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Local maxima of the sum of Gaussian functions in *multiple dimensions* are always strict local maxima - prove/disprove/prove conditionally?
This is a follow up of the question in one dimension, that asked to show that the all the maxima of the sum of Gaussian
$$f_n(x):= \sum_{i=1}^{n}e^{-(x-x_i)^2}, x_1 < x_2 < \dots < x_n$$
are ...
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A "counterbalancing" trigonometric sum inequality
Is it true that
$$s_{n,k}:=\sum_{j=1}^{n-1} r_{n,k,j}
<0$$
for all natural $n\ge2$ and all natural $k\in\{1,\dots,n-1\}$,
where
$$\text{$r_{n,k,j}:=\frac{x_{n,2j}}{y_{n,k,j}\;y_{n,k+1,j}},\quad$
$...
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Given $a>0$, find $b>0$ for which $\|\langle x\rangle^{-b}|\partial_x|^{1/2}f\|_{L^2}\lesssim\|\partial_x f\|_{L^2}+\|\langle x\rangle^{-a}f\|_{L^2}$
I have asked the same question on MathSE. I was thinking about the following problem.
Problem. Given $\alpha>0$, find all values of $\beta\geq 0$ such that the following estimate is true for all $\...
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Approximation by gaussian mollification in Sobolev spaces
I have been trying to find a good estimate on the constant in the inequality (in dimension $d=3$ to simplify)
$$\label{0}\tag{0}
\|(1-e^{t\Delta})f\|_{L^{5/3}(\Bbb R^3)} \leq C_0\,t^{2/5}\, \|\nabla \...
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Maximal function estimate for differential quotient of function satisfying $\nabla f \in BMO$
For a function $f \in W^{1,p}(\mathbb R^N)$, it is well-known that there exists a constant $C_N$ (dependent on $N$) such that
$$
|f(x)-f(y)| \le C_N|x-y|(\mathcal M|\nabla f|(x) + \mathcal M|\nabla f|(...
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Generalized Jensen's inequality for positively homogeneous functions
The function $f:V \to \hat{\mathbb{R}}$ is said to be positively homogeneous iff $f(\alpha v) = \alpha f(v)$ for every $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$. Here $V$ is a real vector space and $\hat{\mathbb{R}...
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Maximal function in Orlicz space
Consider the maximal operator defined for a function $f\in L^1_{loc}$:
$$
Mf : x\mapsto \sup_{r>0} \frac{1}{|B(x,r)|} \int\limits_{B(x,r)} f.
$$
It is well know that $M : L^1 \to L^{(1,\infty)}$ ...
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Does this sequence of functions converge in a distributional sense?
Let $f\in W^{1,12/5}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ (time-independent), let $K^{\epsilon}$ be a uniformly in $\epsilon$ bounded sequence in $L^{1}\cap L^{7/5}(\mathbb{R}^3)$ and let
$$\tilde{K}^{\epsilon} := K^{\...
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Approximating a uniformly elliptic function of bounded variation by Lipschitz functions
Let $\sigma: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^{d \times d}$ be of bounded variation.
Suppose $\sigma$ is uniformly elliptic, in the sense that there exists some constant $C > 0$ such that $\xi^{T} \sigma(...
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Is the existence of Banach limits independent of ZF+DC?
Is the existence of Banach limits independent of ZF+DC?
Assuming this is known, where can I find a proof?
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Branch cuts, inverse Fourier transform and large time asymptotics
Let the Fourier transform of $f(t)$ be defined as $F(\omega) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty dt f(t) e^{i\omega t}$ for values of $\omega$ where the integral exists. What are the precise conditions on $F(\...
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Legendre-Fenchel transform
Suppose $F:\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R$ is a convex continuous function.
Moreover, for any $x\in \mathbb R^n$,
$$
\limsup_{\lambda\to\infty} \frac {|F(\lambda x)|}{\lambda}<\infty.
$$
I would like to ...
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Questions on a cone defined by elementary symmetric functions
Let $1\le k\le n$ be given integers. Define the following cone
$$\Gamma_k=\{\lambda\in\mathbb{R}^n| S_j(\lambda)>0, j=1, ..., k\},$$
where $S_j(\lambda)$ is the $j$th elementary symmetric function ...
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Eigenvalues of Matérn covariance function
Recall that Matérn covariance function $C_\nu(d)$ is defined as
$$
C_\nu(d)=\sigma^2\frac{2^{1-\nu}}{\Gamma(\nu)}\left(\sqrt{2\nu}\frac{d}{\rho}\right)^\nu K_\nu\left(\sqrt{2\nu}\frac{d}{\rho}\right), ...
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Showing that $\int_0^\pi\frac{x\ln(1-\sin x)}{\sin x}dx=3\int_0^\frac{\pi}{2}\frac{x\ln(1-\sin x)}{\sin x}dx$
Prove, without evaluating the integrals that:
$$\int_0^\pi\frac{x\ln(1-\sin x)}{\sin x}dx=3\int_0^\frac{\pi}{2}\frac{x\ln(1-\sin x)}{\sin x}dx$$
Originally I posted this here on MSE, however it's ...
