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Homework Statement
Let n\geq 2 and define f:\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} such that f is C^{2}. Suppose that there is a bounded S\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n} such that f\restriction(\mathbb{R}^{n}\backslash S)=0. Define g:\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} by g(u)=\int f(u+v)\log|v|dv. Show that g is C^{2}.
The Attempt at a Solution
Since f is C^{2} I was thinking that I could define a new function $$\varphi(u,v)=u+v$$ where \varphi:\mathbb{R}^{n}\times\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n}. Then f(u+v)=f\circ\varphi. Since the integral defined by g is integrated in terms of v we could just differentiate each term of g like so:
$$
\begin{align*}
\partial_{u_{1}}g(u)
&=\partial_{u_{1}}\int f\circ\varphi\log|v|dv=\int\partial_{u_{1}}(f\circ\varphi\log|v|)dv\\
&=\int(\partial_{u_{1}}f\circ\varphi)(\partial_{u_{1}}\varphi)\log|v|dv
\end{align*}
$$
and we would do this for all n elements of u. To show that g is C^{2} we could just differentiate twice. Of course I would also have to show that these partials are continuous.
Does this look correct or am I missing something big? Any help would be appreciated.
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