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Hodge decomposition of smooth n-forms: is it an isomorphism of topological vector spaces?
Fix a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ (leaving the metric implicit). What I'd like to know is if the corresponding Hodge decomposition of smooth $n$-forms
$$
\Omega^n(M) \simeq \mathcal{H}^n(M)\oplus ...
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There is some initial data such that the decay of the semigroup in it is faster than $t^{-n/2}$?
Lee and Ni show in their work Link Here that the heat semigroup $e^{t \Delta}u_0$ has decay as $t^{-\min \{a, n\} /2}$, $t \to \infty$ if $u_0 = C(1+|x|^2)^{a/2}$ if $a \neq n$. I'm trying to ...
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Which sigma-ideals in a sigma-algebra are contained in an ideal of null sets?
Let $X$ be a Polish space and $\mathcal{B}(X)$ be the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel subsets of $X$. Given a Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $X$, we write $\mathcal{N}(\mu) := \{ B \in \mathcal{B}(X) : \...
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Bounded differentiation operator on compact intervals with $L^2$ norm
It is known that the differentiation operator $D$ is not bounded on $C^1([0,1])$ with $L^2$ norm (counterexample: $f(x)=x^n$). Now I am wondering whether there is an infinitely dimensional subspace ...
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Bound on when sequence of norms of matrix powers starts to decrease
If a matrix $A$ has spectral radius $\rho(A)<1$, it is well-known that $A^n\to0$ as $n\to\infty$, or equivalently $\lVert A^n\rVert\to 0$ for some matrix norm $\lVert\cdot\rVert$; however, it may ...
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Krein-Rutman for integral transforms: proof of convergence to leading eigenvector
Disclaimer: This is a question in functional analysis, on which I don't have much background. It arose from me trying to prove on my own a folklore result in probability theory.
Consider an integral ...
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Question about modular group (Modular theory in operator algebras, section 2.14)
Consider the following fragment from Stratila's book "Modular theory in operator algebras", section 2.14, p20:
I'm trying to understand the claim $(3)$ (see the red box). The main strategy ...
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Vector field connecting two points
I'm now working on somehow an inverse problem of an ODE:
Suppose we have a ODE on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$: $\dot{x} = f(x)$, denote the solution to the ODE starting at $a$ as $x_{f,a}$(t).
Now there is a ...
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How to show $\lVert\Delta u_n- \Delta u\rVert_{L^2(0,T; \,H^2(\Omega))} \to 0$ ? $(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2)$
Let $u_n, \nabla u_n, \Delta u_n, \nabla \Delta u_n, \Delta^2 u_n$ be uniformly bounded in $L^2((0,T) \times \Omega)$ where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2, u=\Delta u =0$ on $\partial \Omega$.
Assume ...
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Find the maximum of an expression under the logconcave assumption
Let $F(v)$ be a cdf over $\left[0,v_{max}\right]$, $1-F(v)$ is logconcave. The corresponding density function is $f(v)$. Let $p^m$ solve $1-F(v)-f(v)v=0$ (it is a FOC of a profit maximization problem)....
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Is any submetrizable linear topology linearly submetrizable?
Let $E$ be a vector space. A topology $\tau$ on $E$ is called (linearly) submetrizable if there is a (linear) metrizable topology $\pi$ on $E$ which is weaker than $\tau$, i.e. $\pi\subset\tau$.
Is ...
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Can the Banach algebra structure on $B(E)$ be (almost) retrieved from its Banach space structure?
This is basically just out of curiosity. Also, since my research area is in von Neumann algebras and my knowledge of general Banach algebras as well as general Banach spaces is somewhat limited, I ...
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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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Approximate simple function $f$ by a sequence of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}^d$ such that $\|f_n\|_\infty\leq \|f\|_\infty$
Let $f=\sum_{i=1}^n c_i 1_{\Delta_i}$ be a simple function on $\mathbb{R}^d$, where $c_i\in\mathbb{C}$. Then we can find sequnces of continuous functions $\{f_k^{(i)}\}$ for each $i=1,\ldots,n$ such ...
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Existence of directional heat equation without uniform ellipticity
I am asking for references, or for a proof idea on how to show that weak solutions of the following problem exist: search $u$ on a bounded domain $\Omega\times (0,T]$, where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$...
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A question on Bloch functions
Let $\mathcal{B}(\Delta)$ be the space of Bloch functions in the unit disk $\Delta$. For any $f\in \mathcal{B}(\Delta)$, we define the Bloch norm by
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\|f\|_{\mathcal{B}}=\sup_{|z|<1}|f'(z)|(1-|z|^...
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Question about Lebesgue Bochner spaces
Let $T>0$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain. Also $p\in (1,\infty)$ is any number.
I know that $u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))$ and $\nabla u\in L^{p}((0,T);L^p(\Omega))^N$. How ...
