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Sub Banach spaces (Banach algebras) of the disc algebra which are invariant under the differentiation operator
In this question the disc algebra $\mathcal{A}(\mathbb{D})$ is the Banach algebra of all holomorphic functions on the unit open disc $\mathbb{D} \subset \mathbb{C}$ which have a ...
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On mollifiers acting between $L^2$ and Sobolev spaces
(I'm reposting here this question from MSE as it didn't receive any answer for two weeks.)
Consider a sequence of finite lattices in $\mathbb{R}^n$ defined by
$$L_k= [-k,k]^n \cap 2^{-k}\cdot \mathbb{...
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Vector field connecting two points
I'm now working on somehow an inverse problem of an ODE:
Suppose we have a ODE on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$: $\dot{x} = f(x)$, denote the solution to the ODE starting at $a$ as $x_{f,a}$(t).
Now there is a ...
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Eigenvectors of the dual of positive irreducible operators
This question was previously posted on MSE.
Let $E$ be a Banach lattice such that $E$ is an $M$-space. Assume that $T\colon E\to E$ is a positive bounded non-compact irreducible linear operator with ...
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There is some initial data such that the decay of the semigroup in it is faster than $t^{-n/2}$?
Lee and Ni show in their work Link Here that the heat semigroup $e^{t \Delta}u_0$ has decay as $t^{-\min \{a, n\} /2}$, $t \to \infty$ if $u_0 = C(1+|x|^2)^{a/2}$ if $a \neq n$. I'm trying to ...
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Which sigma-ideals in a sigma-algebra are contained in an ideal of null sets?
Let $X$ be a Polish space and $\mathcal{B}(X)$ be the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel subsets of $X$. Given a Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $X$, we write $\mathcal{N}(\mu) := \{ B \in \mathcal{B}(X) : \...
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How rich is the richest person in a society satisfying the Pareto principle?
The Pareto Principle roughly states that in many societies, the top 20% of people hold over 80% of the wealth. Suppose we had a society that satisfied this principle in every stratum of society - how ...
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A variant of Hardy's inequality for "convolutions"?
Consider Hardy's inequality on $L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$. This inequality states that:
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} dx \, \frac{|\psi(x)|^2}{|x|^2} \le K \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} dx \, |\nabla \psi(x)|^2.$$
I want to ...
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Number of discrete Lipschitz functions with given Lipschitz constant
Fix $T, K, N \in \mathbb Z_+$. How many distinct Lipschitz functions $f: \{0, \dots, T\} \to \mathbb Z$ are there with Lipschitz constant $K$, and supremum norm at most $N$ satisfying $f(0) = 0$?
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Can the canonical Eudoxus-real representatives be defined easily?
(See e.g. here for background on the Eudoxus reals, which motivates this question.)
Let $\mathcal{Z}=(\mathbb{Z};+,<)$. Say that a Eudoxus function is an $f:\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ such ...
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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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Existence of pairwise quasi-complementary but not complementary subspaces
Let $𝑋$ be an infinite-dimensional Banach space (complex or real). A subspace of $𝑋$ means a closed linear submanifold. Subspaces $M$ and $N$ of $X$ are quasi-complementary if $M\cap N=\{0\}$ and $M+...
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Topological spaces in which countable intersections of dense open sets have dense interior
In certain topological spaces, known as Baire spaces (e.g., completely metrizable spaces), a countable intersection of dense open sets is dense.
Now consider the following strengthening of the Baire ...
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A special Hamel basis and a special additive function
On mathstackexchange I recently
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whether for an irrational number $a$ a special Hamel basis of type $\bigcup_{i\in I}\{x_i,y_i,ay_i\}$ exists,
where $x_i, y_i$ and $ay_i$ are $\mathbb Q$-...
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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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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 $$
where $Q_R = B_R \times (-R^2,0].$ I would like to know the kind of regularity we should expect of $u$ if ...
