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Is there any way to compare between diagonals of a resolvent and a Cauchy transform?
Say $A$ is a symmetric matrix of $n$ dimensions. Then let the ``resolvent" of $A$ be the matrix valued function $R_A(z) = \frac{1}{z-A}$ and its Cauchy transform be the real valued function $C_A(z) = ...
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When can two Cauchy transforms intersect?
Given two polynomials $p$ and $q$ over reals and being guaranteed that both have all roots real I want to know if there is any characterization of the solutions of the equation $\frac{p'}{p} = \frac{q'...
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Banach space dual to $L^\infty(I,H^1(M))$
What is the dual to $L^\infty (I,H^1(M))$?, where $I$ is an interval in the real line; $H^1(M)$ is Sobolev space of degree 1, and $M$ is a compact manifold like the torus.
Any references that show ...
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Sobolev's lemma on manifolds
Let $M$ be a n-dimensional closed submanifold in $\mathbb{R}^m.$ I was looking for a version of Sobolev's lemma saying that for $f \in {W}^{k,2}$ we find a representative of $f \in C^{r}$ satisfying $...
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About an integral equation
I would like to obtain $g$ by solving the following integral equation
$$ \int_s^T R(u) dg(u) + f(s,T)\int_s^T g(u)du =0$$
where $f,R:\mathbb R _+ ^*\rightarrow \mathbb R _+ $and $g: \mathbb R _+
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Orthogonal projection
Let $G$ be an operator with compact resolvent on a Hilbert space $H$ such that
$\ker G \neq \{0\}$.
Further let $P$ be the orthogonal projection onto $\ker G$, and let $G_{0} := G+P$.
My question is: ...
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Complementation in tensor products
This question, however looks innocent, looks non-trivial to me. Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are Banach spaces and let $\alpha$ be any reasonable cross-norm on $X\otimes Y$. Reasonable means that $\|x\...
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Scalar Measure Associated to a Positive Operator Valued Measure
Suppose that $X$ is a compact metric space, $\mathcal{H}$ is a Hilbert space, and that $A: \mathcal{B}(X) \rightarrow \mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ is a Positive Operator Valued Measure (POVM), where $\...
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Existence of bounded $n-$th derivative of the solution of differential equation
This question is the copy from mat.stackexchange.com here. I requestioned here due to the very limited responses there.
Let $\phi:\mathbb{R}\mapsto\mathbb{R}$ be the standard normal density, $$\phi(x)...
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Behavior of the integral of products of probability densities
Assume $z \in \mathbb{R}^m$ and $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$. Assume we have proper density function $P(z)$ and proper conditional density function $P(x|z)$. We give the definition
$$
T(x_1,\ldots,x_n) := \...
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Efficient way to find SVD of sum of projection matrices?
Lets say that we have n matrices of data $X_i : i \in [1, n]$. All $X_i$ have the same number of rows.
Their associated projection matrices are $P_i = X_i(X_i^T X_i)^{-1}X_i^T$
Also say that we have ...
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Relation between the subordinate norm and the spectral radius of a matrix
Let's define the following subordinate norm of a $(NM \times NM)$ matrix A norm as follows
\begin{eqnarray*}
||A||_{2,b} = \mathrm{max}_{x \in \mathbb{C}^{NM}} \left \{ \frac{||A x||_b}{||x||_2} \...
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Pointwise (in time) convergence in $H^{-1}$ implies pointwise weak convergence in $L^q$, why?
Let $u_n \to u$ in $C^0([0,T];H^{-1}(\Omega))$ and suppose $\lVert u_n \rVert_{L^\infty(0,T;L^\infty(\Omega))} \leq C$ for all $n$.
It follows that for almost all $t$, $u_n(t)$ is bounded in $L^\...
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Positive inuequality of Laplacian with a variable coefficient [closed]
Let $0 < a_0 \leq a(x)$ be a smooth function on $\mathbb{T}=[0,2\pi]$, $a(0)=a(2\pi)$, whether it holds that
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\int_\mathbb{T} a(x)|\partial_x \varphi|^2 \geq \int_\mathbb{T}\frac{\partial^2_x a }...
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Dense subsets on set space
Let $X$ be a metric space, and $\mathscr{B}$ the $\sigma$-algebra generated by open sets of $X$. Can we find a countable dense subsets of the metric space $(\mathscr{B},d)$ with the metric $d(A,B)=m(A\...
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Spectral decomposition of compact operators
Let T be a compact operator on an infinite dimensional hilbert space H. I am proving the theorem which says that $Tx=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\lambda}_{n}\langle x,x_{n}\rangle y_{n}$ where ($x_{n}$) is an ...
