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Ordering of completely bounded maps

Let A be a C*-algebra, let H be a Hilbert space, and let $T:A\rightarrow B(H)$ be a completely bounded (cb) map (that is, the dilations to maps $M_n(A)\rightarrow M_n(B(H))$ are uniformly bounded). ...
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Subspace where an operator is positive

Given a self-adjoint operator $\hat{T}$ on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$, and assuming it has a basis of eigenvectors $\{\phi_n\}$ such that $\hat{T}\phi_n=\lambda_n\phi_n$, one can consider the ...
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Numerical solution

Last time, I asked this question but after discussing with some friends, I have given up finding closed-form solutions. Now I have a simpler question.Let $g_i: i=1,2$ be $C^2 =C^{2}(-\infty,\infty)$ ...
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Neumann problem in case f=1

Is there a solution to the following problem? $-\Delta u = 1$ in $\Omega$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} = 0$ on $\partial \Omega$. where $\Omega$ is bounded.
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What is the origin of the metrization problem for compact convex sets?

The following is an ``old question in analysis:'' Is it true that every perfectly normal compact convex subset of a locally convex topological vector space is metrizable? Here perfectly normal means ...
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Isomorphisms of group extensions arising from antisymmetric forms

Let $V,W$ be topological vector spaces and fix continuous antisymmetric bilinear forms $\omega_1:V\times V\to \mathbb{R}$, $\omega_2:W\times W\to\mathbb{R}$. Since $\omega_1$ is a 2-cocycle (in fact ...
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parabolic PDE with pseudomonotone operators

I am looking for a reference where well-posedness of problems $$u_t + A(t)u = f$$ is addressed via the Galerkin method where $A$ is a pseudomonotone operator. I am aware that Roubicek's book ...
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non-closed weak graph limit of symmetric operators

Hi Everyone, I was recently reading Reed & Simon's functional analysis textbook (the first volume), and it mentions casually on page 294 that weak graph limits of a sequence of symmetric ...
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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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Does there exist a base $\{e_j\}_{j\geq 1}$ of $H(\Omega)$ such that $\{e_j\}_{j\geq 1}$ is linearly independent in $L^2(\omega)^d$?

Does there exist a base $\{e_j\}_{j\geq 1}$ of $H(\Omega)$ such that $\{e_j\}_{j\geq 1}$ is linearly independent in $L^2(\omega)^d$? Where $\omega\subset\subset \Omega$ with $\Omega$ is a $C^2$ ...
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Need help with references on the status of a "Littlewood Problem"

The "Littlewood Problem" in the title asks for a characterization of finite sequences n1< ...< nk of integers such that zn1+zn2+...+znk≠0 for any complex number z of unit modulus. Does ...
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Boundedness of Integral

Suppose we operate on the unit simplex $\Delta \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ with $0$ as a corner point. Define the integral $$ Iu(x):=\int_0^1 t^{|\beta|-1}x^\beta u(tx)\mathrm{d}t,\quad x\in \Delta $$ and ...
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Is there any result discribing the value of the correlation of a measurable function of `$X$` and itself: `$corr(f(X),X)$` ?

Let $X$ be a random variable, and $f$ a measurable function. Is there any particular relationship between the expression of $f$ and $corr(f(X),X)$? BACKGROUND The background of asking the value of $...
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Regularity of simplices, part deux

This question is directly inspired by Pietro Majer's question and my answer to it. One can define a simplex, and the dihedral angles thereof in an infinite dimensional Hilbert space (one has to take ...
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Particular types of basis on a normed vector space of finite dimension

Is it true that on every normed vector space $V$ of dimension $n$ there exists a basis of norm $1$ vectors $v_i$, such that $\|\sum_{i=1}^n\epsilon_iv_i\|\geq 1$ for all possible combinations of $\...
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strong stability for the wave equation

Consider the $n-$dimensional wave equation $$z_{tt}=\Delta z + k(x) z - \epsilon {1}_\omega z_t, \; in \; \Omega\times (0,T)$$ where $\omega\subset \Omega.$ Can I have $z(t) \to 0,$ as $t\to+\infty$ ...
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An analogue of an old proposition

For the absolute value $|C|=(C^*C)^\frac{1}{2}$ and the Hilbert-Schmidt norm $\parallel C\parallel_{HS}=(trC^*C)^\frac{1}{2}$ of the operator $C$. The following inequality is shown by Araki et al in ...
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Inequality involving BV norm and a regularizing kernel

In the same article by Benoit Perthame: http://www.mendeley.com/research/uniqueness-error-estimates-first-order-quasilinear-conservation-laws-via-kinetic-entropy-defect-measure/# (related to this ...
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variational problem under convexity constraints

I wonder if there is any method to compute variational problems subject to certain shape constraints (e.g., convexity, monotonicity, etc.). The literature I found on this topic (which I am no expert ...
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When can closedness of the range of an operator be checked on a positive cone?

