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Supremum of sums of functions in $L^1$ taking random signs
Consider the Banach space $X=L^1([0,1])$, and let $n\gg1$ and $x_1, ..., x_n$ be any points in the unit sphere of $X$.
Is there any reasonable lower bound for $$\sup_{(\epsilon_i)_{i=1}^n \in \{-1,+1\}...
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About Carleson measures on the Hardy space on the bidisc
I have been reading the paper "Carleson Measures in Hardy and Weighted Bergman Spaces of Polydiscs" by F. Jafari and there are a few things that going on that I am not entirely convinced of.
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Does quadratic asymptotic growth imply log-Sobolev inequality?
Let $f : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow [0,\infty)$ be a smooth function and consider $h$ s.t $h(\vec{x}) = f(\vec{x}) + \lambda \Vert \vec{x} \Vert^2$.
Does this imply that irrespective of any other ...
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Mean field equations in different form
Let $M$ be a compact Riemann surface with volume $1$, $h$ be a continuous positive function on $M$, and $\rho$ be a real number. Consider the following nonlinear equation:
$$
\Delta_g u+\rho\left(\...
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What properties does representing measure $\mu$ for $z\in\mathbb{D}^n$ has to satisfy so that $\nu=0$ is the only measure singular with respect to it?
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on the $\sigma$-Borel set $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{D}^n)$.
We say that $\mu$ is a representing measure for some point $z \in \mathbb{D}^n$, if
$$\forall_{u \in A(\...
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Do projections in an $AW^\ast$-algebra form an orthomodular lattice?
I’m currently studying orthomodular lattices arising out of operator algebras. One of the most standard examples is the projection lattice of a von Neumann algebra - if $M$ acts on a Hilbert space $H$,...
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Equivalence of Sobolev norms for smooth functions with compact support
Let $f\in C^\infty_c([0,1]^n)$, then we can extend it to a $1$-periodic smooth function $\tilde f$. We define the fourier transform (series) of $f$ ($\tilde f$):$$
\hat f(\xi):=\int e^{2\pi i x\cdot \...
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Spectral theory of compact operator for quasi-Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $Y\subset X$ be a quasi-Banach space (with compact inclusion). Suppose $T:X\to X$ is a compact operator such that $1$ is not its eigenvalue and $T|_{Y}:Y\to Y$ is ...
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Solutions and asymptotics of the ODE $ f''=f^{-\alpha} $
Consider the ODE $ f''=f^{-\alpha} $, where $ \alpha>1 $ and $ f>0 $ in $ \mathbb{R} $. Assume that for $ [f]_{\frac{2}{\alpha+1}}\leq A $, where $ A>0 $ is a constant and
$$
[f]_{\frac{2}{\...
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Pullback by surjective submersion is injective?
Denote by $\mathcal{D}'_X$ the sheaf of distributions on a smooth manifold $X$.
Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds and $\Phi: M \to N$ a submersion. Then $\Phi$ defines a unique morphism of sheaves $\...
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Positivity for the mild solution of a heat equation on the torus
Consider the following linear parabolic equation in one spatial dimension for $u=u(x,t)$ on the one-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^1,$ meaning $x \in \mathbb{T}^1$ and $t \in (0, T]:$
$$ \partial_t u- ...
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Does a bounded positive modular sesquilinear form on a $C^\ast$-algebra induces an element of its multiplier algebra?
This is a question that originates from my attempt at this question. Specifically, for a $C^\ast$-algebra $A$, I am attempting to construct a map $\phi: A \times A \to A$ s.t.,
$\phi$ is sesquilinear,...
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Parabolic smoothing for semilinear PDE
Consider the semilinear energy-critical parabolic PDE in $\mathbb{R}^3$
\begin{align}
\partial_t u &= \Delta u + |u|^{4/(n-2)}u = \Delta u + u^5\\
u(0,x) &= u_0\in \smash{\dot{H}}^1(\mathbb{R}^...
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Is there a good or commonly accepted short notation for the set of differentiable, but not necessarily continuously differentiable maps?
Every once in a while I find myself in need of some short notation for the set of differentiable, but not continuously differentiable maps, say, $X \to Y$. Always having to specify "...
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Semiclassical limit of spectral gap of Schrödinger operators with nonsmooth potential
Let $\Omega$ be a connected compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$. It is well known that for a smooth potential $V:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ that has a unique nondegenerate minimum $V(0) = 0$, the operator $H ...
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Is it really interesting to prove well-posedness of unsolved SPDE?
Lots of nonlinear SPDE remained open for decades (especially the non-deterministic ones in higher dimensions because of the regularity of the noise) until Hairer's breakthrough (regularity structures),...
