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The set of measurable functions together with convergence in measure is a completely metrizable abelian topological group
Below we use Bochner measurability and Bochner integral. Let
$(X, \mathcal A, \mu)$ be a complete $\sigma$-finite measure space,
$(E, | \cdot |)$ a Banach space,
$S (X)$ the space of $\mu$-simple ...
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Understanding the Bochner space $W^{1,q}\bigl([0,T], L^p(U) \bigr)$ in terms of the Fréchet derivative
In the context of linear parabolic equations, the Sobolev space $W^{1,q}\bigl([0,T], L^p(U) \bigr)$ appears all the time. Here, $U$ is some bounded region of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $1<p,q<\infty$.
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Is there a version of dominated convergence theorem for local $L^p$ spaces?
Fix $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $(L^p (\mathbb R^d), \|\cdot\|_{L^p})$ be the Lesbesgue space of $p$-integrable real-valued functions on $\mathbb R^d$. Let $\tilde L^p (\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of ...
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Extension of averaged nonexpansiveness for mappings that are not self maps
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and let $\alpha \in (0,1)$. We say that an operator $f:\mathcal{H} \rightarrow \mathcal{H}$ is
Nonexpansive if $\|f(x)-f(y)\|_{\mathcal{H}} \le \|x - y\|_{\...
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How to find the inverse of a product of two integral equations
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I am trying to invert an equation of the form:
$R(l_0)=(\int_{0}^{l_0} \rho(x) \, dx)(\int_{l_0}^{l} \rho(x) \, dx)$
where $0\leq l_0 \leq l$
I.e. I want to find $\rho(x)$ given $R(l_0)$ via ...
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Closed formula for Laguerre
Let $L^\alpha_n(x)$ be Laguerre polynomials of type $n$.
Assume $0<\beta<1$. Is there a closed formula for this sum
$$\sum^\infty_{j=0} \frac{1}{(b+j)^{1-\beta}}L^{m}_j(x)$$
where $b>0$ and $...
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A direct proof for non-zero limit points of weighted backward shifts
Fix a sequence $(w_1,w_2,\ldots)$ of positive reals such that the linear operator $T: \ell_2\to \ell_2$ given by
$$
T(x_1,x_2,x_3,....)=(w_2x_2,w_3x_3,\ldots) \text{ for all sequences in } \ell_2
$$
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For any smooth function $f$ on $[0,1]$, do we have $\lVert P_N f \lVert_{1} \leq \lVert f \rVert_1$ for $P_N$ defined by Fourier expansion?
Let $C^\infty[0,1]$ be the space of periodic smooth functions on $\mathbb{R}$ with the period $1$. It is well-known to be a Frechet space with the uniform convergence of all derivatives.
Also, $\{ e^{...
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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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Injective envelopes of 1-extensible spaces
Please read this post as a naive follow up on a previous question.
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $(I(X),\alpha)$ denote its injective envelope (e.g., CohenLacey1969). A low hanging fruit is the ...
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Extremally disconnected rigid infinite Hausdorff compacta(?)
Question: does there exist an extremally disconnected infinite Hausdorff compact space $\ X\ $ such that the only homeomorphism
$\ h: X\to X\ $ is the identity homeomorphism
$\ h=\mathbb I_X:\ X\to X\...
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For $\mu$-a.e. $x \in X$, the sequence $(f_n(x, \cdot))_n$ is Cauchy in $L^1 (Y)$. Then $(f_n)$ is Cauchy in $L^1 (X \times Y)$
Below we use Bochner measurability and Bochner integral. Let
$(X, \mathcal A, \mu)$ and $(Y, \mathcal B, \nu)$ be complete $\sigma$-finite measure spaces,
$(E, | \cdot |)$ a Banach space,
$S (X)$ the ...
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Subspaces generated by the orbits of the group of isometries on $C(K)$
Let $X$ be an extremally disconnected compact Hausdorff space with no open points, and $f:X\to\mathbb{C}$ be a non-constant continuous function. Let $D_f$ be the linear span of the functions of the ...
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Is there a modification of $f$ on a null set such that $F: [0, T] \to L^p ({\mathbb R}^d), t \mapsto f(t,\cdot)$ is Bochner measurable?
Let $T>0$ and $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $f \in L^p ([0, T] \times {\mathbb R}^d)$. By a theorem in this thread, there is a Lebesgue null subset $N$ of $[0, T]$ such that $f(t, \cdot)$ is Lebesgue ...
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Reference request: Inequalities involving convex sets and Gaussian variables stated in a paper by Talagrand
I'm looking for references for two facts that are stated without proof in the paper:
Talagrand, M., Are all sets of
positive measure essentially convex?, Lindenstrauss, J. (ed.) et al.,
Geometric ...
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Applications of finite speed of propagation property
Consider the Laplace operator $\Delta:=\sum_{j=1}^{n}\partial_{x_{j}}^{2}$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $E_{\lambda}$ be the spectral resolution of $\Delta$, and
$$ H_{t}[f]:=\cos{(t\sqrt{-\Delta})}f=\int_{...
