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Are weak and strong convergence of sequences not equivalent?
For some infinite-dimensional Banach spaces $E$, it is easy to find sequences $\langle x_i:i\in\mathbb N_0\rangle$ which converge to zero weakly but not in the norm topology, i.e. we have $\lim_{i\to\...
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A limit involving a regularizing kernel
I am studying the following article by Benoit Perthame: http://www.mendeley.com/research/uniqueness-error-estimates-first-order-quasilinear-conservation-laws-via-kinetic-entropy-defect-measure/#
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Converse of the taylor's theorem in Banach Spaces
I would like to known if the following converse of the taylor's theorem is true:
Let $E$, $F$ Banach spaces, and $f:E\rightarrow F$ continuous. Suppose there are $k$ continuous functions $T_i: E \...
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Contraction mapping with no fixed point
I am interested in constructing the following "counter-example" to the Banach's fixed point theorem.
Let $K=$ {$ g\in L_1: \|g\|=1, g(\cdot)\ge0 $}.
Clearly, $K$ is not a compact and $K$ is not ...
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Hahn Banach Theorem for multisublinear functionals
The Hahn–Banach theorem states that: Given a sublinear functional $S: V \rightarrow \mathbb R$, if $T: U \rightarrow \mathbb R$ is a linear functional on a linear subspace $U \subseteq V$ that is ...
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Uniqueness of dimension in Banach spaces
Let $\;\;\; \big\langle V,+,\cdot, \;\; ||\cdot|| \;\; \big\rangle \;\;\;$ be a Banach space over the field $\mathbb{K}$, which is either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$.
Suppose there exists a subset $...
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Subspace where an operator is positive
Given a self-adjoint operator $\hat{T}$ on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$, and assuming it has a basis of eigenvectors $\{\phi_n\}$ such that $\hat{T}\phi_n=\lambda_n\phi_n$, one can consider the ...
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Spectral Properties of $A(I-A)^{-1}$
I am working with a class of matrices $A$ which are non-negative-definite, not symmetric, and have maximum eigenvalue less than 1. I am interested in the spectral properties of the matrix $H = A(I - ...
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Weak L_1-convergence of squares
Let $f_k$ be a sequence of non-negative functions from $L_2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open set. Assume that $f_k\to f$ weakly in $L_2$ and strongly in $L_p$, $\forall p<2$. Assume also ...
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Weak convergence implying norm convergence
A surprising (to me) consequence of Hahn-Banach is that when a sequence converges weakly then there is another sequence made of (finite) convex combination which converges in norm (to the same element)...
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Sequence of smooth functions converging to sgn(x)
I'm looking for a sequence of smooth functions $f_i(x)$ converging to Sign$(x)$, each of which additionally have the following property:
\begin{equation}
f_i(x_1+x_2) = g_i(x_1, f_i(x_2))
\end{...
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Weak solution of a certain pde with integral term
Let us consider the following pde on the domain $(0,T)\times(0,1)$
$
\dot{p}(t,x)+v(t)p_{x}(t,x)+v'(t)\int_{0}^{1} \rho(t,s)p_{s}(t,s)\ ds=0
$
with initial data $p(0,x)=p_{0}(x)$ and boundary data $...
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A boundary-preserving map on the unit disk
We are given a (closed) ball $D^n$ and a (continuous) map $f: D^n \to D^n$, that is identity on the boundary of $D^n$.
Let $C$ be a subset of $D^n$, and let $f^{-1}(C)$ be the inverse image of $C$ ...
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Extension of closed linear functionals...
If f is a closed linear functional defined on a dense subspace of a Banach space X, and, consider f1 which is an extension of f to X, is there a way to show that f1 is also closed without invoking the ...
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Mappings preserving convex compactness
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space.
How can one describe continuous mappings $F:H \to H$
that satisfy the following condition:
There exist two elements $c$, $F(c) \neq c$
and a convex compact $M$ containing ...
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Can we approximate an arbitrary function as a (probably infinite) sum of bell shapes?
The problem is that we want to approximate domain-bounded functions (that is, functions restricted to a domain such as [0,10]) as (probably infinite) series of other functions. We know that, for ...
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What's the link between the Toeplitz operators on H^2 and those used to define Cuntz-Pimsner algebras?
