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What's the use of Malgrange preparation theorem?

The Malgrange preparation theorem,which is the $C^{\infty}$ version of the classical Weierstrass preparation theorem,says that if $f(t,x)$ is a $C^{\infty}$ function of $(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ near ...
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Can integration spoil real-analyticity?

Is there an example of a function $f:(a,b)\times(c,d)\to\mathbb{R}$, which is real analytic in its domain, integrable in the second variable, and such that the function $$ g:(a,b)\to\mathbb{R},\qquad ...
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Nondifferentiability set of an arbitrary real function

A theorem by Zygmunt Zahorski states that a necessary and sufficient condition for a subset of $\mathbb{R}$ to be the nondifferentiability set of a continuous real function is that it is the union of ...
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Is there a nonpolynomial $C^\infty$ function $f$ such that $\sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \lvert f^{(q)}(x) \rvert \leq (\ln q)^{-q}$ for every $q >1$?

The question is as in the title: Is there a nonpolynomial $C^\infty$ function $f$ on $\mathbb{R}$ such that $\sup_{x \in \mathbb{R}} \lvert f^{(q)}(x) \rvert \leq (\ln q)^{-q}$ for every natural ...
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Mean value property with fixed radius

Let $f$ be a continuous function defined on $\mathbb{R^n}$. It is well known that both the spherical mean value property (MVP) of $f$, i.e. $$f(x)=\frac{1}{|\partial B(x,r)|}\int_{\partial B(x,r)}f,\ ...
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Is there a Borel-measurable function which maps every interval onto $\mathbb R$?

Using AC, one easily defines a function $F:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ such that the $F$-image of any real interval $(a,b)$ ($a<b$) is equal to $\mathbb R$. (Equivalently, the $F$-preimage of any real ...
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Closed subset of unit ball with peculiar connected components

Let $n\geq 2$ and denote by $B\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ the closed unit ball. Does there exist a closed subset $A\subset B$ containing $0\in \mathbb{R}^n$ with the following properties i,ii,iii? i) $\{0\}$...
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Example of convex functions fulfilling a (strange) lower bound

I am reading a preliminary version of a paper which focuses on some minimization problems connected to a class of integral functionals. Reading the assumptions of one of the theorems I cannot convince ...
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What is a non-trivial example of an unbounded subdifferential?

Let $f: X \to [ -\infty, \infty]$ be some function, Can someone provide a non-trivial example where the subdifferential evaluated at a point $x$, $$\partial f(x)$$ is "unbounded"? (trivial examples ...
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For every monotonically-decreasing non-negative function $ f $, does there exist a function $ g $ so that $ f g $ is integrable? [closed]

Let $ f $ be a monotonically-decreasing non-negative function satisfying $ \displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty} f(x) = 0 $. Is it true that the following claim holds? Claim: There exists a function $ ...
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Function with all but mixed second partial derivatives twice differentiable?

Let $f(x,y)$ be a a real valued function on an open subset of $\mathbf{R}^2$ with continuous partial derivatives $\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}$ and $\frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2}$. Is $f$ twice ...
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Example of evaluation of $\int_0^1\left(\sum_{k=0}^n (f(x))^k\right)^{\alpha}dx$, for some choice of $f(x)$ satisfying certain requirements

Let $0<\alpha\leq\frac{1}{2}$ a fixed real number. I wondered if it is possible to evaluate the sequence of definite integrals $$\int_0^1\left(\sum_{k=0}^n (f(x))^k\right)^{\alpha}dx\tag{1}$$ for ...
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How to choose function $\sum_{m\in \mathbb Z} (-1)^m f(x+m) f(x-m+n)=0$?

Can we expect to choose a function $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ (nonzero compactly supported) so that $\sum_{m\in \mathbb Z} (-1)^m f(x+m) f(x-m+n)=0$ for all $x\in \mathbb R$ and $n\in \mathbb Z$?...
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Real analytic periodic function whose critical points are fully denegerated

I have asked this question on MathStackExchange. My question: is there any non-constant real analytic function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that, $$\nabla f(x_0)=0 \Rightarrow \nabla^2 f(...
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Examples of Steffensen's inequality at undergraduated level studies

I've known few days ago the known as Steffensen's inequality, see the article Steffensen's inequality from Wolfram MathWorld and the cited bibliography. It seems that there are applications (I don't ...
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Examples of $C^{k,1}$ functions which are not $C^{k+1}$?

I'm currently reading this paper and the authors define the set $C^{k,1}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ as consisting of all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ having $k$ derivatives and for which: $$ \|...
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Original examples of functions of slow increase in the spirit of Jakimczuk

I believe that it is possible to prove that $$f(x)=e^{\operatorname{Ai}(x)}\log x$$ is a function of slow increase in the spirit of the definition given by the author of [1], where $\operatorname{Ai}(...
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Uniform approximation of indicator function of a point

Fix $x \in \mathbb{R}$ and let $I_{[x]}$ be its indicator function. Does anyone know of a sequence of (obviously) discontinuous approximations $g_n$ to $I_{[x]}$ such that $g_n$ converge uniformly ...
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Example of a sequence of logarithmically convex functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$ in the spirit of one evoked in an article

To ask this question I was inspired in some words, if I understand well, from the authors of a preprint on arXiv in section 4.1, that I believe that is [1], to ask next question. We consider the ...
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How to choose compactly supported smooth $h$ so $h^2(x)+ h^2(x-1)=1$ for all $x\in [0,1],$ and $\int_{-3/4}^{3/4} |h(x)|^2 dx =3/2$? [closed]

It is known that we may choose smooth $f:\mathbb R \to [0,1]$ such that $f(x)=1$ if $x\geq \frac{3}{4} $ and $f(x)=0$ if $x\leq -\frac{3}{4}+1.$ Define $h(x)= \sin (\frac{\pi}{2} f(x+1))$ if $x\...
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