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Compact operators and projective tensor space
I know that the space of all the bounded linear maps between two Banach spaces, denoted by $L(X,Y)$, has a relationship with the projective tensor space of $X$ and $Y$,
$$({X \widehat\otimes_{\pi} Y})...
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Di Perna-Lions theory for transport equations with an additional integral operator
I'm looking for a reference about some possible generalization of the well-known Di Perna-Lions theory for transport equations (say, on $[0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^d$) of the form
\begin{align}
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When does a positive operator preserve invertibility
Let $\Omega_1,\Omega_2$ be compact Hausdorff spaces and let $P:C(\Omega_1)\longrightarrow C(\Omega_2)$ be a unital positive operator. I wanted to know if there is a necessary and sufficient condition ...
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Are bounded maps determined by their images on the algebraic tensor product?
Let $\mathcal A,\mathcal B,\mathcal C$ be von Neumann algebras. Let $F:\mathcal A\otimes\mathcal B\to\mathcal C$ be a bounded linear map. Assume $F(a\otimes b)=0$ for all $a,b\in\mathcal A,\mathcal B$....
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Solving Fokker–Planck equation
Consider the Fokker–Planck equation:
$${\displaystyle {\frac {\partial }{\partial t}}p(x,t)=-{\frac {\partial }{\partial x}}\left[\mu (x,t)p(x,t)\right]+{\frac {\partial ^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}}\left[D(...
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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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Holder continuity relative to Rellic-Kondrachov compactness via the nonlinear Aronsson operator
Connected to the question,
Does Morrey's inequality contextually relate to Rellic-Kondrachov compactness?
An analysis of the well-known nonlinear Aronsson operator gives $C^{(1, \frac{1}{3})}$ ...
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Weak $H^1$ convergence implies strong $L^p_{\text{loc}}$ convergence
On page 210 of Analysis by by Elliott H. Lieb, Michael Loss (GSM 14), there is a theorem stating that if $f_j \to f$ weakly in $H^1(\mathbb R^n)$ then $\mathbf 1_A f_j \to \mathbf 1_A f$ strongly in $...
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When is the heat semigroup Gibbs?
Defining the Laplacian on a region $Ω$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, under what conditions on the region (or any other possible assumptions) is the semigroup it generates Gibbs,...
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Dual of isometric copies into dual Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $X_1\xrightarrow{}X$ isometrically. Under some assumption can we guarantee that $X^*$ contains an isometric copy of $X_1^*$. I am also interested to know if this happens ...
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Certain decompositions of decomposable Banach spaces
Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a decomposable Banach space (i.e. a topological direct sum of infinite-dimensional subspaces, say $\mathcal{X}=\mathcal{A}\oplus\mathcal{B}$). Can one always obtain another ...
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Dual operator space
Suppose $E$ is an operator space and $E^*$ is the dual operator space. It is well known that the matricial norm structure on $E^*$ is given by the formula $\|[f_{ij}]_{i,j=1}^n\|_{M_n(E^*)}:=\sup\{\|...
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Regularity of semilinear parabolic PDE in the whole space
I need regularities in Holder space of the following parabolic PDE:
$$\partial_t v = \partial_{xx} v + \partial_{yy} v + \rho \partial_{xy} v - v \partial_x v + \partial_y v + F, \forall (x, y, t) \...
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Topology on upper semicontinuous functions and Baire one functions
Which is the standard topology on upper semicontinuous functions and on functions of Baire class one, in both cases defined on a compact real interval?
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Imbed Sobolev spaces of fractional order into Holder spaces?
This result exist (https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Imbedding_theorems ) for regular (i.e. not fractional) Sobolev spaces; looks like it's provable for fractional spaces through results for Besov ...
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Reference about the backward heat flow on closed manifold
On the paper: Bruce Kleiner, John Lott, Notes on Perelman's papers,
Geom. Topol. 12(5): 2587-2855 (2008). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2008.12.2587
The authors wrote the following statement:
(Here $-\Delta$ is ...
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Independence of variables predicted by the generator
Let $X$ be en compact metric set, and denote by $\mathcal{C}(X)$ the set of real continuous functions defined on $X$, endowed with the supremum norm $\|\cdot\|_{\infty}$. Let $\Omega$ be the generator ...
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Bound for the $\ell^3$ norm for the one-dimensional propagator
Problem: In Appendix (A.6) of Main paper is written
$$\lVert K(x; t_0, t_1, t_2, \frac{1}{2\pi}q_1,
\frac{1}{2\pi}q_2)\rVert_3 \leq \prod_{\nu=1}^{d} \lVert
p_{R^{\nu}}^{(d=1)}\rVert_3 \leq C
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Multiplication of a Riesz basis
Let ${(\phi_n(.),\psi_n(.))}_{n\geq 1}$ be a Riesz basis in $H^1_0(0,1) \times L^2(0,1)$.
