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Compactly supported distributions have global finite order

Statement

If uD(Ω) has compact support S, there are a compact neighborhood LΩ of S, an integer m0 and C0 such that, for every φD(Ω), u(φ)CmaxαmsupxLαφ(x). In particular one order exponent works on every fixed-support stage. The estimate is on a compact neighborhood, not necessarily on S itself. The result holds in ZF.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

Every distribution has a finite-order bound on each fixed compact support (Local finite order characterization of distributions).

[F2]

Tests agreeing near the support of a distribution have equal pairings; empty support means zero distribution (Support of a distribution).

[F3]

A compact subset of an open Euclidean set has a smooth compactly supported cutoff equal to one near it (Test function cutoffs and euclidean localization).

Proof

Given: u with compact support SΩ.

1.1

If S=, F2 gives u=0 and take L=, m=C=0, with the empty supremum zero. Otherwise take χ from F3 equal to one near S and put L=suppχ. It is compactly inside Ω and contains a neighborhood of S. For every test φ, the test (1χ)φ vanishes near S, so u(φ)=u(χφ) by F2.

givenF2F3
2.1

Apply F1 on the single compact L to obtain C0,m with u(ψ)C0pm(ψ) on DL. The finite product rule gives α(χφ)=βα(αβ)βχαβφ; this follows by iterating the coordinate product rule, with coefficients combined by Pascal's identity. If A=maxβmsupLβχ, then pm(χφ)2mAmaxγmsupLγφ. The derivatives of χ are bounded on L, so A is finite. Together with step 1.1 this gives the asserted estimate with C=C02mA.

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3.1

If φDK for another compact K, all its derivatives vanish off K, so the maximum over L is at most pm,K(φ). Thus the same exponent gives the global finite-order property (indeed the same C works here). The proof selected only one cutoff and one finite-order witness pair and used no choice axiom.

step 2.1

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