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integral over the unit sphere of $\Bbb C^n$
Please, is there a way to calculate this integral
$$\int_{S_{2n-1}} \frac{e^{a \langle z, \zeta \rangle}}{|z - \zeta|^{\beta}} \, d\sigma(\zeta)$$
where $ z $ is a fixed point in the complex unit ball ...
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Are ALL linear functionals on $C[0,1]$ generated by measures? [closed]
Consider derivative of the convolution of a given function $f(\cdot)$ with a fixed $C^\infty$ function $s(\cdot)$, evaluated say at $1/2$. Is there a measure which generates the functional so defined?
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Lipschitz retraction constant of $B^+$ into $S^+$ in $L^2([0,1])$
In Hilbert space modeled by $L^2([0,1])$ we can define a set $B^+=\{x\in B(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ and $S^+=\{x\in S(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ where where $B(...
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There is only one reasonable $\sigma$-algebra on the space $\mathcal D'$ of distributions
Consider the space $\mathcal D'(M)$ of distributions on a manifold $M$.
Is there a ready reference for the fact that the Borel $\sigma$-algebra (for the strong dual topology) coincides with the weak ...
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What makes the generalized projection different than metric on a Banach space?
I have came across the notion of generalized projection in Banach spaces, introduced by Ya. Alber and has seen many iterative algorithms being solved by using this projection. It helps in finding the ...
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$k$-subset with minimal Hausdorff distance to the whole set
Let $(\mathcal{M}, d)$ be a metric space. Let $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $[\mathcal{M}]^k$ be the set of $k$-subsets of $\mathcal{M}$. Consider the following problem:
$$ \operatorname*{argmin}_{\mathcal{...
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Inscribed square and convexity
Let $b(X)$ be the boundary of any $X$ subset of the plane.
Does there exist $A,B$ convex compact sets of the plane, such that $C:=A\setminus B$ is simply connected and not empty, and such that ...
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General version of Weyl's lemma
The classical Weyl's lemma say, suppose $u \in L^1_{loc}(\Omega)$ satisfies
$$\int_{\Omega}u \Delta \phi dx=0\ \ \forall \phi\in C_c^{\infty}(\Omega),$$
then $u$ is harmonic in $\Omega.$ What I want ...
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Spectral theory of compact operator for quasi-Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $Y\subset X$ be a quasi-Banach space (with compact inclusion). Suppose $T:X\to X$ is a compact operator such that $1$ is not its eigenvalue and $T|_{Y}:Y\to Y$ is ...
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Why $(\mathrm{Lip}([0,1]^2))^*$ is finitely representable in 1-Wasserstein space over the plane?
In "Snowflake universality of Wasserstein spaces"" by Alexandr Andoni, Assaf Naor, and Ofer Neiman, they have the following notation:
For a metric space X they write $\mathcal{P}_1(X)$ ...
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Nice formula for powers of modified Bessel function
Let $K_\nu(z)$ be the modified Bessel function of second kind. I am looking the geometric series
$$1+aK_v+(aK_v)^2+(aK_v)^3...$$
I know there are formula for product of two such functions. I would ...
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Morse approximation with bounded number of critical points
Let $(M^3,g)$ be a compact Riemannian 3-manifold and let $f\in C^{\infty}(M)$ be a smooth function. Does there exist a constant $k>0$ (possibly depending on $M$ and $g$) such that $f$ can be $C^2$-...
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How to correctly state Cauchy's rigidity theorem?
Cauchy's rigidity theorem is often stated briefly as
Any two (convex, 3-dimensional) polyhedra with pairwise congruent faces are themselves congruent.
As a more formal generalization to general ...
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Gowers' dichotomy for quotients
Gowers' dichotomy establishes that every infinite dimensional Banach space contains a closed infinite dimensional subspace that has an unconditional basis or it is hereditarily indecomposable.
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Does sets of positive capacity rule out constant functions?
Let $U\subset \Bbb R^d$ be bounded with Lipschitz boundary $K\subset \bar{U}$ be compact. The capacity of $K$ in $U$ is defined by
\begin{align*}
\text{Cap}_{p}(K, U) :=
\inf \left\{
\int_U |\...
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Operator norm of some type of discrete Fourier matrix
Let $N$ be a natural number and let $w$ be a complex number.
We define the $N\times N$ matrix $C_w=(a_{k,l})_{k,l=1}^N$ as follows,
$$
a_{k,l}=\begin{cases}1 & l=k+1\\
w &...
