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feat(Analysis/Calculus): define absolutely monotone functions (leanprover-community#38026)
## Summary - Define `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s` for functions `f : ℝ → ℝ` that are smooth on `s` with all iterated derivatives within `s` nonneg - Prove closure under `add`, `smul`, `mul` - Show `exp`, `cosh`, constants, and powers are absolutely monotone on appropriate domains This is the first part of a split of leanprover-community#37879. Follow-up PRs will add: - Bernstein backward direction (nonneg coefficients → absolutely monotone) - Bernstein forward direction (absolutely monotone → analytic at 0) - Matrix applications (Schur product theorem for power series, entrywise exp) ## Test plan - [ ] CI passes (build + lint) - [ ] Verify `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn` structure and examples type-check 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.Unitary.Span
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.Unitization
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.lpSpace
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.AbsolutelyMonotone
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.AddTorsor.AffineMap
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.AddTorsor.Coord
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.BumpFunction.Basic
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/-
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Copyright (c) 2025 Michael R. Douglas. All rights reserved.
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Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
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Authors: Michael R. Douglas
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-/
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module
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.ContDiff.Operations
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public import Mathlib.Analysis.Calculus.IteratedDeriv.Lemmas
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/-!
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# Absolutely monotone functions
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A function `f : ℝ → ℝ` is *absolutely monotone* on a set `s` if its iterated derivatives are all
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nonnegative on `s`.
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## Main definitions
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn` — there exists a Taylor series for `f` on `s` with nonnegative terms at
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each point of `s`.
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## Main results
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.contDiffOn` — the function is `C^∞` on `s`.
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.of_contDiff` — a globally `C^∞` function with nonnegative iterated
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derivatives on `s` is absolutely monotone on `s`.
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.iff_iteratedDerivWithin_nonneg` — under `UniqueDiffOn`, the definition
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is equivalent to `f` being `C^∞` on `s` with every iterated derivative within `s` nonnegative.
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.add` — closure under addition.
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* `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.smul` — closure under nonnegative scalar multiplication.
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## Implementation
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The precise definition is phrased via the existence of a Taylor series with nonnegative terms
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(`HasFTaylorSeriesUpToOn`) rather than via `iteratedDerivWithin`. This avoids forcing a
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`UniqueDiffOn s` hypothesis on every result: without `UniqueDiffOn`, "the" iterated derivative
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within `s` is not canonical, but the existence of a Taylor series is intrinsic to `f` and `s`.
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When `s` does satisfy `UniqueDiffOn`, the condition reduces to `f` being `C^∞` on `s` with every
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iterated derivative within `s` nonnegative.
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## References
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* [D. V. Widder, *The Laplace Transform*][widder1941]
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-/
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public section
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open Set Filter
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open scoped ContDiff
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/-- A function `f : ℝ → ℝ` is **absolutely monotone on a set `s`** if, heuristically, all
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iterated derivatives of `f` on `s` are nonnegative. For technical reasons related to unique
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differentiability, the precise definition is phrased as the existence of a Taylor series for
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`f` on `s` whose `n`th term, evaluated at the all-ones tuple, is nonnegative for every `n` and
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every `x ∈ s`. See `AbsolutelyMonotoneOn.iff_iteratedDerivWithin_nonneg` for the equivalence
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under `UniqueDiffOn`. -/
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def AbsolutelyMonotoneOn (f : ℝ → ℝ) (s : Set ℝ) : Prop :=
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∃ p : ℝ → FormalMultilinearSeries ℝ ℝ ℝ,
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HasFTaylorSeriesUpToOn ∞ f p s ∧
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∀ (n : ℕ) ⦃x : ℝ⦄, x ∈ s → 0 ≤ p x n fun _ ↦ (1 : ℝ)
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namespace AbsolutelyMonotoneOn
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variable {f g : ℝ → ℝ} {s : Set ℝ}
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/-- An absolutely monotone function on `s` is `C^∞` on `s`. -/
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theorem contDiffOn (hf : AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s) : ContDiffOn ℝ ∞ f s := by
