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Why does $d^n \exp(-x-x^{-1})/(dx)^n$ only have $n$ positive real zeroes?
Set $f(x) = \exp(-x-x^{-1})$. An easy induction shows that
$$\frac{d^n}{(dx)^n} f(x) = \phi_n(x^{-1}) f(x)$$
for $\phi_n$ a polynomial of degree $2n$. Clearly, the roots of $\phi_n(x^{-1})$ are the ...
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Monotone version of one-dimensional Whitney extension theorem
Is there a version of the Whitney extension theorem that would extend a monotone $C^\infty$ function on a compact subset of $\mathbb R$ (satisfying the usual Whitney's compatibility conditions) to a ...
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Smoothening a probability measure
Given a probability measure $\mu$ supported on a finite set $S\subset{\mathbb R}^2$, define
$$ f(z):=\max\left\{\frac{\mu(x)+\mu(y)}2\colon \frac{x+y}2=z,\ x,y\in S \right\},
\ z\in{\mathbb ...
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Heat equation: impact of the diffusion coefficient on the Harnack constant
Consider the heat equation
$$
u_t - div[a(x,t) \nabla u] =0,\quad (x,t) \in B(r) \times [-r^2, 0] \subset \mathbb R^{d+1}
$$
for a Hölder continuous coefficient $a(x,t)$ satisfying
$$
0<C_o \le a(x,...
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Density of subspace with nonlocal/Wentzell boundary condition
Given the space $F$ defined by:
$$F=\left\{f\in C^2(\mathbb{R}_+^2;\mathbb{R}):f(x,0)=\int_\mathbb{R} f(z,x)g(z)dz, x>0\right\},$$
I want to prove that the subspace $E$ of $F$ defined by $E=\...
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The union of weighted compact supported continuous function
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open. Given a weight function $v\geq 1$ such that $v\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)$ and $l.s.c$. Also supposethere exists a Lipschitz continuous sequence $v_n$ such ...
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Discussion for the sign of a specific sum
Given a modular form $f$ of an even weight $k$ for the full modular group. Let $\lambda_f(n)$ the $n$-th normalized Fourier coefficient of $f.$ For a fixed positive integers $a$ and $b,$
I want to ...
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Real analysis on vector-valued spaces, $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^N,E)$ ,$H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^N,E)$
I am dealing with some vector-valued Sobolev spaces $H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^N,E)$ where $E$ is a Banach space.
I am looking for references about results for the scalar case $H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^N,\mathbb{C})$...
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The convolution between weighted $L^1$ space and normal $L^1$ space
Let $\omega\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\mathbb R^N$) be given. We assume that $\omega\geq 1$, l.s.c, and satisfies, for a constant $C>0$,
$$
\frac{1}{|B(x,r)|}\int_{B(x,r)}\omega(y)dy\leq C\omega(x)
$$
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Error bounds for approximation with dyadic sums of polynomials
Are there any bounds known for approximating a genuine multidimensional polynomial function with a sum one-dimensional polynomials over the independent variables?
In the 2-dimensional case the ...
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Convolution vanishes on an interval
Fix a "test" function $f(x)=x\exp(-x^2)$, which is nonzero except $x=0$. Suppose that $g$ is a function with some necessary regularity. Consider the convolution.
$$
(f\ast g )(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{+\...
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How can I show that "almost all function" have property P?
The following is cross-posted from
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1391293/is-almost-all-function-a-well-defined-concept
since I didn't (yet) get an answer there.
(I hope that's okay?)
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Is a function $u\in \mathrm{SBV}(\Omega)$ with these additional properties essentially bounded?
Some related earlier discussion can be found here.
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open bounded with smooth boundary, $\mathcal H^{N-1}(\partial\Omega)<\infty$ and $u\in SBV(\Omega)$. Then
$$
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Version of Stone Weierstrass for functions not vanishing at infinity
I am trying to see what is known about uniform density of function spaces in $C(\mathbb{R}^n)$ or $C_b(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (bounded continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$). By uniform density, I mean ...
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Is this set of function belongs to $L^\infty$?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. Let $u\in SBV\cap L^\infty(\Omega)$ be given. We write
$$
Du = \nabla u\lfloor \mathcal L^N + (u^+-u^-)\otimes \nu_u\mathcal H^{N-...
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Smoothness of a power of smooth non-negative function [closed]
Let $f$ be a non-negative infinitely smooth function on the real line. Is it true that for any constant $\alpha$ the function $f^\alpha$ is infinitely smooth?
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Image of a Jordan compact set under a degenerate map
This is crossposted from MSE, I hope this is suitable here, since there is no reaction there. I need this lemma for teaching, and I would appreciate any help.
Briefly:
Is the image of a Jordan ...
