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Besov spaces containing piecewise linear functions
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, non-empty, regular open domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Let $1\le p,q\le \infty$ and $s>0$. Let $\mathcal{B}_{p,q}^s(\Omega)$ be the Besov space on $\Omega$ corresponding to ...
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Convexity and subdifferential monotonicity
Do you know any reference where I can find some results in this sense:
Consider $W:K\to [0,\infty)$ is a functional defined on a convex cone $K\subset X$, where $X$ is a Banach space. Then the ...
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PDEs and algebraic varieties
Let $P$ be an order $d$ differential operator with constant coefficients and consider a PDE of the form $Pf = \delta$. Taking the Fourier transform of $P$ we get a degree $d$ polynomial whose zero ...
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relatively weakly compact sets in the projective tensor product of $\ell_p $ and a Banach space $X$
We will use the notation in [1].
A sequence $(x_n)$ in $X$ is called weakly $p$-summable ($p\ge 1$) if $(x^*(x_n))\in \ell_p$ for each $x^*\in X^*$. Equivalently, a sequence $(x_n)$ in $X$ is ...
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Sobolev embedding on a compact manifold without boundary
I am reading M. E. Taylor, "Partial Differential Equations III", Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, (1996).
In chapter 13, section 2, in Prop. 2.3 and Prop. 2.4, one finds the ...
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$p$-norm of random variables and weighted $L^p$ space resemblance
I noticed a very similar relationship between weighted $L^p$ space (denoted $L_w^p$) and normed vector space of random variables. I want to unify these two spaces but there always seems to be a ...
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A $C^*$-algebra with the bidual $B(H).$
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and let $A$ be a non-unital $C^*$-subalgebra in $B(H)$ such that the second dual $A^{**} \equiv B(H).$ Does $A$ coincide with the ideal of compact operators $K(H)?$...
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Natural examples of functions $f$ in $L^1([0,1])$ such that any function $g$ in the class $[f]$ is discontinuous everywhere
I need many motivated examples of functions $f$ in $L^1([0,1])$
such that any function $g$ in the equivalence class $[f]$ is discontinuous everywhere.
Thank you in advance!
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Extracting a common convergent indexing from an uncountable family of sequences
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be some uncountable index set and $X$ be some separable reflexive Banach space.
For each $\alpha \in \mathcal{A}$, let
\begin{equation}
\{ x_n^{\alpha} \}_{n=1}^\infty
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Uniqueness for a nonlinear kinetic PDE-system with heat transfer coupling in one dimension
I am currently trying to understand the following article "Thermalization of a rarefied gas with total energy conservation: existence, hypocoercivity, macroscopic limit" (2021) by Favre, ...
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Well-posedness result for a linear parabolic 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 $t \in (0, T]:$
$$ \partial_t u- ...
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Boundedness of 2 times the unit ball
Suppose that $X$ is a topological vector space where the topology is given by a metric $d$ on $X$. Assuming that the unit ball
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B(0, 1) := \{x \in X : d(0, x) < 1\} \neq X,
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is it necessarily ...
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Are measures singular with respect to all representing measures in $\mathbb{D}^n$ always concentrated on null-sets? Will it also be a Henkin measure?
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on the $\sigma$-Borel set $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{D}^n)$.
We say that $\mu$ is a representing measure for some point $z \in \mathbb{D}^n$, if
$$\forall_{u \in A(\...
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Identification of Maharam extension
All definitions used in this post are from Björklund, Kosloff, and Vaes - Ergodicity and type of nonsingular Bernoulli actions. This post is inspired by the beginning of Section 2.2 in the same paper, ...
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Why do infinite-dimensional vector spaces usually have additional structure?
On Mathematics Stack Exchange, I asked the following question: Why are infinite-dimensional vector spaces usually equipped with additional structure? Although it received one good answer, I feel that ...
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Is the uniform limit of "almost eikonal" maps eikonal?
Let $f_n: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$ be continuously differentiable functions with $f_n \to f$ uniformly for some $f$.
Suppose that $|\nabla f_n| \to 1$ uniformly. Is it true that $f$ is $C^1$ with $\...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup
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\newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}}
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We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $c>0$. Let $\ell : \bR^d \to \bR_+$ be a probability density function such that
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\|\ell\|...
