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Error bounds on the expansion of square root of matrix
I'm working on a problem and was lead to trying to find an approximation for the square root of a matrix. I came across a way of doing this using holomorphic functional calculus. However, my first ...
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A function with a dense set of periods and two values, except for a countable set, is a constant a.e. with respect to Lebesgue measure
I am reading the book Vector Measures of Diestel and Uhl, especifically example 6 of Sierpinski in Chapter 2, about the construction of a function that is weak$^*$-measurable but not weakly measurable....
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About the definition of lineal convexity
I have been trying to understand the definition of lineal convexity. I am reading the article Duality of functions defined in lineally convex sets by Christer O. Kiselman. For a set $A\subset \mathbb{...
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Creation and Annihilation operators in QFT - Part II
Following some suggestions on my previous posts, I'm trying to reformulate my question in a more specific way. This is a continuation of my original post. Since the mentioned post, I think I've ...
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Double commutant theorem when $C^*$-subalgebra does not contain identity operator $1$
Double commutant theorem: For a unital $C^*$-subalgebra $M \subset B(H)$, one has
$$\smash{\overline M}^\text{SOT}=\smash{\overline M}^\text{WOT}=M''.$$
My question:
For a $C^*$-subalgebra $M \subset ...
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Critical Growth of Dimension for Dense Cover by Linear Subspaces
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space of dimensional $>2$. When does there exist a sequence positive integers $\{N_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{n}}$ such that
For any sequence of distinct finite-dimensional ...
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Differential equation
Consider $u = u(\phi,\psi)$ where $\phi = \phi(x)$ and $\psi =\psi(x)$ are both analytic function. The following equation
$$\partial_x u - u\partial_x (\phi-\psi)=0$$
has a trivial solution $u(\phi,\...
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Norm equivalences for Gaussian random functions (Cameron-Martin space)
Preliminaries
Consider the Hilbert space $H :={L^2_{\text{per}}(\mathbb{R})}$ of Gaussian random functions, $2\pi$-periodic in $\mathbb{R}$.
These random functions are drawn from a Gaussian measure $\...
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Open subset of compact-open topology
Let $E$ be a Banach space, $X$ a locally-compact metric space, equip $C(X,E)$ with the compact-open topology. Let $F:E \rightarrow E$ and consider the induced map $F_{\star}(f):=F \circ f$ on $C(X,E)$...
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Viewing limit as a map
Question: Let $X$ be a set of functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to itself. Consider the subset $X_0$ of the sequences $(f_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}\in X^{\mathbb{N}}$ for which
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f_{\infty}(x) = \lim\limits_{n \...
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The limit of the operator norm in a Hilbert space
I am not familiar with functional analysis. Could you tell me please, how to prove the following statement (if it is true)?
$$
\lim_\limits{M \to \infty} \|T_A - T_b \| = 0,
$$
here operator norm ...
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Can a quotient space of a locally convex space have finer topology that its domain?
The following is related to this post.
Let $X=X'$, as sets, and let $T:X \rightarrow X'$ be a surjective map from a countably infinite-dimensional LCS $X$ to itself and equip $X'$ with the final ...
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The scalar convergence in $\mathcal{C}(X)$ is topologizable?
Let $(X,\|.\|)$ be a separable Banach space and $\mathcal{C}(X)$ be the collection of all nonempty, closed and convex subsets of $X$. For any $C$ in $\mathcal{C}(X)$ we set
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s(x^*, C) := \sup_{x\in ...
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An algebraic property that makes a per-C*-algebra complete
Let $A$ be a normed *-algebra with $\|x^*x\|=\|x\|^2$. Suppose that for every subset S of A, the left annihilator
${\displaystyle \mathrm {Ann} _{L}(S)=\{a\in A\mid \forall s\in S,as=0\}\,}$
is ...
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When linear strongly elliptic operators are invertible?
I am studying Pazy's book "Semigroups of Linear Operators and Applications to Partial Differential Equations" and when considering an operator like:
A linear differential operator, $$A : W^{...
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Does the following operator have a unique fixed function? Do iterations of the operator converge?
The functions considered are positive real for positive real $x$, and monotonically increasing to infinity. Given such a function $f(x)$, define the (nonlinear) operator $f\mapsto f^*$ by
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f^*(x) := ...
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Constructing a small Radon-Nikodym derivative
Let $u:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$ be a $C^1$ function. Is it possible to (explicitly construction) a function $h$ such that:
$0<h(x)$.
$\int_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} |h(x)|<\infty$,
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Convergence as measure vs in $H^{-2}$
Let the domain be the two dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}$, and let $f_n $ be a sequence bounded in $H^1$, such that $\sup_n |f_n|\le 1$, and $f_n \to f$ weakly in $H^1$. Let $u_n = f_n \frac{\partial ...
