Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 12 2 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For the physical-space L2 norm use . By part (i) and the Parseval identity on a finite group,Split this sum into the large spectrum and its complement. Because belongs to the Bohr set in the question, for ,Consequently the contribution from is at most by part (ii). Outside , , and . Thus that contribution is at mostAdding the estimates provesThe argument also covers empty or empty . As usual the radius and threshold are nonnegative; a negative radius makes the premise empty whenever is nonempty. The estimate expresses Bohr-set almost periodicity of a convolution: a translation of a function by an element of the Bohr set barely changes the large Fourier coefficients on a finite abelian group, while the small ones have little total energy.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 12 2 i Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Use normalized Fourier analysis on a finite abelian group, identifying with its indicator function on the cyclic group . The conventions areThe last operation is normalized convolution on a finite group. With these conventions the Fourier coefficients on a finite abelian group use a normalized average, while sums over frequencies use counting measure.
Expanding the normalized convolution on a finite group and putting givesFor the translation of a function , putting yieldsThe two transforms are thereforeThe negative sign in the translation factor follows from the negative sign in our Fourier coefficient on a finite abelian group convention.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 105 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
A contraction semigroup on a Banach space consists of bounded linear operators with , , , and as for each . Its infinitesimal generator of a semigroup isFor density, Yosida averaging of a semigroup gives . Taking the difference quotient of this Bochner integral shows that and . Strong continuity gives , so is dense.
For closedness, the semigroup restricted to its generator domain satisfiesIf and , pass to the limit in this identity. After dividing by , strong continuity gives . Hence and . This proves generator of a strongly continuous semigroup is closed and densely defined.
The contraction form of the Hille-Yosida theorem states that a linear operator generates a contraction semigroup if and only if it is densely defined and closed, every real lies in its resolvent set, andHere the bound implies the others by taking powers of the same bounded resolvent.
The H1 space is with weak derivative and squared norm . The displayed weighted space is the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator form domain, with inner productIf is Cauchy in , it converges in to , and converges in L2 space to some . On each bounded interval, multiplication by is bounded, so there. Thus and convergence holds in , proving completeness and the Hilbert space property. Equivalently this is closedness of the multiplication operator by .
For the Sobolev characterization by bounded difference quotients, if thenThe last assertion uses continuity of translation of a function in L2 space. Conversely, if and the quotients are uniformly bounded for , take a weakly convergent subsequence as . For every test function ,The weak limit is therefore the weak derivative . This proves the characterization.
For , its difference quotient equals in L2 space. Thus , and translation of a function gives in L2 space. Conversely, bounded difference quotients have a weakly convergent subsequence as . Against a test function, , so that weak limit is the weak derivative of . It lies in L2 space, which is precisely the first-order Sobolev space condition.