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What are alternative or equivalent definitions of a positive-definite function on a group?
The standard definition of a positive-definite function on a group goes as follows:
Let $\varphi : G \rightarrow L(H)$, where $G$ is a group (with an involution) and $H$ a Hilbert space. $L(H)$ is the ...
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If the operators $B_i'$ satisfy an inequality, prove that $B_1'+\dotsb+ B_n'$ also satisfies the same inequality
Related: On a deceptively tricky calculus problem.
The way that Leonard Gross proves the log Sobolev inequality is in the following stages:
He proves that for any operator $B$ that satisfies the log ...
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Reconstructing the manifold from space of functions in quantum mechanics
Due to Banach–Mazur, every separable Banach space is isomorphic to a subspace of $C([0,1])$.
But some spaces, like $C([0,1]^n)$ and generally $C(M)$ for $M$ a manifold, allow one to reason about the ...
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Conditions for completely positive maps to act homomorphically across multiple subalgebras
For a completely positive (CP) map $u: A \to A'$ of $C^*$-algebras $A, A'$, the concept of multiplicative domains characterizes the largest subalgebra of $A$ on which $u$ behaves as a $*$-homomorphism....
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Topology of an orbit space constructed from a Fréchet space under the "local" action of some "smooth" group
Let $G$ be a nontrivial connected compact subgroup of the general linear group $\operatorname{GL}(\mathbb{R}^3)$. For example, we may take $G$ to be $\operatorname{SO}(3)$.
Next, let $\mathcal{S}(\...
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Equivalent definition for Skorokhod metric
I have a question about the Skorokod distance on the space $\mathcal{D}([0,1],\mathbb{R})$:
$$
d(X,Y):= \inf_{\lambda \in \Lambda}\left( \sup_{t\in [0,1]}|t-\lambda(t)|\vee \sup_{t\in [0,1]}|X(t)-Y(\...
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Upper bound Hölder norm of the solution to the non-linear PDE $\partial_t u (t, x) = \Delta_x \{ |\sigma (u (t, x))|^2 u(t, x) \}$
We fix $T>0$ and let $\mathbb T := [0, T]$. Let $\sigma : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ belong to the Hölder space $C^{1, \alpha}_b (\mathbb R)$ for some $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. Let $u : \mathbb T \times \...
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An integrable estimate of the Hölder constant of the map $x \mapsto \int_{\mathbb R^d} f(y) \partial_1 \partial_1 g_t (x-y) \, \mathrm d y$
Let $(g_t)_{t>0}$ be the Gaussian heat kernel on $\mathbb R^d$, i.e.,
$$
g_t (x) := (4\pi t)^{-\frac{d}{2}} e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4t}},
\quad t>0, x \in \mathbb R^d.
$$
Let $f : \mathbb R^d \to \...
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Preimage of null sets under a monotone increasing function
Let $I\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be a closed bounded interval and $f:I \to I$ a monotonic increasing function and $S$ the countable set of points $s$ such that $|f^{-1}(s)| > 1$. Is the following ...
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The operator $D^{p}\colon \mathcal{S}\subset L^{1}(\gamma)\to L^{1}(\gamma)$ is closable for every integer $p =1,2,\dots$
I am reading Nourdin and Peccati’s textbook (Normal Approximations with Malliavin Calculus From Stein’s Method to Universality). My question is about Lemma 1.1.6. Which says
Lemma 1.1.6:
The operator $...
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Equivalent Littlewood-Paley-type decompositions
The theory of Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces usually proceeds by taking a dyadic decomposition of unity, i.e. some non-negative functions $\psi_0,\psi \in C_c^\infty(\mathbb{R})$ such that
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Construct next polynomial from predecessor and resulting GCD
I have a sequence of polynomials built from an interpolation derived in a combinatorial problem. For each integer value of a parameter $n$ there is a different polynomial.
After trying to find a way ...
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Prove that the following function is positive
Consider the following function:
$$K(x, y; t) = \sum_{n \geq 0} \frac{e^{-(2n+1)t}}{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!} H_n(x) H_n(y) \exp\left(-\frac{(x^2 + y^2)}{2}\right)
$$
This is Mehler's kernel, and can be ...
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Sobolev regularity via Laplace spectrum
Fix a positive integer $n$ and let $\mu$ be the uniform measure on the sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$, with respect to its usual Riemannian metric $g$. Let $\nabla$ be the Laplacian on $(\mathbb{S}^n,g)$ and ...
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In what sense does the Laplacian on compact intervals converge to one on all of $\mathbb{R}$?
I guess this topic may have been addressed somewhere but I cannot really find a reference myself, so I ask here.
For each $N \in \mathbb{N}$, consider the Laplacian $\Delta$ on the interval $[-N,N]$ ...
