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Modelling of singularities given by discontinuous functions or distributions by means of generalized functions has proved useful in many problems posed by physical phenomena. We introduce in a systematic way generalized functions of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2013-05-31 Blagovest Damyanov

Chapter 1 deals with the problem of the existence of an upper/lower envelope from a convex cone or, more generally, a convex set for functions on the projective limit of vector lattices with values in the completion of the Kantorovich space…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-31 B. N. Khabibullin , A. P. Rozit , E. B. Khabibullina

We consider a countably generated and uniformly closed algebra of bounded functions. We assume that there is a lower semicontinuous, with respect to the supremum norm, quadratic form and that normal contractions operate in a certain sense.…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-29 Michael Hinz , Alexander Teplyaev

We give a systematic and thorough study of geometric notions and results connected to Minkowski's measure of symmetry and the extension of the well-known Minkowski functional to arbitrary, not necessarily symmetric convex bodies K on any…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Szilard Gy. Revesz

In this paper, we investigate a conformally flat and complete manifold $(M,g)=(\mathbb{R}^n,e^{2u}|dx|^2)$ with finite total Q-curvature. We introduce a new volume entropy, incorporating the background Euclidean metric, and demonstrate that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Mingxiang Li

We study monotonicity and convexity properties of functions arising in the theory of elliptic integrals, and in particular in the case of a Schwarz-Christoffel conformal mapping from a half-plane to a trapezoid. We obtain sharp monotonicity…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-06-26 V. Heikkala , H. Lindén , M. K. Vamanamurthy , M. Vuorinen

This work advances knowledge of the threshold of prox-boundedness of a function; an important concern in the use of proximal point optimization algorithms and in determining the existence of the Moreau envelope of the function. In finite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-12 Chayne Planiden

Jacobi's elliptic integrals and elliptic functions arise naturally from the Schwarz-Christoffel conformal transformation of the upper half plane onto a rectangle. In this paper we study generalized elliptic integrals which arise from the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-08-08 Ville Heikkala , Mavina K. Vamanamurthy , Matti Vuorinen

Prompted by an observation about the integral of exponential functions of the form $f(x)=\lambda e^{\alpha x}$, we investigate the possibility to exactly integrate families of functions generated from a given function by scaling or by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Georg M. von Hippel

The subject is the overview of the use of quasi-entropy in finite dimensional spaces. Matrix monotone functions and relative modular operators are used. The origin is the relative entropy and the f-divergence, monotone metrics, covariance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-15 Denes Petz

Elliptic functions are largely studied and standardized mathematical objects. The two usual approaches are due to Jacobi and Weierstrass. From a contour integral which allowed us to unify many summation formulae (Euler-MacLaurin, Poisson,…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2017-01-31 Jean-Christophe Feauveau

The elliptic integral and its various generalizations are playing very important and basic role in different branches of modern mathematics. It is well known that they cannot be represented by the elementary transcendental functions.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Zhen-Hang Yang , Jingfeng Tian

Uniform asymptotic expansions involving exponential and Airy functions are obtained for Laguerre polynomials $L_{n}^{(\alpha)}(x)$, as well as complementary confluent hypergeometric functions. The expansions are valid for $n$ large and…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-05-04 T. M. Dunster , A. Gil , J. Segura

The main aim of the paper is to present a general version of the Fourier Tauberian theorem for monotone functions. This result, together with Berezin's inequality, allows us to obtain a refined version the Li-Yau estimate for the counting…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Y Safarov

Using the notion of modulus of continuity at a point of a mapping between metric spaces, we introduce the notion of extensively bounded mappings generalizing that of Lipschitz mappings. We also introduce a metric on it which becomes a norm…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-06 Anil Kumar Karn , Arindam Mandal

A sharp, distribution free, non-asymptotic result is proved for the concentration of a random function around the mean function, when the randomization is generated by a finite sequence of independent data and the random functions satisfy…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Thomas Anton , Sutanuka Roy , Rabee Tourky

In these notes, uniform convergence on compacta is studied on the space of functions taking values in the set of finite Borel measures. Related limit theorems, including L\'evy's continuity theorem and functional limit theorems for…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Takahiro Hasebe , Ikkei Hotta , Takuya Murayama

In this article, under mild constraints on the sectional curvature, we exploit a divergence formula for symmetric endomorphisms to deduce a general Poincar\'e type inequality. We apply such inequality to higher-order mean curvature of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-02 Hilário Alencar , Márcio Batista , Gregório Silva Neto

A topological description of various generalized function algebras over corresponding basic locally convex algebras is given. The framework consists of algebras of sequences with appropriate ultra(pseudo)metrics defined by sequences of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-01 Antoine Delcroix , Maximilian F. Hasler , Stevan Pilipović , Vincent Valmorin

Weighted cone-volume functionals are introduced for the convex polytopes in $\mathbb{R}^n$. For these functionals, geometric inequalities are proved and the equality conditions are characterized. A variety of corollaries are derived,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Steven Hoehner , Jeff Ledford