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Existence of infinite rank compact operator
Given any separable Banach space $X$, we know that always there exists a Banach space $Y$ such that there is an injective compact operator from $X$ to $Y$. Can we show that given any infinite ...
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Existence of a complemented basic sequence
Let $X$ be an infinite-dimensional Banach space (complex or real). A subspace of $X$ means a closed linear submanifold. If $S$ is a non-empty subset of $X$, then $[S]$ denotes the closed linear span ...
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Norm of a $2$-tuple of operators
Let $E$ be a complex Hilbert space and $K_1,K_2$ are bounded linear operators on $E$.
Let $\omega(K_1)$ and $\omega(K_2)$ be the numerical radius of $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. That is
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Can we approximate a Hölder pdf by higher-order Hölder pdf's?
$\newcommand{\RR}{\mathbb R}\newcommand{\NN}{\mathbb N}$
Let $\alpha \in (0, 1)$ and $j \in \NN$. We denote by $H^{j + \alpha} := H^{j + \alpha} ({\RR}^d)$ the space of real-valued functions $f$ on $\...
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Convergence of the infima of convex functions on $\mathbb{R}^m$
Any thoughts on proving the following statement, which is a generalization of the result in convergence of the infima of convex functions from domain $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}^m$ and also Theorem 1 ...
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Intersection of Hilbert spaces with Schauder basis
Let
$H$ be a infinite dimensional, separable, complex Hilbert space,
$\{v_{1_n}\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence in $H$,
$V_1=\operatorname{span}\{v_{1_n}\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$
$U_1=\overline{V_1}$...
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Convergence in sequential Lebesgue spaces
Consider a strictly increasing sequence $1\leq q_0<q_n<q_{n+1}<q$ such that $q_n\to q$ as $n\to \infty$. Let $B\subset \Bbb R^d$ be a ball, so that $L^{q}(B)\subset L^{q_{n+1}}(B)\subset L^{...
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Given positive $\epsilon$ and $c$, find a density $\phi$ such that $t\phi(\epsilon/t) \ge c \|\phi'\|_\infty$ for all positive $t$
A nice density (on $\mathbb R$) is function $\phi:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that
(1) $\phi(x) \ge 0$ for all $x \in \mathbb R$,
(2) $\int_{-\infty}^\infty \phi(x) \mathrm{d}x = 1$,
(3) $\phi$ is ...
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Is the mapping $F(a):= \arg\min_{x \in \mathbb R^n} \|x-a\|_2 + \|x\|_1$ non-expansive?
Fix $a \in \mathbb R^n$ and let $\|\cdot\|$ be any norm on $\mathbb R$ (e.g $\ell_1$ norm). For any $a \in \mathbb R^n$, it is clear that the function $f_a(x) := \|x-a\|_2 + \|x\|$ is strictly convex ...
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What functions are equal to their symmetric decreasing rearrangement?
I am trying to understand the set
$$\mathcal{A}=\{f:f\text{ non-negative, measurable}, \text{vanishes at infinity and } f(x)=f^*(x)\}$$
where $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ is vanishing at infinity if ...
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An equation in the convolution measure algebra on reals
Let us consider the measure algebra $M(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of all Radon measures on reals.
Let $\mu$ be a Radon measure in $M(\mathbb{R})$ and $\delta_0$ be the point mass measure concentrated on ...
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Controlling norm of operators sending a fixed vector to another
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra acting on a Hilbert space that admits a cyclic unit vector $\xi \in H$. Pose $S_\xi = \{\eta \in A \xi: \| \eta \| = 1\}$, and for each $\eta \in S_\xi$, pose $A_\eta = \{a \...
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A proof for the existence of smooth solution of PDE in form $\Delta u=f(x, u)$ in Michael E. Taylor's book Partial Differential Equations III
This part is from page 107 in Michael E. Taylor's book Partial Differential Equations III.
In this part, we want a proof for the existence of smooth solution of the PDE
$\Delta u=f(x, u)$ on $U$ with ...
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Example of a linear operator whose graph is not closed
I want an example of a linear operator $T:X\to Y$ such that graph of $T$ is not closed.
My thoughts: $T$ must be unbounded. Again by closed graph theorem any unbounded linear map from a Banach space $...
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About uniform continuity
Is there a definition Df(g) of uniform continuity of g, without using the notion of metric?
Let $(E,d_E)$ and $(F, d_F)$ metrics spaces, $f$ continuous fonction of $E$ to $F$
We must have :
Df$(f)$ ...
