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Random time change and ergodicity
I guess it is a standard question in ergodic theory but I failed to find any reference to similar problems and I have no clue on how to tackle it.
Let $(B_{t})_{t\in \mathbb{R}}$ be a standard ...
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The sharpest regularity result of elliptic PDEs: conditions on the variable coefficients
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be open and bounded with a sufficiently smooth boundary. Let $L$ be a second order differential operator with variable coefficients, given by
$$Lu = \partial_i(a^{ij}...
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Equality between operators, on dense subspace, from a quadratic form point of view
Let $L \ge 1$ and consider a finite box $\Omega = [0,L]^{d} \subset \mathbb{R}^{d}$. The set of functions:
$$\psi_{p}(x) = \frac{1}{L^{d/2}}e^{i\langle p,x\rangle} \quad p\in \frac{2\pi}{L}\mathbb{Z}^{...
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approximating differentiable functions with double trigonometric polynomials
Let $Q = [0,1]^2$. For sake of notation, let
$$
f^{(i,j)}(x,\xi) = \frac{\partial^{i+j}}{\partial x^i \partial \xi^j}f(x,\xi).
$$
Fix some non-negative integer $k$. Moreover let $f\in C^k(Q)$ if
$$
\|...
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References for Green's functions right focal boundary-value problem
Could you please give me some references for the computation of a Green's function for a second-order right focal difference equation?
For this problem:
\begin{gather*}
\Delta^2 u(t)=f(t), \; t\in\{0,...
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optimal regularity for the Neumann heat equation on Lipschitz domains
$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$Let $\Omega\subset\R^d$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain, possibly non-convex (but not too nasty either, whatever that means). I am looking for well-posedness and optimal ...
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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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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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Sufficient condition for weak convergence in Banach spaces
The question is quite elementary but nonetheless no proof or counter example comes to mind immediately.
Suppose that $X$ is a Banach space and $\{x_n\}$ is a sequence in $X$ such that $(x_n,y)$ ...
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Original references for Cordes-Nirenberg estimates
Cordes-Nirenberg estimates look like:
Let $u \in H^1(B_1)$ a weak solution of
\begin{equation}
- \operatorname{div}(a_{ij}(x)\nabla u(x)) = 0 \quad \text{in} \quad B_1
\end{equation}
Then, for any $0&...
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Existence of solutions to a series of integral equations
I am trying to solve the following integral equation analytically:
$$
\sum_{n \geq 1} \left( \int_0^te^{-n^2(t-s)} f_n(s) \, ds \right) = g(t), \quad t \in [0, T],
$$
where $(f_n(t))_n$ is the unknown ...
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Topological rigidity of cartesian product with $\mathbb{R}$
It seems that the following is true : if $V$ and $W$ are compact differentiable manifold of the same dimension, and $\mathbb{R} \times V$ is diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{R} \times W$, then $V$ and $W$ ...
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What inequalities for convex sets are known since the work of Scott and Awyong?
In 2000, Paul R. Scott and Poh Way Awyong published the paper Inequalities for Convex Sets, which nicely collates the known results relating various natural geometric functionals (diameter, area, etc.)...
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Characterizing one-sided M-projections on real C*-algebras
Let $A$ be a real C*-algebra, and let $P: A \to A$ be a bounded linear projection. We say that $P$ is a left M-projection if the map
$$
v_P: A \to C_2(A), \quad x \mapsto \begin{pmatrix} P(x) \\ x - P(...
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Sublattices of Young's Lattice
Young's Lattice is the lattice of inclusions of Young tableaux, or integer partitions.
In R. Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics Vol. 1, Proposition 1.4.4., there is a generalization of integer ...
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Uniform Lipschitz function approximation by shallow neural networks
Fix $d\in \mathbb{N}$. Let $F_1$ be the set of all 1-Lipschitz functions mapping $[0, 1]^d$ to $\mathbb{R}$.
For $\varphi: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $m \in \mathbb{N}$, let $N_\varphi^m$ ...
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Theoretical results on neural networks
With this question I'd like to have a recollection of theoretical rigorous results on neural networks.
I'd like to have results that have been settled, as opposed to hypothesis. As an example, this ...
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Convergence of gradient descent to critical point
Does there exist a generalization of this theorem by Yurii Nesterov in Introductory Lectures on Convex Optimization (2004) which relaxes the convexity assumption and shows that gradient descent ...
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Hyperplane separation of a concave functional and a point, in domain theory
Problem:
Let $D$ be an $\omega$-BC domain, and $[D\to[0,\infty]]$ be the space of Scott-continuous nonnegative functions on $D$, equipped with the obvious ordering and the Scott-topology.
