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Probability measure on smooth functions

 
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Oct6-10, 12:00 AM   #1
 

Probability measure on smooth functions


Is there a "standard" probability measure one would use for the set of smooth real-valued functions on [a, b]?

My intuition is picturing a setup where you cut out shapes in the x-y plane, and then the set of functions whose graphs are contained in that shape have a measure proportional to the Euclidean area of the shape. But I can't quite make that intuition exact.
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Oct7-10, 06:10 AM   #2
 
Do you have the Borel measure ( under the sup metric ) in mind?
Oct8-10, 10:16 AM   #3
 
I suppose, you have to consider functions uniformely bounded by some constant M (or even vith uniformely bounded variation?), otherwise the whole set gets infinite measure, not 1, the way you described the measure.
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