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Example of non injective module over Noetherian local ring with trivial vanishing against residue field?
Is there an example of a module $M$ over a commutative Noetherian local ring $(R,\mathfrak m, k)$ such that $\text{Ext}_R^{>0}(k, M)=0$ but $M$ is not an injective $R$-module?
I know that for such ...
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Is the Bures metric equivalent to the Euclidean one?
Let $K=\mathbb R$ (reall numbers) or $K=\mathbb C$ (complex numbers). Define $\mathcal M_n$ to be the space of $n\times n$ matrices $A=(a_{i,j})_{1\le i,j\le n}$, with $a_{i,j}\in K$. Let $\|\cdot\|$ ...
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Cocartesian fibration classifying $\mathrm{Fun}(F,G)$
Throughout this question we consider $\infty$-categories.
Fix a cartesian fibration $p : \mathcal{F} \to \mathcal{C}$ and a cocartesian fibration $q : \mathcal{G} \to \mathcal{C}$ which straighten to $...
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Reference for the tricategory of elements associated to a trifunctor
The theory of bicategorical fibrations has been relatively well studied, e.g. by Baković and by Buckley. In particular, given a trifunctor $F : \mathcal K \to \mathbf{Bicat}$ from a bicategory $\...
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Well-embedded type property for bounded functions
According to @Tyrone the term well-embedded set was first used in Measures on Metacompact Spaces by W. Moran.
In the article Extensions of Zero-sets and of Real-valued Functions by R. Blair and A. ...
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Unique smooth structure on 3-manifolds
Do you know a good reference for the existence and uniqueness of a smooth structure on $3$-manifolds?
As far as I understand topological $3$-manifolds admit a unique smooth structure.
I could find ...
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Complemented subspaces of $C(\beta\mathbb N\times \beta\mathbb N)$
Problem. Is there any complemented subspace in the Banach space $C(\beta\mathbb N\times\beta\mathbb N)$, not isomorphic to $c_0$, $c_0\oplus C(\beta\mathbb N)$, $C(\beta\mathbb N)$, $c_0(C(\beta\...
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Is there a synthetic approach to (symmetric) monoidal infinity-categories?
Recent work of Riehl and Verity (e.g. the book "Elements of $\infty$-category theory") has established a "synthetic" / model-independent approach to the study of $\infty$-...
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Reference for facts used in Bloch, "Algebraic cycles and L-functions II"
The proof of lemma 1.1 in [1] does not give references for a few statements it uses.
In the setting of the proof, $X$ is a smooth projective variety over a number field $k$ with a fixed embedding to $\...
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Bounds for the number of points on projective hyperelliptic curves over finite fields
Let $C$ be projective hyperelliptic curve over finite field $K$.
What are bounds for the number of points $\#C(K)$?
The Hasse-Weil bound requires smooth curves, and hyperelliptic curves are
not smooth ...
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Reference request: books on convex analysis / geometry
I am interested in convex geometry and analysis, especially in its connections with high dimensional probability theory.
I was reading the book by Pisier, The volume of convex bodies and Banach space ...
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Distribution of traces and max entries of words of fixed length in $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{N})$
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\tr{\mathsf{tr}}$$\SL_2(\mathbb{N})$ is a free monoid on the generators
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L=\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\1&1\end{pmatrix},\quad R=\begin{pmatrix}1&1\...
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Is there a theorem which provides conditions under which a power series satisfies the reciprocal root sum law?
Kalman - Six ways to sum a series discusses Euler's original proof for the Basel problem $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{6} $:
$$\frac{\sin(\sqrt x)}{\sqrt x} = 1- \frac{x}{3!}+ \...
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Algebraic and continuous duals of an inverse limit of finite dimensional vector spaces
I have been trying to understand the following section of a paper "Revêtements du demi-plan de Drinfeld et correspondance de Langlands p-adique" by Gabriel Dospinescu and Arthur-César Le ...
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About the Fourier transform of the logarithm function
I want to calculate / simplify:
$$\mathcal{F} (\ln(|x|)\mathcal{F(f)}(x))=\mathcal{F} (\ln(|x|)) \star f$$
where $\mathcal{F}$ is the Fourier transform ($\mathcal[f](\xi)=\int_{\mathbb R}f(x)e^{ix\...
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Embedding of a Banach space in $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ with a subspace embedded in a copy of $\ell_\infty$
In this question (which I think may be interesting in its own) I was asking if we can find a copy of $\ell_\infty$ between a separable subspace $Y$ contained in $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ and the whole ...
