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Self-dual normed spaces which are not Hilbert spaces
Are there any examples of non-Hilbert normed spaces which are isomorphic (in the norm sense) to their dual spaces? Or, is there any result in Functional Analysis which says that if a space is self-...
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A point in the weak closure but not in the weak sequential closure
I'm trying to find a proof of this counterexample by von Neumann:
Let $x_{mn}\in \ell^2$ be defined by
$$x_{mn}(m)=n \quad,\quad x_{mn}(n)=m \quad,\quad x_{mn}(k)=0 \hbox{ otherwise,} $$
and let $S=\...
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Multiplying two Fourier series gives one Fourier series, but what are the new coefficients? [closed]
If I have $A(x)=B(x) C(x)$ (sine periodic from 0 to 1) rewritten as
$\sum_n A_n \sin(n \pi x)=\sum_m B_m \sin(m \pi x)\sum_p C_p \sin(p \pi x)$
is there any easier way to compute $A_n$ from $B_m,...
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Approximation by polynomials
Let $f:[a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be of class $C^n$. Let $ x_0, ..., x_m$ be different numbers from $[a,b]$.
Does for each $\varepsilon >0$ there exist a polynom $P$ such that $P^{(k)}(x_i)=f^{...
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Exotic uniform algebras
The first non-trivial example of a uniform algebra which comes to mind is the disc algebra $A(\mathbb{D})$. In a similar manner one can define its relatives $P(U)$ and $R(U)$, where $U$ is any region ...
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are the smooth vectors of a Frechet space dense?
Given an action $\alpha$ of $V$ a Lie group on $B$ a Fréchet space with seminorms $ \{ \| \cdot \|_j \} $, let $B^\infty$ be the space of smooth vectors. Is this dense in $B$? Can I guarantee it is ...
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Extension of weakly compact operators from $\ell_1$ into $c_0$
Is every weakly compact operator from $\ell_1$ into $c_0$ extendible
to any larger space? Equivalently, is every weakly compact operator from $\ell_1$ into $c_0$ extendible to $\ell_\infty$?
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Problem with Shelah and Stern's paper on the Hanf number of the theory of Banach spaces
I have been trying to understand "The Hanf number of the first order theory of Banach spaces" by Shelah and Stern (Trans. AMS 244 (1978) 147-241). They construct a normed space $M$ from a Hilbert ...
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Extreme points of unit ball in tensor product of spaces
Let $B_1, B_2$ be unit balls in finite-dimensional normed spaces $X_1, X_2$ respectively.
Let $e(B_1), e(B_2)$ be corresponding extreme points sets.
Consider the unit ball $B$ in tensor product $...
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Grothendieck on topological vector spaces
In a short biography article on Alexander Grothendieck, it is mentioned that after Grothendieck submitted his first thesis on topological vector spaces (TVS), apparently, he told Bernard Malgrange ...
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Is a semicontinuous real function Borel measurable?
Let $f(x,u): [0,1]^2 \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous
function.
[Q] Is $g(x) = \inf_{u\in [0,1]} f(x,u)$ always Borel measurable?
If not, can one find a counter-example?
Note that, for any $c$,
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Inner product of linear bounded operators between Hilbert spaces
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Hilbert spaces, and let $L(X,Y)$ be the set of bounded linear operators between Hilbert spaces.
Can we equip $L(X,Y)$ with a natural inner product? I think it should look like
$\...
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Sort-of extension of Young inequality to arbitrary measures
Hello folks,
Suppose we're working in ${\mathbb T}^q$, the $q$-times Cartesian product of $[-\pi,\pi]$ with the endpoints identified. So, $ L^p := L^p({\mathbb T}^q) $.
The Young inequality may be ...
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polynomials with minimal $L_\infty$ norm on multiple disjoint intervals
It is well-known that Chebyshev polynomials are the polynomials of minimal $L_\infty$ norm on [-1,1] with leading coefficient 1. But what if you want the minimal $L_\infty$ polynomial on two disjoint ...
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Estimating norms of derivatives
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed, compact Riemannian manifold. Let $u$ be a smooth function. Let $H^{-k}(M)$,, $k$ is a positive integer, be the dual Hilbert space of $H^{k}(M)$. Does it follow that $|| |\...
