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Restriction to Basis of Cadlag function
If $f \in L^2([0,T])$ then it can be written as
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f(t) \triangleq \sum_{i \in \mathbb{N}} c_i e_i(t),
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for some sequence $\{c_i\}$ of real numbers and a Schauder basis $\{e_i(t)\}$ of $L^2([0,T])$ ...
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Are coordinate functions on topological vector spaces always continuous?
Let $V$ be a Hausdorff locally convex topological vector space over the field $\mathbb{K}$.
Let $B$ be a subset of $V$ such that
$\;$ for all functions $c : B\to \mathbb{K}$, if $\displaystyle\sum_{...
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Unitarizability of group representations
Let $G$ be a Lie (or more general) group. Consider its continuous representation in a Banach space by isometries, i.e. preserving the Banach norm. Under what conditions this representation is ...
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ANR Subsets of banach spaces
I need a reference for conditions on a closed subspace of a Banach space to have the homotopy type of an ANR.
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On a variant of Eidelheit's theorem
A theorem of Eidelheit from 1940's asserts that two Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ are isomorphic if and only if $L(X)$ and $L(Y)$, the algebras of all bounded linear operators, are isomorphic as Banach ...
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Must a surjective isometry on a dual space have a pre-adjoint?
Background: Let $X$ be a Banach space. We know a linear map $h$ is a surjective isometry of $X$ if and only if its adjoint $h^*$ is a surjective isometry of $X^*$.
In general, a linear map $g:X^* \...
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When do block sequences yield disjoint subspaces?
Let $X$ be a Banach space having a (unconditional, normalized) Schauder basis $(e_n)_n$. Suppose that $Y$ and $Z$ are (closed) block subspaces of $X$ having normalized block bases (with respect to $(...
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a question about Tsirelson's space
NOTE: I asked this question over at math.stackexchange.com but got no answer or comments after 3 days, probably because it's a bit specialized. Hopefully it is interesting enough to ask over here.
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Perturbations of an operator that disconnect the spectrum
The following question came to me while working on a technical matter about transversality in infinite dimension, and I'm really curious to know whether it has an affirmative answer at least under ...
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Do the banded operators check the invariant subspace problem?
Let $H$ be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space and $B(H)$ the algebra of bounded operators.
Invariant subspace problem: Let $T \in B(H)$. Is there a non-trivial closed $T$-invariant ...
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What is the doubling dimension of convex functions?
I am interested in the complexity of convex functions, specifically the "doubling dimension" of the class of convex functions defined on a compact subset of Euclidean space, when compared using the $L^...
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Projective and injective tensor product
It is well known that for arbitrary Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ we have that the dual space
$(X \hat{\otimes}_{\pi} Y)^* = \mathcal{L}(X, Y^*)$.
If we take $\ell^p$ and $\ell^q$ such that $p < q^{\...
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Perturbing upper-semi Fredholm operators
Let $T\colon X\to X$ be an upper-semi Fredholm operator acting on a $B$-space $X$ (the range of $T$ is closed and kernel is finite-dimensional) with complemented range. Suppose $S\colon X\to X$ is ...
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Estimates of entropy of functional spaces
Let $M^n$ be a compact $n$-dimensional manifold. For $k\geq 0$ let us denote by $C^k(M)$ the Banach space of $k$ times continuously differentiable functions, and $B_{C^k}$ denote the unit ball of it.
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Uniform limit of m-homogeneous polynomials over compact subsets of a Banach Space
I am trying to solve problem 1.2.A from Mujica's book "Complex Analysis in Banach Spaces".
We denote by $\mathcal{P}_a(^mE;F)$ the space of all $m-$homogeneous polynomials from $E$ into $F$, ...
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Clarkson's inequalities for Banach space valued functions
In standard analysis, Clarkson's inequalities expresses the norms of the sum and difference of two functions in $L^p$ in terms of the norms of the individual functions. In particular, one may use the ...
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Factorization through $\ell_{1}$ and operator ideals
Recently, I bumped into the class of operators that factor through $\ell_{1}(X)$ for some set $X$. For now, $X$ is a set with arbitrary cardinality but if it leads to a more concrete answer to my ...
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Unique preduals up to (nonisometric) isomorphism?
It's well known that there are Banach spaces which has a unique isometric predual-- for example, any von Neumann algebra. As other questions on here (for example, Isomorphisms of Banach Spaces ) ...
