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Inverse of a function defined by an integral
Hi, I have a function defined by an integral as follows.
$$
z=f(w) = \int_0^w \frac{(\zeta-a_1)^{\alpha_1}(\zeta-a_2)^{\alpha_2}...}{(\zeta-b_1)^{\beta_1}(\zeta-b_2)^{\beta_2}...}\ d\zeta
$$
where $w$ ...
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Application of bounded spectral theory.
I'm trying to gain some intuition for the usefullness of the spectral theory for bounded self adjoint operators. I work in PDE and any interesting applications/examples I've ever encountered are ...
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An element of $(L^{\infty})^*$ which does not seem to be a finitely additive abs. cont. measure.
Hi everyone,
I have a question which I am quite stumped on. Consider the linear functional $l(f) = f(0)$ defined on $C([-1,1])$. By Hahn-Banach this linear functional can be extended to one on all ...
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Embedding of $BV$ and $L^p$ spaces
An elementary question about Sobolev spaces:
Is there some explicit theorem about embedding relation between spaces $BV(\Omega)$ and $L^p(\Omega)$?
Formulated otherwise: is $BV$ a subset of $L^2$ (i....
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Are these operators defined on 2D surfaces self-adjoint?
My research group finds/proposes a fundamental operator in quantum mechanics, the Cartesian momentum as I called (I think for mathematician the ref. 2007 is sufficient). However, I do not know whether ...
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A counter example to Hahn-Banach separation theorem of convex sets.
I'm trying to understand the necessity for the assumption in the Hahn-Banach theorem for one of the convex sets to have an interior point. The other way I've seen the theorem stated, one set is closed ...
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Reference for weak*-semigroup
Let $X$ a dual Banach space (there exists a Banach space $Y$ such that $X=Y'$).
A weak* semigroup on $X$ is a semigroup $(T_t)_{\geq 0}$ on $X$ such that, for all $x\in X$, we have $T_tx\to x$ in the ...
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Maximum on unit ball (James' theorem).
James' theorem states that a Banach space $B$ is reflexive iff every bounded linear functional on $B$ attains its maximum on the closed unit ball in $B$.
Now I wonder if I can drop the constraint ...
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description of functions of conditionally negative type on a group
Recall that a kernel conditionaly of negative type on a set $X$ is a map $\psi:X\times X\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ with the following properties:
1) $\psi(x,x)=0$
2) $\psi(y,x)=\psi(x,y)$
3) for any ...
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Characterisation of positive elements in l¹(Z)
Consider the Banach $^* $-algebra $\ell^1(\mathbb Z)$ with multiplication given by convolution and involution given by $a^*(n)=\overline{a(-n)}$.
I would like to find nice necessary and sufficient ...
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Odd element of L^1 group algebra of the integers
Giving some motivation is hard here, so I'll just ask the question. I want an element $a=(a_n)\in\ell^1(\mathbb Z)$ such that:
$\|a\|>1$
a is power bounded (turn $\ell^1(\mathbb Z)$ into a Banach ...
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Random products of projections: bounds on convergence rate?
The von Neumann-Halperin [vN,H] theorem shows that iterating a fixed product of projection operators converges to the projector onto the intersection subspace of the individual projectors. A good ...
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How to compare finite point sets in normed spaces?
I want to define a "distance" between two subsets $A, B$ of a normed space $(V, \|\cdot\|)$ both with (at most) $n$ elements. A straightforward way for me to do this would be to define
$$ d(A, B) := \...
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What is the smallest $C^*$-algebra containing the "standard" pseudodifferential operators?
Is $\Psi^0(\mathbb{R})$ (pseudodifferential operators with symbols obeying
$
|\partial^\alpha_x \partial^\beta_\xi a(x,\xi)| \leq C_{\alpha,\beta} (1+|\xi|)^{-|\beta|}
$
) a $C^*$-algebra?
In other ...
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Ordering of completely bounded maps
Let A be a C*-algebra, let H be a Hilbert space, and let $T:A\rightarrow B(H)$ be a completely bounded (cb) map (that is, the dilations to maps $M_n(A)\rightarrow M_n(B(H))$ are uniformly bounded). ...
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Elliptic regularity on bounded domains
I'm concerned with a generic uniformly elliptic operator $L$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$. If $L$ is uniformly elliptic and I am studying the equation $Lu=f$ then the way I can deduce regularity on $\mathbb{R}^n$...