An alternate way to phrase this question might be, "How did the Toeplitz operators used in the definition of the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra come by their name?" or, "What's the relationship between the ...
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Entire calculus and clmc algebras
If $\mathcal{A}$ is a complete locally convex (Hausdorff) associative unital algebra (over $\mathbb{C}$) one is interested in defining "transcendental" functions of a given algebra element $a \in \...
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Reference request: Rate of convergence of sequence of functions
Suppose you are given a sequence of functions $f_n \rightarrow F$ with a certain notion of convergence. Suppose that in your setting where this implies that $f_n^{'} \rightarrow F^{'}$ with the same ...
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Equivalent references for Schwartz's book of the distribution theory
Hello,
It seems that there is no English translation of the Schwartz's book 1966. I may need to use the spaces like
$$
\dot{\mathcal{B}}(R),\quad \dot{\mathcal{B}}'(R),\quad \mathcal{B}(R),\quad \...
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A question on infinite dimensional Gaussian measure and affine tranformations.
Let $\gamma_\infty$ denote the product Gaussian measure on $\mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N}$. Which $a,b \geq 0$ satisfy that for every Borel set $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N}$ of positive measure, $a K + ...
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Diffusion processes in wide generality
It is common knowledge among schoolchildren that one may define jump diffusion processes in wide generality.
Hard question: What are the most general structures on which one may define something ...
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Is there dual space of the distributions $\mathcal{D}'(R)$?
Dear MOs,
Let $\mathcal{D}(R):=C_c^\infty(R)$ be the smooth functions with compact support. Its dual space is the space $\mathcal{D}'(R)$ of distributions. This space $\mathcal{D}(R)$ has its weak *-...
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The ground state is signed and symmetric
Background
In Berestycki and Lions it is asserted that (on page 316), if I am not misreading, that the "ground state", i.e. action minimizer among nontrivial solutions, corresponding to the action
$$...
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The log kernel and Bochner Theorem
I was wondering if it possible to find a measure $\eta$ on $\mathbb{R}$ such that
$$
L(x):=\log\frac{1}{|x|}=\int e^{itx}\;d\eta(t)
$$
for every $x\in [0,1/2]$.
On a structural ground, this ...
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Norm functionals of $B(H)$ restricted to sub ven-Neumann algebras [closed]
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, we know that weak topology over $B(H)$, operator algebra of bounded linear operators from $H$ into $H$, is the topology generated by
$\{\langle \cdot \xi,\eta\rangle:\; \...
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Topological vector spaces that are isomorphic to their duals
After reviewing the (locally convex)
topological vector spaces that I know,
the only examples I could find where there is an isomorphism from the
space to its (anti)dual, are Hilbert spaces.
So my ...
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Is this integral operator about Stokes' Flow compact?
Consider the following integral operator $\mathcal{A}$ on [EDITED: continuous vector function $f=(f_i):\partial S\to{\mathbb R}^3$]:
$$
({\mathcal A}f)_j(x_0):=\int_{\partial S}\sum_{i=1}^3 f_i(x)G_{...
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Centralizers in C*-algebra
Let $a,b\in A$ be self-adjoint elements in $C^*$-algebra $A$ with equal centralizers, $\{x\in A; [a,x]=0\}=\{x\in A; [b,x]=0\}$. Can we say anything about the correspondence between $a$ and $b$?
For ...
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Spectral gap of tempered distributions
Hi,
Let $\Lambda\subset\mathbb{R}$ be an infinite discrete set of finite density (for simplicity one may take the density equals 1) and $\delta_{\lambda}$
is a unit mass located at the point $\lambda\...
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references for families of conditionaly negative definite matrices
We say that a matrix $A\in M_n(\mathbb{C})$ is a conditionaly negative definite matrix if it is hermitian and if for all complex numbers $c_1,\ldots,c_n$ such that $c_1+\cdots +c_n=0$ we have
$$
\sum_{...
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Are extensions of nuclear Fréchet spaces nuclear?
Consider the category of Fréchet spaces, the morphisms being
continuous linear maps with closed image. Suppose that we
have a short exact sequence in that category:
$0 \rightarrow V_1 \rightarrow ...
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Reference Request: Hamiltonian and quantum completeness.
Let $L$ be a differential operator in $L^2(M, dvol)$ wrt to a Riemannian volume form (say). Let us call it quantum complete if it is essentially-self-adjoint. Consider $H$ - the symbol of $L$. It is a ...
