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Example of space which is weak Hahn-Banach smooth but not Hahn-Banach smooth
A Banach space $X$ is said to be Hahn-Banach smooth if every linear functional on $X$ has a unique norm-preserving extension over $X^{**}$. Weak Hahn-Banach smoothness is what if the above condition ...
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Inequality with Hermite polynomials
Consider the (physicist's) Hermite polynomials $H_n(x)$ which are divided by
$$\sqrt{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!}$$
for the purpose of normalization.
These are orthogonal with respect to the weight function $e^{...
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Intermediate spaces of test functions between $\mathcal{S}$ and $\mathcal{D}$?
On $\mathbb{R}^n$, let $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the Schwartz space and $\mathcal{D}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the space of smooth, compactly supported functions.
According to p.145 of the book by Reed &...
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On the second order analog of the upper 1-Lipschitz envelope of a function
Let $u: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a given function. Then we can consider its upper 1-Lip envelope
$$
\hat u(x) \doteq \inf\{g(x) \, \mid\, g \, \text{has Lipschitz constant 1 and}\, g(y) \geq u(y) \,...
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Time regularity vs space regularity for parabolic PDE
Suppose that there exist separable Hilbert spaces $V, H, X$ such that $V\hookrightarrow H\hookrightarrow X\hookrightarrow V'\,$ continuously, where $V'$ denotes the dual of the Hilbert space $V$. Let ...
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A Lipschitz function induced by the infimum of the length of curves
Recently I have read a paper, Quasiconformal Images of Hölder Domains, written by S. M. Buckley in 2004, published by Annales Academiæ Scientiarum Fennicæ Mathematica. I am confused about page 33 of ...
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Unitary transformations of Vandermonde matrices forms a smooth manifold?
The space of all Vandermonde matrices $V$ with $r$ variables and degree $n$ (as below) forms an embedded submanifold of $\mathbb{R}^{(n+1) \times r}$ when $x_{i} \in \mathbb{R}$. It is naturally a ...
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Equality of two measures on functional spaces
It is well known that if $\mu$ and $\nu$ are two measures on the space $C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R}^n)$ of continuous mappings from $[0,1]$ to $\mathbb{R^n}$ endowed with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra satisfy $$...
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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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Proof that the closed convex hull of a weakly convergent sequence has empty interior using properties of $c_0$?
Let $X$ be an infinite-dimensional Banach space, and $x_n\to 0$ weakly in $X.$ Let $K$ be the closed convex hull of $\{x_n\}.$
I remember a proof that $K$ has empty interior as follows: define a map $...
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Are dualizable topological vector spaces finite-dimensional?
Consider the symmetric monoidal category TVS of complete Hausdorff topological vector spaces equipped with the completed projective, injective, or inductive tensor product.
Every finite-dimensional ...
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Hilbert spaces that include algebraic polynomials
This question is motivated by a phrase I found in several books/papers about approximation theory, for example, M.J.D.Powell's Approximation Theory and Methods: ''Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space ...
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Let $A:=\{f\in C^1(\mathbb{R}): \hat{f}, \hat{f'} \in L^1(\mathbb{R})\}$. Schwartz space is dense in $A$ wrt $\|f\|:= \|\hat{f}\|_1+\|\hat{f'}\|_1$?
Let $A:=\{f\in C^1(\mathbb{R}): \hat{f}, \hat{f'} \in L^1(\mathbb{R})\}$, where $\hat{f}$ is the Fourier transform of $f$. Then is it true that Schwartz space $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ is dense in $A$ ...
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Question on complemented subspaces of a product space
Assume that we have closed subspaces $Y_1$ and $Y_2$ of Banach spaces $X_1$ and $X_2$, respectively. If the product $Y_1\times Y_2$ is complemented in $X_1\times X_2$, does it follow that $Y_i$ is ...
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Existence of very weak solution to the elliptic equation $\partial_i(a^{ij}\partial_j u)=\partial_k\partial_l f$
Let $a^{ij}\in W^{1,n}\cap L^\infty (B^1)$ be uniformly elliptic, i.e. $\lambda|\xi|^2\le a_{ij}(x)\xi_i\xi_j\le \Lambda |\xi|^2$ for a.e. $x\in B^1$, $\xi\in\mathbb R^n$, where $B_1\subset \mathbb R^...
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Extracting each field operator as Wightman fields from a set of time-ordered products satisfying Eckmann-Epstein axioms
The paper by Eckmann-Epstein proves that Schwinger functions at "coinciding points" uniquely defines "time-ordered products".
In physics, these "time-ordered products" ...