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Brownian motion, exists $c < \infty$?
Suppose $B_t$ is a standard Brownian motion. Does there exist $c < \infty$ such that with probability one$$\limsup_{t \to \infty} {{B_t}\over{\sqrt{t \log t}}} \le c?$$I need to know whether or not ...
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Expected summation of dropped intervals?
For each $n\in\mathbb{N}$, let $I_n$ be an interval of length $1/2^{n}$. We drop each $I_n$ onto the interval $[0,1]$ uniformly at random (so that there is "wraparound" if need be). What is the ...
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The best constant in Poincare-liked inequality in $BV$ and $BD$ space
This question has been posted on Math Stack exchange for a while and received no response. So I decide to move it here to get more attention.
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open, bounded and with ...
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What is the rate of convergence? [closed]
How quickly does the series defined by $$x_0 = 0, \ x_{n+1} = \frac{x_n^2+1}{2}$$ converge to $1$?
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question about $TGV^2$ space
Let us just stay in $\mathbb R^1$. The space $TGV^k$ is defined as the function $u\in L^1(I)$ and
$$
TGV^k(u,I):=\sup\left\{\int_I u\,\phi^{(k)}\,d\mu, \,\phi\in C_c^\infty(I),\,\|\phi\|_{L^{\infty}(...
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Is this has anything to do with Riesz representation?
The Riesz representation is very useful in study BV space. There is a lot of version of it and one of the good one can be found in this book, page 49.
Here I come up with a question which has similar ...
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Existence of topology on the space of continuous functions
Let $C:=C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ be the space of real-valued continuous functions defined on $[0,1]$. Could we find a topological vector space topology $\pi$ on $C$ such that the following two conditions ...
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What is the importance of convergence of variation of Fourier reconstruction to that of variation of the function?
Let $f$ be a periodic function of bounded variation which jumps at a point $x_0\in\mathbb{R}$. Let $S_{N}[f]$ denote the partial Fourier sum of $f$ and let $C_{N}[f]$ denote the Cesaro partial sum. It ...
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Equidistribution of spheres in $\mathbb{R^2}/\mathbb{Z^2}$
Let $\mathbb{H^2}$ be the hyperbolic upper half place, and let $\Gamma$ be a lattice in $SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ acting on $\mathbb{H^2}$. A proof of the equidistribution of spheres on $\mathbb{H^2/\Gamma}$ ...
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Is taking the product of signed measures weakly continuous?
For a Polish space $X$, let $C_b(X)$ denote the real Banach space of bounded continuous real-valued functions on $X$. Let $M(X)$ denote the space of all finite signed Borel measures on $X$, equipped ...
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Square Integrable Harmonic Functions in an Infinite Strip
Suppose $S= \left\{x \in \mathbb{R}^3 : a <x_1< b \right\} $ is an infinite strip the three dimensional Euclidean Space.
Is it true that the only $L^2$ harmonic function in this strip is the ...
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On Cantor sets every map is $C^{\infty}$ [closed]
For a fixed Cantor set $K\subset [0,1]$ and a continuous function $g:[0,1]\to \mathbb R.$ Is it always possible to find a $C^{\infty}$ map $f:[0,1]\to \mathbb R$ such that $g$ and $f$ coincide in $K?$
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Construction of a path of quadratic variation
This question has been posted to Stack Exchange earlier, and no answer is available yet.
Consider a path $x: [0,1] \to \mathbb R$. it's $p$-variation on an interval
is defined by
$$V_{p}(x, [a, b]) =...
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Minimum value of $|p(1)|^2+|p(2)|^2 +...+ |p(n+3)|^2$ over all monic polynomials $p$
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Determine the smallest possible value of $|p(1)|^2+|p(2)|^2 +...+ |p(n+3)|^2$ over all monic polynomials $p$ of degree $n$.
This question was proposed (problem A.611)
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Lower bound for $ \sum_{i=1}^n x_i f(x_i)$ when $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i = K$
Considering,
the set of all n dim. vectors $\{x_i\}_{i=1,...,n} $ such that $x_i \geq 0 $ and $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i = K$
Any continuous and strictly increasing function $f^+(x)$ : $ \mathbb R^+ \to \...
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About weak derivatives [closed]
I have a question about weak derivatives.
Let $u,v \in L^{1}_{loc}(U)$ (the space of locally integrable functions) for some
open set $\emptyset \neq U \in \mathbb{R}^{n}$. We often say that $v$ is ...
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Reproducing Kernel of a RKHS of continuous functions may not be continuous in two variables together
Let $\mathcal{K}$ be a Hilbert Space of continuous functions on some topological space, where point evaluations are continuous linear functional on $\mathcal{K}$.
That is $\mathcal{K}$ is RKHS, ...