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Density of smooth functions in weighted Sobolev space
Let $\rho(x)=e^{-\phi(x)}$, where $\phi$ is an even polynomial with positive leading coefficient. I am interested in a proof of the fact that the space of smooth compactly supported functions $\...
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Krein-Rutman for integral transforms: proof of convergence to leading eigenvector
Disclaimer: This is a question in functional analysis, on which I don't have much background. It arose from me trying to prove on my own a folklore result in probability theory.
Consider an integral ...
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Relationship between two minimization problems
Let $1 \le p < n$ and $p^* = np/(n - p)$. Let $B \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a closed ball and let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set containing $B$. We denote by $W^{1, p}_{B}(\Omega)$ the ...
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References on a variant of Geometric Calculus
Geometric algebra and (standard) calculus, when synthesized, give rise to geometric calculus, a very powerful formalism.
I have read a bit about fractional calculus and time-scale calculus, both very ...
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$L^2$ uniform integrability in terms of Fourier coefficients
Given a bounded sequence $(f_n)_n$ in $L^2(\mathbf{T})$ where $\mathbf{T}:=\mathbf{R}/\mathbf{Z}$, the strong compactness of $(f_n)_n$ is equivalent to $$\lim_N \sup_n \sum_{|k|\geq N} |c_k(f_n)|^2=0,$...
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Counter example for Hadamard Differentiability
I am having a hard time while trying to fully understand Hadamard differentiability.
I use the following definition taken from a German source ( Martin Brokate, "Konvexe Analysis und ...
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(Lattice approximation) Does UV stability lead to continuum limit of a subsequence?
In the context of lattice approximation, the term "UV stability" seems to be used frequently. To me, it seems like
Uniform boundedness of the partition function in the limit where lattice ...
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Characterizing the integral as a function of $n$
Let $\alpha \in [0,3], \beta \geq 1, \lambda \geq 1$ and fix $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Consider the function $f(x;\alpha, \beta, \lambda) = x^{\alpha}\exp(-\lambda x^\beta)$. Let $I(n; \alpha,\beta,\lambda) ...
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Distance between a Hölder function and a Sobolev ball
Let $\Omega$ denote $[0, 1]^n$ and let $\|\cdot\|_{k, p}$ and $|\cdot|_{m, \alpha}$ denote norms of Sobolev space $W^{k,p}(\Omega)$ and Holder space $C^{m, \alpha}(\Omega)$, respectively.
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Derivative norm estimates
Assume $\Phi$ is some diffeomorphism of a certain manifold. Let $\Phi^{-1}$ denote the inverse map and let $(D\Phi)^{-1}$ denote the matrix inverse of $D\Phi$.
QUESTION. Does this norm estimate hold? ...
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Question about functional derivatives
This page on Wikipedia defines the so-called functional derivative as follows: "Given a manifold $M$ representing (continuous/smooth) functions $\rho$ (with certain boundary conditions, etc.) and a ...
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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 ...
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Distinguishing the Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
Theorem 2.3.9. in Triebel's Theory of Function Spaces states that the Besov space $B^{s_1, p_1}_{q_1} (\mathbb R^d)$ coincides with the Triebel-Lizorkin space $F^{s_2, p_2}_{q_2} (\mathbb R^d)$ if and ...
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Extension of Sobolev function defined on unit cube
Im wondering about theorems concerning extending Sobolev functions defined on the $d$-dimensional unit cube to all of $\mathbb{R}^d$. More precisely, given $f:[0,1]^d \to \mathbb{R}$ with $f\in H^k([0,...
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Do the zeroes of some hypergeometric functions interlace?
Confluent hypergeometric functions differing from $F={}_1F_1(a,b,z)$ by $\pm1$ in either parameter $a$ or $b$ are called contiguous to $F$. For rational $a, b$, assume I know $z_0$ is a zero of $F$. ...
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Proving one one condition for the Gaussian mixture model
$\textbf{Question:}$ Consider the following matrix representation for a two-component bivariate Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM):
$S = \begin{bmatrix}
A & X \\
X' & B
\end{bmatrix}$
where
$A = \...
