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Checking initial condition of PDE is satisfied in Galerkin method
I asked this question here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/416885/checking-initial-condition-of-pde-is-satisfied-in-galerkin-method
But I did not receive the solution so I post it here.
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Any possible way to invert a function built from a sum of two?
In searching for various choices for the interpolation of exponential-towers to fractional heights (aka tetration) I came to the following type of function:
$$ f_b(x) =\left[ \frac {t_0}{2} + \sum_{k=...
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Generalized bilinear estimates
Hello. Let $ X^{s,b} $ be the Bourgain space generated by $ \tau - \xi^3 $. It is proved that, for $ s\in (-\frac{1}{2}, 0] $, we have
$$
\|(u^2)_x\| _{X^{s,b'-1}} \leq c \|u\|_{X^{s,b}} \|u\|_{X^{-...
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Is scalarwise measurability determined by the strong dual?
Since this question has not received an answer so far, I try to reformulate the question in a simpler manner as follows: Do there exist $E,F,\ell,f$ such that
$E$ and $F$ are separable (real) Banach ...
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h-oscillating function
I need help understanding the following condition:
$u_h\in L^2(\mathbb{T}^d)$, $\|u_h\|_{L^2(\mathbb{T}^d)}=1$, where $h$ is the semiclassical parameter and $\mathbb{T}^d$ is the flat torus, is ...
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(localized) L^2 norm of quasimode for Laplacian
Lately I've been thinking about the following distribution on the flat torus $\mathbb{T}^2$:
$u_k=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\lfloor k^{0.99}\rfloor+1}}\sum_{|l|\leq k^{0.99}}e^{ikx}e^{ily}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\...
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Adjoint operator in sobolev space
Let $g\in H_0^1(\Omega)\cap W^{2,\infty}(\Omega),$ and let us define the operator $B : y \to g y$ from $H:=H_0^1(\Omega)\cap H^2(\Omega)$ to $H$, which we endowed with norm $|u|=(\|u\|^2 +\|\Delta u\|...
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Which matrix/operator in a cone has the largest negative spectral part?
Background:
Let $\mathcal{K}$ be set (convex cone, if you like) of symmetric matrices of order $n$. Each matrix $A \in \mathcal{K}$ can be decomposed in a unique way as $A=A_{+}-A_{-}$, where $A_{+}$ ...
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On generalization of Wigner semi circle
I want to analyse noise model for a matrix M whose entries are not real numbers. The matrix is a collection of N permutation matrices of size nxn i.e, M is NnxNn. Because its a collection of ...
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Regular Borel Measures equivalent definition
Please help me understand how the below definition is equivalent to the standard definition of regularity which says that a measure is regular if for which every measurable set can be approximated ...
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From positive definite function to Følner sequence ----- a question on amenability and nuclearity
We know that amenability of countable discrete group $\Gamma$ has many equivalent characterizations. In particular, there are two: a) there is a sequence of finitely supported positive definite ...
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Matrices with a common Fischer basis
Let $A$ be a real symmetric $n\times n$ matrix, normalized such that $Tr[A]=1$. Define a 'Fischer basis' as the basis in which all diagonal elements are equal to $\frac{1}{n}$. The motivation for ...
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spaces of smooth functions with bounds on partial derivatives
EDIT: As there were no takers at all... I have added below a possible approach I came up with...
I would like to ask the following elementary but tricky question about the density of spaces of smooth ...
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(DFM) vs (DFS) spaces, Banach scales
This question is related to one I posted before: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/117492/dfm-spaces-and-the-c-infty-topology
According to Dineen (in "Complex Analysis in Locally Convex Spaces",p.15)...
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A question on a variant of Hardy's inequality.
I would like to know a proof of a variant of Hardy's inequality below. Could anyone introduce me a reference or give me a proof? Thank you very much for your assistance.
Set $0<r<\frac{2(n-s)...
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Galerkin method for existence for PDE with nonsymmetric bilinear form
Suppose we have a PDE
$$\langle u', v \rangle + a(u,v) = 0$$
where $a:V\times V \to \mathbb{R}$ is a bounded symmetric bilinear form, then if $u_0 \in V$ then $u \in L^2(0,T; V)$ with $u' \in L^2(0,T;...
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Functional Analysis Generalizations: indeterminated inner product and functions over manifolds
There are books or articles that deal with generalizations of functional analysis in the sense that the inner product need not be positive-definite or that works with functions over manifolds?
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How to find the tensor product of modules that we don't know a basis for them?
