Questions tagged [duality]
Use for questions regarding duality of mathematical object, i.e. dual spaces, objects with two possible interpretations etc.
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Rings over which free modules of a certain rank are reflexive (satisfy Specker's theorem)
Following this question about the case of $\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}$, I've got to ask what is known more generally about rings and dimensions for which Specker's theorem holds. Let me make the following ...
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Faltings' Cartier duality for A-modules in terms of Hopf algebras
$\newcommand\dual{^{\text{dual}}}\newcommand\GrpSch{\mathrm{GrpSch}}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}\DeclareMathOperator\Vect{Vect}$If $G$ is a finite group scheme over a field $k$, we can define its ...
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Exactness of a term after taking Pontryagin dual: a step in the proof of Poitou-Tate duality
I'm reading the proof of Poitou-Tate duality in the book Galois Cohomology and Class Field Theory by David Harari.
After some arguments, we get a exact sequence
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Dual norm for weighted Sobolev space
Consider a "weight" function $\rho: \mathbb{R}^{d} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and the following weighted Sobolev norm:
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\|h\|_{\dot{H}^{1}(\rho;\mathbb{R}^{d})}:=(\int_{\mathbb{...
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Self-duality of cones associated with elementary symmetric polynomials
Let $n\ge3$ be an integer, and denote $\sigma_1,\ldots,\sigma_n$ the elementary symmetric polynomials in $n$ indeterminates:
$$\sigma_1(X)=X_1+\cdots+X_n,\quad\ldots\quad,\sigma_n(X)=X_1\cdots X_n.$$
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Riesz Representation Theorem for $L^2(\mathbb{R}) \oplus L^2(\mathbb{T})$?
The spaces $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ (square-integrable functions) and $L^2(\mathbb{T})$ (1-periodic square-integrable functions, considered over the real line $\mathbb{R}$) are two subspaces of the space of ...
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Dual Steenrod squares
Fix the ground ring $\mathbb{F}_2$ and let $X$ be a space with finite homology. Then we have an isomorphism $\Phi^i_X:H_i(X)\to H^i(X)^*,a\mapsto \langle-,a\rangle$ which allows us to define the dual ...
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Serre functors for non-proper categories
One usually defines a Serre functor to be a functor on a $k$-linear category $\mathcal{C}$ which has finite dimensional $Hom$s over $k$. In that case, the standard definition is that a Serre functor $...
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Poincare duality in families of smooth, projective curves
Let $f:\mathcal{C} \to \Delta^*$ be a family of smooth, projective curves over a punctured disc. Denote by $\mathbb{H}^1:=R^1f_*\mathbb{Z}$ the associated local system, such that for every $t \in \...
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Access to a classic reference of Dold-Puppe
There is an old reference that I am unable tofind. It is Dold-Puppe´s communication at a conference. More concretely, it is cited as:
A. Dold, D. Puppe: Duality, trace and transfer. Proceedings of the ...
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Weak to weak$^*$ continuity of the duality mapping
Let $X$ be a uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach space. We consider the duality mapping $J_p^X$ defined as the sub-gradient $\partial (\frac1p\|\cdot\|^p)$. Is there a characterisation of the ...
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Characters on monotone functions
Characters on the semigroup $(C_{+}^{b}(\mathbb{R}^{d}),+)$, i.e. on bounded positive continuous functions with the ususal pointwise addition, are known to be of the form $C_{+}^{b}(\mathbb{R}^{d})\ni ...
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Quantum subgroups of Locally Compact Groups and Parabolic Induction
In the classical theory , parabolic induction is used to construct the (reduced) dual of a (semi-simple) Lie Group. However, for this we need subgruops. Given that the theory of "quantum subgroups" of ...
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Duality between K-theory and K-homology in the non-compact, spin$^c$ case
Let $M$ be a compact spin$^c$ manifold, so that it has a fundamental class $[M] \in K_n(M)$. It is well-known that the cap product with $[M]$ induces Poincare duality isomorphisms $K^\ast(M) \cong K_\...
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Dual of a weighted projective space
I have a fairly good understanding of what the dual of a projective space is. I am currently interested in weighted projective space but I haven't found anything on the construction of its dual space ...
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If the closed unit ball of Banach space has at least one extreme point, must the Banach space the be a dual space?
Let $X$ be a Banach space.
By Banach-Alaoglu and Krein-Milman Theorems, one can show that if $X$ is a dual space, then $X$ must have at least one extreme point of the closed unit ball.