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Multivariate polynomial approximation
Let $f$ be a function on $[-1,1]^d$ with some smoothness property, for example, it is in the Sobolev space $W^{k,p}$.
Let $P_n$ is a space of polynomials with degree $n$. My question is what is the ...
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Where does $V$ from the spectral decomposition $A = VDV^*$ lie, if $A$ has only imaginary entries?
The spectral theorem says that for every Hermitian matrix $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ there is a unitary matrix $V \in U(n)$ and a diagonal matrix $D \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ such that $A = ...
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Injectivity of a convolution operator
Let $p,\mu,\nu$ be probability density functions on
$\mathbb{R}$ such that
$$
\int_{\mathbb{R}}p(y-x) \nu(y) \, dy=\mu(x).
$$ Now, consider the operator $T:L^2(\mu)\to L^2(\nu)$ such that $$ Tf=f*p.$$ ...
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How to prove that $f(x) := |x|^{\frac{\lambda - n}{p}}(1 - \psi(x))$ satisfies a specific property related to its limit at the origin
Disclaimer. I have asked this question a month ago on MSE (click here to access the original post) and even bountied it. I got an answer on MSE, but unfortunately I don't feel like it has enough ...
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Continuity of disintegrations in non locally compact spaces
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Radon spaces, $\mu$ a Borel probability measure on $X$, $F\colon X\to Y$ measurable. Then the disintegration theorem gives us a disintegration $\{\mu^y\}_{y\in Y}$ of $\mu$ with ...
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Singularity of singularities and second microlocalization: a question that come from the stabilization of damped wave equation
In the paper [2], the Authors introduce a tool called second microlocalization, which is difficult for me. Although I have searched a lot of papers on the internet, nevertheless the material that I ...
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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
$$
\Omega^n(M) \simeq \mathcal{H}^n(M)\oplus ...
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When is an unbounded averaging operator on $\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ closed?
Let $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$, $a_n\in \mathbb{R}$. Consider the following linear operator $A$ on functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$:
$$(Af)(x) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n f(x+n)+ \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n f(...
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Density beyond Stone–Weierstrass
$\DeclareMathOperator\tr{tr}$I need density assertions for spaces of polynomials which are not (that I know of) algebras. One goes like this: Fix $n\in\mathbb N$ let $S$ denote the set of self-adjoint ...
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Projection onto Shift Invariant Subspaces of $H^2$
Every shift invariant subspace of the Hardy space $H^2(\mathbb{D})$ is either $\{0\}$ or is of the form $\varphi H^2$ for some inner function $\varphi$. I know that if $\varphi(0) \neq 0$, then the ...
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1-1 map on the $\{0,1\}^k$
Let integer $k>0$ and let $\{0,1\}^k$ denote the set of all $1\times k$-dim vectors whose every coordinate is eithor 0 or 1, for example, $(0,1,1,0,\dots,1,0,0,1)$. For any such vector $\alpha$, ...
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Extension of a tangent vector field
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\overline{\Omega} \neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is defined on $\partial \Omega$ such that $|G(y)| = 1$ for all $y \in \partial \...
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How to show such result for generalized $ O(|x|^{-1/2}) $ function?
Assuming that $ \chi\in C_c^{\infty}([-2,2]) $ is a cutoff function such that $\text{supp }\chi\subset[-2,2]$, $\chi\equiv 1 $ in $ [-1,1] $, and $ 0\leq\chi\leq 1 $, suppose that $ f\in C^{\infty}(\...
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Question on ODE involving mollifiers from Taylor's book on PDEs
In Taylor's third book on PDEs chapter 16, the author discusses quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems of the form
$$\partial_{t}u=A^{k}(t,x,u)\partial_{k}u+g(t,x,u)$$
with some initial condition $u(...
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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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Counterexample wanted: Banach space but not BK-space
What is an example of a Banach space that is not a BK-space?
A normed sequence space $X$ (with projections $p_n$) is a BK Space if $X$ is Banach space and for all natural numbers $n$, $p_n(\bar{x}) = ...
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Show that functional $J$ satisfies Palais-Smale condition iff every $P-S$ sequence is bounded
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and let $K: H \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be $C^1$ and such that $\nabla K: H \rightarrow H$ sends bounded sets into precompact sets. Consider the functional $J: H \rightarrow \...
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Is there a scalar product which makes orthonormal the family of complex functions $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $?
Let $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $ be a family of complex functions defined as follow,
$ \forall n \geq 1 $,
$$ f_n (z) = \dfrac{1}{n^{z}} $$
I would like to ask you if it is possible to construct a ( non-...
