## Strange Calculus Question

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### Strange Calculus Question

I have no idea how to search this. Let's say I have two continuous functions on (0, c), f(t, x) and g(t, x), for which the following have no known closed forms:

$\int_{0}^{c}f(t,x)dt$
$\int_{0}^{c}g(t,x)dt$

If I write this:

$\int_{0}^{c}f(t,x)dt\int_{0}^{c}g(t,x)dt = \int_{0}^{c}h(t,x)dt$

What can I say about h(t, x)? Can I define it in terms of f(t,x) and g(t,x)? Thanks
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

Hm. Smells a bit like it could be homework, so I'll mention that under sufficient smoothness assumptions (what you have there should be good enough, but someone check my sloppy thinking ) on f and g, you could apply the fundamental theorem of calculus and get an expression for h valid almost everywhere. But that still leaves you with an expression containing the integrals that have no closed form.

Are you looking to define h with that property from f and g, or just say what you can about h, given that it satisfies that property?
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

This is question I've been curious about for ages. If h can be defined in terms of f and g, sweet.
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

The convolution of f and g will give a function on (-c,c) with the desired property. If you want h to be defined on (0,c), you can rescale it fairly easily.

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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

If you differentiate both sides, you get
$g(c,x)\int_{0}^{c}f(t,x)dt + f(c,x)\int_{0}^{c}g(t,x)dt = h(c,x)$
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

Sizik wrote:If you differentiate both sides, you get
$g(c,x)\int_{0}^{c}f(t,x)dt + f(c,x)\int_{0}^{c}g(t,x)dt = h(c,x)$

Which you can just as easily re-write as:

$h(t, x) = g(t, x)\int_{0}^{t}f(t',x)dt' + f(t, x)\int_{0}^{t}g(t', x)dt'$
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

Nitrodon wrote:The convolution of f and g will give a function on (-c,c) with the desired property. If you want h to be defined on (0,c), you can rescale it fairly easily.

Hm. So integration turns convolutions into products. That nugget will probably come in handy, one day.
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

Interesting, thanks for the responses.
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### Re: Strange Calculus Question

z4lis wrote:
Nitrodon wrote:The convolution of f and g will give a function on (-c,c) with the desired property. If you want h to be defined on (0,c), you can rescale it fairly easily.

Hm. So integration turns convolutions into products. That nugget will probably come in handy, one day.

It's super-handy in signal processing.

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