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Parallelogram law for vectors of equal length

Does the parallelogram law for vectors of equal length imply the full parallelogram law? That is, if for all norm one vectors $x$ and $y$ in a Banach space $X$ it holds that $\lVert x-y\rVert^2+\lVert ...
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A stronger Cauchy-Schwarz in infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces?

In this MSE and question and this MO question, stronger variants of the classical Cauchy-Schwarz inequality have been suggested in finite dimensional spaces. Can we find similar results for infinite ...
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A map into a Hilbert space with prescribed orthogonality

Let $X$ be a locally compact separable metric space, and let $L:X\times X\to \mathbb{C}$ be continuous and such that $L(x,x)=1$ and $L(y,x)=\overline{L(x,y)}$, for every $x,y$. Does there always ...
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Does AX+XA=0 have any non-trivial solutions?

Let $X$ be a continuous linear self-adjoint operator on some Hilbert space $H$ and for arbitrary compact operators $A$ we have: $XA+AX=0.$ Does this imply that $X=0$ or can there be non-trivial ...
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Linear independence of an odd set of measurable functions

Let $g(t)$ be a convex positive function. I'm trying to show that the set $\{ |t|^ne^{\frac{g(t)}{t^n}}\}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ is linearly independent in the space of measurable functions on $\mathbb{R}...
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Decomposing bilinear forms in Hilbert spaces

You are given a complex Hilbert space $H$ with two equivalent Hilbert space structures $<,>$ and $<,>'$. Define $<,>''=<,> + <,>'$ to be the sum of our two scalar ...