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Ergodic theorem on limit of periodic transformations?

Suppose $(X,\mu)$ is a probability space, and $T_n, n \in \mathbb N$, is a sequence of periodic measure preserving transformations. For $x \in X$ and $f : X \to \mathbb R$, let $\mathrm{avg}_{f,n}(x)$...
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Dimension of Cartesian products

Is there a notion of dimension such that for all Borel sets $A,B\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n}$ we have $$ \dim(A\times B)=\dim(A)+\dim(B)?$$ For topological, Minkowski, packing and Hausdorff dimension this ...
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Measurability of $\mathbb{R}^n$-Random Field

Let $(X_x)_{x\in [0,1]^d}$ be a collection of integrable random variable defined on a (common) probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathbb{P})$. Under what condition is the map: $$ [0,1]^d\ni x \...
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Showing that the procedure to generate an algebra does not generate a $\sigma$-algebra

A while ago I asked this question on mathstackexchange: Let $\mathscr{C}\subset \mathscr{P}(\Omega)$ be a class of subsets of a nonempty set $\Omega$ containing $\Omega$ and $\varnothing$. Define $\...
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Lebesgue–Stieltjes measure construction on $\mathbb{R}^n$

"Measure Theory and Probability Theory" by Athreya and Lahiri introduces Lebesgue–Stieltjes measure construction on $\mathbb{R}^n$ in general in the following way: Let $f:\mathbb{R}^2\...
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How to understand subharmonic functions, distributions, and measure?

Sorry if this turns out to be a silly question, but I am having difficulties in both understanding it and finding other references for it. I hope that someone can clear my concepts here on overflow. ...
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On measurability of certain group actions on spaces of bounded measurable functions

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a separable Hilbert space equipped with a strongly continuous unitary representation of a locally compact group $G$. Denote by $\mathcal{L}^{\infty}(H)$ the space of the bounded ...
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Hausdorff dimension and surface measure

Could someone please indicate me some reference that contains the proof of the following theorem? Below $\mathcal{H}^n$ denotes the $n$-dimensional Hausdorff outer measure in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Theorem: ...
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Regular Lagrangian flows on a domain of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with a boundary

I'm looking for some references about the theory of regular Lagrangian flows on a smooth domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$ (say a smooth bounded open set of $\mathbb{R}^d$ or a half space). Here, ...
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Simple proof of the Lebesgue density theorem in $\Bbb{R}^n$

[I posted this on MSE a while ago, but no answer was forthcoming.] I am looking for a simple proof of the Lebesgue density theorem for $\Bbb{R}^n$. The Wikipedia page on the Lebesgue differentation ...
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Averaging the mass of a Sobolev function $f\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ near $\partial\Omega$

Recently, I asked a somewhat related question here. In the comment section, I found the formula $$ \lim_{r\to 0}\frac{1}{r}\int_{\Omega_r} f(x)\,dx = \int_{\partial \Omega}f(\sigma)\,d\mathcal{H}^{n-1}...
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Reference for the divergence theorem for embedded $C^1$-submanifolds of $\mathbb R^d$ with boundary

I'm aware of Gauss's theorem (aka the divergence theorem) for compact subsets $K$ of $\mathbb R^d$ with "$C^1$-boundary"$^1$. I know that there are several generalizations of this theorem, ...
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Equidistributed sequence wrt exponential/Gaussian measure

For an arbitrary probability space $(X,\mu)$, a sequence $(x_n)$ in $X$ is said to be equidistributed with respect to $\mu$ if the measures $\frac 1 n \sum_{1\le k\le n} \delta_{x_k}$ converges weakly ...
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Kolmogorov entropy of a subset of $L^1$

How can we estimate the Kolmogorov $\epsilon$-entropy $$H_\epsilon (A,L^1(\mathbb R))$$ where $ A = \{f:\mathbb R \to [0,K] \text{ s.t. $f \in L^1$ and has total variation $TV(f) \le M$}\} $?
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Integration theory for functions and values with values in topological rings

I am curious whether somebody ever tried to generalize the classical theory of Lebesgue integral to functions and measures with values in Hausdorff topological rings. The generalization of a measure ...
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Self-contained formalization of random variables?

I have not been able to find any formalization of random variables that supports construction of new random variables dependent on previously constructed ones. In what I have found, a random variable $...
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Is this (somewhat specific) moment problem treated somewhere?

