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Choice of predictable (or jointly measurable) eigenvalues and eigenvectors of nuclear-operator-valued stochastic process
Let $q^{ij}$, $i,j\in\mathbb{N}$, be predictable real-valued stochastic processes. Let $(e^i)$, $i\in\mathbb{N}$ be an ONB of a separable Hilbert space $H$. Assume that $Q=\sum_{i,j=1}^\infty q^{ij}...
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Generator of Laplace operator as analytic semigroup on $L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$
The Laplace operator is the generator of an analytic semigroup on $L^p(\mathbb R^n)$
for $1 < p < \infty$. Is the same true for $L^1(\mathbb R^n)$? If it is, could someone give a reference? The ...
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Cosets of groups of functions
Let's consider an interval $I\subseteq\mathbb R$, and let $\mathcal F(I)$ be the set of bijective functions $f:I\to I$ so that the graph of $f$ is a analytic curve in $I\times I$.
The set $\mathcal ...
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Sequence of smooth functions converging to sgn(x)
I'm looking for a sequence of smooth functions $f_i(x)$ converging to Sign$(x)$, each of which additionally have the following property:
\begin{equation}
f_i(x_1+x_2) = g_i(x_1, f_i(x_2))
\end{...
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functions satisfying "one-one iff onto"
Hello Everybody.
I need some more examples for the following really interesting phenomenon:
A function from the class ... is one-one iff it is onto.
Some ...
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Spectral Properties of $A(I-A)^{-1}$
I am working with a class of matrices $A$ which are non-negative-definite, not symmetric, and have maximum eigenvalue less than 1. I am interested in the spectral properties of the matrix $H = A(I - ...
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Weak solution of a certain pde with integral term
Let us consider the following pde on the domain $(0,T)\times(0,1)$
$
\dot{p}(t,x)+v(t)p_{x}(t,x)+v'(t)\int_{0}^{1} \rho(t,s)p_{s}(t,s)\ ds=0
$
with initial data $p(0,x)=p_{0}(x)$ and boundary data $...
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Decomposition of an integral operator into a composition
I've been musing about the following question for a while now. Given an integral operator $G$ defined by
$$ (Gf)(x) = \int_0^1 G(x,u) f(u)\,du $$
Is it possible to decompose this into two separate "...
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Extension of closed linear functionals...
If f is a closed linear functional defined on a dense subspace of a Banach space X, and, consider f1 which is an extension of f to X, is there a way to show that f1 is also closed without invoking the ...
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Mappings preserving convex compactness
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space.
How can one describe continuous mappings $F:H \to H$
that satisfy the following condition:
There exist two elements $c$, $F(c) \neq c$
and a convex compact $M$ containing ...
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A criterion for the sum of two closed sets to be closed ?
Let $V$ and $I$ be two closed subsets of a Banach space $A$.
The set $V$ is a convex cone, and $I$ is a linear subspace of $A$. I also know that $V\cap I=\{0\}$.
I would like to know whether $I+V$ ...
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Unambiguous "weak" vector valued $L^{+\infty}$ spaces?
For some time, I have been stuck to the problem to be described as follows. The (perhaps not so commonly known) facts given here are taken from R. E. Edwards' Functional Analysis (Holt, Rinehart and ...
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Can we approximate an arbitrary function as a (probably infinite) sum of bell shapes?
The problem is that we want to approximate domain-bounded functions (that is, functions restricted to a domain such as [0,10]) as (probably infinite) series of other functions. We know that, for ...
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Reference request: Rate of convergence of sequence of functions
Suppose you are given a sequence of functions $f_n \rightarrow F$ with a certain notion of convergence. Suppose that in your setting where this implies that $f_n^{'} \rightarrow F^{'}$ with the same ...
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The maximal "nearly convex" function
The following problem is only tangentially related to my present work, and I do
not have any applications. However, I am curious to know the solution -- or
even to see a lack thereof, indicating that ...
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Completeness of Borel measure
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space and $\mu$ a finite Borel measure without atoms which is outer regular with respect to open sets and inner regular with respect to compact sets. Can such measure be ...
