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Explicit form of this unitary transformation
Disclaimer: This question has its motivation from physics. It is probably not entirely rigorous at the moment. I just want to clarify some steps and try to make the arguments rigorous afterwards, if ...
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Solution to hyperbolic linear second order PDE
I am trying to prove the existence (and uniqueness) of a weak solution for a specific PDE. First, let me formulate the problem. I asked the question on the Mathematics page but did not get a solution ...
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A question on biharmonic functions
Let $w$ be a function $\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R$ with the following properties:
$w$ is globally $\alpha$-Hölder continuous, $\alpha \in (0,1)$;
$w$ is biharmonic on $\{w>0\}$;
$w$ is subharmonic ...
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Uniqueness of the solution to systems of first-order linear PDEs
Context:
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^p$ be an domain.
For functions $A_{jk}^i : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ and $B_k^i : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ with some regularity, I am interested in the following ...
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On the predual of the James tree space $\mathit{JT}$
$\newcommand\JT{\mathit{JT}}$The James tree space $\JT$ was the first example of a separable Banach space containing no copies of $\ell_1$ such that its dual space is non-separable. Since $\JT$ admits ...
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When do the weak-star and compact convergence (compact-open) topology coincide on the dual of a Banach space?
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, it is claimed on page 323 that for an arbitrary Banach space $E$, if $\pi$ is the topology on $E^*$ of uniform convergence on compact subsets of ...
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weakly separated sequences in RKHS are separated by Gleason metric
I am reading Agler and McCarthy's Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function spaces. In Chapter 9, the authors ask to observe that weakly separated in a Reproducing kernel hilbert space implies separated ...
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When can an affine functional on the dual be represented as an element of a Banach space?
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, we are given a functional $\varphi: T(x_0)\to (-\infty, \infty]$, which is a lower semicontinuous, affine, Baire function on a subspace $T(x_0)$ ...
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Regularity of solution of $(-\Delta + w)f = 0$
I am studying the following Schrödinger equation:
$$(-\Delta + w)f = 0$$
which represents a quantum state with zero energy. Here $w$ and $f$ are defined on $\mathbb{R}^{3}$. For simplicity, let us ...
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A priori estimates to $u_t - \Delta u = u^2$ [closed]
My research is now considering the a priori estimates on the equation
$$
\begin{cases}u_t - \Delta u = u \min(u,c) \\
u(0,y) = u(1,y)\\
u_x(0,y) = u_x(1,y)\\
\partial_n u(x,0) = \partial_n u(x,1) = 0
\...
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Computation of tangent functional
In Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgenson, the tangent functional is defined as follows.
If $x \in S$, we define the tangent functional $\tau(x,\cdot)$ at $x$ as
\begin{equation}
\...
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Time reversal of infinite-dimensional SDE
Consider the SDE $${\rm d}X_t=b(t,X_t) \, {\rm d}t+\sigma(t,X_t) \, {\rm d}W_t,\tag1$$ where $b:[0,T]\times V\to H$, $\sigma:[0,T]\times V\to\operatorname{HS}(U_0,H)$, $$V\subseteq H\subseteq V^\ast\...
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Limit of a distribution using Hörmander’s theorem
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb{C}$. I want to prove that
$$ (e^{i2\theta}\xi_1^2 + \xi_2^2 + \dots + \xi_n^2)^{-\alpha} \longrightarrow (Q(\xi)-i0)^{-\alpha}, $$
in $D’(\mathbb{R}^n\setminus \left\{0\right\})...
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Gateaux differentiability of the norm in Banach spaces
I'm struggling to understand a particular implication in the proof of Corollary 5 of this paper involving Gateaux differentiability of the norm. The claim is that Gateaux differentiability of the norm ...
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$L_\infty([0,1], \mathbb{C})$ is it isomorphic to $\ell_\infty(\mathbb{N}, \mathbb{C})$?
By a result of Pełczyński, $L_\infty([0,1], \mathbb{R})$ is isomorphic to $\ell_\infty(\mathbb{N}, \mathbb{R})$. That is the case of real valued functions and sequences.
A natural question then is: ...
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Solutions of a Gauss–Codazzi-like system of nonlinear PDEs
Consider the following system of PDEs for the dependent variables $\tau=\tau(u,v)$ and $\gamma=\gamma(u,v)$, with $(u,v)\in [0,a]^2$.
$$
\begin{cases}
\tau_u&=F\left( \gamma,\gamma_u,\gamma_v,\...
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If a continuous function is differentiable at a point, is it differentiable in some neighborhood around that point? [closed]
This seems like it should be true but I was wondering if anyone could prove it. Thanks!
