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Fourier series/transform of an amplitude-limited sinusoid
I am trying to estimate the amplitude of an original unlimited sine wave from a measurement of the power spectral density (PSD) of an amplitude-limited version. I expect that I may be able to do so ...
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variational problem under convexity constraints
I wonder if there is any method to compute variational problems subject to certain shape constraints (e.g., convexity, monotonicity, etc.). The literature I found on this topic (which I am no expert ...
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Classification of Self similar sets
I am looking at self similar sets in $\mathbb{C}$ defined as the fixed set or a sequence of contractions or an iterated function system. I am currently trying to classify these sets by how they are ...
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Adjoint operators in LCS
Before my main question let me start with the following notions.
Let $X$ and $Y$ be locally convex spaces and let $T \colon X \rightarrow Y$ be a linear mapping. The adjoint of $T$ is an operator
$T^...
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A question about an equivalent definition of the Schwartz distribution
Hello,
Does anyone know a reference or proof of the "if" part of the following statement?
$$
\mu\in \mathcal{S}'(R)\quad\text{if and only if}\quad \mu*\alpha\in\mathcal{S}(R),\forall \alpha\in C_c^\...
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Infinite internal direct sums of subspaces
Given a compact Hausdorff space $K$ such that $C(K)$ is of density $\omega_1$. Suppose that every copy of $c_0(\omega_1)$ in $C(K)$ is complemented. Let $\{Y_\alpha\colon\alpha<\omega_1\}$ be a ...
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Limit of two hypergeometric functions (2F1)
Hi,
Does anyone know whether there is a known function/distribution that corresponds to the limit:
$\lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow0^+} \mathfrak{Re}\left[f(x+i\epsilon) - f(x-i\epsilon)\right]$
when $f(...
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A norm ratio inequality
Let $y,z\in(0,1)^n$ satisfy $||y||_1 = ||z||_1=1$.
Then
$$
\frac{||z||_3}{||z||_2} \le
K_n
||z/y||_\infty
\frac{||y||_3}{||y||_2}
$$
where $z/y\in\mathbb R^n$ is the coordinate-wise quotient of $z$ ...
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Uniqueness of differential adjoint operator
I wonder if someone can help me on what is, probably, a simple question but is baffling me at the moment!
In standard texts on functional analysis, something like the following is written
Let $L\...
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Eigenvalues of a Parametrized Family of Linear Functions
Suppose that we have a family of linear functions $L(\alpha) : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$, where $\alpha$ is a positive real number.
For each $\alpha$, it is given that $L(\alpha)$ is a ...
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continuity of extension of maps along curves
Let $a\le b$ and $k\ge 0$ be given and fixed. Let furthermore $x$ and $y$ denote two different elements of a Hilbert space $H$. Suppose $u:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow H$ is a $C^k$-embedding connecting $x$ ...
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Variation of a function
There are probably some of you guys who already know some of the terms that I am going to use so in order to be not so boring I will put the definition to the end.
Let $f$ be a piecewise expanding ...
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Extension Operators for Sobolev spaces
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz smooth boundary and $\delta>0$ sufficiently small so that
$
\Omega_\delta = ${ $x\in\Omega : dist(x,\partial\Omega)>\delta $ }$...
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Bounding point-wise maximum of the absolute difference of two convex functions
Let $\Delta: R \times R \rightarrow R_{+}$ be a positive and convex function (convex in, say, both the arguments) called the loss function.
Let $x \in R^d$. Moreover, let $H_1,...,H_r$ be sets of ...
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Topology for test functions [closed]
One naive way to define a topology on test functions ${\mathcal D}(\Omega)$ would be to exhaust $\Omega$ by compacts $(K_n)$ and to take the metric induced by the semi-norm system
$$
{\| f \|} _ {n} :=...
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Does the dual Banach space $B(\ell^\infty)$ have weak* normal structure?
Let $K$ be a bounded closed convex subset of a Banach space $E$. A point $x$ in $K$ is called a diametral point if
$$
\sup_{y\in K} \|x-y\|={\rm diam}(K).
$$
where ${\rm diam}(K)$ denotes the ...
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What are conditions to make f(x) defined by f(x)=f(x-1)*x + 1/e unique(for instance convex)?
