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Lemma 2. For \( x \neq 0,\frac{{\partial }^{2}}{\partial {x}_{j}^{2}}\left| x\right| = {\left| x\right| }^{-1} - {x}_{j}^{2}{\left| x\right| }^{-3} \) .
Proof.\n\n\[ \frac{{\partial }^{2}}{\partial {x}_{j}^{2}}\left| x\right| = \frac{\partial }{\partial {x}_{j}}\left\lbrack {{x}_{j}{\left| x\right| }^{-1}}\right\rbrack = {\left| x\right| }^{-1} + {x}_{j}\left( {-1}\right) {\left| x\right| }^{-2}{x}_{j}{\left| x\right| }^{-1} \]\n\n\[ = {\left| x\right| }^{-1} - {x}_{j}...
Yes
Lemma 3. For \( x \neq 0 \), and \( g \in {C}^{2}\left( {0,\infty }\right) \) , \[ {\Delta g}\left( \left| x\right| \right) = {g}^{\prime \prime }\left( \left| x\right| \right) + \left( {n - 1}\right) {\left| x\right| }^{-1}{g}^{\prime }\left( x\right) \]
Proof. \[ \frac{\partial }{\partial {x}_{j}}g\left( \left| x\right| \right) = {g}^{\prime }\left( \left| x\right| \right) \frac{\partial }{\partial {x}_{j}}\left| x\right| = {g}^{\prime }\left( \left| x\right| \right) {x}_{j}{\left| x\right| }^{-1} \] \[ \frac{{\partial }^{2}}{\partial {x}_{j}^{2}}g\left( \left| x\righ...
Yes
Find a fundamental solution of the operator \( A \) defined (for \( n = 1 \) ) by the equation\n\n\[ \n{A\phi } = {\phi }^{\prime \prime } + {2a}{\phi }^{\prime } + {b\phi }\;\left( {\phi \in \mathcal{D}}\right)\n\]
We seek a distribution \( T \) such that \( {AT} = \delta \) . Let us look for a regular distribution, \( T = \widetilde{f} \) . Using the definition of derivatives of distributions, we have\n\n\[ \n\left( {A\widetilde{f}}\right) \left( \phi \right) = \widetilde{f}\left( {{\phi }^{\prime \prime } - {2a}{\phi }^{\prime ...
Yes
Theorem 5. Consider the operator\n\n\[ \nA = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{m}{c}_{j}\left( x\right) \frac{{d}^{j}}{d{x}^{j}} \n\]\n\nin which \( {c}_{j} \in {C}^{\infty }\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \) and \( {c}_{m}\left( x\right) \neq 0 \) for all \( x \) . This operator has a fundamental solution that is a regular di...
Proof. We find a function \( f \) defined on \( \lbrack 0,\infty ) \) such that\n\n\[ \n\text{(i)}\;\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{m}{c}_{j}\left( x\right) {f}^{\left( j\right) }\left( x\right) = 0 \n\]\n\n(ii) \( \;{c}_{m - 1}\left( 0\right) {f}^{\left( m - 1\right) }\left( 0\right) = 1 \)\n\n(iii) \( \;{c}_{j}\left...
Yes
Lemma 1. There is a function \( f \in {C}^{\infty }\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \) such that \( 0 \leq f \leq 1 \) , \( f\left( x\right) = 0 \) on \( ( - \infty ,0\rbrack \), and \( f\left( x\right) = 1 \) on \( \lbrack 1,\infty ) \) .
Proof. Define\n\n\[ g\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \exp \left\lbrack {{x}^{2}/\left( {{x}^{2} - 1}\right) }\right\rbrack & \left| x\right| < 1 \\ 0 & \left| x\right| \geq 1 \end{array}\right. \]\n\nand\n\n\[ f\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} g\left( {x - 1}\right) & x \leq 1 \\ 1 & \text{ other...
Yes
Lemma 2. If \( {x}_{0} \in {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and \( \rho > r > 0 \), then there is a test function\n\n\( \phi \) such that\n\n(i) \( 0 \leq \phi \leq 1 \)\n\n(ii) \( \phi \left( x\right) = 1 \) if \( \left| {x - {x}_{0}}\right| \leq r \)\n\n(iii) \( \phi \left( x\right) = 0 \) if \( \left| {x - {x}_{0}}\right| \geq \...
Proof. Use the function \( f \) from the preceding lemma, and define\n\n\[ \phi \left( x\right) = 1 - f\left( {a{\left| x - {x}_{0}\right| }^{2} - b}\right) \]\n\nwith \( a = {\left( {\rho }^{2} - {r}^{2}\right) }^{-1} \) and \( b = {r}^{2}a \) . If \( \left| {x - {x}_{0}}\right| \leq r \), then \( a{\left| x - {x}_{0}...
Yes
Theorem 2. Let \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) denote the intersection of all closed sets having property (3). Then \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) is the smallest closed set having property (3).
Proof. Let \( \mathcal{F} \) be the family of all closed sets \( F \) having property (3). Then\n\n\[ \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) = \bigcap \{ F : F \in \mathcal{F}\} \]\n\nBeing an intersection of closed sets, \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) is itself closed. The only question is whether it has propert...
Yes
Each distribution having a compact support has an extension to \( \mathcal{E} \) that is continuous.
Let \( T \) be a distribution for which \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) is compact. By the theorem on partitions of unity, there is a test function \( \psi \) such that \( \psi \left( x\right) = 1 \) on a neighborhood of \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) . Define \( \bar{T} \) on \( \mathcal{E} \) by th...
Yes
Theorem 3. Each distribution having a compact support has an extension to \( \mathcal{E} \) that is continuous.
Proof. Let \( T \) be a distribution for which \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) is compact. By the theorem on partitions of unity, there is a test function \( \psi \) such that \( \psi \left( x\right) = 1 \) on a neighborhood of \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) . Define \( \bar{T} \) on \( \mathcal{E} \...
Yes
Theorem 3. Each distribution having a compact support has an extension to \( \mathcal{E} \) that is continuous.
Proof. Let \( T \) be a distribution for which \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) is compact. By the theorem on partitions of unity, there is a test function \( \psi \) such that \( \psi \left( x\right) = 1 \) on a neighborhood of \( \operatorname{supp}\left( T\right) \) . Define \( \bar{T} \) on \( \mathcal{E} \...
Yes
Theorem 4. Each continuous linear functional on \( \mathcal{E} \) is an extension of some distribution having compact support.
Proof. Let \( L \) be a continuous linear functional on \( \mathcal{E} \). Let \( T = L \mid \mathfrak{D} \), which denotes the restriction of \( L \) to \( \mathbf{D} \). It is easily seen that \( T \) is a distribution. In order to prove that the support of \( T \) is compact, suppose otherwise. Then for each \( k \)...
Yes
Theorem 5. If \( T \) is a distribution with compact support and if \( \phi \in \mathcal{E} \), then \( T * \phi \in \mathcal{E} \).
Proof. See [Ru1], Theorem 6.35, page 159.
No
Theorem 2. Let \( E \) denote the translation operator, defined by\n\n\( \left( {{E}_{y}f}\right) \left( x\right) = f\left( {x - y}\right) \) . Then we have \( \widehat{{E}_{y}f} = {e}_{-y}\widehat{f} \) and \( \widehat{{e}_{y}f} = {E}_{y}\widehat{f} \) .
Proof. We verify the first equation and leave the second to the problems. We have\n\n\[ \widehat{{E}_{y}f}\left( x\right) = \int f\left( {u - y}\right) {e}^{-{2\pi ixu}}{du} = \int f\left( v\right) {e}^{-{2\pi ix}\left( {v + y}\right) }{dv} \]\n\n\[ = {e}^{-{2\pi ixy}}\int f\left( v\right) {e}^{-{2\pi ixv}}{dv} = {e}_{...
