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Is there a dyadic cube decomposition where edge length is comparable to L^2 averages?
Suppose I have some measurable function $f : B_1(0) \to [0,1)$, which is pointwise very small, i.e. $\|f\|_{\infty} << 1$.
I'm looking to construct some kind of dyadic cube decomposition or ...
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Semicontinuity of the Lebesgue measure of images of a family of functions
Let $\mu$ be the usual Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}^m$. Suppose $f:\mathbb{R}^n\times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^m$ is uniformly continuous, and let $U$ be a measurable subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$....
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Express $\zeta(n)$, in particular the Apéry's constant, in terms of series involving Gregory coefficients or the Schröder's integral
The idea and motivation of this post is to know if it is possible to express integer arguments of the Riemann zeta function $\zeta(n)$, in particular $\zeta(3)$, in terms of series involving the so-...
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Smooth compactly supported function with good scaling with respect to the fractional Laplacian
Is there a smooth cut off function with compact support such that $\phi: \Omega \subset \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$, $\mathrm{supp} \phi \subset B_R(0) \subset \Omega$ and $$(-\Delta)^s \phi \le C R^{-...
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What are the sets on which norm-closedness implies weakly closedness?
Let $X$ be a Banach space. Let $C$ be a convex, and normed-closed subset of $X$. It is well-known that $C$ becomes weakly closed subset of $X$. I want to know is there any well-know class of non ...
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Limiting property of polylogarithm ratio
I try (without success) to figure out what could be the following limit if any...
For real $s$ strictly $> 1$ and $x \rightarrow +\infty$ (x real) the limit of the polylogarithm ratio $\frac{Li_{s-...
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Energy-minimizing set of discrete points in a bounded domain
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be a smooth, bounded domain.
Let $x_1,\ldots,x_n \in \overline{\Omega}$ be chosen so as to minimize
$$
\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq n} \frac{1}{|y_i - y_j|}
$$
over all ...
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General term formula for sequences
Let $k_1,k_2,\cdots,k_n,\cdots$ be a sequence of known positive numbers. Define
$$
a_1:=k_1,\\
a_2:=C_2^2k_2+C_2^1k_1a_1,\\
a_3:=C_3^3k_3+C_3^2k_2a_1+C_3^1k_1a_2,\\
a_4:=C_4^4k_4+C_4^3k_3a_1+C_4^...
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Existence of a solution for the Laplace equation with sub-linear non-linearity
At first, I do apologize if my question is silly. I know that by variational methods it is possible to prove the existence of a solution for
$$
\begin{cases}
-\Delta u = u^p & \Omega \subset \...
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Positivity of an integral
Let $f(x)=x-\theta(x)$, and for $x\ge 2$ let $J(x)=\int_x^{\infty}\frac{f(y)(1+\log y)}{y^2\log^2 y}dy$. Furthermore, $J(2)>0$. Suppose $J(x)>0$ when $f(x)=0$. Does it follow that $J(x)>0$ ...
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Does there exist $\alpha>0, \beta\in (0,1)$ such that $\dfrac{\sum_{k=1}^n a_k}{n}\le \alpha (a_1\cdots a_n)^{1/n} + \beta \max_i(a_i)$ holds?
Let $a_1\ge a_2\ge \cdots\ge a_n\ge 0$ be given non-negative numbers. My question is the following:
Is there any $\beta \in(0,1),\ \alpha>0$, such that $$\dfrac{a_1+\cdots+a_n}{n}\le \alpha (a_1\...
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Feller semigroups and fractional operators
Have Feller semigroups been used to investigate the properties of the Cauchy problem associated with the fractional Laplacian (just like they have been used to study local degenerate second order ...
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Harnack Inequality for uniformly elliptic PDE via constructing a singularity
I am trying to prove a Harnack inequality for a nonnegative subsolution $u \in H^1(B_2)$ to the PDE $\text{div}(A Du) \ge 0$, where $A = A(x)$ is uniformly elliptic. The proof outline I am following ...
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Looking for example of integral transformations that preserve number of zeros
Let $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $ have $n<\infty$ zeros.
I am looking for non-trivial examples of integral transformation
\begin{align}
g(x)= \int f(t) h(t,x) dt
\end{align}
such that $f$ and $g$...
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If two spheres are isometric, does there exist a bijective isometry $T:S\to S$ with $\|Tu-\alpha Tv\|_Y \leq \|u-\alpha v\|_X$ for all $\alpha>0?$
Let
$$(S,\|\cdot\|) = \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \|(x,y)\| =1\},$$
that is, $S$ is the collection of all norm one vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with respect to the norm $\|\cdot\|.$
Question: Let $\|\...
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Conditions for the embedding of the space $L^\infty(I, W^{1,2}(U))$ into $L^\infty(I \times U)$
Let $I$ be a compact interval of $\mathbb{R}$ and $U$ be a bounded subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$.