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Generalization of polynomial coefficients
I'm dealing with a hard combinatorial problem where for every positive integer value of a variable $n$ I have to calculate a list of numbers, specifically $n^2$, that depend on $n$ and its list index ...
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Question about the ''crater'' in mountain-pass theorem while reading a paper of solving mean-field equation by mountain-pass theorem
Actually, I'm reading a paper which finds the saddle point of a functional, of course the unbounded below energy functional will suggest a potential saddle, but the structure of mountain pass is the ...
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Taylor expansion theorem for Gateaux differentiable functions
I am having a hard time studying Gateaux derivatives (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateaux_derivative), it seems that every author mentions the concept but only as a cliffhanger to study Fréchet ...
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Functional of fully nonlinear equations
Let $\left(\mathcal{M}, g_0\right)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n>2$ and denote by 'Ric' and $R$ respectively the Ricci tensor and the scalar curvature. The $k$-Yamabe problem is ...
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Gelfand's representation on matrices: construct maximal ideal in matrix algebra
I would like to see a constructive proof (some algorithm?) of the following statement:
Let $A_1, A_2, \dotsc ,A_k \in M_n(\mathbb C)$ be some commuting matrices, let $B$ be the commutative algebra (...
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Growth rate of elementary sequences
We consider three sequences $(x_n),(y_n),(z_n)$, where $(x_n) \in \ell^1$ is positive and the other two sequences are merely assumed to be positive, i.e. $y_n,z_n \ge 0$ where $0<z_n<z_{n+1}$ is ...
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Is a bounded measurable convex function above its interior lower semi-continuous convex envelope?
Let $E$ be a locally convex topological vector space, let $C$ be a convex set which matches the closure of its relative interior $\mathring C=\{ x\in C : \forall y\in C,\exists z\in C,~x\in\mathopen]y,...
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Finding an element of Gelfand triple with a designated time derivative
Let $V$ be a real separable Banach space and $H$ be a real separable Hilbert space such that
\begin{equation}
V \subset H \subset V'
\end{equation}
where $V'$ is the dual of $V$ and the inclusions are ...
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Parabolic regularity for weak solution with $L^2$ data
I want to study the regularity of weak solutions $u\in C([0,T];L^2(\Omega))\cap H^1((0,T);L^2(\Omega))\cap L^2(0,T;H^1(\Omega))$ of the heat equation with Neumann boundary conditions:
$$\begin{cases}\...
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Looking for examples of kernels with scalar Pick property but not the complete Pick property
I am studying Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function Spaces by Agler and McCarthy.
A kernel $k$ on a set $X$ is said to have $M_{s,t}$ Pick property whenever $x_1,x_2, \ldots , x_n \in X$ and $W_1, ...
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Prove J.L. Lions’s Lemma without using Fourier transform
When I read the book Linear and Nonlinear Functional Analysis with Applications, I came across J.L. Lions's Lemma (the book doesn't give a proof), which states
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ be a ...
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On calculating the second quantization operator $\Gamma(A)$ of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $A$
Let $A$ be a self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space , and let $d\Gamma(A)$ be the generator of the second quantization of $A$. Consider the following theorem from Segal's "Non-Linear Quantum ...
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Absolute continuity of $t \to \lVert u(t) \rVert^2_{H}$ and Gelfand triple : are they equivalent?
Let $V$ be a separable Banach space and $H$ be a separable Hilbert space such that
\begin{equation}
V \subset H \subset V'
\end{equation}
and the inclusion maps are continuous with dense images. Here $...
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A question in functional analysis about selfadjoint operator [closed]
In Hilbert space $u$, Let $T_1$,$T_2$ is selfadjoint operator, if exit $c>0$ such that $cI\le T_1\le T_2$, prove $T_1$,$T_2$ have a bounded inverse operator and $c^{-1}I\ge T_1^{-1}\ge T_2^{-1}$.
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Sufficient condition such that the set of zeros of an analytic function $f:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ contains only isolated points
Consider a real- analytic function $f: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$. We know that zeros of $f$, roughly speaking, live in the low dimensional manifolds.
My question: Does a 'reasonable' sufficient ...
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The asymptotic behaviour of the Fourier transform of a certain class of radially symmetric functions
Fix $\theta\in (-\pi/2,\pi/2)$ and let $a>0$. Suppose that $f:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is analytic in $S:=\{z\in \mathbb{C}: |\arg{z}|<\pi/2\}$ and
$$|f(z)|\sim |z|^{-a},\qquad |z|\to \...
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Rescaling of cosine families
First of all, the best wishes for 2024. Recently, I got aware of cosine operator families (in the framework of evolution equations). It is well-known, that operator semigroups can be rescaled (see for ...
