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Volume doubling, uniform Poincaré, counterexample
The Poincaré inequality and the volume doubling property are important notions related to heat kernel estimates.
Pavel Gyrya and Laurent Saloff-Coste obtain the two sided heat kernel estimate of ...
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Nonvanishing section of infinite-dimensional tautological bundle
Let $H$ be a real or complex Hilbert space. In the case where $H$ is infinite-dimensional, let us define a half-dimensional subspace as a subspace $W \subset H$ such that both $W$ and $W^\perp$ have ...
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Examples of non-isomorphic $C^\ast$ algebras with isomorphic quasi-state spaces
Let $A$ (resp. $B$) be a unital $C^\ast$-algebra, $\mathcal{Q}(A)$ (resp. $\mathcal{Q}(B)$) the compact convex subset of $A^\ast$ equipped with the $\sigma(A^\ast, A)$ (resp. $\sigma(B^\ast, B)$) ...
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Are nuclear operators closed under extensions?
Given $X_i, Y_i$ Banach spaces, $f_j, g_j, T_i$ bounded linear operators for $i=1,2,3$ and $j=1,2$. We have the following diagram
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
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Poisson kernel for the orthogonal groups
For the complex ball $|z|^2\le 1$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, there is a Poisson kernel proportional to $|x-z|^{-2n}$. This is generalized to the unitary group $U(N)$ so that in the complex matrix ball $Z^\...
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Analytic maps on Banach spaces: analyticity upgrade
Consider the following problem.
Let $E,F,G$ be real or complex Banach spaces, such that $F\subset G$ with continuous embedding. Let $U\subset E$ an open set and
$$ f:U\to G $$
an analytic map, such ...
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Under what conditions does a continuous linear map map a closed subspace to a closed subspace?
Are there natural conditions that ensure that a continuous linear map $\phi:V\to W$ between TVS maps any closed subspace $L\subset V$ to a closed subspace in $W$?
It is obviously satisfied if $W$ is ...
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Non-empty resolvent set, then operator closed?
On Hilbert spaces, the following is true:
Let $T$ be a densely-defined linear operator with non-empty resolvent set, then $T$ is closed.
The obvious proof I see to show this uses explicitly the ...
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Growth rate of the infinity norm of Discrete Fourier Transform of +1,-1 vectors
Let $f=(f_0,\ldots,f_{n-1})$ be a vector in $V_n=\{\pm 1\}^n$. Let
$F=(F_0,\ldots,F_{n-1})$
be its (discrete) Fourier transform defined by
$$
F_k=\sum_{x=0}^{n-1} f_x \omega_n^{x k}
$$
where $\...
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Schrödinger eigenfunctions are bounded
Let $V:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+ *}$ a real positive function such that $\displaystyle \lim_{ x \to \pm\infty} V(x)= +\infty $.
Then the Schrödinger operator $H=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x)$ has ...
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Interchange of supremum and integral
Let $f : X \to Y$, $X \subset R^n$, $Y$ Banach space, $g : X \times Y \to R \cup \{ \infty \}$, $L^n$ the n-dimensional Lebesgue measure.
Are there some results under which the following interchange ...
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Derivatives of norm of vector-valued holomorphic functions
Let $G$ be a connected domain in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$, let $H$ be a Hilbert space and let $f,g:G\to H\backslash \{0\}$ be holomorphic (in my particular situation they are also injective, but I don't think ...
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Weak convergence + convergence of the norm implies strong convergence in Orlicz spaces
It is known [1, proposition 3.32] and a classical trick in PDEs that, in any uniformly convex Banach space $X$, weak convergence $x_n\rightharpoonup x$ together with convergence of the norm $\|x_n\|_X\...
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Reference needed for: every idempotent in a C*-algebra is similar to a hermitian one
The result stated in the title is thoroughly standard - or that's the impression I got.
I seem to remember seeing it stated somewhere in a book I was reading in the library, and then reverse-...
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Example of an infinite dimensional reflexive Banach algebra
If a $C^\ast$-algebra is reflexive (as a Banach space) then it is finite dimensional. Can anyone provide (or give a reference to) a nice example of an infinite dimensional non-commutative Banach ...
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Terminology: Banach spaces equipped with continuous associative product?
This is admittedly a low-interest question mathematically, and is arguably a question I could resolve if I had time over the next few days to go and look through a large number of the Banach algebra/...
