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Entire functions bounded on large wedges of $\mathbb{C}$ [closed]
Define $W : [0,\infty) \to 2^{\mathbb{C}}$ by $W(\theta) = \{r\cdot \operatorname{exp}(i\cdot t) : \langle r,t \rangle \in (0,\infty) \times (-\theta,\theta)\}$.
For what $\theta$ does there exist an ...
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A question concerning separate and joint continuity of bilinear maps
Suppose that $V$ is a locally convex topological vector space and $f:V^2 \to V$ is a bilinear map. Suppose that $C \subseteq V$ is compact and convex, $f$ maps $C^2$ into $C$ and
$f \restriction C^2$ ...
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Invariant means on the integers
Let $A\subseteq\mathbb Z$, as usual we define the lower Beurling density $d^{-}(A)=\lim\inf_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{|A\cap[-n,n]|}{2n+1}$ and the upper Beurling density $d^+(A)=\lim\sup_{n\...
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What is the "correct" generalization of operator norms for nonlinear operators?
I have been recently wondering what is a (or even the) "correct" generalization of the notion of an operator norm to nonlinear operators?
Please excuse the naivete of my question; if you think that ...
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Collection of charged line segments in 2D - where do electric field lines meet it?
Suppose we have a collection of charged line segments in 2D. I'd like to be able to do two things :
from an arbitrary point in the plane, follow the electric field and find where it meets the ...
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Missing mass conjecture
Let $n,t$ be positive integers and $p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_n$ positive numbers summing to 1. Conjecture:
$$
\sum_{i=1}^n p_i (1-p_i)^t \le \frac{n(1-1/n)^n}{t}
$$
always holds.
The motivation comes from my ...
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Non-algebraic curve visualisation
Is there any software which can automatically visualise a non-algebraic
complex curve, I mean the structure of it's ramification points and sheet?
I think a good test example would be the Lambert ...
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Which Banach algebras are group algebras?
Given a locally compact Hausdorff group $G$, one can construct several Banach star-algebras using $G$ (and its associated Haar measure): $L^1 (G)$, $M(G)$ (regular complex measures on $G$), $L^{\infty}...
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metrics compatible with conformal structures
I have three related questions:
(1) How does one describe the possible Riemannian metrics that are compatible with a conformal structure on a two dimensional surface?
(2) Can all conformable ...
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Limit of two hypergeometric functions (2F1)
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Does anyone know whether there is a known function/distribution that corresponds to the limit:
$\lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow0^+} \mathfrak{Re}\left[f(x+i\epsilon) - f(x-i\epsilon)\right]$
when $f(...
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Are extensions of nuclear Fréchet spaces nuclear?
Consider the category of Fréchet spaces, the morphisms being
continuous linear maps with closed image. Suppose that we
have a short exact sequence in that category:
$0 \rightarrow V_1 \rightarrow ...
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Fractional integration lemma
Hello everyone.
I am trying to establish a fractional integration lemma of this form.
For $\alpha\geq 0$, and
$1\leq p,q<\infty$ and $0\leq \frac{1}{q}-\frac{1}{p}=\frac{\alpha}{d}$
or $1\leq p,...
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Can Hölder's Inequality be strengthened for smooth functions?
Is there an $\epsilon>0$ so that for every nonnegative integrable function $f$ on the reals,
$$\frac{\| f \ast f \|_\infty \| f \ast f \|_1}{\|f \ast f \|_2^2} > 1+\epsilon?$$
Of course, we ...
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volume of the unit ball of the Banach space $\ell_1^n\otimes_{\epsilon}\ell_1^n$?
We denote by $\otimes_{\epsilon}$ the injective Banach tensor product.
Which is the asymptotic volume of the unit ball of the Banach space $\ell_1^n\otimes_{\epsilon}\ell_1^n$?
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Projective Banach spaces
Injective Banach spaces, with morphisms as contractive linear maps, have been classically studied (and are $C(K)$ spaces with $K$ Stonian). But what about projectives?
So $P$ will be projective if ...
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Holomorphically Convex Hull a Subset of the convex hull of
This comes from Hörmander's "An Introduction to Complex Analysis in Several Variables".
We defined the $A(\Omega)$-hull (analytic functions in an open set $\Omega$). $\hat{K}$ of a compact set $K\...
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What monsters does the "growth condition" required of holomorphic modular functions bar?
