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Comparison of two versions of fractional Sobolev spaces: do we have $W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})=H^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$?
There are two versions of fractional Sobolev spaces.
Definition 1: (Via Gagliardo semi-norm) Let $1\leq p\leq +\infty$, $0<s<1$ and let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set. The ...
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Finite dimensionality of a subspace
Let $c>0$ and let $Y$ be the space of all distributions of compact support in $(-1,1)$ with singular support at $\{0\}$. Let $X$ be subspace of $Y$ such that for any $\phi \in X$ there holds:
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On dense embedding of Banach spaces
Disclaimer: When I came up with this question yesterday, I suspected it to be trivial (trivially true or trivially false). Then it kept me awake several hours tonight... (I still hope, though, this is ...
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Does there exists a smooth reflexive infinite dimensional Banach space that is not strictly convex
It is known that in a reflexive Banach space, if the norm is strictly convex, then its dual will be smooth Banach space, and if the norm is smooth, then the dual norm is strictly convex.
We can find ...
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Smoothness of a Hilbert space under an equivalent norm
Let us take the Hilbert space $l_2$ with an equivalent norm
$\Vert x \Vert = \max \{2 \Vert x \Vert_1, \Vert x \Vert_2 \}$, where $\Vert x \Vert_1 =( \sum_{n=2}^\infty x_n^2 )^{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $\...
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Finding weak LUR property of $C[0,1]$ with an equivalent norm
On the space $X=C[0,1]$, define a norm $||| f |||^2=\Vert f \Vert_{\infty}^2 + \Vert f \Vert_2^2$, where $\Vert \cdot \Vert_\infty$ is the sup norm on $C[0,1]$ space and $\Vert \cdot \Vert_2$ is the $...
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Non-surjective isometries of $l_p$
It is well known that all surjective isometries of $l_p$ for $p\neq 2$ are the signed permutations of the unit vector basis $(e_n)$. Is there a characterization for the linear non-surjective ...
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Finite representability of $\ell_p$ in subspaces of $L_p(0,1)$
Let $M$ be a closed subspace of $L_p(0,1)$, $1<p<\infty$, $p\neq 2$.
Suppose that M contains copies of $\ell_p^n$ uniformly.
Does $M$ contain a copy of $\ell_p$?
The result is true for $p=1$, ...
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Closure of BV paths in space of paths of finite $p$-variation
Let $p\ge1$ and $T>0$. Define $\mathscr D([0,T])$to be the space of partitions of $[0,T]$, where each partition is a finite collection of distinct points of $[0,T]$. Consider a continuous path $X:[...
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Does the topological Varopoulos algebra consist of functions that are continuous and Varopoulos norm bounded?
Let $X_1,\dots,X_n$ be compact Hausdorff spaces. Let's define the Varopoulos algebra as the projective tensor product: $$V(X_1,\dots,X_n) := C(X_1) \hat{\otimes} \dots \hat{\otimes} C(X_n),$$ i.e. the ...
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A bimonotone basis for $\mathcal{C}[0,1]$?
It is well-known that $\mathcal{C}[0,1]$, the space consisting of all scalar-valued continuous functions over the unit interval, has a monotone Schauder basis. In fact, we can construct such a basis ...
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Duality of projective and injective tensor product
I want a reference of the following statement which I think is true. Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces with $X$ finite dimensional. Then $(X\otimes_\epsilon Y)^*$ is isometrically isomorphic to $(X^*\...
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2, 3, and 4 (a possible fixed point result ?)
The question below is related to the classical Browder-Goehde-Kirk fixed point theorem.
Let $K$ be the closed unit ball of $\ell^{2}$, and let $T:K\rightarrow K$
be a mapping such that
$$\Vert Tx-Ty\...
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Large ideally convex sets
Let $E$ be a Banach space. A set $C \subseteq E$ is called ideally convex if for every bounded sequence $(x_n)$ in $C$ and for every sequence $(\lambda_n)$ in $[0,1]$ that sums up to $1$ the vector $\...
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Automatic complete boundedness for bilinear and multilinear maps
$\newcommand{\cb}{\mathrm{cb}}$Let $T : X \rightarrow Y$ be a bounded linear map between Banach spaces. We have the following results concerning automatic complete boundedness:
$\|T : X \rightarrow \...
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Quotients of $c_0\mathbin{\hat{\otimes}_{\pi}}\ell^1$
Let $\hat{\otimes}_{\pi}$ denote the projective tensor product. Let $$\mathcal{S} = \{V\subseteq c_0\mathbin{\hat{\otimes}_{\pi}}\ell^1\textrm{ closed subspace}: {c_0\mathbin{\hat{\otimes}_{\pi}}\ell^...
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A list of properties of $(\bigoplus \ell^1_n)_{\ell^p}$, $1<p<\infty$
The Banach space $E=(\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\ell^1_n)_{\ell^p}$ for $1<p<\infty$ shows up in various places in the literature to construct counterexamples. The purpose of this post is to ...