My question is the following: If we multiply the basis by the matrix $e^{Mx}$, $x \in (0,1)$ where $M$ is a ...
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Fractional Laplacian for the product of two functions
Considering the following definition for the fractional Laplacian
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{pointwisedef} (-\Delta)^{s}u(x) & : = & \mathrm{ \mbox{p. v}} \quad a_{d,s} \int_{\mathbb{R}^d}\frac{...
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Explicit computation related to the fractional Laplacian
Suppose $$c_{n,s}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n} \frac{(u(x+y+z)-u(x+y)-u(x+z)-u(x))^2}{|y|^{n+2s}|z|^{n+2s}} dydz = C$$
for some constants $c_{n,s}$, $C$, and $s \in (0,1)$.
Is it true that $$u =...
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What is the standard terminology for the quantity $\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(\mu)} := \sqrt{\int_{\mathbb R^d}\|\nabla f(x)\|^2d\mu(x)}$?
Let $f:\mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$ be a continuously differentiable function and let $\mu$ be a probability measure on $\mathbb R^d$.
Question. What is the standard teminology for the quantity $\|\...
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Extending harmonic functions defined in the closure of a bounded smooth domain to some larger domain
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ where $N\geq 2$.
Consider the Laplace equation with a Neumann boundary condition
$$
-\Delta u = 0 \quad\mbox{in } \Omega, \qquad
\frac{\...
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Rigorous energy estimate for advection-diffusion equation
Let $a \in L^q([0,T];L^p(\mathbb R^N))$ with $2/q + N/p \le 1$ and
$q \in [2,\infty), p \in (N,\infty) \text{ if } N \ge 2$
$q \in [2,4], p \in [2,\infty] \text{ if } N = 1$
and consider the ...
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Eigenvalues of the Laplacian and min-max formula in any space dimension
In which reference book can I find a proof that the eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d \ge 1$ are given by
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\lambda_1 = \min_{u \in H^1_0(\Omega), \|...
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Spectral fractional Laplacian of power-function $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$ in $(0,1) \subset \mathbb R$
How can one compute the Neumann spectral fractional Laplacian of power function, $(-\Delta)^s x^{\alpha}$, with $\alpha >0$, in an interval $(0,1)$. I'm only aware of the formula in the whole space....
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The set of bounded lipschitz functions over a compact is barrelled but not a neighborhood of zero?
I recently learned that Banach spaces are barrelled, i.e any convex, balanced, absorbing and closed subset is a neighborhood of zero (wikipedia). I'm having trouble understanding why the following ...
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Definition of tensor product of dense subspaces of Hilbert spaces
Let $\mathscr{H}_{1}$ and $\mathscr{H}_{2}$ be Hilbert spaces. If $\psi_{1}\in \mathscr{H}_{1}$ and $\psi_{2}\in \mathscr{H}_{2}$, define $\psi_{1}\otimes \psi_{2}$ to be a function on $\mathscr{H}_{1}...
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Let $A,B,C$ be centrally-symmetric convex bodies. What is this function $G(x,y) := \sup_{b \in B}\inf_{a \in A} a^T x - b^T y + \|a-b\|_C$?
Let $A$, $B$, and $C$ be centrally-symmeric convex bodies in $\mathbb R^n$. Note that any such set can such set induces a norm $\|\cdot\|_C$ on $\mathbb R^n$ defined by $\|x\|_C := \sup_{c \in C}c^\...
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Example of a ‘weak’ ideal which is not an ideal?
For Hilbert spaces $H$ and $K$, let $V=B(H,K)(H \neq K)$. A sub space $I$ of $V$ is called an ideal of $V$ if $$IV^*V+VV^*I \subset I$$ and $I$ is called weak ideal of $V$ If $$\text{span}\{IV^*V-VV^*...
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Sufficient conditions for an asymptotic compactness
This question relates a theory of Mosco convergence.
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and $\mu$ a Borel measure on $X$.
A symmetric bilinear form $(\mathcal{E},\text{Dom}(\mathcal{E}))$ on $L^2(X,\...
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Some density properties about Sobolev periodic spaces
Let $L>0$ fixed. Consider the space
$$
\mathcal{P}:=\{f: \mathbb{R} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C} \; ; \; f \: \text{is infinitely differentiable and periodic with period}\: L\}.
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For $r \in \mathbb{...
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Help finding an article (now solved)
I'm searching for this article:
"Positive solutions for some quasilinear elliptic equations"
Communications on Applied Nonlinear Analysis 3 (1996), no. 4, 89–98.
by Michel Artola and Lucio ...
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Is a basis that almost diagonalizes a matrix 'close' to its eigenbasis?
Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be diagonalisable (over $\mathbb{C}$) with pairwise distinct eigenvalues $\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n\in\mathbb{C}$, and suppose that
$$\tag{1}S^{-1}\cdot A\cdot S = \...
