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Continuous extensions of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is given on $\partial \Omega$ with $|G(y)|=1$ for all $y\in \partial \Omega$. Does ...
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Continuous modification of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$, and assume that there exists a continuous tangent vector field $F(x)$ defined on $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$ with $|F(x)|=1$ for all $x\in \bar{\Omega}$. Suppose a ...
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Is Toeplitz operator on the Bergman space bounded iff its symbol is bounded?
It is fairly well known that if $T_\varphi$ is a Toeplitz operator on the Hardy-Hilbert space, then $\lVert T_\varphi \rVert = \lVert \varphi \rVert _{\infty}$.
Now, if $\varphi \in L^\infty (\mathbb ...
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Asymptotic behavior of the "Cauchy square" series
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Let us take $\alpha > 0$, $x_1 := \alpha$ and for any $n \ge \mathbb{N}$,
\begin{align*}
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Is $L^2([a,b]; L^2(S^2))$ the same as $L^2([a,b] \times S^2)$?
The space $L^2([a,b];L^2(S^2))$ is a Banach space with respect to the norm
$$\left\Vert f \right\Vert_1^2 = \int_{a}^b \left\Vert f(r) \right\Vert_{L^2(S^2)}^2 dr$$
The space $L^2([a,b]\times S^2)$ ...
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Multilinear non-commutative Khintchine inequality
Let $g_1,\ldots,g_k$ be independent standard Gaussians and for each index $(i_1,\ldots,i_k)\in [n]^k$ let $A_{i_1,\ldots,i_k}$ be a $d\times d$ symmetric matrix.
Question: Is there a known bound for ...
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Spectrum of ring in algebraic geometry vs spectrum of Banach algebra
For a commutative unital Banach algebra $A,$ and $x\in A,$ we have $\lambda \in \sigma_A(x)$ if and only if $\phi(x) = \lambda$ for some algebra homomorphism $\phi:A \to \mathbb C.$ The set of all ...
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A bilinear estimate with a simple one-dimensional oscillatory integral kernel
Let $f\in L^{p}(\mathbb{R})$, $1\leq p\leq 2$.
I am trying to show that
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}}\int_{\mathbb{R}}
\,K(y,z)\,
\frac{f(y)f(z)}{y^{\frac{1}{2\,p^{\prime}}}\,z^{\frac{1}{2\,p^{\prime}}}}\,dy\,...
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Notation $\le_{a,b,n,\ldots}$ in Analysis
In modern Analysis, especially Functional Analysis, one proves, or one uses inequalities of the form
$$F(X)\le_{a,\ldots,n}G(X).$$
The meaning of the subscripts in the inequality sign means that there ...
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Monotonicity of the rank of finitely generated closed sublattices
Let $E$ be a Banach lattice. We consider finitely generated elements in the class of all closed sublattices of $E$. Let $F$ be a closed sublattice $E$. Then a subset $G \subseteq F$ is called ...
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What is known about $\operatorname{gap}(A) = \|A\| - r(A)$ for bounded operators on Hilbert spaces?
The gap of a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space is defined as $$\operatorname{gap}(A) := \|A\| - r(A),$$
where $r(A)$ denotes the spectral radius of $A$. A natural question to ask is - for ...
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Explicit basis of symmetric harmonic polynomials
An orthonormal basis for the space of harmonic polynomials in $n$ variables is provided by the spherical harmonics on the $n-1$ sphere, see e.g. wiki.
From there, constructing an orthonormal basis for ...
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Criteria giving sufficient conditions for a Borel measure to have compact support
I am interested in criteria that guarantee that a Borel probability measure has compact support.
I outline two below and I am hoping to gather more as answers (if they exist).
The first sufficient ...
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Johnson-Lindenstrauss type result for matrix factorization
The type of result I want is: given matrix $A\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ and error tolerance $\epsilon$, what is a lower bound on $k$ such that $\|A - UV\|_{??}\le \epsilon$, where $U \in\mathbb{R}^{m\...
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Basis vectors using anti-commuting operators?
Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional inner product space. Suppose $A_{1},...,A_{N}$ are anti-commuting operators, meaning that these are linear operators on $V$ that satisfy:
$$A_{i}A_{j}+A_{j}A_{i} = A_{i}...
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When does the Hermite series converge pointwise and when is it uniformly bounded?
Let $\gamma$ denote the standard Gaussian measure on the real line, and consider $f \in L^2(\gamma)$. Since the Hermite polynomials $\{H_n\}_{n \geq 0}$ are a complete orthonormal system, we may ...
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Bounding supremum norm in terms of gradient L2-norm using a Poincare-like inequality
Suppose $f$ is a Lipschitz continuous real-valued function over a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ with smooth boundary, and let $\overline{f} := \frac{1}{|\Omega|}\int_\Omega f(x) dx$. Is ...
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Analytic maps on Banach spaces: analyticity upgrade
Consider the following problem.
