Questions tagged [fa.functional-analysis]
Banach spaces, function spaces, real functions, integral transforms, theory of distributions, measure theory.
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Best approximation of piecewise constant function by Lipschitz functions
Let $f=\sum_{n=1}^N k_n I_{E_n}$ where $E_n$ are Borel subsets of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $k_n\in \mathbb{R}^m$ with non-negative entries, and let $\mu$ be a finite Borel measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$. What ...
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A standard name of a strongly extremal point of a convex set
I need to name somehow points $x$ of a bounded convex set $C$ in a Banach space $X$ such that the set $$\{x^*\in X^*:x^*(x)=\max x^*[C]\}$$ of support functionals at $x$ has non-empty interior in the ...
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On measurability of certain group actions on spaces of bounded measurable functions
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a separable Hilbert space equipped with a strongly continuous unitary representation of a locally compact group $G$. Denote by $\mathcal{L}^{\infty}(H)$ the space of the bounded ...
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2-summing vs Hilbert-Schmidt norm for extended operator between Hilbert and Banach space
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $b$ a continuous and symmetric bilinear form on $H \times H$, such that the induced operator $T \colon H \to H^{\ast}$ (the star denoting the continuous dual) is Hilbert-...
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How to use Fredholm alternative to check that there are only finite eigenvalues of $H$ on the imaginary axis?
On $\mathbb{R}^3$, we consider the operator
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}= \left( \begin{matrix}
-\Delta +1 -2 \phi^2 & -\phi^2 \\
\phi^2 & \Delta -1 +2 \phi^2
\end{matrix} \right) , D(...
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'Local' commutativity of self-adjoint operators
Preamble
Two (unbounded) self-adjoint operators $A, B$ on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ are said to (strongly) commute if the unitary groups they generate commute or equivilantely if all the ...
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Bochner-Minlos for moment-generating functions?
It is well-known that the Bochner-Minlos theorem characterises measures on duals of nuclear spaces by their characteristic functions. Is there a similar version for moment-generating functions?
I have ...
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Spectral fractional Laplacian of power-function $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$ in $(0,1) \subset \mathbb R$
How can one compute the Neumann spectral fractional Laplacian of power function, $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$, with $\alpha >0$, in an interval $(0,1)$. I'm only aware of the formula in the whole space....
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Embedding of a Banach space into a Hilbert space
Let $\mathbb H$ be a Hilbert space and let $\mathbb B$ be a Banach space continuously embedded in $\mathbb H$ and distinct from $\mathbb H$. Is it true in general that $\mathbb B$ is an $F_\sigma$ of ...
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Mapping properties of backward and forward heat equation
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I asked about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions.
The ...
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determine the spectrum of the operator [closed]
determine the spectrum of the operator
$$-\Delta-5\phi^4,\phi=3^{1/4}(1+|x|^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}},x\in R^3$$
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Continuous extension preserving modulus of continuity
Let $X$ be a (non-empty) compact subset of $D(0,M):=\left\{x\in \mathbb{R}^n:\, \|x\|\leq M\right\}$, and let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be uniformly continuous; for some metric space $Y$. Are there any ...
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Banach Mazur distance between the cube and the cross-polytope in the dimensions for which a Hadamard matrix exists
The Banach-Mazur distance between two centrally symmetric convex bodies $K,L\in\mathbb{R}^n$ can be defined as
$$ d(K,L) = \inf \{ r : \exists T\colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n \text{ linear such ...
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English translation of Schwartz's papers on vector-valued distributions
I am interested in systematically studying the theory of vector-valued distributions. The original two papers due to Laurent Schwartz entitled Théorie des distributions à valeurs vectorielles. I & ...
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Reverse Hölder type inequality for the Laplacian raised to a power
I am studying integrals of the form $\int (\Delta \rho)^{\alpha} f^{\beta}$ where $0<\alpha < 1, \beta \geq 0$ and $\rho, f \in C_c^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n).$ My goal is to obtain lower bound on ...
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Condition on Functions on Overlapping patches of a Domain
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain. Let $\{p_i\}_{i=1}^m$ for some finite $m\in\mathbb{N}$ be the overlapping open sets of $\Omega$ such that $\Omega =\bigcup_{i=1}^mp_i$.
Now, ...
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Existence and uniqueness of Haar measure on compacta; a cohomological approach
I am trying to use a modification of group cohomology to prove the existence and uniqueness of Haar measure on a compact Hausdorff group.
I think the best way of introducing the idea I am pursuing is ...
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Is this Beppo-Levi curl space a Banach space?
Let us define the quotient space:
$$ V = \{ \mathbf{u} \in L^2_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^3; \mathbb{R}^3) : \operatorname{curl} \mathbf u \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^3; \mathbb{R}^3) \} / \nabla H^1_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^3)....