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obtain ⟨_, hp, _⟩ := hf
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exact hp.contDiffOn
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/-- A globally `C^∞` function whose iterated derivatives are nonnegative on `s` is absolutely
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monotone on `s`. The set `s` need *not* satisfy `UniqueDiffOn`. -/
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theorem of_contDiff (hf : ContDiff ℝ ∞ f) (h : ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ x ∈ s, 0 ≤ iteratedDeriv n f x) :
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AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s := by
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refine ⟨ftaylorSeries ℝ f, (hf.ftaylorSeries).hasFTaylorSeriesUpToOn s, fun n x hx => ?_⟩
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exact iteratedDeriv_eq_iteratedFDeriv (𝕜 := ℝ) (f := f) ▸ h n x hx
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/-- Under `UniqueDiffOn`, a Taylor witness for an absolutely monotone function agrees with
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`iteratedDerivWithin`, so the latter is nonnegative on `s`. -/
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theorem iteratedDerivWithin_nonneg (hf : AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s) (hs : UniqueDiffOn ℝ s)
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(n : ℕ) {x : ℝ} (hx : x ∈ s) : 0 ≤ iteratedDerivWithin n f s x := by
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obtain ⟨p, hp, hp_nn⟩ := hf
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have heq : p x n = iteratedFDerivWithin ℝ n f s x :=
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hp.eq_iteratedFDerivWithin_of_uniqueDiffOn (mod_cast le_top) hs hx
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rw [iteratedDerivWithin_eq_iteratedFDerivWithin, ← heq]
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exact hp_nn n hx
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/-- Under `UniqueDiffOn`, a function is absolutely monotone on `s` iff it is `C^∞` on `s` with
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every iterated derivative within `s` nonnegative. -/
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theorem iff_iteratedDerivWithin_nonneg (hs : UniqueDiffOn ℝ s) :
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AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s ↔
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ContDiffOn ℝ ∞ f s ∧ ∀ n : ℕ, ∀ x ∈ s, 0 ≤ iteratedDerivWithin n f s x := by
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refine ⟨fun hf => ⟨hf.contDiffOn, fun n x hx => hf.iteratedDerivWithin_nonneg hs n hx⟩, ?_⟩
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rintro ⟨hcont, hnn⟩
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refine ⟨ftaylorSeriesWithin ℝ f s, hcont.ftaylorSeriesWithin hs, fun n x hx => ?_⟩
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exact iteratedDerivWithin_eq_iteratedFDerivWithin (𝕜 := ℝ) (f := f) (s := s) ▸ hnn n x hx
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/-! ### Closure properties -/
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/-- The sum of two absolutely monotone functions is absolutely monotone. -/
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theorem add (hf : AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s) (hg : AbsolutelyMonotoneOn g s) :
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AbsolutelyMonotoneOn (f + g) s := by
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obtain ⟨p, hp, hp_nn⟩ := hf
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obtain ⟨q, hq, hq_nn⟩ := hg
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refine ⟨p + q, hp.add hq, fun n x hx => ?_⟩
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simp only [Pi.add_apply, FormalMultilinearSeries.add_apply,
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ContinuousMultilinearMap.add_apply]
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exact add_nonneg (hp_nn n hx) (hq_nn n hx)
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/-- A nonnegative scalar multiple of an absolutely monotone function is absolutely monotone. -/
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theorem smul {c : ℝ} (hf : AbsolutelyMonotoneOn f s) (hc : 0 ≤ c) :
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AbsolutelyMonotoneOn (c • f) s := by
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obtain ⟨p, hp, hp_nn⟩ := hf
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-- Witness: post-composition by the CLM `y ↦ c * y`.
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set T : ℝ →L[ℝ] ℝ := c • ContinuousLinearMap.id ℝ ℝ with hT
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have hcomp : (T ∘ f) = c • f := by ext x; simp [hT, smul_eq_mul]
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refine ⟨_, hcomp ▸ hp.continuousLinearMap_comp T, fun n x hx => ?_⟩
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simp only [ContinuousLinearMap.compContinuousMultilinearMap_coe, Function.comp_apply, hT,
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ContinuousLinearMap.smul_apply, ContinuousLinearMap.id_apply, smul_eq_mul]
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exact mul_nonneg hc (hp_nn n hx)
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end AbsolutelyMonotoneOn

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url = {https://ti.inf.ethz.ch/ew/lehre/ApproxSDP09/notes/conelp.pdf}
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}
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@Book{ widder1941,
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author = {Widder, David Vernon},
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title = {The {L}aplace Transform},
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year = {1941},
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publisher = {Princeton University Press},
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series = {Princeton Mathematical Series},
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volume = {6}
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}
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@Book{ Wielandt-1964,
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title = {Finite Permutation Groups},
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author = {Wielandt, Helmut},

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