Let $E,F,G$ be real or complex Banach spaces, such that $F\subset G$ with continuous embedding. Let $U\subset E$ an open set and
$$ f:U\to G $$
an analytic map, such ...
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Sum of upper semi continuous and lower semi continuous functions
Let $X$ be a compact metric space. Assume that $f: X \to \mathbb{R}$ is upper-semi continuous and $g:X \to \mathbb{R}$ is lower semi-continuous. Assume that $\sup \{ f(x)+g(x) : x \in X \}$ is finite. ...
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Interchange limit and supremum of functionals over a bounded convex set
Let $(H, \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle)$ be a separable real Hilbert space and $B\subset H$ be (nonempty) convex and bounded, and suppose that $(\alpha_k)\subset H$ is a sequence for which the limit $\...
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A strange functional inequality
Let $f,g \in C([-2,2],\mathbb R_+^*)$ even and concave real functions.
Is it true that
$$
\int_0^1 f\big(\cos(x^{-1})+\sin(x^{-1})\big) \cdot g\big(\cos(x^{-1})-\sin(x^{-1})\big) \mathrm{d}x\\ \leq f(...
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Generator of an analytic semigroup
Perhaps I have a naive question. My question is as follows:
When we consider a Cauchy proposition of the following form:
$$
\begin{cases}
x'(t)= -Ax(t)+ F(t,x(t)) &\text{for}\ t> 0 \\
x(0)=...
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Are there probability densities $\rho, f_n$ such that $\lim_n \frac{[\rho * f_n]_\alpha}{\|\rho * f_n\|_\infty} = \infty$?
We fix $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. Let $[f]_\alpha$ be the best $\alpha$-Hölder constant of $f: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^k \otimes \mathbb R^m$, i.e., $[f]_\alpha := \sup_{x \neq y} \frac{|f(x) - f(y)|}{|x-...
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Lower bound the best $\alpha$-Hölder constant of a convolution
Let $\mathcal D_1$ be the set of bounded probability density functions on $\mathbb R^d$. This means $f \in \mathcal D_1$ if and only if $f$ is non-negative measurable such that $\int_{\mathbb R^d} f (...
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Is the difference between $\alpha$-Hölder constants of $f*\rho$ and $g*\rho$ controlled by $\|f-g\|_\infty$?
Let $\mathcal D_1$ be the set of bounded probability density functions on $\mathbb R^d$. This means $f \in \mathcal D_1$ if and only if $f$ is non-negative measurable such that $\int_{\mathbb R^d} f (...
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Applications of Banach space homology
There is a well-developed theory of Banach space homology. What are some of its useful applications to Banach space theory and which important questions can one answer using it? In other words, how ...
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A problem about how to understand the existence of derivative of level set in Mountain-pass theorem
I'm confused about the Mountain pass theorem in Lemma4 of here.
Background :
$$
\begin{gathered}
I_\lambda(u)=\frac{1}{2} \int_M\left|\Delta_g^{\frac{m}{2}} u\right|^2 d \mu_g-\frac{\lambda}{2 m} \log ...
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Characterization for the multipliers of Schwartz space
Is the following true?
A function $m:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb C$ is a Schwartz multiplier (i.e. $[f\mapsto mf]:S(\mathbb R^n)\to S(\mathbb R^n)$ is bounded linear) iff the following:
For every $\alpha$ ...
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When is a symmetric block Toeplitz matrix invertible?
Let
$$
Q =
\begin{bmatrix}
Q_0 & Q_1 & Q_2 & \cdots\\
Q_{-1} & Q_{0} & Q_1 & \cdots\\
Q_{-2} & Q_{-1} & Q_0 & \cdots\\
\vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots
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Failure of Tomiyama's property ($F$) for reduced group $C^*$-algebras
Are there known examples of discrete groups such that the minimal tensor product of their reduced group $C^\ast$-algebras does not have Tomiyama's property ($F$)?
Such groups must necessarily be non-...
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Maximizing the integral of a transformation that depends on a neighborhood of values of the original function
I'm not an expert in analysis whatsoever, so I might be posing a well-established question, or even an unanswerable one. Also, any suggestion on changes that might make the problem better are welcome.
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Check an equation on the Heisenberg group $H_1$
The Heisenberg group $H_1$ is the set $\mathbb C\times \mathbb R$ endowed with the group law
$$ (z,t)\cdot(w,s) =\left (z+w, \,t+s+\tfrac{1}{2}\Im m(z \bar{w})\right); \quad \forall z,w \in \mathbb C\,...
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Functions with asymmetrically decreasing Fourier transform?
$\def\ii{{\rm i}}\def\bbR{\mathbb R}\def\bbC{\mathbb C}\def\bbNo{\mathbb N_0}\def\Fou{\mathscr F}$Specifically, I would like to have a compactly supported continuous function $f=u+\ii\,v:\bbR\to\bbC$ ...
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Norm of a $2$-tuple of operators
Let $E$ be a complex Hilbert space and $K_1,K_2$ are bounded linear operators on $E$.