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Bounds on dimension of a subspace
Let $I=(0,1)$ and let $C>1$ be a constant. Let $L^2(I)$ and $H^1(I)$ be the standard Sobolev spaces on $I$. Suppose that $U$ is a subspace of $H^1(I)$ with the additional property that:
$$ \| u\|_{...
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The ultrapower of the direct sum is the direct sum of ultrapowers
Currently, I'm reading the paper "Towards the fixed point property for superreflexive spaces" by Andrzej Wiśnicki. In this article, given $X_1,\dots,X_n$ Banach spaces, he defines $(X_1\...
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Representations of the dual Banach algebra pair $(\ell_1,c_0)$
Let $\displaystyle E_p=(\bigoplus_{n\in\mathbb{N}} \ell^1_n)_{\ell^p}$ for some $1<p<\infty$ and $\ell^1 = \ell^1(\mathbb{N})$ be equipped with the convolution. Then, there exists an isometric &...
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Can one show that the dual of a quasi-Banach space separates points without explicitly identifying the dual?
I'm interested in a question regarding the identification of some duals of quasi-Banach spaces.
However, I'm not familiar with the quasi-Banach literature, so I'm hoping somebody can point me in the ...
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Complex interpolation of subspaces
Let $(X_0,X_1)$ be an interpolation couple of Banach spaces. Using complex interpolation we can form Banach spaces $X_\theta:=(X_0,X_1)_\theta$ where $0<\theta<1.$ Let $E_\theta\subseteq X_\...
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For a Banach space $X$, can we find a reflexive (or weakly sequentially complete) space $Y$ such that $X\subset Y$?
It could be a naive question. Probably, it is not true.
However, this question makes sense in the setting of function spaces.
For example, for $L_\infty (0,1)$, we have $L_p(0,1)\supset L_\infty (0,1)$...
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Weakly null sequences in projective tensor products
First, I'd like to record a question that may still be open. The snippet below is taken from DiestelPuglisi2009.
Second, let $E$ be a Banach space, $(u_n)$ be a weakly null sequence in the projective ...
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About a weak$^*$ convergent net
Let $G$ be a locally compact abelian group and $A$ be semisimple commutative Banach algebra such that $A^{**}$ has Radon-Nikodym property. Denote by $\Gamma$ and $M(G)$ the dual group and the measure ...
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Does an isometric automorphism of $L_p (X,\mu, E)$ preserve pointwise convergence?
Let $(X, \mathcal A, \mu)$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space and $(E, |\cdot|)$ a Banach space. Here we use the Bochner integral. Let $p \in [1, \infty)$ and $q \in (1, \infty]$ such that $p^{-1}+q^{-...
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$\ell^1$ predual with no $c_0$ quotient?
Question: Does there exist an isomorphic predual of $\ell^1$, which does not have a quotient isomorphic to $c_0$?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: The answer is no. Let $X$ be a Banach space such that $X^*$...
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Banach spaces in which every DP-set is a limited set
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $A\subseteq X$ be a bounded subset.
$A$ is a Dunford-Pettis set if every weakly null sequence $(f_n)$ in $X^*$ converges to $0$ uniformly on $A$, that is $$ \lim_{n\to\...
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Weak convergence using tensor product
I haven't got to see this argument used in the PhD thesis of [R. Ryan]: Applications of topological tensor products to infinite dimensional holomorphy, doctoral thesis, Trinity College, Dublin (1980), ...
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Radon-Nikodym derivative of vector-valued measure with respect to another vector-valued measure
Let $(X, | \cdot |)$ be a Banach space.
I am interested in whether one can extend the definition of the Kullback-Leibler divergence
$$
\text{KL}(\mu \ \Vert \ \nu)
:= \int_{\Omega} \ln\left(\frac{\...
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Dunford-Pettis like properties for Banach spaces of operators
Let $E$ be a Banach space and $A\subseteq B(E)$ be a Banach subspace of operators on $E$.
Suppose $A$ satisfies the property (RCC) given below:
$$
\left.\begin{array}{l}
(x_n)\subseteq A \textrm{ ...
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Finding set of best approximations from a point in $c_0$ to its subspace
Given $X$=$c_0$, null sequence space with sup norm. Consider a subspace $Y$ of $c_0$ consisting of elements of $c_0$ as, $Y=\{x\in c_0 : x_{2i}=i.x_{2i-1}, i \geq 1\}$. I need to find the set of best ...
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Finding closed subspaces whose sum isn't closed
Let $V_0$ be a closed infinite-dimensional subspace of a Banach space $V$ such that the quotient $V/V_0$ is also infinite-dimensional. Is it always possible to find a closed subspace of $V$ whose sum ...
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Automorphic Banach spaces
A Banach space $X$ is called automorphic if for every closed subspace $Y\subseteq X$ with $\dim X/Y=\infty$, every automorphism (= linear continuous isomorphism) of $Y$ can be extended to an ...