No
Theorem 3. If \( f \) and \( g \) belong to \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then the same is true of \( f * g \), and \[ \parallel f * g{\parallel }_{1} \leq \parallel f{\parallel }_{1} \cdot \parallel g{\parallel }_{1} \]
Proof. ([Smi]) Define a function \( h \) on \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \times {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) by the equation \[ h\left( {x, y}\right) = g\left( {x - y}\right) \] Let us prove that \( h \) is measurable. It is not enough to observe that the map \( \left( {x, y}\right) \mapsto x - y \) is continuous and that \( g \) is mea...
Yes
Theorem 4. If \( f \) and \( g \) belong to \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then\n\n\[ \overset{⏜}{f * g} = \widehat{f}\widehat{g} \]
Proof. We use the Fubini Theorem again:\n\n\[ \widehat{f * g}\left( x\right) = \int {e}_{-x}\left( y\right) \left( {f * g}\right) \left( y\right) {dy} = \int {e}_{-x}\left( y\right) \int f\left( u\right) g\left( {y - u}\right) {dudy} \]\n\n\[ = \iint {e}_{-x}\left( {u + y - u}\right) f\left( u\right) g\left( {y - u}\ri...
Yes
Example 1. The Gaussian function \( \phi \) defined by\n\n\[ \phi \left( x\right) = {e}^{-{\left| x\right| }^{2}} \]\n\nbelongs to \( S \) .
It is easily seen, with the aid of Leibniz’s formula, that if \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \), then \( P \cdot \phi \in \mathcal{S} \) for any polynomial \( P \), and \( {D}^{\alpha }\phi \in \mathcal{S} \) for any multi-index \( \alpha \) .
No
Lemma 1. If \( P \) is a polynomial, then the mapping \( \phi \mapsto P \cdot \phi \) is linear and continuous from \( \mathbf{S} \) into \( \mathbf{S} \) .
Proof. Let \( {\phi }_{j} \rightarrow 0 \) . We ask whether \( Q \cdot {D}^{\beta }\left( {P \cdot {\phi }_{j}}\right) \rightarrow 0 \) uniformly for each polynomial \( Q \) and multi-index \( \beta \) . By using the Leibniz formula, this expression can be exhibited as a sum of terms \( {Q}_{\gamma } \cdot {D}^{\alpha ...
No
Lemma 2. If \( g \in \mathcal{S} \), then the mapping \( \phi \mapsto {g\phi } \) is linear and continuous from \( \mathbf{S} \) into \( \mathbf{S} \)
Proof. This is left to the problems.
No
Lemma 3. For any multi-index \( \alpha \), the mapping \( \phi \mapsto {D}^{\alpha }\phi \) is linear and continuous from \( \mathbf{S} \) into \( \mathbf{S} \) .
Proof. This is left to the problems.
No
Lemma 4. The function \( {e}_{y} \) defined by \( {e}_{y}\left( x\right) = {e}^{2\pi ixy} \) obeys the equation \( P\left( D\right) {e}_{y} = P\left( {2\pi iy}\right) {e}_{y} \) for any polynomial \( P \) .
Proof. It suffices to deal with the case of one monomial and establish that \( {D}^{\alpha }{e}_{y} = {\left( 2\pi iy\right) }^{\alpha }{e}_{y} \) . We have\n\n\[ \frac{\partial }{\partial {x}_{j}}{e}_{y}\left( x\right) = \frac{\partial }{\partial {x}_{j}}{e}^{{2\pi i}\left( {{y}_{1}{x}_{1} + \cdots + {y}_{n}{x}_{n}}\r...
Yes
Theorem 1. If \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \), and if \( P \) is a polynomial, then \( {\left\lbrack P\left( D/\left( 2\pi i\right) \right) \phi \right\rbrack }^{ \land } = P \cdot \widehat{\phi } \) . Equivalently, \( {\left\lbrack P\left( D\right) \phi \right\rbrack }^{ \land } = {P}^{ + }\widehat{\phi } \), where \( {P}^...
Proof. We have to show that\n\n\[{\left\lbrack \sum {c}_{\alpha }{\left( \frac{D}{2\pi i}\right) }^{\alpha }\phi \right\rbrack }^{ \land }\left( y\right) = \sum {c}_{\alpha }{y}^{\alpha }\widehat{\phi }\left( y\right)\]\n\nSince the Fourier map \( f \mapsto \widehat{f} \) is linear, it suffices to prove that\n\n\[{\lef...
Yes
Theorem 2. If \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \) and \( P \) is a polynomial, then \( P\left( {-D/\left( {2\pi i}\right) }\right) \widehat{\phi } = \) \( \widehat{P\phi } \) . Equivalently, \( P\left( D\right) \widehat{\phi } = \widehat{{P}^{ * }\phi } \), where \( {P}^{ * }\left( y\right) = P\left( {-{2\pi iy}}\right) \) .
Proof. We insert the variables, and interpret \( P\left( D\right) \) as differentiating with respect to the variable \( x \) . Thus, with the help of Lemma 4, we have\n\n\[ \left\lbrack {P\left( D\right) \widehat{\phi }}\right\rbrack \left( x\right) = P\left( D\right) \int {e}_{-x}\left( y\right) \phi \left( y\right) {...
Yes
Theorem 2. If \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \) and \( P \) is a polynomial, then \( P\left( {-D/\left( {2\pi i}\right) }\right) \widehat{\phi } = \) \( \widehat{P\phi } \) . Equivalently, \( P\left( D\right) \widehat{\phi } = \widehat{{P}^{ * }\phi } \), where \( {P}^{ * }\left( y\right) = P\left( {-{2\pi iy}}\right) \) .
Proof. We insert the variables, and interpret \( P\left( D\right) \) as differentiating with respect to the variable \( x \) . Thus, with the help of Lemma 4, we have\n\n\[ \left\lbrack {P\left( D\right) \widehat{\phi }}\right\rbrack \left( x\right) = P\left( D\right) \int {e}_{-x}\left( y\right) \phi \left( y\right) {...
Yes
Theorem 4. The mapping \( \phi \mapsto \widehat{\phi } \) is continuous and linear from \( \mathcal{S} \) into S.
Proof. First we must prove that \( \widehat{\phi } \in \mathcal{S} \) when \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \) . It is to be shown that \( \widehat{\phi } \) is a \( {C}^{\infty } \) -function and that \( P \cdot {D}^{\alpha }\widehat{\phi } \) is bounded for each polynomial \( P \) and for each multi-index \( \alpha \) . In Th...
Yes
Theorem 5. Poisson Summation Formula. If \( f \in C\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) and if\n\n\[ \mathop{\sup }\limits_{x}\left( {\left| {f\left( x\right) }\right| + \left| {\widehat{f}\left( x\right) }\right| }\right) {\left( 1 + \left| x\right| \right) }^{n + \varepsilon } < \infty \]\n\nfor some \( \varepsilon > 0 ...
Proof. Let \( c \) equal the supremum in the hypotheses. Then for \( \parallel x{\parallel }_{\infty } \leq 1 \) and \( \nu \neq 0 \) we have\n\n\[ \left| {f\left( {x + \nu }\right) }\right| \leq c{\left( 1 + \left| x + \nu \right| \right) }^{-n - \varepsilon } \leq c{\left( 1 + \parallel x + \nu {\parallel }_{\infty }...
Yes
Theorem 1. The function \( \theta \) defined on \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) by \( \theta \left( x\right) = {e}^{-\pi {x}^{2}} \) is a fixed point of the Fourier transform. Thus, \( \widehat{\theta } = \theta \) .
