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Main Authors: esz, Szil\' ard Gy. R\' ev\', Ruzsa, Imre Z.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18064
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author esz, Szil\' ard Gy. R\' ev\'
Ruzsa, Imre Z.
author_facet esz, Szil\' ard Gy. R\' ev\'
Ruzsa, Imre Z.
contents An upper mean here is a subadditive functional $\overline M$ defined on bounded functions on a commutative group which has, beside some natural requirements, the property we call restricted additivity: if $g(x)= f(x)+f(x+t)$, then $\overline{M} (g)= 2 \overline{M} (f)$. This tries to grasp that it should not depend on local properties. This naturally induces a lower mean, and when they coincide it is the mean. Restriction to 0--1 valued functions (sets) is a density. We answer the following questions: Given a functional defined on a subset of all functions, when is it a mean? Given a functional, which is a mean, how do we find the upper mean it came from? Is it unique? Given a function $f$, what are the possible values of $\overline M(f)$, for upper means $\overline M$? In particular, we find the extremal means and give several expressions for it. We propose the names ``lowest and uppermost mean'' for them to replace the not really justified names ``lower and upper Banach mean and density''. We also consider analogous questions for densities, with partial answers only.
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spellingShingle Densitometria I. Discrete groups
esz, Szil\' ard Gy. R\' ev\'
Ruzsa, Imre Z.
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Primary 22B05, Secondary 22B99, 05B10
An upper mean here is a subadditive functional $\overline M$ defined on bounded functions on a commutative group which has, beside some natural requirements, the property we call restricted additivity: if $g(x)= f(x)+f(x+t)$, then $\overline{M} (g)= 2 \overline{M} (f)$. This tries to grasp that it should not depend on local properties. This naturally induces a lower mean, and when they coincide it is the mean. Restriction to 0--1 valued functions (sets) is a density. We answer the following questions: Given a functional defined on a subset of all functions, when is it a mean? Given a functional, which is a mean, how do we find the upper mean it came from? Is it unique? Given a function $f$, what are the possible values of $\overline M(f)$, for upper means $\overline M$? In particular, we find the extremal means and give several expressions for it. We propose the names ``lowest and uppermost mean'' for them to replace the not really justified names ``lower and upper Banach mean and density''. We also consider analogous questions for densities, with partial answers only.
title Densitometria I. Discrete groups
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
Primary 22B05, Secondary 22B99, 05B10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18064