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On a possible generalization of heat kernel semigroups on Lie groups
Let $G$ be a compact matrix Lie group with Haar measure $\mu$. Then the heat kernel $\rho: G\times (0,\infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfies
(1) $\rho(g_1g_2,t)=\rho(g_2g_1,t)$ for all positive $t$,...
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"Symbolic powers" of exterior differential systems
Let $M$ be a smooth manifold, $\mathscr I\subseteq\Omega(M)$ an exterior differential system (i.e. a homogeneous differential ideal in the exterior algebra). We can consider the ordinary ideal powers $...
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Fredholm index of degenerate elliptic PDE
We consider the following degenerate elliptic PDE on the unit ball $B\subset \mathbb{R}^n$:
$$
L(u):= -\operatorname{div}(a \, \nabla u) = 0,
$$
where $a\in C^\infty(B;[0,+\infty))$ satisfies $a(0)=0$...
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N-soliton, The Lax operator and the transmission coefficient
I'm interested in the soliton stability result given in HERBERT KOCH and DANIEL TATARU's paper
"MULTISOLITONS FOR THE CUBIC NLS IN 1-D AND THEIR
STABILITY", published in IHES. However, I ...
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Compactness with respect to topology induced by total-variation distance
I've been working on a problem and at some point in the proof I need to show that the following set $$\left\{\mu \in \mathcal{P}_{ac}(\mathbb R^d): \int \varphi(x)\mu(\mathrm{d}x)\leq C\right\}$$
is ...
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A certain solution for Sine-Gordon Equation
I'm stuck at a seemingly easy problem but I don't know how to approach it (partially due to the shape of the sine-Gordon equation). Let's say that $\omega(u,v)$ is a solution of the sine-Gordon ...
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Nodal domain theorem for clamped plate equation
Let $\lambda_k$ and $\varphi_k$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue and a corresponding eigenfunction of the clamped plate equation in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N \geq 2$.
That is, $\...
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On a 3D Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality
It is well known that there exists a constant $C$ such that
$$\forall f\in C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^3), \quad
\Vert f\Vert_{L^6(\mathbb R^3)}\le C\Vert \nabla f\Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R^3)}.
\tag{$\ast$}$$
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Literature request: Covariance operators for Gaussian measures
I am looking to answer the question:
If $\mathcal{B}$ is a separable Banach space and $R: \mathcal{B}^*\to\mathcal{B}$ is a symmetric and positive operator, then $\phi: \mathcal{B}^*\to\mathbb{R}, \...
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Interpolation-extrapolation scales of H. Amann
I am currently reading H. Amann's notes titled "Nonhomogeneous linear and quasilinear elliptic and parabolic boundary value problems", and I have a question regarding the abstract ...
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Constrained optimization over a set of functions
How to approach the following optimization problem:
$$\text{minimize }\int_0^1 f(x) \, dx$$
over all (integrable) real-valued functions $f$ on $[0,1]$ satisfying
$$1-x_1 x_2 \leq f(x_1)f(x_2)\text{ ...
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Dimensionality reduction for total variation
Let $P_i,Q_i$, $i\in[n]$,
be distributions on a finite set $\Omega$.
We will use $P^\otimes_{i\in[n]}$ to denote $n$-fold products of distributions.
For each $i\in[n]$, define the
dimensionally-...
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Comparison principle for a type of PDE with Neumann condition on a unbounded domain
We define a domain
$$\Gamma = \{(x_1, x_2, y) \in \mathbf R^3: x_1 < y\}.$$
Consider a PDE with $(x_1, x_2, y) := (x, y)$
$$\frac{1}{2} \Delta_x v(x, y) + b(x) \cdot D_x v(x, y) - v(x, y) + L(x) = ...
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Existence of pairwise quasi-complementary but not complementary subspaces
Let $𝑋$ be an infinite-dimensional Banach space (complex or real). A subspace of $𝑋$ means a closed linear submanifold. Subspaces $M$ and $N$ of $X$ are quasi-complementary if $M\cap N=\{0\}$ and $M+...
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Analytic function with values in $L^1$
Suppose that $(\Omega, \Sigma, \mu)$ is a measure space.
Let $D$ be the unit open disk and $F : D \rightarrow L^1(\mu)$ be an analytic function. Is it true that for a.e. $w \in \Omega$ the function $F(...
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Interpolation of Sobolev spaces with constraints
Let us consider a real interval $[0, L]$, with $a\in (0, L)$, and let $I_1=(0, a)$ and $I_2=(a, L)$. We denote by $H^k(I_1)$ and $H^k(I_2)$ the usual Sobolev spaces, defined for $k\in \mathbb{N}$. Now,...
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Infinite direct sum decomposition of the heat semigroup on $\mathbb{R}^n$
Consider the heat semigroup $Q_t$ on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ generated by the Laplace operator $\Delta=\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2_i}$. Does there exist a direct sum decomposition
$$\oplus_{...
