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Relative homology of interlevel set
Let us consider a function $f:\mathbb{R}^3→\mathbb{R}$,
$f(x,y,z)=x^3+y^3+z^3-5yz$. Can anybody drop a hint how
to compute relative homology of interlevel sets with coefficients in $\mathbb{R}:
H_{\...
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Is there a reference for compact imbedding theory of Hölder space?
This question is posted and unanswered from math.stackexchange.
Suppose $0 < \alpha < \beta$ and $\Omega$ is bounded. Then, the Hölder space $C^\beta(\Omega)$ is compactly imbedded to $C^\alpha(...
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Kakeya and Nikodym maximal functions
I've been working through part of Terry Tao's 1999 article "The Bochner-Riesz Conjecture Implies the Restriction Conjecture." (It appeared in the Duke Mathematical Journal.) A little more specifically,...
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Is $π$ definable in $(\Bbb R,0,1,+,×,<,\exp)$?
(This question is originally from Math.SE, where it didn't receive any answers.)
Is there a first-order formula $\phi(x) $ with exactly one free variable $ x $ in the language of ordered fields ...
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Where find proof of such theorem about uniform convergence of differences
Where to find a proof of theorem which says that:
if a funcion $f: \mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ is bounded on a set of positive Lebesgue measure or on the set of second category with Baire ...
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Ideals in a subalgebra in $C^\infty(M)$
Let $M$ be a (usual, finite dimensional) smooth manifold, and $C^\infty(M)$ the algebra of (real valued) smooth functions on $M$. For each point $a\in M$ and for each subalgebra $A$ in $C^\infty(M)$ (...
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convergence of the infima of convex functions
Can one give a reference to a result like this:
If a sequence of convex functions $f_{n}$ on $\mathbb{R}$ converges pointwise to a non-monotonic function $f$, then $\displaystyle\inf_{\mathbb{R}...
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Classes of (non-continuous) functions with the fixed point property
Let $K$ be a convex body in $ R^d$. (Say, a ball, say a cube...) For which classes $ \cal C$ of functions, every function $ f \in {\cal C}$ which takes $K$ into itself admits a fixed point in $K$.
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A normal distribution inequality
Let $n(x) := \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{x^2}{2}}$, and $N(x) := \int_{-\infty}^x n(t)dt$. I have plotted the curves of the both sides of the following inequality. The graph shows that the ...
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Norms for complex measures
I'm searching for a state of the art introduction to norms on the space of complex measures (on $\mathbb R^n $, for example, or some compact subset thereof). I'd be interested in inequalities of the ...
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To give an estimate for the maximal function associated to the Schrödinger group by using a measurable selector function
I am consulting some papers (references below) about the Carleson's problem for the pointwise convergence of the Schrödinger group
\begin{equation}
S_t=e^{i t \Delta}.
\end{equation}
In this context ...
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Terminology for sequences/functions that approach each other
What do I call two sequences $a, b$ such that $\lim_{n\to\infty} |a_n - b_n| = 0$? Or what do I call two functions $f, g$ such that $\lim_{x\to c} |f(x) - g(x)| = 0$? (For my purposes, these are ...
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Linearization of cones
Suppose that $K$ is a closed convex cone in $R^{n}$. Is there a "nice" function $f:R^{n} \rightarrow R^{m}$ so that $f(K)$ is a subspace? What about an approximate subspace?
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Density of prime pairs whose gap is less than the average gap
By the prime number theorem we know that the "average gap" between the first $n$ primes is $\ln p_n$. I would like to know the density of consecutive prime pairs whose gap is less than the average gap ...
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When can we "displace" an ultrafilter limit with another limit?
Let $\cal A$ be a Banach algebra, $\cal U$ be a free ultrafilter, and $\phi$ be a character. Let ${(w_{\alpha})}_{\alpha}$ be a net in $(\cal A)_{\cal U}$, and suppose that for every $(a_i)\in (\cal A)...
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Rank of covariance matrix whose diagonal elements are same [closed]
Suppose A is a covariance matrix whose diagonal elements are same, i.e. $A_{1,1}=A_{2,2}=\cdots=A_{N,N}$, can we conclude that A is full rank?
Suppose the absolute values of the off-diagonal elements ...
