In
mathematics, in the field of
harmonic analysis,
the van der Corput lemma is an estimate for
oscillatory integral
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s
named after the
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mathematician
J. G. van der Corput.
The following result is stated by
E. Stein:
Suppose that a real-valued function
is smooth in an open interval
,
and that
for all
.
Assume that either
, or that
and
is monotone for
.
Then there is a constant
, which does not depend on
,
such that
:
for any
.
Sublevel set estimates
The van der Corput lemma is closely related to the
sublevel set
In mathematics, a level set of a real-valued function of real variables is a set where the function takes on a given constant value , that is:
: L_c(f) = \left\~,
When the number of independent variables is two, a level set is calle ...
estimates,
[M. Christ, ''Hilbert transforms along curves'', Ann. of Math. 122 (1985), 575–596]
which give the upper bound on the
measure of the set
where a function takes values not larger than
.
Suppose that a real-valued function
is smooth
on a finite or infinite interval
,
and that
for all
.
There is a constant
, which does not depend on
,
such that
for any
the measure of the sublevel set
is bounded by
.
References
Inequalities
Harmonic analysis
Fourier analysis