Let $\omega(K_1)$ and $\omega(K_2)$ be the numerical radius of $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. That is
\begin{align*}...
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Is the space $C_0^{k}(\Omega)$ a Montel space?
I asked this question in the MathStackExchange, but I think I'm not get any answer.
I'm trying to find a reference for the following result:
Theorem: Let $\Omega$ be a open subset of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ ...
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Analogue of $\ell^2(X)$ over an arbitrary Banach ring
Let $X$ be a set. Over the Banach fields $F=\mathbb{R}$ or $F=\mathbb{C}$ we can define the Banach space$$\ell^2(X)=\{\xi\colon X\to F\mid \sum_{x\in X}|\xi(x)|^2<\infty\}$$which satisfies a list ...
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Example of a conditionally convergent series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty b_n$ such that $n^2(b_n-b_{n+1})$ is bounded
Let $(b_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a real sequence such that $(nb_n)$ is bounded. I know that if the series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty b_n$ is conditionally convergent, then $(n^2b_n)_n$ is not bounded. But, ...
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How to understand the unique continuation result
Let $E$ be the closure of $C_c^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)$ ($N \geqq 3)$ under the norm
$$
\|u\|_E=\left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla u|^2\right)^{1 / 2}.
$$
Suppose $K(x) \in C^1\left(\mathbf{R}^...
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Does the union of fractional Sobolev spaces fills $L^p$?
Let $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^d$ be any open set. Recall that for $s\in (0,1)$, the fractional Sobolev space $W^{s,p}(\Omega)$ is the collection of function in $L^p(\Omega$ such that
\begin{align*}
\iint_{...
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Simple proof that exactness implies strong mixing
Let $f$ be a continuous map defined on a compact metric space $X$. Suppose that $f$ preserves the Borel probability measure $\mu$ and that, for every positive-measure set $A\subseteq X$, we have $$\...
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Integral means vs infinite convex combinations
Let $(X,\mathcal A, \mu)$ be a probability space, $\mathbb E$ a Banach space, and $f:X\to\mathbb E$ a Bochner integrable function.
Does there exist a sequence $(x_k)_{k\ge 1} $ in $X$, and a ...
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Can a lift satisfy Chen's relation, geometric condition but not be a rough path?
Let $(X,\mathbb X):[0,1]^2\to \mathbb R^d\oplus\mathbb R^{d\times d}$ satisfy the following four properties:
\begin{align}
&X_{s,t}=X_{0,t}-X_{0,s}\\
&\sup_{t\neq s}\frac{|X_{s,t}|}{|t-s|^\...
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Is there any example of linear operator which is bounded on all Besov spaces but not on Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
Is there any linear operator $T:S'(\mathbb R^n)\to S'(\mathbb R^n)$ such that $T:B_{pq}^s(\mathbb R^n)\to B_{pq}^s(\mathbb R^n)$ for all $0<p,q\le\infty$ and $s\in\mathbb R$, but there exist a $F_{...
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On compactly supported functions with prescribed sparse coordinates
Let $\{\phi_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be an orthonormal basis for $L^2((0,1))$ consisting of Dirichlet eigenfunctions for the operator $-\partial^2_x + q(x)$ where $q \in C^{\infty}_c((0,1))$ is fixed. ...
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Bound in terms of harmonic oscillator
I wonder if the following is true: Let $\alpha >0$ be a positive real number, do we have
$$\Vert H^{\alpha} \psi''\Vert \le \Vert H^{\alpha+1} \psi\Vert,$$
where $H = -\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + x^2$ is ...
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If a weighted Laplacian's eigenfunction is zero in an open set, when is it identically zero?
Let $m, s \in ([0, 1]^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$). Define a weighted Laplacian $\Delta_{m, s}f$ evaluated at $x \in [0, 1]^d$ to be:
$m(x) \cdot \text{div} ( s(x) \nabla f(x))$.
What ...
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Does the Poincaré inequality hold on annular domains?
Does the following Poincaré inequality hold
$$\int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |f-\bar{f}|^2 dx \leq C(r_2-r_1)^2 \int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |\nabla f|^2 dx,$$
where $B_r$ denotes a ball of radius ...
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Directions of differentiability of log-concave measures with infinite-dimensional support
I recently came across the very nice review "Differentiable Measures and the Malliavin Calculus" by Bogachev (1997) which begins by discussing measures $\mu$ on locally convex spaces $X$ ...
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Uniform approximation over compacts using weighted function spaces
I'm interested in approximations over the so-called weighted function spaces.
Let $(X,\tau_X)$ be some completely regular Hausdorff topological space. Additionally, consider some map $\psi: X \to (0,\...
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A simple bilinear estimate
Let $2\leq p,q <\infty$ and fix $0<\alpha<1$ such that
$\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\leq 2-\alpha$.
Suppose that $f\in L^{p}([0,1])$ and $g\in L^{q}([0,1])$.
What is the optimal value of $t=t(\...
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