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A recurrent sequence related to the Brouwer fixed-point theorem
Let $K$ be a non-empty compact convex subset of a Banach space $E$, and let $f : K \longmapsto K$ be a continuous function. Fix $u_0 \in K$, and define by recurrence $u_{n+1} = \frac{1}{n+1} \sum_{j=0}...
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bounding the absolute value of a trigonometric polynomial
Consider a function $f:[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ and points $t_0,t_1,\ldots,t_n\in[0,1]$
\begin{equation*}
f(t)=\prod_{k=1}^n\frac{(e^{2\pi i t}-e^{2\pi i t_k})}{(e^{2\pi i t_0}-e^{2\pi i t_k})}
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A question of the weights $A_\infty$' equvalent condition in Real &Harmonic analysis
I have a question. The question is to prove:
The weight $w \in A_\infty $if and only if
$\frac{1}{|Q|}\int_Q w(x)dx \cdot \exp\left(\frac{1}{|Q|}\int_Q \log\frac{1}{w(x)}dx\right)\leq C$, for all
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A strange Weakly Compactness in $L^1 ( \Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$
Hi to everyone,
The ingredients of my problem are the following:
I have a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$, a set (continuum cardinality) $\mathcal{Q}$ of probability measures on $...
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The functional equation of Hofstadter's Q sequence
Hofstadter's Q sequence is defined by $Q(1) = Q(2) = 1$ and
$Q(n) = Q(n-Q(n-1)) + Q(n-Q(n-2))$ for $n \geq 3$. So far hardly anything
on this sequence has been proved -- not even that $Q(n)$ is well-...
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Extending coverings over dense subsets
Let $X$ be a metric space with $D⊆X$ a dense subset.
If there is a covering for $D$, under which conditions on the covering is it possible to guarantee that the covering also covers $X$?
For a ...
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Does this sequence of H\"older functions have a limit?
Let $\left\{\alpha_{n}\right\}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ a sequence of positive real numbers with
$$\alpha_{n}\in (0,1)\quad \textrm{and}\quad \alpha_{n}>\alpha_{n+1}$$
Moreover suppose
$$\lim_{n\...
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Proper Group action on a metric space
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space and $C\subset X$ be a compact subset. Let furthermore $G$ be a group that acts on $X$ proper and by isometries. Does there exist an $\epsilon >0 $ such that: Let $U=$ {...
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on completeness of R_mn, the set of all rational functions of type (m,n)
It is known from finite dimensionality of $P_r$, the space of all polynomials of degree less than or equal to $r$, that $P_r$ is complete with respect to uniform norm.
Considering $R_{m,n}[a,b]=\{p/...
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Is Riemannian integration sufficient in physics?
Are there any applications in physics or engineering which require the Lebesgue integral and cannot be treated by Riemannian integration
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"Then obviously..." (a bound on strongly differential functions on an interval)
On the fourth page of their 1967 paper Local Behavior of Solutions of Quasilinear Parabolic Equations, Aaronson and Serrin comment: "Consider a strongly differentiable function $w$ of the real ...
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Find a continuous function with a prescribed continuity set
It's known that for a function $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ the set of points of discontinuity must be an $F_{\sigma}$.
In the book "Understanding Analysis" by Abbott is stated in page 128 ...
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complete metric space
Hallo, I have the following question:
Let $(X,d)$ be a complete metric space. Is then $(X,\operatorname{dist})$ also complete? Here by $\operatorname{dist}$ I mean the metric induced by $d$ by: $\...
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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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Importance of Denjoy-Carleman classes as a class.
Denjoy-Carleman classes of differentiable functions, say in Roumieu's form:
Given a log-convex sequence $M_n$ of positive number denote by $C_M=C_M(\mathbb{R}^n,0)$ the ring of germs of $C^\infty(\...
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Eigenvalues of permutations of a real matrix: how complex can they be?
This is sort of complementary to this thread. I’ll repeat the definitions here:
For a matrix $M\in GL(n,\mathbb R)$, consider the $n!$ matrices obtained by permutations of the rows (say) of $M$ and ...
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Eigenvalues of permutations of a real matrix: can they all be real?
For a matrix $M\in GL(n,\mathbb R)$, consider the $n!$ matrices obtained by permutations of the rows (say) of $M$ and define the total spectrum $TS(M)$ as the union of all their spectra (counting ...