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Backward heat equation and forward perturbed heat equation well posed?
I consider the following scenario. Let $I$ be a compact interval in space and $f$ a nice function in the space $C^{\infty}(I)$. In the following we consider a self-adjoint realization of our operators ...
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Rigorous energy estimate for advection-diffusion equation
Let $a \in L^q([0,T];L^p(\mathbb R^N))$ with $2/q + N/p \le 1$ and
$q \in [2,\infty), p \in (N,\infty) \text{ if } N \ge 2$
$q \in [2,4], p \in [2,\infty] \text{ if } N = 1$
and consider the ...
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Liouville theorem for elliptic equation with advection term
How can one prove that any $L^2$ solution of
$$ - \Delta \phi(x) + a(x) \cdot \nabla \phi(x)=0 \qquad \mbox{in } \mathbb R^N $$
is zero if $a(x)$ is a divergence-free vector field such that
$\int |\...
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Eigenvalues of the Laplacian and min-max formula in any space dimension
In which reference book can I find a proof that the eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d \ge 1$ are given by
$$
\lambda_1 = \min_{u \in H^1_0(\Omega), \|...
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Discrete Orlicz space estimate
We consider the discrete LlogL space of sequences $x=(x_i)$ such that
$$\Vert x\Vert_{LL}:=\sum_i \vert x_i \log(x_i)\vert <\infty.$$
Let $x=(x_i)$ and $y=(y_i)$ two sequences in the above LlogL ...
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Calculation of the norm of linear combinitation of two states on a $C^*$-algebra
Let $A$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra. Suppose $\rho_1$ and $\rho_2$ are two states on $A$. If $\rho_1=\rho_2$, we have $\|\rho_1+i\rho_2\|=\sqrt{2}$.
If we have $\|\rho_1+i\rho_2\|=\sqrt{2}$, can we ...
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Is delta function symmetric against real axis? [closed]
Is $\delta\left(a+bi\right)=\delta\left(a-bi\right)$?
I wonder whether Dirac Delta (as defined via Fourier transform) is symmetric against the real axis.
We can write Delta function as
$$\delta(z) = \...
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Strongly continuous semigroups on weighted $\ell^1$ space
Let $x=(x_i)$ be a sequence in $\ell^1$ such that all $x_i>0.$
Let $T(t):\ell^1 \rightarrow \ell^1$ be a strongly continuous semigroup of, i.e. $t \mapsto T(t)y$ is continuous for every $y \in \ell^...
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Is this operator bounded?
Let $T$ be an invertible positive operator and $S$ be another positive operator on a complex Hilbert space.
We then study
$$ \Vert (T+S)^{-1/2}T(T+S)^{-1/2}\Vert$$
I would assume that this norm is ...
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$\ell_\infty$-norm covering number of RKHS ball $\{f\in\mathcal{H}: \|f\|_\mathcal{H} \leq R\}$
For any $\epsilon \in (0,1)$, let $N_\infty(\epsilon, \mathcal{H}, R)$ denote the $\epsilon$-covering number of the RKHS norm ball $\{f\in\mathcal{H}: \|f\|_\mathcal{H} \leq R\}$ with respect to the $\...
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Has this Banach algebra been studied?
Given $\Omega$ as $[0,1]^n$ or the closed unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$, we can consider the algebra of complex valued polynomials with pointwise multiplication and its closure with respect to the norm
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Almost commuting matrices, one a projection, is there a nearby projection that commutes?
Suppose that $P, A, Q \in \mathbb{M}^{n \times n}(\mathbb{R})$ (I'm still interested if it must be done over $\mathbb{C}$), (EDIT:) suppose that $A$ is given, $P$ is an orthogonal projection, and $\...
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Clarification about extensions of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator
I am reading stuffs regarding the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator and its various extensions to $L^p(\gamma)$, with $p \in (1,+\infty)$ and with $\gamma$ the standard Gaussian measure on $\mathbb{R}^d$. ...
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The set of bounded lipschitz functions over a compact is barrelled but not a neighborhood of zero?
I recently learned that Banach spaces are barrelled, i.e any convex, balanced, absorbing and closed subset is a neighborhood of zero (wikipedia). I'm having trouble understanding why the following ...
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Existence and regularity for fractional elliptic problem with gradient term: $ (-\Delta)^s u + v\cdot \nabla u = 0$ with $v \in \dot H^s$
Let us consider the problem
$$ (-\Delta)^s u + v\cdot \nabla u = 0 \quad \text{ in } \mathbb R^n, $$
where $s \in (0,1)$, $(-\Delta)^s$ is the fractional Laplace operator and
$v:\mathbb R^n \to \...
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Conjugate of composition in Bochner spaces
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space (of non-zero dimension), let $(\Omega,\Sigma,\mu)$ be a finite measure space, and let $L^2(\mu;H)$ be the Bochner-space $\mu$-integrable $H$-valued functions. ...