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Convergence of ODE with uniform $L^\infty \cap L^1$ bound on nonlinearity
Consider the IVP
$$
\left\{
\begin{aligned}
\frac{d}{dt} \Phi_n(t,x) &= f_n(\Phi_n(t,x)) && \forall t \in \mathbf{R}_+ \\
\Phi_n(0,x) &= x && \forall x \in \mathbf{R}
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An integral inequality?
Let $v \in C^\infty(\mathbb R)$ such that $1 \ge v \ge 0$ and $\int_{\mathbb R} v \, dx = 1$.
I want to show that if
$$\int_{\mathbb R} v |v''|^2 \, dx < + \infty. \tag{$\star$}$$
then
$$ \int_{\...
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For any $\beta>0$, there is a constant $c>0$ such that $\left\|(1-\Delta)^{\frac{\beta}{2}} f\right\|_{\infty} \leq c\|f\|_{C_b^\beta}$
For any $n \in \mathbb{Z}^{+}$, let $C_b^n\left(\mathbb{R}^d\right)$ be the class of real functions $f$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with continuous derivatives $\left\{\nabla^i f\right\}_{0 \leq i \leq n}$ such ...
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Find a function $f\geq 0$ such that $e^{-t[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2} f$ is not non-negative for some $t\geq 0$
Consider the square of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $$A=[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2=(x-\partial_x)\partial_x (x-\partial_x)\partial_x.$$ We know that $[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2$ cannot be a ...
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Characterization of the Picard's condition for integral equation
Picard's condition (Thm. 15.18, Kress et al. 1989) is essential to study the existence of a solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the first kind. Specifically, consider (the univariate case) the ...
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Isomorphic copies of $c_0$ in the projective tensor products
There exist Banach spaces $X$ such that the projective tensor product $X\mathbin{\hat{\otimes}}_\pi X$ contains an isomorphic copy of $c_0$ [BourgainPisier1983]. Moreover, $X$ is an $\mathcal{L}_\...
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Unable to understand an application of Minkowski's inequality
Consider the following exerpt from the paper "Non-linear Quantum Processes" by Segal:
with the norm $\|F\|=\left(\int\|F(x)\|^p \, d x\right)^{1 / p}$, then the operator $T_1^{\prime}: F \...
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Nontrivial examples of locally compact quantum groups
What are some families of locally compact quantum groups that are neither groups, duals of groups, compact, nor discrete?
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Multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces?
How to rigorously demonstrate that multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces?
I am utilizing the exponential type definition established by Elias Stein in the book 'Fourier ...
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Using the Stone-Weierstrass theorem to solve an integral limit
The following question was posted on math stack exchange here but it got no answers
Let $c\in (1, +\infty)$ and $f \colon [0, c] \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous and monotonically increasing function ...
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Converse of existence of minimizers
Let $(V,\|\cdot\|)$ be a real normed linear space. $V$ has the property that given any nonempty convex, closed subset $K$, there exists a unique $v_0\in K$ such that $\|v_0\| \leq \|v\|, \forall v\in ...
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On a deceptively tricky calculus problem
Motivation for this question: If the operators $B_i'$ satisfy an inequality, prove that $B_1'+\dots B_n'$ also satisfies the same inequality
Let $A$ be a non-constant operator acting on $C^...
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Are the paths of the Brownian motion contained in a suitable RKHS?
Let $H_B$ be the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of the Brownian Motion $(B_t)$ on $[0,1]$. It is well known that with probability 1 the paths of $(B_t)$ are not contained in $H_B$.
But is ...
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Can functions with "big" discontinuities be in $H^1$?
How can I prove that the function:
$$u:\Omega\to\mathbb{R},\ u(x)=\begin{cases} 0, x\in\omega \\[3mm] v(x), x\in\Omega\setminus\omega\end{cases}$$ is not in $H^1(\Omega)$, knowing that $v\geq 1$ is ...
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AQFT from a Lagrangian
In physics, the fundamental description of physical theories frequently revolves around the concept of a Lagrangian. My expertise encompasses diverse algebraic formulations within the domain of ...
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What is the current status of research on the von Neumann's inequality for $n \ge 3$?
Problem
Let $(T_1, \ldots, T_n)$ be a tuple of commuting contractions in Hilbert space $H$.
Does a constant $C_n \ge 1$ exist, for which it would be true, that:
$$\forall_{p \in \mathbb{C}[x_1, \ldots,...
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Can these identities for the Euler-Mascheroni constant be proven?
I stumbled upon these 4 limit/integral identities involving Euler's constant aka gamma (~0.5772). They appear to be valid based on inspection but I have no idea how to prove them. In addition, I have ...
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Cylindrical Wiener processes or SPDE that can make use of Banach valued rough paths?
Rough paths theory has an often advertised perk that it mostly works for general Banach spaces. I am trying to think of some nice examples that actually use this feature, and am coming up stuck.
The ...
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