If $f \in L^\infty(I, W^{1,2}(U))$, what (non-trivial) condition ($L^p$-estimate on $f$ or decay-like ...
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What functions can one try employing to fit an apparently doubly-periodic real function over $[0,1]$?
I have a cosine-like data curve over $x \in [0,1]$ that I can rather well-fit by
a function of the form $a \cos{2 \pi x} +b$. Although good, the fit is still lacking,
in that the residuals from the ...
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Dense Egoroff theorem
Suppose that $f_n:X\rightarrow V$ is a sequence of continuous functions from a compact metric space $X$ to a Banach space $V$ and let $\mu$ be a Radon measure on $X$ and $\epsilon>0$ be given.
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$p$-volume of $n$-dimensional hyper-ellipsoids
I read that the unit hypersphere has maximum volume for dimension five and would like to generalize this result. (If you think that integrating over an $n$-dimensional $p$-hyper-ellipsoid area ($x_1^...
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On certain integrals of exponential functions with respect to Gaussian measures
I have questions about the integral
$$F(a,b,c)=\sqrt{\frac{a}{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{-bx^4+cx^3-ax^2}dx$$
for $a,b,c>0$.
What is the asymptotic behavior of $F(a,b,c)$ for small $a,b,c$? In ...
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Solution of a functional equation with cosine transform
What are the functions verifying:
$$\int_0^{\infty} f(t) \cos(2\pi xt)=\lambda \frac{1}{x} f(\frac{1}{x})$$
With $\lambda$ a constant ?
(Functions $x^{-\alpha}$ with $0<\alpha<1$ are solutions ...
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Adjoint of differential equation
Motivation: Consider the ODE
$$y'(t)=Ay(t)$$ then it is true that the flow satisfies $\Phi(t)y_0=e^{tA}y_0$ and the adjoint of the flow is a solution to the adjoint equation
$$y'(t)=A^*y(t).$$
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$N-$Green function in $\mathbb R^N$
Let $N \geq 3$. Does there exist solution of the following equation
$$-\Delta_N G + G^{N-1} = \delta_0,$$
where $-\Delta_N = - \text{ div}(|\nabla \cdot |^{N-2} \nabla \cdot )$ denotes $N-$Laplace ...
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When convolution with exponential kernel is bounded
Let $g(t)=e^{-\omega t}$, $\omega>0$. What is, in terms of well-known function spaces, the space $X$, $L_{loc}^2(0,\infty)\subset X$, of all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to \mathbb{R}^+$, satisfying
$...
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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^...
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Approximations of Polylogarithm and Lerch transcendent?
For the Gamma function $\Gamma(x+1)$, we have beautiful approximations of the function in terms of elementary function, such as the Stirling approximation and its refinements, that give sharp ...
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Existence of local minimizer
For a $f\in C^3$ function, if there is a sufficiently small $\epsilon$
$$\| \nabla F(x) \| < \epsilon$$
and a sufficiently large $\alpha$ where
$$\lambda_{\min}[\nabla^2 F(x)] \ge \alpha$$
Can ...
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Differential operator and equivalence
Here is the problem:
I have a certain PDE and there is the nonlinear terme $h$, I have as data:
$f \in H_0^2(0,L)$,,,$g \in {H^1}(0,L)$ with ${g_x}(0) = {g_x}(L) = 0$
Now on consider the fnction $$h(...
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Lipschitz extensions preserving the convex hull of the range
We assume that $X$ is a metric space and that $A \subseteq X$ is a subset. Let $f : A \rightarrow \mathbb R$ be a Lipschitz-continuous function with Lipschitz constant $L$.
By the Kirszbraun theorem, ...
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Invertible operator
We consider the operator $$T=I + {{{\partial ^2}} \over {\partial {x^2}}}:{H^2}(0,L) \cap H_0^1(0,L) \to {L^2}(0,L)$$
We hope to prove that $T$ is invertible if and only if $L = n\pi $.
and for this ...
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in search of convergent daughter sequences
Let $\{f_n\}\subset L^1(\Omega,\mu)$, where $\mu$ is the Lebesgue measure, and $\Vert f_n\Vert_1\leq M$ and $\Vert Df_n\Vert_{1/2}\leq C$ uniformly in $n$.
Question. Is there a subsequence $\{f_{...
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What is the class of real sequences satisfying these conditions?
I'm interested in finding the class of the real sequences $u_{k}$, $k\in \mathbb{N^*}$ which satify the following conditions:
$\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{u_{k}}$ diverges i.e $\...
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Comparison of two functions
Given a function $f$ from $R^2$ to $R$ satisfying tha following:
$1)$ $f$ is a convex function which vanishes on $(0,1)$ and on $(1,0).$
$2)$ $f$ is a decreasing function on $x$ and on $y$ and $f$...
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What (analytical or numerical) method can I use to solve scalar optimal problem?
I got the following optimization problem in mind and I am looking for some (analytic or numerical) methods to solve it. Can anyone have any ideas? Here is problem
\begin{aligned}
& {\text{...