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Comparing two different principles of premeasure-to-measure extension
It is well-known that a premeasure $\mu_0$ (possibly taking infinite values) on a ring of subsets $\Omega_0$ of a set $X$ can be extended to a complete measure space $(X, \Omega_C, \mu_C)$ ($C$ for ...
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Functions such that the *integral* of the Fourier transform is non-negative?
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be in $L^1$, with its Fourier transform $\widehat{f}$ also in $L^1$. What is a necessary and sufficient condition on $f$ so that
$$\int_{-\infty}^x \widehat{f}(t) dt \...
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Is the evolution family self-adjoint?
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I am reading Roland Schnaubelt's survey ...
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Embedding of domain of fractional power of Laplacian into Sobolev space for cylindrical domains
On a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d, d\geq 2$ with smooth boundary, it is well known that for the Dirichlet Laplacian $\Delta_D$, $D((-\Delta_D)^\frac12) = H^1_0(\Omega)$.
I'm interested ...
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On distributions and kernels
Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open set and consider $X=\mathbb{R}\times U$. Now, lets consider a smooth (regular) kernel $k_{A}\in C^{\infty}(X\times X)$ and corresponding continuous operator $A:...
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Colimits in commutative Banach algebras?
Let $K$ be a complete non-Archimedean field. It is known that the category $\mathrm{Ban}_K$ of $K$-Banach spaces with bounded linear maps does not have infinite colimits. The usual argument for $\...
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Twin circles in a quadrilateral
The circumcenters of the four triangles of a complete quadrilateral along with the two points of completion form two congruent circles (in black).
Surely this must've been done before - what's the ...
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Quasi-geodesics in Alexandrov spaces
I am trying to understand the notion of quasi-geodesic in Alexandrov space with curvature bounded below following the Perelman-Petrunin paper. I have two questions:
Is it true that the shortest ...
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Upper and lower bounds for a Rademacher-type expectation
Suppose that $\varepsilon_i$
are independent Rademacher random variables
(that is,
$
\mathbb{P}(\varepsilon_i=-1)
=
\mathbb{P}(\varepsilon_i=1)
=1/2
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Fix an $a\in\mathbb{R}^n$
and define the random ...
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Compactness in trace class operators space
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space. Let $L_1$ denote the space of trace class operators on $H$ with the trace-class norm $\|\cdot\|_1$, i.e. $\|K\|_1=Tr|K|$ for all $K\in L_1$.
Are there easy ...
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Compactness and Leray-Schauder degree
What's the relationship between compactness of solutions in partial differential equations (PDEs) and the Leray-Schauder degree?
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Does the second Bourgain–Delbaen space belong to C_p?
The second Bourgain–Delbaen space $Y$ is a separable $\mathcal{L}_\infty$ space such that $Y$ contains no copy of $c_0$ or $\ell_1$. The dual space is isomorphic to $\ell_1$.
An operator $T:X\to Y$ ...
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A Talagrand inequality for the supremum of partial sums over function classes under dependence. (Reference request)
As a consequence to the Talagrand concentration inequality, it is well known that for a measurable space $(S,\mathcal{S})$ and an i.i.d. sample $X_1,...,X_n$ of $S$-valued random variables, if $\...
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Strict positive definite function gradient tuple
I have a (Gaussian) random function (aka "stochastic process" or "random field") $(f(t))_{t\in \mathbb{R}^d}$. I now want to consider the vector valued random function $g=(f, \...
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Functional approach vs jet approach to Lagrangian field theory
Context: I am a PhD student in theoretical physics with higher-than-average education on differential geometry. I am trying to understand Lagrangian and Hamiltonian field theories and related concepts ...
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Are measures singular with respect to all representing measures in $\mathbb{D}^n$ always concentrated on null-sets?
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on the $\sigma$-Borel set $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{D}^n)$.
We say that $\mu$ is a representing measure for some point $z \in \mathbb{D}^n$, if
$$\forall_{u \in A(\...
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Geometry in $\mathbb{R}^n$: angle between projections of a rectangle
Consider a hyper rectangle $R$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ defined by $|x_i|\leq M_i$ for all $i\leq n$.
Consider a linear affine subspace $L$ of dimension $1\leq k <n$ such that $L\cap R\neq \emptyset$.
For ...
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Ribe's Theorem: finitely representability between two uniformly homeomorphic Banach spaces
An infinite-dimensional Banach space $X$ is said to be crudely finitely representable (with constant $\lambda$) in an infinite-dimensional Banach space $Y$ if there is a constant $\lambda>1$ such ...
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Is the hypothesis "uniformly equivalent" needed?