Suppose I have a measure $\mu$ over $\mathbb R_+$ given by its moments $\mu_0,...,\mu_n$, defined as : $$\mu_k = \int x^{k} \partial\mu(x),\; k \in 1,...,n$$ Using Faà di Bruno's formula, I can ...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of product with cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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$L^p$ compactness for a sequence of functions from compactness of cut-off

Fix $p \in [1,\infty)$. Let $f_n:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be a sequence of $C^1$ functions. For every fixed $m\in \mathbb N^*$, suppose that the sequence of functions $$\{f_{n}\psi_m(...
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Reference for Function-Valued Random Variables?

Question: Are there any good references for facts about function-valued random variables? In particular for facts like the following: Let $X$ be a topological space, $Y$ be a random variable with ...
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Convergence of conditional measures for a convergent sequence of probabilities whose projection is constant

Setting Suppose $\mu_n$ is a sequence of probability measures on $[0,1]\times [0,1]$ converging to a limit probability $\mu$ meaning that $$ \lim_{n\to+\infty}\int f(x,y)d\mu_n(x,y) = \int f(x,y)d\mu(...
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Properties of the total variation norm on space of totally finite measure (from Bogachev)

Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, $\mathcal{B}$ the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on $X$, and $\mathcal{M}(X)$ the space of totally finite measures on $\mathcal{B}$. Let $\|\mu\|_{TV}$ be the total variation ...
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Properties of measures that are not countably additive but have countably additive null ideals

This is a very naive question, maybe more of a reference request than anything else. Let $(X, \mathcal X)$ be a measurable space. If $m$ is a real-valued function on $\mathcal X$, we say that $m$ has ...
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Outer-regular product of $\tau$-additive measures

Due to the deficiencies of the simple product measure defined on measurable rectangles, there have been many different constructions of product measures in more specialized circumstances. Originally, ...
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completeness of $\mathcal M(\Omega)$ without any topological assumptions?

Let $(\Omega,\Sigma)$ be a measurable space (no reference measure is chosen!), and $V$ a finite-dimensional normed vector space. Note carefully that I am not choosing any topology on $\Omega$, so the $...
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Existence of measurable "inclusion" into Euclidean space

Let $(\Omega,\mathfrak{F})$ be a measurable space. When does there exist an injective measurable function $f:(\Omega,\mathfrak{F})\to (\mathbb{R}^n,B(\mathbb{R}^n))$ to some Euclidean space, here $B(\...
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Convergence of probability measures which (asymptotically) concentrate along a submanifold

Let $V : (-1, 1)^d \to \mathbf{R}_+$ be a smooth function, and for $\beta > 0$, define \begin{align} P_\beta ( dx ) &= \exp \left( - \beta V ( x ) \right) / z (\beta) \, dx\\ z (\beta) &= \...
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Measurable extensions of probability measures

Let $X$ be a set, and let $\mathcal G \subset \mathcal F$ be $\sigma$-fields over $X$. Let $\Delta_\mathcal G$ (resp. $\Delta_\mathcal F$) be the set of probability measures on $\mathcal G$ (resp. $\...
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Square integrable borel probability measures on Euclidean spaces are the law of random variables from an atomless polish space

Could someone provide me with a reference or proof for the following: Let $(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, P)$ be an atomless probability space, with $\Omega$ a Polish space. Given $f$ a random vector on $(\...
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Standard definition: vector-valued essential support

Let $f \in L^p(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R}^m)$. If $m=1$ then the essential support of $f$ is a mainstream definition; see here for example. However, when $m>1$ is the following definition used? $$ \...
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Reference request: harmonic analysis with non-Lebesgue reference measure

The Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}^d$ admits the following polar decomposition: $$ L(dx) = r^{d-1} dr \lambda(dy), $$ where 𝜆 is the uniform measure on the Euclidean unit sphere of $\mathbb{R}^d$ ...
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Dual space of continuous Banach-space-valued functions

Let $X$ be a Banach space and $K$ some compact Hausdorff space. I am interested in the dual space of the Banach space $$C(K; X) = \lbrace f: K \to X, \ f \text{ is continuous}\rbrace, \qquad \lVert ...
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Reference for Borel $\sigma$-algebra of topology of convergence in probability