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Sufficient condition for interpolation
If we have a couple of two compatible banach spaces (in this sense) $(X,Y)$ and a sequence of Banach spaces $\{Z\}_{\theta\in[0,1]}$ which are intermediate between $X$ and $Y$ satisfying:
$Z_0=X$, $...
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Poisson kernel for the orthogonal groups
For the complex ball $|z|^2\le 1$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, there is a Poisson kernel proportional to $|x-z|^{-2n}$. This is generalized to the unitary group $U(N)$ so that in the complex matrix ball $Z^\...
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What is the "natural" or "physical" norm on the Hessian matrix (and other higher derivatives)?
Let $u : \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R$ and let $H : \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R^{n \times n}$ be its Hessian matrix. What is the "natural" choice of pointwise norm on the Hessian ...
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Tempered distributions at non-coinciding points and density of Schwartz functions
In the previous question, I find that situation is much less favorable than expected…. So I add more details to focus on the specific case I have in mind.
Let us consider the Schwartz space $\mathcal{...
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Orthogonal space of polynomials
Let $f \colon [0,+\infty) \to \mathbb R$ be a continuous function. Assume that for any non-negative integer $n$, the function $f(t) t^n$ in integrable in $(0,+\infty)$ and
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\int_0^{+\infty} f(t) t^n ...
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References for a class of Banach space-valued Gaussian processes
Let $E$ be a separable Banach space, consider a centered $E$-valued Gaussian process $\{x_t,t\ge 0\}$ that satisfies
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E}\phi(x_s)\psi(x_t)=R(s,t)K(\phi,\psi),\quad \phi,\psi\in ...
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Maximal function on mixed $L^{p}$
Consider $ f_{j,k}$ to be a function in $L^{p}(l^{q}(l^{2}))$, that is
$$
\Vert f_{j,k} \Vert^{p}_{L^{p}(l^{q}(l^{2}))} = \int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}} \left( \sum_{k} \big[ \sum_{j} \vert f_{j,k}(x) \vert^{2}...
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Clarification on the Interpretation of Fourier Coefficients in the Context of Fourier Projections
I am currently studying a paper (Section 3.4.3 of Lanthaler, Mishra, and Karniadakis - Error estimates for DeepONets: a deep learning framework in infinite dimensions) where the authors define an ...
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embedding spaces of probability measures to function spaces
Let $X, Y$ be Banach spaces. I'm considering a bounded linear functional $g:X\to Y$ and its lift $g_\sharp: \mathcal{P}(X)\to \mathcal{P}(Y)$.
I want to consider the inverse of $g_\sharp$ in some ...
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Is every closed subspace of the Schwartz space densely embedded into its dual space?
My original question is from this ME post but I think I need a broader understanding for this.
The Schwartz space $\mathcal{S}$ and its subspaces are examples of nuclear spaces. In fact, any closed ...
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For any $p, q \in [1,\infty]$ and $s \in (0,\infty)$, can we find some $f \in L^q - W^{s,p}$?
Sobolev inequalities show us when we can embed a Sobolev space into another.
However, I wonder if these inclusions are always proper.
More specifically, let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded ...
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Multivariate polynomial approximation of functions in Sobolev space
I found a result of the estimation error of polynomial approximation in page
6 of https://scg.ece.ucsb.edu/publications/theses/ARajagopal_2019_Thesis.pdf
The statement is for $f \in W^{k, p}\left([-1,...
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Rate of convergence of mollified distributions in Besov spaces with negative regularity
Given a standard mollifier $\rho_\delta$ and a distribution $ u \in B^\alpha_{ p, p}$ with $\alpha<0$, $p \in [1, \infty]$ and $B^\alpha_{p,p}$ is a not-homogeneous Besov space, I'm trying to prove ...
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Larger possible chain of closed subspaces in the dual of a Banach space
In this question, is demonstrated that a separable space can have a chain (ordered by inclusion) of closed subspaces with uncountable many subspaces.
My question is the following. If $X$ is an ...
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Form of a hereditary subalgebra of $C^*$-algebra $C_0(X)$
I would like to show that:
"every hereditary subalgebra $U$ of a $C^*$-algebra $C_0(X)$ for a locally compact Hausdorff Space $X$ has the form $J_E := \{f \in C_0(X) : f|_E=0 \}$ for a closed ...
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Excising the trace of a $II_1$-factor
Recall that a state $\varphi$ on a $C^*$-algebra $A$ is said to be excised by projections if there exists a net of projections $e_i \in A$ such that $\| e_i a e_i - \varphi(a) e_i\| \to_{i} 0$ for all ...
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