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Physlib.SpaceAndTime.Space.ConstantSliceDist

Constant slice distributions

i. Overview

In this module we define the lift of distributions on `Space d` to distributions on `Space d.succ` which are constant between slices in the `i`th direction.

This is used, for example, to define distributions which are translationally invariant in the `i`th direction.

Examples of distributions which can be constructed in this way include the dirac deltas for lines and planes, rather then points.

ii. Key results

- `sliceSchwartz` : The continuous linear map which takes a Schwartz map on `Space d.succ` and gives a Schwartz map on `Space d` by integrating over the `i`th direction. - `constantSliceDist` : The distribution on `Space d.succ` formed by a distribution on `Space d` which is translationally invariant in the `i`th direction.

iii. Table of contents

- A. Schwartz maps - A.1. Bounded condition for derivatives of Schwartz maps on slices - A.2. Integrability for of Schwartz maps on slices - A.3. Continiuity of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps - A.4. Derivative of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps - A.5. Differentiability as a slices of Schwartz maps - A.6. Smoothness as slices of Schwartz maps - A.7. Iterated derivatives of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps - A.8. The map integrating over one component of a Schwartz map - B. Constant slice distribution - B.1. Derivative of constant slice distributions

iv. References

A. Schwartz maps

A.1. Bounded condition for derivatives of Schwartz maps on slices

A.2. Integrability for of Schwartz maps on slices

A.3. Continiuity of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps

A.4. Derivative of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps

A.5. Differentiability as a slices of Schwartz maps

A.6. Smoothness as slices of Schwartz maps

A.7. Iterated derivatives of integrations of slices of Schwartz maps

A.8. The map integrating over one component of a Schwartz map

B. Constant slice distribution

B.1. Derivative of constant slice distributions

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theorem

Integrable Bound for Schwartz Map Derivatives on Slices

For any natural numbers n,mn, m and dimension dd, and for any coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, there exists an exponent rtrt such that for every Schwartz function η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R}, there exists a constant kk satisfying: 1. The function r(1+r)rtr \mapsto (1 + |r|)^{-rt} is integrable with respect to the volume measure on R\mathbb{R}. 2. For all xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d and rRr \in \mathbb{R}, the inequality pmDnη(p)k(1+r)rt \|p\|^m \cdot \|D^n \eta(p)\| \le k (1 + |r|)^{-rt} holds, where p=(slice i)1(r,x)p = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) is the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining coordinates are given by xx, and DnηD^n \eta is the nn-th Fréchet derivative of η\eta. 3. The constant kk is given by k=2rt+msup(a,b)(rt+m,n)pa,b(η)k = 2^{rt+m} \cdot \sup_{(a, b) \le (rt+m, n)} p_{a, b}(\eta), where pa,b(η)p_{a, b}(\eta) are the standard seminorms of the Schwartz space.

theorem

Integrability of Weighted Derivatives of Schwartz Maps along Slices

For any natural numbers n,mn, m and dimension dd, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. For any coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\} and any fixed point xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, the function rpmDnη(p) r \mapsto \|p\|^m \cdot \|D^n \eta(p)\| is integrable over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure, where p=(slice i)1(r,x)p = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) is the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining coordinates are given by xx, and DnηD^n \eta denotes the nn-th Fréchet derivative of η\eta.

theorem

Integrability of Schwartz Maps along Slices

For any dimension dd and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. For any fixed point xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, the function rη(p) r \mapsto \eta(p) is integrable over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure, where p=(slice i)1(r,x)p = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) is the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by the vector xx.

theorem

Transverse Derivatives of Schwartz Maps are Integrable along Slices

For any dimension dd, coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, and Schwartz function η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R}, let (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denote the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. For a fixed xx, the Fréchet derivative of the map xη((slice i)1(r,x))x \mapsto \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) evaluated at xx is integrable as a function of rr over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure.

theorem

The Derivative of a Schwartz Map along a Slice is Integrable

For any dimension dd, coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, and Schwartz function η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R}, let (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denote the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. For a fixed point xx, the derivative of the map rη((slice i)1(r,x))r \mapsto \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) with respect to rr is integrable as a function of rr over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure.