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uniqueness for Poisson equation in R^d with mildly regular data
I'm interested in Poisson's equation $-\Delta u=f$ set in the whole space $R^d$ (let's say $d\geq 3$ for simplicity) when $f$ has very little integrability, specifically $f\in L^{1+\varepsilon}$ for ...
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Exponential Convexity Results [closed]
$\textbf{Definition:}$ 1. A function $h : (a,b)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is exponentially convex if it is continuous
and
$$\sum _{i, j=1}^n\xi_i\xi_jh(x_i+x_j)\geq 0,$$
for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and all ...
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Exponential Convexity
$\textbf{Definition:}$ 1. A function $h : (a,b)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is exponentially convex if it is continuous
and
$$\sum _{i, j=1}^n\xi_i\xi_jh(x_i+x_j)\geq 0,$$
for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and all ...
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Finite dimension implies regularity
Let $\mathscr{D}'(\mathbb R)$ be the set of distributions on $\mathbb R$ and $X$ be a linear subspace of $\mathscr{D}'(\mathbb R)$, which is closed under translations, i.e., if $\varphi\in X$ and $h\...
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Bounded approximate identity and kernel of algebra homomorphism
Let $\cal A$ be a Banach algebra with a bounded approximate identity, when a closed two sided ideal on it has a bounded approximate identity?
In particular, let $\cal B$ be a Banach algebra with a ...
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find a weak solution in an intersection of Sobolev spaces
In
using-lax-milgram-to-find-a-weak-solution-in-an-intersection-of-sobolev-spaces
the weak solution for
$$
-\Delta^2 u = f \in L^2(U)\\ \\
u|_{\partial U}=\Delta u|_{\partial U} = 0
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was discussed,...
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An intermediate functional space
is there an intermediate functional space $Y$ such that the Sobolev space $W^{1,N}$ compactly embeds in $Y$ and $Y$ continuously embeds in $L^N$, where $N$ is the ambient space dimension?
Thank you
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Dirac delta composed with absolute value [closed]
I hope this question is well suited for this site; please excuse me if not.
I recently read that the value of $\delta(x^2)$ is an open question [1], with $\delta(x)$ the Dirac delta. Now I'm trying ...
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positive semidefiniteness: a psd matrix substracted by another rank 1 psd matrix
Given that $A$ is a positive semidefinite matrix, $x$ is a vector, $\lambda_0 \in [0, +\infty) $ is a real non-negative number. I want to know the answer to the following optimization problem.
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Unitary with full spectrum
I have a unitary element $u\in C(\mathbb{T},M_{n}(\mathbb{C}))$ such that $Spec(u)=\mathbb{T}$. Does there exist a unitary $v\in C(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{C})$ such that $Spec(uv)\subsetneqq\mathbb{T}$?
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Spectral decomposition function [closed]
Once I met a notation of "spectral decomposition function" (for a self-adjoint operator). No definition was given.
Could someone give me a clue what can that be, cause I can't find this exact phrase ...
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The pth power of a distance function is twice continuously differentiable, for $p>2$?
Suppose $\mathcal{O}$ is an open convex connected strict subset in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and define $\beta(x)=dist(x, \mathcal{O})$, for each $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$.
Is $\beta^p$, $p>2$ a twice continuously ...
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Norms agreeing on dense subspace [closed]
Suppose $(B,\|\cdot\|)$ is a Banach space, $V\subset B$ a dense subspace, and $V$ is equipped with a norm $\|\cdot\|_V$ such that $\|x\|_V = \|x\|$ for all $x\in V$.
Is $(B,\|\cdot\|)$ a completion ...
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injection with sobolev space
Let $\Omega $ be a bounded open subset of $R^n,\; n\ge 1.$
I m asking about the existence of a subregion $\omega\subset \Omega$ such that the map $y\to y|_\omega $ from $H^2(\Omega)$ into $L^\infty(\...
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Integral inequality
Let $X$ be the d-dimensional hypercube $X=[0,1]^d$ and let $f$ and $g$ be such that $f(x) = 1$ if $x \in A$ and $0$ otherwise, $g(x)=1$ if $x \in B$ and $0$ otherwise, where $A$ and $B$ are generic ...
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a question about the Jordan form [closed]
Some reference say that if rank($A$)=rank($A^2$),then the geometric and algebraic multiplicities of the eigenvalues $\lambda=0$ are equal;that is,all the Jordan blocks correspondint to $\lambda=0$ (if ...