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I know how to calculate some easy tensor products like $\mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z} \otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}\cong_{\mathbb{Z}} \mathbb{Z}/(m,n)\mathbb{Z} $ or $F[X] \otimes_{F} F[Y] \...
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Multi-completely monotone functions
Consider a $C^{\infty}$ nonnegative function $f(x,y,z)$, $x,y,z>0$ and let $\lambda f(\lambda x, \lambda y,\lambda z) \equiv f(z,y,z)$ for any $\lambda > 0$ (positive homogenity). Define
$$
g_{...
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Boundedness of Riesz transforms.
The Riesz $R_i$ transform on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is defined by
$$ R_if(x)= \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \frac{t_i-x_i}{\vert x-t \vert^{n+1}}f(t) dt$$
for a Schwartz function $f$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$. Can you please ...
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Extension of $S_+$ type operators
Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space and $G\subset X$ a open bounded set. Let $F:\overline{G}\rightarrow X^\star$ be a $S_+$ operator, i.e., if for any sequence $x_n$ in $G$ for which $x_n\...
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Integration by parts wrt. a Morse function on its basin of attraction
Let $f:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R$ be a Morse function with uniform nondegenerate Hessian at critical points, i.e. for some $\delta>0$
$$
\forall x \in \{\nabla f=0\}\;\forall \xi\in\mathbb R^n: \quad ...
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bivariate polynomial
Hello,
Let $p(x,y) = \sum_{m=1}^M\sum_{n=1}^N a_{m,n}x^{m-1}y^{n-1}$ be a bivariate polynomial where $\{a_{m,n}\}$ are complex.
If $(x_k, y_k), k=1,2,\cdots, MN-1$ are roots of $p(x,y)=0$ where $|...
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"Integration by parts" formula for functionals
We know that for a Hilbert triple $V \subset H \subset V^{'}$, if we have $u, v \in L^2(0,T;V)$ with $u',v' \in L^2(0,T;V')$
then
$$\frac{d}{dt}(u(t), v(t))_H = u'(t)(v(t)) + v'(t)(u(t))$$
where the $...
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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
$$\lVert \nabla u\rVert_{L^2}^2 \leq \epsilon\lVert u\rVert_{H^1}^2+\...
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Nuclear Space problem
I need to show that if X is compact,then C(X) is nuclear.Also is the condition X is metrisable
necessary. I am at present attending a conference "Recent Aadvances in Operator Theory". This
problem ...
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Kernel of modified Kronecker sum
The Kronecker sum of two matrices $A \in M(n \times n, \mathbb{R})$ and $B \in M(m \times m,\mathbb{R})$ is defined by the matrix
$$A \oplus B = A \otimes I_m + I_n \otimes B \in M(nm \times nm, \...
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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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Inequality regarding $\ell_p$ norms, $p<1$
Let $(x_{i,j})$ be an infinite double sequence of nonnegative real numbers, and $ 0< p<1$.
I would like to know whether one can bound from above the sum
\begin{equation}
\sum_{i,j} x_{i,j}^p
\...
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HyperKaehler manifolds are Ricci-flat
Hi,
I have the following question: Let $M$ be a Hyperkaehler manifold with complex structures $I,J,K$ and Hyperkaehler metric $g$. Let $\omega_{I} = g(I *, *), \omega_{J} = g(J *, *), \omega_{K} = g(...
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a weighted sum of Hermitian matrices and selection of weight values
We have $N$ Hermitian matrices $A_i$ and $N$ weight values $w_i$, $1\leq i\leq N$, $\sum_{i=1}^N w_i=1$.
Then we can obtain a new Hermite matrices $\sum_{i=1}^N w_iA_i$. let us assume $\lambda$ is ...
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Injective modules over Fourier algebra
Is there any article on injective modules over Fourier Algebras?
Do we have anything about injectivity of $A(G)$ as a $A(G)$-bimodule?
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base change for distributions
For distributions on smooth manifolds one can consider the push-forward which is defined for proper maps, and the pull-back which is defined under certain condition on the wave front set see ...
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Diagonalizing matrix with a special conjugate transpose property
Hi all,
I'm looking for the minimum criterion on $A\in M_{3x3}(\mathbb{C})$ (a $3x3$ complex matrix) such that:
1) $A$ is diagonalizable by a matrix $T\in M_{3x3}(\mathbb{C})$
2) $T$ is such that $...