Let $T:X\to Y$ be an operator between Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$. Assume that $X$ has a positive cone $C\subset X$, which generates $X$: every element of $X$ can be written as a difference of elements ...
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A result about Fredholm operator

When I read the article "Index Theory" in Handbook of global analysis, I meet a result as below(Corollary 2.13): If every $F_0\in \mathcal {F}(H_1,H_2)$, there is an open neighborhood $U_0\subseteq \...
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Spectrum of an operator arising in a dynamical problem

(Question edited according to Denis Serre comment). While studying the action of dilating map of the circle on probability measures, I ran across the following operator: $$\mathcal{K}^* : L^2_0(\mu)\...
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Variation of a function

There are probably some of you guys who already know some of the terms that I am going to use so in order to be not so boring I will put the definition to the end. Let $f$ be a piecewise expanding ...
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Reference request - spectral radius formula for linear transformations in char p

I am finishing up a paper and I would like to be able to quote a theorem that does what is said in the title. To be specific let me introduce some notations: ${\bf F}$ is a local field of ...
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Boundedness criterion for operators on mixed Lebesgue spaces

Define the mixed Lebesgue space $l_{p,q}$ as the space of all doubly indexed sequences ${\bf a}= (a(i,j))_{i,j\in\mathbb{Z}}$ such that ...
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Notion of simplicity of a function(al)

Given a function (functional actually) $f(x,g(x))$, can a notion of simplicity be attached with respect to the function $g(x)$? (all functions and args are real). Specifically, intuitively one could ...
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A differential equation

let $g(s)$ be real-valued function defined on $[0,T]$ such that $g(T)=0$ and suppose that $g$ is a "nice function" Assume that $0<\gamma<1$, $v$ is a positive number, and $$\frac{dg}{ds}+(v\...
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What functorial topologies are there on the space of linear maps between LCTVS?

Setup: we consider the category of locally convex topological vector spaces with morphisms as continuous linear maps. This time, I'm explicitly allowing the axiom of choice (or at least the Hahn-...
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Convergence of Affine Transformations

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could point me to any sources regarding the convergence of iterated affine transformation, i.e. sequences where {a_n} is a set of affine transforms and the sequence: ...
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A matrix minimisation problem

Feel free to edit the title! Suppose A is a C*-algebra and $a,b\in A$ are self-adjoint. I'd be very happy with A being just $n\times n$ matrices. Question: If there are $t\in\mathbb R$ and $\...
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About the boundedness of the derivative of a function which is in a special function space.

If $f \in C^1 ([0,T] , L^2) \cap C^0 ([0,T] , W^{1,2} )$, $f (t,x) : bounded\; on \; [0,T] \times \Bbb R^n $ then how can I conclude that $$ \left \| \frac{\partial f}{\partial t} \right \|_{L^\...
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A slightly subcritical elliptic equation on the ball; blow-up behavior near zero

I am interested in positive ground state solutions of the following elliptic pde: $-\Delta u(x) = u(x)^{p-\epsilon} $ in the unit ball $B$ in $ R^N$ with $ u=0$ on $ \partial B$. Here $ p:=\...
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Why is a smooth weak solution strong for stationary linear Stokes problem with zero-traction boundary condition?

Can anyone provide me with a reference giving details on how smooth generalized solutions of the stationary linear Stokes problem can be shown to be classical solutions when a zero-traction boundary ...
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Regularity properties of the derivatives of a particular function on $D \times D\to \bar{D} $ ?