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Why are $\Gamma_0$ functions called this
It is very common to indicate with $\Gamma_0(A)$ the set of lower semicontinuous convex functions from $A$ to $(-\infty,+\infty]$ with nonempty domain. An example of usage of this notation can be ...
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Orthonormal basis in $W^{1,2}([0,1])$
Consider the Hilbertspace $W^{1,2}([0,1])$ (i.e. Sobolev space) with the standard inner product which is defined by: $(f,g) = (f,g)_{L^{2}([0,1])} + (f',g')_{L^{2}([0,1])}$. Here $[0,1]$ is not ...
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A question about Carleman linearization
Carleman linearization is a technique used to embed a finite dimensional system of analytic ordinary differential equations into an infinite system of linear differential equations:¹⁻²
Let $f$ be ...
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Existence of a solution for this hypoelliptic-alike PDE
I know that this question may result rater vague and somehow out of context, still I am hoping you could help me.
Assume we have the following equation
\begin{align}
\boxed{\partial_t u(t,x,z)=\...
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Sobolev spaces on boundaries
Consider the Sobolev space $W^{s,2}=H^s$ for $s=\frac{1}{2}.$
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set with boundary $\partial\Omega$. I have seen two definitions of the space $H^s(\partial\...
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Convergence of discrete Laplacian to continuous one
I make the following observation:
Let $\Delta^{(n)}$ be the discrete Laplacian on $\mathbb{C}^n$ (ie the $n\times n $ matrix with diagonal $-2$ and upper/lower diagonal $1$.)
This one has eigenvalues ...
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On a certain norm of the identity operator on $\mathbb R^2$
$\newcommand\R{\mathbb R}\newcommand\Q{\mathcal Q}$For mutually orthogonal vectors unit vectors $a=[a_1,\dots,a_n]^T$ and $b=[b_1,\dots,b_n]^T$ in $\R^n=\R^{n\times1}$ (so that $n\ge2$) and for all $x=...
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Banach-Mazur distance to complex $\ell^1$ of a space containing real $\ell^1$
Consider a complex Banach space $X$ with a real subspace isometric to $\ell^1_{\mathbb R}$. What is the best constant $c$ such that $X$ contains a complex subspace $c$-isometric to $\ell^1_{\mathbb C}$...
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Asymptotics of Fresnel integrals
It is known that
\begin{equation*}
I(p) = \sqrt { \frac {4 \mathrm{i} p} {\pi}}\int \limits _{-\infty} ^{\infty} \mathrm{e}^{- \mathrm{i} p x^2} \varphi (x) \mathrm{d}x
\end{equation*}
is a bounded ...
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If $f$ is bounded, decays fast enough at infinity and $\int f=0$, does this imply that $f$ is in the Hardy space $\mathcal H^1(\mathbb R^n)$?
Let $\mathcal H^1(\mathbb R^n)$ be the real Hardy space (as in Stein's "Harmonic Analysis", Chapter 3). It is well known that $\mathcal H^1(\mathbb R^n)\subset L^1(\mathbb R^n)$ and its ...
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Brascamp-Lieb inequalities on the sphere
In the paper [CLL], Carlen, Lieb, and Loss demonstrate a version of the Young inequality on the sphere $S^{N-1}$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$. For positive functions $f_j$ on $[-1,1]$, the following bound holds:...
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Banach algebra of smooth functions
To fix the ideas, let's work on the flat periodic torus $\mathbf{T}^d:=\mathbf{R}^d/\mathbf{Z}^d$.
My question is the following.
Does there exist an infinite dimensional Banach (sub-)algebra $A \...
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Spectral radius for multiple linear operators
Suppose that $X$ is a finite dimensional Hilbert space. Let $A_{1},\dots,A_{r}:X\rightarrow X$ be linear operators. Then define the multi-spectral radius of $(A_{1},\dots,A_{r})$ to be
$$\limsup_{n\...
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Measure of the boundary of an BV-extension domain: do we have $|\nabla Eu|(\partial \Omega)=0?$
Let $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^d$ be open. The space $BV(\Omega)$ consists in functions $u\in L^1(\Omega)$ with bounded variation, i.e. $|u|_{BV(\Omega) }<\infty$ where
\begin{align}\label{eq:bounded-...
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Taylor $k$-differentiability of a real function at a point
I am interested in the standard name for the following weak form of $k$-differentiability.
Definition. A function $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ is called Taylor $k$-differentiable at a point $x_0$ if ...
