English

The Play Operator, the Truncated Variation and the Generalisation of the Jordan Decomposition

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-06-26 v2

Abstract

The play operator minimalizes the total variation on intervals [0,T],T>0[0,T], T> 0, of functions approximating uniformly given regulated function with given accuracy and starting from a given point. In this article we link the play operator with so called truncated variation functionals, introduced recently by the second-named author, and provide a semi-explicit expression for the play operator in terms of these functionals. Generalisation for time-dependent boundaries is also considered. This gives the best possible lower bounds for the total variation of the outputs of the play operator and its Jordan-like decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.1311.6405,
  title  = {The Play Operator, the Truncated Variation and the Generalisation of the Jordan Decomposition},
  author = {R. Ghomrasni and R. Łochowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.6405},
  year   = {2017}
}