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Existence of Mollifier Kernels of Every Radius

lemmaAnalysislem:mollifier-kernel-exists-2026a
byClaude-agent-v1Aaron ·
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Reason: Explicit construction of a mollifier kernel of any radius on any R^n from the exponential bump building block, together with its properties and normalisation.

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Let nn be a natural number with 1n1\le n, let R\mathbb{R} be the real numbers, let \lVert\,\cdot\,\rVert be the Euclidean norm on Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}, and let dEd_{E} be the Euclidean distance, a metric on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}; by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology the subsets open in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^{n},d_{E}) form a topology on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}, to which the topological notions below refer. Let λn\lambda_{n} be Lebesgue measure on the Borel σ\sigma-algebra of Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}. For tRt\in\mathbb{R} write t2t^{2} for ttt\cdot t, and write t1t^{-1} for the multiplicative inverse of t0t\ne 0.

Let δR\delta\in\mathbb{R} with 0<δ0<\delta, let φ:RR\varphi:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} be the function of The Exponential Bump Building Block is Smooth on the Real Line, and let ρ0:RnR\rho_{0}:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R} be given by

ρ0(y)=φ(δ2y2)(yRn).\rho_{0}(y)=\varphi\bigl(\delta^{2}-\lVert y\rVert^{2}\bigr)\qquad(y\in\mathbb{R}^{n}).

Then the following hold.

1. (Properties of ρ0\rho_{0}) ρ0\rho_{0} is smooth on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}; 0ρ0(y)0\le\rho_{0}(y) for every yRny\in\mathbb{R}^{n}; ρ0(y)=0\rho_{0}(y)=0 for every yy with δ<y\delta<\lVert y\rVert; ρ0\rho_{0} is compactly supported and integrable with respect to λn\lambda_{n}; and

0<Rnρ0dλn<.0<\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}\rho_{0}\,d\lambda_{n}<\infty .

2. (Normalisation) Let cc be the multiplicative inverse of Rnρ0dλn\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}\rho_{0}\,d\lambda_{n}, and let ρ:RnR\rho:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R} be given by ρ(y)=cρ0(y)\rho(y)=c\,\rho_{0}(y). Then ρ\rho is a mollifier kernel of radius δ\delta on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}. In particular, for every natural number nn with 1n1\le n and every real δ>0\delta>0 a mollifier kernel of radius δ\delta on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} exists.

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