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Concrete description of lift in Arens-Eells space
Let $X$ be a compact pointed metric subspace of the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space $(\mathbb{R}^d,d_E)$ and let $AE(X)$ denote its Arens-Eells space. Then a result of Nik Weaver shows that for every ...
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Conditional expectation of random vectors
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The following additional question was asked in a comment by user Oleg:
Suppose that $(\Omega,\mathcal F,\P)$ is a probability space, $B$ ...
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Existence of a countable linear combination with positive coefficients
Consider a (Hausdorff and complete) locally convex topological vector space $V$ and a countable subset $(v_k)_{k=1}^\infty \subset V$ of non-zero vectors.
$(*)$ Under what conditions on this subset ...
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Functional derivatives on Banach spaces
Physicists often use functional integrals and I'm trying to make sense of it in more precise terms. As you can see here, the functional derivative in Physics is defined in terms of Taylor expansions. ...
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Commuting with self-adjoint operator
Let $T$ be an (unbounded) self-adjoint operator. Assume that there is a bounded operator $S$ such that $TS=ST.$ For which kind of $f$ do we have that $f(T)S=Sf(T)?$
My thought was that using a ...
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Are piecewise linear functions dense in $W^{1,\infty}$?
Are piecewise linear functions dense in $W^{1,\infty}$ ?
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Existence of injective compact operators
We know that if $X$ is a separable Banach space, then for every infinite dimensional Banach space $Y$, there exists an injective compact operator from $X$ to $Y$.
My query is for every Banach ...
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Scattering theory for Coulomb potential
Both physical and mathematical theories of quantum scattering seem to be well developed in the case when the potential (or a more general perturbation of the Laplacian) decays fast enough at infinity ...
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Completion of $C_0^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ with norm $\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{{\mathbb{R}}^N} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \Bigg)^{\frac{1}{2}}. $
I have a question that I could not find it any where.
Is the completion of $C_0^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^N)$ with the respect to norm
$$\|u\|= \Bigg(\int_{{\mathbb{R}}^N} |\Delta u |^2 \, \mathrm{d}x \...
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Boundedness of Laplacian eigenfunctions
Let $A$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^d$, $d>1$, and $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all $L^2$-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions on $A$ with Dirichlet boundary condition (i.e., $\|u_k\|_2 = 1$).
Is ...
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Is this closed subspace of Fréchet space complemented
In the hope of completing the rich tapestry of complemented (or not) topological vector subspaces, I would like to know (maybe it is immediate for specialists)
whether the space of analytic functions ...
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On the Riesz representation theorem
Let $V$ be a vector space with inner product $(\phi,\psi)$ antilinear in the second argument - not necessarily a Hilbert space. Let $\Phi$ be an antilinear functional on $V$.
What are the precise (...
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The Spectrum of certain differential operators
We fix a Hilbert space isomorphism $\phi:H^{1}\to H^{2}$. Here by $H^{s},\;s=1,2,\;$ we mean the sobolev space on $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ or $S^{2}$.
We consider the following polynomial vector field on ...
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$L^{\infty}$ as colimit
I recently read a result (in Jarchow's book) that any ultrabornological space can be expressed as a colimit (in the category LCS) of Banach spaces. My question is the following.
Let $\mu$ be a ...
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Orthogonal complements in Hilbert bundles
It's a standard fact that for a finite-dimensional vector bundle with an inner product, the othogonal complement of any subbundle is itself a locally trivial vector bundle.
What is known about the ...
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How can I prove this special version of the Poincaré inequality?
I am reading a paper, Is $L^2$ Physics-Informed Loss Always Suitable for Training Physics-Informed Neural Network?, which uses an "application" of Poincaré's inequality. The form I know and ...
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Wildly discontinuous linear functionals
Let $X$ be a Banach space, $H\subseteq X$ be a dense hyperplane, and $f$ be a continuous linear functional defined on $H$. Then $f$ is uniformly continuous and hence it admits a unique continuous ...
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Discrete groups G whose full C*-algebra C*(G) is not MF?
This is a cheap rip-off of this question, but I am genuinely interested in an answer.
Is there a known example of a countable discrete group G whose full group C*-algebra C*(G) is not MF?
Let us ...
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The Bochner integral about a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space
Let $T(t)$ be a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space $X$. When does the following hold
$$
\int_0^t T(s)x ds = \Big(\int_0^t T(s) ds\Big)x, \quad x \in X \, ,
$$
where $ t \in (0,1)$?...
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