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Orthonormal basis for non-separable inner-product space
Suppose X is an inner product space, with Hilbert space completion H (actually, I'm interested in the real scalar case, but I doubt there's any difference). If H is separable, then so is X, and I can ...
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A result about Fredholm operator
When I read the article "Index Theory" in Handbook of global analysis, I meet a result as below(Corollary 2.13):
If every $F_0\in \mathcal {F}(H_1,H_2)$, there is an open neighborhood $U_0\subseteq \...
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Need help understanding Riesz representation theorem for Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces
I'd like some help understanding any of the following proofs of Riesz representation theorem -- whichever is simpler -- or in fact any proof of the theorem.
Proof 1: http://nfist.pt/~edgarc/wiki/...
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Need help with references on the status of a "Littlewood Problem"
The "Littlewood Problem" in the title asks for a characterization of finite sequences
n1< ...< nk of integers such that zn1+zn2+...+znk≠0
for any complex number z of unit modulus.
Does ...
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When is a finite matrix a "good" approximate representation of an operator?
I am interested in representing an arbitrary charge density (say, of atoms in a molecule) $\rho(r), \; r\in \mathbb{R}^3$ by a finite linear combination of basis functions
$\rho(r) = \sum_{i=1}^N q_i ...
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What is known about the Gaussian measure of the unit ball in a Hilbert Space?
Let $X$ be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert Space with norm $||\cdot||$ and let $\mu$ be a Gaussian measure on $X$ such that $\mu(X) = 1$. What do we know about $\mu(B(0,1))$, where $B(0,1)$ ...
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infinitely many linear equations in infinitely many variables
Let $(a_{mn})_{m,n\in\mathbb{N}}$ and $(b_m)$ be sequences of complex numbers.We say that $(a_{mn})$ and $(b_m)$ constitute an infinite system of linear equations in infinitely many variables if we ...
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Sequential topological vector spaces
Since I'm dealing with the distinction between sequential continuous and continuous maps at the moment I came to ask myself once again what can be said about spaces where these two notions agree (...
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Do all graphs of C1 functions have Hausdorff dimension 1?
Suppose f is a real-valued function of one variable, and suppose f is of differentiability class C1. My question is, if $\Gamma$ is the graph of f, then must $\dim_H(\Gamma)=1$? If anyone knows of a ...
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Is there a general notion of entropy for the states of a C*algebra?
I've seen some definition of the relative entropy between two states of a C*algebra. However this definitions work only for finite dimensional C*algebras and I don't know if there is a correspondent ...
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The role of completeness in Hilbert Spaces
Why do Hilbert spaces have to be complete?
I've been studying (teaching myself about) Hilbert spaces for a while now as they have a habit of popping up in many of the papers I'm come across (I'm a ...
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Is this a $C^{\infty}$ function ?
Let be $(a_n)\in\ell^2(\mathbb N)$ and consider the mapping $f:\ell^2(\mathbb N)\to\ell^2(\mathbb N)$ given by
$$
f\Big((a_n)\Big)=(a_n^n).
$$
Question: Is $f$ a Fréchet $C^{\infty}$ function in whole ...
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prime ideals in C([0,1])
It is clear that each maximal ideal in ring of continuous functions over $[0,1]\subset \mathbb R$ corresponds to a point and vice-versa.
So, for each ideal $I$ define $Z(I) =\{x\in [0,1]\,|\,f(x)=0, ...
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variational formulation: boundedness of the bilinear form
The simplest case of the problem I'm thinking about involves an elliptic differential operator, $Lu = -u'' + qu$, on the interval $(0,1)$, with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. I want to ...
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Why isn't the theorem of approximation applicable in Banach spaces?
Let X be a Hilbert space, A a convex, closed subset of X. Then there exists for every x in X exactly one best approximation in A, that is there exists a y in A such that || x-y || = d(x,A) = inf { || ...
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Symmetric (extended) Haagerup tensor product
Given a von Neumann algebra M, then the weak$^*$ (or extended) Haagerup tensor product of M with itself is the collection of $\tau\in M\overline\otimes M$ with $$\tau=\sum_i x_i\otimes y_i$$ the sum ...
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Factorization through $\ell_{1}$ and operator ideals
Recently, I bumped into the class of operators that factor through $\ell_{1}(X)$ for some set $X$. For now, $X$ is a set with arbitrary cardinality but if it leads to a more concrete answer to my ...
