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Lebesgue constant as condition number of polynomial interpolation
Let $T = \{ x_0,\ldots,x_n \}$ be a set of $n+1$ different points in the real interval $[a,b]$. Let $X_T$ be the associated interpolation operator on $C[a,b]$: it takes a function $f \in C[a,b]$ into ...
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Calkin Algebra and the embedding
Let $H$ be a separable, infinite dimensional Hilbert Space and $Calk(H):=B(H)/K(H)$ denotes
the Calkin algebra. There is obvious surjection $\pi: B(H) \to Calk(H)$ but I'm interested
in somehow ...
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question about bidual normed space
Consider a Banach $\mathbb{R}$-space E and an element $u\in E''$ such that :
for all sequence $\phi_n\in E'$ which $\sigma(E',E)$-converges to $\phi \in E'$, one has $\lim u(\phi_n)=u(\phi)$.
Is it ...
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Elaborating Mercer's theorem (RKHS) on Cameron-Martin space $k(x,y)=\min(x,y)$
Hi,
I'm trying to employ Mercer's theorem on the kernel $k(x,y)=\min(x,y)$. It is known (and easy to verify) that this is a nonnegative-definite kernel over $[0,T]$ for any $T>0$.
Fix $T>0$. ...
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Reference request: Anisotropic Sobolev spaces
Hello,
I am interested in what is known about anisotropic Sobolev spaces, by which I mean spaces of functions satisfying
$ \| f \|_p < \infty, \|Df \|_q < \infty, $
where $p \ne q$ (as ...
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crossed product
on Williams Crossed product book,on page 198, it is mentioned that there is only one regular representation for C_c(G), and that is the left regular representation.
I know that this representation is ...
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Boundedness of the derivative of the trace of an H^1 function
As a research preface, this question is linked to a problem of increasing magnetism in Ginzburg-Landau equations that I have distilled for the purpose of getting to the bottom of this technical matter....
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Smoothing L1 norm, Huber vs Conjugate
I'm trying to minimize a convex (not necessarily strictly convex) function involving an L1 norm (similar to lasso), which makes it non-differentiable at some points. So I'd like to smooth it and treat ...
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Looking for higher order Sobolev inequality
Hello,
On a compact (without boundary) Riemannian manifold (eg. some surface in $\mathbb{R}^n$), I'm looking for a result like
$$\lVert \nabla u\rVert_{L^2}^2 \leq \epsilon\lVert u\rVert_{H^1}^2+\...
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definition of operator valued integral with spectral measure
I am trying to make sense of some operators that come up on Buchholz and Summers' work on warped convolutions (two works on arxiv: 2008 and 2011).
There, they work on a Hilbert space $H$ and on the ...
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Absolute norms and 1-unconditional sums
Absolute norm
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces. Let $Z=X\times Y$ a norm $\|\cdot\|_N$ on $Z$ is called absolute if there is a function $N\colon R^2\rightarrow R$ such that
$$
\|(x,y)\|_N=N((\|x\|, \|...
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Non-super reflexive space
Suppose $X$ is a reflexive space (possibly non-separable) which is not super-reflexive. Then (by definition) there exists a non-reflexive Banach space $Y$ which is non-reflexive but is finitely ...
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Nuclear Space problem
I need to show that if X is compact,then C(X) is nuclear.Also is the condition X is metrisable
necessary. I am at present attending a conference "Recent Aadvances in Operator Theory". This
problem ...
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Solution of a PDE and its uniqueness
Hallo,
consider $f: U \times I \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, where $U \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $0 \in I \subset \mathbb{R}$ be two open sets. I am looking for the solution $f$ of the following PDE
$\...
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Uniform closure of subspaces of Baire class 1
Describe a uniformly closed linear subspace $A \subset C([0,1])$ such that the space $B_1(A)$ is not uniformly complete. Here $B_1(A)$ is the set of all bounded functions $f$ which are pointwise ...
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Asymptotic Behavior of Non-Analytic Function of the Eigenvalues
Hello,
Let $A_n = (a_{k-j};\;k,j = 0,1,\ldots,n-1)$ be a sequence of $n\times n$ Toeplitz matrices, with eigenvalues $(\lambda_{n,i};\;i = 0,1,\ldots,n-1)$.
If $A_n$ were a sequence of Hermitian ...
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Generator of a $C_0$-semigroup restricted to a subspace
Suppose we have a decreasing filtration of Banach spaces $(E_t)_{t\geq0}$, inclusions $V_{s+t,t}:E_{s+t}\to E_t$ and projections $P_{t,s+t}:E_t\to E_{s+t}$ such that $P_{t,s+t}V_{s+t,t}=I_{E_{s+t}}$. ...
