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Measurability of a generalized point spectrum
Assume that $ T:H\oplus H\rightarrow H\oplus H$ is a unitary linear operator on the double sum of a separable Hilbert space $H$ with itself.
Let us call a pair $(\lambda, \mu)\in\mathbb{C}\oplus\...
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Domain of definition of a hamiltonian with delta(contact) potential
I am having a hard time making sense of the so-called "delta function potential well" in quantum theory. The Hamiltonian operator is defined as (with $\mathscr D_H\subset \mathscr H=L^2(\mathbb R)$)
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Spectrum of a $1$-parameter family of symmetric linear operators
I am working with certain submanifolds of symmetric spaces and, using a construction in Terng-Thorbergson, we ended up in the following Hilbert space problem:
Let $H$ be a (real) Hilbert Space and $...
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Adjoint for a non-densely defined unbounded operator on a Hilbert space
Let $\mathbf{H}$ be a Hilbert space, and $D$ an unbounded densely-defined operator on $\mathbf{H}$. As is well-known, every such operator admits an adjoint, with domain possibly different from that ...
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Limit of sequence of vectors in $\ell^2$ with coefficients approaching $0$
Let $\{v_m\}_{m \in \mathbb{N}} \subset \ell^2$ be a sequence in $\ell^2$ over the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$ such that: $\{v_m\}_{m \in \mathbb{N}}$ is linearly independend and $v_m \to v$
Let $V= \...
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Why is $H^{1/2}$ a Hilbert space?
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ sufficiently smooth. Then we have the Hilbert space $H^1(\Omega)$ and the trace operator $\operatorname{tr}: H^1(\Omega) \to L^2(\partial \...
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A Question on certain Hilbert space of continuous functions, and a characteristic of convergence in it
Define $T^k(\Omega)$, $\Omega$ an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^m$ (with a smooth boundary), as a space of function equivalance classes, with the norm defined as $$ \|f\|_{T^k(\Omega)}^2 = \|f\|_{L^2(...
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A nested sequence of closed subspaces of $\ell^2$
Let $\{v_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}} \subset \ell^2$ be a sequence in $\ell^2$ over $\mathbb{C}$ such that $\{v_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is linearly independent and $v_n \to u$.
Is it possible extract a ...
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If $H$ is a Hilbert space, is the projective tensor product $E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:H$ isometrically isomorphic to $E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:H'$?
Let
$E$ be a $\mathbb R$-Banach space
$H$ be a $\mathbb R$-Hilbert space
$E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:H$ denote the completion of the tensor product of $E$ and $H$ with respect to the projective norm
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Is there a vector-valued trace such that $\text{tr}((L\otimes_π\text{id}_H)T)=LT$ for all $L∈\mathfrak L(H,\mathfrak L(H))$ and $T∈H\hat\otimes_πH$?
Let
$H$ be a separable $\mathbb R$-Hilbert space
$L\in\mathfrak L(H,\mathfrak L(H,\mathbb R))$
$T\in\mathfrak L(H)$ be nonnegative, self-adjoint and nuclear (trace-class)
Note that$^1$ $$\...
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If $f$ takes values in $L(H,L(H,\Bbb R))$ and $μ$ is a $H\hat ⊗_πH$-valued measure, how are $\int f\:dμ$ and $\int f⊗_π\text{id}_Hdμ$ related?
Let
$H$ be a separable $\mathbb R$-Hilbert space
$H\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:H$ denote the projective tensor product of $H$ and $H$
$(\Omega,\mathcal A)$ be a measurable space
$\mu$ be a $H\:\hat\otimes_\pi\...
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A point in Ion Suciu's paper on semigroups of isometric operators
My question is concerned a point in this 1968 paper by Ion Suciu which is given in Theorem 2. In the last paragraph of page 104, it is claimed that $N$ (given in the formula 2.5) is a wandering ...
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Bochner integrals with values in a Hilbert $A$-module
I'm wondering whether there exists a generalisation of Bochner integration with values in a Hilbert $A$-module $M$, where $A$ is a general $C^*$-algebra rather than $\mathbb{C}$ (and whether there are ...
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Outer product $\sum_i |k_{x_{i}}(\cdot)\rangle\langle k_{x_{i}}(\cdot)|$ of reproducing kernel functions as identity operator in RKHS?
In a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$, given a complete orthonormal basis $\{|e_i\rangle\}$, the identity operator can be written as $\mathbb{1} = \sum_i |e_i\rangle\langle e_i|$. Now if this ...
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About the projection on the unit sphere
Let $H$ be a Hilbert Space and let $A\subset H$ be a connected set such that any two elements of $A$ are linearly independent and also $A^{\bot}=\left\{0\right\}$ (this seems to be immaterial). Is ...