I'm pretty sure I can prove the "Theorem" given further below (without very much difficulty), but it seems way too basic not to have been noticed before. So I'm wondering if there are any papers/...
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Existence of subset with given Hausdorff dimension

Let $A\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be Lebesgue-measurable and let $0<\alpha<1$ be its Hausdorff dimension. For a given $0<\beta <\alpha$ can we find a subset $B\subset A$ with Hausdorff ...
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“Chapman-Kolmogorov”-convolution vs. smoothness

Let $K:\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a so-called "integral-kernel": we certainly require $K(x,.)$ and $K(.,y)$ to be Lebesgue measurable for almost all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^n$. An ...
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Difference quotient for functions of bounded variation

Let $u:\mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^N$, $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N)$, be a function of bounded variation. We have that the following holds $$(\ast) \qquad \frac{1}{|B_r(0)|}\int_{B_r(0)} \frac{|u(x+z)-...
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Embedding random variables in infinite-dimensional spaces

Let $H$ be a reproducing kernel Hilbert space of functions $f:E\to F$ with kernel $k$. A point in $E$ may be embedded into $H$ via the canonical embedding $x\mapsto k(x,\cdot)$. Similarly, a random ...
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The collection of mean value abscissas in the Mean value theorem

The integral mean value theorem for continuous f on [0,b] and finite positive continuous measure $\mu$ we have $$\frac{1}{\mu[a,b]}\int_{a}^{b}f(x)d\mu(x)=f(c)(*)$$ for at least one $c\in [a,b]$. We ...
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Law of large numbers for random Dirac measures

Suppose $\{X_1,...X_n\}:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}^p$ be i.i.d. random vectors with common probability law/measure $p$, i.e. $Prob(X_i^{-1}(E))=p(E) \forall E \subset \mathbb{R}^p $ Borel measurable. ...
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Convergence in unbounded domains

Lemma. Let $\mu$ be a measure in $\mathcal{M}(\Omega)$ and let $(v_{n})$ be a sequence of functions in $W^{1,p}_{0}(\Omega)\cap L^{\infty}(\Omega)$ converging to a function $v$ in the weak topology of ...
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Visualization of the disintegration theorem [closed]

Where can I find a picture that gives a visualization of the disintegration theorem? If such reference does not exist, what would a nice visualization of this fundamental result look like?
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Almost identical $\sigma$-algebras and measurability

Let $(X,\mathscr X,\mathbb P)$ be a probability space, $(Y,\mathscr Y)$ a measurable space, and $h:X\times Y\to\mathbb R$ a real-valued function measurable with respect to the product $\sigma$-algebra ...
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Regularity and normal trace of "Hdiv" measures

In order to fix the ideas let me consider an open, smooth, bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$. I am wondering what can be said about a vector-valued measure $v\in \mathcal M^d(\Omega)$ with ...
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Are there well-established notions of convergence of measures that take into account differentiable structure?

All the notions of convergence of measures that I know of are either in the purely measure-theoretic category (e.g. strong convergence, total variation), or in the topological category (e.g. weak ...
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Antisymmetry of the stochastic order

An ordered topological space is a topological space $X$ equipped with a partial order $\leq$ which is closed as a subset of $X\times X$. By antisymmetry of $\leq$, it follows that the diagonal of $X$ ...
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Most general form of Jensen's inequality

What is the most general form of Jensen's inequality? Wikipedia gives for example this more general form, which holds in every topological vector space. Are there even more general forms, for ...
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Suggestions for a good Measure Theory book

I have taken analysis and have looked at different measures, but I am currently looking at realizing a certain problem in a different light and feel that I need a better background in various measures ...
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Intrinsic volumes of non-polyconvex, non-compact sets

I am reposting this question I asked and bountied on Math SE, which has been upvoted but not answered or commented on. The intrinsic volumes (AKA Minkowski Functionals or, with different ...
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What is this disintegration-like theorem?

This is cross-posted at MSE. I'm looking for a reference for the following result. It seems like it must be known, or follow quickly from something known, but I have not been able to find it in any ...
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Probability space with countable subset such that every subset of positive measure meets the subset

Let $(X, \mathcal F, P)$ be a probability space. Question What kind of condition is this: there exists a sequence $(a_n)_n \subseteq X$ such that $\forall$ measurable $A \subseteq X$, $P(A) >...