I am reading S. Shimorin's paper titled Complete Nevanlinna-Pick property of Dirichlet-type spaces. My question concerns Lemma 2.3. which is as follows:
Assume $\mathscr{H}$ is a Hilbert space of ...
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Infinite dimensional involutions: infinitely large sets of multivariate polynomials self-inverse under self-substitution
Examples of infinite dimensional involutions
Edit 2/25/23, as suggested by YCOR below: (Start)
The first return on a Google search on involution--from late Latin 'a rolling up'--gives the Oxford ...
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References on the partial trace
For the Hilbert space $H^N:=L((\mathbb R^{3})^N,\mathbb C)$, consider the projection operator $D: H^N\to H^N$ as follows :
$$D(\Phi):=\left(\int_{(\mathbb R^{3})^N}\overline{\Psi(x_1,\ldots, x_N)}\Phi(...
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Nonstationary phase method for oscillatory integral
I want to approximate an integral of the form $$\int_a^bf(t)e^{ig(t)}dt,$$where $f(t)$ is smooth, $g(t)$ is real-valued and smooth.
The stationary phase method says that if $t_0\in [a,b]$ is such that ...
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Ratio of inscribed/circumscribed ellipsoids: geometrical proof?
Let $K$ be a convex subset of ${\mathbb R}^n$, with non-void interior. The Löwner-John theorem states that there are a minimal volume ellipsoid $\cal E$ containing $K$, a maximal one $\cal F$ ...
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Commutator of $A\otimes I$ and $I \otimes B$ vanishes?
Consider two Hilbert spaces $H_1$ and $H_2$, and $A$, $B$ unbounded operators on $H_1$, $H_2$ respectively. $(A \otimes I)$ is classically defined as the closure of the operator defined on the set of ...
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Hölder's inequality for trace-class maps of $p$-liquid spaces and a related conjecture of Grothendieck
In Condensed Math and Complex Geometry Proposition 8.8, Clausen-Scholze describe trace-class maps between projective objects in the $p$-liquid category as sums of rank 1 operators against ${<}p$-...
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Chain rule for distributional derivative
Let $V \subset H \subset V^*$ be a Gelfand triple (eg. $H^1 \subset L^2 \subset H^{-1}$).
Let $u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ have a distributional derivative $u' \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$. So $\int_0^T u(t)\varphi'(t) = ...
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Divide angles by coefficients relate to Fibonacci sequence
In the left Figure, consider a right triangle $OPA$ with $\angle {AOP} = 90^\circ$. Let $\ell$ be the reflection of $PO$ in $PA$ and $\ell$ meets $OA$ at $A_1$. Let $O_1$ be the center of the circle $(...
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Distributions and time-kernels
Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open subset and set $M:=I\times U$, where $I=(a,b)\subset\mathbb{R}$ is some open subset. Lets consider a linear operator $B:C^{\infty}_{c}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ that ...
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convergence of convolution in Bochner space
I want to prove a well-known fact in $L^p(R^n)$ namely that, the convolution of an element in $L^p$ with an element of $L^1$ is in $L^p$
let: if $u∈L^p (R;X) , f∈L^1 (R)$ and $X$ is Separable and ...
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Why define Schwartz by supremum rather than limit?
The Schwartz space is defined as the set of all indefinitely differentiable functions such that the supremum over the free variable of any (order) derivative times any (order) power is finite.
However,...
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Metric entropy of an ellipsoid
Let $B^d_2$ denote the unit ball of $\ell_2^d$ and let $T$ be an invertible linear map.
Consider the function
$$
H(T) := \log M(TB_2^d, B_2^d),
$$
which is the packing entropy for $TB_2^d$ by $B_2^d$....
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Convexity of distance-to-boundary function
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$ be an open,
bounded convex domain. Denote $d_{\Omega}:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$
the distance-to-boundary function, that is,
$$
d_{\Omega}\left(x\right):=\inf\left\...
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What are some interesting ways of making new metrics out of old metrics?
If $d(x,y)$ and $e(x,y)$ are metrics then $d(x,y)+e(x,y)$ and $\frac{d(x,y)}{1+d(x,y)}$ are metrics.
If $d_i(x,y)$ for $i=1,\dots,n$ are metrics then so is $\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^n{d_i^2(x,y)}}$
Are ...
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Sobolev inequality with weight in the case $1<n\leq p$
Assume that $1<n\leq p$. Does there exist a (non-negative) measure $\mu$ (preferably with some positive density function with respect to the Lebesue measure $dx$) and $q>p$ so that for all $f\in ...
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