Proof. First observe that the notation is \[ {x}^{2} = {xx} = x \cdot x = \langle x, x\rangle = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{x}_{j}^{2} = {\left| x\right| }^{2} \] We prove our result first when \( n = 1 \) and then derive the general case. Define, for \( x \in \mathbb{R} \), the analogous function \( \psi \left...
Yes
Theorem 2. First Inversion Theorem. If \( \phi \in \mathcal{S}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then\n\n\[ \phi \left( x\right) = {\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}}\widehat{\phi } \cdot {e}_{x} = {\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}}\widehat{\phi }\left( y\right) {e}^{2\pi iyx}{dy} \]
Proof. We use the conjurer’s tricks of smoke and mirrors. Let \( \theta \) be the function in the preceding theorem, and put \( g\left( x\right) = \theta \left( {x/\lambda }\right) \) . Then \( \widehat{g}\left( y\right) = {\lambda }^{n}\widehat{\theta }\left( {\lambda y}\right) \) . (Problem 8 in Section 6.1, page 293...
No
Theorem 3. The Fourier transform operator \( \mathcal{F} \) from \( \mathcal{S}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) to \( \mathcal{S}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) is a continuous linear bijection, and \( {\mathcal{F}}^{-1} = {\mathcal{F}}^{3} \) .
Proof. The continuity and linearity of \( \mathcal{F} \) were established by Theorem 4 in Section 6.2, page 297. The fact that \( \mathcal{F} \) is surjective is established by writing the basic inversion formula from the preceding theorem as \[ \phi \left( x\right) = \int \widehat{\phi }\left( y\right) {e}_{x}\left( y...
Yes
Theorem 4. Second Inversion Theorem. If \( f \) and \( \widehat{f} \) belong to \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then for almost all \( x \) , \[ f\left( x\right) = {\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}}\widehat{f}\left( y\right) {e}^{2\pi ixy}{dy} \]
Proof. Assume that \( f \) and \( \widehat{f} \) are in \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \). Let \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \). Then by Theorem 2, \( \phi \left( x\right) = \int {e}_{x}\widehat{\phi } \). By Problem 13 in Section 6.2, page 300, \( \int \widehat{f}\phi = \int f\widehat{\phi } \). Hence if we put \(...
Yes
Lemma 1. If \( f \) and \( g \) belong to the Schwartz space \( \mathcal{S}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then \( f * g \) also belongs to \( \mathcal{S}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), and furthermore, \( \widehat{fg} = \widehat{f} * \widehat{g} \) .
Proof. Since \( f \) and \( g \) belong to \( \mathcal{S} \), so does \( {fg} \) by Lemma 2 in Section 6.2, page 295. By Theorem 4 of Section 6.2, page 297, \( \widehat{f},\widehat{g} \), and \( \widehat{fg} \) belong to S. Consequently, \( \widehat{f}\widehat{g} \) belongs to \( \mathbf{S} \) . By Theorem 4 of Section...
Yes
Lemma 2. If \( f \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) and \( \phi \in \mathcal{D}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then \( f * \phi \in {C}^{\infty }\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) .
Proof. By the theorem in Section 5.5, page 271,\n\n\[ \n{D}^{\alpha }\left( {T * \phi }\right) = T * {D}^{\alpha }\phi \;\left( {T \in {\mathcal{D}}^{\prime },\phi \in \mathcal{D}}\right) \n\]\n\nIn particular, for \( f \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), \n\n(1)\n\n\[ \n{D}^{\alpha }\left( {f * \phi }\right)...
Yes
Lemma 3. The translation operator \( {E}_{x} \) has the following continuity property: If \( 1 \leq p < \infty \) and \( f \in {L}^{p}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then the mapping \( x \mapsto {E}_{x}f \) is continuous from \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) to \( {L}^{p}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) .
Proof. The continuous functions with compact support form a dense set in \( {L}^{p} \), if \( 1 \leq p < \infty \) . Hence, if \( \varepsilon > 0 \), then there exists such a continuous function \( h \) for which \( \parallel f - h{\parallel }_{p} \leq \varepsilon \) . Let the support of \( h \) be contained in the bal...
Yes
Theorem 1. If \( f \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then \( f * {\rho }_{k} \rightarrow f \) in the metric of \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) .
Proof. Since \( \int {\rho }_{k} = 1 \), \[ \left( {f * {\rho }_{k}}\right) \left( x\right) - f\left( x\right) = \int \left\lbrack {f\left( {x - z}\right) - f\left( x\right) }\right\rbrack {\rho }_{k}\left( z\right) {dz} \] Hence by Fubini's Theorem (Chapter 8, page 426) \[ \int \left| {f * {\rho }_{k} - f}\right| \leq...
Yes
Theorem 2. The space of test functions \( \mathcal{D}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) is a dense subspace of \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \).
Proof. Let \( f \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), and let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) . We wish to find an element of \( \mathcal{D}\left( {R}^{n}\right) \) within distance \( \varepsilon \) of \( f \) . The function \( f * {\rho }_{k} \) from the preceding theorem would be a candidate, but it need not have compa...
No
Let \( n = 1 \) and \( D = \frac{d}{dx} \). If \( P \) is a polynomial, say \( P\left( \lambda \right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{m}{c}_{j}{\lambda }^{j} \), then \( P\left( D\right) \) is a linear differential operator with constant coefficients:
\[ P\left( D\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{m}{c}_{j}{D}^{j} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{m}{c}_{j}{\left( 2\pi i\right) }^{j}{\left( \frac{D}{2\pi i}\right) }^{j} \] Consider the ordinary differential equation \[ P\left( D\right) u = g\; - \infty < x < \infty \] in which \( g \) is given and is assume...
Yes
\[ {u}^{\prime }\left( x\right) + {bu}\left( x\right) = {e}^{-\left| x\right| }\;\left( {b > 0,\;b \neq 1}\right) \]
The Fourier transform of the function \( g\left( x\right) = {e}^{-\left| x\right| } \) is \( \widehat{g}\left( t\right) = 2/\left( {1 + 4{\pi }^{2}{t}^{2}}\right) \) (Problem 5 of Section 6.3, page 304). Hence the Fourier transform of Equation (11) is \[ {2\pi it}\;\widehat{u}\left( t\right) + b\;\widehat{u}\left( t\ri...
Yes
Consider the integral equation\n\n\[ \n{\\int }_{-\\infty }^{\\infty }k\\left( {x - s}\\right) u\\left( s\\right) {ds} = g\\left( x\\right) \n\]\n\nin which \( k \) and \( g \) are given, and \( u \) is an unknown function. We can write\n\n\[ \nu * k = g \n\]
After taking Fourier transforms and using Theorem 4 in Section 6.1 (page 290)\n\nwe have\n\n\[ \n\\widehat{u}\\widehat{k} = \\widehat{g} \n\]\n\nwhence \( \\widehat{u} = \\widehat{g}/\\widehat{k} \) and \( u = {\\mathcal{F}}^{-1}\\left( {\\widehat{g}/\\widehat{k}}\\right) \) .
Yes
Theorem 1. If \( f \) is the Fourier transform of a positive function in \( {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), then for any finite set of points \( {x}_{1},{x}_{2},\ldots ,{x}_{m} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) the matrix having elements \( f\left( {{x}_{i} - {x}_{j}}\right) \) will be positive definite (and hence...
Proof. Let \( f = \widehat{g} \), where \( g \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) and \( g\left( x\right) > 0 \) everywhere. The interpolation matrix in question must be shown to be positive definite. This means that \( {u}^{ * }{Au} > 0 \) for all nonzero vectors \( u \) in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{m} \) . We undertak...