theorem

Integrability of the norm of iterated derivatives of Schwartz maps along slices

For any dimension dd and natural number nn, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. For any fixed point xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, the function rDnη(p) r \mapsto \|D^n \eta(p)\| is integrable over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure, where p=(slice i)1(r,x)p = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) is the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xx, and DnηD^n \eta denotes the nn-th Fréchet derivative of η\eta.

theorem

Iterated derivatives of Schwartz maps are integrable along slices

For any dimension dd and natural number nn, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. For any fixed point xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, the function rDnη(p) r \mapsto D^n \eta(p) is integrable over R\mathbb{R} with respect to the Lebesgue measure, where p=(slice i)1(r,x)p = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) is the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xx, and DnηD^n \eta denotes the nn-th Fréchet derivative of η\eta.

theorem

The integral of a Schwartz map over a slice is continuous

For any dimension dd and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Space(d+1)R\eta: \text{Space}(d+1) \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. The function f:Space dRf: \text{Space } d \to \mathbb{R} defined by f(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr is continuous, where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Space(d+1)\text{Space}(d+1) whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining coordinates are given by xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d.

theorem

The Fréchet derivative of the slice integral of a Schwartz map is the integral of its Fréchet derivative

For any dimension dd and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. Define the function F:RdRF: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R} by integrating η\eta over the ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by the vector xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. Then, for any point x0Rdx_0 \in \mathbb{R}^d, the function FF is Fréchet differentiable at x0x_0, and its Fréchet derivative DF(x0)DF(x_0) is equal to the integral of the Fréchet derivative of the integrand with respect to xx: DF(x0)=Dx(η((slice i)1(r,x)))x=x0dr DF(x_0) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \text{D}_x \left( \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \right) \Big|_{x=x_0} \, dr

theorem

The slice integral of a Schwartz map is differentiable

For any dimension dd and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Space(d+1)R\eta: \text{Space}(d+1) \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. Define the function F:Space dRF: \text{Space } d \to \mathbb{R} by integrating η\eta over the ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Space(d+1)\text{Space}(d+1) whose ii-th coordinate is rr and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by the vector xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d. Then, the function FF is differentiable on Space d\text{Space } d.

theorem

The slice integral of a Schwartz map is CnC^n

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N}, any natural number nn, and any coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Space(d+1)R\eta: \text{Space}(d+1) \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. The function F:Space dRF: \text{Space } d \to \mathbb{R} defined by integrating η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr is nn-times continuously differentiable (CnC^n), where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Space(d+1)\text{Space}(d+1) whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d.

theorem

The nn-th Fréchet derivative of a slice integral of a Schwartz map is the integral of its nn-th Fréchet derivative

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N}, any natural number nn, and any coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. Define the function F:RdRF: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R} by integrating η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. Then, for any xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d and any sequence of nn vectors y1,,ynRdy_1, \dots, y_n \in \mathbb{R}^d, the nn-th iterated Fréchet derivative of FF at xx applied to the vectors y1,,yny_1, \dots, y_n is equal to the integral of the nn-th iterated Fréchet derivative of η\eta: DnF(x)(y1,,yn)=Dnη((slice i)1(r,x))(Y1,,Yn)dr D^n F(x)(y_1, \dots, y_n) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} D^n \eta ((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) (Y_1, \dots, Y_n) \, dr where each Yj=(slice i)1(0,yj)Y_j = (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(0, y_j) is the vector in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} with 00 at the ii-th coordinate and the components of yjy_j at the other dd coordinates.

theorem

The nn-th Fréchet Derivative of a Slice Integral of a Schwartz Map

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N}, natural number nn, and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let η:Rd+1R\eta: \mathbb{R}^{d+1} \to \mathbb{R} be a Schwartz function. Let F:RdRF: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R} be the function defined by integrating η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. Then, for any xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, the nn-th iterated Fréchet derivative of FF at xx is equal to the integral of the nn-th iterated Fréchet derivative of η\eta composed with a linear embedding: DnF(x)=(Dnη((slice i)1(r,x))dr)L D^n F(x) = \left( \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} D^n \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr \right) \circ L where L:RdRd+1L: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}^{d+1} is the continuous linear map y(slice i)1(0,y)y \mapsto (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(0, y), which inserts 00 at the ii-th coordinate and the components of yy at the other coordinates. The composition L\circ L signifies that each of the nn arguments of the multilinear map DnηD^n \eta is pre-composed with LL.

