Integrability and Lipschitz continuity

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The discussion centers on the relationship between Lipschitz continuity and the integrability of the function \( f^2(x) e^{-\frac{x^2}{2t}} \) over the entire real line. It is established that while \( f \) being Lipschitz implies boundedness, it does not guarantee that \( f^2 \) retains this property. The participants explore various mathematical approaches, including the use of the dominated convergence theorem and Riemann sums, to demonstrate that the integral can diverge for certain Lipschitz functions, specifically highlighting the function \( f(x) = x \) as a counterexample.

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  • Lipschitz continuity and its implications
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  • Familiarity with Riemann sums and their applications
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(I've been lighting this board up recently; sorry about that. I've been thinking about a lot of things, and my professors all generally have better things to do or are out of town.)

Is there an easy way to show that if f is Lipschitz (on all of \mathbb R), then

<br /> \int_{-\infty}^\infty f^2(x) e^{-\frac{x^2}{2t}}dx &lt; \infty \quad ?<br />

I've tried a number of different approaches - boundedness of the derivative and integration by parts, bounded/dominated/monotone convergence theorem, approximation of f^2 by polynomials - but I haven't gotten any of them to work. Apparently, just because f is Lipschitz doesn't mean f^2 is Lipschitz. (Just look at f(x) = x.)

Can anyone think of a Lipschitz function for which the integral above is infinite?
 
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They only thing I can think of that you haven't tried yet is going back to definitions.
For example, when you write out the integral as the limit of a Riemann sum, you will probably get summands like
|f^2(x + \Delta x) e^{-(x + \Delta x)^2 / 2t} - f^2(x) e^{-x^2/2t}| \le \cdots \le |f(x + \Delta x)|^2 e^{-x^2/2t} \le (K {\Delta x})^2 e^{-x^2/2t}
and eventually, maybe, rewrite it to
\cdots \le C \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-x^2/2t} \, dx
or something else for which you know it is finite.
 

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