Questions tagged [compactness]
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Extremally disconnected sets as building blocks for compact Hausdorff spaces
Is every compact Hausdorff space the filtered colimit of compact extremally disconnected spaces?
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Uniform approximation over compacts using weighted function spaces
I'm interested in approximations over the so-called weighted function spaces.
Let $(X,\tau_X)$ be some completely regular Hausdorff topological space. Additionally, consider some map $\psi: X \to (0,\...
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When a compact subset of a TVS can be continuously projected on a closed linear subspace?
Let $V$ be a (Hausdorff) topological vector space, $W\subset V$ a closed linear subspace, $X\subset V $ a compact.
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When there is a continuous map $P:X\to W$ such that $P(x)=x$ for every $x\in X\...
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Which closed subsets $Y$ of a compact space $X$ admit a linear extensor $C(Y)\to C(X)$?
In the following $X$ is a Hausdorff compact topological space. Let $Y$ be a closed subset of $X$.
The restriction operator $R_Y:C(X)\to C(Y)$ is surjective (Tietze), so it admits a continuous right ...
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PDE: compactness vs blowup
There are, of course, plenty of approaches on how to solve a non-linear PDE. Two of them are the following:
Solve (easier) approximate problems, show some form of compactness for the approximate ...
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Existence of a measurable maximizer
Let $F$ be a continuous cdf with full support on $[0,1].$ Let $A$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathcal{M}$ be the set of measurable functions $\alpha:[0,1]\rightarrow A.$ Let $\bar \alpha ...
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Are all infinite-dimensional Lie groups noncompact?
Basically what the title says — if a Lie group is infinite-dimensional, is it necessarily noncompact?
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Density of subsequences in Bolzano-Weierstrass
Let $(M, d)$ be a metric space and $K$ compact. It is known that $K$ is sequentially compact, so we can "run" Bolzano-Weierstrass on it.
I want to identify the set $\mathcal{F}$ of all ...
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finite dimensionality of a subspace of a Banach space
Let $H$ be the space of measurable functions on $(0,1)$ such that
$$ \|u\|_{H}^2 = \int_0^1 x^2\,|\partial_x u|^2\,dx + \int_{0}^1 |u|^2\,dx <\infty.$$
Let $C>0$ be a constant. Suppose that $W \...
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A compact embedding claim
Let $U= (0,1)\times (0,1)$. Consider the weighted Sobolev spaces $H_1$ with the norms
$$ \|u\|_{H_1}^2 = \int_0^1 (\int_0^1 x\,|u(x,y)|^2\,dx) \,dy$$
Let $H_2$ be the weighted Sobolev space with the ...
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Topologies that turn the real numbers into a compact Hausdorff topological group
If I'm not mistaken, the question I put on the title used to be on this site, but I'm not being able to find it at all. I'm therefore reposting it so that someone can either give me the old link or ...
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Making the analogy of finiteness and compactness precise
If one asks about the intution behind compact topological spaces, most often one will hear the mantra
“Compactness of a topological space is a generalisation of the finiteness of a set.”
For example,...
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Is bounded-$\mathcal L_{\omega_1,\omega_1}$ significantly different from $\mathcal L_{\omega_1,\omega_1}$?
Take the language $\mathcal L(=,\in)_{\omega_1,\omega_1}$, if we restrict infinite quantification strings, i.e. of the forms $``(\forall v_i)_{i \in \omega}"; ``(\exists v_i)_{i \in \omega}"$, to ...
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Polish space isometric to its hyperspace
For a Polish space $(X,d)$ its hyperspace $(K(X),d_H)$ is also a Polish space. (Here $K(X)$ denotes the set of all nonempty compact subsets of $X$, and the Hausdorff metric $d_H$ is defined by $d_H(K,...
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Being contained in a compact set
I have a sequential, hereditarily Lindelöf topological space $\mathcal{X}$, and some subset $A \subseteq \mathcal{X}$. I am interested in the following properties:
There is some compact set $B$ with $...
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Convolution of $L^2$ functions
Let $u\in L^2(\mathbb R^n)$: then $u\ast u$ is a bounded continuous function. Let me assume now that $u\ast u$ is compactly supported. Is there anything relevant that could be said on the support of $...
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When does base-change in topological spaces preserve quotient maps?
The question when $(-) \times X$ preserves colimits in topological spaces is well-studied. Since it always preserves arbitrary coproducts (disjoint unions), one only has to show when it preserves ...
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When is compactness of fiber components an open condition?
Consider a smooth map $f:M\rightarrow N$ between smooth manifolds.
