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A question on essentially self-adjoint differential operators of the type $\Delta=D^{\ast}D$
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth (connected, complete, oriented) Riemannian manifold and let $D:C^{\infty}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ be a linear partial differential operator, which I view as an operator in $L^{2}(...
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Nemytskij operator for Lebesgue variable UNBOUNDED exponent spaces
Let $f:\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a Caratheodory function (i.e. $f(x,\cdot)$ is continuous for a.a. $x\in\Omega$ and $f(\cdot,t)$ is measurable for all $t\in\mathbb{R}$), where $\Omega\...
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Schroedinger operator in 2 dimensions with singular potential
Consider the Schroedinger operator
$$H = -\Delta + \frac{c}{\vert x \vert^2}$$
in two dimensions with $c >0$
This operator has a self-adjoint realization, since it is a positive symmetric operator ...
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How to prove $\operatorname{Id}-K$ is a proper map when $K$ is a $C^1$ compact operator?
Assume $X$ is a Banach space, $\Omega \subseteq X$ is an open set, $K\in {C}^{1}( \overline{\Omega}, X)$ is a nonlinear compact map, Is $\operatorname{Id}-K$ a proper map? I think maybe it has ...
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Approximating $L^p$ functions by eigenfunctions of Laplacian
I'm reading a paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022039608004932.
In this paper, the authors assume that $\mathcal{O}$ is a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $C^m$ boundary ...
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Reference request: inverse of differential operators
I have asked a similar question on MSE but I did not receive any replies, so I am reposting here in case it is more appropriate (though I have slightly generalized the question).
As an example ...
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Maximal domain of an unbounded linear operator in a weighted Hilbert-space
Let's consider the following (unbounded) linear operator. (So called transport operator in some context.)
$$ \mathrm{T}: \mathcal{H} \supset \mathcal{D}(\mathrm{T}) \to \mathcal{H} , f \mapsto \mathrm{...
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Characterization of the adjoint of a $C_0$-Semigoup infinitesimal generator
I am looking for characterizations of the adjoint operator of the infinitesimal generator of a $C_0$-semigoup in Hilbert spaces. All I could find in the literature is that if $(A, D(A))$ is the ...
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Limiting absorption principle for higher powers of resolvents
Let $H$, $A$ be self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space. Moreover, let $I$ be a bounded open interval contained in the spectrum of $H$. Assume that $H$,$A$ satisfy the following positive commutator ...
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Spectrum Cauchy-Euler operator
A Cauchy-Euler operator is an operator that leaves homogeneous polynomial of a certain degree invariant, named after the Cauchy-Euler differential equations
We consider the operator
$$(Lf)(x) = \...
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Finiteness of Schatten $p$-norm of truncated free resolvent
Consider the resolvent operator $ R(z) := (-\Delta - z)^{-1}$ of the Laplace operator on $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$, where $z\in \rho(-\Delta) = \mathbb C \setminus \mathopen [0, \infty)$.
For $p \geq 1$, let ...
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Determining a space of differentiability
I have a questions and maybe you are able to assist with this? Let us consider the space $X:=\mathrm{L}^2[0,\pi]$. On $X$ we consider the family of operators $(P(t,s))_{t\geq s}$ defined by
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P(t,s)f:...
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Convergence of operator in norm resolvent sense and their eigenvectors
Let $\{T_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ and $T$ be (unbounded) self-adjoint operators and $T_n\to T$ in norm resolvent sense, that is, for some $z\in \mathbb{C} \setminus \mathbb{R}$, $\|(zI- T_n)^{-1}- (zI- T)^{-...
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Heat equation damps backward heat equation?
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I was wondering about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions. ...
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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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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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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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Series and solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u = f(x)$
Consider a bounded smooth set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ (for example, we can take a ball). Can we write down the solution of
\begin{align*}
-\Delta u(x) + \lambda u(x) &= f(x), & x \in \...
