For a Schwartz function on the real numbers, its periodization is a smooth periodic function of period one. Rapid decay gives uniform convergence on of the series and each differentiated series. Under the Fourier transform convention , its th Fourier coefficient is : integrate termwise over one period and combine the translated intervals. The rapidly decreasing coefficients give a Fourier series with uniform convergence. Evaluation at zero proves the Poisson summation formula.
The indicator of the rational numbers in the real numbers is discontinuous everywhere because both the rationals and irrationals are dense. The discontinuity theorem for Baire class one functions therefore shows that it is not Baire class one.
Sierpiński set Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
An uncountable subset of the real numbers whose intersection with every null set for Lebesgue measure is countable. Testing only Borel sets suffices because every Lebesgue-null set has a Borel null superset. No measurability of is assumed.
Skorokhod embedding theorem Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
The Skorokhod embedding theorem represents a centered probability distribution on the real numbers with finite variance as for a stopping time of Brownian motion. One may choose so that the stopped process is uniformly integrable and .
Square root Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A square root of an element is an element such that . The notation denotes the nonnegative square root when is a nonnegative real number.