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Compactness of bounded index solutions of the Yamabe problem
Consider, a closed Riemannian manifold $ (M^n,g) $ , $ n \geq 3 $, with positive Yamabe invariant: $$ 0< Y(M, [g]):= \inf_{0<v \in H^1} Q_g(v), $$ where $$ Q_g(v) = \inf_{0 <v \in H^1} \...
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$H^2$-elliptic regularity (up to the boundary) for operators with lower order terms for Lipschitz/convex domains
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain which is Lipschitz or convex. Given an elliptic operator of the form
$$\langle Au, v \rangle = a_{ij}u_{x_i}v_{x_j} + b_i u_{x_i}v + cuv$$
are there any elliptic ...
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Boundedness of sequences and cardinality
Let $X$ be a set of sequences of real numbers that converge to zero with the property that for any unbounded sequence of real numbers $(y_n)$, there is a sequence $(x_n)$ in $X$ for which the ...
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Separability is an interpolation property
I'm trying to prove that certain space, which can be obtained as an interpolation space, is separable. The fact that is separable is well known but i want to simplify it via interpolation. I haven't ...
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What is the spectrum of this differential operator?
My self-adjount differential operator $L$ is defined by $$L f(x) \equiv u(x) \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} \left( u(x) f(x) \right)$$ where $u(x)$ is a known but arbitrary smooth function that ...
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$L^{1}$-convergence to steady states for an advection-diffusion equation on the half real line
I consider the following problem on the half real line
$$
\begin{cases}
u_t = u_{xx} + u_x, & \quad t > 0, \, x > 0, \\[2mm]
-u_x|_{x=0} = u|_{x=0}, & \quad t > 0, \, x = 0, \\[2mm]
u|...
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Geometric interpretation of a Grammian-like function
Let $\mathbf{v}, \mathbf{w} \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and consider the following function $f : \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$:
$$
f(\mathbf{v},\mathbf{w}) = \|\mathbf{v}\|\|\mathbf{w}...
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Finiteness of the moments of the Malliavin derivative of the stochastic heat equation
I am studying section 2.4.2 from Nualart's book "The Malliavin calculus and related topics" on the stochastic heat equation. I have some questions on the validity of some estimates for the ...
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The tensor product of two Fredholm operators
What can be said about the tensor product $T\otimes S$ of two Fredholm operators $T:X_1\to Y_1$ and $S:X_2 \to Y_2$ where $X_1,X_2,Y_1, Y_2$ are Banach spaces and tensor product of ...
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Operator norm of some type of discrete Fourier matrix
Let $N$ be a natural number and let $w$ be a complex number.
We define the $N\times N$ matrix $C_w=(a_{k,l})_{k,l=1}^N$ as follows,
$$
a_{k,l}=\begin{cases}1 & l=k+1\\
w &...
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Compactness and Leray-Schauder degree
What's the relationship between compactness of solutions in partial differential equations (PDEs) and the Leray-Schauder degree?
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Nonlinear quadratic Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients
Consider the following quadratic Schrödinger equation in $Q_T = \Omega \times [0,T]$:
$$\begin{cases}
i \partial_t u + \kappa(x,t) \Delta u + \beta(x,t) u^2 = f(x,t)\\
u(x,0) = ...
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Well-posedness for linear transport equations with fractional diffusion term
I have a rather applied problem where I consider an equation of the form
$$ \partial_{t} u + V\cdot \nabla u = -(-\Delta)^s u, \quad (t,x) \in (0,\infty)\times \mathbf{R}^d, \quad u(0,x) = u_0. {}$$
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Expectation comparison inequality for concave function of symmetric random variables
Suppose that $X_i$, $i\in[n]$ are
independent symmetric
random variables. I think the conjectured result holds in greater generality, but we can additionally assume that each $X_i$ takes the values $\...
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Extension of Sobolev function defined on unit cube
Im wondering about theorems concerning extending Sobolev functions defined on the $d$-dimensional unit cube to all of $\mathbb{R}^d$. More precisely, given $f:[0,1]^d \to \mathbb{R}$ with $f\in H^k([0,...
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A continuous analogue of the notion of Hilbert basis
Let $X$ be a locally compact space, let $H$ be a Hilbert space and let $\beta:X\to H$ be a continuous function such that the linear subspace of $H$ spanned by $\beta(X)$ is dense in $H$. I would like ...
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Envelopes of functions with respect to some convex cone $\mathcal{F}$
Let's say we are given a function $f:\mathbb R ^d\to \mathbb R$ continuous. Assume that $\mathcal F$ is a convex cone of continuous functions ($\mathbb R^d$ to $\mathbb R$) closed under maxima. I am ...
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