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Compactly supported distributions extend to smooth functions

Statement

Give C∞(Ω) the topology generated by qK,m(f)=max⁡∣α∣≤msup⁡K∣∂αf∣ for compact K⊆Ω and m≥0. A compactly supported distribution u has a unique continuous complex-linear extension to this space, given by u~(f)=u(χf), where χ∈D(Ω) is any cutoff equal to one near supp⁡u. The result is independent of χ. The extension vanishes on every smooth function zero near the support. No Hahn–Banach or choice axiom is needed.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

A compactly supported distribution has a finite-order bound on one compact neighborhood for all tests (Compactly supported distributions have global finite order).

[F2]

Tests vanishing near the support have zero pairing; the empty-support distribution is zero (Support of a distribution).

[F3]

Compact subsets admit smooth compact cutoffs equal to one on a neighborhood (Test function cutoffs and euclidean localization).

Proof

Given: a compactly supported distribution u, with support S.

1.1givenF2F3

Take χ from F3. For any smooth f, χf is a test. If χ′ is another such cutoff, (χ−χ′)f is a test vanishing near S, so F2 gives equal pairings. Thus the formula is well-defined, linear, and agrees with u on tests because (1−χ)φ vanishes near S. If f vanishes near S, so does χf, proving the additional vanishing assertion.

2.1step 1.1F1algebra

Apply F1 to χf. Let m,C,L be its fixed estimate and put L′=L∪supp⁡χ, compactly inside Ω. The finite product formula gives qL,m(χf)≤2mAqL′,m(f), where A=max⁡∣β∣≤msup⁡L′∣∂βχ∣<∞. Hence ∣u~(f)∣≤C2mAqL′,m(f), proving continuity in the stated smooth topology.

3.1step 2.1F2F3

Tests are dense in that topology. Indeed a basic neighborhood of a smooth f imposes finitely many derivative bounds on compacts K1,…,Ks. Use F3 on their finite union to take η=1 near that union. Then the test ηf has exactly the same derivatives as f on all these compacts, so it lies in the neighborhood. If there are no constraints, the zero test suffices. If two continuous linear extensions agree on tests, their difference has a closed zero kernel (the scalar target is Hausdorff) containing this dense set, hence vanishes on all smooth functions. This proves uniqueness without selecting a sequence of cutoffs. For empty S take the zero extension; empty Ω has only the zero function. □

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