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Does a Banach algebra version of "the sum of a closed subspace and a finite dimensional subspace is always closed" exist?
In the setting of Banach spaces, it is well know that if $M$ is a closed subspace of a Banach space $X$ and $F$ is a finite dimensional subspace of $X$, then $M+F$ is closed.
Does a Banach algebra ...
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Solving $X$ for prescribed $\operatorname{div}(X)$ of compact support
Let $f \in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^3)$ be a smooth scalar function of compact support. I would like to find a smooth vector field $X : \mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3$ satisfying $\operatorname{div}(X) = ...
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Green function of an elliptic operator
Let $L$ be an elliptic operator on $\Bbb C$ with
$$\DeclareMathOperator{\Img}{Im}
L^{-1}f(z)=\int_{\Bbb {C}}K_1(|z-w|^2)f(w) e^{i\cdot\Img\langle z,\overline{w}\rangle} \, dw
$$ where $K_1$ is the ...
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How big is the class of all closed range bounded linear operator?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces and let $CR(X,Y)$ denote the set $B(X,Y)$ of all bounded linear maps from $X$ to $Y$ with $T(X)$ closed in $Y$. Certainly $CR(X,Y)$ is not open in $B(X,Y)$ as given ...
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Reference request: Parabolic Schauder estimates for the heat equation with $f \in L^\infty$
Let us consider the heat equation
$$\partial_t u - \Delta u = f(x, t) \quad \text{in }Q_R $$
where $Q_R = B_R \times (-R^2,0].$ I would like to know the kind of regularity we should expect of $u$ if ...
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How to understand "sparse graph limits"
For an $n$-vertex graph $G$, we say it is a sparse graph if $e(G)=o(n^2)$. Otherwise if $e(G)=\theta (n^2)$, we say it is a dense graph.
For a sequence of dense graphs $G_1,G_2,\dots,$ we know that it ...
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Higher (BV) regularity of solutions to Poisson equation with Radon measure right-hand side?
I am trying to understand higher regularity for solutions to Poisson's equation when the right-hand side is a Radon measure. In particular:
$$\begin{cases}
\Delta u = \mu \text{ in } \Omega\\
u = 0\...
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Cohomology of the complex of differential forms with Schwartz coefficients
Let $U$ be an open manifold (say an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ for simplicity). Denote by $\mathscr{S}(U)$ the space of Schwartz functions on $U$. Schwartz functions are defined as usual to be ...
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About Friedrichs historical contribution to QFT cited in Reed and Simon
In the Reed and Simon book, Appendix X.7, they mention that Friedrichs provided the first examples of inequivalent representations of the canonical commutation relations via the Weyl relations in the ...
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Surjectivity of kernel operator with kernel in $L^1(\nu \times \mu)$
Let $ \mu $ and $ \nu $ be two finite and non discrete measures. Let's begin with a well-known fact. Let $ k \in L^2(\nu \otimes \mu) $, then we can define an operator $ \tilde{T} $ as follows:
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Reference dual Dirichlet space $D^1$
Let $\mathbb{D} = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| < 1 \}$ be the unit disk. The Bergman space $A^1 = A^1(\mathbb{D})$ is the Banach space of holomorphic functions on $\mathbb{D}$ such that
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\|f\|_{A^1} ...
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Showing $\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\left\|a^2\right\|}{\|a\|^2}\leq \inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\|\hat{a}\|_{\infty}}{\|a\|}$ in a commutative banach algebra
Suppose $A$ is a commutative Banach algebra, and let $u=\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\left\|a^2\right\|}{\|a\|^2}$, $v=\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{r(a)}{\|a\|}$ ($r(a)$ is the spectral radius of $a$). I need to ...
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Inverse function theorem for $W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}$ functions
Let $n\ge 2$, $f:B_1\subset \mathbb R^n\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$, $f\in W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}(B_1)$, $\text{det}(Df)>c>0$, where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Can we show that $f$ is a homeomorphism ...
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Is the image of a complemented subspace complemented?
This question has been crossposted from mathstackexchange:
Let $X, Y$ be two Banach spaces and $T:X\to Y$ a continuous surjection. Assume $Z$ is a complemented subspace of $X$ and that $T(Z)$ is ...
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$S^{n}(V)$ is "approximately" $V$ when $n$ goes to infinity (in the setting of normed space)
Let $B$ be a (separable) Banach space. $(v_{i})_{i}, i\in\mathbb{N}$ being a family of linear independent vectors. $V$ being the span of $v_{i}$. I try to prove that $V$ is dense in $B$. I define a ...