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How are the vector-valued trace and the unique linearization of $\mathfrak L(X,Y)\:\hat\otimes_π\:X→Y$ of $\mathfrak L(X,Y)×X→Y,\;(L,x)↦Lx$ related?
Let $X$ be a $\mathbb R$-Banach space and $X'\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:X$ denote the completion of the tensor product of $X'$ and $X$ with respect to the projective norm. The trace functional $\operatorname{...
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Closed graph theorem for cones?
In the paper "A strong open mapping theorem for surjections from cones onto Banach spaces, Marcel de Jeu and Miek Masserschmidt, Adv. Math." it is proved (among other things) that if $X, Y$ are ...
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Images of measurable function
My question is as follows. Consider an $L^\infty$ function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\times\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$ such that, for almost all $y$, the function $f({\cdot}, y)$ is continuous.
$\...
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The eigenvalue of Schrodinger opeartor
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, consider $L=\Delta+V$ where $\Delta=div\nabla$. According to section 8.12 in Gilbarg and Trudinger's book, if $V\in L^\infty(\Omega)$, then ...
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"Probability" for a partitioned matrix to be singular
Let $A,B\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be two nonsingular matrices with $A\ne B$, and consider the following partitioned matrix
$$
M:=\begin{bmatrix}AA^\top + BB^\top & A^\top \Delta_1 A + B^\top \...
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Use of this space of very rapidly decreasing continuous functions
Let $C_n$ denote the subspace of continuous function on $[0,\infty)$ supported on $[n,n+1]$. Denote the $\ell^p$-direct sum Banach space
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f \in C([0,\infty)):\,
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Spectral Theorem for compact self-adjoint operators on real Hilbert spaces [duplicate]
Is the spectral theorem for self-adjoint compact operators on a Hilbert space also true if the Hilbert space is real (instead of complex)?
Wikipedia says this is true.
However, it seems to me that ...
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Dense stratification of a separable Hilbert space
Let $\{X_i\}_{i \in \mathbb{N}} $ be a sequence of $n$-dimensional linear subspaces of the separable Hilbert space $H$ and let $\{\phi_i\}_{i \in I}$ be a sequence of continuous injective linear maps ...
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Finding a square integrable dominating function for function class
problem statement
For any $x \in R^d$, consider the function $$\phi(x,a) = \min_{1\leq j \leq k} \|x-a_j\|^2,$$
where $a = (a_1, \dots, a_k) \in R^{kd}$ and $\| \cdot \|$ is the $L_p$ norm for any $p ...
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Non-uniqueness of (Galerkin) approximations and convergent subsequences without the axiom of choice?
Suppose I have an equation in some reflexive separable Banach space $X$:
$$Au=f$$
for given data $f \in X^*$ and $A\colon X \to X^*$ a pseudo-monotone operator. Existence can be proved via Galerkin ...
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Upper bound on the condition number of the product of a random sparse matrix and a semi-orthogonal matrix
Let $G \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times m}$ (m > n, m = O(n)) whose all entries are i.i.d. distributed as $\mathcal{N}(0, 1) * \text{Ber}(p)$. Let $V \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$ be a fixed semi-orthogonal ...
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The set of all functions which vanish at infinity is a subset of the set of all functions which have vanishing variation
Let $X$ be a coarse space, we define the following:
$D_b(X)$ is the set of all bounded functions $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$
$f\in $$D_b(X)$ is said to vanish at infinity if for each $\varepsilon$>0 ...
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Representations of Banach algebras
If $A$ is a Banach algebra and $L$ a left ideal of $A$, consider the representation $T_{L}$ of $A$ into the algebra $B(A/L)$ of bounded linear operators on the quotient space $A/L$ defined by $T_{L}(a)...
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Show that $\big(s(. |C_n)\big)_n$ is equicontinuous on $X^*$
Let $(X,\|.\|)$ be a separable Banach space with dual $X^*$. $\mathcal{P}_{wkc}(X)$ be the class of nonempty, weakly-compact and convex subsets of $X$. For any $C\in\mathcal{P}_{wkc}(X)$ we define ...
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Uniform bound on $\lVert \chi_{\{u_n=0\}}\rVert_{W^{s,p}(\Omega)}$ for a bounded sequence $u_n$ in $H^1_0(\Omega)$?
Suppose I have a sequence $u_n \to u$ in $H^1_0(\Omega)$ on a smooth and bounded domain. For some $p>1$ and $s \in (0,\frac 12)$, is it possible to estimate the norm of the characteristic function ...
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Coincidence Topologies for $L^p$ spaces
If $X$ and $Y$ are compact metric spaces then it is well-known that the compact-open topology on $C(X,Y)$ coincides with the topology of uniform convergence on compacts. Therefore, the latter is ...