Even though the title of this question pretty much captures what I'd like to know, I'll add
two side questions:
1) Is it difficult to get a handle on the totality of functions that arise if one ...
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Can the Sobolev norm of order 1/2 detect "jumps"?
We are given a function $f: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$. For simplicity we can assume that $f$ is smooth and compactly supported. Is the Sobolev norm of order $\frac{1}{2}$ strong enough to prove an ...
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Almost Orthogonal Vectors given a Unitary Operator
Let $\mathit{H}$ be a (real or complex) Hilbert space and $U:\mathit{H}\rightarrow\mathit{H}$ be a unitary operator. What conditions can be placed on $U$ to guarantee a sequence $v_n$ such that $|v_n|...
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Characterization of closed subspaces of $ L^2(R)$
Natural way to find an example of banach spaces is to look at closed subspaces of Banach spaces. Initially, It was really hard to find examples of closed subspaces of $L^2(R)$. Then, my professor gave ...
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Necessary condition for a branch point
If I have a function $f(z,\alpha)$ (let's keep it a polynomial of order $\geq 2$ in $z$, for simplicity), what would be a necessary condition for there to be branch points for this function? A friend ...
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Hilbert transforms of measures
Given a finite measure $\mu$ on the real line $\mathbb R$, one definition of its Hilbert transform is $(H\mu)(y) =\frac{1}{\pi}(PV)\int \frac{d\mu(x)}{x-y}$ which is known to exist almost everywhere ...
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What holomorphic functions are limits of polynomials?
Let $\Omega$ be a connected open set in the complex plane. What is the closure of the polynomials in $\mathcal{H}(\Omega)$ the set of holomorphic functions on $\Omega$? The topology is the usual ...
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Minimum number of polygonal lines connecting points in an annulus.
It is obvious that an open annulus in the complex plane: $S = a < |z| < b$ is connected. That is, each pair of point $z_1$ and $z_2$ in it can be joined by a polygonal line.
What is the minimum ...
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Unbalancing lights in higher dimensions
In ''The Probabilistic Method'' by Alon and Spencer, the following unbalancing lights problem is discussed. Given an $n \times n$ matrix $A = (a_{ij})$, where $a_{ij} = \pm 1$, we want to maximise the ...
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orthonormal basis of eigenvectors for laplacian on a concave polygon
I am interested in the Laplace operator $\Delta$ on a concave polygon.
When the polygon is convex, it is known that $\Delta: H^2(\Omega) \rightarrow L^2(\Omega)$
is boundedly invertible. In addition, ...
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Convergence of eigenvectors
Let $T$ be a compact operator on $l^2$. Let $T_n$ be finite rank operators and $T_n \to T$ in the operator norm. Is it true that the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $T_n$ converge to eigenvalues and ...
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inequality of norms [closed]
Let $X$ and $Y$ be two Banach spaces with norms $\|\|_X$ and $\|\|_Y$ respectively. If $Z=X\times Y$ is also a Banach space with norm $\|\|_Z$ then what is the relation between $\|\|_X,\:\|\|_Y$ and $\...
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Why does so much recent work involve K3 surfaces?
I've been noticing that a whole lot of papers published to the Arxiv recently involve K3 surfaces. Can anyone give me (someone who, at this point, knows little more about K3 surfaces than their ...
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Eigenvector of infinite matrix
I consider the system of reaction-diffusion PDEs in a ball
with Robin boundary condition.
It is a Steklov eigenvalue problem
(see G Auchmuty (2004) "Steklov eigenproblems and the representation
of ...
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Dual space of $\ell^\infty$
Why can the elements of the dual space of $\ell^\infty(\mathbb N)$ be represented as sums of elements of $\ell^1(\mathbb N)$ and Null$(c_0)$?
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Motivation for and history of pseudo-differential operators
Suppose you start from partial differential equations and functional analysis (on $\mathbb R^n$ and on real manifolds). Which prominent example problems lead you to work with pseudo-differential ...
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Existence of extreme points
Let $(X,d)$ be a complete metric linear space whose balls are convex. Let $Y\subseteq X$ be a bounded, closed and convex subset that verifies the following property: for all $y_0\in Y$, the distance ...
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Bivariate polynomials with special properties
I recently came across some polynomials with some remarkable properties.
