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The Convolution of a Bounded Continuous Function with a Probability Measure on Euclidean Space: Continuity, Boundedness and Differentiation Under the Integral

Integrating a bounded continuous function of y-x against a probability measure in x gives a bounded continuous function of y; if the function is C1C^1 with bounded partial derivatives, the result is C1C^1 and its partial derivatives are obtained by differentiating under the integral.

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In the setting of Probability Measures on Euclidean Space and Random Vectors: Standing Notation, with Differential Calculus and Convexity on Euclidean Open Sets: Standing Notation in force, fix a dimension qq and let μ∈P(Rq)\mu\in\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{R}^{q}). A function Rq→R\mathbb{R}^{q}\to\mathbb{R} is bounded as defined there, and continuity of a function on Rq\mathbb{R}^{q} is that of Differential Calculus and Convexity on Euclidean Open Sets: Standing Notation (iv) with S=RqS=\mathbb{R}^{q}, which is open by claim 1 of Euclidean Space Is Open in Itself. Let CC be a nonnegative real number.

1. (Continuity and bound) Let H:Rq→RH:\mathbb{R}^{q}\to\mathbb{R} be continuous with ∣H(z)∣≤C|H(z)|\le C for all zz. Then for every y∈Rqy\in\mathbb{R}^{q} the function x↦H(y−x)x\mapsto H(y-x) is Borel and integrable with respect to μ\mu, the function

H∗μ:Rq→R,(H∗μ)(y)=∫RqH(y−x) μ(dx),H*\mu:\mathbb{R}^{q}\to\mathbb{R},\qquad(H*\mu)(y)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{q}}H(y-x)\,\mu(dx),

is continuous, and ∣(H∗μ)(y)∣≤C|(H*\mu)(y)|\le C for all yy.

2. (Differentiation under the integral) Let G:Rq→RG:\mathbb{R}^{q}\to\mathbb{R} be of class C1C^{1} on Rq\mathbb{R}^{q} with ∣G(z)∣≤C|G(z)|\le C and ∣∂iG(z)∣≤C|\partial_{i}G(z)|\le C for all z∈Rqz\in\mathbb{R}^{q} and i∈[q]i\in[q]; then GG and each ∂iG\partial_{i}G are continuous, so G∗μG*\mu and (∂iG)∗μ(\partial_{i}G)*\mu are defined by claim 1. Then G∗μG*\mu is of class C1C^{1} on Rq\mathbb{R}^{q} and ∂i(G∗μ)=(∂iG)∗μ\partial_{i}(G*\mu)=(\partial_{i}G)*\mu for every i∈[q]i\in[q], that is, ∂i(G∗μ)(y)=∫Rq∂iG(y−x) μ(dx)\partial_{i}(G*\mu)(y)=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{q}}\partial_{i}G(y-x)\,\mu(dx) for every yy.

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