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Bounds on Besov norms for mollification of a bounded Lipschitz function
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, non-empty, regular open domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Let $1\le p,q\le \infty$ and $s>0$. Let $\mathcal{B}_{p,q}^s(\Omega)$ be the Besov space on $\Omega$ corresponding to ...
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Proving the inequality involving Hausdorff distance and Wasserstein infinity distance
Prove the inequality
$$d_{H}(\mathrm{spt}(\mu),\mathrm{spt}(\nu))\leq W_{\infty}(\mu,\nu)$$
where $d_H$ denotes the Hausdorff distance between the supports of the measures $\mu$ and $\nu$, and $W_\...
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Strict positive definite function gradient tuple
I have a (Gaussian) random function (aka "stochastic process" or "random field") $(f(t))_{t\in \mathbb{R}^d}$. I now want to consider the vector valued random function $g=(f, \...
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Convolution of a bounded function and measures
Given a function $f\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and a family of Radon measure $\mu_\alpha$, under what condition do we have $f*\mu_\alpha$ equi-continuous?
One condition I know is if $\mu_\alpha$ has a ...
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Well posedness of the Plateau problem under lack of uniqueness
The title of this question may seem an oxymoron, but let me describe it and you'll see that perhaps it is not.
Premises
I am analysing the following Plateau problem. Let $G\subsetneq\Bbb R^n$ be a ...
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Sharp Sobolev trace inequalities on Riemannian manifolds with boundaries
For $n \geq3$, let $(M,g)$ be smooth $n$-dimensional, compact, Riemannian manifold with a smooth boundary. Then there exists some constant $A=A(M,g)>0$ such that, for all $u \in H^1(M)$
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Malliavin calculus for the regularity of the density of the supremum of a process
I am reading Chapter 2 from Nualart's book 'The Malliavin calculus and related topics'.
Proposition 2.1.10 gives the conditions for the law of the supremum of a process to have a density. Condition (...
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Some operators on spheres
Let $S_2$ be the unit sphere in $\mathbb R^3$ equipped with normalized Haar measure. For a continuous function f and $\delta\in (-1,1)$ define $T_\delta f(x):=\int_{\{y:<x,y>=\delta\}}f(y)d_\...
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Solving functional analysis problems by using Algebraic geometry
I am thinking about some open problems in nonlinear functional analysis and I just wanted to know if there are any problems that have been solved by using Algebraic geometry techniques in these fields....
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For a tempered distribution $F$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$, what exactly does it mean by $\lvert F(x,y) \rvert \leq \lvert x-y \rvert^{-n}$?
Let $F$ be a tempered distribution on $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $n \in \mathbb{N}$ be a fixed natural number. I wonder what exactly it means by
$\lvert F(x,y) \rvert \leq \lvert x-y \rvert^{-n}$ where $x,y \...
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Calderón–Zygmund inequality for Neumann problems
My question is simple:
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain. Does the following inequality $$\|D^2w\|_{L^q(\Omega)}\leq C\|\Delta w\|_{L^q(\Omega)},$$ hold for any function $w\in W^{2,p}(\Omega)\...
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Continuity dependence and convergence of the renormalized $\Phi^4_2$ model
This question is continuous for the one asked here: Local solutions of renormalized stochastic PDE but it was better to ask it separetely.
Again, we are interested in the local behavior of the $\Phi_2^...
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Embedding of a Banach space in $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ with a subspace embedded in a copy of $\ell_\infty$
In this question (which I think may be interesting in its own) I was asking if we can find a copy of $\ell_\infty$ between a separable subspace $Y$ contained in $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ and the whole ...
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Fiber-wise mappings composed with projection map $\pi$
Let $M^2=(0,1)^2$. Recall that a chart is a diffeomorphism $\varphi:M^2 \to M^2$. Given a chart $\varphi:(M^2,g_0)\to (M^2,g_0)$ for $g_0$ the Euclidean metric, consider the curves $\varphi^{-1}(u,t)=\...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup for regular initial distribution
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\newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}}
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Let $(p_t)_{t>0}$ be the standard Gaussian heat kernel on $\bR^d$, i.e.,
$$
p_t (x) := \frac{1}{(4 \pi t)^{\frac{d}{2}}} \...
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Mappings that preserve local or global minimum
In the most general form, I'm interested in any non-trivial results of the following question.
