Questions tagged [pointwise-convergence]
For questions about pointwise convergence, a common mode of convergence in which a sequence of functions converges to a particular function. This tag should be used with the tag [convergence].
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Pointwise convergence of a sequence of iterations of a continuous function
Let $f:[-1,1]\longrightarrow[-1,1]$ be a continuous function satisfying the following condition : $$\tag{1}\forall x\in[-1,1]\!\setminus\!\{0\},\quad|f(x)|<|x|.$$ Is that condition sufficient to ...
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Pointwise limit of a sequence of density functions
I am trying to prove that the following sequence of density functions $$f_{n}(x) = \mathbb{1}_{\left(0,2^{n}\right)}(x) \cdot \left(\dfrac{\left(n\ln(2) - \ln(x)\right)^{n}}{2^{n}\cdot n!} \right)$$ ...
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set theoretic definition of pointwise convergence
I wonder if it is possible to describe pointwise convergence set-theoretically. More specifically, let $(f_n)_{n\geq 1}$ be a sequence of functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$, and let $f$ be ...
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Pointwise convergence of series of scalings of continuous, periodic, non-constant function.
Inspired by this question. Let $\tilde{f}:[0,1)\to \mathbb{R}$ be a bounded, non-constant continuous function. Let $f$ be the $1$-periodic extension of $\tilde{f}$ to $\mathbb{R}$. Let $g:[0,1]\to\...
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Closure of probability distributions on an open set vs probability distributions on the closure of an open set
Consider the space of probability distributions on $(0,\infty)$ denoted through their cdf $F$. Let $F_0$ be a probability distribution having a point mass at $0$, so that $F_0$ has a step at $0$ (say ...
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Apparent contradiction in topologies induced by probabilistic convergence modes
I have a background in mathematical statistics and now am trying to self-study topology (from John Kelley's General Topology). I read about convergence classes and how convergence classes generate ...
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Is the everywhere‑divergent series $\sum_{k=2}^{\infty} \frac{\sin\bigl(k(x-\ln\ln k)\bigr)}{\ln k}$ a genuine Fourier series?
Question Is the everywhere‑divergent series(Steinhaus) $$ \sum_{k=2}^{\infty} \frac{\sin\bigl(k(x-\ln\ln k)\bigr)}{\ln k} $$ a genuine Fourier series? H.Steinhaus: A divergent trigonometrical ...
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Pointwise monotonic convergence implies equicontinuity
The question below is from N.L Carother's Real Analysis, "The Space of Continuous Functions" - Problem 53: Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and let $(f_n)$ be a sequence in $C(X)$. If $(...
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Proving $\sum^{\infty }_{n=1}\frac{x}{n^a({1+nx^2})}$ is not uniformly convergent if $0<a\leq 1/2$
Let $$S_a(x)=\sum^{\infty }_{n=1}\frac{x}{n^a({1+nx^2})}$$ for $\ x\in \mathbb{R}$. I know $S_a(x)$ is pointwise convergent if $a>0$. I know $S_a(x)$ is uniformly convergent if $a>1/2$ (by the ...
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Well definedness of the newtonian potential when $f$ is bounded and locally Holder continuous (Gilbarg-Trudinger Lemma 4.2)
So I am a little confused about a statement on on Lemma 4.2 Gilbarg-Trudinger (p.55). Here is a picture of the statement. In the preceding Lemma (that's Lemma 4.1) they assume that $f$ is bounded and ...
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$L^2$ limit of a positive sequence
Let $(X,A,\mu)$ a measure space. Assume a sequence $(f_n)$ of positive (i.e. $\geq 0$) measurable functions from $X$ to $\mathbb{R}$ converges to $f$ in $L^p$. Then is $f$ positive ? My idea is the ...
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On convergence on $L^1$ of a "weird" sequence of functions.
Let $N>1$ be a natural number. Let $C:\mathbb R^N\times\mathbb R^N\rightarrow\mathbb R$ be a $L^1(\mathbb R^N\times\mathbb R^N)$ function such that $C(x,y)=C(y,x)$ (this is a condition that ...
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Concatenating $x^{\frac{1}{n}}$ with $1$
As a technical detail in my work, I need a concrete formula for a sequence of functions $f_n:[0, \infty) \to (a, \infty)$, as simple as possible, that satisfies all of the following conditions : $f_n(...
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Why is uniform convergence over $\omega$ not possible for sequences of random variables?
Let $(X_n)$ be a sequence of real-valued random variables on a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$. In many classical results, such as the strong law of large numbers, we have almost ...
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Counterexample for uniformly equicontinuous function sequence with non uniformly continuous pointwise limit function
Let $(X,d)$ and $(Y,\rho)$ be metric spaces. For all $n\in \mathbb{N}$, $f, f_n: (X,d) \to (Y,\rho)$ be functions. I want to find an example satifies the following conditions that is (i) $f_n\to f$ (...