All Questions
714 questions
1
vote
1
answer
201
views
Does weak continuity of Jacobians hold for non nondegenerate maps?
$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$
$\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$
Let $\M,\N$ be two-dimensional smooth, compact, connected, oriented Riemannian manifolds. (with or without boundaries).
Let $f_n \...
- 6,741
1
vote
1
answer
471
views
k-th largest root in common interlacing polynomials
In their proof of the celebrated Kadison-Singer conjecture, Marcus, Spielman and Srivastava exploited so-called interlacing families which are originally defined for their work on Ramanujan graphs. ...
1
vote
1
answer
171
views
Superharmonic extension 2
This question is a simplified version of the one in the MO post Superharmonic extension.
Suppose $K$ is a compact of $\mathbb{R}^m$ ($m\geq2$), and $U(x)=\log\frac{1}{|x|}$ if $m=2$, and $=|x|^{2-m}$ ...
- 411
1
vote
1
answer
368
views
Does the almost sure convergence of absolutely continuous r.v.'s imply the weak convergence of the pdf's in $(L^\infty)^*$?
The following question was asked in a comment at Almost sure convergence vs convergence of probability density functions :
Suppose that $(X_n)$ is a sequence of random variables (r.v.'s) converging ...
- 128k
1
vote
1
answer
348
views
Baire class 1 and (uncountably many) discontinuities
Consider a function $f:[0,1]\to[0,1]$ which is continuous on a co-meager set $C\subset[0,1]$ and discontinuous on $D=[0,1]\setminus C$. Suppose that $D\cap I$ is uncountable for every open interval $I\...
- 4,459
1
vote
1
answer
224
views
Sum of negative roots of a $5^{th}$ degree monic polynomial
Let $f(x)$ be a $4^{th}$ degree monic polynomial say $f(x) = x^4 + a_1x^3+a_2x^2+a_3x+a_4$ with the property that $a_1<0, a_4>0$ and $a_2<a_3$. They by Descartes' rule of signs we can ...
- 199
1
vote
1
answer
307
views
Convexity of discrete Fourier transform
Let $f : [0,2\pi] \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous convex function on $(0,2\pi)$ which is singular about $0$ and $2\pi$ but finite when evaluated at the boundaries. Assume also that $f$ is symmetric ...
- 595
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
Another uniform estimation of an integral involving an Hölder function with derivative that is Hölder
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, let $s\in [1/2,1)$, let $u\in C^{1,2s-1+\epsilon}(\Omega)$ such that: $u=0$ on $\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\Omega$, and: $u\in C^{0,s}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, is true that there ...
- 339
1
vote
1
answer
117
views
Shrinking subset with disjoint unions
Given a segment and a value $c$ less than the segment length, let $A_1,\dots,A_n$ be disjoint finite unions of intervals on the segment. We choose a finite union of intervals $B$ with $|B|=c$ that ...
- 1,209
1
vote
0
answers
123
views
Generalization of concave envelope
Let $g:\mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R$ be a measurable function (which could be supposed to be bounded and Lipschitz if required). Let $\mathcal P$ be the collection of probability measures $\mu$ on $\mathbb ...
- 1,835
1
vote
1
answer
319
views
Is $(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$ for $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$?
Is it possible to deduce that $$(f \ast K)'' \in L^1(\mathbb R)$$ if $f \in L^1 \cap L^\infty(\mathbb R)$ and $K \in BV(\mathbb R)$? What I can prove is that $(f \ast K)' \in L^1 \cap L^\infty$. Is ...
- 131
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
About the coefficients of Taylor series for the complex Riemann Zeta function $\zeta(s)$
The following real-valued functions are closely related to the zeros of $\zeta(s)$ in the critical strip $\frac{1}{2}<\Re(s) < 1$.
$$\phi_1(\sigma, t) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^{n+1}\frac{\cos(t\...
