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Sufficient conditions for the graph measurability of a multivalued function
I am currently working on a problem related to the measurability of multi-functions in the context of mathematical economics. Specifically, I am searching for sufficient conditions regarding the graph ...
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Approximating $L^p$ functions by eigenfunctions of Laplacian
I'm reading a paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022039608004932.
In this paper, the authors assume that $\mathcal{O}$ is a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $C^m$ boundary ...
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Large-deviation inequalities for a class of simple random multivariate polynomials
Let $N$ be a large positive integer and let $[N] := \{1,2,\ldots,N\}$. For any $k$, let $K_{N,k}$ denote the collection of $k$-element subsets of $[N]$. Let $x=(x_1,\ldots,x_N)$ be a uniformly random ...
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Strong law of large numbers for a sequence of random variables in different probability spaces
Is it known whether the following version of the strong law of large numbers holds?
For each $k\in\mathbb{N}$, let $\Omega_k$ be a finite set and $\mu_k$ be a probability measure on $\Omega_k$. Let $(...
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Markov process with time varying transition kernels
I cross post this question from StackExchange as it may be more appropriate.
I am interested in studying the evolution of a variable $\alpha_t\in [0,1]$ governed by the following stochastic dynamical ...
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Boundary points in $\overline{\operatorname{conv}\{z_i\}_{i\in I}}$
Let $X$ be an infinitely-dimensional Banach space and $\{z_i\}_{i\in I}$ be a set of linearly independent points in $X_{\leq 1}$, the closed unit ball of $X$. $I$ the index set is not necessarily ...
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Surjectivity of a class of integrals in dimensions two
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be an open set and $G(x,\theta): \Omega \times [0,2\pi]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a positive continuous function. Assume $F:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ defined ...
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$L^1$ error between indicator function and smoothed out version
For a large parameter $r>0$, consider the indicator function $1_{[-r,r]}$ and its convolution with the (normalized) Gaussian $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}e^{-x^2}$, that is,
$$f_r(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}\...
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Is the $2$-point function translation invariant for general Gaussian meaures?
Let us consider the real Hilbert space $H:=L^2\bigl(\mathbb{R}^n, \mathbb{R}^n\bigr)$ and "any" centered Gaussian measure $d\mu$ on it.
Next, denote a generic element of $H$ by the column ...
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Minimal F-semi-norms
There are conflicting terminologies in the literature on this subject, so let me define an F-semi-norms on a real vector space $E$ to be a subadditive function $\rho:E\to[0,+\infty)$ such that $\rho\...
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Solution of $\Delta f -\frac{1}{2}hf = 0$ behaves asymptotically as $f(x) = 1 - C/|x|$
Let $f: \mathbb{R}^{3} \to \mathbb{R}$ be the solution of the following PDE:
$$\Delta f -\frac{1}{2}h f = 0$$
where $h \in C_{c}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{3})$ (compactly supported an smooth) and $f$ ...
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Weak convergence in $H^{1}$ implies different convergence in $L^{p}$?
Suppose I have a sequence $\{f_{n}\}_{n\in \mathbb{N}} \subset H^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$ which converges weakly to $f$ in $H^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$, in the sense that $\langle f_{n},\varphi \rangle_{L^{2}}+...
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optimization over moving domains
Let $A, B$ be Banach spaces, and for any $a\in A$, $B_a\in B$ is a measurable subset. Consider the following optimization problem:
$$L(a)=\inf_{b\in B_a}\ell(b),$$
where $\ell(b)$ is a infinite-times ...
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On a Poincaré inequality with weight
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded convex (non-empty) open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($\Omega$ can be as smooth as you like). Let also $p, q > 1$ be conjugate exponents.
Is it true that there exists a ...
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Fractional Brownian motion covariance with a twist
Let $H \in (0, 1)$, $D \in \mathbb{R}$ and assume that the following function
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r ( t, s ) = \frac{1}{2} \, \Big[ t^{2H} + s^{2H} - | t - s |^{2H} \Big] + D \, t^H s^H,
\quad t, \, s \geq 0
$$
is ...
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coupling method for first hitting times
Consider a Markov process $(X_t: S \to S)_{t \ge 0}$ that begins with two initial probabilities $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$ defined on the state space $S$. Let's define the first hitting time $\tau$ as $\tau:=...
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Question about a step in the proof of the min-max principle
I honestly do not think this is a hard question, maybe it is even obvious but I tried MSE and had no success so far, so I am reproducing the question Question about the proof of the min-max principle ...
