Averaging an analytic function over a family of contractions #
Let f have the power series p on the ball of radius r about c, and let L t, for
t ∈ [0, 1], be a continuous family of continuous linear maps of norm at most one. Then the
average z ↦ ∫ t in 0..1, f (c + L t (z - c)) has a power series on the same ball, whose n-th
coefficient is the average of p n precomposed with L t in every slot
(HasFPowerSeriesOnBall.intervalIntegral_comp). In particular the average is analytic at c
(AnalyticAt.intervalIntegral_comp).
The typical use is the integral form of Hadamard's lemma: if G (x, y) vanishes on y = y₀, then
G (x, y) = (y - y₀) • ∫ t in 0..1, ∂G/∂y (x, y₀ + t (y - y₀)), and this lemma, applied with
L t (x, y) = (x, t y), shows that the quotient is again analytic.
If f has the power series p on the ball of radius r about c, and L t is a family of
continuous linear maps of norm at most one, continuous in t ∈ [0, 1], then the average
z ↦ ∫ t in 0..1, f (c + L t (z - c)) has on the same ball the power series whose n-th
coefficient is ∫ t in 0..1, p n ∘ (L t, …, L t).
The average z ↦ ∫ t in 0..1, f (c + L t (z - c)) of a function analytic at c, over a
family of continuous linear maps of norm at most one, continuous in t ∈ [0, 1], is analytic
at c.