A polynomial $P(u,v) \in \mathbb{R}[u,v]$ in 2 variables is remarkable if
the set of solutions to the system $P(u,v)=P(v,u)=0$...
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Homology of a region of the plane
This is related to this MO question, I don't know if it's really "research-level". As in that question, let $U$ be a domain of the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$, i.e. an open connected subset. Let
$$ \...
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Meaning of Cauchy integral theorem - the (co)homology viewpoint
I'm not sure what follows is not just a complicated way to deduce a blatant triviality, or if is even correct. Let's try.
In the elementary theory of analytic functions of $1$ complex variable, one ...
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Is a non-compact Riemann surface an open subset of a compact one ?
Let $X$ be a non-compact holomorphic manifold of dimension $1$. Is there a compact Riemann surface $\bar{X}$ suc that $X$ is biholomorphic to an open subset of $\bar{X}$ ?
Edit: To rule out the case ...
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Does de Branges's theorem extend to several variables?
Consider injective homolomorphic functions $f:\mathbb D\to \mathbb C$ on the unit disk $|z|\leq 1$, normalized by the conditions $f(0)=0$ and $f'(0)=1$.
Thus for $|z|\leq 1$ we have $ f(z)=\...
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center of the algebra of bounded operators [closed]
Suppose that $X$ is a Banach space. How to prove that the center of the algebra $B(X)$ (the algebra of bounded operators on $X$) consists only of operators of the form $aI$, where $a$ is scalar and $I$...
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Ideals in smooth subalgebras of C*-algebras
Let $B$ be a $C^{*}$-algebra and $\mathcal{B}$ a dense *-subalgebra stable under holomorphic functional calculus and $C^{1}$-functional calculus for selfadjoint elements. Also, $\mathcal{B}$ is a ...
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Is the unitary group of $l^2(A)$ with the strict topology contractible?
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra with countable approximate unit. Let $\mathbb{K}$ denote the compact operators on a separable Hilbert space. Mingo and later Cuntz and Higson have shown that the unitary ...
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Routh-Hurwitz for eigenvalues
The Routh-Hurwitz criterion provides a convenient test, even for hand calculation, of whether a polynomial with real coefficients has all its roots in the left half plane. I'm wondering about a ...
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Holomorphic stability of inverse limit of pre-$C^*$-algebras
Let A be a C*-algebra and let At be a set of dense *-subalgebras of A, stable under holomorphic functional calculus on A, which are also Banach algebras complete with respect to the norms ||$\cdot$||t....
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General theory for p-normed spaces
Hello,
in functional analysis and operator theory, you encounter several (at first glance, at least) similar constructions of normed spaces that can be indexed with some $ p \in [1,\infty]$, and ...
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Fano 3-fold of degree 4
Let $X$ be the intersection of two quadrics in $P^5$. It is well known that the intermediate Jacobian $J(X)$ is isomorphic to $J(C)$ for a genus 2 curve, related to the pencil of quadrics whose base ...
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Is this (interpolation) inequality right?
Suppose that $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$, $F$ is bounded in $L^\infty (\Omega \times (0,T))\cap (\cap_{k=1}^\infty L^{5/3}(0,T;C^k(\bar{\Omega})))$.
Question: Can we say that $F$ ...
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Proving uniform bound
Hello
I want to prove that
$\lim_{h\rightarrow\infty}\left(\int_{0}^{\infty}\left(\cos ht-1\right)\underset{t}{\triangle}\left[\frac{\phi(t)\exp\left(-itx\right)}{it}\right]dt\right)=-\int_{0}^{\...
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Subgroups of U(M_n)
can any subgroup of the unitary group of full matrix alg $M_d(\mathbb{C})$ be approximated on finite
sets by a finite subgroup?
i.e. is the following True or false?
Let $n, d$ be positive integers ...
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Hodge theory on complex spaces
If $X$ is a compact Kahler manifold, then Hodge theory says that its cohomology decomposes as a direct sum
$$ H^{p+q}(X,\mathbb C) = \bigoplus_{p,q} H^{p,q}(X,\mathbb C) $$
where $H^{p,q}(X,\mathbb ...
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What is the origin of the metrization problem for compact convex sets?
The following is an ``old question in analysis:''
Is it true that every perfectly normal compact convex subset of a locally convex topological vector space is metrizable?
Here perfectly normal means ...
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