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Mackey topology
Recall that for a Hausdorff locally convex space $X$ the Mackey topology $\tau (X^*,X)$ is the topology in its topological dual $X^*$ of uniform convergence on all weakly compact absolutely convex ...
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Link between eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix and a functional space
Let $f_1,\dots,f_n \in L^2(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ be $n$ mutually orthogonal functions with $\int f^2_i =1$ such that $|\{x \in \mathbb{R} | f_i(x) = 0\}| = 0$ for any $i \in \{1, \dots,n\}$. Does ...
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Sine-Gordon transformation and functional integrals
In the past months, I've been trying to understand the so-called Sine-Gordon transformation, so I've posted some questions here about this topic. I also did an extensive research about this subject, ...
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“Chapman-Kolmogorov”-convolution vs. smoothness
Let $K:\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a so-called "integral-kernel": we certainly require $K(x,.)$ and $K(.,y)$ to be Lebesgue measurable for almost all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^n$. An ...
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Reference for discrete Laplacian on $\mathbb{Z}$
For $x\in \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{Z}$, let the discrete Laplacian be defined as
\begin{align*}
(\Delta x)_k = 2x_k-x_{k+1}-x_{k-1}.
\end{align*}
I am looking for good references about its spectrum (or ...
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Orlicz–Sobolev spaces
Let $A$ be an N-function and suppose that
$$\int^{+\infty}_1\frac{A^{-1}(\tau)}{\tau^{1+\frac{1}{n}}}d\tau=+\infty. $$
We denote by $\widehat{A}$ an N-function equal to $A$ near infinity and $\widehat{...
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Tauberian operators
Let $X$ be a Banach space non reflexive and $T$ from $l_2(X)$ to $l_2(X)$ a bounded operator defined by:
$$T(x_n )=\frac{x_n }{n}.$$
We know that :
$$T^{**-1}(l_2(X))=\{x_n^{**} \in l_2(X^{**}) : \...
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Approximation of Inductive Tensor Product $C(X) \bar{\otimes} C(Y)$
The following question is from Banach Algebra Techniques in Operator Theory written by Ronald G. Douglas.
Assume both $X, Y$ are Banach spaces and $X \otimes Y$ is the algebraic tensor product. Let ${...
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Span of a nonlinear function
Fix vectors $x,y\in\mathbb{R}^d$ and a smooth function $\phi:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Define $\phi^d: \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^d$ as applying $\phi$ entrywise (i.e. $\phi^d(x_1, ...
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Eigenvalues of the matrix obtained by letting some of the rows vanish, hoping for some inequality
Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ matrix. Let $A_k$ be the matrix obtained by keeping the first $k$ rows of $A$ fixed and substituting $0$ for the rows $k+1$ to $n$. To be precise, we write $A= [R_1...R_k, ...
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Canonical embedding of Hilbert space in random $L^2$
This question is a followup of Canonical embedding of Hilbert space in $L^2$ space, where it was essentially shown that there is no canonical way to construct, from an abstract Hilbert space $H$, a ...
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Prove that the solution belong to ${L^2}\left( {0,T;{L^2}\left( \Omega \right)} \right)$
Let $k \in {L^\infty }\left( {0,T} \right)$ and we assume that
$$\phi :t \mapsto u\left( t \right) + \int_0^t {k\left( s \right)u\left( s \right)ds} \in {L^\infty }\left( {0,T;{L^2}\left( \Omega \...
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Comparison of two similarity matrices
English is not my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.
I'm working with two similarity matrices on the same data set: Suppose I have $n$ items, and I calculated the similarity of each item ...
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Smooth sections of finite dimensional bundle and covering space
Let $G$ be a discrete finitely generated group which acts properly and freely on a smooth manifold $M$ with compact quotient $M/G$. Is it right to consider any function $f \in C^{\infty}_c(M)$ (with ...
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Limit of balls in $L^p$
Setup:
Let $\mu$ be a measure on a measurable space $(X,\Sigma)$, such that for every $p ,q\in [1,\infty)$, $L^p_{\mu}(\Sigma)\subseteq L^q_{\mu}(\Sigma)$ if $p\geq q$. Furthermore, the inclusions ...
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Bounds on $\inf_{x,x' \in \mathbb B_X}TV(P+x,Q+x')$, where $P$ and $Q$ are distributions with density on the space $X=(\mathbb R^n,\ell_p)$
Let $n \ge 1$ be an integer, $p \in [1,\infty]$, and $P$ and $Q$ be two (probability) measures on the metric space space $X=(\mathbb R^n,\ell_p)$ which have densities w.r.t the Lebesgue measure on $X$,...
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