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Relationship between noncommutative torus for different values of theta [closed]
Let $u,v\in B(L_2(\mathbb T))$ defined as $u(f)(z)=zf(z)$ and $v(f)(z)=f(ze^{-2\pi i\theta})$ for $z\in\mathbb T$ where $\theta\in\mathbb R\setminus\mathbb{Q}$. Denote the $C^*$ algebra generated by $...
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Continuity of linear map on tensor product spaces with different norm properties
I originally asked this question on StackExchange, but I think that it may be more suitable to here.
Let $V$ and $U$ be Banach spaces. I'm considering a linear map $\phi: V \rightarrow U$, and ...
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Joint distribution of randomly permuted Poisson random variables
Let $U_1, ..., U_n$ be Poisson random variables with rates $ \lambda_1, ..., \lambda_n$ such that $\lambda =\sum_i \lambda_i = O(1)$ (i.e the sum of the rates is bounded). Suppose we have $n$ buckets. ...
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Norm on the space of real analytic functions
The space $C^{\omega}(\Omega)$ of real-valued real analytic functions on the open bounded set $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ does not have any obvious or natural metric which would make it a Fréchet ...
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Is the projective limit $\mathcal{D}(\mathbb{R})$ separable?
Let $\mathscr{D}(\mathbb{R})$ be the set $C_0^\infty(\mathbb{R})$ of smooth functions with compact support endowed with the following topology:
The initial topology with respect to the family maps $(\...
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Reparameterizing a function to be linearly bounded
Trying to find a reparameterization of a function from $f(y, z, \ldots)(x)$ to $f(y(a_1), z(a_2), \ldots)(x)$ so that for all $x \in [r, t]$ we have
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|f(y(a_1), z(a_2), \dots)(x) - f(y(b_1), z(b_2), ...
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Why is the logistic regression model good? (and its relation with maximizing entropy)
Suppose we're trying to train a classifier $\pi$ for $k$ classes that takes as input a feature vector $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ and outputs a probability vector $\pi(x)\in\mathbb{R}^k$ such that $\sum_{v=1}^...
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A question about equivalence of weighted Sobolev space norm in S. Benzoni-Gavage and D. Serre's book
This question may not be at the research level, but it has really bothered me for a long time. The following space is used for handling initial boundary value problem for first order hyperbolic ...
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Example of random walk in a random environment (RWRE) saying things on the environment
I was wondering if anyone is aware of works/articles/examples where random walks in a random environment (RWRE) are actually used for obtaining information on the random environment.
To clarify a bit, ...
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Pointwise convergence and disjoint sequences in $C(K)$
Let $K$ be a Hausdorff compact space and let $C(K)$ be the space of continuous real-valued functions on $K$. A sequence $(h_n)$ in $C(K)$ is called almost disjoint if there is a sequence $(g_n)$ with ...
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A possible measure-theoretic pathology
Let $S$ be a nonempty closed subset of the open unit square $(0,1)^2 = X \times Y$
that has the following "shadow property":
For any aligned open square $C = A \times B$ that intersects $S$, ...
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Reconstruction of second-order elliptic operator from spectrum
Let $M$ be a compact smooth manifold, $(\lambda_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a square-summable monotonically increasing sequence of non-negative numbers, and let $(f_k)_{k=1}^{\infty}$ be continuous ...
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Weak-star convergence implies trace-norm convergence
By definition, if bounded operators $a_i$ converge to $0$ in the weak*-star topology, then $\operatorname{tr} a_it \to 0$ for any trace-class $t$.
Does this also hold for the trace-norm instead of the ...
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Finding first and second moments of (extended) projected normal distribution on a 3D unit sphere
I am interested in understanding the statistics of a specific distribution defined on the 3D unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$. The distribution in question arises from taking a 3D vector sampled from a ...
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Existence of adjoint operators on manifolds
Let $(M,g)$ be an oriented Riemannian manifold and $V$ a finite-rank vector bundle equipped with a non-degenerate bundle metric $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{V}$. This bundle metric, in turn, gives rise ...
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Prove that $\forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}^d , P_x\{y\in B\mathopen]0,1]\}=0$
I'm folowing the proof of corollary 1.8 page 5 of Mörters - Sample path properties of Brownian motion.
I want to show that $$\forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}^d , P_x\{y\in B\mathopen]0,1]\}=0$$ where $B$ is ...
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Strong limits of nilpotent operators
Let $H$ be an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
Is it possible that the Identity $H\to H$ is a strong limit of nilpotent compact operators?
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Where does this coupling result use independence when bounding total variational distance?