Ehresmann's theorem states that if $f$ is a proper submersion, then it is locally trivializable; in particular, this implies that ...
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Do compactly generated spaces have a more direct definition?
Is there an elementary way to define Haussdorf-compactly generated weakly Hausdorff topological spaces in a way that does not need defining topological space first?
Weakly Hausdorff sequential spaces ...
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Poisson equations for tensors on compact Riemannian manifold
Let $({M},g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with Levi-Civita connection $\nabla$. It is well known that the Poisson equation
$$\Delta f=S$$
where $\Delta:C^{\infty}({M})\to C^{\infty}({M})$ denotes ...
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Is every 1-Lipschitz homeomorphism $f:X\to X$ from a compact metric space to itself an isometry?
I found a statement involving a homeomorphism $f:X\to X$ of a compact metric space $X$, with Lipshitz coefficient 1, i.e., a non-expansive map, and cannot think of an example where $f$ is not an ...
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Implicit function theorem on curves
I am trying to figure out, whether the IFT can be generalized to curves. Let's say I have a function $G(x,u)$ mapping $\mathbb{R}^{n+m}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ with invertible jacobian $\frac{\...
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A Lipschitzian's condition for the measure of nonconvexity
I'm actually working on the measure of nonconvexity and its application. Especially, the Eisenfeld–Lakshmikantham MNC defined - in a Banach space - by:
$$\alpha(A)=\sup_{b\in\overline{\operatorname{...
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Does "achieving more GH-distances than some compact space" imply compactness?
Previously asked and bountied at MSE:
For complete metric spaces $X,Y$, write $X\trianglelefteq Y$ iff for every complete metric space $Z$ such that the Gromov-Hausdorff distance between $X$ and $Z$ ...
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When is a k-space locally compact?
We're looking at the possible cardinal sequences of LCS (locally compact, Hausdorff, scattered) spaces, which has led us to think about taking a quotient of a locally compact, scattered space.
A k-...
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A question about a class of pro-$\mathcal X$-group
This question concerns the following lemma of this paper:
Lemma 2. Let $\mathcal X_1,\ldots,\mathcal X_n$ be classes of finite groups closed with respect to normal subgroups and subdirect
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Integral operator (compactness)
I am studying the compactness of some convolution operators. Let the convolution
$$ \Gamma: X\longrightarrow X; x\mapsto\int_0^t T(t-s)B(s)x\mathrm{d}s. $$
Here $T(\cdot)$ is a $C_0$-semigroup on some ...
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Example of a compact operator that is not uniformly continuous
I want to find a Banach space $E$ and a compact operator $K:[0,1]\times E \rightarrow E$ (that is, $K$ maps every bounded sequence onto a sequence that converges up to a subsequence) satisfying the ...
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(Dis)prove : if every function with closed graph are continuous then the target space is compact
$(X, \tau_X) $ and $(Y, \tau_Y) $ be two topological spaces.
$\forall f\in Y^X$ with $\text{Gr}(f) $ is closed implies $f\in C(X, Y) $.
Question : Does this implies $(Y, \tau_Y) $ is compact?
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Reflexivity for the compact open topology on a topological $\mathbb{R}$-vector space
On page 20 of these lectures, Peter Scholze and Dustin Clausen show that a broad class of topological vector spaces is reflexive, i.e. $V \cong [[V, \mathbb{R}], \mathbb{R}]$, where we endow these hom-...
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Is every compact simply-connected reductive p-adic group perfect?
Let $k$ be a nonarchimedean local field and $G$ a reductive $k$-group,
which we assume to be semisimple and simply-connected. Recall that an abstract group $H$ is perfect if it is generated by ...
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Compactness of a nonlinear operator
Let $H^{1}_{0}(0;\pi)=\{f\in L^{2}(0; \pi): f^{\prime}\in L^{2}(0; \pi)\ \text{and}\ f(0)=f(\pi)=0 \} .$ equipped with the following norm $$\|f\|=\Big(\int_{0}^{\pi}|f'(x)|^2dx \Big)^{\frac{1}{2}}$$
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Prove or disprove the compactness of an operator
Consider $X=L^{2}(0,\pi, \mathbb{R})$.
Let $X_{\frac{1}{2}}$ be the domain of $(\Delta)^\frac{1}{2}$ where $\Delta$ is the laplacien operator.
We define the operator $K:C([0,a],X_{\frac{1}{2}})\...
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Compact embedding of anisotropic Sobolev space
I am wondering if the embedding from $W^{2,1}_p(\Omega \times [0,T])$ to $C^{\alpha,\alpha/2}(\Omega \times [0,T])$ is compact, for some suitable domain, $p$ and $\alpha$. I have found some results. I ...