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Continuity of lattice operations in Banach lattices
Let $L$ be a Dedekind-complete Banach lattice. Let $\mathcal{B}$ be the family of nonempty norm-compact subsets of $L$ that are bounded from below. Endow $\mathcal{B}$ with the topology induced by ...
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Topological "Interpolation" ?
Let E be a normed space, and let $T$:E * $\rightarrow$ E * be
a nonlinear operator.
Suppose that :
1) $T$ is continuous from (E *, ||.||) to itself (i.e., it is norm-continuous).
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2) $T$ is ...
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Closed operators and duality
Usually we would define a "densely defined, closed operator" on a Banach space $E$ to be a linear map $T:D(T)\rightarrow E$, where $D(T)$ is a dense subspace of $E$, and the graph of $T$, $G(T)=\{ (x,...
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Basic sequences in $\ell_p$
Let $p\in [1,\infty)\setminus\{2\}$. Suppose $(e_n)$ is a basic sequence in $\ell_p$ (or $L_p$) equivalent to the basis of $\ell_p$ ($L_p$). Is there a subsequence $(e_{n_k})$ such that $[e_{n_k}]$ is ...
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Norm condition in a Banach lattice
Consider the following "condition (J)" on the norm of a (real or complex) Banach lattice $E$: whenever $x$ and $y$ are disjoint (i.e., $|x|\wedge |y|=0$) then
$\|x+y\|+\|x-y\|=2\|x\|+2\|y\|$.
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Compact Approximation
This thread originated from MSE: Compact Approximation
This is meant as lemma for: Approximation Property
Given a Banach space $E$.
Denote compact domains by $\mathcal{C}$.
Denote compact ...
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The category of discontinuous Banach spaces
A banach space is discontinuous if it is isometric to $DC(X)$ for some Hausdorff topological space $X$. ($DC(X)$ is defined here. We denote by $DBan$, the category of all discontinuous ...
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Selecting basic sequences
Suppose $(x_\alpha)_\alpha$ is an uncountable, linearly independent family of norm one vectors in a Banach space. Can one always select a basic sequence (or at least a minimal system) from this family?...
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Nonseparable Hilbert spaces as quotients of spaces of bounded functions
Is the following result true: the Hilbert space $\ell^{2}\left(2^{\Gamma}\right)$ is a quotient of $\ell^{\infty}\left(\Gamma\right)$ for any
uncountable $\Gamma$ ? [I think it is, but cannot remember ...
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Principle of Local Reflexivity
I'm having a hard time trying to understand a proof of the Principle of Local Reflexivity. I'm following the proofs from
1) Topics in Banach Space Theory (by Fernando Albiac, Nigel J. Kalton)
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Banach space interpolation theory in terms of categories
I have recently learned a bit about higher category theory.
And there is a question I would like to ask. Can we enrich banach space interpolation theory by using higher category theory?
Is it ...
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question about bidual normed space
Consider a Banach $\mathbb{R}$-space E and an element $u\in E''$ such that :
for all sequence $\phi_n\in E'$ which $\sigma(E',E)$-converges to $\phi \in E'$, one has $\lim u(\phi_n)=u(\phi)$.
Is it ...
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Density character of $\ell_\infty(\kappa, S)$
Let $S$ be an uncountable set. Consider the subspace $\ell_\infty(\kappa, S)$ of $\ell_\infty(S)$ formed by all functions with support of cardinality at most $\kappa$ (here $\kappa<|S|$). Certainly,...
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Complemented Subspaces and Riesz-Thorin interpolation
Riesz-Thorin interpolation may sometimes be applied to subspaces (of $\ell^p$ or $L^p$) when these are complemented and the spaces in the complementation comes from a common dense subspace. To be a ...
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Almost isometric subspaces of $\ell_p$
1) Given $p\in (1,\infty)$.
2) Let us fix two, non-isometric subspaces $X,Y\subseteq \ell_p$ isomorphic to $\ell_p$.
3) Are there an $\varepsilon\in (0,1)$ and an isomorphism $S\colon X\to Y$ such ...
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Reflexive Besov spaces
I don't know whether the Besov space $B^1_{1,1}$ on a one dimensional torus is reflexive or not? Can someone help me please?