This question might sound a little less rigorously formulated, but I hope the question still makes sense. Let $h: S^1 \to S^1$ be an oriention-preserving homeomorphism and let $p(z,t) = \frac{1}{2\...
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Invariant linear manifolds for multiplication by the independent variable in L^2 (R)

In general I am trying to determine when the self-adjoint operator $M$ of multiplication by the independent variable in $L^2 (\mathbb{R})$ has a symmetric restriction to a dense linear manifold (non-...
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Finer properties of a sequence of harmonic functions

This was a question that arose for me when I was thinking about how one proves strong unique continuation for elliptic equations. I never could come up with a satisfactory answer. Background: When ...
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Direct integrals and fields of operators

Suppose we have a measure space $(X,\mu)$ and a measurable field of Hilbert spaces $H_x$ on it. We can form the direct integral ${\cal{H}} = \int H_x \ d \mu$, which is a Hilbert space. Suppose now ...
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compactness related to some distance defined on the space of increasing functions2

Let $I=[0,1]$ and denote by $C^{+}(I)$ the space of continuous increasing functions. Can we find a distance $d$ for $C^+(I)$ such that the set of the form $$d(f,g)\rightarrow 0\Longrightarrow f(1)\...
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Loynes spaces, also called pseudo-Hilbert spaces

Let me first define my object: First, a locally convex space $Z$ is called admissible in the sense of Loynes if $Z$ is complete There is a closed convex cone in $Z$, called $Z_+$, satisfying (for $x\...
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Description of the norm of certain interpolation space

Dear all, I suspect that there should be some detailed description of the norm (or of the unit ball) of the following complex interpolation space (for any $0< \theta < 1$): $$\Big(B(\ell_1^n, \...
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Seeking reference - criterion for the existence of a positive linear functional on an ordered vector space below a given function

The following surely appears somewhere, I would greatly appreciate a reference. (The aim is to get a measure via Riesz representation, but that has nothing to do with the statement.) Let $X$ be an ...
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Mappings preserving convex compactness

Let $H$ be a Hilbert space. How can one describe continuous mappings $F:H \to H$ that satisfy the following condition: There exist two elements $c$, $F(c) \neq c$ and a convex compact $M$ containing ...
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General form of a symplectic map

A symplectic automorphism of a Hilbert space has the form $T=U(\cosh S+J\sinh S)$ for a unitary $U$, an antilinear involution $J$ and a positive operator $S$. In fact a version of this goes through in ...
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Density of Dolean exponentials in L2 and Wiener Measure

Assume that W is the classical Wiener space C([0,1],R) note $\mu$ the Wiener measure, and denote by $\mu_s$ the image of $\mu$ under the maping $T: W ->W$ such that$ T(w)= \sqrt(s) w$ . Denote by $...
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Extension of positive operators and Bauer-Namioka

When $X$ is a vector subspace of an ordered vector space $A$, any positive linear functional $f: X \to R$ extends to all of $A$ as a positive linear functional provided one can find a nonvoid, ...
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Weakened conditions on the smoothness of the domain in the regularity and a priori estimate of Agmon, Douglis, and Nirenberg for elliptic systems

I have read in a couple of places (e.g. An Introduction to PDEs by Renardy and Rogers, p.309) that the smoothness hypotheses on the domain in the a priori estimate of Agmon, Douglis, and Nirenberg for ...
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Fredholmness and invertibility in a C* algebra generated convolution-type operators

Let $PC$ be the algebra of complex-valued, piecewise-continuous functions from $[-\infty,+\infty]$, $SO$ be the algebra of bounded, continuous, complex-valued functions on $\mathbb R$ which are slowly ...
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Maximal length vector under constraints

Consider a criculant symmetric $M$ an $n \times n$ matrix with $0$ and $1$ entries and $r$ entries of $1$ in each row with the diagonal values taken as $1$. I am looking for a $0-1$ vector $v$ with ...
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Extension of $S_+$ type operators

Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space and $G\subset X$ a open bounded set. Let $F:\overline{G}\rightarrow X^\star$ be a $S_+$ operator, i.e., if for any sequence $x_n$ in $G$ for which $x_n\...
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Multi-completely monotone functions

Consider a $C^{\infty}$ nonnegative function $f(x,y,z)$, $x,y,z>0$ and let $\lambda f(\lambda x, \lambda y,\lambda z) \equiv f(z,y,z)$ for any $\lambda > 0$ (positive homogenity). Define $$ g_{...
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