EDIT: I don'...
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$L^p$ norm means
Consider the unit sphere $S_p^{n-1}$ of an $L^p$ normin $\mathbb{R}^n.$ The question is: what is the expected value of the $L^q$ norm on $S_p^{n-1}?$ Since (I assume) this is intractable in closed ...
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Dimensionality reduction for total variation
Let $P_i,Q_i$, $i\in[n]$,
be distributions on a finite set $\Omega$.
We will use $P^\otimes_{i\in[n]}$ to denote $n$-fold products of distributions.
For each $i\in[n]$, define the
dimensionally-...
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On subfields of the cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_p)$
Let $p$ be an odd prime. Let $\zeta_p=e^{2\pi{\bf i}/p}$ and let $1\le k\le p-1$ be a divisor of $p-1$. Recently, when I learnt algebraic number theory, I met the following problem.
If we let
$$U_k=\{...
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How many non-trivial solutions can a semilinear elliptic equation have on a smooth star-shaped bounded domain with 0-Dirichlet boundary conditions?
I am not an expert in elliptic partial differential equations, but while studying the attractor structure of evolutionary PDEs, I frequently encounter problems related to elliptic equations. ...
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Road map and references for combinatorial Hodge theory
I'm a PhD student. I'm familiar with graduate level algebraic geometry and toric varieties.
I wanted to know a road map for getting into combinatorial Hodge theory and other prerequisites that I'll ...
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Notion of a finite generator in an abelian category
Let us say that an abelian category admits a generator $g$, if for every object $x$ in the category there is an epimorphism $g^{\oplus I} \to x$ for some index set $I$. I am interested in weakening ...
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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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Curvature of the boundary vs. normal derivative of the first eigenfunction
Disclaimer. I posted this question in Math.SE, but it haven't received enough attention.
Let $\varphi_1$ be the first eigenfunction of the zero Dirichlet Laplacian in a planar bounded domain $\Omega$....
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Fourier series of smooth functions in infinitely many variables
Let $J$ be a set (usually countable). Let $t_j$, $j\in J$, be variables in ${\mathbb R}/2\pi i{\mathbb Z}.$ Put $u_j=\exp(it_j),$ $j\in J.$ Introduce the following semi-norms on the space of Fourier ...
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Construct a bi-Lipschitz mapping that maps a cube to a ball which has the same center with the cube
A mapping $f: \mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}^n$ is said to be $K$-bi-Lipschitz, $K>1$, if
\begin{equation*}
\dfrac{1}{K}\leqslant \dfrac{|f(x)-f(y)|}{|x-y|}\leqslant K,
\end{equation*}
for any $x,y\in \...
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p cohomological dimension of a profinite group
I would like to know what is the $p$-cohomological dimension of $\textrm{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}_S/\mathbb{Q}_{cyc})$. Here $S$ is a finite set of primes containing $p$ and the Archimedean primes and $\mathbb{...
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Volume of a double class of a parahoric subgroup
Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field with residue field $F_q$. Let $G$ be the group of $F$-rational points of a connected reductive group defined and split over $F$. Fix a maximal split torus $T$ ...
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Differential equations analogue of fundamental theorem of symmetric functions
In Gian-Carlo Rota's article "Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before I Started Teaching Differential Equations", at the end of the third lesson he states a theorem:
"Every differential ...
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Upper bound on the Levy-Prokhorov distance between the distributions of continuous Gaussian processes in terms of their covariances
Denote by $d$ the supremum metric on the space $C[0,T]$ of continuous real-valued functions on $[0,T]$:
$$
d(f,g) = \sup_{t \in [0,T]} |f(t)-g(t)|.
$$
Let $\rho$ be the Levy-Prokhorov metric on the ...
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Equivalence of fractional Sobolev space defined through Gagliardo norm and interpolation; dependence on the domain
Let $\Gamma$ be a smooth hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^n$. We can define the fractional Sobolev space
$$X = \left\{ u \in L^2(\Gamma) \mid |u|_X^2 := \int_\Gamma \int_\Gamma \frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{...
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Subspaces of $\ell_\infty^3$
Let $a,b\in\mathbb C$ be suc that $\max\{|a+b|,|a-b|\}\leq 1$ but $|a|+|b|>1.$ According to this paper by Arias, Figiel, Johnson and Schechtman https://www.jstor.org/stable/2155206?origin=crossref#...