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If $t \to \lVert f(\cdot,t) \rVert_{L^2_x}^2$ is absolutely continuous, can we interchange the spatial integral and time derivative? (from MSE)
I originally posted this question on MSE. But it seems more nontrivial than expected, so I guess MO is a more appropriate place to ask.
I repeat the question for the sake of completeness:
Let $f(x,t) ...
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Behavior at infinity of an $L^2$ function with $L^2$ mixed second derivatives
If $f$, $\nabla_x \cdot \nabla_y f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d_x\times \mathbb{R}^d_y)$, what can be said about decay at infinity of $\nabla_x f$, $\nabla_y f$?
It is clear that $(\nabla_x^2 + \nabla_y^2) f \...
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Approximating continuous functions from $K\times L$ into $[0,1]$
Let $K$ and $L$ be compact Hausdorff spaces, let $f:K\times L\to [0,1]$ be continuous and let $\varepsilon>0$. Can we find continuous $g_{1},...,g_{n}:K\to[0,+\infty)$ and $h_{1},...,h_{n}:L\to[0,+\...
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Projections in atomless von Neumann algebras
Let $\varepsilon>0$.
If we consider a sequence $\{f_n\}$ in $L_\infty(0,1)$, then there exists a very small subset $A$ of $(0,1)$ with $m(A)<\varepsilon$ such that $$\|f_n \chi_A\|_\infty =\|...
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Rigorous treatment of Ostrogradsky's instability theorem?
The Ostrogradsky instability theorem says that if a Lagrangian depends on more than the position and velocity, the corresponding Hamiltonian is unbounded below. This has been suggested as a reason why ...
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Order bounded version of monotone complete $C^*$-algebras
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra with self-adjoint part $A_{\operatorname{sa}}$. Then $A$ is called monotone complete if every increasing norm bounded net in $A_{\operatorname{sa}}$ has a supremum (with ...
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How is this interpolating curve well-defined in the minimizing movement scheme?
Let $\Omega$ be a compact domain of $\mathbb R^d$. Let $\mathcal P (\Omega)$ be the space of probability measures on $\Omega$. For each $\tau >0$, let $(\varrho^\tau_{(k)})_{k \in \mathbb N} \...
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Interpolating sequences are strongly separated
I am reading Agler and McCarthy's Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function spaces. In Chapter 9, titled "Interpolating Sequences", the authors say that every interpolating sequence is ...
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Is this a well known space? Perhaps homogeneous Sobolev-like space?
The homogeneous Sobolev space $\dot H^s(\mathbb{R}^n) $ is often defined as the closure of $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ under the norm
$$ || |\omega|^s \widehat{f} ||_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)} =\int_{\...
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Function orthogonal to $|y-x|$ on $[0,1]$ for every $y \in [0,1]$?
Does there exist an essentially nonzero function $f:[0,1] \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ so that
$$
\int_0^1 |y-x| f(x) \, dx = 0
$$
for every $y \in [0,1]$? I think I see how to show that any such $f$ can't be ...
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Geometric interpretation of uniform convexity condition
I first want to recall the moduli of uniform smoothness (US), uniform convexity (UC), asymptotic uniform smoothness (AUS), and asymptotic uniform convexity (AUC). Throughout, let $X$ be an infinite ...
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Generalization of Borel functional calculus
[Repost from https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4802593/generalization-of-borel-functional-calculus]
Let $A$ be a normal operator on a Hilbert space $V$. The continuous functional calculus gives ...
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Does convolution with $(1+|x|)^{-n}$ define an operator $L^p(\mathbb R^n) \to L^p(\mathbb R^n)$
Suppose that $f : \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^n$ is a locally integrable function. I am interested in the integral
$$ x \to \int_{\mathbb R^n} ( 1 + |y| )^{-n} f(x-y) \;dy $$
If the decay of the ...
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$L^2$ regularity theory for elliptic equations: Is there another method other that the difference quotient method? Reference request
So i'm interested in the following classical theorem or similar variants.
Consider the following elliptic PDE
$$
-D_\alpha(a^{ij}D_\beta u) = f.
$$
If we assume that the coefficients $a^{ij}$ are ...
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Computationally efficient solution for the measure of central tendency minimizing Lp loss for p > 1
We know that the measure of central tendency that minimizes the Lp loss is $\min_c \sum_{i=1}^n |x_i - c|^p$
For $p=1$ (L1 loss), this is the median. For $p=2$ (L2 loss), this is the mean. Both of ...
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Intuition behind right-inverse of map from Johnson-Lindenstrauss Lemma
The Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma states that for every $n$-point subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$ and each $0<\varepsilon\le 1$, there is a linear map $f:\mathbb{R}^d\to\mathbb{R}^{O(\log(n)/\varepsilon^...
