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A question on the Dieudonné property
Recall that a Banach space $X$ is said to have the Dieudonné property if for every Banach space $Y$, an operator $T:X\rightarrow Y$ that transforms weakly Cauchy sequences into weakly convergent ...
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Reference for weak*-semigroup
Let $X$ a dual Banach space (there exists a Banach space $Y$ such that $X=Y'$).
A weak* semigroup on $X$ is a semigroup $(T_t)_{\geq 0}$ on $X$ such that, for all $x\in X$, we have $T_tx\to x$ in the ...
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Set of w*-continuous operators closed for the weak* topology or not?
Let $X$ be a dual Banach space, i.e. $X=(X_*)^*$ for some Banach space $X_*$. Consider the weak* topology of $B(X)$, i.e. the topology of pointwise convergence on $X$ endowed with the $\sigma(X,X_*)$-...
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Uniform continuity of sequence of semigroups
Let $T(t)$, $t\in [0,\tau]$, be a $C_0$ semigroup on an Banach space $X$. Also, let $T_n(t)$ be a sequence of semigroups that satisfies for all $x\in X$
$$\lim_{n\to \infty}\sup_{t\in [0,\tau]}\|T_n(...
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Projection semigroup of an isolated eigenvalue
I'm currently working with a paper and I don't get something there. Let $A$ be a closed operator on a Banach space $X$ and $\lambda \in \sigma(A)$ an isolated eigenvalue, i.e. there is a $r > 0$ ...
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Existence of closed operators with arbitrary dense domain of a given Banach space
Consider any Banach space $X$, and let $Y$ be any dense subspace, then does it necessarily exist a closed linear operator $T$ defined on $X$, such that the domain of $T$ is exactly $Y$, i.e., $D(T)=Y$?...
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Weak-* convergence in $L^\infty((0,T)\times\Omega)$ implies weak-* convergence in $L^\infty(\Omega)$ for a.e. $t \in (0,T)$?
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded and smooth domain. Suppose I have a sequence of non-negative functions $u_n \in L^\infty((0,1)\times \Omega) \cap L^\infty((0,1);L^\infty(\Omega))$ with
$$0 \leq u_n \leq 1 \...
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Density of positive orbits of $C_0$-semigroup
Suppose that $(T(t))_{t\geq0}$ is a $C_0$-semigroup on a Banach space $X$ and assume that there exists $x\in X$ such that $\{T(t)x:\ t\geq0\}$ is dense in $X$. I wonder why the set $\{T(t)x:\ t\geq ...
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Are $\| \Delta u \|_{L^p(\Bbb R^d)} + \| u \|_{L^p(\Bbb R^d)}$ and $\| u \|_{W^{2,p}(\Bbb R^d)}$ equivalent norms?
Is it true that $$\| \Delta u \|_{L^p(\Bbb R^d)} + \| u \|_{L^p(\Bbb R^d)}\quad\text{and}\quad\| u \|_{W^{2,p}(\Bbb R^d)}$$ are equivalent norms?
This results is pretty easy and straightforward for $...
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A minimality problem for a class of Banach spaces
The following question is related to the previous question Minimality properties of James' space; I post it as a new question since the system does not allow me to add a comment.
Question Consider ...
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"Generalisation" of one-parameter semigroups
Let $(Y,\left\|\cdot\right\|_Y)$ be a Banach space and $A:D(A)\subset Y \to Y$ a closed operator. Studying dynamical systems of the form
\begin{equation}
u'=Au
\end{equation}
quickly leads to the ...
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Fractional power of operators in $C_0$-semigroup
Let $X$ be Banach space, and $\{Z(t)\}_{t\geq 0}\subseteq B(X)$ be the $C_0$-semigroup of operators defined on $X$. Moreover, let $A$ be the infinitesimal generator of $\{Z(t)\}_{t\geq 0}$. A ...
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Minimality properties of James' space
I am interested in the following question about James' quasi-reflexive Banach space $\mathcal{J}$:
Does there exists a non-Hilbertian subspace $X$ of $\mathcal{J}$ such that $X$ isomorphically ...
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The Bochner integral about a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space
Let $T(t)$ be a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space $X$. When does the following hold
$$
\int_0^t T(s)x ds = \Big(\int_0^t T(s) ds\Big)x, \quad x \in X \, ,
$$
where $ t \in (0,1)$?...
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Characterization of the interpolation space $(X,D(A^\alpha))_{\theta,p}$ with semigroup $A$ generates?
Let $X$ be a Banach space (could work for over $\mathbb{R}$ as well?)
Let $A\colon D(A)\subset X\to X$ be a sectorial operator, and $e^{tA}$ be the semigroup generated by $A$.
It is well-known that ...