No
Lemma 1. Let \( {\lambda }_{1},\ldots ,{\lambda }_{m} \) be \( m \) distinct complex numbers, and let \( {c}_{1},\ldots ,{c}_{m} \) be complex numbers. If \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{c}_{j}{e}^{{\lambda }_{j}z} = 0 \) for all \( z \) in a subset of \( \mathbb{C} \) that has an accumulation point, then \( \ma...
Proof. Use induction on \( m \) . If \( m = 1 \), the result is obvious, because \( {e}^{{\lambda }_{1}z} \) is not zero for any \( z \in \mathbb{C} \) . If the lemma has been established for a certain integer \( m - 1 \), then we can prove it for \( m \) as follows. Let \( f\left( z\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{1}^...
Yes
Lemma 2. Let \( {w}_{1},\ldots ,{w}_{m} \) be \( m \) distinct points in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{n} \). Let \( {c}_{1},\ldots ,{c}_{m} \) be complex numbers. If \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{m}{c}_{j}{e}^{{w}_{j}x} = 0 \) for all \( x \) in a nonempty open subset of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \), then \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_...
Proof. Let \( \mathcal{O} \) be an open set in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) having the stated property. Select \( \xi \in \mathcal{O} \) such that the complex inner products \( {w}_{j}\xi \) are all different. This is possible by the following reasoning. The condition on \( \xi \) can be expressed in the form \( {w}_{j}\xi \...
Yes
Theorem 2. Laurent’s Theorem. Let \( f \) be a function that is analytic inside and on a circle \( C \) in the complex plane, except for having an isolated singularity at the center \( \zeta \) . Then at each point inside \( C \) with the exception of \( \zeta \) we have\n\n\[ f\left( z\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{...
The coefficient \( {c}_{-1} \) is called the residue of \( f \) at \( \zeta \) . By Laurent’s theorem, the residue is also given by\n\n(12)\n\n\[ {c}_{-1} = \frac{1}{2\pi i}{\int }_{C}f\left( z\right) {dz} \]
Yes
The integral \( {\int }_{C}{e}^{z}/{z}^{4}{dz} \), where \( C \) is the unit circle, can be computed with the principle in Equation (12). Indeed, the given integral is \( {2\pi i} \) times the residue of \( {e}^{z}/{z}^{4} \) at 0 .
Since\n\n\[ \n{e}^{z}/{z}^{4} = \left( {1 + z + \frac{{z}^{2}}{2!} + \frac{{z}^{3}}{3!} + \cdots }\right) /{z}^{4} \n\]\n\n\[ \n= {z}^{-4} + {z}^{-3} + \frac{1}{2}{z}^{-2} + \frac{1}{6}{z}^{-1} + \cdots \n\]\n\nwe see that the residue is \( \frac{1}{6} \) and the integral is \( \frac{1}{3}{\pi i} \) .
Yes
Theorem 3 The Residue Theorem. Let \( C \) be a simple closed curve inside of which \( f \) is analytic with the exception of isolated singularities at the points \( {\zeta }_{1},\ldots ,{\zeta }_{m} \) . Then \( \frac{1}{2\pi i}{\int }_{C}f\left( z\right) {dz} \) is the sum of the residues of \( f \) at \( {\zeta }_{1...
Proof. Draw mutually disjoint circles \( {C}_{1},\ldots ,{C}_{m} \) around the singularities and contained within \( C \) . The integral around the path shown in the figure is zero, by Cauchy’s integral theorem. (Figure 6.1a depicts the case \( m = 2 \) .) Therefore,\n\n\[ 0 = {\int }_{C}f\left( z\right) {dz} - {\int }...
Yes
Example 5. Let us compute \( {\int }_{C}\frac{dz}{{z}^{2} + 1} \), where \( C \) is the circle described by \( \left| {z - i}\right| = 1 \).
By the preceding theorem, the integral is \( {2\pi i} \) times the sum of the residues inside \( C \) . We have\n\n\[ f\left( z\right) = \frac{1}{{z}^{2} + 1} = \frac{1}{\left( {z + i}\right) \left( {z - i}\right) } = \frac{i/2}{z + i} - \frac{i/2}{z - i} \]\n\nThe residue at \( i \) is therefore \( - i/2 \), and the v...
Yes
Theorem 4. If \( f \) is a proper rational function and if the curve \( C \) encloses all the poles of \( f \), then \( {\int }_{C}f\left( z\right) {dz} = 0 \) .
Proof. Write \( f = p/q \), where \( p \) and \( q \) are polynomials. Since \( f \) is proper, the degree of \( p \) is less than that of \( q \) . Hence the point at \( \infty \) is not a singularity of \( f \) . Now, \( C \) is the boundary of one region containing the poles, and it is also the boundary of the compl...
Yes
Theorem 4. If \( f \) is a proper rational function and if the curve \( C \) encloses all the poles of \( f \), then \( {\int }_{C}f\left( z\right) {dz} = 0 \) .
Proof. Write \( f = p/q \), where \( p \) and \( q \) are polynomials. Since \( f \) is proper, the degree of \( p \) is less than that of \( q \) . Hence the point at \( \infty \) is not a singularity of \( f \) . Now, \( C \) is the boundary of one region containing the poles, and it is also the boundary of the compl...
Yes
Theorem 5. Let \( f \) be analytic in the closed upper half-plane with the exception of a finite number of poles, none of which are on the real axis. Define\n\n\[ \n{M}_{r} \equiv \sup \{ \left| {{zf}\left( z\right) }\right| : \left| z\right| = r,\mathcal{I}\left( z\right) \geq 0\}\n\]\n\nIf \( {M}_{r} \) converges to ...
Proof. Consider the region shown in Figure 6.1b, where \( C \) is the semicircular arc and \( r \) is chosen so large that all the poles of \( f \) lying in the upper half-plane are contained in the semicircular region. On \( C \) we have \( z = r{e}^{i\theta } \) and \( {dz} = {ir}{e}^{i\theta }{d\theta } \) . Hence\n...
Yes
The simplest case of the heat equation is\n\n\[ \n{u}_{xx} = {u}_{t} \n\]\nin which the subscripts denote partial derivatives. The distribution of heat in an infinite bar would obey this equation for \( \infty < x < \infty \) and \( t \geq 0 \) . A fully defined practical problem would consist of the differential equat...
We define \( \widehat{u}\left( {y, t}\right) \) to be the Fourier transform of \( u \) in the space variable. Thus\n\n\[ \widehat{u}\left( {y, t}\right) = {\int }_{-\infty }^{\infty }u\left( {x, t}\right) {e}^{-{2\pi ixy}}{dx} \]\n\nTaking the Fourier transform in Equations (1) and (2) with respect to the space variabl...
Yes
\[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {u}_{xx} = {u}_{t} & x \geq 0, t \geq 0 \\ u\left( {x,0}\right) = f\left( x\right), u\left( {0, t}\right) = 0 & x \geq 0, t \geq 0 \end{array}\right. \]
The easiest way to ensure that this will be zero (and thus satisfy the boundary condition in our problem) is to extend \( f \) to be an odd function. Then the integrand in Equation (8) is odd, and \( u\left( {0, t}\right) = 0 \) automatically. So we define \( f\left( {-x}\right) = - f\left( x\right) \) for \( x > 0 \),...