I am reading this paper, which gives the following coupling result:
Throughout this, I'll assume the dimension $k$ is clear. Let $e_i$ be the $i$-th basis in the $k$ dimensional standard basis.
A $k$ ...
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Lower bounds for sub-Gaussians?
For a random variable $X$, define
$$\lVert X\rVert_{\psi_2} =\inf \{k>0\mid \mathbb{E}[\exp((X/k)^2)]\leq 2\}$$
and for a random vector $\vec X$, define
$$\lVert \vec X\rVert_{\psi_2} = \sup_{\...
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Reference request : A SPDE model
Let $\Omega_0\subset\mathbb R^d$ be open and bounded with sufficiently smooth boundary $\partial\Omega_0$. Let $O\subset \Omega_0$ be a random open subset. Set $\Omega:=\Omega_0\setminus O$. Consider ...
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Markov property for groups?
My question again refers to the following article:
Koji Fujiwara, Zlil Sela, The rates of growth in a hyperbolic group, Invent. math. 233 (2023) pp 1427–1470, doi:10.1007/s00222-023-01200-w, arXiv:...
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Freidlin Wentzell for stochastic differential inclusions
Consider the SDI
$$dX^\varepsilon(t)\in b(X^\varepsilon(t))\,dt + \varepsilon \sigma(X^\varepsilon(t)) \, dB(t).$$
Is there any Freidlin-Wentzell large deviations principle for $X^\varepsilon$?
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Analogy between quasi-injective modules & extensible Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a module. $X$ is said to be quasi-injective if every homomorphism $h:A\to X$ from any submodule $A\subseteq X$ has an extension to an endomorphism $\tilde{h}:X\to X$.
A module $X$ is quasi-...
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Convexity of an equivalent norm
Let $X=l_2$ with usual norm $\|\cdot\|_2$. We define a subspace of $X$ as $D=conv (B_{l_2} \cup B),$ where $B = \{ (x_n) \in l_2 : \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{n}{2} x_n^2 \leq 1\}$, conv is the convex ...
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Definite negative functions and length functions
$\DeclareMathOperator\ND{ND}$I am reading E. Bedos paper on heat properties for groups.
Let's denote, for a group G, $$\ND^+_0(G) := \{d : G \to [0,+\infty[\; : \;d \text{ is negative definite and }d(...
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Goldstine theorem in quasi-Banach spaces
A classical theorem of Goldstine is the following: Let $X$ be a Banach space and $J \colon X \to X''$ the natural inclusion. Then $J(B_X)$ is $\sigma(X'', X')$-dense in $B_{X''}$, where $B_Y$ is the ...
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Prove lower collinearity on the tails of Gaussian blob
Let us consider a $n$-dimensional Gaussian blob, i.e. a set of $N$ random vectors $\{\boldsymbol{X}^{(j)}\}_{j=1}^N$, with $n$ independent components, $X_i^{(j)}$, and such that $X_i^{(j)} \sim \...
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Variation of concept of a Lusin space
Citing from Wikipedia,
A Hausdorff topological space is a Lusin space if some stronger topology makes it into a Polish space.
Is there a (previously studied) analogous concept of a Hausdorff (...
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Free probability: A unitary group heuristic for the relationship between additive free convolution and free compression
From one perspective, free probability is the study of how the eigenvalues of large random matrices interact under the basic matrix operations. The free probability operations of free additive ...
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Uniqueness in interpolation of Hilbert spaces
I am wondering under what condition it is true that for Hilbert spaces $H$ and $H_0$ such that $H \hookrightarrow H_0$ there is uniqueness in the existence of a Hilbert space $H_1 \hookrightarrow H$ ...
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Directed sets of positive elements in noncommutative $\mathrm L^p$ spaces
Let $\tau$ be a faithful normal semifinite trace on a von Neumann algebra $\mathcal M$.
If $1<p<\infty$ and $E$ is a nonempty subset of $\mathrm L^p(\mathcal M,\tau)_+$ such that
for every $x\...
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Trace of product of two Wishart matrices
Let $A,B$ be two independent complex Wishart matrices, $A,B\sim CW_p(\mathbf{I},n)$, that is $A=\frac1n GG^\dagger$& $B=\frac1n QQ^\dagger$ where $G$ and $Q$ are independent $p\times n$ complex ...
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Mean values of polynomial and holomorphic matrices
Lemma. Assume $H: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}^{d \times d}$ is a polynomial of degree $m$, such that for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$, $H(x)$ is a symmetric semidefinite matrix. For all $n \geq 0$ and real ...