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Riesz’s representation theorem in a weak form
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary in $\mathbb{R}^N$ $(N\geq 3)$, $\phi\in H_0^1(\Omega)$ is a solution of $$
\begin{cases}\Delta \phi+ \phi=h & \text { in } \Omega, \\ \phi=0 &...
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PDE coupled with the pronic numbers (related to triangular numbers)
I am studying the linear PDE:
$$ t^2\frac{\partial^3}{\partial t^3}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \Psi_n(t,s)=s^2\frac{\partial}{\partial s}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \Psi_n(t,s)+\sum_{n=2}^\infty b(n)\frac{\partial}{\...
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Characterizing some similarity invariant homogeneous log-superharmonic functions of matrices
Let $L:M_n(\mathbb{C})^r\rightarrow[0,\infty)$ be a function that satisfies the following properties:
$\log(L)$ is plurisubharmonic.
$L$ is homogeneous in the sense that $L(\lambda A_1,\dots,\lambda ...
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(Reference request) higher order Hölder spaces on riemannian manifolds
I am looking for a reference regarding the higher (than the first) order Hölder spaces on Riemannian manifolds. I am aware that defining Hölder spaces of form $C^{0,\alpha}$ is not an issue even ...
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Are all positive eigenfunctions principal eigenfunctions?
In a given domain $\Omega$, we have: $\Delta u=-\lambda u$ with $u>0$. Does this mean that $u$ is a principal eigenfunction for $\Delta$ in $\Omega$?
Also, more generally, does this also apply for $...
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A notion of restricted injectivity for Banach spaces
I apologize in advance if this is well-known.
Let $X$ be a Banach space. Let's call only for this post that $X$ is self-injective if for every closed subspaces
\begin{equation}
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Residues of analytic operators
Suppose we have analytic operators $P_{z}: C^1[0,1]\to C^1[0,1]$, where $z \in \mathbb{C}$, and the spectrum of $P_{z_0}$ possesses an isolated eigenvalue $1$ (assuming multiplicity is 1 and $I-P_z$ ...
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Holomorphic extension of the Fourier transform of a measure
If an entire holomorphic function $f(z)$ is given by the analytic continuation of $f(x)=\int_\mathbb{R}e^{-ix\xi}\,d\mu(\xi)$ with a finite Borel measure $\mu$ on $\mathbb{R}$, then $g(x):=\int_\...
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Why is this function in $L^1$?
I had a question about a claim made in the paper "Group Invariant Scattering" and why it is true. Consider the function $h_j(x) = 2^{nj}\psi(2^jx)$, where $\psi$ is a function such that $\...
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Is the space $L^p_{\text{loc}} (\mathbb R^d)$ separable w.r.t. the norm $\|f\|_{\tilde L^p} := \sup_{x \in \mathbb R^d} \|1_{B(x, 1)} f\|_{L^p}$?
Fix $p \in [1, \infty)$. Let $(L^p (\mathbb R^d), \|\cdot\|_{L^p})$ be the Lesbesgue space of $p$-integrable real-valued functions on $\mathbb R^d$. Let ${\tilde L}^p (\mathbb R^d)$ be the space of ...
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Decomposition of weak* convergent nets into positive weak* convergent nets
Let $F$ be an order unit Banach space with order unit $e$ and topological dual space $F^*$ ordered by the dual cone. Let $E\subset F^*$ be a closed subspace that separates points of $F$ and such that ...
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Does a measurable $F :[0, T] \to L^p (\mathbb R^d; \mathbb R_{\ge 0})$ have a "flattened" measurable version?
Let $d \in \mathbb N^*,p \in [1, \infty]$ and $T>0$. Let
$$
F :[0, T] \to L^p (\mathbb R^d; \mathbb R_{\ge 0}), t \mapsto F_t
$$
be measurable. I would like to ask if there is a measurable function ...
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Product of Dirac delta function
The following equation may be meaningful, but how can we make it well-defined
$$\delta(x-a)\cdot\delta(x-b)=0$$
Question: How do we defined this equation? Or more broadly define product between ...
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Validity of Hölder inequality for the homogeneous Besov spaces $\dot{B}^0_{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and $\dot{B}^0_{2,2}(\mathbb{R}^n)=L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$
I am looking at Corollary 1. in p.244-245 of the book
"Sobolev Spaces of Fractional Order,
Nemytskij Operators,
and Nonlinear
Partial Differential Equations" (1996) by Thomas Runst
Winfried ...
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Examples of RKHS that are "classical"
Among the so-called "classical" Hilbert spaces ($L^2$, Sobolev, Hardy, Bergman, etc.), which are very well-studied, which are RKHSs?
It is easy to construct example of RKHSs by applying the ...
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Cocycle-conjugacy classes of flows on the C*-algebra of compact operators
A flow on a C*-algebra $A$ is a group homomorphism $\sigma $ from ${\mathbb R}$ into the group of *-automorphisms of $A$
such that the map
$$
t\in {\mathbb R}\mapsto \sigma _t(a)\in A
$$
is norm-...