No
Example 3. Again, we consider the heat equation with boundary conditions:\n\n\[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {u}_{xx} = {u}_{t} & x \geq 0, t \geq 0 \\ u\left( {x,0}\right) = f\left( x\right) & u\left( {0, t}\right) = g\left( t\right) \end{array}\right. \]
Because the differential equation is linear and homogeneous, the method of superposition can be applied. We solve two related problems, viz.,\n\n\[ {v}_{xx} = {v}_{t}\;v\left( {x,0}\right) = f\left( x\right) \;v\left( {0, t}\right) = 0 \]\n\n\[ {w}_{xx} = {w}_{t}\;w\left( {x,0}\right) = 0\;w\left( {0, t}\right) = g\lef...
Yes
The Helmholtz Equation is\n\n\[ \n{\Delta u} - {gu} = f \n\]\n\nin which \( \Delta \) is the Laplacian, \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{n}{\partial }^{2}/\partial {x}_{k}^{2} \) . The functions \( f \) and \( g \) are prescribed on \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \), and \( u \) is the unknown function of \( n \) variables. We...
Carrying out the differentiation under the integral that defines the convolution, we obtain\n\n\[ \nf * {\Delta h} - f * h = f \n\]\n\nIs there a way to cancel the three occurrences of \( f \) in this equation? After all, \( {L}^{1} \) is a Banach algebra, with multiplication defined by convolution. But there are pitfa...
Yes
Theorem 1. Every distribution having compact support is tempered.
Proof. Let \( T \) be a distribution with compact support \( K \) . Select \( \psi \in \mathfrak{D} \) so that \( \psi \left( x\right) = 1 \) for all \( x \) in an open neighborhood of \( K \) . We extend \( T \) by defining \( \bar{T}\left( \phi \right) = T\left( {\phi \psi }\right) \) when \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \) ...
Yes
Theorem 2. Let \( f \) be a measurable function such that \( f/P \in {L}^{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) for some polynomial \( P \) . Then \( \widetilde{f} \) is a tempered distribution.
Proof. For \( \phi \in \mathcal{S} \), we have\n\n\[ \widetilde{f}\left( \phi \right) = {\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^{n}}f\left( x\right) \phi \left( x\right) {dx} \]\n\nSuppose that \( P \) is a polynomial such that \( f/P \in {L}^{1} \) . Write\n\n\[ \widetilde{f}\left( \phi \right) = \int \left( {f/P}\right) \left( {P \cdo...
Yes
Theorem 3. If \( T \) is a tempered distribution, then so is \( \widehat{T} \) . Moreover, the map \( T \mapsto \widehat{T} \) is linear, injective, surjective, and continuous from \( {\mathcal{S}}^{\prime } \) to \( {\mathcal{S}}^{\prime } \) .
Proof. The Fourier operator \( \mathcal{F} \) is a continuous linear bijection from \( \mathcal{S} \) onto \( \mathcal{S} \) by Theorem 3 in Section 6.3, page 303. Also, \( {\mathcal{F}}^{-1} = {\mathcal{F}}^{3} \) . Since \( \widehat{T} = T \circ \mathcal{F} \), we see that \( \widehat{T} \) is the composition of two ...
Yes
Theorem 4. If \( T \) is a tempered distribution and \( P \) is a polynomial, then \[ \widehat{PT} = P\left( \frac{-\partial }{2\pi i}\right) \widehat{T}\;\text{ and }\;P \cdot \widehat{T} = \widehat{P\left( \frac{\partial }{2\pi i}\right) }T \]
Proof. For \( \phi \) in \( \mathcal{S} \) we have \[ \widehat{PT}\left( \phi \right) = \left( {PT}\right) \left( \widehat{\phi }\right) = T\left( {P\widehat{\phi }}\right) = T\left\lbrack {\left( P\left( \frac{D}{2\pi i}\right) \phi \right) }^{ \land }\right\rbrack = \widehat{T}\left( {P\left( \frac{D}{2\pi i}\right) ...
No
Lemma 1. If \( f \in {L}^{p}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), and if \( {\psi }_{j} \) is as described above, then \( f * {\psi }_{j} \rightarrow f \) in \( {L}^{p}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \), as \( j \rightarrow \infty \) .
Proof. The case \( p = 1 \) is contained in the proof of Theorem 1 in Section 6.4, page 306. Let \( {B}_{j} \) be the support of \( {\psi }_{j} \) (i.e., the ball at 0 of radius \( 1/j \) ). By familiar calculations and Hölder's inequality (Section 8.7, page 409) we have\n\n\[ \left| {\left( {f * {\psi }_{j}}\right) \l...
Yes
Theorem 3. The set of functions in \( {W}^{k, p}\left( \Omega \right) \) that are of class \( {C}^{\infty } \) is dense in \( {W}^{k, p}\left( \Omega \right) \) .
Proof. Let \( {B}_{1},{B}_{2},\ldots \) be a sequence of open balls such that \( \overline{{B}_{i}} \subset \Omega \) for all \( i \) and \( \bigcup {B}_{i} = \Omega \) . The center and radius of \( {B}_{i} \) are indicated by writing \( {B}_{i} = B\left( {{x}_{i},{r}_{i}}\right) \) . Appealing to Theorem 1 in Section ...
Yes
Every continuous function on the interval \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) is integrable. Hence, this simple containment relation is valid: \( C\left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \subset {L}^{1}\left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . Is this an embedding? We seek a constant \( c \) such that\n\n\[ \parallel f{\parall...
The constant \( c = b - a \) obviously serves:\n\n\[ \parallel f{\parallel }_{1} = {\int }_{a}^{b}\left| {f\left( x\right) }\right| {dx} \leq {\int }_{a}^{b}\parallel f{\parallel }_{\infty } = \left( {b - a}\right) \parallel f{\parallel }_{\infty } \]
Yes
If \( 1 \leq s < r < \infty \) and if the domain \( \Omega \) has finite Lebesgue measure, then \( {L}^{r}\left( \Omega \right) \hookrightarrow {L}^{s}\left( \Omega \right) \).
To prove this, start with an \( f \) in \( {L}^{r}\left( \Omega \right) \) and write \( r = {ps} \). We may assume that \( f \geq 0 \). Then \( {f}^{s} \) is in \( {L}^{p}\left( \Omega \right) \) because \( \int {f}^{sp} = \int {f}^{r} \). Use the Hölder Inequality (page 409) with conjugate indices \( p \) and \( q = p...
Yes
Theorem 5. \( \;{W}^{1,2}\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \hookrightarrow {W}^{0,\infty }\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \) .
Proof. (In outline. For details, see [LL], Chapter 8.) Let \( f \) be an element of \( {W}^{1,2}\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \) . Since \( \mathcal{D}\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \) is dense in \( {W}^{1,2}\left( \mathbb{R}\right) \), there exists a sequence \( \left\lbrack {f}_{i}\right\rbrack \) in \( \mathcal{D}\left( \math...
No
Theorem 2. If a topological space has the fixed-point property, then the same is true of every space homeomorphic to it.
Proof. Let spaces \( X \) and \( Y \) be homeomorphic. This means that there is a homeomorphism \( h : X \rightarrow Y \) (a continuous map having a continuous inverse). Suppose that \( X \) has the fixed-point property. To prove that \( Y \) has the fixed-point property, let \( f \) be a continuous map of \( Y \) into...
Yes
Theorem 3. The Schauder-Tychonoff Fixed-Point Theorem. Every compact convex set in a locally convex linear topological Hausdorff space has the fixed-point property.
Proof. ([Day],[Sma]) Let \( K \) be such a set, and let \( f \) be a continuous map of \( K \) into \( K \) . We denote the family of all convex, symmetric, open neighborhoods of 0 by \( \left\{ {{U}_{\alpha } : \alpha \in A}\right\} \) . The set \( A \) is simply an index set, which we partially order by writing \( \a...
