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Proof of The Convolution Integrand is Continuous, Compactly Supported and Integrable

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Reason: First published version. Continuity is obtained by gluing over the two open sets {y : x-y in Omega} and {||y|| > delta}, which cover R^n exactly because the closed delta-ball about x lies in Omega; support, integrability and the bound then follow from the toolkit for continuous compactly supported functions.

Proof

Throughout, d(z,w)=zwd(z,w)=\lVert z-w\rVert by claim 2 of Elementary Properties of the Euclidean Norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and topological notions refer to the topology of the sets open in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d), a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. On R=R1\mathbb{R}=\mathbb{R}^{1} claim 1 of Elementary Properties of the Euclidean Norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^n identifies the Euclidean norm of a real number with its absolute value, so by claim 2 there d(s,t)=std(s,t)=|s-t|, which is the metric on the real line supplied by The Absolute Value Metric on the Real Line and used in Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space. Put

U1={yRn:xyΩ},U2={yRn:y>δ}.U_1=\{y\in\mathbb{R}^n:x-y\in\Omega\},\qquad U_2=\{y\in\mathbb{R}^n:\lVert y\rVert>\delta\}.

Step 1: U1U_1 and U2U_2 are open and cover Rn\mathbb{R}^n. Let y0U1y_0\in U_1. Since xy0Ωx-y_0\in\Omega and Ω\Omega is open there is a real r>0r>0 with the open ball B(xy0,r)B(x-y_0,r) contained in Ω\Omega. If d(y,y0)<rd(y,y_0)<r then, since (xy)(xy0)=y0y(x-y)-(x-y_0)=y_0-y, we get d(xy,xy0)=y0y=d(y,y0)<rd(x-y,x-y_0)=\lVert y_0-y\rVert=d(y,y_0)<r, so xyΩx-y\in\Omega and yU1y\in U_1. Hence U1U_1 is open.

Let y0U2y_0\in U_2 and put r=y0δ>0r=\lVert y_0\rVert-\delta>0. If d(y,y0)<rd(y,y_0)<r then claim 6 of Elementary Properties of the Euclidean Norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, applied to the points yy and y0yy_0-y whose sum is y0y_0, gives y0y+y0y<y+r\lVert y_0\rVert\le\lVert y\rVert+\lVert y_0-y\rVert<\lVert y\rVert+r, so y>y0r=δ\lVert y\rVert>\lVert y_0\rVert-r=\delta and yU2y\in U_2. Hence U2U_2 is open.

If yU2y\notin U_2 then yδ\lVert y\rVert\le\delta, and since (xy)x=y(x-y)-x=-y has norm y\lVert y\rVert by claim 5 of Elementary Properties of the Euclidean Norm on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, the point xyx-y lies in Bˉ(x,δ)Ω\bar B(x,\delta)\subseteq\Omega; so yU1y\in U_1. Thus U1U2=RnU_1\cup U_2=\mathbb{R}^n.

Step 2: hxh_x is continuous. On U1U_1 we have hx(y)=f(xy)ρ(y)h_x(y)=f(x-y)\rho(y) by definition. The map yf(xy)y\mapsto f(x-y) is continuous on U1U_1: given y0U1y_0\in U_1 and a real ε>0\varepsilon>0, continuity of ff at xy0x-y_0 relative to Ω\Omega supplies a real θ>0\theta>0 such that every zΩz\in\Omega with d(z,xy0)<θd(z,x-y_0)<\theta satisfies f(z)f(xy0)<ε|f(z)-f(x-y_0)|<\varepsilon; and for yU1y\in U_1 with d(y,y0)<θd(y,y_0)<\theta the point z=xyz=x-y lies in Ω\Omega and satisfies d(xy,xy0)=d(y,y0)<θd(x-y,x-y_0)=d(y,y_0)<\theta, as computed in step 1. The map ρ\rho, being continuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, is continuous on U1U_1 relative to U1U_1, since a θ\theta that works for points of Rn\mathbb{R}^n works in particular for points of U1U_1. Hence hxh_x is continuous on U1U_1 by Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space.

