Related papers: Recognizing difference quotients of real functions

We introduce the notion of the difference quotient set of a real valued function $f$ on a set $E\subset[0,1]$, and compare this set to the range of $f$ on $E$. We discuss the measure theoretic properties of both the range and the difference…

For Gaussian hypergeometric functions $F(x)= F(a,b;c;x),$ $a,b,c>0,$ we consider the quotient $ Q_F(x,y)= (F(x)+F(y))/F(z)$ and the difference $ D_F(x,y)= F(x)+F(y)-F(z)$ for $0<x,y<1$ with $z=x+y-xy \,.$ We give best possible bounds for…

We describe an inequality of finite or infinite sequences of real numbers and their quotients. More precisely, we compare the quotient of H\"older functionals of two sequences of numbers with the sum of their quotients. In the last section…

Computations in high-dimensional spaces can often be realized only approximately, using a certain number of projections onto lower dimensional subspaces or sampling from distributions. In this paper, we are interested in pairs of…

The purpose of this paper is to study a class of ill-posed differential equations. In some settings, these differential equations exhibit uniqueness but not existence, while in others they exhibit existence but not uniqueness. An example of…

An algorithm for computing the limit of a quotient of bivariate real analytic functions has been developed by one of the authors in (Limits of quotients of bivariate real analytic functions, Journal of Symbolic Computation, 50, 2013, 197…

In this work, approximations for real two variables function $f$ which has continuous partial $(n-1)$-derivatives $(n \ge 1)$ and has the $n$--th partial derivative of bounded bivariation or absolutely continuous are established. Explicit…

In this note, we derive a Leibniz rule for difference quotient.

Consider a sequence of real-valued functions of a real variable given by a homogeneous linear recursion with differentiable coefficients. We show that if the functions in the sequence are differentiable, then the sequence of derivatives…

A function $f:[a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is called $(p,a,b)$-convex if $f$ is $p$ times continuously differentiable, $f^{(p)}$ is convex and increasing, and $f^{(k)}(a)=0$ for all $k=1,\ldots,p$ where $f^{(j)}$ is the $j$th derivative of…

The notion of difference between two quantities plays a basic role in mathematics, consequently in all branches of human activity where the mathematics is applied. However the long stand question is: what is the difference between three (or…

A differentiable function is pseudoconvex if and only if its restrictions over straight lines are pseudoconvex. A differentiable function depending on one variable, defined on some closed interval $[a,b]$ is pseudoconvex if and only if…

The $q$-fractional differential equation usually describe the physics process imposed on the time scale set $T_q$. In this paper, we first propose a difference formula for discretizing the fractional $q$-derivative $^cD_q^\alpha x(t)$ on…

We introduce the power difference calculus based on the operator $D_{n,q} f(t) = \frac{f(qt^n)-f(t)}{qt^n -t}$, where $n$ is an odd positive integer and $0<q<1$. Properties of the new operator and its inverse --- the $d_{n,q}$ integral ---…

We prove an exact formula for the variance of the divisor function over short intervals in $\mathcal{A} := \mathbb{F}_q [T]$, where $q$ is a prime power. A slight adaption of the proof allows us to obtain an exact formula for correlations…

Let $\Delta_x f(x,y)=f(x+1,y)-f(x,y)$ and $\Delta_y f(x,y)=f(x,y+1)-f(x,y)$ be the difference operators with respect to $x$ and $y$. A rational function $f(x,y)$ is called summable if there exist rational functions $g(x,y)$ and $h(x,y)$…

The Walsh--Hadamard spectrum of a bent function uniquely determines a dual function. The dual of a bent function is also bent. A bent function that is equal to its dual is called a self-dual function. The Hamming distance between a bent…

Let $[a,b] $ be an interval in $\mathbb{R}$ and let $F$ be a real valued function defined at the endpoints of $[a,b]$ and with a certain number of discontinuities within $[a,b] $. Having assumed $F$ to be differentiable on a set $[a,b]…

Different finite difference replacements for the derivative are analyzed in the context of the Heisenberg commutation relation. The type of the finite difference operator is shown to be tied to whether one can naturally consider $P$ and $X$…

We address a classical open question by H.Brezis and R.Ignat concerning the characterization of constant functions through double integrals that involve difference quotients. Our first result is a counterexample to the question in its full…