Yes
Theorem 6. Let \( D \) be a convex set in a locally convex linear topological Hausdorff space. If \( f \) maps \( D \) continuously into a compact subset of \( D \), then \( f \) has a fixed point.
Proof. As in the proof of Theorem 3, we use the family of neighborhoods \( {U}_{\alpha } \) . Let \( K \) be a compact subset of \( D \) that contains \( f\left( D\right) \) . Proceed as in the proof of Theorem 3, using the same set of neighborhoods \( {U}_{\alpha } \) . By the lemma, for each \( \alpha \) there is a f...
Yes
Theorem 7. Rothe's Theorem. Let \( B \) denote the closed unit ball of a normed linear space \( X \) . If \( f \) maps \( B \) continuously into a compact subset of \( X \) and if \( f\left( {\partial B}\right) \subset B \), then \( f \) has a fixed point.
Proof. Let \( r \) denote the radial projection into \( B \) defined by \( r\left( x\right) = x \) if \( \parallel x\parallel \leq 1 \) and \( r\left( x\right) = x/\parallel x\parallel \) if \( \parallel x\parallel > 1 \) . This map is continuous (Problem 1). Hence \( r \circ f \) maps \( B \) into a compact subset of ...
Yes
Theorem 8. Let \( B \) denote the closed unit ball in a normed space \( X \) . Let \( \left\{ {{f}_{t} : 0 \leq t \leq 1}\right\} \) be a family of continuous maps from \( B \) into one compact subset of \( X \) . Assume that\n\n(i) \( {f}_{0}\left( {\partial B}\right) \subset B \) .\n\n(ii) The map \( \left( {t, x}\ri...
Proof. (From [Sma]) If \( 0 < \varepsilon < 1 \), define\n\n\[ \n{g}_{\varepsilon }\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {f}_{1}\left( \frac{x}{1 - \varepsilon }\right) & \parallel x\parallel \leq 1 - \varepsilon \\ {f}_{\left( {1 - \parallel x\parallel }\right) /\varepsilon }\left( \frac{x}{\parallel x\parallel ...
Yes
Theorem 2 Let \( X \) be a paracompact space, \( Y \) a Banach space, and \( H \) a closed subspace in \( Y \) . Suppose that \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) is continuous and \( g : X \rightarrow H \) is bounded. Then for each \( \varepsilon > 0 \) there is a continuous map \( \bar{g} : X \rightarrow H \) that satisfies\n\n...
Proof. Let \( \lambda \) denote the number on the right in Inequality (1). For each \( x \in X \) , define\n\n\[ \Phi \left( x\right) = \{ h \in H : \parallel f\left( x\right) - h\parallel \leq \lambda \} \]\n\nThis set is nonempty because \( g\left( x\right) \in \Phi \left( x\right) \) . (Notice that \( g \) is a sele...
Yes
Theorem 3. The Bartle-Graves Theorem. A continuous linear map of one Banach space onto another must have a continuous (but not necessarily linear) right inverse.
Proof. Let \( A : X \rightarrow Y \), as in the hypotheses. Since \( A \) is surjective, the equation \( {Ax} = y \) has solutions \( x \) for each \( y \in Y \) . At issue, then, is whether a continuous choice of \( x \) can be made. It is clear that we should set\n\n\[ \Phi \left( y\right) = \{ x \in X : {Ax} = y\} \...
Yes
Theorem 1. Let \( X \) be a normed linear space and let \( K \) be a convex subset of \( X \) that contains 0 as an interior point. If \( z \in X \smallsetminus K \) , then there is a continuous linear functional \( \phi \) defined on \( X \) such that for all \( x \in K,\phi \left( x\right) \leq 1 \leq \phi \left( z\r...
Proof. Again, we need the Minkowski functional of \( K \) . It is\n\n\[ p\left( x\right) = \inf \{ \lambda : \lambda > 0\text{ and }x/\lambda \in K\} \]\n\nWe prove now that \( p\left( {x + y}\right) \leq p\left( x\right) + p\left( y\right) \) for all \( x \) and \( y \) . Select \( \lambda ,\mu > 0 \) so that \( x/\la...
Yes
Theorem 2. Let \( {K}_{1},{K}_{2} \) be a disjoint pair of convex sets in a normed linear space \( X \) . If one of them has an interior point, then there is a nonzero functional \( \phi \in {X}^{ * } \) such that\n\n\[ \mathop{\sup }\limits_{{x \in {K}_{1}}}\phi \left( x\right) \leq \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{x \in {K}_{...
Proof. By performing a translation and by relabeling the two sets, we can assume that 0 is an interior point of \( {K}_{1} \) . Fix a point \( z \) in \( {K}_{2} \) and consider the set \( {K}_{1} - {K}_{2} + z \) . This set is convex and contains 0 as an interior point. Also, \( z \notin {K}_{1} - {K}_{2} + z \) becau...
Yes
Theorem 3. Let \( {K}_{1},{K}_{2} \) be a disjoint pair of closed convex sets in a normed linear space \( X \) . Assume that at least one of the sets is compact. Then there is a \( \phi \in {X}^{ * } \) such that\n\n\[ \mathop{\sup }\limits_{{x \in {K}_{2}}}\phi \left( x\right) < \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{x \in {K}_{1}}}...
Proof. The set \( {K}_{1} - {K}_{2} \) is closed and convex. (See Problems 1.2.19 on page 12 and 1.4.17 on page 23.) Also, \( 0 \notin {K}_{1} - {K}_{2} \), and consequently there is a ball \( B\left( {0, r}\right) \) that is disjoint from \( {K}_{1} - {K}_{2} \) . By the preceding theorem, there is a nonzero continuou...
Yes
Theorem 4. Let \( U \) be a compact set in a real Hilbert space. In order that the system of linear inequalities\n\n(1)\n\n\[ \langle u, x\rangle > 0\;\left( {u \in U}\right) \]\n\nbe consistent (i.e., have a solution, \( x \) ) it is necessary and sufficient that 0 not be in the closed convex hull of \( U \) .
Proof. For the sufficiency of the condition, assume the condition to be true. Thus, \( 0 \notin \overline{\operatorname{co}}\left( U\right) \) . By Theorem 3, there is a vector \( x \) and a real number \( \lambda \) such that \( \overline{\mathrm{{co}}}\left( U\right) \) and 0 are on opposite sides of the hyperplane\n...
Yes
Theorem 5. For an \( m \times n \) matrix \( A \), either \( {Ax} \geq 0 \) for some \( x \in {S}_{n} \) , or \( {y}^{T}A < 0 \) for some \( y \in {S}_{m} \) .
Proof. Suppose that there is no \( x \) in the simplex \( {S}_{n} \) for which \( {Ax} \geq 0 \) . Then \( A\left( {S}_{n}\right) \) contains no point in the nonnegative orthant, \[ {P}_{m} = \left\{ {y \in {\mathbb{R}}^{m} : y \geq 0}\right\} \] Consequently, the convex sets \( A\left( {S}_{n}\right) \) and \( {P}_{m}...
Yes
Theorem 2. Arzelà-Ascoli Theorem II. Let \( X \) be a compact metric space. A subset of \( C\left( X\right) \) is compact if and only if it is closed, bounded, and equicontinuous.
Proof. Suppose that \( K \) is a compact set in \( C\left( X\right) \) . Then it is closed. It is also totally bounded, and can be covered by a finite number of balls of radius 1 :\n\n\[ K \subset \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}B\left( {{f}_{i},1}\right) \]\n\nFor any \( g \in K \) there is an index \( i \) for ...
Yes
Theorem 3. Dini’s Theorem. Let \( {f}_{1},{f}_{2},\ldots \) be continuous real-valued functions on a compact topological space. For each \( x \) assume that \( \left| {{f}_{n}\left( x\right) }\right| \downarrow 0 \) . Then this convergence is uniform.