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Structure theorems for compact sets of rationals
Everyone knows the Heine-Borel theorem characterizing compact subsets of Euclidean space. For any $n \in \mathbb N$ a set $A \subseteq \mathbb R^n$ is compact just in case it is closed and bounded (in ...
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An algebraic analogue of the Bolzano-Weierstrass for formal limits?
The Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem is a very useful result in the theory of metric spaces. It states that given a compact space $X$, a sequence $(u_n) \in X^\omega$ always has a subsequence $(u_{n_k})\in ...
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Closure of finite rank operators on $L^p$
It well-known that, an operator $T:H\to H$ on a Hilbert space, is compact if and only if T is limit of finite rank operators.
Besides this, the results by Per Enflo 1973 shows that this results is ...
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Exhaustions of product subsets by smaller product subsets
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, $A,B\subset X$ be subsets and $f\colon X\times X\to \mathbb{R}$ a continuous function that is strictly positive on $A\times B$. Do there exist increasing sequences ...
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Is the restriction of a projection to a compact subset a quotient map?
Let $(X, \mathcal{T}_X)$ and $(Y, \mathcal{T}_Y)$ be topological spaces, $Z = X \times Y$, $\mathcal{T}_Z$ be the product topology on $Z$, $f : Z \to X$ be defined by $f(x, y) = x$, and $C \subset Z$ ...
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Is the Čech–Stone compactification of the integers always a retract of an extremally disconnected space?
Probably $\beta \mathbb N$ is not an absolute retract (is there an easy argument for this?), but I'd be interested to know what happens in the class of extremally disconnected (compact) spaces. Is it ...
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Is this property of continuous maps equivalent to some more familiar condition?
Let $f : X \rightarrow Y$ be a continuous map. Suppose that, for each collection of open sets $\{ V_i \}_{i \in I}\subset X $,
$$ \bigcup_{U \subset Y \text{ open}, \ f^{-1}(U) \subset \bigcup_{i \in ...
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Arzelà-Ascoli for $C_b(0,1)$? Or more generally, why is that continuous functions "live most naturally" on compact spaces?
I’m wondering if there is a version of Arzelà-Ascoli for continuous functions on not-necessarily compact metric/Hausdorff spaces $X$, i.e. a characterization of the compact subsets of $C_b(X)$ (under ...
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Is the union of a compact and the relatively compact components of its complementary in a manifold compact?
I was thinking of a way to prove this and I realised that for my approach the lemma from the title would be useful, and it´s an interesting question on its own. Obviously it is true if the manifold is ...
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Is a closed subset of an extremally disconnected set again extremally disconnected?
Let $T$ be a compact Hausdorff extremally disconnected set (so $T$ is a compact Hausdorff space, such that the closure of each open subset is again open). Let $S \subseteq T$ be a closed subset.
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Definition of a $\psi$-Banach space [closed]
Let $X$ be a Banach space. Let $\mathcal{F}$ be the family of all the bounded subsets of $X$. If $I$ is the identity map on $X$, we shall denote by $\operatorname{span}\{I\}$ the vector space ...
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Conditions replacing compactness
Reading this book, the authors used the following "classic" idea:
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $C$ a nonempty, weakly compact, convex subset of $X$. Let $T: C \rightarrow C$ be a ...
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About the nilpotency of a subgroup
Let $G$ be a compact group. Let $\mathcal N$ be a family of closed normal subgroups of nilpotency class at most $k$. Assume that $\mathcal N$ is closed under finite intersections and $\bigcap_{N\in\...
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A MNC with maximum property but not singular
Let $E$ be a Banach space, $\mathfrak{M}_E$ indicate the family of all nonempty bounded subset of $E$, $\mathfrak{N}_E$ the family of all relatively compact sets, and $Ker \mu=\{X\in \mathfrak{M}_E$ ...
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A question about Theorem 2.3.1 in Tate's thesis [closed]
I don't understand how to prove a conclusion in the Theorem.
When k is $p$-adic, the subgroups 1+$p^{v}$, $v>0$, of $u$ $(|u|=1)$ form a fundamental system of neighborhoods of $1$ in $u$, We must ...
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Can the degree of $k$-nilpotence of a simple simply connected compact Lie group be in $(0,1)$?
Let $G$ be a simple (i.e. every proper normal subgroup is discrete) simply connected compact Lie group. Define the degree of $k$-nilpotence of $G$ to be the Haar measure of the set
$$\{(x_1,\dotsc,x_{...
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