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Cartesian product of test function spaces
Mini introduction
Suppose $U \subset \mathbb R^n, V \subset \mathbb R^m$ are two open sets. If we take http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributions_space#Test_function_space">test functions $f_i \in \...
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Characterizing the harmonic oscillator creation and annihilation operators in a rotationally invariant way
I am interested in a characterization of the creation and annihilation operators that is in some sense invariant under $O(n)$ rotations of $\mathbb{R}^n$:
Background
The Harmonic Oscillator on $\...
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Basis for L_infty(R)
Let $V$ be the Banach space of bounded sequences of reals with the sup norm. Does there exists a subset $B$ of $V$ such that
Linear Independence: For all functions $c$ in $\mathbb{R}^B$, if $\sum_{b ...
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Fourier Transforms restricted to mass shell
Hello,
I am stuck with the following (hopefully not too trivial) problem.
I want to know, if the map
$${\cal D}(\mathbb{R}^2)\to L^2(H_m,d\Omega_m)\qquad f \mapsto \hat{f}|_{H_m}$$
has dense range.
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Subalgebras of von Neumann algebras
In the late 70s, Cuntz and Behncke had a paper
H. Behncke and J. Cuntz, Local Completeness of Operator Algebras, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), pp. 95-...
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Density of Dolean exponentials in L2 and Wiener Measure
Assume that W is the classical Wiener space C([0,1],R) note $\mu$ the Wiener measure, and denote by $\mu_s$ the image of $\mu$ under the maping $T: W ->W$ such that$ T(w)= \sqrt(s) w$ . Denote by $...
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Is the set of exponentials open?
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra or some norm-closed algebra of operators on a Hilbert space.
In the old paper
Hille, E. On Roots and Logarithms of Elements of a Complex Banach Algebra, Math. Annalen, ...
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A differential equation
let $g(s)$ be real-valued function defined on $[0,T]$ such that $g(T)=0$ and suppose that $g$ is a "nice function"
Assume that $0<\gamma<1$, $v$ is a positive number, and
$$\frac{dg}{ds}+(v\...
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Plancherel-Polya Type Inequality for non-compactly Fourier-supported Functions??
Hi!
The Plancerel-Polya inequality can be stated as follows:
Let $0 < p\le \infty$ and $ \nu \in \mathbb{Z}$. Suppose that $g$ is a (smooth) function satisfying $\mbox{supp }\hat g \subset \...
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Hilbert Schmidt operators
I don't know much about the theory of Hilbert spaces but a research project has me working with them a little bit. In particular requiring an operator to be Hilbert-Schmidt is a recurring condition. ...
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Nice orthonormal basis for L^2(Cantor set)
Let X be the Cantor set, which we view as the space $2^\mathbb{N}$ (the set of all infinite binary sequences), equipped with the product topology. We can construct a Borel probability measure $\mu$ on ...
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Selecting basic sequences
Suppose $(x_\alpha)_\alpha$ is an uncountable, linearly independent family of norm one vectors in a Banach space. Can one always select a basic sequence (or at least a minimal system) from this family?...
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Question regarding divergence
Let $E$ be a closed and convex set of distributions on a finite set $A$. Let $P',Q'\notin E$ and let $P^{\star},Q^{\star}$ be their respective estimates in $E$ with respect to the KL-divergence, i.e.,...
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Closed range for a continuous linear transformation
I have a Banach space $B$ and a continuous linear transformation $F:B \rightarrow B\times B$. One of the induced transformations $F(1):B \rightarrow B$ and $F(2):B \rightarrow B$ into the factors of ...
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Question about projections on a Hilbert space
Sorry for the vague title, I can't think of a better one that isn't overly long.
Suppose that $S$ is a commuting set of projection operators on a Hilbert space. I'll introduce the following notation: ...
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Question about von Neumann algebra generated by a complete algebra of projections
Hi all, sorry if this is a dumb question, I don't know much about von Neumann algebras except the definition and a few relevant facts I've managed to prove by myself so I expect the answer will turn ...
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Double dual space of a C* algebra A
We know that $A$ embeds into $A$** (the double dual space of $A$ ). Is the following true? If $\Psi$ is in $A$** and weak* continuous, is there an element $a \in A$ such that $ \Psi$ is the ...
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