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Isomorphisms of group extensions arising from antisymmetric forms
Let $V,W$ be topological vector spaces and fix continuous antisymmetric bilinear forms $\omega_1:V\times V\to \mathbb{R}$, $\omega_2:W\times W\to\mathbb{R}$. Since $\omega_1$ is a 2-cocycle (in fact ...
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Reference book for a stronger version of Goldstine theorem
Let me quote the proof of Goldstine theorem from wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstine_theorem ):
Given an $x^{**} \in B_{X^{**}}$, a tuple $(\phi_1, \dots, \phi_n)$ of linearly ...
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Particular types of basis on a normed vector space of finite dimension
Is it true that on every normed vector space $V$ of dimension $n$ there exists a basis of norm $1$ vectors $v_i$, such that $\|\sum_{i=1}^n\epsilon_iv_i\|\geq 1$ for all possible combinations of $\...
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showing convergence of a function recursion relation
I have obtained (formally) a perturbative solution
$$
H(y) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \delta^n H_n(y)
$$
to the following integro-differential equation ($\delta$ is a small constant, $\nu$ is a L\'evy ...
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The existence of the solution of the perturbed KdV Equation(semi-group operator)
Consider the perturbed KdV Equation$$u_t-6uu_x+u_{xxx}=\epsilon u,u(x,0)=f(x)$$where $f(x)=v(x,0)$，$v(x,t)$ is a soliton solution.$u$ satisfies the condition$u\to 0 $when $|x|\to\infty$
I want to use ...
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When Pelczynski's property (V*) forces (V) in the dual space?
Recently, I have been asked if are there any sufficient conditions for a Banach space with Pelczynski property (V*) to have dual with property (V). Since it was a long standing open problem, I guess ...
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Can you prove the monotonicity of the function (or find a counter example)?
Let $X$ be a non-negative random variable that is drawn from a cumulative distribution function $F(\cdot)$, pdf $f(\cdot)$ and mean $E[x]$. $k$, $c$, $v_l$ and $v_h$ $(v_h>v_l)$ are non-negative ...
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matrix-theoretic terminology query
Is there an accepted term for the following property?
Let $A$ be a real matrix such that all entries of the eigenvector corresponding to the least eigenvalue have the same sign.
NOTES: (1) The case ...
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Boundedness of Integral
Suppose we operate on the unit simplex $\Delta \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ with $0$ as a corner point.
Define the integral
$$
Iu(x):=\int_0^1 t^{|\beta|-1}x^\beta u(tx)\mathrm{d}t,\quad x\in \Delta
$$
and ...
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iterated traces for sobolev functions
It is well known that if $M$ is a smooth $(n-1)$-dimensional surface in $\mathbb R^n$ (e.g. a subspace) then there is a continuous trace operator $W^{s,p}(\mathbb R^n)\to W^{s-1/p,p}(M)$. Now suppose ...
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Inequalities between self-adjoint operators
Let $T_s$ ($s\ge0$) be a smooth family of non-negative self-adjoint operators in a separable Hilbert space $H$. Suppose that, for some $C'>C>0$, we have $T_0+Cs^2\le T_s\le T_0+C's^2$ for all $s$...
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Inequality involving BV norm and a regularizing kernel
In the same article by Benoit Perthame: http://www.mendeley.com/research/uniqueness-error-estimates-first-order-quasilinear-conservation-laws-via-kinetic-entropy-defect-measure/# (related to this ...
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Weak solution of a certain pde with integral term
Let us consider the following pde on the domain $(0,T)\times(0,1)$
$
\dot{p}(t,x)+v(t)p_{x}(t,x)+v'(t)\int_{0}^{1} \rho(t,s)p_{s}(t,s)\ ds=0
$
with initial data $p(0,x)=p_{0}(x)$ and boundary data $...
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Mappings preserving convex compactness
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space.
How can one describe continuous mappings $F:H \to H$
that satisfy the following condition:
There exist two elements $c$, $F(c) \neq c$
and a convex compact $M$ containing ...
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Unambiguous "weak" vector valued $L^{+\infty}$ spaces?
For some time, I have been stuck to the problem to be described as follows. The (perhaps not so commonly known) facts given here are taken from R. E. Edwards' Functional Analysis (Holt, Rinehart and ...
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Banach spaces with simple best approximate solutions
Let $\langle V,||.||\rangle$ be a Banach space such that:
$\;\;$ for all continuous linear maps $\: L : V\to V \:$ and members $v$ of $V$, there exists a unqiue member $u$ of $V$
$\;\;$ that ...
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