theorem

Norm Inequality for the nn-th Derivative of a Slice Integral of a Schwartz Map

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N}, natural number nn, and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let ηS(Rd+1,R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d+1}, \mathbb{R}) be a Schwartz function. Let F:RdRF: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R} be the function defined by integrating η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η((slice i)1(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x)) \, dr where (slice i)1(r,x)(\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x) denotes the point in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1} whose ii-th coordinate is rRr \in \mathbb{R} and whose remaining dd coordinates are given by xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d. Then, for any xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, the norm of the nn-th iterated Fréchet derivative of FF at xx satisfies the following inequality: DnF(x)(Dnη((slice i)1(r,x))dr)Ln \|D^n F(x)\| \leq \left( \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \|D^n \eta((\text{slice } i)^{-1}(r, x))\| \, dr \right) \cdot \|L\|^n where L:RdRd+1L: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}^{d+1} is the continuous linear map y(slice i)1(0,y)y \mapsto (\text{slice } i)^{-1}(0, y), which inserts 00 at the ii-th coordinate and the components of yy at the other coordinates.

theorem

Norm Inequality for Weighted Derivatives of a Slice Integral of a Schwartz Map

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N}, natural numbers nn and mm, and coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, there exists an exponent rtrt such that for every Schwartz function ηS(Rd+1,R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d+1}, \mathbb{R}), the function F:RdRF: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R} defined by integrating η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: F(x)=η(σi(r,x))dr F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta(\sigma_i(r, x)) \, dr (where σi(r,x)Rd+1\sigma_i(r, x) \in \mathbb{R}^{d+1} is the vector with rr at the ii-th coordinate and the components of xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d at the remaining positions) satisfies the following properties: 1. The function r(1+r)rtr \mapsto (1 + |r|)^{-rt} is integrable with respect to the Lebesgue measure on R\mathbb{R}. 2. For all xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, the weighted norm of the nn-th Fréchet derivative of FF is bounded by: xmDnF(x)((1+r)rtdr)Ln2rt+msup(a,b)(rt+m,n)pa,b(η) \|x\|^m \cdot \|D^n F(x)\| \le \left( \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} (1 + |r|)^{-rt} \, dr \right) \cdot \|L\|^n \cdot 2^{rt+m} \cdot \sup_{(a, b) \le (rt+m, n)} p_{a, b}(\eta) where L:RdRd+1L: \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}^{d+1} is the linear map yσi(0,y)y \mapsto \sigma_i(0, y), and pa,b(η)p_{a, b}(\eta) are the standard seminorms of the Schwartz space S(Rd+1,R)\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d+1}, \mathbb{R}).

definition

Continuous linear map integrating a Schwartz function over its ii-th coordinate

For a natural number dd and an index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, the continuous linear map sliceSchwartzi\text{sliceSchwartz}_i maps a Schwartz function ηS(Space(d+1),R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Space}(d+1), \mathbb{R}) to a Schwartz function in S(Space d,R)\mathcal{S}(\text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}). For any xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d, the value of the resulting function is defined by the integral of η\eta over the ii-th coordinate: (sliceSchwartziη)(x)=η(σi(r,x))dr (\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta)(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta(\sigma_i(r, x)) \, dr where σi(r,x)\sigma_i(r, x) denotes the vector in Space(d+1)\text{Space}(d+1) obtained by inserting the real value rr at the ii-th coordinate and filling the remaining positions with the components of xx.

theorem

Evaluation of sliceSchwartzi\text{sliceSchwartz}_i as an integral over the ii-th coordinate

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N} and index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let ηS(Space(d+1),R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Space}(d+1), \mathbb{R}) be a Schwartz function. For any xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d, the value of the integrated function (sliceSchwartziη)(\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta) at xx is given by the integral of η\eta over the ii-th coordinate: (sliceSchwartziη)(x)=η(σi(r,x))dr (\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta)(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta(\sigma_i(r, x)) \, dr where σi(r,x)\sigma_i(r, x) denotes the vector in Space(d+1)\text{Space}(d+1) obtained by inserting the real value rr at the ii-th coordinate and filling the remaining positions with the components of xx.