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Extension of pointwise convergence of a sequence of uniformly continuous functions that converges on a dense set
It is known that a sequence of continuous functions on a metric space that converges pointwise on a dense subset need not converge pointwise on the full space. But what about if one assumes uniform ...
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Inequalities between self-adjoint operators
Let $T_s$ ($s\ge0$) be a smooth family of non-negative self-adjoint operators in a separable Hilbert space $H$. Suppose that, for some $C'>C>0$, we have $T_0+Cs^2\le T_s\le T_0+C's^2$ for all $s$...
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Lacunary hyperbolic groups and weak amenability
In the paper called Lacunary Hyperbolic group, Y. Ol'shanskii, D. Osin and M. Sapir define and characterize the lacunary hyperbolic groups, which contains the hyperbolic groups but also Tarski's ...
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weak*-closed subspaces
Recall that a closed subspace $Y$ of a Banach space $X$ is weakly complemented if the set
$$Y^{\bot}:= \{ f\in X^*| f(y) = 0 \forall y\in Y\}$$
is a complemented subspace of $ X^*$. For example, $c_0$ ...
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The operator preseving two disjoint dense operator ranges invariant
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a separable infinite dimensional Hilbert space. Suppose that $\mathcal{H}_0\subset\mathcal{H}$ which is a dense proper subspace is the range of some bounded linear operator $T$. ...
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When is the norm of all positive operators on an ordered Banach space determined by their values on the positive cone?
I'm trying to investigate the interplay between the norm and cone of positive elements in ordered Banach spaces. In particular, I would like a nice characterization of when the norm of a positive ...
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Invariant functionals on C(R) and amenable groups
Since there seems to be no progress in this interesting question, I took the liberty to reformulate it in a way, that is easier to understand. Moreover, my answer shows that the question is related to ...
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Understanding/Mastering Analysis in Topology, necessary?
I have spoken to one professor so far about this, which of course was helpful, and so I am looking for additional opinions: To work with topological tools that were built via analysis, should I be a "...
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Transpose of unbounded operators between Banach spaces.
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces, and let $L : X \rightarrow Y$ be a unbounded operator with dense domain $\operatorname{dom}(L)$. We can then talk about the transposed operator
$L' : \operatorname{...
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laplace equation on manifolds with boundary
in aubin's book on page 104 theorem 4.7 there is the theorem: Let $(M,g)$ be a compact $C^{\infty}$ Riemannian manifold. There exists a weak solution $\varphi \in H_{1}$ of $\Delta \varphi = f $ if ...
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Orthogonality in non-inner product spaces
I have come across a notion of orthogonality of two vectors in a normed space not necessarily inner product space. Two vectors $x$ and $y$ in a normed space are said to be orthogonal (represented $x\...
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Inequalities for uniformly convex normed spaces
When reading "Chebyshev centers and uniform convexity" by Dan Amir I encountered the following result which is apparently "known and easy to prove". I'm sure it is, but I can't find a proof and am ...
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Applications of the "almost commuting" theorem of H. Lin
H. Lin proved that "almost commuting" hermitian matrices are "nearly commuting." To be more precise, Lin showed that given $\epsilon > 0$ there exists a $\delta > 0$ such that if $A, B \in M_N$ ...
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Do these kernel functions satisfy the semigroup property?
Define the kernel functions for $a\ge 1$,
$$
G_a(t,x) := \frac{C_a t}{t^{1+1/a}+|x|^{1+a}}, \qquad \forall t>0,\: x\in \mathbb{R}\;,
$$
where the constant $C_a$ is some normalization constant ...
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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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Is there "Schur-Weyl duality" for infinite dimensional unitary group?
To what extent does the relation between the diagonal representation of $SU(n)$ in $(\mathbb{C}^n)^{\otimes k}$ and representations of the symmetric group $S_k$ remain valid when instead of the group $...
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Are weak and strong convergence of sequences not equivalent?
For some infinite-dimensional Banach spaces $E$, it is easy to find sequences $\langle x_i:i\in\mathbb N_0\rangle$ which converge to zero weakly but not in the norm topology, i.e. we have $\lim_{i\to\...
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Maximum number of orthonormal vectors contained in an open cone
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space, $\Pi:H\to L$ the orthogonal projection to a linear subspace of finite dimension $p$, and $U$ the open cone of vectors $u\in H$ such that $\langle u,\Pi u\rangle&...