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Translation of a paper by Salvatore Pincherle
Anyone know of an English translation of the oft-cited paper "Funktionaloperationen und Gleichungen" by Salvatore Pincherle, Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ...
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How can I prove that $(I+\lambda G)$ is invertible, where $G$ is the Green function of an elliptic operator?
How can I prove that the operator $$(I+\lambda G)$$ is invertible, where $\lambda >0$ and $G$ is the Green function of an elliptic operator $A$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$?
$\Omega$ can be very ...
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Defining the value of a distribution at a point
Let $\omega\in D'(\mathbb R^n)$ be a distribution and $p\in \mathbb R^n$. If there is an open set $U\subset \mathbb R^n$ containing $p$ such that $\omega|_U$ is given by a continuous function $f\in C(...
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Friedrichs mollifiers and Sobolev spaces
$\renewcommand{\epsilon}{\varepsilon}$The following is from John Roe's book Elliptic operators, topology and asymptotic methods. $S$ is a vector bundle on a compact manifold $M$, but I think for my ...
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The tensor product of two topological complexes with closed range
A Künneth formula by Grothendieck/Schwartz states the following:
Let $A, B$ be chain complexes of nuclear Fréchet spaces. If the differentials $d_A, d_B$ are topological homomorphisms (meaning in ...
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$C^*$ algebras whose nontrivial projections form a non empty compact connected set
Apart from $M_2(\mathbb{C})$. what is an example of a $C^*$ algebra $A$ whose set of non trivial projections form a non empty compact connected set?
Is there an example of this situation such that ...
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Infinite-dimensional Gaussian measure vs finite-dimensional Wiener measure
I'm trying to figure out the connections between two contructions of Gaussian measure.
Let $(U, \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_U)$ be a seprable Hilbert space, and $\mathcal{B}(U)$ be the Borel sigma-...
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What's the size of non standard monad for weak topology?
There have been several works characterizing weak topology by nonstandard analysis, which give rise to the following monad ($X$ is a Hilbert space):
$$\mu(0) = \{y\in{}^{*}X: \forall x\in X ~~ \...
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Well-posedness of hyperbolic system with constant coefficients in finite domains
I'm studying the PDE
$$
\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + A_x\frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + A_y\frac{\partial u}{\partial y} + A_z\frac{\partial u}{\partial z} = 0
$$
with $A_x, A_y, A_z$ being ...
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The weak*-convergence of the summing basis of $c_{0}$
Suppose that $(x_{n})_{n}$ is a sequence in a Banach space $X$. We let $\textrm{clust}_{X^{**}}((x_{n})_{n})$ be collection of all the weak*-limit points of $(x_{n})_{n}$ in $X^{**}$.
Let $(e_{n})_{n}$...
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Wiener Corollary in "An introduction to harmonic analysis" by Yitzhak Katznelson
I can't understand a lemma in "An introduction to harmonic analysis" by Yitzhak Katznelson which is stated as follows:
Corollary. Let $\mu\in M(\mathbb T)$. Then
$$\sum\limits_{\tau\in\...
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Definition of tensor product of dense subspaces of Hilbert spaces
Let $\mathscr{H}_{1}$ and $\mathscr{H}_{2}$ be Hilbert spaces. If $\psi_{1}\in \mathscr{H}_{1}$ and $\psi_{2}\in \mathscr{H}_{2}$, define $\psi_{1}\otimes \psi_{2}$ to be a function on $\mathscr{H}_{1}...
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Fractional Sobolev embedding theorem
Let $\psi \in C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^N)$ be a test function with support iN $B(0,R)$. Is it true that the following inequality holds
$$\int_{B(0,R)} \psi^2 u^{\frac{4}{1+\beta}} dx \le R^{1+\beta} \int_{...
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Normalizing constants preserve metric entropy
Suppose $\mathcal{F}=\left\{f\in L^2([a,b]): 0<\underline{c}\leq f\leq\overline{c} \right\}$. Consider the following transformation
$$\tilde{\mathcal{F}} := \left\{\frac{f}{\int f d\mu}: f\in \...
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Let $A,B,C$ be centrally-symmetric convex bodies. What is this function $G(x,y) := \sup_{b \in B}\inf_{a \in A} a^T x - b^T y + \|a-b\|_C$?
Let $A$, $B$, and $C$ be centrally-symmeric convex bodies in $\mathbb R^n$. Note that any such set can such set induces a norm $\|\cdot\|_C$ on $\mathbb R^n$ defined by $\|x\|_C := \sup_{c \in C}c^\...
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Are Weyl sequences polynomially bounded?
Look at the Hilbert space $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ and let $A$ be a translation invariant band operator. I.e. if $\{ e_n \}_{n \in \mathbb Z} $ is the standard basis for $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ then it holds ...