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Is every closed subspace of the Schwartz space densely embedded into its dual space?
My original question is from this ME post but I think I need a broader understanding for this.
The Schwartz space $\mathcal{S}$ and its subspaces are examples of nuclear spaces. In fact, any closed ...
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Duality of finite signed measures and bounded continuous functions
Let $E$ be a metric space, $C_b(E)$ denote the space of bounded continuous functions $E\to\mathbb R$ (equipped with the supremum norm), $\mathcal M(E)$ denote the space of finite signed measures on ...
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Which topological spaces admit embeddings into Euclidean spaces
I'm interested in the dual question to:
continuous images of open intervals, about surjections onto open intervals.
Namely, if $X$ is a topological space, when can we guarantee that there exists a ...
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Is the realtive dualizing sheaf Cohen-Macaulay?
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and let $X$ be a finite type $k$-scheme that is Cohen-Macaulay and equidimensional. Under these assumptions there is a relative dualizing sheaf $\omega_{X/k}$ ...
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Does equality of Hodge star and symplectic star imply Kähler structure?
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On a manifold $M$ equipped with a Riemann metric $g$ and a symplectic structure $\omega$, with $\ast$ the Hodge star and $\ast_s$ the symplectic star, does $\ast=\...
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Conjugate function for matrix mixed norm
I am familiar with the conjugate function of the vector norm, which uses the concept of dual norm and is defined as follows:
$$\|\mathbf{y}\|_p^*=\max_{\mathbf{x}}\left(\mathbf{x}^T\mathbf{y}-\|\...
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Lattice description of matroid duality
Apologies for this very basic question in matroid theory, but I could not find anything about it online after a bit of searching.
There is a well-known bijective correspondence ("cryptomorphism&...
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Dual of colimit in $\text{Ban}_1$
I learned in J. Castillo's Hitchhiker guide to categorical Banach space theory that, by a theorem of Semadeni and Zidenberg, limits and colimits exist in the category $\text{Ban}_1$ of Banach spaces ...
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Dual Norm For Sum of 2-Norms
What is the dual of a norm that is the sum of two-norms? Specifically, say we have the following norm for $\mathbf{x}\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathbf{A}_i \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$
$\|\mathbf{x}\| = ...
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Dual spaces of Banach-valued $L^{p}$-spaces
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ be a measure space (say complete and $\sigma$-finite, for simplicity). Furthermore, let $(X,\Vert\cdot\Vert_{X})$ be an arbitrary Banach space. I denote by $(L^{p}(\...
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$\ast$-autonomous categories with non-invertible dualizing object?
1. Definition
Firstly, recall the following nLab-definition of a $\ast$-autonomous category:
A $\ast$-autonomous category is a symmetric closed monoidal category $(C,\otimes,I,\multimap)$ with a ...
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Electromagnetic duality symmetry
This question arose while reading http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v13/i6/p1592_1 (Duality transformations of Abelian and non-Abelian gauge fields, by Stanley Deser and Claudio Teitelboim). It is well ...
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Order of factors for unit/counit of duals
While working through Categorical quantum mechanics by Abramsky and Coecke, I noticed that their definition of the order of factors for the unit and counit of a dualizable object disagree with the one ...
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Monge-Kantorovich duality with a $\{0,1\}$ cost function
Consider the usual Monge-Kantorovich transportation problem where $X$ and $Y$ are Polish spaces, $\mu$ and $\nu$ are probability measures on $X$ and $Y$, and $c:X\times Y \to \mathbb{R}^+ \cup \{+\...
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Dual cone of 'positive' Bochner integrable functions
If we consider the space of integrable functions $L^1([0,1];\mathbb{R})$, it can be ordered by the convex cone of positive integrable functions $L^1([0,1];\mathbb{R}_+)$. It is known that the ...
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Show that duality functor is anti-monoidal
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a right rigid (not strict) monoidal category with associativity constraint $\Phi$. Let $J_{U,V}: U^*\otimes V^*\to (V\otimes U)^*$ be the canonical isomorphism for every objects $...
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Length of dual module
It is well known that, given a commutative ring $R$ and an $R$-module $M$, the dual module $M^\vee = \operatorname{Hom}_R(M, R)$ does not always satisfy $M^\vee \cong M \ (1)$, and not even $M^{\vee \...
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Examples of $\ast$-autonomous $(\infty,1)$-categories
A $\ast$-autonomous category is a biclosed monoidal category together with a dualizing object. An object $\bot$ in a biclosed monoidal category $(\mathcal{C},\otimes)$ with left internal hom $[-,-]$ ...