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Space spanned by pointwise squares of basis functions
Consider the Hilbert space $L^2(\Omega)$ over some Euclidean domain $\Omega$.
Let $F=\{f_i;i\in\mathbb N\}$ be an orthonormal basis of this space consisting of functions in $L^2(\Omega)\cap L^4(\Omega)...
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Zeros of functions constituting a Riesz-basis for the Paley-Wiener space
I have a short question which first requires some slightly elaborate definitions:
Let $(e_n)$ be a Riesz-basis for a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ with biorthogonal basis $(g_n)$, i.e. $\langle e_m, ...
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Boundedness of a Hilbert space projection map
Reading this recent thread I was reminded of a related problem I still haven't solved so I post it here in hopes of a positive result.
Let $V_0 \subset H_0$ and $V_1 \subset H_1$ be separable Hilbert ...
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A linear operator equation (PDE) with non-monotone term
I'm interested in the existence and/or uniqueness to the following problem. Let $V$ and $H$ be Hilbert spaces and $V \subset H \subset V^*$ form a Gelfand triple.
There is a linear operator $L:{D}(L) ...
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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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Determining the exact form of a projection in a Hilbert space
Let $$\Omega = \left\{f(x) \in \mathcal{L}^2[0,T]: \frac{1}{T}\int_0^Tf(x)dx = \mu,~ a \le f(x) \le b,~\forall x \in [0,T]\right\},$$
where $\mathcal{L}^2[0,T]$ is the set of Lebesgue square-...
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Banach spaces with simple best approximate solutions
Let $\langle V,||.||\rangle$ be a Banach space such that:
$\;\;$ for all continuous linear maps $\: L : V\to V \:$ and members $v$ of $V$, there exists a unqiue member $u$ of $V$
$\;\;$ that ...
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reference request: conditions for pointwise and operator-norm convergence of kernel projections
At a very high level, I’m interested in the following question. Suppose $X$ is a (separable) Hilbert space, and $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of finite rank self-adjoint maps that converges (...
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What's the problem in using spanning Bessel sequences that are not frames to decompose vectors?
This is related to a question I recently asked on math.SE.
Consider a subset $G\equiv \{g_k\}_{k\in\mathbb{N} }\subseteq\mathcal H$ in a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal H$, and suppose $G$ spans the ...
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Domain of a Jacobi operator with unbounded coefficients
Is it possible to describe the domain of a Jacobi operator explicitly?
Let $J$ be the linear operator acting on a real sequence $(u_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ by
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J(u_{n}) = a_{n+1} u_{n+1} + a_{n} u_{n-...
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Time regularity vs space regularity for parabolic PDE
Suppose that there exist separable Hilbert spaces $V, H, X$ such that $V\hookrightarrow H\hookrightarrow X\hookrightarrow V'\,$ continuously, where $V'$ denotes the dual of the Hilbert space $V$. Let ...
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Analogue of $\ell^2(X)$ over an arbitrary Banach ring
Let $X$ be a set. Over the Banach fields $F=\mathbb{R}$ or $F=\mathbb{C}$ we can define the Banach space$$\ell^2(X)=\{\xi\colon X\to F\mid \sum_{x\in X}|\xi(x)|^2<\infty\}$$which satisfies a list ...
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Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?
(Cross posted from Math StackExchange: Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?)
Assume $(\Omega, \mu)$ is a probability space. Consider a ...
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Kirszbraun-like extension of periodic functions
Let $\Lambda \subset \Lambda' \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be lattices. Let $f : \Lambda' \rightarrow \mathcal{H}$ be a $a$-Lipschitz function, where $\mathcal{H}$ is a finite-dimensional Hilbert Space. ...
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Self-adjoint operator with pure point spectrum
Suppose that A is a self-adjoint (possible unbounded) operator from a separable Hilbert space H to itself. I would like to know if the following statement is true:
A has pure point spectrum (i.e., the ...
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Question about a step in the proof of the min-max principle
I honestly do not think this is a hard question, maybe it is even obvious but I tried MSE and had no success so far, so I am reproducing the question Question about the proof of the min-max principle ...
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Inequality for normed power n, m
Let $ B (H) $ indicate the set of all bounded linear operators on a complex separable Hilbert space $ H $.
Let $ A \in B(H) $, where $ A $ is a positive semi-definite operator in $ H $ (i.e. $ \langle ...
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Convergence of inverse operator with projections
Let $X$ be a separable Hilbert space, and let $(e_i)_{i=1}^\infty$ be an orthonormal basis of $X$. For each $n\in \mathbb{N}$, let $X_n$ be the subspace spanned by $(e_i)_{i=1}^n$, and consider the ...