Consider metric space $X$ and $Y$, denote all real valued functions on $X$ and $Y$ as $\mathbb{R}^{X}$ ...
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Does nice behavior near a singular point force solution to be in Frobenius series?
I have a pair of partial differential operators $\Delta_1$ and $\Delta_2$ in $y_1, y_2$ formed from constants, multiplication by $y_1$ or $y_2$ and derivatives in the form $y_1 \frac{\partial}{\...
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Separating domains in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ by a real algebraic variety
Suppose $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ are two disjoint unbounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Can there be conditions on $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ so that these two domains can be ...
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Is every closed subspace of the Schwartz space densely embedded into its dual space?
My original question is from this ME post but I think I need a broader understanding for this.
The Schwartz space $\mathcal{S}$ and its subspaces are examples of nuclear spaces. In fact, any closed ...
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Rate of convergence of mollified functions in $L^p$ norm
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Let $(\rho_n)_{n \geq 1}$ be a sequence of mollifiers on $\bR^d$, i.e., each $\rho_n$ is a ...
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On a functional equation of Mahler?
Recently, I was trying to introduce the concept of natural boundaries to a fellow math student, and what greater way to do this than using an example? In particular, I tried to use as an illustration, ...
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Sobolev extension problems of $W^1_\infty(\Omega)$
Recently I have read the paper Whitney's problem on extendability of functions and an intrinsic metric written by Nahum Zobin and published by Advances in Mathematics in 1998. I am confused about one ...
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Distance between a Hölder function and a Sobolev ball
Let $\Omega$ denote $[0, 1]^n$ and let $\|\cdot\|_{k, p}$ and $|\cdot|_{m, \alpha}$ denote norms of Sobolev space $W^{k,p}(\Omega)$ and Holder space $C^{m, \alpha}(\Omega)$, respectively.
My question ...
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Topology on the space of compactly supported functions
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff topological space, and let $C_c(X)$ be the space of compactly supported $\mathbf{R}$-valued continuous functions. It is a well-known fact that this space is not ...
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Proving that a function $f(x,y)$, that is unbounded in every direction, is uniformly bounded below by $1$ outside some disc of large enough radius
I have a smooth 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 curve $(ta,tb)$, then $$\lim_{t\to\infty}f(ta,...
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Block-diagonal embedding of $U(n)$ into $U(mn)$
What is known about the subgroup $U(n)\subset U(mn)$ for $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$ given by the diagonal embedding
$$ \alpha\mapsto \text{diag}(\alpha,\cdots, \alpha),$$
for $\alpha$ appearing $m$ times?
For ...
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Understanding the Schrodinger flow——Symplectic Banach manifold
This question was posted on https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4925369/understanding-the-schrodinger-flow-symplectic-banach-manifold but recieve nothing. I really want to know the something ...
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Copy of $\ell_\infty$ inside $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ containing given subspace
To complete a proof I need to know if the following is true:
Given a non-empty set $\Gamma$ and a separable subspace $Y$ of $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$, there exists a subspace $A$ of $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ ...
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On analytic functions on the complement of a curve without jump across the curve almost everywhere
Question. Suppose $f$ is an analytic function on $\mathbb C\setminus\mathbb R$ and assume that the boundary values of $f$ from above and below the real axis (denoted $f_\pm$ respectively) exist almost ...
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Hardy inequality
Suppose $B_1$ is the unit ball centered at the origin in $ R^N$ with $N \ge 3$. Let $ q= 2^* = \frac{2N}{N-2}$. Does there exist some $C>0$ such that
$$\int_{B_1} \frac{ u(x)^2}{|x|^2} dx \le C ...
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Understanding spaces of negative regularity
I apologize if this question is too basic for this site, but I posted it on mathSE and did not get any responses (link can be found here) so I'm crossposting it here.
Let $C^k(\mathbb{R}^n$) be the ...
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Looking for a counterexample: Conditioning increases regularity?
Let $p(x,y,z)$ be a joint density (over $\mathbb{R}^3$) under no smoothness or regularity assumptions, besides its existence. I am looking for a (counter)example where $p(y|x)$ is less regular than $p(...
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Intermediate spaces of test functions between $\mathcal{S}$ and $\mathcal{D}$?
On $\mathbb{R}^n$, let $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the Schwartz space and $\mathcal{D}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the space of smooth, compactly supported functions.
According to p.145 of the book by Reed &...
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