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The Convolution Integrand is Continuous, Compactly Supported and Integrable

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Reason: First published version. The integrand y -> f(x-y) rho(y), extended by zero off the set where x-y lies in the domain of f, is continuous and compactly supported, hence bounded, measurable and integrable, with the bound M times the integral of |rho| when |f| <= M on the closed delta-ball about x. This makes the convolution well defined.

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Let n1n\ge1 be a natural number, let \lVert\,\cdot\,\rVert be the Euclidean norm on Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^n, let dd denote the Euclidean distance, a metric on each Euclidean space, and let λn\lambda_n be Lebesgue measure on the Borel σ\sigma-algebra B(Rn)\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n). Write Bˉ(x,r)\bar B(x,r) for the closed ball in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d).

Let ΩRn\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n be open in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d) and let f:ΩRf:\Omega\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on Ω\Omega as a map from (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d) to (R,d)(\mathbb{R},d). Let δ>0\delta>0 be a real number and let ρ:RnR\rho:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^n with ρ(y)=0\rho(y)=0 for every yRny\in\mathbb{R}^n with y>δ\lVert y\rVert>\delta.

Let xRnx\in\mathbb{R}^n satisfy Bˉ(x,δ)Ω\bar B(x,\delta)\subseteq\Omega, and let hx:RnRh_x:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R} be defined by hx(y)=f(xy)ρ(y)h_x(y)=f(x-y)\rho(y) for those yRny\in\mathbb{R}^n with xyΩx-y\in\Omega, and hx(y)=0h_x(y)=0 for all other yy, the difference xyx-y being that of Difference, Dot Product, and Orthogonality in Rn\mathbb{R}^n.

1. (Regularity) hxh_x is continuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^n and compactly supported; consequently hxh_x is bounded, measurable with respect to B(Rn)\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}^n) and the Borel σ\sigma-algebra of the real line, and integrable with respect to λn\lambda_n.

2. (Bound) The function ρ\rho is integrable with respect to λn\lambda_n, so that Rnρdλn\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\rho|\,d\lambda_n is a real number; and if M0M\ge0 is a real number with f(z)M|f(z)|\le M for every zBˉ(x,δ)z\in\bar B(x,\delta), then hx(y)Mρ(y)|h_x(y)|\le M|\rho(y)| for every yRny\in\mathbb{R}^n and

RnhxdλnMRnρdλn.\Bigl|\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}h_x\,d\lambda_n\Bigr|\le M\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\rho|\,d\lambda_n.
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