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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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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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When can closedness of the range of an operator be checked on a positive cone?
Let $T:X\to Y$ be an operator between Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$. Assume that $X$ has a positive cone $C\subset X$, which generates $X$: every element of $X$ can be written as a difference of elements ...
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A result about Fredholm operator
When I read the article "Index Theory" in Handbook of global analysis, I meet a result as below(Corollary 2.13):
If every $F_0\in \mathcal {F}(H_1,H_2)$, there is an open neighborhood $U_0\subseteq \...
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Spectrum of an operator arising in a dynamical problem
(Question edited according to Denis Serre comment).
While studying the action of dilating map of the circle on probability measures, I ran across the following operator:
$$\mathcal{K}^* : L^2_0(\mu)\...
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Variation of a function
There are probably some of you guys who already know some of the terms that I am going to use so in order to be not so boring I will put the definition to the end.
Let $f$ be a piecewise expanding ...
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Reference request - spectral radius formula for linear transformations in char p
I am finishing up a paper and I would like to be able to quote a theorem that does what
is said in the title. To be specific let me introduce some notations:
${\bf F}$ is a local field of ...
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Boundedness criterion for operators on mixed Lebesgue spaces
Define the mixed Lebesgue space $l_{p,q}$ as the space of all doubly indexed sequences
${\bf a}= (a(i,j))_{i,j\in\mathbb{Z}}$ such that
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Notion of simplicity of a function(al)
Given a function (functional actually) $f(x,g(x))$, can a notion of simplicity be attached with respect to the function $g(x)$? (all functions and args are real).
Specifically, intuitively one could ...
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A differential equation
let $g(s)$ be real-valued function defined on $[0,T]$ such that $g(T)=0$ and suppose that $g$ is a "nice function"
Assume that $0<\gamma<1$, $v$ is a positive number, and
$$\frac{dg}{ds}+(v\...
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What functorial topologies are there on the space of linear maps between LCTVS?
Setup: we consider the category of locally convex topological vector spaces with morphisms as continuous linear maps. This time, I'm explicitly allowing the axiom of choice (or at least the Hahn-...
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Convergence of Affine Transformations
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could point me to any sources regarding the convergence of iterated affine transformation, i.e. sequences where {a_n} is a set of affine transforms and the sequence:
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A matrix minimisation problem
Feel free to edit the title!
Suppose A is a C*-algebra and $a,b\in A$ are self-adjoint. I'd be very happy with A being just $n\times n$ matrices.
Question: If there are $t\in\mathbb R$ and $\...
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Invariant linear manifolds for multiplication by the independent variable in L^2 (R)
In general I am trying to determine when the self-adjoint operator $M$ of multiplication by the independent variable in $L^2 (\mathbb{R})$ has a symmetric restriction to a dense linear manifold (non-...
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Direct integrals and fields of operators
Suppose we have a measure space $(X,\mu)$ and a measurable field of Hilbert spaces $H_x$ on it. We can form the direct integral ${\cal{H}} = \int H_x \ d \mu$, which is a Hilbert space.
Suppose now ...
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compactness related to some distance defined on the space of increasing functions2
Let $I=[0,1]$ and denote by $C^{+}(I)$ the space of continuous increasing functions. Can we find a distance $d$ for $C^+(I)$ such that the set of the form
$$d(f,g)\rightarrow 0\Longrightarrow f(1)\...
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Loynes spaces, also called pseudo-Hilbert spaces
Let me first define my object:
First, a locally convex space $Z$ is called admissible in the sense of Loynes if
$Z$ is complete
There is a closed convex cone in $Z$, called $Z_+$, satisfying (for $x\...
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Description of the norm of certain interpolation space
Dear all,
I suspect that there should be some detailed description of the norm (or of the unit ball) of the following complex interpolation space (for any $0< \theta < 1$): $$\Big(B(\ell_1^n, \...
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Seeking reference - criterion for the existence of a positive linear functional on an ordered vector space below a given function
The following surely appears somewhere, I would greatly appreciate a reference. (The aim is to get a measure via Riesz representation, but that has nothing to do with the statement.)
Let $X$ be an ...
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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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General form of a symplectic map
A symplectic automorphism of a Hilbert space has the form $T=U(\cosh S+J\sinh S)$ for a unitary $U$, an antilinear involution $J$ and a positive operator $S$. In fact a version of this goes through in ...
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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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Extension of positive operators and Bauer-Namioka
When $X$ is a vector subspace of an ordered vector space $A$, any positive linear functional $f: X \to R$ extends to all of $A$ as a positive linear functional provided one can find a nonvoid, ...
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Fredholmness and invertibility in a C* algebra generated convolution-type operators
Let $PC$ be the algebra of complex-valued, piecewise-continuous functions from $[-\infty,+\infty]$, $SO$ be the algebra of bounded, continuous, complex-valued functions on $\mathbb R$ which are slowly ...