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Copy of $\ell_\infty$ inside $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ containing given subspace
To complete a proof I need to know if the following is true:
Given a non-empty set $\Gamma$ and a separable subspace $Y$ of $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$, there exists a subspace $A$ of $\ell_\infty(\Gamma)$ ...
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Where are Georg Cantor's Original Manuscripts?
Georg Cantor is famous for introducing transfinite numbers and set theory.
A main part of his mathematical point of view about this new type of "numbers" and this new "realm of mathematics" cannot be ...
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Identifying player strategies in repeated games, based on payoffs
Background
In evolutionary game theory, one can what kinds of different strategies yield the most payoff to players that play the same game repeatedly. Consider, for instance, the iterated Prisoner's ...
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Mean of probability distribution
I have a probability distribution defined by the following density function:
$f(k,j,n,m)=\frac{(m n)! \mathcal{S}_k^{(j)}}{(m n)^k (m n-j)!}$ (With $\mathcal{S}_k^{(j)}$ being the Stirling number of ...
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Spectral bound for sample covariance matrix without assuming $X = \Sigma^{\frac{1}{2}} Z$
Let $X$ be a random $(p \times n)$-matrix with iid centered columns and suppose the entries of $X$ all have light tails (in a strong enough sense, for example sub-Gaussian). Are there any results ...
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$(\lambda I-A)^{-1}-(\lambda I-B)^{-1}$ compact implies $\sigma_\text{ess}(A)=\sigma_\text{ess}(B)$
Suppose $H$ is a Hilbert space and $A$, $B$ are two adjoint operators on it (not necessarily bounded), satisfying $D(A)=D(B)$.
Question: If $\exists \lambda\in \rho(A)\cap\rho(B)$ such that $(\lambda ...
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A sensible topology on the space of continuous linear maps between Fréchet spaces
Let $V_1$ and $V_2$ be Fréchet spaces. Let $\{ \lVert \cdot \rVert_{1,n} \}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a family of seminorms for $V_1$ and similarly $\{ \lVert \cdot \rVert_{2,n} \}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ ...
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Mutual metric projection
Given a subset $S\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, the metric projection associated with $S$ is a function that maps each point $x\in \mathbb{R}^n$ to the set of nearest elements in $S$, that is $p_S(x) = \arg ...
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How to naturally define an output space with certain properties
Consider the following regression problem $v=A(u) + \varepsilon$
for some operator $A:\mathcal{U} \rightarrow \mathcal{V}$ and some function spaces $\mathcal{U},\mathcal{V}$, mapping from $\mathcal{X}$...
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Generating set of permutation group such that generators do not "contain" other group elements
Let $(G, X)$ be a permutation group with domain $X$. Let $O=\{o_1,\dots,o_m\}$ be the set of orbits of $G$. I am interested in generating sets $S$ with the following property:
Let $g\in S$ be a ...
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Poincaré-Wirtinger inequality for more general "means"
Let $\Omega$ be a ball of radius $r$. It is well known that given a function $f \in W^{1,p} (\Omega)$, it holds the Poincaré-Wirtinger inequality
$$ \left(\int_\Omega |f - f_\Omega|^p dx \right)^{1/p} ...
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Semigroup property in SPDEs
In fact, we know that a bounded linear operators on a Banach space $X$ satisfies the semigroup property, i.e. $$S(t+s)=S(t)S(s), \text{for every}\ t,s\geq 0.$$
However, in various literatures, I ...
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Deriving a specific bound for functions in Hardy Space
Reading some article a while ago I read the following: (here $H^2$ represents the Hardy space)
Let $f\in H^2$ be such that $f(0)=1$, and let $0<\lvert\lambda\rvert<1$, then $$\lVert f(\lambda z)\...
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Citation hunting: Floer on spectral sequences
I vaguely remember a YouTube talk that began with a citation from Floer regarding the existence of a spectral sequence. The idea was that given a manifold with a Morse function, we can construct a ...
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Proving the inequality involving Hausdorff distance and Wasserstein infinity distance
Prove the inequality
$$d_{H}(\mathrm{spt}(\mu),\mathrm{spt}(\nu))\leq W_{\infty}(\mu,\nu)$$
where $d_H$ denotes the Hausdorff distance between the supports of the measures $\mu$ and $\nu$, and $W_\...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "non-local" PDE
I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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The derivative of semigroup in the weak sense imply strong sense
Suppose $X$ is a Banach space, and $T(t)$ $t\ge0$ is a strongly continuous semigroup with generator $A$. Assume $\frac{T(t)-I}{t}x$ weakly converges to $y\in X$ when $t\to 0$, then I need to prove $x\...