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Measurability of a map that takes a functional to its composition with a linear operator
Let $(X,\Sigma_X)$ be a measurable space such that $\Sigma_X$ is countably generated.
Let $B_b(X)$ be the Banach space of all bounded $\Sigma_X$-measurable functions $X\to\mathbb{R}$ equipped with the ...
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independent symmetric 3-valued random variables in Lp
Consider the following excerpt from this paper:
Given $1<p<2$, $0<w\leq 1$ and $n\in\mathbb{N}$, we fix once and for all a sequence $f_j^{(n)}=f_{p,w,j}^{(n)}$, $1\leq j\leq n$, of ...
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Ultrapowers of Banach spaces without the continuum hypothesis
Let $\mathcal{U}$ be a non-trivial ultrafilter on the set of integers $\mathbb{N}$, and let $C(K)$ denote the Banach space of continuous functions on a compact $K$. Under the continuum hypothesis CH, ...
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Approximation Property: Characterization
Problem
Given a Banach space $E$. Denote compact sets by $\mathcal{C}$, compact operators by $\mathcal{C}(X,Y)$, and finite rank operators by $\mathcal{F}(X,Y)$.
Suppose it has the approximation ...
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Infimum over all vector-valued L^2 spaces
Suppose I have a Banach space $E$ (which may be finite dimensional if you wish), a Hilbert space $H$ and a tensor $\tau \in H\otimes E$ in the algebraic tensor product. There are lots of ways to ...
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Converse of the taylor's theorem in Banach Spaces
I would like to known if the following converse of the taylor's theorem is true:
Let $E$, $F$ Banach spaces, and $f:E\rightarrow F$ continuous. Suppose there are $k$ continuous functions $T_i: E \...
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Can we distinguish the algebraic and continuous duals of a Banach space without choice (or HBT)?
The algebraic dual of a normed vector space is the space of all linear functionals to the ground field (either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ for this question). The continuous dual is the subspace of ...
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Double duals characteristic [closed]
Recall that (for $1\le p<\infty$), $\ell^p = \{\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty:\sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty|a_i|\lt\infty\}$, with norm $||\{a_n\}||=(\sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty|a_i|^p)^{\frac{1}{p}}$.
It is well ...
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Banach-Mazur distance estimate finite-dimensional $\ell_p$ spaces
Hey my fellow Banach space guys. Sorry for another elementary question, and yes I have looked for the past hour and a half to see if I can find it on Google or in my books at home.
Fix $n\in\mathbb{...
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tensorial product with Lp
Let us consider E a finite-dimensional normed space on $\mathbb{R}$ and a real number $p\geq 1$.
Is it true that the projective tensorial product $E \widehat{\otimes}_\pi L^p(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ ...
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Embeddings of Weighted Banach Spaces
Let be $d$ a positive integer, $\Omega=\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{Z}^d}$ and fix $R\geq 2$. We define weighted Banach spaces
$$ \Omega_p:=\left\{ x\in \Omega\left| \left[\sum_{i\in\mathbb{Z}^d}\frac{|x_i|^...
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Strictly singular operators and their adjoints
This is a question I thought about a while back and figured I'd throw it out there to see if anyone has some insight that I am missing.
Let $X$ and $Y$ be infinite dimensional separable Banach ...
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Coersivity of a bilinear form [closed]
I need to proof the coersivity of the following bilinear form. a,b and c are scalars, u is the velocity vector field and p is the pressure. Any help is much appreciated!
$$ B(\textbf{u},\textbf{v}) = ...
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Contractively complemented subspaces without contractively complemented complement
Can someone give me an example of a Banach space $X$ and contractive projection $P\in\mathcal{B}(X)$ such that $\ker P$ is not a range of any contractive projection $Q\in\mathcal{B}(X)$?
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Complementable subspaces of $(c_{00}(S),\Vert\cdot\Vert_1)$
Let $\ell_{1,0}(S)=(c_{0,0}(S),\Vert\cdot\Vert_1)$ be a space of functions on a set $S$ with finite support, endowed with $\ell_1$ norm. Could you answer the at least one of the following questions
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Complex interpolation of a Banach space and its antidual when the space has a basis
Given a complex Banach space $X$ and its antidual $\hat X^*$, it is possible in some cases to apply the complex interpolation method, and get as $(X,\hat X^*)_{1/2}$ a Hilbert space. See [F. Watbled, ...
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