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Is the test function topology a Mackey topology?
I am a physicist, and I have lately been thinking about distributions as they appear in quantum field theory. In the standard development of the theory of distributions, one considers the space $C^{\...
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Fixing the duality $L^\infty(X)= L^1(X)^*$ for Radon measure spaces
Consider the following fragment from Folland's book "A course in abstract harmonic analysis":
Let me denote the Borel subsets of $X$ by $\mathscr{B}(X)$. Folland claims that if $\mu$ is a ...
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Duality for finite quotient groups of finitely generated free abelian groups
$\newcommand{\Z}{{\Bbb Z}}
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$ The following lemma is certainly known.
Lemma (well-known).
Let $B$ be a lattice (that is, a finitely generated ...
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Spanier-Whitehead dual of space of natural transformations
Let $F, G: \mathcal{J} \to \mathsf{Sp}$ be continuous functors between $\sf{Sp}$-enriched categories, where $\sf{Sp}$ denotes any of the point-set models for spectra (i.e., orthogonal spectra).
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Is there Sperner-type lemma where the colors are on the edges?
I am looking for Sperner-type lemmas where:
The colors are on the edges (1-dimensional simplices) - rather than on the vertices;
The target is a fully-colored vertex (a vertex adjacent to n edges of ...
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How does Gabriel–Ulmer duality extend to (limit, colimit) sketches?
$\newcommand\Sketch{\mathit{Sketch}}\newcommand\Set{\mathit{Set}}
\DeclareMathOperator\Lim{Lim}\DeclareMathOperator\Colim{Colim}\DeclareMathOperator\Mod{Mod}\newcommand\mod{\operatorname{mod}}\...
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Is the Serre dualizing complex local in the analytic topology?
There is a Serre dualizing complex $S_X\in D^b Coh(X)$ for any scheme $X$ of finite type. For proper schemes, it is characterized as the sheaf defining the right adjoint to derived global sections, ...
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How is the restriction of the dualizing sheaf to an irreducible component related to the dualizing sheaf of the component?
$\DeclareMathOperator{\Spec}{Spec} \DeclareMathOperator{\hom}{\mathcal{Hom}} \DeclareMathOperator{\ox}{\mathcal{O}_X}$Let $f:X \to Y$ be a proper morphism. In section 6.4. of Liu's book he introduces ...
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Langlands dual and integrable representations
Assume I successfully classified the integrable representations of a certain semi-simple Lie group $G$. Given this information, what do I know about the integrable representations of $G^\vee$, the ...
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Isbell duality in Joyal and Street's Introduction to Tannaka Duality
In Sec. 3 of Joyal and Street's Introduction to Tannaka Duality and Quantum Groups, the authors give a commutative triangle of isomorphisms of compact topological groups (Corollary 8). This diagram ...
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Unique representability of bounded distributive lattices
Priestley Duality assigns to every bounded distributive lattice $L$ a compact totally order-disconnected topological space $P(L)$, also called a Priestley space.
A poset $(P,\leq)$ is called (...
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Does GKZ's reflexivity theorem imply the Plucker formula?
Let $S\subset\mathbb{P}^n$, Gelfand-Kapranov-Zelevinsky defined its dual variety $S^\vee\subset\mathbb{P}^{n^\ast}$. In this paper (http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0111179v1.pdf), the author obtained the ...
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Duals and sub-objects in a monoidal category
Consider $\mathcal{M}$ a monoidal category. Let $V$ be an object that admits a left/right dual. If $U$ is a subject of $V$ then does it also admit a left right dual?
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Bi-annihilator of a subspace of the dual of an infinite-dimensional vector space
Let $V$ be an infinite-dimensional vector space and $V^*$ its dual.
For a linear subspace $W\subset V$ define $W^ \circ\subset V^*$ as the subspace of linear forms on $V$ vanishing on $W$.
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A category being self-dual vs. it being a groupoid
What is the relationship between self-duality and groupoid-ness? Does any condition imply the other? Is there an example which helps understand the difference?
To go from a self-duality $F$ on a ...
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Why is the norm map dual to restriction under Tate local duality?
Let $L/K$ be a finite Galois extension of nonarchimedean local fields, and let $A$ and $A^t$ be dual abelian varieties over $K$. Tate local duality tells us that $A^t(K)$ and $H^1(K, A)$ are ...
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