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3/2 Sobolev Norm on the boundary of a bounded open subset of $\Bbb R^n$
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$ be a open bounded set and $\partial\Omega$ be the boundary of $\Omega$.
Following the reference text by Alois Kufner, Oldřich John and Svatopluk Fučík, Function ...
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Condition under a function is uniquely identifiable by the supremum values
Let $f(x),g(x)$ be two real-valued functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and $h(x,y)$ be a real-valued function on the plane. We can assume continuity (maybe piecewise differentiability also) of these functions. ...
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Show that $\|P(f\circ\varphi_{\lambda})-\widetilde{f}(\lambda)\|_p=\|P(f\circ\varphi_{\lambda}-\overline{P(\overline{f}\circ\varphi_{\lambda}}))\|_p.$
Let $\Omega = \mathbb B_n,$ the unit ball in $\mathbb C^n$ and $L^2_a(\Omega)$ be the Bergman space endowed with the normalized volume measure on $\Omega.$ Let $k_{\lambda}$ be the associated Bergman ...
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Eigenvalues of functions on finite discrete sets
Suppose I have an arbitrary function on a finite and discrete set $S$ defined as
$$f: S \times S \to \mathbb{C}^{|S|\times |S|}.$$
The $|S| \times |S|$ matrix $M$ is defined as
$$(M)_{ij}=f(s_i, s_j) \...
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Estimating a solution to Euler-type ODE #2
This is a similar question to this but with a different ODE.
Let $f$ be a continuous function in $L^2([1,\infty)$ satisfying $\sup_{r\geq 1} r|f(r)| <\infty$. Let $\ell$ be a positive integer, $R&...
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Boundary value of Sobolev space
Let $D$ be a regular domain in $\mathbb R^2$. Suppose that $u \in H_0^1(D) \cap C(D)$. Does this imply $u \in C(\overline D)$ and $u|_{\partial D} = 0$?
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Characterizing one-sided M-projections on real C*-algebras
Let $A$ be a real C*-algebra, and let $P: A \to A$ be a bounded linear projection. We say that $P$ is a left M-projection if the map
$$
v_P: A \to C_2(A), \quad x \mapsto \begin{pmatrix} P(x) \\ x - P(...
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how take weak derivative of norms in hilbert spaces?
Let the following be hilbert spaces with dens inclusions $V ↪H=H^* ↪V^*$. Where $H^*$ and $V^*$ are the duals. $H$ has the product $(*,*)$ and $V×V^*$ has the product $⟨*,*⟩$.
Let $u∈L^2 ([0,T];V); ...
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Inequality between product of companion matrices and power of Pisot number
Let $d\geqslant 2$ be an integer and consider a convergent sequence of "companion" matrices
$$A_k := \begin{pmatrix}
a_{k,1} & a_{k,2} & \cdots & a_{k,d} \\\
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From Wightman to HK axioms for "non-neutral (charged?)" fields
Wightman axioms deal with operator-valued distributions (Wightman fields) whose values are unbounded operators in general.
On the other hand, the Haag-Kastler axioms deal with net of observables, ...
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The diagonal operators and unconditionality
The following is well-known:
Theorem: Let $X$ be a Banach space with an unconditional basis $(e_n)_n$.
Then the space of the diagonal operators with respect the basis $(e_n)_n$ endowed with
the ...
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Relationship between two minimization problems
Let $1 \le p < n$ and $p^* = np/(n - p)$. Let $B \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a closed ball and let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set containing $B$. We denote by $W^{1, p}_{B}(\Omega)$ the ...
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Special density on $L^2$
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain, and $u\in L^2(\Omega)$ with $0\leq u(x)\leq 1$ a.e. on $\Omega$. It is well known that $C^{\infty}_c(\Omega)$ is dense in $L^2(\Omega)$. Because $C^...
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Example/Existence of Positive Linear Functional which is NOT Hermitian
We know that if $\mathcal{A}$ is a unital $C^*$-algebra and if $f:\mathcal{A}\to\mathbb{C}$ is a positive linear functional then it is Hermitian. It simply follows from the fact that in $\mathcal{A}$ ...
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How to solve for bounds restricting ${\Sigma}$ to symmetric-positive-semi-definiteness?
Scenario
I have a equation for a covariance matrix ${\Sigma}$ where everything but a vector of correlations is known aka $x=(x_{1}, \dots, x_{D})$ for $x_{i}\in [-1, 1]$.
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I know that ${x}$ ...
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Does a Banach algebra version of "the sum of a closed subspace and a finite dimensional subspace is always closed" exist?
In the setting of Banach spaces, it is well know that if $M$ is a closed subspace of a Banach space $X$ and $F$ is a finite dimensional subspace of $X$, then $M+F$ is closed.
Does a Banach algebra ...