definition

Lift of a distribution to a constant-slice distribution in the ii-th direction

Given a dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N} and an index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, the linear map constantSliceDisti\text{constantSliceDist}_i transforms an MM-valued distribution ff on Space d\text{Space } d into an MM-valued distribution on Space d+1\text{Space } d+1. The resulting distribution is constant along the ii-th direction. For any Schwartz test function ηS(Space d+1,R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Space } d+1, \mathbb{R}), the action of the lifted distribution is defined by applying ff to the integral of η\eta over its ii-th coordinate: (constantSliceDistif)(η)=f(sliceSchwartziη) (\text{constantSliceDist}_i \, f)(\eta) = f(\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta) where (sliceSchwartziη)(x)=η(σi(r,x))dr(\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta)(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta(\sigma_i(r, x)) \, dr for xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d, and σi(r,x)\sigma_i(r, x) is the vector in Space d+1\text{Space } d+1 obtained by inserting the real value rr at the ii-th coordinate of xx.

theorem

(constantSliceDistif)(η)=f(sliceSchwartziη)(\text{constantSliceDist}_i \, f)(\eta) = f(\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta)

For any dimension dNd \in \mathbb{N} and index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let ff be an MM-valued distribution on Space d\text{Space } d, where MM is a real normed vector space. The action of the lifted distribution constantSliceDistif\text{constantSliceDist}_i \, f (which is a distribution on Space (d+1)\text{Space } (d+1) constant along the ii-th direction) on a Schwartz test function ηS(Space (d+1),R)\eta \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Space } (d+1), \mathbb{R}) is evaluated as: (constantSliceDistif)(η)=f(sliceSchwartziη) (\text{constantSliceDist}_i \, f)(\eta) = f(\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta) where sliceSchwartziη\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta is the Schwartz function on Space d\text{Space } d obtained by integrating η\eta over the ii-th coordinate: (sliceSchwartziη)(x)=η(σi(r,x))dr (\text{sliceSchwartz}_i \, \eta)(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \eta(\sigma_i(r, x)) \, dr Here, xSpace dx \in \text{Space } d and σi(r,x)\sigma_i(r, x) denotes the vector in Space (d+1)\text{Space } (d+1) formed by inserting the real value rr at the ii-th position of xx.

theorem

i(constantSliceDistif)=0\partial_i (\text{constantSliceDist}_i f) = 0

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number. For any coordinate index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\} and any MM-valued distribution ff on Space d\text{Space } d, let constantSliceDistif\text{constantSliceDist}_i f be the distribution on Space (d+1)\text{Space } (d+1) formed by lifting ff such that it is translationally invariant (constant) in the ii-th coordinate direction. Then the distributional derivative of this lifted distribution with respect to the ii-th coordinate is zero: i(constantSliceDistif)=0 \partial_i (\text{constantSliceDist}_i f) = 0 where i\partial_i denotes the partial derivative in the sense of distributions along the ii-th standard basis vector.

theorem

i.succAbove(j)(constantSliceDistif)=constantSliceDisti(jf)\partial_{i.\text{succAbove}(j)} (\text{constantSliceDist}_i f) = \text{constantSliceDist}_i (\partial_j f)

Let dd be a natural number and MM be a real normed vector space. Let ff be an MM-valued distribution on Space d\text{Space } d. For any index i{0,,d}i \in \{0, \dots, d\}, let constantSliceDistif\text{constantSliceDist}_i f be the distribution on Space (d+1)\text{Space } (d+1) that is constant along the ii-th coordinate direction. For any index j{0,,d1}j \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, let i.succAbove(j)i.\text{succAbove}(j) be the index in {0,,d}\{0, \dots, d\} that maps jj to the corresponding coordinate in the higher-dimensional space while skipping ii. Then, the partial derivative of the lifted distribution in the i.succAbove(j)i.\text{succAbove}(j)-th direction is equal to the lift of the partial derivative of ff in the jj-th direction: i.succAbove(j)(constantSliceDistif)=constantSliceDisti(jf) \partial_{i.\text{succAbove}(j)} (\text{constantSliceDist}_i f) = \text{constantSliceDist}_i (\partial_j f) where k\partial_k denotes the distributional partial derivative in the direction of the kk-th standard basis vector.