isometry
It is known that, for an $m$ dimensional space and an $n\times m$ dimensional random matrix $U$ whose entries are iid Gaussian, then $\|I-(1/n)U^TU\|$ is bounded by $\sqrt{m/n}$ when $n>m$.
If a ...
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Do functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ with these properties exist?
Basically, I am trying to determine how exactly and in which ways everywhere discontinuous bijections $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ "behave when they are unusual".
More precisely, I am trying to ...
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Conditional Integration of arbitrary function
Let $f(t) \in \mathbb{R}^+$, $g(t) \in \mathbb{R}^+$ be bounded and integrable functions, $A>0$ and $0 < \eta \leq 1$. If $h(t) = A\cdot f(t) - g(t)$, what needs to be the value of $A$ to ...
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Almost every where divergent Fourier series
Does there exist any continuous function $f:[\pi,\pi]\to \mathbb{C}$ whose Fourier series $\sum \hat{f}(n)e^{int}$ is almost every where divergent?
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Finite speed of propagation for a PDE
Let $u(s,t,x)$ solve the equation
$$ i \partial_s u +\partial^2_t u - \partial^2_x u =0$$
on the set $[0,1]^3$ and suppose that
$u(0,t,x)=0$ on $[0,1]^2$ and that
$$ u(s,0,x)=\partial_t u(s,0,x)=0$$
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look for differentiable symmetric functions whose global minimizer has all distinct components
For symmetric functions, people ask Do symmetric problems have symmetric solutions?, e.g., [3] and [4].
The answer is no in general. However, solutions of symmetric problems often exhibit certain ...
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Uniform lower bound on a sequence of functions on $[0,1]$
Consider the sequence of functions $\{F_n(\cdot)\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ on $[0,1]$, where for each $n$, $F_n(\cdot)$ is defined as
\begin{equation}
F_n(x) = \sum_{i=2}^n \Big( x^{b_n} \frac{i}{(i+1)^{...
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Existence of a `right' sequence
Suppose that $f_n: \mathbb{R} \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a sequence of bounded variation functions such that there exists $C>0$: $|f_n| < C$ for every $n$ and, as $n \to \infty$, for $...
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Reparametrization of a closed curve that balances sum of first derivatives
(Question in the yellow box below.)
A few weeks ago I was wondering about the existence of a scalar function $f(s): S^1 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and a turning angle $\phi(s):S^1 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}/...
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Weak derivative under the integral sign
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded and regular open subset $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ and $u:[0,\infty)\times \Omega\to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function (for example a smooth solution to a PDE). Thus the ...
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Mean value of a function with binomial coefficients as weights
Is the following true?
Let $a$ be a positive integer and let $t_n$ be a sequence of numbers. We define the binomial mean of $t_n$
$$
\beta_{t_n,a} = \frac{1}{2^n t_n}\sum_{r^a \le n} \binom{n}{r^a}...
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Generalization of Lagrange-Burmann to system of self-consistency equations
In my research, I have come across a system of probability generating functions of the following form:
$$H_1(x) = x A(H_1(x))B(H_2(x)) \text{,}$$
$$H_2(x) = x C(H_1(x))D(H_2(x)) \text{,}$$
and I am ...
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Removability of the isolated singularity of real analytic mappings with nondegenerate Jacobian
Let $B^n=\{x\in \mathbf{R}^n: |x|<1\}$$(n>2)$. Consider real analytic mappings $f_1:B^n\setminus \{0\}\to B^n$, $f_2:B^n\setminus \{0\}\to \mathbf{R}^n$ and $f_3: B^n\setminus \{0\}\to S^n$ ...
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