Proof. Given \( \varepsilon > 0 \), put \( {S}_{k} = \left\{ {x : \left| {{f}_{k}\left( x\right) }\right| \geq \varepsilon }\right\} \) . Then each \( {S}_{k} \) is closed, and \( {S}_{k + 1} \subset {S}_{k} \) . For each \( x \) there is an index \( k \) such that \( x \notin {S}_{k} \) . Hence \( \mathop{\bigcap }\li...
Yes
Lemma 1. Let \( A \) be a compact operator on a normed linear space.\n\nIf \( I + A \) is surjective, then it is injective.
Proof. Let \( B = I + A \) and \( {X}_{n} = \ker \left( {B}^{n}\right) \) . Suppose that \( B \) is surjective but not injective. We shall be looking for a contradiction. Note that \( 0 \subset {X}_{1} \subset {X}_{2} \subset \cdots \) It is now to be proved that these inclusions are proper. Select a nonzero element \(...
Yes
Lemma 3. Let \( A \) be a compact operator on a Banach space. If \( I + A \) is injective, then it is surjective.
Proof. Let \( B = I + A \) and let \( {X}_{n} \) denote the range of \( {B}^{n} \) . We have \[ {B}^{n} = {\left( I + A\right) }^{n} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 0}}^{n}\left( \begin{array}{l} n \\ k \end{array}\right) {A}^{k} = I + \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{n}\left( \begin{array}{l} n \\ k \end{array}\right) {...
Yes
Theorem 1. The Fredholm Alternative. Let \( A \) be a compact linear operator on a Banach space. The operator \( I + A \) is surjective if and only if it is injective.
## Proof. This is the result of putting Lemmas 1 and 3 together.
No
Theorem 3. Let \( B \) be a bounded linear invertible operator, and let \( A \) be a compact operator, both defined on one Banach space and taking values in another. Then \( B + A \) is surjective if and only if it is injective.
Proof. Suppose that \( B + A \) is injective. Then so are \( {B}^{-1}\left( {B + A}\right) \) and \( I + {B}^{-1}A \) . Now, the product of a compact operator with a bounded operator is compact. (See Problem 7.) Thus, Theorem 1 is applicable, and \( I + {B}^{-1}A \) is surjective. Hence so are \( B\left( {I + {B}^{-1}A...
Yes
Theorem 4. A compact linear transformation operating from one normed linear space to another maps weakly convergent sequences into strongly convergent sequences.
Proof. Let \( A \) be such an operator, \( A : X \rightarrow Y \) . Let \( {x}_{n} \rightharpoonup x \) (weak convergence) in \( X \) . It suffices to consider only the case when \( x = 0 \) . Thus we want to prove that \( A{x}_{n} \rightarrow 0 \) . By the weak convergence, \( \phi \left( {x}_{n}\right) \rightarrow 0 ...
Yes
Lemma 4. Let \( \left\lbrack {A}_{n}\right\rbrack \) be a bounded sequence of continuous linear transformations from one normed linear space to another. If \( {A}_{n}x \rightarrow 0 \) for each \( x \) in a compact set \( K \), then this convergence is uniform on \( K \) .
Proof. Suppose that the convergence in question is not uniform. Then there exist a positive \( \varepsilon \), a sequence of integers \( {n}_{i} \), and points \( {x}_{{n}_{i}} \in K \) such that \( \begin{Vmatrix}{{A}_{{n}_{i}}{x}_{{n}_{i}}}\end{Vmatrix} \geq \varepsilon \) . Since \( K \) is compact, we can assume at...
Yes
Theorem 5. Let \( X \) and \( Y \) be Banach spaces. If \( Y \) has a (Schauder) basis, then every compact operator from \( X \) to \( Y \) is a limit of finite-rank operators.
Proof. If \( \left\lbrack {v}_{n}\right\rbrack \) is a basis for \( Y \), then each \( y \) in \( Y \) has a unique representation of the form\n\n\[ y = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{\infty }{\lambda }_{k}\left( y\right) {v}_{k} \]\n\n(See Problems 24-26 in Section 1.6, pages 38-39.) The functionals \( {\lambda }_{k...
No
Theorem 6. Let \( A \) be a compact operator acting between two Banach spaces. If the range of \( A \) is closed, then it is finite dimensional.
Proof. Since \( A \) is compact, it is continuous and has a closed graph. Assume that \( A : X \rightarrow Y \) and that \( A\left( X\right) \) is closed in \( Y \) . Then \( A\left( X\right) \) is a Banach space. Let \( S \) denote the unit ball in \( X \) . By the Interior Mapping Theorem (Section 1.8, page 48), \( A...
Yes
Lemma 5. In the definition of the degenerate kernel \( k = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{u}_{i}{v}_{i}, \) there is no loss of generality in supposing that \( \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) and \( \left\{ {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) are linearly independent sets.
Proof. Suppose that \( \left\{ {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{n}}\right\} \) is linearly dependent. Then one vector is a linear combination of the others, say \( {v}_{n} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{{n - 1}}{a}_{i}{v}_{i} \) . Then we can write the kernel with a sum of fewer terms as follows:\n\n\[ \n{Kx} = \mathop{\sum }...
Yes
Theorem 7. Let \( A \) be a compact operator on a Banach space. Each nonzero element of the spectrum of \( A \) is an eigenvalue of \( A \) .
Proof. Let \( \lambda \neq 0 \) and suppose that \( \lambda \) is not an eigenvalue of \( A \) . We want to show that \( \lambda \) is not in the spectrum, or equivalently, that \( A - {\lambda I} \) is invertible. Since \( \lambda \) is not an eigenvalue, the equation \( \left( {A - {\lambda I}}\right) x = 0 \) has on...
Yes
Let \( T = \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \subset \mathbb{R} \). Let \( \mathcal{A} \) be the algebra of all polynomials in \( C\left( T\right) \). Then \( \mathcal{A} \) is dense in \( C\left( T\right) \), by the Stone-Weierstrass Theorem. This implies that for any continuous function \( f \) defined on \( \left\lbr...
\[ \parallel f - p\parallel \equiv \max \{ \left| {f\left( t\right) - p\left( t\right) }\right| : a \leq t \leq b\} < \epsilon \]
Yes
Theorem 9. Let \( {A}_{0},{A}_{1},\ldots \) be compact operators on a Banach space, and suppose \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{n}{A}_{n} = {A}_{0} \) . If \( \lambda \) is not an eigenvalue of \( {A}_{0} \) and if for each \( n \) there is a point \( {x}_{n} \) such that \( {A}_{n}{x}_{n} - \lambda {x}_{n} = b \), then for ...
Proof. Since \( \lambda \) is not an eigenvalue of \( {A}_{0} \), it is not in the spectrum of \( {A}_{0} \), by Theorem 7. Hence \( {A}_{0} - {\lambda I} \) is invertible. Select \( m \) such that for \( n \geq m \)\n\n\[ \begin{Vmatrix}{\left( {{A}_{n} - {\lambda I}}\right) - \left( {{A}_{0} - {\lambda I}}\right) }\e...
Yes
Theorem 1. A point \( y \) is in the closure of a set \( S \) in a topological space if and only if some net in \( S \) converges to \( y \) .
Proof. If the net \( \left\lbrack {x}_{\alpha }\right\rbrack \) is in \( S \) and converges to \( y \), then to each neighborhood \( U \) of \( y \) there corresponds an index \( \beta \) such that \( {x}_{\alpha } \in U \) whenever \( \beta \prec \alpha \) . In particular, \( {x}_{\beta } \in U \) . Thus each neighbor...