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Eigenvalue multiplicity of tensor product of positive operator with itself
Let $H$ be a separable complex Hilbert space and let $A\in B(H)$ be positive with $||A||=1$ and have eigenvalue 1 with multiplicity 1. Suppose $A=T^*T$ for some $T\in B(H)$. Denote the spectrum of $A$ ...
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Comparison of orthogonal complements in L^2 and H^1 spaces
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary, and let $L^2(\Omega)$ and $H^1(\Omega)$ the usual $L^2$ and $H^1$ function spaces on $\Omega$, respectively. We call $\phi \in H^1(\Omega)$, and $...
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Extending an unbounded dense linear functional
Let $H$ be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space over $\mathbb{C}$
Let $V \subset H$ be a dense subspace of $H$
Let $f : V \to \mathbb{C}$ be a unbounded functional linear
My question is:
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A convergence question in $L^2$ construction of Brownian motion
I feel confused with a particular step in the $L^2$ consturction of Brownian motion.
Let $\{\xi_n \sim N(0,1)\}_{n\geq 1}$ be a sequence of i.i.d Gaussian random variables on some probability space $(\...
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Link between a categorical and an algebraic characterization of (infinite-dimensional) Hilbert space
On one side, a very recent paper of Chris Heunen and Andre Kornell "Axioms for the category of Hilbert spaces" (Arxiv:2109.7418v1 latest Arxiv version) offers a characterization of the ...
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Extension of a Hilbert basis
The picture below is taken from this paper: http://real.mtak.hu/22877/.
The authors claim that the basis of $H^2(\Omega) \cap H^1(\Omega)$ denoted by $\lbrace w_i \rbrace _{i \geq 1}$ can be extended ...
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Isolated eigenvalues of "bipartite" operators
Please note: This is a reformulation of a previous question of mine. The old question has been already answered to, so I prefer asking a new one. However, it looked like the old formulation did not ...
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Isolated points of the spectra of self-adjoint operators on Hilbert spaces
Let $T$ be a (everywhere defined) self-adjoint operator on a complex Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$.
I am interested in results that give (non-trivial, possibly mild) sufficient conditions on $T$ to ...
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Norm equivalences for Gaussian random functions (Cameron-Martin space)
Preliminaries
Consider the Hilbert space $H :={L^2_{\text{per}}(\mathbb{R})}$ of Gaussian random functions, $2\pi$-periodic in $\mathbb{R}$.
These random functions are drawn from a Gaussian measure $\...
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The limit of the operator norm in a Hilbert space
I am not familiar with functional analysis. Could you tell me please, how to prove the following statement (if it is true)?
$$
\lim_\limits{M \to \infty} \|T_A - T_b \| = 0,
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here operator norm ...
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How are the vector-valued trace and the unique linearization of $\mathfrak L(X,Y)\:\hat\otimes_π\:X→Y$ of $\mathfrak L(X,Y)×X→Y,\;(L,x)↦Lx$ related?
Let $X$ be a $\mathbb R$-Banach space and $X'\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:X$ denote the completion of the tensor product of $X'$ and $X$ with respect to the projective norm. The trace functional $\operatorname{...
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Dense stratification of a separable Hilbert space
Let $\{X_i\}_{i \in \mathbb{N}} $ be a sequence of $n$-dimensional linear subspaces of the separable Hilbert space $H$ and let $\{\phi_i\}_{i \in I}$ be a sequence of continuous injective linear maps ...
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Canonical embedding of Hilbert space in random $L^2$
This question is a followup of Canonical embedding of Hilbert space in $L^2$ space, where it was essentially shown that there is no canonical way to construct, from an abstract Hilbert space $H$, a ...
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Is it possible that the dimension of the intersection of a nested sequence of Hilbert space is 1?
Let $H$ be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space over $\mathbb{C}$
Let $\{h_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}} \in H$ be a sequence of linearly independent vectors in $H$
Let
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V=
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Uniform convergence in Hadamard derivatives
Let $T\colon X \to Y$ be a nonlinear operator between Hilbert spaces which is Lipschitz and is Hadamard differentiable. It satisfies
$$T(x+th)=T(x) + tT'(x)(h) + r(t)$$
where $r(t)=r(t,x,h)$ is the ...
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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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Continuously varying operators defined by a strange formula
Take $2n$-tuples of bounded positive operators $x_1,\dots x_n$ and $a_1,\dots a_n$ on a Hilbert space $H$ which have zero kernel and dense image and which satisfy the condition that (1)
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x_1^* x_1+\...
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