- 3,098
1
vote
1
answer
110
views
Prove that $\dfrac{g(x,u_{n})}{\left\Vert u_{n}\right\Vert ^{p-1}}\rightarrow g_{0}$ weakly in $L^{\overline{p}}$
Let $\Omega
\subset
\mathbb{R}^{N}$
be a smooth bounded domain , $g:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$
is a Caratheodory function such that $g(x,t)=0$
for $t\leq0$
. Suppose that ...
- 135
1
vote
0
answers
186
views
Lipschitz continuity of an implicit function generated by a monotonic and Lipschitz multivariate function
Let $z=F(x,y)$ be a function from $\mathbb R^d\times \mathbb R$ to $\mathbb R$ satisfying the following conditions:
$z=F(x,y)$ is Lipschitz continuous w.r.t. $(x,y)$;
Given $x$, $F(x,y)$ is non-...
- 601
1
vote
1
answer
114
views
question about $TGV^2$ space
Let us just stay in $\mathbb R^1$. The space $TGV^k$ is defined as the function $u\in L^1(I)$ and
$$
TGV^k(u,I):=\sup\left\{\int_I u\,\phi^{(k)}\,d\mu, \,\phi\in C_c^\infty(I),\,\|\phi\|_{L^{\infty}(...
- 679
1
vote
1
answer
87
views
Oscillating sums
Let $\left\{a_k\right\}_{0\leqslant k\leqslant n}$ and $\left\{b_k\right\}_{0\leqslant k\leqslant n}$ be two positive sequences such that $c_1a_k\leqslant b_k\leqslant c_2 a_k$ for all $k$ for some ...
- 539
1
vote
1
answer
119
views
A non-polynomial Young function satisfying a power-like condition
This post asked, essentially, for an example of a "non-polynomial" invertible increasing function $f\colon[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ such that $f(0)=0$ and
\begin{equation}
f(cu)f(t)\le f(...
- 128k
0
votes
0
answers
123
views
Reference for the Hardy maximal function on the torus
I am searching for a reference for the (sharp) Hardy maximal function on the torus $\mathbb{T}^2:=\mathbb{R^2}/\mathbb{Z}^2$, for instance I would need result result of the following type : if $g\in H^...
- 3,425
0
votes
1
answer
142
views
Why are the homeomorphisms from the unit circle to the unit circle preserving measure affine? [closed]
Why are the homeomorphisms from the unit circle to the unit circle preserving measure affine? The affine is composition of rotation and continue automorphism.
- 83
0
votes
1
answer
127
views
Continuous extensions of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is given on $\partial \Omega$ with $|G(y)|=1$ for all $y\in \partial \Omega$. Does ...
- 434
0
votes
1
answer
347
views
Asymptotic behaviour of fixed points in permutations
For any $n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $S_n$ denote the set of all permutations (bijective maps) $\pi:\{1,\ldots, n\} \to \{1,\ldots,n\}$. For $\pi \in S_n$ we set $$\text{fix}(\pi) = \{x\in \{1,\ldots, n\}: \...
- 48.9k
0
votes
1
answer
297
views
Approximating characteristic functions by cutting the real axis into smaller and smaller pieces
Let $\Lambda_r^*=\frac{1}{2\pi r} \mathbb{Z} \subset\mathbb{R} (r>0)$, let $E\subset\mathbb{R}$ be a Lebesgue measurable set with finite measure $|E|$, define $J_r=(-\frac{1}{4\pi r}, \frac{1}{4\pi ...
- 1,906
0
votes
0
answers
63
views
A maximisation problem : finite or not?
Let $\mathcal M_2$ be the space of real $2\times 2$ matrices and $\mathcal S_2\subset \mathcal M_2$ be its subset consisting of positive semidefinite elements, i.e. $A\in \mathcal S_2$ iff $A$ is ...
- 1,389
0
votes
1
answer
53
views
Rate of convergence of the minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
- 434
0
votes
1
answer
77
views
Decay rate of minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
- 434
0
votes
1
answer
697
views
How much do we know about this "local" Hardy-Littlewood maximal function?