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Constructing a function $u$ such that $\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}|\eta-\xi||\hat{u}(\eta)|^2|\hat{u}(\xi)|^2\,d\xi\,d\eta<\infty$, but $u\notin H^{1/2}$
For $u\in \mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$, define, if finite,
$$\Lambda(u)^4=\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}|\eta-\xi||\hat{u}(\eta)|^2|\hat{u}(\xi)|^2\,d\xi\,d\eta.$$
Using the triangle inequality $|\eta-\xi|\le |\eta|...
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Some questions on Hardy's spaces
In the paper http://www.numdam.org/item/CM_1976__33_3_261_0.pdf, the authors have asked in Page 285 whether the Hardy space $H^p$ embeds isometrically into the Hardy space $H^q$ for $1\leq q<p<...
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Polynomial $f(x)$ has positive coefficients and only real roots. How many polynomials formed from terms of $f(x)$ also have only real roots?
Let
$$f(x)=a_n \ x^n+a_{n-1} \ x^{n-1}+\cdots+a_1 \ x+a_0$$
be a $n$-th degree polynomial with positive coefficients such that all of its roots are real. Choose any number terms from this expression ($...
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Lax morphism classifiers via lax-idempotentification
Let $T$ be a 2-monad on a nice 2-category $\mathcal K$, so that the inclusion $T\text{-}\mathbf{Alg}_s \to T\text{-}\mathbf{Alg}_l$ of the 2-category of (strict) $T$-algebras and strict $T$-algebra ...
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Quotient topoi as quotient objects
In Lawvere's Open problems in topos theory; quotient topoi are treated as connected geometric morphisms of Grothendieck topoi.
Is there a good reference for where these come from? Is there any sense ...
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Non-complete space verifying uniform boundedness
Recently, I have seen the so-called uniform boundedness theorem, which says:
Let $(X,∥⋅∥)$
be a Banach space and $(Y,∥⋅∥)$
be a normed linear space. Let $A⊂B(X,Y)$
be a pointwise bounded family of ...
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(Sub)Optimality of random transport
Problem Setup: Consider the intervals $I_R = [a_R, b_R]$ and $I_B = [a_B,b_B]$. Let $F_R$ and $F_B$ denote the CDF of distributions with support on the intervals $I_R$ and $I_B$. I draw $k$ red and ...
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Characterization of critical point of an integral operator
I have an integral operator and I wonder how I can characterize the critical point.
I'll give a simplified example so maybe people can comment on and I can maybe generalize in another question.
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Calderón–Zygmund/$L^p$ estimates for the linear heat equation
Let $C_r$ denote the open cylinder
$$
C_r = \{(x,t) \in \mathbb R^{n+1} : |x| < r, -r^2 < t < 0\}
$$
and consider a classical $C^{2,1}_{x,t}(C_1)$-solution to the linear heat equation
$$
\...
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Deriving an asymptotic for $\pi(x)$ directly from $\log \zeta(s)$?
Denote by $\pi(x)$ the number of primes $p\leq x$. We generally give approximations for $\pi(x)$ by first approximating $\psi(x) = \sum_{n\leq x} \Lambda(n)$. Part of the reason is presumably that, if ...
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Moment problem, ergodicity and spectral gap on the space of tempered distributions
Let $\{ S_n \}_{n=0}^\infty$ be a collection of tempered distributions where $S_0:=1$ and $S_n$ is a tempered distribution on $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Just below formula [5] in p.122 of the Fröhlich paper, ...
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Boundary regularity for elliptic PDE in Lipschitz domains
In section 2.6 of Fernandez-Real and Ros-Oton's book "Regularity theory for elliptic PDEs" it is stated that solutions of the Dirichlet problem with smooth data for the Laplacian are
$C^{1-...
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Geometric alignment of adaptive models on evolving manifolds
Let $(M_t)_{t\in[0,T]}$ be a smooth family of compact $d$-dimensional Riemannian submanifolds of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Consider a function $f_t : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ evolving over time $t \in [0,T]$...
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Primes generated by cyclotomic polynomials
Let $p$ be an odd prime, and let $f=\Phi_p$ be the $p$-th cyclotomic polynomial. Denote by $S_p$ the set of primes $q$ such that there exists a sequence of primes $p_1,\dots, p_g$ such that $p_1=f(1)=...
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A question on essentially self-adjoint differential operators of the type $\Delta=D^{\ast}D$
Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth (connected, complete, oriented) Riemannian manifold and let $D:C^{\infty}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ be a linear partial differential operator, which I view as an operator in $L^{2}(...