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Delta distributions that are smooth on strata of a singular manifold
This is a mild reformulation of a previous question. Let $R = C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N)$ and let $I$ be an ideal in $R$ which cuts out an $n$-dimensional "singular $C^\infty$ manifold $X$" in $\...
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What are the "local degrees of freedom" in the space of smooth functions?
Let $C^k$ be the set of $k$th-order smooth real functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, and $C^\infty$ the set of smooth real functions. One can specify an $f\in C^k$ by specifying all its derivatives ...
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Is every analytic set the projection of a set with sections large in some sense?
Is every analytic set $A$ in, say, $I=[0,1]$, the projection of a Borel set $B$ in, say, $[0,1] \times [0,1]$, $A = \pi_1(B)$, with the following property: For every regular Borel probability measure $...
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Integral representation of solution of an elliptic PDE in divergence form
Suppose we have a second order elliptic differential operator
$$
L(v) = -\text{div}(A(x) \nabla v)
$$
$A(x)$ is a bounded and strictly positive definite matrix with Hölder continuous entries. And ...
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Is the set of approximating sequences for irrationals dominating?
Let $r\in [0,1]\setminus\mathbb{Q}$, let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of non-negative integers and let $\mathbb{N}_+=\mathbb{N}\setminus\{0\}$. For $n\in\mathbb{N}_+$ let $$\alpha_r(n)=\min\{|r-\frac{...
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Zygmund class, Schwartz class and Littlewood-Paley projection operators
I'm studying Littlewood-Paley theory in harmonic analysis, where I encountered the following problem related to the Zygmund class of functions:
Consider the Zygmund class of functions defined as ...
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Finding roots of equation with gamma functions
Encountered this function in one of my research problems
$$\frac{\Gamma \left(1-\dfrac{i c}{a}-\gamma \right) \Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}+\dfrac N 2-\gamma \right)}{\Gamma \left(1+\dfrac{i c}{a}-\...
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Properness of real analytic maps?
Fix a polynomial mapping $\mathbb R^n\overset{f}{\to} \mathbb R$. This answer shows that if the top degree homogeneous component of $f$ is zero only at the origin, then $f$ is proper. Intuitively, ...
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Estimating the size of $\Omega_r=\{x\in\Omega: \text{dist}(x,\partial\Omega)<r \}$
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\Bbb R^n$. Define
$$
\Omega_r=\{x\in\Omega: \text{dist}(x,\partial\Omega)<r \},
$$
i.e. it the ring of thickness $r$ at the boundary of $\Omega$. Intuitively, ...
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Harmonic functions in upper half plane
Let $\mathbb H^+$ denote the upper half plane in $\mathbb R^2$. Consider the following equation
\begin{equation}\label{pf0}
\begin{aligned}
\begin{cases}
\Delta u=0\,\quad &\text{on $\mathbb H^+$},...
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Condition on kernel convolution operator
I am studying O'Neil's convolution inequality. Let $\Phi_1$ and $\Phi_2$ be $N$-functions, with
$$
\Phi_i(2t)\approx \Phi_i(t), \quad i=1,2
$$ with $t\gg 1$ and let $k \in M_+(\mathbf R^n)$ is the ...
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Elementary functions (growing faster than exponential ones) with elementary Legendre–Fenchel transforms
Let $F$ be the set of all convex functions $f\colon[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ with $f(0)=0=f'_+(0)$ and $f_+(\infty-)=\infty$, where $f'_+$ is the right derivative of $f$. For any function $f\in F$, its ...
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What is the completion of $L^\infty$ in the dual of BV?
Every $f \in L^\infty([0,1])$ induces a continuous linear functional on BV via $g \mapsto \int f g \mathrm{d}x$. I believe $L^\infty([0,1])$ is also separable in BV$^\ast$, while BV$^\ast$ is not ...
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A maximum of an integral
It seems that the following functions $$G(R,s)=(1-R^2)\int_0^1\int_0^{2\pi}
Adr da,$$ where $$A=\frac{ \sqrt{\left(\left(1+r^2\right) \cos(a+s)-2 r R \cos s\right)^2+\left(1-r^2\right)^2 \sin^2(a+s)}}{...
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Smoothing continuous functions in metric space
Let $(X,\rho)$ be a metric space.
For any $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$, define the local Lipschitz constant of $f$ at $x$ by
$$ \Lambda_f(x) := \sup_{x'\in X\setminus\{x\}} \frac{|f(x)-f(x')|}{\rho(x,x,')}
.
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A metric $w$ on a Kahler manifold is extremal if and only if the gradient vector field of the scalar curvature is holomorphic
I am trying to understand the calculation in An introduction to Extremal kahler metrics. On the fourth line of page 55 the author calculated that $\int_{M} - 2 S R^{\bar k j} \partial_{j} \partial_{\...
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An inequality in harmonic analysis with the BMO flavour
I am asking myself this question (which seems to be a natural generalization of Remark 4.4 of these lecture notes).
Question. Let $I_s, s \in \mathcal{S}$ be a collection of intervals included in
$[0,...