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spectrum of a polygon and zeta function
Let $\Delta(x,y) = 1,0$ according to whether $(x,y)$ is in some polygon (symmetric with respect to the diagonal axis).
E.g. The convex hull of three points (taken from a paper on dominoes)
$$ \...
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Reflexive-saturated Banach spaces
Say that a Banach space $X$ is strongly saturated by reflexive subspaces if every closed subspace $Y\subset X$ contains a further reflexive subspace $Z\subset Y$ with $\mbox{dens }Y=\mbox{dens Z}$. If ...
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Existence of solution for this parabolic PDE
The parabolic PDE
$$\langle u', v \rangle + a(u,v) = \langle f, v \rangle$$
has a unique solution $u \in L^2(0,T; H^1)$ with $u' \in L^2(0,T;H^{-1})$ if $a$ is a bounded and coercive bilinear form (...
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a monotone relation for s-numbers
Assume $A, B$ are self-ajoint compact operators. Is it true that $\|A+iB\|\le \|2A+iB\|$? Do we have a stronger inequality $\prod_{k=1}^ns_k(A+iB)\le \prod_{k=1}^ns_k(2A+iB)$ or even stronger one $s_n(...
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When is a space of measures a measurable space?
Let $X$ denote a measurable space, that is, a set equipped with a $\sigma$-algebra $\Sigma(X)$. Let $M(X)$ denote the space of real-valued measures over $X$. This is a vector space over the real ...
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split of s.e.s. of Banach spaces
Let $l^{\infty}$ be the Banach space of all bounded real sequences with the $sup$-norm and $c$ the closed subspace of convergent sequences. Is there a continuous linear map $T: l^{\infty} \rightarrow ...
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Convergence of Schwartz kernels implies convergence of operators
Let $K$ be a smoothing operator on $\mathbb{R}^n$, i.e., it defines a map on all Sobolev spaces $K\colon H^r(\mathbb{R}^n) \to H^s(\mathbb{R}^n)$ for all $r, s \in \mathbb{R}$. Now (a variation of) ...
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Are $\lVert \Delta u \rVert_{L^2(S)}$ and $\lVert u \rVert_{H^2(S)}$ equivalent norms on a compact manifold?
Hi,
I am looking for the result:
$$\text{The norm} \quad \lVert \Delta u \rVert_{L^2(S)} \quad \text{is equivalent to} \quad \lVert u \rVert_{H^2(S)}$$
for scalar functions $u \in H^2(S)$, where $S$ ...
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Spectrum of the Normal Operator associated to compact supported spectral measures
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and $E:\Sigma\to\mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H})$ be a compactly supported spectral on the Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\Sigma$ of $\mathbb{C}$. Then we can form the bounded, ...
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Spectra of elements of a Banach algebra and the role played by the Hahn-Banach Theorem.
This problem was posed on Math StackExchange some time ago, but it did not garner any solutions there. I think that it is interesting enough to be posed here on Math Overflow, so here it goes.
Let $ \...
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weak derivative and continuous function
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a compact smooth hypersurface. Suppose $\varphi \in C_c^\infty(0,T; H^1(\Omega))$ is a $H^1(\Omega)$-valued test function (so $\varphi(t) \in H^1(\Omega)$ for each ...
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Classical Derivative, Weak Derivative and Integration by Parts
Hello,
While studying Sobolev spaces, the following question came to my mind. Any help in this direction is appreciated.
QUESTION
Let $U\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$ be open. Does there exist a function $...
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Space of sections of a fibre bundle with non-compact base space
Let $\pi: E \rightarrow M$ be a fiber bundle over the manifold M and denote by $\Gamma(E)$ the space of smooth sections of $E$.
For compact $M$ it is well known (Hamilton 1982, Part II Corollary 1.3.9)...
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closed complement
How can we show that $c_0$ has no closed complement in $l^\infty$. Similarly $C([0,1])$ has no closed complement in $B([0,1])$
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Minkowski's Inequality for Integrals in Orlicz spaces
EDIT: I have changed the question to have less parameters, fitting it into the context of Orlicz spaces.
Suppose $f:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ is convex and increasing, $f^{-1}:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$...
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A Wirtinger-like inequality involving two functions
Let $f(t)$ and $g(t)$ be periodic functions on $t\in[0,2\pi]$. By using the Fourier series of the two functions, we can easily prove the inequality
$$\left|\int_0^{2\pi}f(t)g'(t)dt\right|=
\left|\...