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Diffusion processes in wide generality
It is common knowledge among schoolchildren that one may define jump diffusion processes in wide generality.
Hard question: What are the most general structures on which one may define something ...
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Is there dual space of the distributions $\mathcal{D}'(R)$?
Dear MOs,
Let $\mathcal{D}(R):=C_c^\infty(R)$ be the smooth functions with compact support. Its dual space is the space $\mathcal{D}'(R)$ of distributions. This space $\mathcal{D}(R)$ has its weak *-...
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What's the link between the Toeplitz operators on H^2 and those used to define Cuntz-Pimsner algebras?
An alternate way to phrase this question might be, "How did the Toeplitz operators used in the definition of the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra come by their name?" or, "What's the relationship between the ...
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Derandomizing random matrices
My question is rather general - what is known about derandomization of results in random matrix theory, high-dimensional geometry, Banach spaces etc. using probabilistic constructions (like estimates ...
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Norm functionals of $B(H)$ restricted to sub ven-Neumann algebras [closed]
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, we know that weak topology over $B(H)$, operator algebra of bounded linear operators from $H$ into $H$, is the topology generated by
$\{\langle \cdot \xi,\eta\rangle:\; \...
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Do real vectors attain matrix norms?
I apologize if the following question ends up being too elementary for this website; I asked it on math.SE a week ago and it remains unanswered.
Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ matrix with real entries ...
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Topological vector spaces that are isomorphic to their duals
After reviewing the (locally convex)
topological vector spaces that I know,
the only examples I could find where there is an isomorphism from the
space to its (anti)dual, are Hilbert spaces.
So my ...
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Is this integral operator about Stokes' Flow compact?
Consider the following integral operator $\mathcal{A}$ on [EDITED: continuous vector function $f=(f_i):\partial S\to{\mathbb R}^3$]:
$$
({\mathcal A}f)_j(x_0):=\int_{\partial S}\sum_{i=1}^3 f_i(x)G_{...
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Reference request: Simple facts about vector-valued Sobolev space
Let $V,H$ be separable Hilbert spaces such that there are dense injections $V \hookrightarrow H \hookrightarrow V^*$. (For example, $H = L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $V = H^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $V^* = H^{-1}(\...
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references for families of conditionaly negative definite matrices
We say that a matrix $A\in M_n(\mathbb{C})$ is a conditionaly negative definite matrix if it is hermitian and if for all complex numbers $c_1,\ldots,c_n$ such that $c_1+\cdots +c_n=0$ we have
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\sum_{...
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The ground state is signed and symmetric
Background
In Berestycki and Lions it is asserted that (on page 316), if I am not misreading, that the "ground state", i.e. action minimizer among nontrivial solutions, corresponding to the action
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On the nascent delta 'function'
I have two questions regarding the sinc function in the weak limit, where it can be used as a nascent delta function.
The definition:
$\lim_{\varepsilon \rightarrow 0}\frac{1}{\pi }\int_{-\infty}^{\...
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How to extend evaluation at a point from continuous maps to square-integrable ones?
Consider the Hilbert space $L^2[0, 1]$ of square integrable functions on $[0, 1]$.
Saying more carefully, there is one subtle detail: this space is defined as factor space by the functions which are ...
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Symmetric Feller processes and Dirichlet forms
Let $(G, \mathcal D)$ be a densely defined operator on $C_0$ (continuous functions vanishing at infinity on some nice topological space) whose closure $\bar G$ generates a Feller semigroup and let $X$ ...
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Matrices with entries in a $C^*$-algebra
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a $C^\ast$-algebra. Consider vector space of matrices of size $n\times n$ whose entries in $\mathcal{A}$. Denote this vector space $M_{n,n}(\mathcal{A})$. We can define involution ...
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A question on infinite dimensional Gaussian measure and affine tranformations.
Let $\gamma_\infty$ denote the product Gaussian measure on $\mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N}$. Which $a,b \geq 0$ satisfy that for every Borel set $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N}$ of positive measure, $a K + ...
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Absolute continuity on $R^{n}$
I know the definition of absolute continuity if there is a function $f:(a,b)\rightarrow R$.