[Background:]
Looking at the powerseries for the gamma-function
$ \Gamma(1+x) = 1 + a_1 x + a_2 x^2 - a_3 * x^3 + ... $
then we can arrive at a decomposition
$ \Gamma(1+x) = r(x) + g(x) $
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Lower semicontinuity of Bregman distances/divergences
For a Banach space $X$ and a convex functional $J:X \to [0,\infty]$ (i.e. with values in the extended reals), consider the associated Bregman distance: For $x,y\in X$ and $\xi\in\partial J(y)$:
\begin{...
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Is the metric obtained by altering the metric of a Hilbert space on a finite-dimensional subspace equivalent to the original one? [closed]
Suppose a Hilbert space W can be written as the direct sum (not necessarily orthogonal) of the closed subspaces H and V, where H is assumed to be of finite dimension. Define a new inner product via
||...
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Density of Dolean exponentials in L2 and Wiener Measure
Assume that W is the classical Wiener space C([0,1],R) note $\mu$ the Wiener measure, and denote by $\mu_s$ the image of $\mu$ under the maping $T: W ->W$ such that$ T(w)= \sqrt(s) w$ . Denote by $...
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Loynes spaces, also called pseudo-Hilbert spaces
Let me first define my object:
First, a locally convex space $Z$ is called admissible in the sense of Loynes if
$Z$ is complete
There is a closed convex cone in $Z$, called $Z_+$, satisfying (for $x\...
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Square powers of hemicontinuous operators
Let H be an infinite dimensional real Hilbert space.
A [not necessarily linear] mapping of H into itself is said to be hemicontinuous if it is continuous from each line
segment of H to the weak ...
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Fractional Fourier transform [closed]
Let $T: L^2(\mathbb{R}^n) \rightarrow L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the Fourier transform. Is there any reasonable definition of fractional Fourier transform (i.e. operator $A$ such that $A^{\alpha}=T$ for $\...
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Spectral gap of a Markov chain on the nonnegative integers
Let $\lambda_k,\mu_k\in\mathbb R_{\ge0}$ $(k\ge1)$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $\sum_{k=1}^\infty k\lambda_k<\infty,$ let $S=\mathbb Z_{\ge0}$ be the nonnegative integers, let $T=\mathbb ...
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Best constant for Hölder inequality in Lorentz spaces
It's well known (and proved by R. O'neil) that there is a version of Hölder's inequality for Lorentz spaces, namely
$$\|fg\|_{L^{p, q}} \lesssim_{p_1, p_2, q_1, q_2} \|f\|_{L^{p_1, q_1}}\|g\|_{L^{...
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Bounding the norm of the Laplacian of the gradient of a function having Lipschitz continuous Hessian
It seems that the following claim is true, but I did not manage to prove it neither to find a reference.
Claim Let $f:\mathbb R^p\to\mathbb R$ be a three times differentiable function such that its ...
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Formulas for $\arg\max$
are any formulas for $\arg\max(f(x))$ known
(in the context of this question, $\max(f(x))$ shall denote the essential supremum of $f(x)$ over some given domain $\Omega\subset X$)?
The reason for ...
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Change of functional derivative under rigid coordinate transformation
Suppose I have a functional
$$
E=\int F(y_{1,1},..y_{1,n},y_{2,1}\ldots,y_{n,n})d\boldsymbol{x}\,,
$$
where $\boldsymbol{y}:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R}^{n},\,\boldsymbol{y}(\boldsymbol{x})=\left(y_{...
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Fourier transform localisation (still unanswered, but apparently off-topic?) [closed]
In the context of Pólya's theorem I was reading these notes here on p. 19. In the last paragraph the authors claim (it is the sentence starting like "standard Fourier theory shows...") that the ...
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How are real-analytic functions encoded in computer algebra?
I would like to know how are encoded the real-analytic functions on the interval by the computers. When I think in a real-analytic function I just think in a composition of the ''typical'' analytic ...
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Is it possible that the intersection of two nest algebras contains only scalars?
Dear all, I really want to know the answer of the following question. I would
appreciate any help.
Assume H is a separable Hilbert space, is it possible to find two nests N1, N2
such that the ...
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Does the product function $fg$, where $f$ is in $L^2$ and $g$ is in $C^{\infty}_0$ belong to hardy space $H^1$?
I am struggling to know whether the product function $fg$, where $f$ is in $L^2$ and $g$ is in $C^{\infty}_0$ belong to hardy space $H^1$.
$fg$ has compact support but I can't figure out how I can try ...