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About the normability of the space of continuous functions
Let $A$ be a subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$, and denote by $C(A)$ the space of complex-valued continuous functions defined on $A$. We know that if $A$ is compact then we can define a norm on $C(A)$ so that ...
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The Quotient exponential operator
I have a question if you don't mind. I have the following quotient operator:
$$\frac{1}{e^{d/dx}(f(x))}$$
Where $f$ is a smooth function on $R$. I would like to get rid of the denominator. IS there ...
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What's the condition to prove the equicontinuity?
Let $K: I\times I\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a scalar kernel, where $I=[0,1]$, and $a: I \rightarrow (0,+\infty)$ an $L^1(I)$ function.
For $t_1,t_2\in I$, define
$$I_{t_1,t_2}=\int_{0}^{1} \left |\...
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Solution set of integral equation/ Kernel of linear operator
I am interested in understanding the solutions $\phi$ of the following integral equation: $$0=\int_0^1 \int_0^1 \phi(x,y)(x-y)\thinspace dx\thinspace dy.$$ Equivalently, I am interested in ...
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Irreducible sub-modules of $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$
It is known that $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$ is $\ell^1(\mathbb{Z})$-module (the module operation is the convolution).
What about the irreducible submodules? Can we characterize them?
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comparison of two projections in a non-factor von Neumann algebra
In a factor $M$, we know that for any two projections $P$ and $Q$ in $M$, either $P\preceq Q$ or $Q\preceq P$ holds true. Here $\preceq$ denotes the Murray-von Neumann subequivalence of two ...
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Breaking up dense subset in non-separable space
Let $X$ be a not necessarily separable (infinite-dimensional) Banach space and $D\subseteq X$ be dense linearly independent subset. Then does there exist a set of infinite-dimensional separable ...
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Eigenvalues of an integral operator
Let $K\in L^2((0,1)\times(0,1))$ and consider the operator defined in $L^2(0,1)$ by
$$Lu(x):=u(x)-\int_0^1K(s,x)u(s)ds.$$
What kind of assumption might I impose on $K$ such that $\lambda=1$ will be ...
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Characterization of bounded variation
For a function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$, define
$$ V(f)=\sup_{0=x_0<x_1<\ldots<x_n=1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}|f(x_n)-f(x_{n-1})|.
$$
For $f$ with integrable derivative, the definition coincides with
$V(f)...
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Bilinear Strichartz estimates for the Schrodinger equation
Let $d\geq 2$, $I\subset\mathbb{R}$ a time interval and $t_0\in I$. Let $u,v$ be solutions to the free Schrodinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^d$, i.e. $(i\partial_t+\Delta)u=(i\partial_t+\Delta)v=0.$ Let ...
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subspace topology and strong topology
Suppose $X$ is a locally convex space and $Y$ is a subspace of the strong dual of $X$, is the induced topology on Y equivalent to the strong topology $b(Y,Y')$ on $Y$? If this is not correct, then on ...
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The definiton of a multiplier on a Banach algebra
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra. Some textbooks define a (left ) multiplier as a map $T:A\rightarrow A$ satisfying $T(ab)=T(a)b$ for all $a,b\in A$ and assume that $A$ needs to be a without order Banach ...
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Does this norm have a specific name? Banach space? References?
Let $(X,\mathscr{B},\mu)$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space. Let $\gamma$ be a probability measure on $L_2(\mu)$ with $\mathrm{supp} \, \gamma = L_2(\mu)$ and existing first moment. Then
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f \...
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Derivative of fractional Laplacian is the fractional Laplacian of the derivative
Is it true that $$\partial_x ((-\Delta)^s u(x)) = ((-\Delta)^s \partial_x
u(x))?$$
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Converse of Lax-Milgram theorem [closed]
Suppose that $a(\cdot,\cdot):V \times V \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a symmetric, continuous bilinear form defined on the Hilbert space V.
Assume that, for any continuous linear functional on $l \in V’...
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Solution of Poisson equation vanishing at the boundary of any order
Let $f$ be a compactly supported function in $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ and
$\Delta u=f$ in $\Omega$
such that $D^{\alpha}u=0$ on $\partial \Omega$ for every multi-index $\alpha$ with $|\alpha| \...
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Density of positive orbits of $C_0$-semigroup
Suppose that $(T(t))_{t\geq0}$ is a $C_0$-semigroup on a Banach space $X$ and assume that there exists $x\in X$ such that $\{T(t)x:\ t\geq0\}$ is dense in $X$. I wonder why the set $\{T(t)x:\ t\geq ...