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Bound on number of linearly independent eigenvectors of adjoint of composition operator
Fix $N>1$. Let $f\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ be such that the composition operator via
$$
\begin{aligned}
C_f:C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R}) &\rightarrow C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R},\...
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Principal symbol of a non-local operator and Atiyah–Singer index formula
I am trying to understand the Atiyah–Singer index formula for pseudo-differential operators. As far as I understood, the Fredholm index of the operator $A$ on a manifold can be computed just from the ...
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Inequality for fractional power norm (sectorial operators)
How could we prove following inequality:
$\int\limits_{0}^{l} u^{3}(x) dx \leq \sqrt{l} \cdot|| u||_{\frac{1}{2}}^{3}$
where
$ || u ||_{\frac{1}{2}} = ||A^{\frac{1}{2}}(u)||_{L^{2}} + || u ||_{L^{...
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Measurability of the heat semigroup in $L^\infty$
Let $S(t)$ be the $C_0$-semigroup generated by the Laplacian operator with Dirichlet boundary condition in $L^2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of $R^n$.
It is known that $S(t)$ ...
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Stone–von Neumann theorem?
The Stone–von Neumann theorem says that given two unitary groups on a Hilbert space $H$ satisfying the canonical commutation relations (CCR)
$$
U(t)V(s) = e^{-i st} V(s) U(t) \qquad \forall s, t
$$
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Inverse Laplacian and convolution in Albeverio's “Solvable Models in quantum mechanics”
I asked this question on math.stackexchange.com two weeks ago but got no answers so far and I got no clues from literature, so maybe someone here knows a reference. I hope it is ok to ask this ...
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Compact embedding result
Let $\tau$ and $\ell$ be positive numbers. We know that the space $H^2(0,\ell)\cap H^1_0(0,\ell)$ is compactly embedded into $L^6(0,\ell)$. Now, is the space $L^2(0,\tau;H^2(0,\ell)\cap H^1_0(0,\ell))$...
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Schrödinger operator with Coulomb potential
The free Laplacian $-\Delta$ has absolutely continuous spectrum $[0,\infty).$ The Coulomb Hamiltonian $H=-\Delta-\frac{1}{\vert x\vert}$ on $L^2(\mathbb R^3)$ has absolutely continuous spectrum $[0,\...
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Closure of tensor product /tensor product semigroup
In this reference the following claim is made in Remark 2
Let $A,B$ be closable operators on Banach spaces $X,Y$, then $A \otimes 1$ and $1 \otimes B$ are closable operators on the Banach space $X \...
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Hölder continuity for operators
Let $x,y$ be positive real numbers then
$$|\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{y}|=\dfrac{|x-y|}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}=\sqrt{|x-y|}\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt{|x-y|}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}\leq 1\cdot |x-y|^{\frac{1}{2}}$$
we obtain $1/...
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Absence of fixed points
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)} \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an arbitrary but fixed ...
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Function square-integrable
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \left(\frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)}\right)^2 \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an ...
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Uniqueness of solution depending on constant?
I am a physicist and I am aware that this forum is for professional mathematical questions, but please be not too hard on my notation.
I encountered the following integral equation for functions $f:[...
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Relative boundedness of the adjoint
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space and $T_1:D(T_1) \subset X \rightarrow X$ and $T_2:D(T_2) \subset X \rightarrow X$ two closed operators with $D(T_2)\subset D(T_1)$ and $D(T_2^*) \subset D(T_1^*).$
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Propagation of singularities and the Schrodinger equation
I always thought that the propagation of singularities theorem by Hörmander says (on $\mathbb R^n$ for a classical symbol $p(x,\xi)=\xi^2+V(x)$) that for a Schrödinger equation
$$(i \partial_t-p(x,D))...
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Invariant subspace in infinite dimensions
Let $A(t)$ be a family of skew self-adjoint operator defined on some Hilbert space $H$ with common domain $D(A).$
The dependence on $t$ is in the strongly continuous sense, i.e. for all $x \in D(A)$ ...