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How big is the class of all closed range bounded linear operator?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces and let $CR(X,Y)$ denote the set $B(X,Y)$ of all bounded linear maps from $X$ to $Y$ with $T(X)$ closed in $Y$. Certainly $CR(X,Y)$ is not open in $B(X,Y)$ as given ...
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Reference request: Parabolic Schauder estimates for the heat equation with $f \in L^\infty$
Let us consider the heat equation
$$\partial_t u - \Delta u = f(x, t) \quad \text{in }Q_R $$
where $Q_R = B_R \times (-R^2,0].$ I would like to know the kind of regularity we should expect of $u$ if ...
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Orthogonal projection onto cones in inner product spaces
Let $H_n$ denote the space of $n\times n$ Hermitian matrices. For every $A\in H_n$, using the spectral decompostion of $A$,
$$A=\sum_i \lambda_i x_ix_i^*,$$
one can define the positive and negative ...
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Cohomology of the complex of differential forms with Schwartz coefficients
Let $U$ be an open manifold (say an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ for simplicity). Denote by $\mathscr{S}(U)$ the space of Schwartz functions on $U$. Schwartz functions are defined as usual to be ...
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How to understand "sparse graph limits"
For an $n$-vertex graph $G$, we say it is a sparse graph if $e(G)=o(n^2)$. Otherwise if $e(G)=\theta (n^2)$, we say it is a dense graph.
For a sequence of dense graphs $G_1,G_2,\dots,$ we know that it ...
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About Friedrichs historical contribution to QFT cited in Reed and Simon
In the Reed and Simon book, Appendix X.7, they mention that Friedrichs provided the first examples of inequivalent representations of the canonical commutation relations via the Weyl relations in the ...
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Surjectivity of kernel operator with kernel in $L^1(\nu \times \mu)$
Let $ \mu $ and $ \nu $ be two finite and non discrete measures. Let's begin with a well-known fact. Let $ k \in L^2(\nu \otimes \mu) $, then we can define an operator $ \tilde{T} $ as follows:
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\...
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Reference dual Dirichlet space $D^1$
Let $\mathbb{D} = \{ z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| < 1 \}$ be the unit disk. The Bergman space $A^1 = A^1(\mathbb{D})$ is the Banach space of holomorphic functions on $\mathbb{D}$ such that
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\|f\|_{A^1} ...
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Showing $\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\left\|a^2\right\|}{\|a\|^2}\leq \inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\|\hat{a}\|_{\infty}}{\|a\|}$ in a commutative banach algebra
Suppose $A$ is a commutative Banach algebra, and let $u=\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{\left\|a^2\right\|}{\|a\|^2}$, $v=\inf _{a \neq 0} \frac{r(a)}{\|a\|}$ ($r(a)$ is the spectral radius of $a$). I need to ...
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Inverse function theorem for $W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}$ functions
Let $n\ge 2$, $f:B_1\subset \mathbb R^n\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$, $f\in W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}(B_1)$, $\text{det}(Df)>c>0$, where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Can we show that $f$ is a homeomorphism ...
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Is the image of a complemented subspace complemented?
This question has been crossposted from mathstackexchange:
Let $X, Y$ be two Banach spaces and $T:X\to Y$ a continuous surjection. Assume $Z$ is a complemented subspace of $X$ and that $T(Z)$ is ...
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$S^{n}(V)$ is "approximately" $V$ when $n$ goes to infinity (in the setting of normed space)
Let $B$ be a (separable) Banach space. $(v_{i})_{i}, i\in\mathbb{N}$ being a family of linear independent vectors. $V$ being the span of $v_{i}$. I try to prove that $V$ is dense in $B$. I define a ...
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Topology on space of hyperfunctions
This is a reference request, coming from someone with little knowledge of hyperfunctions:
Which methods have been used to endow the space of hyperfunctions $\mathcal B(\mathbb R)$ with something like ...
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Can you always extend an isometry of a subset of a Hilbert Space to the whole space?
I remember that I read somewhere that the following theorem is true:
Let $A\subseteq H$ be a subset of a real Hilbert space $H$ and let $f : A \to A$ be a distance-preserving bijection, i.e. a ...
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Strong Ditkin sets in the Fourier algebra
What is the definition of a Ditkin set (resp. a strong Ditkin set) for the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ of a locally compact (not necessarily abelian) group $G$?
More specifically, let $E$
be a closed ...
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Dual space of local Sobolev space on a manifold
$\newcommand{\comp}{\mathrm{comp}}$As part of my master's thesis, I am currently learning about Sobolev spaces on manifolds. From my research online, I found out, that there are a lot of ways to ...
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What does analytic uniformly in $s$ mean?
Suppose I have a complex vector space $V$ with finite basis $\{e_{1},...,e_{s}\}$. Then, I can consider the algebra $\mathcal{U}$ of formal polynomials on the variables $e_{1},...,e_{s}$. Suppose ...
