On the convolution inequality $f \geq f\star f$
Functional Analysis
2021-05-24 v2 Probability
Abstract
We consider the inequality for real integrable functions on dimensional Euclidean space where denotes the convolution of with itself. We show that all such functions are non-negative, which is not the case for the same inequality in for any , for which the convolution is defined. We also show that all integrable solutions satisfy . Moreover, if , then must decay fairly slowly: , and this is sharp since for all , there are solutions with and . However, if , the decay at infinity can be much more rapid: we show that for all , there are solutions such that for some , .
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@article{arxiv.2002.04184,
title = {On the convolution inequality $f \geq f\star f$},
author = {Eric A. Carlen and Ian Jauslin and Elliott H. Lieb and Michael P. Loss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.04184},
year = {2021}
}
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This is the final version published in International Mathematics Research Notices