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A strange Lipschitz function
Let $n \geq 3$. Does there exist a Lipschitz function $f: \mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ such that the following conditions hold?
The origin is a weak Lebesgue point of $\nabla f$, in the sense that the ...
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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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Are measurable maps with countably separated image in a Banach space always strongly measurable?
Let $(E,\|.\|)$ be a (not necessarily separable) Banach space and $\Sigma_E$ the Borel $\sigma$-algebra (w.r.t. the norm topology). Let $(\Omega,\Sigma_\Omega)$ be a measurable space (which we can ...
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Best approximation with tensors of rank $\ge2$
Let $k\in\mathbb N$, $H_i$ be a (finite-dimensional, if necessary) $\mathbb R$-Hilbert space for $i\in I:=\{1,\ldots,k\}$, $H:=\bigotimes_{i\in I}H_i$ denote the tensor product$^1$ of $(H_i)_{i\in I}$ ...
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Is this function $\mathcal{C}^1$ in the global sense?
Denote by $\mathbb{U}$ the complex unit disk. Let $\mathcal{O}$ an nonempty open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ $(n\geq 1)$, and $f\in\mathcal{C}^1(\mathcal{O}\times\mathbb{R},\mathbb{U})$ such that for all ...
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Analytic / algebraic characterization of the limiting value of the unique nonnegative root of a polynomial
I'm interested in the following problem which arises from some "random matrix theory" calculations. Let $\phi,s_1,s_2, p > 0$ with $p \in [0,1]$, and set $p_1=p$, $p_2=1-p$, and $q_k := ...
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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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Convergence and sequential compactness for nonlinear operators
I have a family of operators $T_n\colon X \to Y$ where $X,Y$ are Hilbert spaces. These operators are nonlinear.
What kind of notions of convergence does one have for such operators? I'm specifically ...
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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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Laplace Transform in the context of Gelfand/Pontryagin
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Is there a class of objects (presumably related to locally compact abelian groups) for which the quasi-characters canonically generalize the Laplace transform?
If not, is there a ...
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Is there an increasing function on $[a, b]$ which is differentiable, but not absolutely continuous？
Is there an increasing function on
$[a, b]$ which is differentiable,
but not absolutely continuous？
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Show that $\Lambda_\varphi(x_n)\to \Lambda_\varphi(x)$ for an nsf weight $\varphi$ on a von Neumann algebra
Let $\varphi$ be an nsf weight on a von Neumann algebra $M$. Fix a square-integrable element $x\in \mathscr{N}_\varphi$. Put
$$x_n := \sqrt{\frac{n}{\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \exp(-nt^2) \sigma_t^\...
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Difference between finite partial sums from two divergent series
Fix a sequence $(r_i)_{i\in\mathbb{N}} \subseteq (0, 1)$ such that $\lim_i r_i=0$ and $\sum_{i\in \mathbb{N}} r_i=\infty$. According to the answer in this post, for any $c>0$ there exists $N,M\in\...
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On polynomial equation of fourth order depending on two parameters and bound on a maximal root
I would like to apologize in advance for a too technical question. Let us consider the following fourth order polynomial equation in $x$:
\begin{eqnarray}
F(x) \equiv (2 a p +2)x^4+ (6a(1-a)p^...
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The dual of $\mathrm{BV}$
$\DeclareMathOperator\BV{BV}\DeclareMathOperator\SBV{SBV}$I'm going to let $\BV := \BV(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denote the space of functions of bounded variation on $\mathbb{R}^d$. My question concerns the ...
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Locally compact groupoid with range map restricted to isotropy groupoid is open
Suppose the action groupoid 𝐺=𝐻⋉𝑋, where 𝐻 is a locally compact group and 𝑋
a locally compact space is such that isotropy subgroups of H are isomorphic to each other.
Can this be an example of a ...
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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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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} ...
