在数学中,柔化函数()是某种特殊的光滑函数。在分布理论中,柔化函数和某个不光滑的目标函数(可以是广义的函数)的卷积将是光滑的,因此通过取一系列的柔化函数,我们可以以卷积的方式来“逼近”目标函数。直觉上,给定某个不光滑的函数,它和柔化函数卷积之后变得“柔滑”了。比如说一个有“棱角”的函数,和柔化函数的卷积将会使得“棱角”被“磨圆”,但这个卷积函数的形状仍然和原来的(广义)函数“大致”一样。最早提出柔化函数概念的数学家是Kurt Otto Friedrichs。
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- 。这篇论文引入了柔滑函数。
- . A paper where the differentiability of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations is investigated by using mollifiers.
- . A selection from Friedrichs' works with a biography and commentaries of David Isaacson, Fritz John, Tosio Kato, Peter Lax, Louis Nirenberg, Wolfgag Wasow, Harold Weitzner.
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- . The paper where Sergei Sobolev proved his embedding theorem, introducing and using integral operators very similar to mollifiers, without naming them.
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