I wonder what is an analogy of this concept if we have a function $f:A\rightarrow R$, where $A\subset R^{n}$ ...
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References: Infinite dimensional Lie algebras
What I really want are properties (if it is abelian, nilpotent, solvable, simple, or semisimple; Cartan subalgebras...) of the Lie algebra of smooth functions on a symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$; ...
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Does the existence of an asymtpotic density imply the existence of a measure on infinite dimensional (path) space?
This question is related to the following question
Question about a Limit of Gaussian Integrals and how it relates to Path Integration (if at all)?
A couple of authors have observed that composing a ...
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What essential property justifies the name "derivative"?
Most, if not all, of the notions of derivative that I have so far seen have the property that they are locally defined -- meaning that the derivative of a map-type object at a point depends on the map ...
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Wightman fields vs local functionals vs operators
In QFT literature one wants to look at $n-$point correlation functions of "operators" inserted at $x$ say, $\cal{O}(x)$ and if $\phi_i$ are the fields then the quantity one has in mind is written as, $...
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Second adjoint operators on non quasi-reflexive Banach spaces
I am interested in 'algebraic-density'-type properties of second adjoint operators in the algebra of bounded operator on a second dual of a Banach space. Incidentally, I have a problem with ...
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Continuity of a weight on its definition domain in a von Neumann algebra
Let $M$ be a von Neumann algebra and $\varphi$ be a normal weight on it,
and let $A$ be its definition subalgebra. We still denote $\varphi$
the extension to $A$ as a linear positive functional.
It ...
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What are the relations in the unbounded model of K-homology?
I have posed this question to some experts at my university who would probably know the answer if there were a complete one, so my expectations are limited. It's possible that the question deserves ...
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Local minimum from directional derivatives in the space of convex bodies
I have a function $f(K)$ defined on the space of three-dimensional convex bodies for which I want to show that the unit ball $B$ is a local minimum. I have been able to show if $K$ is not homothetic ...
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Convolution algebras for double groupoids?
There is a lot of work of course on convolution algebras of measured groupoids, and this gives "Noncommutative geometry". However there is a lot of interest in algebraically structured groupoids, for ...
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Relationship between sequential compactness of a convex set and its extremal points
Suppose that $X$ is a compact convex subset of a topological vector space. Suppose also that the extremal points of $X$ have the additional property that any sequence $x_n$ of extremal points has a ...
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A Cauchy–Schwarz Type Inequality Involving Scaled Distributions
I have stumbled upon a rather intriguing inequality involving the product of the scaled distribution and the scaled density of a random variable. The inequality has a very attractive form, and it ...
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Reference Request: Hamiltonian and quantum completeness.
Let $L$ be a differential operator in $L^2(M, dvol)$ wrt to a Riemannian volume form (say). Let us call it quantum complete if it is essentially-self-adjoint. Consider $H$ - the symbol of $L$. It is a ...
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About the category of von neumann algebras
I am looking for one (or more) reference about properties of the category of von Neumann algebra.
More precisely, in an answer of a previous question, Dmitri Pavlov mentions
that the $W^*$ category ...
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Interpolation of derivatives
If $U$ is an open interval of $\mathbb{R}$ and $f : U \to \mathbb{R}$ is an $L^2(U)$ function with second derivative $f'' \in L^2(U)$ (in the weak sense), is $f \in W^{1,1}(U)$?
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Schwartz Kernel theorem for tempred functions
Let $T(R)$ denote the space of tempered functions on the line,
i.e. the smooth functions that give Schwartz function after a
multiplication by any Schwartz function, equipped with the natural
nuclear ...
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Exactness of completed tensor product of nuclear spaces
Let $0 \to V \to W \to L \to 0$ be a strict short exact sequence
of (complete) nuclear spaces, i.e. it is a short exact sequence of
(complete) nuclear spaces, all the maps are continuous, the map $...
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Realize a homomorphism $\mathcal{C}(X) \to \mathbb{R}$ as an evaluation
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space. It is well-known that every homomorphism $F : \mathcal{C}(X) \to \mathbb{R}$ is the evaluation $f \mapsto f(x)$ at some point $x \in X$. The usual proof is not ...
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