Distributions with dynamic test functions and multiplication by discontinuous functions

arXivmath/0603351MaRDI QIDQ6476869FDOQ6476869

Authors: V. Ya. Derr, D. Kinzebulatov 

Publication date: 14 March 2006

Abstract: As follows from the Schwartz Impossibility Theorem, multiplication of two distributions is in general impossible. Nevertheless, often one needs to multiply a distribution by a discontinuous function, not by an arbitrary distribution. In the present paper we construct a space of distributions where the general operation of multiplication by a discontinuous function is defined, continuous, commutative, associative and for which the Leibniz product rule holds. In the new space of distributions, the classical delta-function $delt{a}_{a}u$ extends to a family of delta-functions $delt{a}_a{u}^{a}lpha$, dependent on the extit{shape} $alpha$. We show that the various known definitions of the product of the Heaviside function and the delta-function in the classical space of distributions $mathcal{D}^{\prime }$ become particular cases of the multiplication in the new space of distributions, and provide the applications of the new space of distributions to the ordinary differential equations which arise in optimal control theory. Also, we compare our approach of the Schwartz distribution theory with the approach of the Colombeau generalized functions algebra, where the general operation of multiplication of two distributions is defined.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discontinuous ordinary differential equations (34A36) Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10)

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