Assignmnent 5
Assignmnent 5
Assignment 5
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(1) Define T f (x) = 0 f (y)dy, x ∈ [0, 1] for f ∈ L2 ([0, 1]). Show that there exist no λ ∈ R such
that T ψ = λψ.
(2) Define W = {f : [0, 1] → C : C 2 ([0, 1], BCf (0) = BCf (1) = 0}. Equip W with a norm
such that W is a complete normed space.
(3) Define Df = f ′′ on [0, ∞). Find the eigen functions of D when f ∈ C 2 ([0, ∞))
(4) Let p(a) = p(b) amd Lu = (pu′ )′ + ru, p > 0 with the periodic boundary conditions u(a) =
u(b) and u′ (a) = u′ (b). Show that if u, v be twice ifferentiable functions satisfying the
periodic boundary conditions then (Lu, v) = (u, Lv) and there exists a constant such that
(−Lu, u) ≥ c(u, u).
(5) Show that if f, f ′ ∈ L2 ([0, ∞)) then f is uniformly continuous and |f (x)| → 0 as x → ∞.
(6) Consider Df = f ′′ on [0, ∞ with the condition f (0) = 0, limx→∞ f (x) = 0 and f ′ (0) = 1
and limx→∞ f ′ (x) = 0. Find all the eigen functions of Df with the boundary conditions.
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(7) Define T f (x) = R K(x − y)f (y)dy such that R |K(y)|dxdy < ∞. Show that T : Lp (R) →
Lp (R) for all 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞. Let K : R → C a continuous compactly supported function show
that T (B) ⊂ Lp (R) ∩ C(R) where B is the unit ball in Lp (R). Show the same holds when
K ∈ L1 (R) ∩ L∞ (R).
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(8) Let f ∈ L1loc (Rn ). Show that if Rn f (x)φ(x)dx = 0 for all φ ∈ Cc∞ (Rn ) then f = 0 a.e.
(9) Let f ∈ Cc∞ (R \ {0}) and real valued. Show that it satisfies
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1 f (x)2
f ′2 dx ≥ dx.
R 4 R x2
Also show that " "
9 f (x)2
f ′′2 dx ≥ dx.
R 16 R x4
(10) Let f ∈ C ∞ (S 1 ) if and only if for f ∈ C(S 1 ), |k|m |fˆ(k)| → 0 as |k| → ∞ for all m ≥ 0.
(11) Show that Cc∞ ((0, 1)) are dense in Lp ([0, 1]) for all 1 ≤ p < ∞.
(12) Find the Green’s function for (L − Id)u where Lu = u′′ and u′ (0) = u′ (1) = 0.