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Describing limits of integrable functions as grid functions of nonstandard analysis

Functional Analysis 2021-04-13 v2

Abstract

In functional analysis, there are different notions of limit for a bounded sequence of L1L^1 functions. Besides the pointwise limit, that does not always exist, the behaviour of a bounded sequence of L1L^1 functions can be described in terms of its weak-\star limit or by introducing a measure-valued notion of limit in the sense of Young measures. Working in Robinson's framework of analysis with infinitesimals, we show that for every bounded sequence {zn}nN\{z_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}} of L1L^1 functions there exists a function of a hyperfinite domain (i.e.\ a grid function) that represents both the weak-\star and the Young measure limits of the sequence. This result has relevant applications to the study of nonlinear PDEs. We discuss the example of an ill-posed forward-backward parabolic equation.

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@article{arxiv.2101.08108,
  title  = {Describing limits of integrable functions as grid functions of nonstandard analysis},
  author = {Emanuele Bottazzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.08108},
  year   = {2021}
}