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Probability that random nonnegative integer matrix is singular
Q. What is the probability that an $n \times n$ matrix, whose elements
are independent uniformly random integers in $\{0,1,\ldots,k\}$, is singular?
For example, for $n=3$ and $k=2$, the first ...
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Positivity of alternating series
Let $\{a_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of positive real numbers such that $\limsup_n \frac{1}{n}\log a_n=-\infty$. Then
$$
f(x)=\sum_{n\geq 0}a_n x^n
$$
converges absolutely for all $x$. Under ...
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Sets $X,Y \subset [0,1]$, stronger than being measure $0$, such that $X+Y = [0,2]$
A set $X\subset \mathbb{R}$ is called nice if for every $\epsilon > 0$ there are a
positive integer $k$ and $k$ bounded intervals $I_1,I_2,...,I_k$ such that
$X \subset I_1 \cup I_2 \cup \...
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An elementary functional inequality
Let $g$ be a $C^1$ function with $g(0)=0$ and $g(t)>0$ for all $t>0$. I am surprised that for all such $g$ the following seems to hold
$\frac{\int_0^t(g'(s))^2ds}{g^2(t)}\geq \frac{1}{t}$ for ...
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Convergence of sequence of polynomials defined by boundary conditions
I'm sorry if my question sounds trivial, but analysis is not my field.
Consider the interval $[a,b]\subset \mathbb{R}$. On $[a,b]$, for every $n\in\mathbb{N}$, $n\ge 3$, I define the polynomials $P_n:...
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Condition for maximizer of convex combination to be expansion mapping
I have $\Pi_n:\mathbb R^{n+1}\rightarrow \mathbb R$ and $F_n:\mathbb R^2\rightarrow \mathbb R$ with $$F_n(x,a)=\Pi_n(x,...,x,a)$$
$$f_n(x)=\operatorname{ArgMax}_{a\in\mathbb R}\{F_n(x,a)\} $$
such ...
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What is the identity of this shift operator-like infinite series?
I just ran across the following expression and would like to know if anyone can identify it:
$\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\frac{d^n f(x)}{dx^n}\frac{d^n g(y)}{dy^n}$.
It almost looks ...
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Limit Behavior of Iterated Curvature-Function
What can happen, if one defines an infinite sequence of functions as follows
$f_0\in C^\infty: x\in\mathbb{R}\mapsto y\in\mathbb{R}$
$f_{n+1}: \int_0^x \sqrt{1+(f_n'(t))^2}dt\mapsto\frac{f_n''(x)}{\...
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Are all mixtures of these unimodal functions unimodal?
Let us say that a function $F\colon(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ is increasing-decreasing if, for some $c\in[0,\infty]$, $F$ is non-decreasing on $(0,c]$ and non-increasing on $[c,\infty)$. Is it true that ...
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Collection of graduate research projects in Real Analysis [closed]
While there are many open problems in Real Analysis like Khabibullin's conjecture or Lehmer's conjecture, those are big enough to take an expert's life for several years, let alone some graduate ...
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Sobolev type embedding
Consider a compact manifold $M$ and a point $q \in M$. Let us say that
that the following inequality holds:
$$
\Vert \varphi u\Vert_{L^p} \leq C\Vert \varphi u\Vert_{H^1},$$ where $\varphi \in C^\...
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Assymptotics of a Selberg type integral
Does any one know some references/ ideas on how to study the assymptotics as $N$ goes to $\infty$ of the following Selberg type integral
$$\int _{\mathbb R^N} e^{-|x|^2}\ \prod_{1\le i<j\le N} \...
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Unimodality of a certain parametric integral
Suppose $f: [0,1] \to [0,\infty)$ is a smooth, concave and strictly increasing function satisfying $f(0)=0$.
Is it true that the map
$$
F(y) = \int_0^1 \frac{y^{3/2}}{(y+f(x))^2} dx
$$
has exactly one ...
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Orthogonal decomposition of conditional expectations
Suppose I have a random variable $x$ and a set of conditional distributions on $x$. Here is an example where the conditionals are nested:
$$q_1 := E(x|y_1), \quad q_2 := E(x|y_1,y_2),\quad q_3 := E(x|...
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Extension of a smooth function from a convex set
Let $C\subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$, $C'\subset\mathbb{R}^{m}$ be two convex sets with a non-empty interior. A function $F\: : \: C\to C'$ is said to be differentiable at $x\in C$ if there exists a linear ...
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Stochastic independence of columns of projection matrix to the rest of the columns of a random matrix
First let me describe the setting of the problem.
I have a random matrix $A\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n},\ (m<n)$ with $a_{ij}\sim \mathcal{N}(0,I)$ i.i.d. Let there be a given set of $K (K<m)$ ...