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$L^2$ function in Schwartz space?
Let $f:\mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R$ be a smooth function whose derivatives are all polynomially bounded and $f \in L^{\infty}.$
Such a function has the property that when multiplied with any ...
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Is Quantum Mechanics (norm)-consistent?
I edited a few small comments to the question in order to make it perhaps more comprehensible.
Today I came across the following question in quantum mechanics.
In Quantum mechanics it is common to ...
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Version of Banach-Steinhaus theorem
I am wondering about the following version of the Banach-Steinhaus theorem.
Let $A$ be a closed convex subset contained in the unit ball of a Banach space $X$ and consider bounded operators $T_n \in \...
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Lipschitz bound on semigroups
Let $T$ be a self-adjoint operator (possibly unbounded) and $S$ a bounded self-adjoint operator.
Then one can study the unitary groups $R_T(t):=e^{itT}$ and $R_S(t):=e^{itS}.$
Now if you think about ...
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Uniform continuity of heat semigroup
I would like to illustrate my question with an example:
It is well-known that $\Delta$ is the generator of a strongly continuous semigroup $(T(t))$ on $L^2(\mathbb R^n),$ i.e. the heat-semigroup.
It ...
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Pointwise convergence in functional calculus
Let $A_n$ be a family of (bounded) self-adjoint operator converging pointwise to some (unbounded) self-adjoint operator $A,$ i.e. for all $x$ in the domain of $A$
$$\left\lVert A_n x-Ax \right\rVert \...
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Integral function $z(x):=\int_{Y} f(x,y)d\mu(y)$ continuous?
Let $z(x):=\int_{Y} f(x,y)d\mu(y)$ for $x \in \mathbb R$ be an integral function where $\mu$ is a finite(!) Borel measure on $Y$ and $x \mapsto f(x,y)$ is continuous for every $y.$
Moreover, we know ...
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Projection semigroup of an isolated eigenvalue
I'm currently working with a paper and I don't get something there. Let $A$ be a closed operator on a Banach space $X$ and $\lambda \in \sigma(A)$ an isolated eigenvalue, i.e. there is a $r > 0$ ...
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Existence of spectral gap
I would like to start by saying that any comment or idea is highly appreciated.
Let us observe that for Hilbert-Schmidt operators $H_1,H_2$ on an infinite-dimensional separable complex Hilbert space $...
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Elliptic regularity of Laplace-Beltrami operator on a manifold
I am currently trying to prove an elliptic regularity type result for the Laplace Beltrami operator $\Delta_g$ on a Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$. As a matter of convention, I will assume $\Delta_g$ ...
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Generalization of supersymmetry to dimension 3
in two dimensions there is a simple trick to study the spectrum of operators of the form
$$\textbf{A}:=\left( \begin{matrix}0 && A^* \\ A && 0 \end{matrix}\right)$$
The trick is to ...
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Dissipative operator on Banach spaces
An operator $A$ is called dissipative if for all $x \in D(A)$ and $\lambda >0$
$$ \left\lVert (A-\lambda)x \right\rVert \ge \lambda \left\lVert x \right\rVert.$$
On a Hilbert space this is ...
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Concentration compactness. Can this concept be stated in a theorem?
I recently attended a talk on NLS which is rather not my main field of interest. Yet, I got interested in a concept called concentration compactness during the talk.
When I approached the speaker ...
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Linear operator has one-dimensional kernel
Let $S_{\lambda}$ be a family of linear bounded operator on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ depending on some parameter $\lambda$, I have recently encountered several problems that dealt with the question whether ...
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Trace of integral trace-class operator
I have seen many answers to the converse question (which seems to be difficult in general), but I would like to ask the following:
Let $T: L^2 \rightarrow L^2$ be a trace-class operator that is also ...
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Which sets support which spectra?
I know (and this is of course rather elementary) that an isolated point in the spectrum of a self-adjoint operator $T$ always belongs to the point-spectrum.
I would like to ask: Are there similar ...
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