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Lemma 1 In a linear topological space, a set \( V \) is a neighborhood of a point \( z \) if and only if \( - z + V \) is a neighborhood of 0 .
Proof. Hold \( z \) fixed, and define \( f\left( x\right) = x + z \) . This mapping sends 0 to \( z \) . Let \( V \) be a neighborhood of \( z \) . Since \( f \) is continuous, \( {f}^{-1}\left( V\right) \) is a neighborhood of 0. Observe, now, that \( {f}^{-1}\left( V\right) = \{ x : f\left( x\right) \in V\} = \{ x : ...
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Theorem 1. A linear topological space is a Hausdorff space if and only if 0 is the only element common to all neighborhoods of 0.
Proof. The Hausdorff property is that for any pair of points \( x \neq y \) there must exist neighborhoods \( U \) and \( V \) of \( x \) and \( y \) respectively such that the pair \( U, V \) is disjoint. Select a neighborhood \( W \) of 0 such that \( x - y \notin W \) . Then (using the continuity of subtraction) sel...
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Theorem 2. Let \( X \) be a linear topological space, and \( U \) a neighborhood of 0 . Then the polar set\n\n\[ {U}^{ \circ } = \left\{ {\phi \in {X}^{ * } : \left| {\phi \left( x\right) }\right| \leq 1\text{ for all }x \in U}\right\} \]\n\nis compact in the weak* topology of \( {X}^{ * } \) .
Proof. The linear space \( {X}^{ * } \) (whose elements are continuous linear functionals) is a subspace of \( {X}^{\prime } \) (whose elements are linear functionals). The weak* topology in \( {X}^{ * } \) is the relative topology in \( {X}^{ * } \) derived from the weak* topology on \( {X}^{\prime } \) . By the prece...
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Theorem 3. (The Banach-Alaoglu Theorem) The unit ball in the conjugate space of a normed linear space is compact in the weak* topology.
Proof. In the preceding theorem, take \( U \) to be the unit ball of \( X \) . The polar of \( U \) will then be the unit ball in \( {X}^{ * } \) .
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Theorem 4. For any locally convex linear topological space there is a family of continuous seminorms that induces the topology.
Proof. Let \( P \) be the family of all continuous seminorms defined on the given space. Let \( U \) be a neighborhood of 0 in the original topology. First we must prove that \( U \) contains one of the sets \( V\left( {\varepsilon ;{p}_{1},\ldots ,{p}_{n}}\right) \) . Since the space is locally convex, \( U \) contain...
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Lemma 2. In a locally convex linear topological space, the convex hull of a totally bounded set is totally bounded.
Proof. Let \( Y \) be such a set and let \( U \) be any neighborhood of 0 . Select a convex neighborhood \( V \) of 0 such that \( V + V \subset U \) . Since \( Y \) is totally bounded, there is a finite set \( F \) such that \( Y \subset F + V \) . Let \( Z = \operatorname{co}\left( F\right) \) . The set \( Z \) is co...
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Theorem 7. Mazur's Theorem. The closed convex hull of a totally bounded set in a complete locally convex linear topological space is compact.
Proof. Let \( K \) be such a set in such a space. By the preceding lemma, \( \operatorname{co}\left( K\right) \) is totally bounded. Hence \( \overline{\mathrm{{co}}}\left( K\right) \) is closed and totally bounded. Since the ambient space is complete, \( \overline{\mathrm{{co}}}\left( K\right) \) is complete and total...
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Theorem 3. Let \( f : \mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) . Assume that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}f\left( {n, m}\right) \) exists for each \( m \) and that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{m \rightarrow \infty }}f\left( {n, m}\right) \) exists for each \( n \), uniformly in \( n \) ...
Proof. Define \( g\left( m\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{n}f\left( {n, m}\right) \) and \( h\left( n\right) = \mathop{\lim }\limits_{m}f\left( {n, m}\right) \) . Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) . Find a positive integer \( M \) such that\n\n\[ m \geq M \Rightarrow \left| {f\left( {n, m}\right) - h\left( n\right) }\right| <...
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Theorem 4. The Kharshiladze-Lozinski Theorem. For each \( n = 0,1,2,\ldots \) let \( {P}_{n} \) be a projection of the space \( C\left\lbrack {-1,1}\right\rbrack \) onto the subspace \( {\Pi }_{n} \) of polynomials of degree at most \( n \) . Then \( \begin{Vmatrix}{P}_{n}\end{Vmatrix} \rightarrow \infty \) .
It is readily seen that the equation\n\n\[ \n{P}_{n}\left( f\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 0}}^{n}{a}_{k}\left( f\right) {p}_{n} \n\]\n\nwhere the coefficients \( {a}_{k} \) are as above, defines a projection of the type appearing in Theorem 4. That is, \( {P}_{n} \) is a continuous linear idempotent map from \(...
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Theorem 7. Under the hypotheses given above, Equation (3) is true for the point \( x = {x}_{0} \) .
Proof. By Hypothesis (A) we are allowed to define\n\n\[ f\left( x\right) = {\int }_{T}g\left( {x, t}\right) {d\mu }\left( t\right) \]\n\nThe derivative \( {f}^{\prime }\left( {x}_{0}\right) \) exists if and only if for each sequence \( \left\lbrack {x}_{n}\right\rbrack \) converging to \( {x}_{0} \) we have\n\n\[ {f}^{...
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Theorem 8. Let \( \left( {T,\mathcal{A},\mu }\right) \) be a measure space such that \( \mu \left( T\right) < \infty \). Let \( g : \left( {a, b}\right) \times T \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \). Assume that for each \( n,\left( {{\partial }^{n}g/\partial {x}^{n}}\right) \left( {x, t}\right) \) exists, is measurable, and is b...
Proof. Since \( \mu \left( T\right) < \infty \), any bounded measurable function on \( T \) is integrable. To see that Hypothesis (B) of the preceding theorem is true, use the mean value theorem: \[ \left| \frac{g\left( {x, t}\right) - g\left( {{x}_{0}, t}\right) }{x - {x}_{0}}\right| = \left| {\frac{\partial g}{\parti...
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Let \( X \) be an arbitrary set, and \( \mathcal{C} \) a collection of subsets of \( X \), countably many of which cover \( X \) . Let \( \beta \) be a function from \( \mathcal{C} \) to \( {\mathbb{R}}^{ * } \) such that\n\n\[ \inf \{ \beta \left( C\right) : C \in \mathcal{C}\} = 0 \]\n\nThen the equation\n\n\[ \mu \l...
Assume all the hypotheses. There are now three postulates for an outer measure to be verified. Our assumption about \( \beta \) implies that \( \beta \left( C\right) \geq 0 \) for all \( C \in \mathcal{C} \) . Therefore, \( \mu \left( A\right) \geq 0 \) for all \( A \) . Since \( \varnothing \subset C \) for all \( C \...
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Theorem 1. Let \( X \) be an arbitrary set, and \( \mathcal{C} \) a collection of subsets of \( X \), countably many of which cover \( X \) . Let \( \beta \) be a function from \( \mathcal{C} \) to \( {\mathbb{R}}^{ * } \) such that\n\n\[ \inf \{ \beta \left( C\right) : C \in \mathcal{C}\} = 0 \]\n\nThen the equation\n...
Proof. Assume all the hypotheses. There are now three postulates for an outer measure to be verified. Our assumption about \( \beta \) implies that \( \beta \left( C\right) \geq 0 \) for all \( C \in \mathcal{C} \) . Therefore, \( \mu \left( A\right) \geq 0 \) for all \( A \) . Since \( \varnothing \subset C \) for all...
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