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Generator of a $C_0$-semigroup restricted to a subspace
Suppose we have a decreasing filtration of Banach spaces $(E_t)_{t\geq0}$, inclusions $V_{s+t,t}:E_{s+t}\to E_t$ and projections $P_{t,s+t}:E_t\to E_{s+t}$ such that $P_{t,s+t}V_{s+t,t}=I_{E_{s+t}}$. ...
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Strong continuity of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator
It's well known that the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup defined by
$$
P_tf(x)=\int_{\mathbb{R}}f\left(xe^{-t}+\sqrt{1-e^{-2t}}z\right)\frac{e^{-z^2/2}}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\,dz
$$
is not strongly continuous on ...
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A question about uniformly bounded semigroups
Let $A$ be an unbounded linear operator of domain $D(A)$ defined on a Banach space $X$. Suppose that $A$ generates a $C_0$-semigroup $T(t)$ which is uniformly bounded. I would like to know if there ...
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Strongly continuous semigroups that cannot be contractions
Let $X$ be a Banach space, and $(P_t)_{t \ge 0}$ a strongly continuous semigroup of bounded operators on $X$. Using the uniform boundedness principle, it's simple to prove that there are constants $M,...
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Interpolation theory: equivalence of norms
Consider the interpolation space $Z=(X,Y)_{\theta,p}$. In the case $Y\subseteq X$ do we have that, for all $a>0$ the following norm:
$$N_a:x\mapsto\left(\int_{0}^{a} \vert t^{-\theta}k(t,x)\vert^p \...
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Does the generator of a 1-parameter group of Banach space isometries know which elements are entire?
Let $X$ be a complex Banach space. Let $(\sigma_t)_{t \in \mathbb{R}}$ be a 1-parameter group of linear isometries of $X$ which is strongly continuous i.e. $t \mapsto \sigma_t(x)$ is continuous for ...
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Does $L^p$ contractivity imply $L^p$ dissipativity?
Does $L^p$ contractivity of an operator semigroup imply the $L^p$ dissipativity of the operator ?
Thank you in advance !
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Convolution with semigroup: does this belong to the Sobolev space $W^{1,1}$?
Let $X$ be a Banach space, $T(t)$ be a strongly continuous semigroup on $X$, and $f\in L^1(0,\tau;X)$. It has been implied that the integral $$v(t)=\int_0^t T(t-s)f(s)ds,\quad t\in [0,\tau]$$
is not ...
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Topology on function spaces for pointwise convergence
Suppose I have some collection of maps $T_\lambda: C^\infty(\Omega)\rightarrow C^\infty(\Omega)$ which are linear and parameterized by a parameter $\lambda >0$. (Perhaps more generally take $C^\...
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Criterion for weak convergence of sequences
Let $E$ be a normed space and let $F\subset E^{*}$. It is known that $F$ is dense if and only if the restriction of $\sigma(E,F)$ on $B_E$ coincides with the weak topology.
Hence, if $F$ is dense and ...
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Tauberian operators
Let $X$ be a Banach space non reflexive and $T$ from $l_2(X)$ to $l_2(X)$ a bounded operator defined by:
$$T(x_n )=\frac{x_n }{n}.$$
We know that :
$$T^{**-1}(l_2(X))=\{x_n^{**} \in l_2(X^{**}) : \...
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Approximation of Inductive Tensor Product $C(X) \bar{\otimes} C(Y)$
The following question is from Banach Algebra Techniques in Operator Theory written by Ronald G. Douglas.
Assume both $X, Y$ are Banach spaces and $X \otimes Y$ is the algebraic tensor product. Let ${...
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Approximation of multipliers by multipliers of a smaller set 2
This question is a refinement of my previous question.
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and let $B$ be a bounded Banach Disk in $C(X)$ such that for every $x\in X$ there is $f\in B$ with $f(x)\ne 0$...
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Can $L^1_{loc}$ be represented as colimit?
Let $L^1_{loc}$ denote the set of all functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to itself which are locally integrable. For every infinite compact subset $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}$, let $L^1_{m_K}$ denote the space ...
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Construction of an infinitely Fréchet differentiable function with given set of zeros in a Banach space
After looking at this question, I am now wondering if the following is true.
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space over $\mathbb R$ or $\mathbb C$, and $A\subseteq X$ a closed set. Then there exists ...
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Approximation of multipliers by multipliers of a smaller set
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and let $B$ be a convex balanced bounded set in $C(X)$ such that for every $x\in X$ there is $f\in B$ with $f(x)\ne 0$.
Let $M=\{u\in C(X),~ uf\in B,~\forall f\in B\...
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Gluing together dense subset of Projective Limit in $Ban_1$
Let $(X_n,\pi_n^{m})$ be a countable projective system in the category Ban$_1$ of Banach spaces and short linear maps (is (continuous) linear constructions). Then (co)-completeness of this category ...