The "local" Hardy-Littlewood maximal function is given by $$(M_\phi f)(x)= \sup_{0<\epsilon<1}|\phi_\epsilon \ast f|(x),$$ which is similar to the classical Hardy-Littlewood maximal function : $$...
- 171
0
votes
1
answer
285
views
Infinite products for linear combinations of sines or cosines
There is a well known infinite product both for $\phi(x)=\sin x$ and $\phi(x)=\cos x$. These are particular cases of the Weierstrass factorization theorem. What about
$\phi(x)=a_1\cos b_1 x + a_2\cos ...
- 3,098
0
votes
1
answer
169
views
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 ...
- 191
0
votes
1
answer
110
views
Functions for which $|f^{(k)}|_{C^{0,\alpha}(0,1)} \le \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(0,1)}$
Let $f \in C^k(0,1)$ and assume that the $k$-th derivative is $\alpha$-Hölder continuous. Assume that $f(x) = 0$ in a fixed interval $(a,b) \subset (0,1)$. Can we characterize (or at least find some ...
- 131
0
votes
0
answers
161
views
Superharmonic extension
We know the following classic result. If $K\subset\mathbb{R}^m$ ($m>1$) is a compact set and $u$ is superharmonic on a neighborhood of $K$, then we can extend $u$ to a superharmonic function $\...
- 411
0
votes
1
answer
245
views
Riemann-Liouville integral of $f$ is zero implies $f =0$ a.e
The Riemann-Liouville integral is defined by
$$
I^\alpha f(x)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(\alpha)} \int_a^x f(t)(x-t)^{\alpha-1} d t
$$
where $\Gamma$ is the gamma function and $a$ is an arbitrary but fixed base ...
- 141
0
votes
1
answer
124
views
Uniform estimation of an integral
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be open and bounded, let $s\in(0,1)$, let $u\in C^{0,2s+\epsilon}(\Omega)$ bounded and such that: $u=0$, on $\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\Omega$, is true that there exist a ...
- 339
0
votes
1
answer
230
views
Can we construct a sequence of trigonometric polynomials that converges pointwise to a given continuous function on the torus?
Consider any continuous function $f$ on an $m$-dimensional Torus $\mathbb{T}^m$. Can we construct a sequence of band limited functions (trigonometric polynomials), with the band width (degree of the ...
- 698
0
votes
1
answer
175
views
Asymptotic of ratio between l1 / l2 norm of a structured vector
As suggested in this discussion, I would like to inquire about the following question:
Consider a matrix B of size $n\times n$ defined as:
$$B_{ij}(\pmb{\theta})=(\theta_i-\theta_j)\sin(\theta_i-\...
- 405
0
votes
1
answer
127
views
asymptotic of ratio between two summations (l1 / l2 norm)
Let $B$ as a $n\times n$ matrix where
$$B_{ij}(\pmb{\theta})=(\theta_i-\theta_j)\sin(\theta_i-\theta_j), 1\leq i<j\leq n$$ and other entries equals to $0$, and $$\theta=[\theta_1,\cdots,\theta_n]\...
- 405
0
votes
1
answer
275
views
Estimate for computing the $L^2$-norm of a function from its data
Let $f:\mathbb{T}^m \to \mathbb{R}$ is a function of bounded variation(BV). Let $D=\{\boldsymbol{p}_i,i=1,2,3\ldots\}$ be a countable dense subset of $(0,1)^m$. Let $E_n, n = 1,2,3\ldots$ be a ...
- 59
0
votes
1
answer
246
views
can there be a function $f:\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}\longmapsto\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}$ such that $f(xf(y))=\frac{f(f(x))}{y}$?
Problem:
Can an $f$ function be created where:$$f\colon\mathbb Q_{+}^{*}\to \mathbb Q_{+}^{*}$$
The function is defined on the set of fully positive rational numbers and is achieved:
$\forall(x,y)\in \...
- 119
0
votes
0
answers
173
views
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 ...