On U2U_2 we have hx(y)=0h_x(y)=0: either xyΩx-y\notin\Omega, and then hx(y)=0h_x(y)=0 by definition, or xyΩx-y\in\Omega, and then hx(y)=f(xy)ρ(y)=0h_x(y)=f(x-y)\rho(y)=0 because y>δ\lVert y\rVert>\delta forces ρ(y)=0\rho(y)=0. A constant function is continuous on U2U_2.

Now let y0Rny_0\in\mathbb{R}^n and let ε>0\varepsilon>0 be real. By step 1 the point y0y_0 lies in UiU_i for some i{1,2}i\in\{1,2\}, and UiU_i is open, so there is a real r>0r>0 with B(y0,r)UiB(y_0,r)\subseteq U_i. Continuity of hxh_x on UiU_i at y0y_0 relative to UiU_i supplies a real θ>0\theta>0 such that every yUiy\in U_i with d(y,y0)<θd(y,y_0)<\theta satisfies hx(y)hx(y0)<ε|h_x(y)-h_x(y_0)|<\varepsilon. Let θ\theta' be the smaller of rr and θ\theta; every yRny\in\mathbb{R}^n with d(y,y0)<θd(y,y_0)<\theta' lies in UiU_i and satisfies hx(y)hx(y0)<ε|h_x(y)-h_x(y_0)|<\varepsilon. Hence hxh_x is continuous at y0y_0 relative to Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and as y0y_0 was arbitrary, hxh_x is continuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^n.

Step 3: support and integrability. By step 2, hx(y)=0h_x(y)=0 whenever y>δ\lVert y\rVert>\delta, so hxh_x is compactly supported by claim 2 of Compact Support on Rn\mathbb{R}^n Means Vanishing Outside a Bounded Set, applied with R=δR=\delta. Claims 1 and 2 of A Continuous Compactly Supported Function on Rn\mathbb{R}^n is Bounded and Integrable now give that hxh_x is bounded, measurable and integrable with respect to λn\lambda_n. This proves claim 1. The same two claims, applied to ρ\rho, which is continuous and vanishes off the same ball and is therefore compactly supported, show that ρ\rho is integrable; hence Rnρdλn\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\rho|\,d\lambda_n is a real number, by Integrable Function and the Lebesgue Integral.

Step 4: the bound. Let M0M\ge0 be real with f(z)M|f(z)|\le M for every zBˉ(x,δ)z\in\bar B(x,\delta), and let yRny\in\mathbb{R}^n. If y>δ\lVert y\rVert>\delta then hx(y)=0h_x(y)=0 and ρ(y)=0\rho(y)=0, so hx(y)=0=Mρ(y)|h_x(y)|=0=M|\rho(y)|. If yδ\lVert y\rVert\le\delta then, as in step 1, xyBˉ(x,δ)Ωx-y\in\bar B(x,\delta)\subseteq\Omega, so hx(y)=f(xy)ρ(y)h_x(y)=f(x-y)\rho(y) and hx(y)=f(xy)ρ(y)Mρ(y)|h_x(y)|=|f(x-y)|\,|\rho(y)|\le M|\rho(y)|. Thus hxMρ|h_x|\le M|\rho| pointwise.

Both hx|h_x| and MρM|\rho| are integrable with respect to λn\lambda_n: the first because hxh_x is integrable, the second by claim 2 of Linearity and Monotonicity of the Lebesgue Integral applied to the integrable function ρ|\rho|. By claim 2 of that theorem,

RnhxdλnRnhxdλnRnMρdλn=MRnρdλn,\Bigl|\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}h_x\,d\lambda_n\Bigr|\le\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|h_x|\,d\lambda_n\le\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}M|\rho|\,d\lambda_n=M\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\rho|\,d\lambda_n,

the middle inequality by the monotonicity clause there and the last equality by its linearity clause. This proves claim 2.

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