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Can we separate Toeplitz matrices for negative and positive eigenvalues?
Consider a Toeplitz matrix T which has both positive and negative eigenvalues. Can we prove that there exist two Toeplitz matrix T1 and T2 such that T1+T2=T and T1 has only one positive Eigenvalues ...
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Is Euler's formula a theorem or a definition? [closed]
The first time I tried to understand Euler's formula was about 2 years ago. I didn't need it, I just randomly ran across it, when trying to understand a Fourier transformation. The problem was, that I ...
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Does the algebra of bounded variation functions have a "noncommutative geometric" meaning and generalization?
According to Gelfand-Naimark theory, $C^*$-algebras of continuous functions $\mathcal{C}^0(X,\mathbb{C})$ on a compact Hausdorff topological space completely capture its topology. Furthermore, every ...
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Real function to entire functions
Let $g:[0,\infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be an increasing function. Is there a way to construct an entire function $f(z)$ such that $f(x)=g(|x|)$ for all real $x$?
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Common eigenvector
I have little experience with functional analysis beyond an undergraduate basic course, and I'm dealing with the following problem:
let $V$ be an infinite-dimensional locally convex (but not normed!) ...
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Can we actually find any fixed points with Brouwer's theorem?
Background
At the risk of greatly oversimplifying matters, let me state a heuristic from Granas and Dugundji's beautiful book: fixed point theorems fall into two broad categories. The first class is ...
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Convergence of a function in a metric space to its metric.
Given a metric space $(\mathbb{A},d)$ in $\mathbb{R^n}$ with a metric $d$ being the Euclidean metric:
If $\lim_{t \rightarrow \infty}||A_{t+1}-A_t||\rightarrow 0$ is a convergent sequence where $A$ ...
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Characteristic Function of a Non-negative Random Variable Evaluated at a Complex Value
Suppose we have a non-negative random variable $X$ with density $p(x)$,and its characteristic function, evaluated at a complex number $z$, being $\phi(z)=E[e^{z X}]=\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{zx}p(x)dx$.
It ...
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non-closed weak graph limit of symmetric operators
Hi Everyone,
I was recently reading Reed & Simon's functional analysis textbook (the first volume), and it mentions casually on page 294 that weak graph limits of a sequence of symmetric ...
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functional subrings
I should recall the notion of maximal subring of a commutative unitary ring $R$.
Def: A commutative ring $S$ is called a maximal subring of $R$ if $S \subset R$ and if $T \subset R$ constitute a ...
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Continuity with values in L^2
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let $T>0$, $\Omega\subset\mathrm{R}^n$ be a bounded smooth domain and suppose
$$u\in L^2(0,T;W^{1,2}(\Omega))\cap L^\infty((0,T)\times\Omega))\ \text{and } \partial_tu\in L^2(0,T;W^{-1,2}(\...
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Banach Algebras and the peripheral spectrum
Here is a little theorem that I'm trying to prove. I haven't seen it in literature before, but I think the applications will be quite useful, particularly in the context of Banach algebras.
Denote ...
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Which W*-algebras are the duals of C*-coalgebras?
A Banach algebra (assumed associative and unital) is precisely a monoid object in the monoidal category of Banach spaces, short linear maps, and the projective tensor product. A Banach coalgebra is ...
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Is this kernel space of finite dimension ?
Assume that $P \in \Psi^{m}(X)$ (X is a $C^{\infty}$ manifold)is properly supported and has a real principal part p which is homogeneous of degree m.I'm interested in the existence theorem(at least ...
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Complex evaluation of a classical (real) integral
There are several ways to compute the classical integral
$$
\int_{\mathbb R}e^{-x^2}dx=\sqrt{\pi}.
$$
Probably, best known are
(1) squaring the integral with subsequent change
of (now two) variables ...
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Extending an assignment property from Q to R (or C)
Property of any odd number of nonnegative integers:
Given $x_1 \leq \cdots \leq x_{2n + 1}$ with each $x_i \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}$, suppose that for any $x_i$ we remove, the remaining numbers can be ...
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Regularity of simplices, part deux
This question is directly inspired by Pietro Majer's question and my answer to it.
One can define a simplex, and the dihedral angles thereof in an infinite dimensional Hilbert space (one has to take ...
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Can we calculate the inner product of a semicontinous function with the Dirac delta function?
