Mollification in the test-function topology #
A test function may be convolved with a normalized smooth bump whenever the enlarged support stays inside its open domain. Every derivative commutes with this operation. For shrinking bumps, the mollifications converge in the native LF topology, so every distribution can be evaluated along this approximation.
The codomain is any real Banach space, including the finite-dimensional spaces of alternating forms used to test currents in coordinates.
References #
- L. Hörmander, The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators I, §1.3: regularization by convolution and the topology of test functions.
Mollify a test function by a normalized bump whose support enlargement stays in Ω.
Instances For
A mollified test function is the usual normalized-bump convolution.
Evaluation of a mollified test function is the usual normalized-bump convolution.
Mollifying the zero test function gives zero.
Mollification is additive whenever all three support enlargements stay in the domain.
Mollification commutes with real scalar multiplication.
Every Fréchet derivative commutes with mollification of test functions.
Shrinking normalized bumps approximate a test function in its LF topology whenever
the closed rOut-enlargement of tsupport φ stays inside Ω for every index.