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Proof/Reference to a claim about AC and definable real numbers
I’ve read somewhere on this site (I believe from a JDH comment) that an argument in favor of AC (I believe from Asaf Karagila) is that without AC, there exists a real number which is not definable ...
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Functional calculus on the Schwartz space instead of $L^2$?
As far as I know, functional calculus is typically carried out on Hilbert spaces with (possibly unbounded) self-adjoint operators.
However, I wonder if there is a way to do it on the space of test ...
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Minimal injective resolution and change of rings
Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian ring. For an $R$-module $M$, let $0\to E^0_R(M)\to E^1_R(M)\to \ldots $ denote the minimal injective resolution of $M$. I have two questions:
(1) If $I$ is an ...
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Existence of unique-up-to-shift solution of a Volterra equation
Let $\Delta=\{(t,s):\ 0<s\leq t\leq1\}$, and suppose $k:\Delta\to\mathbb R$ and $f:(0,1]\to\mathbb R$ are continuous. Further assume that for every $t\in(0,1]$, the function $k(t,\cdot):(0,t]\to\...
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$p$-norm of random variables and weighted $L^p$ space resemblance
I noticed a very similar relationship between weighted $L^p$ space (denoted $L_w^p$) and normed vector space of random variables. I want to unify these two spaces but there always seems to be a ...
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Optimization over Poisson-binomial distributions
I am studying the problem of how an expected utility maximizer should optimally form a portfolio of uncorrelated Bernoullis.
Fix an increasing sequence of $n$ numbers in $(0,1)$, $0<p_1<\dots<...
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Does closedness of the image of unit sphere imply the closed range of the operator
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces and let $T:X\to Y$ be a bounded linear operator such that $T(S_X)$ is closed in $Y$. Does it imply that $T(X)$ is closed? Any hint is appreciated.
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Is there any other norms besides cut norm defined on graphon?
Let $\mathcal{W}$ denote the space of all bounded symmetric measurable functions
$W : [0, 1]^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}.$ For any $W\in\mathcal{W}$ we say it is a kernel and define its cut norm $\lVert ...
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convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution
I have a question about the convolution of the fundamental solution with the homogeneous solution. Namely if the 2 are convoluble then the homogeneous solution is necessarily zero?
Let $U$ and $E$ ...
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Isometric Schröder-Bernstein theorem for injective Banach spaces?
It's known that every injective Banach space is of the form $C(M)$ where $M$ is a compact, Hausdorff, extremally disconnected topological space.
Let $X$, $Y$ be two injective Banach spaces such that,
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Approximation of a continuous curve on commuting matrices
I have a continuous curve $A:\mathbf{R}_+\rightarrow \text{M}_N(\mathbf{R})$ such that
$[A(t),A(s)] \operatorname*{\longrightarrow}_{t,s\rightarrow +\infty} 0$, where $[A(t),A(s)] = A(t)A(s)-A(s)A(t)$....
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Injective envelope of B(H)
$B(\ell^2)$ is an injective operator system by a result of Arveson. However, $B(\ell^2)$ is not an injective Banach space, since it is not linearly isomorphic to a $C(K)$ space (for instance, $C(K)$ ...
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Unique weak solution of an SDE for a general initial distribution
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Extending $p$-adic smooth and locally constant functions
Let $G$ be $p$-adic group and let $G \rightarrow GL(V)$ be a representation. For example, $V$ is a quadratic $\mathbb{Q}_p$-space and $G$ is the associated orthogonal group.
Take a point $v \in V$, ...
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Functions whose product with every $L^1$ function is $L^1$
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure and $f$ a measurable function whose
product with any integrable function is integrable: $$
\int|g|\,{\rm{d}}\mu<\infty\implies \int|fg|\,{\rm{d}}\mu<\infty. $$
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Rate of convergence of random samples wrt Hausdorff distance
Let $X$ be a compact metric space with a probability measure $\mu$. We can draw random samples $X_n = \{x_1,\cdots, x_n\}$ from $X$ using $\mu$, and I am interested in the rate of convergence of $X_n$ ...
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Convergence in $H^{-2}$ of $L^2$-functions with limit in $L^2$
Assume a sequence $f_n$ in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ converges in $H^{-2}$ (w.r.t. its norm topology) to a limit $f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$. In this case, can one improve the convergence, for instance to ...
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