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Average gap between zeros on the critical strip of the Riemann Zeta Function
Are there any approximations of the average gap between 2 successive zeros along the Riemann zeta functions critical strip up to the nth zero? If so, is it hypothesized that this average gap converges ...
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Can $\ell_1(E)$ be embedd into the dual of continuous function space?
Let $E$ be a compact seperable space, for example $E=[0,1]\subset\mathbb{R}$. Denote by
$$\ell_1(E):=\{u:=(u_x\in\mathbb{C}:x\in F):F\text{ is a countable subset of }E \text{ and } \|u\|_{\ell_1(E)}:=\...
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Bounding $(\int_{S^1}\left|\partial_r u(r\omega)\right|^2 d\omega)^{1/2}$ with $(\iint \frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{2+2s}} dxdy)^{1/2} $?
The following inequality is trivially true
$$\left(\int_{S^1}\left|\frac{\partial u}{\partial r}(r\omega)\right|^2 d\omega\right)^{1/2} \le \left(\int_{S^1}\left|\nabla u(r\omega)\right|^2 d\omega\...
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Sequence of functions tending to zero in L^2
Let us consider a sequence of functions $f_n : (0,1)\times (0,1) \to \mathbb{R}$ in $L^2((0,1)\times (0,1))$ satisfying the following condition:
$$
\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\int_{1/j}^{1 - 1/j}\...
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Optimization over the set of all bounded probability measures
Given $X$ finite, fix a continuous function $\theta \in \Delta^+ (X) \to [0,1]$, fix a probability measure $\mu^*$, and a $\varepsilon > 0$. Consider:
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\max_{\mu \in \Delta^+ (X)} \theta (\mu), \...
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Predual of $BMO(\mathbb{T}^d) $
In 1971, Fefferman characterized the predual of $BMO(\mathbb{R}^d)$ as the Hardy space $H^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$.
Is there a characterization of the predual of $BMO(\mathbb{T}^d$)?
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Variational formulation for an elliptic boundary value problem
I'm trying to determine the variational formulation of
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\begin{cases}
-\Delta u(\mathbf{x})=1, & \mathbf{x}\in (0,1)\times (0,1) \\
-\partial_{x}u(\mathbf{x})+c(\mathbf{x})u(\mathbf{x})=0, & ...
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Signed distance function
Let $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$ be an open and bounded set with uniform Lipschitz boundary. Consider the signed distance function:
$d:\mathbb{R}^N\to\mathbb{R},\ d(x)=\begin{cases} \mathrm{dist}(x,\...
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Positivity of solution for Fisher-Kolmogorov Equation
How can we prove that if $y=y(t,x)$ is the solution of the problem:
$$\begin{cases} \dfrac{\partial y}{\partial t}(t,x)-d\Delta y(t,x)=r(x)y(t,x)-\rho(x) y^2(t,x),\ (t,x)\in (0,T)\times \Omega \\ \...
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Convergence of characteristic functions vs. weak convergence of measures and the Ito-Nisio theorem
In section 2.6 of Linde's Probability in Banach Spaces: Stable and Infinitely Divisible Distributions the author is pointing out that in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces the convergence of ...
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A concave function as supremum of upper semi continuous is upper semi continuous
We define a affine(concave), upper semi continuous function and bounded function $f:X \to \mathbb{R}$, where $X \subset \mathbb{R}^{k}$ is compact and convex set. Assume that $T$ is an affine and ...
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$L^p$ estimate for perturbed heat equation
Let us consider the heat equation
$$
\begin{cases}
u_t + f(u)_x - u_{xx} = 0 & x \in (-1,1), \quad t >0\\
u(t,-1) = a(t), \\
u(t,1) = b(t), \\
u(0,x) = u_0(x)
\end{cases}
$$
where $f \in C^\...
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A noncontinous algebra map between Banach algebras
What is an example of two Banach algebras $A$ and $B$, and an algebra map $\phi:A \to B$ which is not continuous?
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Encoding numbers with relationship into one and back
Given a set of many variables $S=\{x_1,x_2, ...., x_i\}$, and any subset $S'$ of $S$, I need a function $f$ which maps $S'$ to a value $x$ and a function $f'$ which maps $x$ back to set $S'$.
I know ...
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Is A an amenable $C^{*}$-algebra?
Let $A$ be $C^{*}$-algebra. Suppose that, for any $\epsilon > 0$ and finite subset $F \subset A$, there are an amenable $C^{*}$-subalgebra $B \subset A$, contractive completely positive linear maps ...
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Metric obstructions for area-preserving diffeomorphisms with constant singular values
Let $\mathbb{T}^2$ be the topological $2$-dimensional torus, and let $0<\sigma_1 < \sigma_2$ satisfy $\sigma_1 \sigma_2=1$. Let $g$ be an arbitrary smooth Riemannian metric on $\mathbb{T}^2$.
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