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A nice overview (and maybe derivation) of the Poincaré transformations of the Vector Spherical Harmonics
With $Y_{lm}(\vartheta,\varphi)$ being the Spherical Harmonics and $z_l^{(j)}(r)$ being the Spherical Bessel functions ($j=1$), Neumann functions ($j=2$) or Hankel functions ($j=3,4$) defining $$\psi_{...
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What is the "positive part" of the unit ball in $M_n(R)$ ?
In ${\bf M}_n(\mathbb R)$, let us consider the usual operator norm
$$\|A\|=\sup\frac{\|Ax\|}{\|x\|},$$
where $\|x\|$ is the Euclidian norm.
The closed unit ball $B$ is the set of contractions (in the ...
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Stronger bound for a modified Lyapunov Equation
In regard to the stability analysis and control properties of the linear system $\dot{x}=Ax$.
Consider the solution $P$ of the continuous Lyapunov equation $AP+PA^T+Q=0$, where $A,Q,P
\in
{\mathbb{R}...
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A limit involving a regularizing kernel
I am studying the following article by Benoit Perthame: http://www.mendeley.com/research/uniqueness-error-estimates-first-order-quasilinear-conservation-laws-via-kinetic-entropy-defect-measure/#
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Converse of the taylor's theorem in Banach Spaces
I would like to known if the following converse of the taylor's theorem is true:
Let $E$, $F$ Banach spaces, and $f:E\rightarrow F$ continuous. Suppose there are $k$ continuous functions $T_i: E \...
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What is the structure of a space of $\sigma$-algebras?
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and consider the Banach space $\Omega = C(X,\mathbb R)$ of continuous, real-valued functions on $X$, equipped with the supremum norm. Let $\delta_x \in \Omega^*$ be ...
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Contraction mapping with no fixed point
I am interested in constructing the following "counter-example" to the Banach's fixed point theorem.
Let $K=$ {$ g\in L_1: \|g\|=1, g(\cdot)\ge0 $}.
Clearly, $K$ is not a compact and $K$ is not ...
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Continuous selections from sums of compact sets
This question is somehow related to the last open problem from Grothendieck's thesis about completeness of locally convex inductive limit. However, a particular case of the problem boils down to a ...
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Principle of Local Reflexivity
I'm having a hard time trying to understand a proof of the Principle of Local Reflexivity. I'm following the proofs from
1) Topics in Banach Space Theory (by Fernando Albiac, Nigel J. Kalton)
2) ...
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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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Recovering a measure from its moments
Suppose we are given moments of a measure on the interval [0,1]. Is there some practical way to recover the measure itself? I am particularly interested in the case where the measure density is given ...
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The part of an operator as an analytic generator
Let the operator $A$ be the generator of an analytic semigroup on a Banach space $X$.
Let $Y$ be another Banach space embedded in $X$. We consider$A_Y$, the part of $A$ in $Y$, defined as the ...
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Uniqueness of dimension in Banach spaces
Let $\;\;\; \big\langle V,+,\cdot, \;\; ||\cdot|| \;\; \big\rangle \;\;\;$ be a Banach space over the field $\mathbb{K}$, which is either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$.
Suppose there exists a subset $...
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Weak convergence implying norm convergence
A surprising (to me) consequence of Hahn-Banach is that when a sequence converges weakly then there is another sequence made of (finite) convex combination which converges in norm (to the same element)...
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the dual space of C(X) (X is noncompact metric space)
It is well known that when $X$ is a compact space (or locally compact space), the dual space of $C(X)=\{f |f:
X\rightarrow \mathbb{C} \text{ is continuous and bounded} \}$ is $M(X)$, the space of ...
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Weak L_1-convergence of squares
Let $f_k$ be a sequence of non-negative functions from $L_2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open set. Assume that $f_k\to f$ weakly in $L_2$ and strongly in $L_p$, $\forall p<2$. Assume also ...
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Hahn Banach Theorem for multisublinear functionals
The Hahn–Banach theorem states that: Given a sublinear functional $S: V \rightarrow \mathbb R$, if $T: U \rightarrow \mathbb R$ is a linear functional on a linear subspace $U \subseteq V$ that is ...
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