Mass of functionals on vector-valued test functions #
For a map f : ๐^{n}(ฮฉ, F) โ V from F-valued test functions on an open set ฮฉ of a real
normed space E to a real normed space V, the mass is the extended supremum
mass f = โจ { โf ฯโโ | ฯ โ ๐^{n}(ฮฉ, F), โฯ xโ โค 1 for all x },
and the local mass localMass f U takes the same supremum over the tests supported in U.
With F = E [โ^Fin k]โL[โ] โ and V = โ, a continuous linear f is a k-current on ฮฉ, the
pointwise norm of a test form is the ContinuousAlternatingMap operator norm, and mass f is the
extended mass of the current with respect to this norm; it is often infinite. When E is an
inner-product space the operator norm on forms is the comass, so mass f is then Federer's mass;
this comparison is not proved in this file. A current has locally finite mass when it satisfies
an order-zero bound on the tests supported in each compact subset of ฮฉ.
Main declarations #
Distribution.mass,Distribution.localMass: the extended mass and local mass.Distribution.enorm_apply_le_localMass_mul: for linearT,โT ฯโโ โค localMass T U * โฯโ_โwhenฯis supported inU.Distribution.localMass_comp_le_of_enorm_apply_le,Distribution.HasLocallyFiniteMass.comp_of_norm_apply_le: precomposition with a pointwise bounded map of test functions (which does not enlarge supports).Distribution.mass_eq_zero_iff: a linear map has mass zero exactly when it vanishes.Distribution.localMass_add_localMass_le: for a real-valued linear map, the local masses on disjoint sets add up to at most the local mass on their union.Distribution.mass_add_le,Distribution.mass_smul: the triangle inequality and homogeneity.Distribution.lowerSemicontinuous_mass: mass is lower semicontinuous for pointwise (weak) convergence;Distribution.mass_le_liminfis the correspondingliminfbound.Distribution.mass_comp_monoCLM: the mass of the restriction to an openฮฉ' โ ฮฉis the local mass onฮฉ';Distribution.localMass_comp_monoCLMgives the local version.Distribution.HasLocallyFiniteMass.comp_monoCLM: open restriction preserves local finiteness.Distribution.HasLocallyFiniteMassandDistribution.hasLocallyFiniteMass_iff_localMass_ne_top: local finiteness of mass by order-zero bounds and its variational characterization.Distribution.mass_apply_apply: the point evaluationฯ โฆ โ (ฯ x)has massโโโ; in particular the degree-zero point current has mass one (Distribution.mass_apply_finZero).Distribution.mass_integral_apply: integration against a locally integrable fieldGhas massโซ_ฮฉ โGโ.
References #
- H. Federer, Geometric Measure Theory, ยง4.1.7 (the mass of a current).
- L. Simon, Introduction to Geometric Measure Theory, Chapter 6, ยง2 (currents and their mass).
The local mass of f on a set U: the supremum of โf ฯโโ over the tests ฯ supported in
U with โฯ xโ โค 1 everywhere.
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The (extended) mass of f: the supremum of โf ฯโโ over the tests ฯ with โฯ xโ โค 1
everywhere. With F a space of alternating forms, this is the mass of the current with respect to
the operator norm on forms (which is the comass when E is an inner-product space); it may be
infinite.
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The local mass on any set containing ฮฉ is the mass.
The mass of a finite sum is at most the sum of the masses.
Changing the values of test functions by a linear isometric equivalence preserves mass.
The mass bound: a linear map evaluated on a test supported in U is bounded by the local mass
on U times the supremum norm of the test.
The mass bound for a test bounded pointwise by c and supported in U.
Order-zero operators and local mass. If a map L of test functions does not enlarge
supports and satisfies โL ฯ xโโ โค b x โฯ xโโ with b โค c on U โฉ ฮฉ, then precomposition with
L multiplies the local mass on U by at most c.
A finite mass bound controls each evaluation by the supremum norm of the test.
Mass zero iff current zero.
On disjoint sets, the local masses of a real-valued linear map add up to at most the local mass on the union.
Weak lower semicontinuity of local mass. On the space of maps ๐^{n}(ฮฉ, F) โ V with the
topology of pointwise convergence, the local mass on any set is lower semicontinuous.
Weak lower semicontinuity of mass.
If fแตข ฯ โ f ฯ along l for every test ฯ, then mass f โค liminf mass fแตข.
Restriction. The mass of the restriction of f to tests on an open ฮฉ' โ ฮฉ is the local
mass of f on ฮฉ'.
Restriction to an open subset does not increase mass.
The local mass of an open restriction is the local mass on the intersection with its domain.
The testing set U need not be open or measurable.
A map on test functions has locally finite mass if it satisfies an order-zero bound on the
tests supported in each compact subset of ฮฉ.
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Unfolding HasLocallyFiniteMass into its order-zero bounds on compact subsets of ฮฉ.
Open restriction preserves locally finite mass, with the same order-zero bound on each compact set in the smaller domain.
Order-zero operators preserve local finiteness. Precomposition with a map L of test
functions that satisfies a pointwise bound โL ฯ xโ โค b x โฯ xโ by a continuous weight b
preserves locally finite mass. Such a map does not enlarge supports.
Variational characterization of local finiteness of mass. A linear map on test functions
has locally finite mass if and only if its local mass on every compact subset of ฮฉ is finite.
A linear map of finite mass has locally finite mass.
Locally finite mass implies continuity. A linear map on test functions with locally finite mass is continuous for the test-function topology, so it is a distribution of order zero.
Point currents. For x โ ฮฉ, the evaluation ฯ โฆ โ (ฯ x) of a continuous linear map at
the value of the test at x has mass โโโ.
The degree-zero point current ฯ โฆ ฯ x ![] at a point of ฮฉ has mass one.
Mass of an absolutely continuous current. Against an additive Haar measure, integration
against a field G of continuous linear functionals on a real Hilbert space, locally integrable
on ฮฉ, has mass โซ_ฮฉ โGโ; both sides may be infinite.