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Lipschitz map of the circle onto a triangle
Assume that $f$ is (Euclidean) $L-$biLipchitz mapping of the unit circle onto a triangle $\Delta(A,B,C)$. Can we find a $10000 L$ bi-lipchitz extension of $f$ onto the whole plane.
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A question about "nice" functions
Let $f:\mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ be a function such that $\lambda(I)=\lambda(f(I))$ for each interval $I \subseteq \mathbb R$. ($\lambda$ is Lebesgue measure here.) Let us call such functions ''...
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Is a Cauchy principal value invariant under a "change of variables"?
Let $f \in C^{\gamma}_c(\mathbb{R}^n) $. Let $K:\mathbb{R}^n \backslash \{\vec{0}\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a singular integral kernel with the following properties:
1) K smooth everywhere ...
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Lipschitz map of the ellipse
Is there a L-Lipschitz homeomorphism of the Elipse $x^2/4+y^2=1$ onto the unit circle $x^2+y^2=1$ such that $L<1$?
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New differintegral formula: how is it related to other differintegral formulas?
Lets define new differintegral formula as
$$\mathbb{D}^s_xf(x)= \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} \binom {s}m \sum_{k=0}^m\binom mk(-1)^{m-k}f^{(k)}(x)$$
or, equivalently,
$$\mathbb{D}^s_xf(x)= \lim_{t\to s} \...
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The pth power of a distance function is twice continuously differentiable, for $p>2$?
Suppose $\mathcal{O}$ is an open convex connected strict subset in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and define $\beta(x)=dist(x, \mathcal{O})$, for each $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$.
Is $\beta^p$, $p>2$ a twice continuously ...
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Lower bounds on derivative around zero set of a positive smooth function
As part of a different problem, I came across the following simplified question, for which I cannot exhibit a proof nor a counterexample. Note that the assumptions of smoothness and strict positivity ...
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Canonical forms for block-positive-definite matrices
Suppose we are given a block $2\times 2$ matrix that is positive-definite, and let's suppose for simplicity that the blocks along the main diagonal are the identity. So
$$
\begin{bmatrix} I & X \\\...
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Evaluation of an $n$-dimensional integral
I asked the same question on math.se but got no answer there. Since it pertains to my current research, I decided to ask here:
Let $n\in 2\mathbb{N}$ be an even number. I want to evaluate
$$I_n
:=
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Literature on Exponential of a Quadratic Form
Let $A_i$, $i=1,\dots,L$ be given $N\times N$ positive definite real matrices. I have this sum of exponentials
\begin{align}
f(\mathbf{x})=\sum_{i=1}^{L}\operatorname{exp}(-{\mathbf{x}^T\mathbf{A}_i\...
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Integral inequality for convex function
Let $u(x)$ be a smooth function from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$. Suppose that for some real numbers $a,b$ with $a < b$ the following equality is true:
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{b-a} \int_a^b u(...
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Adjoint operator in sobolev space
Let $g\in H_0^1(\Omega)\cap W^{2,\infty}(\Omega),$ and let us define the operator $B : y \to g y$ from $H:=H_0^1(\Omega)\cap H^2(\Omega)$ to $H$, which we endowed with norm $|u|=(\|u\|^2 +\|\Delta u\|...
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Classic applications of Baire category theorem
I've seen Baire category theorem used to prove existence of objects with certain properties. But it seems there is another class of interesting applications of Baire category theorem that I have yet ...
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Does the Border (Boundary) Points of a convex body make a concave function?
Let $\mathbb{S}$ be a closed and bounded convex body in 2-D with some non-empty intersection with positive quadrant and let it also contain origin. Let $c>0$ be the right-most point on the x-axis ...
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Probability of random (0,1) Toeplitz matrix being invertible
A Toeplitz matrix or diagonal-constant matrix is a matrix in which each descending diagonal from left to right is constant.
What is the probability that a random $n \times n$ binary Toeplitz ...
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When does the finite union of convex sets have a hole in it?
Let $f_1, \dots, f_j$ be convex functions from $\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$. I am trying to develop a test that decides whether or not the set $\{x | f_1(x) \le k_1\} \cup \dots \cup \{x | f_n(x) \...
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Boundedness of an Oscillating Integral
Let $g(x):\mathbb{R}_{\geq0}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be real analytic s.t. $g(0)\neq 0$ and $g(x)=O(x^{-2})$ as $x\rightarrow\infty$. I think the following integral should be bounded as $\lambda\...
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