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Fourier transform of function on compact set and Sobolev norm equivalence
Hi all. My question on M.SE is unanswered (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/254970/fourier-transform-of-function-defined-on-subset-of-mathbbrn) so I want to post it here. I changed it slightly....
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Question about coercivity of a functional
Hi!
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary of dimension $2m$. Let
$$T:W^{2,2}(M)\rightarrow L^{2}(T^{*}M\otimes TM)$$
be a second order, linear, differential operator (...
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abstract evolution equations
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Whenever I read a book on evolution equations, they set up, say the parabolic PDE
$$\dot{y} = Ay + f$$
in abstract function spaces (eg. $L^2(0,T;V)$ and $L^2(0,T;V^*)$). In examples, they always ...
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Cardinality of Equivalence Relation of Eventually Sublinear Functions
Let $\Bbb{R}^{+}\_{0}$ be the set of non-negative real numbers and $\Bbb{R}^{+}$be the set of positive reals. Let us say that a function $f \colon \Bbb{R}^{+}\_{0} \to \Bbb{R}^{+}\_{0}$ is eventually ...
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Measures idempotent with respect to addition and multiplication.
Does there exist a probability finitely additive measure on $\mathbb N$ which is idempotent with respect to addition and multiplication simultaneously?
It is known (due to Hindman) that there is no ...
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One-dimensional Hausdorff measure of preimages
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $\mathbf{R}^n$. For a mapping $f: \Omega\to \bf{R}^n$, what kind of condition ensures that the one-dimensional Hausdorff measure of $f^{-1}(E)$ is zero whenever $E$ ...
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why do we need to specify to symmetric matrix when defining real positive definite matrix? [closed]
The following is from WiKi:
In linear algebra, a symmetric n × n real matrix M is said to be positive definite if zTMz is positive, for all non-zero column vectors z of n real numbers; where zT ...
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Constructing the imaginary part of a holomorphic function
Hallo,
Let $f: U \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a analytic function, where $U \subset \mathbb{C}^{n}$ is a open set (paracompact, starshaped or convex i.e. sufficiently nice). Does there exist a function ...
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Hormander's bracket condition for the adjoint of an operator
Let $X_0, X_1, \dots, X_k$ be smooth vector fields over ${\mathbb R}^n$, and let us consider the operator
$$
L = \sum_{i=1}^k X_i^2 + X_0~.
$$
Here, I assume that Hörmander's bracket condition is ...
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rank of fin gen projective modules over C* algebras
Apologies - a better explanation than I started with - thanks to people for helping. It is obvious that there are many bad cases for rank - the problem is are there a reasonable number of good cases?
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A basis of the space of continuous function of countable ordinals $C(\alpha) = C [0, \alpha]$
A basis of the space of continuous function of countable ordinals $C({\alpha}) = C [0, {\alpha}]$, which consist of characteristics functions of clopen subsets of $C({\alpha})$, in some order. But can ...
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Number of II${}_1$ factors
McDuff proved that there exist continuum many non-isomorphic (separable) II${}_1$ factors. I would like to politely ask whether it is known/open if one can find $2^{\mathfrak{c}}$ (or at least $\...
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Embedding of $\ell_p$ into infinite direct sums
Let $p\in (1,\infty)$ and let $q$ be conjugate to $p$. Is there a subspace of $\ell_1(\ell_p)$ isomorphic to $\ell_q$? Of course, I am uninterested in the case $p=2$.
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Bounding derivative of a function
Consider $a(t)\in\mathbf{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R})$ and $a(t)>0$, is a low pass smooth function with $\hat{a}(f)=0, |f|>f_{max}$. Can we have a upper bound on the following,
$\Big|\frac{a'(t)}{a(t)}\...
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Baum-Connes-like "conjecture" for $l^p$-spaces
Let $G$ be a (discrete) group. For the Baum-Connes conjecture, one looks at the reduced group $C^{\star}$-algebra: Look at the Hilbert space $l^2(G)$ and the representation of $G$ on this Hilbert ...
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Ideal spanned by matrix units isomorphic to compact operators
Hello,
Assume we have $(n+1)$ isometries $S_1,...,S_{n+1}$ in the separable Hilbert space $H$ with the properties that $\sum_{i=1}^{n+1}S_iS_i^*=I, S_i^*S_j=0$ (i.e. $S_i$ are the generators of the ...
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Extremal point and probability
Let $(X,\mathcal{F},\mathbf{P})$ be a probability space and $f \colon X \mapsto \mathbf{R}^n$ an integrable function. We assume that $f$ takes its values in a closed convex set $C$ of $\mathbf{R}^n$ ...
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