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How to extend evaluation at a point from continuous maps to square-integrable ones?
Consider the Hilbert space $L^2[0, 1]$ of square integrable functions on $[0, 1]$.
Saying more carefully, there is one subtle detail: this space is defined as factor space by the functions which are ...
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What essential property justifies the name "derivative"?
Most, if not all, of the notions of derivative that I have so far seen have the property that they are locally defined -- meaning that the derivative of a map-type object at a point depends on the map ...
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Explicit isomorphism between distributions and universal enveloping algebra
The universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ is isomorphic to the algebra of distributions on the Lie group $G$ with support at the identity. The proof I have of this fact uses the ...
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Does the existence of an asymtpotic density imply the existence of a measure on infinite dimensional (path) space?
This question is related to the following question
Question about a Limit of Gaussian Integrals and how it relates to Path Integration (if at all)?
A couple of authors have observed that composing a ...
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Wightman fields vs local functionals vs operators
In QFT literature one wants to look at $n-$point correlation functions of "operators" inserted at $x$ say, $\cal{O}(x)$ and if $\phi_i$ are the fields then the quantity one has in mind is written as, $...
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Continuity of a weight on its definition domain in a von Neumann algebra
Let $M$ be a von Neumann algebra and $\varphi$ be a normal weight on it,
and let $A$ be its definition subalgebra. We still denote $\varphi$
the extension to $A$ as a linear positive functional.
It ...
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Representing a product of matrix exponentials as the exponential of a sum
In Proof of a conjectured exponential formula, R. C. Thompson (1986) [edit: apparently, assuming Horn's conjecture] proved that if $A$ and $B$ are Hermitian matrices, then there exist unitary matrices ...
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Local minimum from directional derivatives in the space of convex bodies
I have a function $f(K)$ defined on the space of three-dimensional convex bodies for which I want to show that the unit ball $B$ is a local minimum. I have been able to show if $K$ is not homothetic ...
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Relationship between sequential compactness of a convex set and its extremal points
Suppose that $X$ is a compact convex subset of a topological vector space. Suppose also that the extremal points of $X$ have the additional property that any sequence $x_n$ of extremal points has a ...
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A Cauchy–Schwarz Type Inequality Involving Scaled Distributions
I have stumbled upon a rather intriguing inequality involving the product of the scaled distribution and the scaled density of a random variable. The inequality has a very attractive form, and it ...
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Generalized Stone Weierstrass theorem
Given a smooth function $f$ on some compact $K$ in the euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^d$, does exist a sequence of polynomial functions $p_n$ such that $p_n$ and all of its derivatives converge uniformly ...
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Interpolation of derivatives
If $U$ is an open interval of $\mathbb{R}$ and $f : U \to \mathbb{R}$ is an $L^2(U)$ function with second derivative $f'' \in L^2(U)$ (in the weak sense), is $f \in W^{1,1}(U)$?
EDIT: Removed false ...
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Banach spaces with simple best approximate solutions
Let $\langle V,||.||\rangle$ be a Banach space such that:
$\;\;$ for all continuous linear maps $\: L : V\to V \:$ and members $v$ of $V$, there exists a unqiue member $u$ of $V$
$\;\;$ that ...
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A convergence problem about integral operator in the space of representations
This would be a basic problem in representation theory.
Let $G$ be a unimodular real Lie group, $(\pi,V)$ a smooth representation of $G$ in a Frechet space $V$. Let $f$ be a smooth function on $G$. ...
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"Liftings" of L^\infty functions
This is motivated by this question: Is there an inclusion of $L_\infty(G)$ into $C_0(G)^{**}$? and Bill Johnson's comments there.
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space and $\mu$ a Radon ...
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Intersection of complemented subspaces of a Banach space
The following seems a very basic question in the theory of complemented subspaces of Banach spaces, but I was not able to find a reference, so I wish to ask it here.
Question. Let $X$ be a Banach ...
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Core of divergence form operator with unbounded coefficient
Consider the unbounded operator $L$ on $L^2(\mathbb{R^d})$ to be the self-adjoint extension of
$$Lf := \nabla \cdot \left(a(x) \nabla f(x) \right)$$ on $C^2_c(\mathbb{R^d})$.
I also assume that $a(x)...
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