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Smallest norms on crossed product $C^*$-algebras
Let $A$ be a commutative $C^*$-algebra with a discrete group $G$ acting on it. The reduced crossed product is the completion of the algebraic crossed product $C_c(G,A)$ in the reduced norm $\Vert \...
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$P(Z)$ is matrix polynomials. Why is $s_n$ smooth in a neighbourhood of $Z$?
Let $A_j \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$, ($j = 0,1,2,\ldots,m$) and
$P(Z) = A_m Z^m + \cdots + A_1 Z + A_0$ is a matrix polynomial, and $Z $ is a complex variable.
$Z$ is eigenvalue of $P(Z )$ if $\...
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p-summable sequence
Let Y be a closed linear subspace of X and suppose that Y does not have copy of l1 .Does each weakly p-summable sequence in X/Y has a subsequence that's the image of a weakly p-summable sequence in X ...
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$H_0^1(\Omega)$ in the study of the Navier-Stokes Equations
This is cross-posted on MSE: https://math.stackexchange.com/q/1584519/9464
Let $\mathcal{V}$ be the space (without topology)
$$\displaystyle \mathcal{V}=\{u\in C_0^\infty(\Omega)\mid \nabla\cdot u=0\...
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Unbounded operator [closed]
Is the Laplacian operator $\Delta: C^2([a,b],\mathbb{R}) \to L^2(a,b)$ unbounded? Here $a,b \in\mathbb{R}$, $C^2([a,b],\mathbb{R})$ associated with $L^2$ norm.
If yes, how can we "modify" these ...
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Approximation Property: Decomposition
This thread originated from MSE: Approximation Property: Decomposition
Given a Banach space $E$.
Consider a finite rank operator $F\in\mathcal{F}(X,E)$.
Introduce a basis on the finite dimensional ...
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Friedrichs/Poincare inequality on $S_n \times (0,\infty)$?
Should I expect the following Friedrichs/Poincare inequality to hold for $u \in C^\infty(S_n \times (0,\infty))$ with $u(x,0) = 0$:
$$\int_{S_n \times (0,\infty)}|u|^2 \leq C\int_{S_n \times (0,\infty)...
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A book about almost periodic functions [closed]
Can anyone give me suggestions for new books about Besicovitch's almost periodic functions? Thanks a lot.
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A very natural question in weak* topology [closed]
Can you provide me a counter example for this.
Suppose that I have a sequence of probability measures
$(\mu_{r,t})_{r,t>0}$ on a compact space metric $X.$
Suppose additionally that:
there exists ...
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Spectrum of operator defined by composition with linear function
For any $b\in\mathbb{R}^d$ and $B\in\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ symmetric positive definite, define the functional operator $\mathcal{A}f(x)=f(Bx+b)$ ($f$ real-valued). We have that $\mathcal{A}$ is ...
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What is the character that compactifies $\mathbb{R}$ through the Gelfand transform?
I'm a little embarassed that I can't answer this myself, so hopefully it will get answered very quickly.
Let $X$ be locally compact, Hausdorff. Consider $\text{C}_\text{b}(X)$ the $C^*$-algebra of ...
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Is BV2 space closed in L2 space?
We define the BV2 space by
$S = \lbrace f\in L^2:\textrm{TV}(f)<\infty\rbrace$, where $TV(f)=\sup_{g\in C_c^1,\|g\|_\infty\leq 1}\int f\cdot \textrm{div}g$.
My question is: is $S$ closed in $L^2$?
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RFC for definite integral connection to second derivative
Hi,
During my research I found an interesting fact, and I'd like to know if it's interesting for others as well.
Find a function $g(x,t):[0,T]\times[0,T]\rightarrow[0,T]$ such that for any twice ...
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functional equation
I have the following question:
Let $f$ be an analytic function satisfying the functional equation: $f(z)=u(z)f(a-z)$ where $a$ is a real constant. Let $g$ be another function satisfying the same ...
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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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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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Integral in a σ−convex set.
Having had no (proper) answer to this question, I formulate the remaining case as a new question as follows. With $I=[0,1]$, let $E$ be a separable (real) Banach space, and let $\gamma:I\to E$ be ...
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Precompact set in L2 space?
Let A be a bounded interval in R. Suppose we have a collection of functions, such that
Each function is $\in$ $L^r(A)$, where r is any number $\in$ $[1, \infty]$,
The fractional derivative of order ...
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