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Possible research directions in analysis? [closed]
I am an undergraduate student who loves basic mathematics in the analysis branch, but I have learned that some directions, for example, harmonic analysis, are already well developed and difficult to ...
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Show that $\mathbb{K}\cong M_{n}(\mathbb{K})$ [closed]
I would like to show the following isomorphy but not sure how to go about this:
$\mathbb{K}\cong M_{n}(\mathbb{K})$
Also in Blackadar (Operator Algebras, page 171) he states that this isomorphism ...
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A Poincaré-like inequality
Is it true that for some real $K>0$ and all real $u\in C_0^\infty((0,1))$ we have
$$\int_0^1 (u'(x)^2+u(x)^2)\,dx\,\int_0^1 u(x)^2\,dx
\le K\Big(\int_0^1 x\,u'(x)^2\,dx\Big)^2\text{ ?}$$
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How to find partial derivatives of the Beta Function?
I was reading the book (Almost) Impossible Integrals, Sums and Series. The author used a method involving taking partial derivatives of the Beta Function to solve some integrals.
$$B(x,y)=\int_0^1u^{x-...
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A fractional weighted Poincaré inequality
Does there exists a constant $C>0$ such that
$$ \int_{-1}^1 \lvert x\rvert\lvert\partial_x u\rvert^2 \,dx \geq C\, \lVert u\rVert^2_{H^{1/2}((-1,1))},$$
for all $u\in C^{\infty}_0((-1,1))$?
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Nonlinear, 1st order system of PDEs with variables interchanged
(This question comes as a particular case with specific boundary conditions of the system shown in mathSE)
Consider the PDE system
$$
\begin{cases}
\xi_u^2+\eta_u^2=\left(1+\dfrac{\xi^2+\eta^2}{4} \...
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Definition and properties of tangent functional
I am reading Measures Which Agree on Balls by Hoffmann-Jørgensen and I am somewhat confused. Here, $E$ is a Banach space, $S$ is the unit sphere, and $x \in S$.
We let $\tau(x, \cdot)$ denote the ...
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Trace-class heat semigroups
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold and $\Delta_g$ its Laplace operator.
Let $\varphi$ be a test function on $\mathbf{R}_{>0}$. We define the operator on, say, $L^2(M)$
$$T_{\varphi}(u) :=...
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Compare the weight of $p\vee q$ and that of $p+q$
Let $M$ be a von Neumann algebra.
If it has a semifinite faithful normal trace $\tau$, then we have $\tau(p\vee q)\le \tau(p)+\tau(q)$.
However, for the weight (even a faithful normal state) $\omega$ ...
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Heat kernel and estimates
In the article by Hairer-Labbe (A simple construction of the continuum
parabolic Anderson model on $\mathbb{R}^2$), they used the following "well known" fact (picture below) in holder spaces....
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Bounded $C_0$-semigroups on barrelled spaces are equicontinuous
I have the following question: Let $X$ be a barrelled locally convex space (every absolutely convex, absorbing and closed set is a neighborhood of zero) and let $(T(t))_{t\geq0}$ be a $C_0$-semigroup, ...
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Dependence of Sobolev embedding theorem constant on smoothness
Assume that $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is "nice" enough and $k$ is a positive real number. Using the Sobolev embedding theorem, we can get that
$$
\|f\|_{W^{0,2d/(d-2k)}\ \ \ \ \ (\Omega)}...
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A Gaussian measure $\mu$ on $\mathcal{E}'(S^1)$ by Minlos theorem and its value for Sobolev spaces $H^{\alpha}(S^1)$
I posted this question on ME as "A Gaussian measure on $\mathcal{E}'(S^1)$ by Minlos Theorem and its value for $L^2(S^1)$",
but it seems much more nontrivial than I expected... so, I post an ...
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Equivalent characterization of weak derivative in Bochner space
Let $H$ be a hilbert space. A function $v\in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ is called the weak derivative of $u \in L_\text{loc}^1(0,T;H)$ iff
$$ \int_0^T u(t) \varphi'(t) \, dt = -\int_0^T v(t) \varphi(t) \, ...
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Friedrich's second inequality for functions with zero average
Friedrich's second inequality (or Maxwell Estimates or Gaffney’s inequality in the literature) is referred as follows: for all $\mathbf{u} \in H^1(\Omega)^2$ satisfying either $\mathbf{n} \cdot \...
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Conditional expectation as square-loss minimizer over continuous functions
It is well-known that the conditional expectation of a square-integrable random variable $Y$ given another (real) random variable $X$ can be obtained by minimizing the mean square loss between $Y$ and ...
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Density of linear subspaces in $C(K)$
Let $K$ be a compact Hausdorff space and denote by $C(K)$ the space of all real valued and continuous functions on $K$. We endow $C(K)$ with the supremum norm topology, making it a Banach space.
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