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Given a totally ordered system of Banach spaces, can we we always change the norms to get isometric embeddings?
Given a real vector space $V$ which is the union of a totally ordered family of vector subspaces $V=\bigcup_{i\in I} V_i$. By that I mean that we assume that $(I,\leq)$ is a totally ordered set and ...
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An abstract characterisation of weak* topologies
Is there a way of endowing the unit ball $B_X$ of a Banach space $X$ (we may assume that $X$ is an AL space, if that helps) with a topology $\tau$, so that $\tau=\sigma(Y^*,Y)$ (the weak* topology) if ...
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A guide to the work of Timothy Gowers on Banach Spaces [closed]
I'm undergraduate student and I'm thinking of doing my graduation thesis on some of Prof. Gowers work on Banach Spaces. It is not required to produce an original result in my thesis, I'm only asked to ...
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Making a space UMD via interpolation
Recall that a Banach space $B$ has Unconditional Martingale Difference (UMD-$p$) if there is a constant $C_p$ such that for every $B$-valued martingale difference sequences $(d_n)_n$ and choice of $\...
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Finding the set of best approximation
Given $X$=$l^1$ and its dual space $X^*=l^\infty$. Now take $f=(1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4,...) \in X^*$. Then clearly $\|f\|_\infty = 1$. I have found that $H=\ker f$ is a proximinal hyperplane in $X$.
Note: A ...
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When Pelczynski's property (V*) forces (V) in the dual space?
Recently, I have been asked if are there any sufficient conditions for a Banach space with Pelczynski property (V*) to have dual with property (V). Since it was a long standing open problem, I guess ...
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A geometric intuition about convexifiability
I've come up with the following conjecture about convexifiability being determined by "important" sets in Banach spaces. To me, the conjecture looks quite innocuous and intuitive, but I'm ...
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Banach space with uncountable basis
We know that an infinite dimensional Banach space has an uncountable Hamel basis. Now if $X$ is a vector space with an uncountable Hamel basis, does there exist a norm on $X$ for which $X$ is a Banach ...
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Lipschitz isomorphisms of $C(\omega^\omega+)$
Let $C(\omega^\omega+)$ denote the Banach space of continuous, scalar-valued functions defined on $\omega^\omega+=[0,\omega^\omega]$. Suppose that $X$ is a Banach space and $U:C(\omega^\omega+)\to X$ ...
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Does $L_{p}(\mu, X)^*=L_{q} (\mu, X^*)$ hold for $\sigma$-finite measure spaces?
I'm reading Theorem 1 at page 98 of Vector Measures by Joseph Diestel, John Jerry Uhl.
THEOREM 1. Let $(\Omega, \Sigma, \mu)$ be a finite measure space, $1 \leq p<\infty$, and $X$ be a Banach ...
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If $H \in L_{q} (\mu, X^*)$ such that $\int \langle H, f \rangle \mathrm d \mu = 0$ for all $f \in L_{p}(\mu, X)$, then $H=0$ $\mu$-a.e
I'm reading Theorem 1 at page 98 of Vector Measures by Joseph Diestel, John Jerry Uhl. Here we use the Bochner integral.
Theorem 1 Let $(\Omega, \Sigma, \mu)$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space, $1 \...
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Representing an $L^2$-functional by a non-$L^2$-function on a dense subspace - Part II
This is a follow-up to this previous question, but under stronger assumptions.
Let $(X, \mu)$ be a (say, $\sigma$-finite) measure space, let $g \in L^2$ (say, over the real
scalar field). Let $\tilde ...
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weak*-closed subspaces
Recall that a closed subspace $Y$ of a Banach space $X$ is weakly complemented if the set
$$Y^{\bot}:= \{ f\in X^*| f(y) = 0 \forall y\in Y\}$$
is a complemented subspace of $ X^*$. For example, $c_0$ ...
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Converse of closed graph theorem
Suppose $X$ is a normed linear space. If for every Banach space $Y$ and for every linear operator $T:X\to Y$, graph of $T$ is closed implies $T$ is continuous, then can we prove that $X$ is a Banach ...
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Complemented subspaces in a dual Banach space
Let $Y$ be a complemented subspace in a dual Banach space $X$. Is it true that $Y$ is itself isomorphic to a dual?
This is the case of a $w^*$-closed subspace $Y$, but a complemented subspace of $X^*...
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A generalization about the density of $\mathcal C_c(X, E)$ in $\mathcal L_p (X, \mu, E)$ when $E$ is a Banach space
Let $X$ be a metric space, $\mu$ a $\sigma$-finite non-negative Borel measure on $X$, and $(E, |\cdot|)$ a Banach space. Let $\mathcal L_p := \mathcal L_p (X, \mu, E)$ and $\|\cdot\|_{\mathcal L_p}$ ...