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Algebra core for generator of Dirichlet form
This is a question about the existence of a core $C$ for the generator $A$ of a regular Dirichlet form $\mathcal{E}$ having a carré du champ $\Gamma$, so that $C$ is an algebra with respect to ...
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A contraction mapping theorem
How to use the contraction mapping theorem to prove the following result: Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces, let $a>0$, and let $$B_a=B_a\left(z_0\right)=\left\{z \in X:\left\|z-z_0\right\| \leq a\...
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Spectrum of continuous functions as a semigroup
Let $X$ be a countable group (with the discrete topology) and let $C_b(X)$ be the ring of continuous bounded functions $X \to \mathbb{R}$. It is known that the maximal spectrum of $C_b(X)$, namely the ...
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Property (H) in the dual norm
Consider the Hilbert space $l_2$ with an equivalent norm
$$\Vert x \Vert = \max \{2 \Vert x \Vert_1, \Vert x \Vert_2 \},$$
where $\Vert x \Vert_1 =( \sum_{n=2}^\infty x_n^2 )^{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $\Vert ...
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What is the exact description of the homogeneous Besov space $\smash{\dot{B}}^0_{1,1}(\mathbb{R})$?
The Besov space is defined briefly in Wikipedia and I looked for a number of references to find some information on the homogeneous Besov space $\smash{\dot{B}}^0_{1,1}(\mathbb{R})$.
However, ...
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von Neumann algebra of canonical commutation relations
In quantum mechanics we have position and momentum operators $P$ and $Q$ acting on $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ in the usual way. I'm wondering what the von Neumann algebra generated by the bounded functions of $...
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Approximating a family of measurable functions
Let $X$ be a set of $N>0$ elements (with the counting measure) and consider a family of measurable functions $f_i:X\to [0,1]$, for $i\in \mathbb N$.
Any function $f_i$ can be seen as a point in the ...
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Reference/Help request for formula $[A,e^{-itB}]$ found in physics thread
I'm wondering if anyone has a rigorous reference or a proof of the formula (2) found in the main answer of this thread on the physics stack exchange. I want to use it but in the case where $A, B$ are ...
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Existence for a nonlinear evolution equation with a monotone operator that is not maximal
We consider the nonlinear evolution equation
$$
\dot{u}(t) + Bu(t) = 0, \quad u(0)=0
$$
with
$$
A: \mathcal{C}(\Omega)\to \mathcal{M}(\Omega),\; p \mapsto \arg\min_{\mu\in\partial\chi_{\{||\...
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A problem on Demailly's proof of finiteness theorem of elliptic differential operator
I am reading Demailly's notes on pseudodifferential operators on manifolds. And I cannot understand a statement he had made when he tried to prove that the image of an elliptic differential operator ...
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Global control of locally approximating polynomial in Stone-Weierstrass?
Let $X=\mathbb{R}$, and $\mathcal{A}:=\mathbb{R}[x]$ be the subalgebra (of $C(X)$) of univariate polynomials.
Given $\varphi\in C_b(X)$ and $K\subset X$ compact, we know from Stone-Weierstrass that
$$\...
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Validity of analysis of summation of function of primes using Abel–Plana summation:
Consider the analytic function $g(x)$
Define
$$f(x)=g(x)\frac{\sin^2\left(\frac{π\Gamma(x)}{2x}\right)}{\cos^2\left(\frac{π}{2x}\right)}$$
Note that:
$$f(p)=g(p) \text{ for prime } p$$
And $f(n)=0$ ...
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Coupled Kazdan-Warner type equation
Famous work of Kazdan and Warner shows that given $u\geq 0$ and a constant $c>0,$ the following equation in $f$ has a unique solution:
\begin{align*}
\Delta f+ u e^f=c
\end{align*}
I am interested ...
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Generalised Lebesgue transform continuous wrt. strict topology?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be $\sigma$-compact spaces, and $\mu$ [resp. $\nu$] be a regular Borel probability measure on $X$ [resp. $Y$].
For a bounded continuous $c:X\times Y\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, consider the ...
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Continuity of generalised Legendre transform
Let $X$ and $Y$ be $\sigma$-compact spaces, and $\mu$ [resp. $\nu$] be a regular Borel probability measure on $X$ [resp. $Y$].
For a bounded continuous $c:X\times Y\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, we consider ...
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What is convergence in distribution of random variables taking values in a non-metrizable product space?
Let $F = (F(x) : x \in \mathbf{R}^n)$ be a family of $\mathbf{R}^k$-valued random variables indexed by $\mathbf{R}^n$ (to be clear there is a single probability space $(\Omega,\Sigma,\mathbf{P})$ such ...
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What is known about when $vN(G)$ is a factor, for a locally compact group $G$?
When $G$ is a discrete group, it is an elementary result in the theory of von Neumann algebras that the group von Neumann algebra $vN(G)$ is a factor if and only if $G$ is an ICC group.
What is known ...
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Is there an operation in topology analogous to the operation of averaging over a compact subgroup in harmonic analysis?
Let me start with the following
Illustration: Let $G$ be a compact group, and let $\pi:G\to H$ be its (surjective) continuous homomorphism onto a (compact) group $H$. So we can think that $H$ is the ...
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