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Restriction to Basis of Cadlag function
If $f \in L^2([0,T])$ then it can be written as
$$
f(t) \triangleq \sum_{i \in \mathbb{N}} c_i e_i(t),
$$
for some sequence $\{c_i\}$ of real numbers and a Schauder basis $\{e_i(t)\}$ of $L^2([0,T])$ ...
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Convolution Integral involving an unknown function
I've got the following problem I'm working on which is related to some of my research.
I am trying to solve the following equation for the function $f$.
$$t^{-\alpha} \exp{ \left(- \beta x^2 t^{-2 \...
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Measurable sets of probability measures $\{\mu \in M: (\mu \times \mu)(A) \in B\} \in \mathscr{M}$
Let $(X,\mathscr{F})$ be a measurable space, and let $M$ be the set all probability measures $\mu: \mathscr{F} \to [0,1]$. Let us denote with $\mathscr{M}$ the $\sigma$-algebra on $M$ generated by the ...
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Some problems about symmetric convolution semigroup on the unit circle
These are problems from Example 1.4.2 of Fukushima's book "Dirichlet forms and symmetric Markov processes".
Let $\Lambda$ be the set of all real sequences $\left\{\lambda_n\right\}_{n\in\mathbf{Z}}$ ...
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Approx the jump point of a $BV$ function from both hand side
Let $I=(-1,1)$ be an interval in one dimension. Let $u\in BV(I)$ be defined as
$$
u(x)=
\begin{cases}
0,&\text{ if }x\in(-1,0)\\
1,&\text{ if }x\in(0,1)
\end{cases}
$$
Clearly, we have $u\in ...
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Derivatives of Mollified functions
I'm reading Controlled Diffusion Process by N.V. Krylov. On page 87-88, in the proof of theorem II.6.1, it says the following:
Let $\sigma(t,x)$ be a matrix of dimension $d\times d$, and let $b(t,x)$ ...
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Beurling density $D(X)$ of $X=\{x_j\in\mathbb R, \ |x_j-x_{i}|>\gamma>0: \ i,j\in\mathbb Z\}$
Beurling density of set $X$ is defined (see, for example "Nonuniform Sampling and Reconstruction in Shift-Invariant Spaces" by Aldroubi and Grochenig) as:
$$D(X)=\lim_{r\rightarrow \infty} \inf_{y\in\...
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Dimension of the set of the polynomial growth harmonic function on the hyperbolic plane
We consider the hyperbolic plane and the harmonic function there. Pick any point $p$. Let $H_n, n \in\mathbb N$ be the set of the harmonic functions $f$ such that $|f(x)|\leq c(1+ d(x,p))^n$.
What is ...
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The union of weighted compact supported continuous function
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open. Given a weight function $v\geq 1$ such that $v\in L^1_{\text{loc}}(\Omega)$ and $l.s.c$. Also supposethere exists a Lipschitz continuous sequence $v_n$ such ...
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Is this has anything to do with Riesz representation?
The Riesz representation is very useful in study BV space. There is a lot of version of it and one of the good one can be found in this book, page 49.
Here I come up with a question which has similar ...
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Construction of a path of quadratic variation
This question has been posted to Stack Exchange earlier, and no answer is available yet.
Consider a path $x: [0,1] \to \mathbb R$. it's $p$-variation on an interval
is defined by
$$V_{p}(x, [a, b]) =...
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Inverse Fourier transform of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\xi_1} + \xi_2}$
Consider the inverse Fourier transform of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\xi_1} + \xi_2}$. My question is, how can we conclude about the decay properties, support and smoothness of the inverse Fourier transform? I ...
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The Lebesgue measure of the low level sets of the two-dimmension Fourier transform of a compactly supported function
Let $f\in {{L}^{1}}\left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{2}} \right)$ be a density function with the support $\operatorname{supp}\left( f \right)\subset \left[ a,b \right]\times \left[ c,d \right]$. Denoted by $\hat{...
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A special approximation of BV functions
Suppose $\Omega:=B(0,1)\subset \mathbb R^2$. Let $u\in BV(\Omega)$ be a radially symmetric, i.e., $u(x)=u(Rx)$ for all $R\in SO(2)$. In addition, suppose $w$ to be an affine function,. i.e., $\...
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Must the Lebesgue measure of a $\rho$ - neighbourhood of an $(n-2)$ - dimensional set be at least $c\rho^2$?
The Lebesgue measure of a $\rho$-neighbourhood of a point in $\mathbb{R}^2$ is of course equal to $c\rho^2$. Similar such considerations in higher dimensions lead me to the following question:
Given ...
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Discrete measures and discrete kernels
This is a cross-post from math.stack. Let $d\in\mathbb N$ and $\mu$ be the probability measure on $\mathbb R^d$ defined by $\mu=\sum_{k=1}^\infty 2^{-k}\delta_{x_k}$ for some sequence $(x_k)_{k\in\...
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