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is the limit of ergodic functions still ergodic?
under what conditions is the limit of a sequence of ergodic functions still ergodic? are there simple counter-examples to this general statement?
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On Cantor sets every map is $C^{\infty}$ [closed]
For a fixed Cantor set $K\subset [0,1]$ and a continuous function $g:[0,1]\to \mathbb R.$ Is it always possible to find a $C^{\infty}$ map $f:[0,1]\to \mathbb R$ such that $g$ and $f$ coincide in $K?$
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Computation to differentiate a determinant [closed]
Consider a positive Hermitian $N \times N$ matrix $A$ with complex valued coefficients. We list its eigenvalues in increasing order and with their multiplicities, $\mu_{1} \leq \mu_{2} \leq \cdots \...
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When $\lambda$-commutativity implies commutativity?
Let $\mathcal{B}(F)$ the algebra of all bounded linear operators on an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert $F$.
Let $T,S\in\mathcal{B}(F)$. The pair $(T,S)$ is said to $\lambda$-commute if there ...
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Space of functions f such that the number of primes in $ [x, x+f(x)] $ remains bounded
Given a positive integer $ n $ , let $ S_{b}(n) $ the set of functions $ f $ fulfilling the following conditions :
1) $ f $ is continuous, positive and increasing on $(n,+\infty) $
2) for ...
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The completion of $F/\text{Ker}(M)$ is isomorphic to the closure of the range of $M$
Let $M$ be a positive semidefinite operator on a complex Hilbert space $(F,(\cdot,\cdot))$.
On the quotient space $F/\text{Ker}(M)$ we have the following inner product
$$\langle \overline{x},\...
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Is there a probability density function satisfying the following conditions?
I find myself in need of the solution of this problem in finding a probability density function. I had asked this question in Math Stack Exchange but I did not get an answer so I am posting it here.
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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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Can I get away without using Arzela-Ascoli?
I am currently thinking of function-valued random variables. In order to prove a result, I need to approximate by (function-valued) step functions. This naturally leads to the idea of chopping up the ...
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A functional equation in real analysis
For what function $u:[0,1]\rightarrow R$ with bounded derivative, such that $\forall p\in[0,1]$,
$\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\sum\limits_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}p^k(1-p)^{n-k}u(\frac{k}{n})=u(p)$
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Question on Hartogs's Extension Theorem
Does Hartogs's extension theorem hold if one replaces the word holomorphic by analytic (of course still in several variables)?
For Hartogs's Extension Theorem see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Simultaneous Jordanization
Hello everyone
I would like to have a detailed reference to the statement bellow:
Let $A,B\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ such that $AB=BA$. Suppose $A$ has real eigenvalues only and $B$ is ...
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Hilbert space having all norms (and seminorms) continous.
Suppose I have a Hilbert space $H$ such that every seminorm on $H$ is continuous with respect to the inner-product induced norm. Is $H$ necessarily finite-dimensional? If not, is there an easy ...
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Can you interpret this divergent integral?
In this ArXiv paper by Wilk and Wlodarczyk (published in Physical Review Letters), equation 16 has essentially the following definition of a function:
$$\text{f(x)=}\frac{c}{2Dx^2}\exp[\int^x_0 \frac{\...
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Weak convergence of Hilbert Schmidt operators
So I am stuck at this situation. Let $\{A_n\}$ be a weakly convergent sequence in $B_2(H)$ converging to $0$ in the weak topology on $B_2(H)$. Which means that $\left<A_n,D\right>=\operatorname{...
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$Ax=b$ in a function space
Let
$X$ be compact Hausdorff topological space,
$C(X)$ denote the algebra of complex-valued continuous functions on $X$,
$b\in \mathbb{C}^m$,
$\mathbf{A}\in C(X)^{m\times n}$,
for all $x\in X$, $b\...
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Is this Holder-type inequality true $\;(\int fg )\,(\int f^2 + g^2)\leq \int f^2g+fg^2\;$? [closed]
Suppose $f$ and $g$ are non-negative functions such that $\int f(x)dx = \int g(x)dx=1$. Is it true that
$$\Big(\int fg \Big)\,\Big(\int f^2 + g^2\Big)\leq \int f^2g+fg^2\quad?$$
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Checking complete positivity of maps between C* algebras
Let $\phi$ : $A \rightarrow A$ be a positive map, where $A$ is a (unital) C* algebra. Suppose we are given that $\phi$ is n positive whenever n= $2^k$ for some $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Can we conclude that ...
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