Dear all,
It is clear that if $f:R\mapsto R$ is a continuous function, than $< f, \delta_x >=f(x)$. Now, if $f$ is only semicontinous, can we say that $< f, \delta_x >=f(x)$? I think this ...
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Diametrically opposite points go to diametrically opposite points under stereographic projection [closed]
I asked this question in MSE here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/184524/diametrically-opposite-points-go-to-diametrically-opposite-points-under-stereogr but I didn’t get an answer. I ...
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Measure theory treatment geared toward the Riesz representation theorem
I'm looking for recommendations for books (or lecture notes) that develop measure theory in sufficient detail to state and prove the Riesz representation theorem (which is the characterization of the ...
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Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality
I've read on another topic that general interpolation result from Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality can be read as follow :
\begin{equation}
\|D^ju\|^1_{L^p} \leq C \|D^mu\|^a_{L^r} \|u\|^{1-a}_{L^q}
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confusion about rational maps and Fatou components
Dear fellows,
I have come to another conclusion which must be wrong.
Let $f$ be a rational map and let $U$ be a connected but not simply connected open subset of the Fatou set such that $f(U)$ is ...
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Why take 'complex powers' of pseudo-differential operators?
Given a pseudo-differential operator $P$ of order zero, Seeley showed that the holomorphic family of operators $\lbrace P^{z} : z\in \mathbb{C} \rbrace$ of all complex powers is contained in the ...
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The kernel of all invariant means
Let $G$ be a discrete group which is amenable (i.e. it admits an left-invariant mean, i.e. a continuous positive normalised linear functional $m:\ell^\infty(G) \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $\forall g \in ...
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Complex Analysis - Analytic Continuation and Residual Integration
At first an example which I know how to treat.
Let's say we have the following integral
$\int dx \frac{1}{x^2+a^2}$
Now we do an analytic continuation of the constant $a$ to the complex numbers: $a \...
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Analytic continuation of instantaneous eigenstates of a time-dependent hamiltonian
We are considering the instantaneous eigenstates of an analytically time-dependent hamiltonian and I would like to know how legitimate it is to extend them to the complex plane.
Specifically, our ...
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Do semi-continuous functions generate bounded Borel measurable functions as a $C^*$-algebra?
This question is related to Question 2 of my previous posting.
Question. Let $\mu$ be a Radon measure on a compact Hausdorff space $\Omega$ and $L^{\infty}(\Omega,\mu)$ the set of essentially bounded ...
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Regarding a proof in Bourbaki's Topological Vector Spaces
On Bourbaki's TVS Chapter IV pages 33-34, the last part of Proposition 2 can be formulated as follows:
Notations:
$K$ - The underlying field which is the real or complex number field;
$X$ - A ...
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Complemented Subspaces and Riesz-Thorin interpolation
Riesz-Thorin interpolation may sometimes be applied to subspaces (of $\ell^p$ or $L^p$) when these are complemented and the spaces in the complementation comes from a common dense subspace. To be a ...
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Infinite linear span vs closed linear span
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Suppose we have a (real, separable) Banach space $V$ and a (linear) set $A\subseteq V$. I presume in general it might not be possible to write every element of the closed span of $A$ as an ...
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Convolution of a continuous function and a finitely additive measure
Let $f$ be a continuous function on $\mathbb R$ with compact support and $\mu$ a finitely additive measure which is in the dual space of $L^\infty(\mathbb R)$. Is the convolution
$f\ast \mu(x)=\int_{...
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ODE continuous dependence on parameters to PDE
I want to learn how to apply certain ODE theory to PDE. If we have a Banach space ODE $$x'(t) = f(t, x(t), p),$$ $$x(0) = x_0$$ where the equation is over same domain $t \in (a,b)$, then via the ...
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Poisson modification of subharmonic function
Let $u\in C^2(\Omega)$ be such that $\Delta u \ge 0$ on $\Omega\supset \overline{B(a,r)}$. We consider the Poisson modification $U$ of $u$ for the ball $B(a,r),$ that is $U$ equals $u$ on $\Omega-B(...
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Is the set of real-valued lower semi-continuous functions measurable in epigraph topology (= topology of Gamma convergence)?
Let LSC = LSC([0,1]) be the set of non-negative, lower semi-continuous functions on the unit interval which take values in $\mathbb{R}_+ \cup \{\infty\}$. We use epigraph topology on LSC, i.e. a ...