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Dual fixed point
Let $E$ be a Banach space, let $T:E\to E$ have norm $1$ and let $\nu\in E^*\setminus\{0\}$ be such that $T^*\nu=\nu$. Under which conditions there is $e\in E$ such that $Te=e$ and $\langle e,\nu\...
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Is the set of weak*-continuous operators closed in the weak*-operator topology?
I recently came across this unanswered MO question an answer to which I would also be interested in. However the formulation of said question is somewhat imprecise and lacking detail in my opinion so ...
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Eigenvalues and spectrum of the adjoint
In a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, the eigenvalues of the adjoint $A^*$ of an operator $A$ are the complex conjugates of the eigenvalues of $A$.
But in infinite dimensions this need no longer be ...
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A useful criterion in vector integration
I would like to know the proof of the following theorem:
Consider two Banach spaces $X\hookrightarrow Y$ and $1<p,q\leq\infty$. Let $(f_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a bounded sequence in $L^q(I,Y)$ and let $...
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Completed tensor product is exact
In the beginning of the 7th chapter of the book "Spectral theory and analytic geometry over non-Archimedean fields" by Vladimir Berkovich one can find the phrase "...tensor product functor is exact on ...
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Čech complex of rigid $K$-space - Closed image of boundary maps
Let $(X,\mathcal{O}_X)$ be a rigid $K$-space with a finite affinoid covering $(U_i)_{i\in I}$ such that any intersection of the $U_i$ is affinoid too.
Equipping the direct products with the maximum ...
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Existence of a function with slow growth on derivatives
Does there exist a smooth compactly supported function $$f \in C^{\infty}_c((0,1))$$
such that
$$ \|D^k f\|_{L^{2}(0,1)} \leq \left\lfloor{\alpha\,k}\right \rfloor! \quad \forall\, k\in \mathbb N$$
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Non-empty resolvent set, then operator closed?
On Hilbert spaces, the following is true:
Let $T$ be a densely-defined linear operator with non-empty resolvent set, then $T$ is closed.
The obvious proof I see to show this uses explicitly the ...
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Do the operators in $B(E,F)$ separate points on the projective tensor product $F' \mathop{\tilde\otimes_\pi} E$?
Let $E$ and $F$ be Banach spaces, and let $\mathfrak L_{co}(E,F)$ denote the space of bounded linear operators $E \to F$ equipped with the topology of uniform convergence on the absolutely convex ...
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Approximation property of a Banach space in terms of finite-rank projections
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space. Is this property equivalent to the approximation property?
There exists a chain $X_n$ of finite-dimensional subspaces of $X$, each being a range of some ...
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Sequence converging to different limits with respect to two different _complete_ norms
Do there exist a real vector space $X$ complete with respect to norms $|\cdot|$ and $\|\cdot\|$ and a sequence $(x_n)_{n\in \mathbb N} \subset X$ such that there exist $x,y\in X$: $x\ne y$, $|x_n - x|\...
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Subspaces of $\ell_p$ ($1<p<\infty$, $p\neq 2$) not isomorphic to $\ell_p$
Is it possible to show the existence of an infinite dimensional closed subspace of $\ell_p$ ($1<p<\infty$, $p\neq 2$), not isomorphic to $\ell_p$, in an elementary way?
For $1<p<q<2$,...
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Are unit balls in Banach spaces retracts of bidual balls?
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space embedded canonically in $X^{**}$. Is there a retraction from the unit ball $B_{X^{**}}$ of $X^{**}$ onto the unit ball $B_X$ of $X$?
When we insist on uniformly ...
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Is every separable Banach space with the MAP 1-complemented in a space with a monotone basis?
The question, already phrased in the title, looks like a classical problem from Banach space theory from the 1970s. Hence, my question is more of a reference request in its nature.
Can every ...
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Norm-attaining operators with values in a 2-dimensional Hilbert space
Is the set $N\!A(X,\ell_2^2)$ of norm-attaining operators from a Banach space $X$ onto the $2$-dimensional Hilbert space $\ell^2_2$ dense in the Banach space $L(X,\ell_2^2)$ of all linear continuous ...
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Does taking the modulus preserve weak $p$-summability of sequences in $L_q$?
For this question, all Banach spaces are over the reals.
Let $1\leq p<\infty$. Recall that a sequence $(x_n)$ in a Banach space $E$ is weakly $p$-summable if
$$ \Vert (x_n) \Vert_{p,w} := \sup_{\...
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Strictly increasing functions in reflexive subspaces of $C([0,1])$
By the Banach-Mazur theorem, every separable Banach space $X$ embeds into $C([0,1])$. When $X$ is reflexive, it is not possible to find a sequence of disjointly supported, non-negative functions in ...
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Structure of an intersection of $L^p$-spaces
In what follows, $L^p$ denotes the space of functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}$ such that $\int_{\mathbb{R}} |f(x)|^p\mathrm{d}x < \infty$.
I am interested to understand the structure we ...
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