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Convex Combination of 2 hermitian matrices
Assume all the matrices I discuss about are $N \times N$. Consider any two hermitian matrices $A_1$ and $A_2$ which are indefinite. The question is, In general, for any $A_1$ and $A_2$ (both matrices ...
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Relation between the wave front set and the semiclassical frequency set
I need to prove that the wave front set of a distribution (as defined in Hormander's "The analysis of linear partial differential operators I") is equal to the semiclassical frequency set of an h-...
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Derivable functions & Sobolev spaces [closed]
Is a C^1-function in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset R^n;$ an element of the Sobolev space $W^{2,\infty}(\Omega)$ ?
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Schrodinger Operators with diverging Potential
Is it well known that if $ H = -\bar{\Delta} + V$ (which is defined over $ L^2( \mathbb{R} ^n $ ) and $ lim_{|x| \to \infty } = + \infty $, then $ H$ has compact resolvent?
Does someone know of any ...
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Pointwise limit at Lebesgue's point
Dear MOs,
I am sorry if this problem is too elementary for someone. I just want to get confirmation.
Suppose $f\in L^1(R^d)$. Since almost all points are Lebesgue points by the Lebesgue ...
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Can we construct a Hilbert space where the operator following differencial operator is symmetric?
I'd like to know if one can define a pertinent Hilbert space where the operator
$$A_p v := -\frac{1}{2} v" + (vF + v\int_\mathbb{R} Sp + p\int_\mathbb{R} Sv )'$$ is symmetric. Here, $p$ satisfies ...
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Frames and completeness
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space.
A sequence $\{f_{n}\}$ is a frame for a separable Hilbert space $H$ if there exists $A,B>0$ such that for all $f$ in $H$
$$
A\|f\|^2 \leq \sum |\langle f, ...
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weak convergence in Sobolev spaces and pointwise convergence?
I encounter a problem when reading Struwe's book Variational Methods (4th ed). On page 38, it is assumed that
$\|u_m\|$ is a minimizing sequence for a functional $E$, i.e. $E(u_m)\rightharpoonup I$...
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Hölder continuity of uniform limit of piecewise constant functions
Consider a piecewise constant function $v: [a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ defined by a finite partition $a=t_0 < t_1 < t_2 < ... < t_s=b$ of the interval $[a,b]$, and constants $m_1,m_2,...,...
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Norm functionals of $B(H)$ restricted to sub ven-Neumann algebras [closed]
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, we know that weak topology over $B(H)$, operator algebra of bounded linear operators from $H$ into $H$, is the topology generated by
$\{\langle \cdot \xi,\eta\rangle:\; \...
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Jordan form of compact operator [closed]
Let $X$ be Banach space over a field $\mathbb{C}$.
Consider the Banach space $L_c$ of compact operators in $X$. Let $A^0\in L_c$ be fixed and
$\lambda^0\neq 0$ his eigenvalue with algebraic ...
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Weak star separable and separable quotient problem
My first question is the following:
Q1: Let $X$ be a Banach space. If its dual $X^\ast$ is weak* separable, does $X$ admit an infinite-dimensional and separable quotient $X/M$?
To the best of my ...
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Codimension of $J(\omega_1)$ in its bidual
I am reading the paper
G. A. Edgar, A long James space, in: Measure Theory, Oberwolfach 1979, Lectures Notes in Math. 794, Springer-Verlag (1980) pp. 31-37.
and I am pretty confused by the remarks ...
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Schwartz space inequality
Let $g$ be a function in the Schwartz space $\mathscr S (\mathbb R)$. Show that for any $l \ge 0$, we have $\sup_x |x|^l |g(x-y)|\le A_l (1+|y|)^l$ by considering separately the cases $|x|\le 2|y|$ ...
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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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HOW TO Generate Equation of a Curve Given (x,y) pairs - algorithm? [closed]
Hi,
How can I generate the equation of a curve that matches all arbitrarily given (x,y) pairs? I would like a polynomial of nth degree, where n does not matter, as long as the curve passes thru all ...
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A property of "Schwartz" quadratic forms
Consider $K(x, y)$, $f(x)$ Schwartz functions and $g(y)$ a tempered distribution. Suppose $$K(x, y) = K(y, x)$$ Define
$$h(t) = \int f(x - t) K(x, y) g(y - t) dx dy$$
It appears to me $h(t)$ is a ...
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Hilbert space automorphisms realized as induced by transformations of some base-spaces
Following question may be soft. Fix abstract hilbert space H and consider any automorphism A in banach-spaces sence (i.e. no conditions on metric). Call A is realizable if exist measure space $(X,\mu)$...
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