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When is Prim(A) of an infinite discrete group hausdorff ?
Does anyone know, if the following result has been proved ?
Let G be an infinite discrete group. A = L1(G) it's algebra and Prim(A) the set of prime ideals with spectral topology.
The result is :
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Linear coupled parabolic PDE system with Holder continuous coefficients
I am interested in proving existence/uniqueness to: find $u(x,t)$, $v(x,t)$ such that
$$u_t - a_1u_{xx} - a_2u_x - a_3u -a_4v = f$$
$$v_t - a_5u_{xx} - a_6u_x - a_7u - a_8v_{xx} - a_9v_x - a_{10}v = g$...
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parabolic immediate basins always simply connected?
Edit: So, my original question (stated below) was to find an error in my "proof" that immediate parabolic basins for rational maps are always simply connected.
Since I have not received any answers as ...
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Automorphic and modular forms for subgroups of modular group and fuchsian groups
Is there a well-understood correspondence between subgroups G of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ (not necessarily of finite index) and graded algebras of modular forms invariant under G?
Given an algebra of ...
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Convolution with an element in the dual space
We recall that if $f_1\in L^p(\mathbb R)$ and if $f_2\in L^q(\mathbb R)$ where
$1 \lt p \lt \infty$ and $\frac 1p+\frac1q=1$ then the function $f_1\ast f_2(x)=\int_{\mathbb R} f_1(x-y) f_2(y)dy$ is a ...
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Continuous selection given both upper and lower hemicontinuity
Suppose that $X,Y$ are compact metric spaces, and $g:X\rightarrow Y$ is a multivalued mapping that is both upper and lower hemicontinuous. Is there a single valued continuous selection of $g$? If it ...
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Functional derivative of the square of an integral
I have the following functional
$$F(y)=\left[\int \frac{1}{y(x)+A}\cos(x)dx\right]^2$$
How do I find the functional derivative $dF$?
(I never encountered the square of an integral before when I did ...
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A maximum of a function
When studying the $\text{UMD}$ constants of spaces like $L_{p_1}(L_{p_2}(\cdots (L_{p_n})\cdots))$, I encounter the following question: Let $\alpha > 0$, define $$C(\alpha) : = \sup_{a > 0, b>...
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compactly supported harmonic functions [closed]
Do a significant class of compactly supported smooth functions u on Ω⊂Rn such that Δu≥0 exist?
Thanks!
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Convergence rate of an iterative process
I have the following iterative process
$$a_n=a_{n-1}(1-\phi(a_{n-1})),\quad 0< a_0<1,$$
where $\phi(x)$ is a continuous increasing function, $\phi(0)=0$, and if $x\in(0,1)$ then $0< \phi(x)&...
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Calculation of L2-dimension
For a group $G$, can we calculate $dim^{(2)}_{\mathcal{N}G}(\ell^2 G)$, where $\mathcal{N}G$ is the von Neumann algebra of $G$ and $\ell^2 G$ is the Hilbert space on $G$? I want to see whether this is ...
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Basic questions about parabolic Holder space
Hi, I am interested in learning a bit more about this space. I have exhausted all the books available at my disposal, and none of them explain much of the basics for me. Here's a definition of this ...
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An $L^{\infty}$ version of principal component analysis?
I have a $k$ by $n$ matrix $A$, with $k \ll n$. In case it helps, the $k$ rows are orthonormal.
I'm interested in finding a $k$ by $k$ orthogonal matrix $M$ so as to maximize the $L^{\infty}$ norms ...
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roots with negative real parts
Under what constraints on the parameters a,b, and c does the transcendental equation
$$x+a+be^{-x}+ce^{-kx}=0$$ ($k$ is a constant)
have ALL its roots with negative real parts? Alternatively, any ...
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Linear ODEs in a locally convex vector space
Let $X$ be a complete, locally convex, Hausdorff topological vector space over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $J \subset \mathbb{R}$ be an open interval. Consider the space $M = C^\infty(J,X)$ of smooth ...
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Circles and rational functions
Suppose that $\gamma$ is a Jordan analytic curve on the Riemann sphere,
and there exist two rational functions $f$ and $g$ such that
$f$ maps $\gamma$ into a circle, and $g$ maps a circle into $\gamma$...
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