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Maximal length vector under constraints
Consider a criculant symmetric $M$ an $n \times n$ matrix with $0$ and $1$ entries and $r$ entries of $1$ in each row with the diagonal values taken as $1$. I am looking for a $0-1$ vector $v$ with ...
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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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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
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Neglect of Compact Quantum Metric Spaces [closed]
Does anyone have an opinion on Rieffel's theory of compact quantum metric spaces? To me it seems to be a very interesting new area of mathematics. It shows how to generalise complicated geometric ...
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relationship between different function classes
I was wondering if there is a survey of relationship between several different well-studied function classes ?
ps - The question may be vague but I am looking for something along the lines of - http:/...
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Do the translates of integrable function approximate its radial part?
For an integrable function $f$ on $\mathbb R^n$ we consider its ``radial'' part
$$R(f)(x)=\int_{\mathrm{SO}(n)} f(kx)dk.$$ What is the minimal condition on $f$ so that the span of translates of $f$ (...
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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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Differential equation with switched parameters and boundary conditions in integral form
Sorry for the title, I didn't find a better description (showing that I have no idea for the solution). Feel free to put in a better title and change the tags if you can grasp a view on the problem.
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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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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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WLD Banach spaces
Does anyone know of an example of a weakly Lindeloff determined (WLD) Banach space which does not contain c_0 and is not weak Asplund? I believe the example of a WLD, non-weak Asplund space by Argyros ...
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A constrained prolongement
Let $\Omega$ be a domain of $R^n$, let $\omega$ be open subset of $\Omega$ and let $\theta \in W^{2,\infty}(\omega).$
I am wondering about the existence of a function $\tilde{\theta} \in W^{2,\infty}...
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Holomorphic stability of inverse limit of pre-$C^*$-algebras
Let A be a C*-algebra and let At be a set of dense *-subalgebras of A, stable under holomorphic functional calculus on A, which are also Banach algebras complete with respect to the norms ||$\cdot$||t....
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Local supporting points of Lipschitz functions
Let X be a separable reflexive Banach space and f:X\to\mathbb{R} be a
Lipschitz function. Say that a point x in X is a local supporting point
of f if there exist x^* in X^* and an open neighborhood U ...
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quasinilpotence and finite spectrum II
Let A be a quasinilpotent operator on a Hilbert space and let every
operator of the algebra generated by $A$ and $A^{*}$ have finite
spectrum. Does then follow, that A is nilpotent ?
See also ...
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Generating cones having no surjections [in operator spaces]
Is this little toy known ?
Let $E$ be some Banach space, and let $K$ be the closed unit ball
of its dual, endowed with the weak-star topology. Also, let $j:E$ $\rightarrow$ $C(K)$
be the natural ...
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Positive block matrices over tensor algebras
Let $A$ be a unital C*-algebra. A positive block matrix in $M_2(A)$ must have the form
$$ \begin{pmatrix} a & a^{1/2} x b^{1/2} \\ b^{1/2} x^* a^{1/2} & b \end{pmatrix}, $$
where $a,b$ are ...
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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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Functional inequalities on neighbourhood graphs
Consider an open domain $\Omega \in \mathbb{R}^d$, say the unit disk in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with $N$ points sampled i.i.d. on it. One of the simplest possible (unnormalised) discrete Laplacian of a ...
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Representing a periodic strip operator as a tensor product of operators
I hope this question is not trivial, but here goes. I want to consider a bounded operator on $\mathcal{H}=\ell^2(\mathbb{Z}\times \{0,...,N-1\})$ that is a discrete Schrodinger like operator.
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Derivate involving Bessel function of second type
Let.
$$f := (x, y) \mapsto \text{BesselK}(1, c \cdot (a - b \cdot (x + y))) \cdot \exp(c \cdot b \cdot (y - x))$$
Is there a close formula for this $$\frac{\partial^{m+n}}{\partial y^m \partial x^n} f(...
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On constructing the canonical boundary operator for a given differential operator
Given an $n\times n$ matrix $$X=\begin{pmatrix}
x_{11} & x_{12} & \cdots & x_{1n} \\
x_{21} & x_{22} & \cdots & x_{2n} \\
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
x_{n1}...
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Projection measure and an integral formula for Lipschitz functions
Let $n\geq m\geq 0$ be integers and put $k=n-m$. Let $A\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be Borel measurable, we define the projection measure of $A$ as
$$\mu_k(A):=\underset{P_1, \ldots, P_r}{\sup_{A=A_1\sqcup\...
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Kirszbraun-like extension of periodic functions
Let $\Lambda \subset \Lambda' \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be lattices. Let $f : \Lambda' \rightarrow \mathcal{H}$ be a $a$-Lipschitz function, where $\mathcal{H}$ is a finite-dimensional Hilbert Space. ...
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