- 679
0
votes
1
answer
143
views
Existence of smooth functions $f$ satisfying $\sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \lvert x^k f^{(q)}(x) \rvert \leq C B^q k^{1/8} q^{q/2}$
$\mathcal{S}^{1/2}_{1/2}(\mathbb{R})$ is defined to be the collection of $C^\infty$ functions $f$ on $\mathbb{R}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \lvert x^k f^{(q)}(x) \rvert \leq ...
- 3,477
0
votes
1
answer
78
views
The conditions used to prove upper semicontinuous of generalized directional derivative (in Clarke sense)
Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space, $z, x, v \in X$. $\{z_i\}, \{x_i\}$ and $\{v_i\}$ are arbitrary sequences converging to $z, x$ and $v$, respectively.
I would like to know under which conditions ...
- 15
0
votes
0
answers
112
views
Fixed point of a contraction map
This question is a continuation of Is this a contraction mapping for small $T$?
Set, for $T, m>0$, $H^m_T:=\{h:[0,T]\to [0,m]:~ h,~h' \mbox{ are both continuous on } [0,T]\}$ endowed with the norm
$...
- 1,334
0
votes
1
answer
236
views
Is this a contraction mapping for small $T$?
Let $G$ be the heat kernal, i.e. for $0\le t<s$ and $x,y\in\mathbb R$
$$G(t,x;s,y):=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4\pi(s-t)}}\exp\left(-\frac{(y-x)^2}{4(s-t)}\right).$$
For $T>0$, let $\mathcal H_T:=\{h:[0,T]\...
- 1,334
0
votes
0
answers
80
views
Alternative to the Sampling Theorem / Invertible transform with sampling criteria
I seek a transform $T$ that operates on real-valued $x(t)$, that
Is perfectly invertible
Has discrete counterpart with continuous reconstructor
Provides conditional reconstruction guarantees
...
0
votes
1
answer
124
views
Bounding integral expression with Sobolev norm of integrand
Consider the following integral expression:
$$\mathcal I :=\iint_{\epsilon \leq|x-y| \leq 1/2} f(x) f(y) \frac{\langle g(x)-g(y), x-y\rangle}{|x-y|^{n+2}} d x d y $$
for $\epsilon>0$, $f \in L^\...
user139844
0
votes
1
answer
137
views
Zeros of entire functions with parameter
Let $f_w:\mathbb C \to \mathbb C$ be an entire function with $f_w(0)=1$ and at least one root for any choice of $w \in (0,1)$. Assume further that for a dense set of $w$ the function $f_w$ has ...
- 192
0
votes
1
answer
227
views
Laplace transform injectivity for different values of $p$
Let $y\in L^{2}(0,1)$ and let $\widetilde{y}$ be its extension on $(0,\infty
).$ Assume that there exist $p_{0},p_{1}\in
%TCIMACRO{\U{2102} }%
%BeginExpansion
\mathbb{C}
%EndExpansion
,$ $p_{0}\neq ...
- 617
0
votes
1
answer
375
views
Bringing a Heun equation into canonical form
It is a well known fact that any second order Fuchsian differential equation on the complex plane $$u''(x) + p(x)u'(x) + q(x)u(x)=0$$ with exactly $4$ regular singular points may be suitably ...
- 213
0
votes
1
answer
116
views
Integrable function [closed]
Suppose that $a, b, c_1$ and $c_2$ are real constant.
Is there the necessary and sufficient conditions of $a ,b, c_1,c_2 $ for the following integration is integrable? i.e.
$$\int_1^{\infty}\int_1^{\...
- 119
0
votes
1
answer
491
views
Is this set of function belongs to $L^\infty$?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. Let $u\in SBV\cap L^\infty(\Omega)$ be given. We write
$$
Du = \nabla u\lfloor \mathcal L^N + (u^+-u^-)\otimes \nu_u\mathcal H^{N-...
- 679
0
votes
2
answers
387
views
Derivative of fractional Laplacian is the fractional Laplacian of the derivative
Is it true that $$\partial_x ((-\Delta)^s u(x)) = ((-\Delta)^s \partial_x
u(x))?$$
user104647