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Is there a name for this slightly stronger version of Cesàro convergence which "more quickly ignores earlier terms"?
Let $V$ be a normed vector space, let $l \in V$, and let $(a_n)$ be a sequence in $V$. We say that $a_n$ is Cesàro-convergent to $l$ if $\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n a_i \to l$ as $n\to\infty$.
Now I will ...
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Roughness of a differentiable function
If a function $f: [0, 1] \to \mathbb R$ is differentiable at a point $p$, then there exists some unique linear function $L_p$, and some unique function $r_p$ such that $f(x) = f(p) + L_p (x - p) + r_p ...
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Given $\theta$, find $f$ such that $\int_{\mathbb{T}} \text{e}^{i\theta} \cos(h \cdot f) = 0,$ for all $h \in \mathbb{N}$
Let $\theta$ be a $C^{\infty}$ (resp. analytic) real-valued function on $\mathbb{T}=[0,2\pi]/\{0,2\pi\}$.
When can one find $f \neq 0$, $C^{\infty}$ (resp. analytic) real-valued function on $\...
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Dual space of ${\rm Lip}_0(\mathbb R^d)$
This question comes to me when I read this paper : https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.06049.pdf
Let ${\rm Lip}_0(\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of Lipschitz functions $F$ on $\mathbb R^d$ with $F(0)=0$. Then is $...
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Existence of function minimising L^1 distance to a sequence of functions
Here all functions are from $[0, 1] \to \mathbb R$.
Let $f_i$ be a sequence of continuous functions such that there exists some $M > 0$ such that $|f_i| < M$ for all $i$. Does there always ...
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Maximum Principles in Parabolic PDE with Neumann Condition
I am looking for some maximum principles and comparison results for parabolic equations. The most complete book I've found on this subject is: Murray Protter, Hans Weinberger - Maximum Principles in ...
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Decay of eigenfunctions for Laplacian
Consider the discrete second derivative with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\mathbb C^n$.
Its eigendecomposition is fully known:
see wikipedia
It seems like the largest eigenvalue $\lambda_1$ is ...
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Korovkin subset of $C(\mathbb{T})$
Let $K$ be a compact Hausdorff space and $A$ be a subset of $C(K)$. $A$ is said to be a Korovkin set if for every sequence $(T_n)$ of positive linear operators on $C(K)$, the condition $\|T_n(f)- f\|_\...
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Commuting flows problem for non-Lipschitz vector fields
Let $X$ be a continuous vector field on a (say compact) manifold $M$, if $X$ has ODE uniqueness then we can define its associated flow $\mathcal F_X:\mathbb R\times M\to M$ uniquely given by $\mathcal ...
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Flow lines of a real analytic vector field convergent to a point
Let $X$ be a real analytic vector field defined on an open connected subset $U$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $p \in \mathbb{R}^n \setminus U$. Let $L$ be union of the flow lines $\ell$ of $X$ such that $p$ ...
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On a much weaker version of the Normal conjecture
I would like to ask you about the following question. It is conjectured that every algebraic irrational number is normal (absolutely normal). I know the result by Bugeaud and Adamczewski about the non-...
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Injectivity of product functions on natural number sequences
Let $M = \{ a = (a_i)_{i} : a_i \in \mathbb{N}, a_1 \geq 2, a_i > a_j \forall i>j\}$ the set of all ascending natural number sequences, with $a_1$ at least 2.
We now define for each $k \geq 2$ ...
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Anderson Localization and Homogenization theory
I originally asked this on Mathematics Stack Exchange but realized it might be better to ask it here.
The question is mostly related to homogenization theory in mathematical physics.
$\textbf{...
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inverse of sobolev riemannian metric still sobolev?
Given a covariant riemannian metric of certain sobolev class (i.e. with square-integrable weak derivatives up to a large enough integer order) on a (compact, if necessary) finite-dimensional smooth ...
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Constant in trace theorem for balls
Consider the standard open ball $B_r:=\left\{x ; \left\lvert x \right\rvert \le R \right\}.$
The trace theorem tells us any function in $W^{k,p}(B_r)$ can be restricted to a function $W^{k-1,p}(\...
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A uniform Riemann sum approximation of the integral of the Fejer kernels
Let $F_N(t)$ denote the Fejer kernel
$$F_N(t):={1\over N+1}{\sin^2\big({(N+1)}{t\over2}\big)\over \sin^2\big( {t\over2}\big)}\ .$$
Consider Riemann sums approximation for $\int_{-\pi}^\pi F_N(t) dt$ ...
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Inclusion of Hardy spaces
It is well-known that any convergence in $L^p$ for $p \in [1,\infty]$ implies convergence in $L^1_{\text{loc}}$ by Hölder's inequality.
It is also known that for $p>1$ it holds that $L^p(\mathbb R)...
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Asymptotic formula, polynomial, irrational number and uniformly distribution
Problem 1
Given a irrational number $\alpha$ and two polynomials with positive integer coefficients $P(n),Q(n)$, is it possible to get the asymptotic estimate and reasonable error term for:
$$\...
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