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On elliptic operators on non-compact manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be a (connected, oriented) Riemannian manifold and $E$ some finite-rank $\mathbb{R}$- or $\mathbb{C}$-vector bundle equipped with some (positive-definite) inner product on the level of (...
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Topology on space of hyperfunctions
This is a reference request, coming from someone with little knowledge of hyperfunctions:
Which methods have been used to endow the space of hyperfunctions $\mathcal B(\mathbb R)$ with something like ...
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Can you always extend an isometry of a subset of a Hilbert Space to the whole space?
I remember that I read somewhere that the following theorem is true:
Let $A\subseteq H$ be a subset of a real Hilbert space $H$ and let $f : A \to A$ be a distance-preserving bijection, i.e. a ...
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Strong Ditkin sets in the Fourier algebra
What is the definition of a Ditkin set (resp. a strong Ditkin set) for the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ of a locally compact (not necessarily abelian) group $G$?
More specifically, let $E$
be a closed ...
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Dual space of local Sobolev space on a manifold
$\newcommand{\comp}{\mathrm{comp}}$As part of my master's thesis, I am currently learning about Sobolev spaces on manifolds. From my research online, I found out, that there are a lot of ways to ...
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What does analytic uniformly in $s$ mean?
Suppose I have a complex vector space $V$ with finite basis $\{e_{1},...,e_{s}\}$. Then, I can consider the algebra $\mathcal{U}$ of formal polynomials on the variables $e_{1},...,e_{s}$. Suppose ...
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Can two drums almost sound the same?
Let $D\subset \mathbb R^2$ be a region and let $\Lambda=\{\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots\}$ be the set of eigenvalues of the Laplacian $-\Delta$ (with boundary condition $\psi=0$ on $\partial D$).
Mark Kac,...
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Compactness of set of measurable functions between compact subspaces of real numbers
Let $X$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $Y$ be a convex and compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^p$. Consider $\mathcal{F}$ the set of all measurable functions from $X$ to $Y$. Can I find ...
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Convergence and sequential compactness for nonlinear operators
I have a family of operators $T_n\colon X \to Y$ where $X,Y$ are Hilbert spaces. These operators are nonlinear.
What kind of notions of convergence does one have for such operators? I'm specifically ...
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A sensible topology on the space of continuous linear maps between Fréchet spaces
Let $V_1$ and $V_2$ be Fréchet spaces. Let $\{ \lVert \cdot \rVert_{1,n} \}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a family of seminorms for $V_1$ and similarly $\{ \lVert \cdot \rVert_{2,n} \}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ ...
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Can the trace be computed in any Schauder basis?
I'm cross-posting this question from Math.SE, as it didn't get much attention there.
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and $T \in L(H)$ a trace-class operator. It is well known that the trace of $T$...
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Mutual metric projection
Given a subset $S\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, the metric projection associated with $S$ is a function that maps each point $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ to the set of nearest elements in $S$, that is $p_S(x) = \arg ...
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The contractivity of the time derivative of the heat semigroup in $L^p$ spaces
Let $M$ be a complete manifold. The heat semigroup $e^{-tL}$ is bounded on $L^p(M)$, for any $1 \leq p \leq \infty$;
see this for instance.
It seems that we can deduce the time derivative of the heat ...
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Does there exist an electromagnetic analogue of Einstein's field equations?
This will look like a physics question but it doesn't have anything to do with reality so its a vague math question if anything.
I recently learned about gravitoelectromagnetism which describes an ...
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regularity convolution of a $L^2$ function with $W^{1,1}$ function [closed]
Let $u\in L^2(\mathbb R)$ and $w \in W^{1,1}(\mathbb R)$, we consider the convolution
$$u*v$$
Is it true that $w*u \in W^{1,2}(\mathbb R)$?
What regularity can we put on $w$ for this to be true?
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"Reverse monotonicity" for k-Hessian measures
My question deals with the $k$-Hessian measure $\mu_k[u]$ of a $k$-convex function $u\in \Phi_k(\Omega)$ as defined in the articles "Hessian measures I-III" by N. S. Trudinger and X. J. Wang....
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Functional equations with coupled arguments and additive sructure
Let $G$ be a locally compact abelian group and let $f: G \to \mathbb{R}^+$ be a continuous function satisfying the functional equation
$$f(x + \phi(y)) + f(y + \phi(x)) = 1 + f(x+y)$$
for all $x, y \...
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Proving that a polynomial $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction is bounded below by $1$ outside of a disc of finite radius
This is a follow up from this question.
I have a polynomial function $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction. In other words, if we choose a direction $(a,b)\in S^1$ and keep moving along the ...
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Dispersion of random walk with scaled step sizes
Let $Y_j$ be a sequence of independent Gaussian random variables with mean zero and unit variance ($\mathbb{E} Y_j = 0$ and $\mathbb{E} Y_j^2 = 1$) and let $\sigma:\mathbb{R}\to [1,2]$.
We define the ...
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Numerical evaluation of monomial divided differences
Suppose $f(x)=x^{n+1}$ for some $n\in\mathbb{N}$, and define the divided difference $$f[a,b]=\frac{a^{n+1}-b^{n+1}}{a-b}.$$
I am wondering about the best way to numerically evaluate $f[a,b]$ to high ...
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Existence of first variation
I am trying to compute the first variation of the functional
$$\mathcal F(\rho) = \int_{\Omega} R(x;\rho) d\rho(x)$$
where $R$ is some function of $x$ that also depends on $\rho$. Here $\rho$ is a ...
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Understanding a "straightforward" application of the method of stationary phase for proving a trace formula on compact hyperbolic surfaces
I'm reading the paper 'Uniform distribution of eigenfunctions on compact hyperbolic surfaces' by Steven Zelditch (Duke Mathematical Journal, 55, pp. 919-941 (1987), MR916129, Zbl 0643.58029) and am ...
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A question from a proof of an inequality in Sobolev space $W^{1,1}$
I try to understand the proof the lemma given at page 54 in Ladyzhenskaya et al (1968) - Linear and Quasilinear Elliptic Equations. Here it is a screenshot:
Here is what I did:
$$-u(x)=u(y)-u(x)=\...
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Ultraviolet divergences of entanglement entropy in QFT
I've often read that entanglement entropy in quantum field theory is ill-defined because local algebras are generally of type III, which implies that a trace doesn't exist. For a normal state $\omega_{...
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Mean of probability distribution
I have a probability distribution defined by the following density function:
$f(k,j,n,m)=\frac{(m n)! \mathcal{S}_k^{(j)}}{(m n)^k (m n-j)!}$ (With $\mathcal{S}_k^{(j)}$ being the Stirling number of ...
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Functional calculus on the Schwartz space instead of $L^2$?
As far as I know, functional calculus is typically carried out on Hilbert spaces with (possibly unbounded) self-adjoint operators.
However, I wonder if there is a way to do it on the space of test ...
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Identification of Fock space and the $L^2$ space of tempered distributions
Let $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ be the set of tempered distributions over $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $d\phi_C$ a Gaussian measure over $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ with covariance operator $C$. Consider the ...
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SOT and WOT convergence of Toeplitz operators
For the Hardy space $H^2$, every $\phi \in L^\infty (\mathbb T)$ induces a bounded Toeplitz operator $T_\phi$ on the Hardy space and $\lVert T_\phi \rVert = \lVert \phi \rVert _{\infty}$. Consequently,...
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Characterization of critical point of an integral operator
I have an integral operator and I wonder how I can characterize the critical point.
I'll give a simplified example so maybe people can comment on and I can maybe generalize in another question.
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Algebraic and continuous duals of an inverse limit of finite dimensional vector spaces
I have been trying to understand the following section of a paper "Revêtements du demi-plan de Drinfeld et correspondance de Langlands p-adique" by Gabriel Dospinescu and Arthur-César Le ...
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Generalized Fourier transforms associated to Schroedinger operators
Let $n\geq 1$. Let $q\in C^{\infty}_0(\mathbb R^n)$ be compactly supported and consider the operator $P= -\Delta+q(x)$ on $\mathbb R^n$. We will assume that $q$ is sufficiently small so that the ...
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Bounding the $L^{p*}$ norm from below for functions satisfying a $p$-capacity estimate
If $1 \le p < n$, the $p$-capacity of a compact set $A \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with respect to an open set $U$ containing it is defined as $$\text{Cap}_p(A, U) := \inf \left\{\int_U |\nabla u|^p \, ...
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Diffusions vs elliptic operators with dkp coefficients
I am wondering if there is any literature on the relationship between diffusions and elliptic equations. In particular I am interested in literature concerning operators with Dahlberg–Kenig–Pipher ...
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Question on approximation of norms
Suppose that $E\in Int[L_{p},L_{q}]$ for some $1<p<q<\infty$ and $E$ is $w$-concave with $1<w<\infty$. It is well-known that for each $r\geq w$, we have $E=L_{r}\odot F_{r}$ for some ...
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How to deal with singularities in thin plate splines?
Follow up from this question Thin-Plate-Spline understanding and solution.
In the general case of $\mathbb{R}^N$ the following problem (interpolant which minimizes the Thin Plate Energy, specifically ...
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