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Approximate identities and pointwise convergence
I'm studying Fourier analysis and have a question about approximate identities.
Let $k_{\epsilon}$ be an approximate identity on $L^{1}(\mathbf{T})$. We know that $k_{\epsilon}*f\to f$ in $L^{1}$ as $...
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The support of the functions in the closed span of the Rademacher functions in $L_1(0,1)$
Given a measurable function $f:(0,1)\to \mathbb{R}$, we denote by $M(f)$ the measure of the set $\{t\in (0,1) : f(t)\neq 0\}$.
It is not difficult to prove that if $(f_n)$ is a normalized sequence in $...
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Exponentially weighted norms are not equivalent
Let $\|u\|^2_{L^2_\eta}$ be the exponentially weighted norm of the space of functions $u(x)$ for which $u(x)\mathrm{e}^{\eta\cdot x}$ with $\eta\in \mathbb{R}$ is in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$. How can I show ...
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When is Sobolev space a subset of the continuous functions?
If we let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ with $d=1,2,3$ and define $\mathcal{H}^1(\Omega)=(w\in L_2(\Omega): \frac{\partial w}{\partial x_i}\in L_2(\Omega), i=1,...,d)$. My tutor has repeated several ...
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Extensions of Urysohn's inequality
A version of Urysohn's inequality states that for a symmetric convex body $K \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, one has
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\left(\frac{\text{vol}(K)}{\text{vol}(B_2)} \right)^{1/n} \le \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}} E
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Self-adjoint operators and index of quadratic form associated to it
Let $B$ a bounded self-adjoint operator on a real Hilbert space $H$ with an associated inner product $(\cdot,\cdot).$ Take $V=\operatorname{span}\{f_1, f_2, \ldots, f_n\}$ a finite dimensional ...
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Fractional Sobolev embedding
Let $s\in (0,1)$ and $1<p<\infty$. Let $H^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)=H^{s,p}$ the Bessel potential space, defined as the image of $L^p(\mathbb{R^n})$ by the Bessel potential. It is known that these ...
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Metric currents on singular measures in $\mathbb R^d$
Unless I am misunderstanding a lot of works, it is my understanding that a finite and non negative measure $\mu=g\mathcal{H}^\alpha$, where $\mathcal{H}^\alpha$ is the $\alpha$-Haudorff measure, ...
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Proof mistake of: $M_0A(G) = B(G)$ for a locally compact group
I am posting my question of mathstack exchange here. (see: My post on MSE)
Let $G$ be a locally compact group with Haar measure $\mu$, and $B(G),A(G),C_r^*(G),L(G)$ be its Fourier-Stieltjes algebra, ...
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Intersection of the kernel with the interpolation space
$\DeclareMathOperator\Ker{Ker}$Given two Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ with a continuous inclusion $X\subset Y$, and another couple $X’ \subset Y’$ with the same properties. Take $f : Y \longrightarrow ...
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Trace type convergence of the Laplacian on the box to the Laplacian on $\mathbb R^d$
Let $-\Delta \colon H^2(\mathbb R^d) \to \mathbb R^d$ be the (negative) Laplacian on the full space and $-\Delta_L$ the Laplacian acting on $L^2([-L,L]^d)$ with some boundary conditions making it self-...
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Is there a relative projective tensor (cross-)norm for Banach $A$-algebras?
$\newcommand\norm[1]{\lVert#1\rVert}$I am interested in a relative version of the projective tensor product and projective tensor (cross-)norm for Banach algebras. Let $A$, $B$, $C$ be commutative (...
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Show that $\|P(f\circ\varphi_{\lambda})-\widetilde{f}(\lambda)\|_p=\|P(f\circ\varphi_{\lambda}-\overline{P(\overline{f}\circ\varphi_{\lambda}}))\|_p.$
Let $\Omega = \mathbb B_n,$ the unit ball in $\mathbb C^n$ and $L^2_a(\Omega)$ be the Bergman space endowed with the normalized volume measure on $\Omega.$ Let $k_{\lambda}$ be the associated Bergman ...
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Existence of infinite rank compact operator
Given any separable Banach space $X$, we know that always there exists a Banach space $Y$ such that there is an injective compact operator from $X$ to $Y$. Can we show that given any infinite ...
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Characterisation of Sobolev spaces using their Lipschitz approximations
Let $f \in W^{1, p} (\mathbb R^n)$. A classical approximation theorem (see for instance, the book by Evans and Gariepy) says that we can approximate $f$ by Lipschitz functions, in the sense that for ...
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Explicitly computing the absolutely minimising Lipschitz extension
Is there an analytical or even numerical way to find the Absolutely Minimizing Lipschitz extension of a given function?
I know that the extension exist and it is unique (by Aronsson et al).
I found ...
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Any rigorous construction of $\phi^4$ theories without the mass term in the Lagrangian? (revised)
There are various papers on rigorous construction of massive $\phi^4$ theories in $2$ or $3$ Euclidean dimensions.
In 2D, there are in fact more general results such as this one by Glimm, Jaffe and ...
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Direct characterization of finite-dimensional $1$-injective Banach spaces
It follows from Kelley's Theorem that the only finite-dimensional $1$-injective Banach spaces are $\ell^\infty_n$, $n\in\mathbb N$. Is there a simple direct proof of this fact, without having to talk ...
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Lattice of functions and their minimal separating set upto topological equivalence
There is a very wide series of questions I have been thinking about and I am wondering if there is any literature on this type of structures.
Let's start with the set of all functions $F: \mathbb{R} \...
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Representation of Dirac-delta distribution in subspace of functions
Suppose I have a subspace $V\subset L^2(\Omega)$ where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a bounded and closed set. $V$ is defined by
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V=\text{span}(\{\varphi_i(x): i=1,2,\dots,n\})
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Whether the fractional Sobolev seminorm of any smooth function with compact support is finite
Let $n\geqslant 1$, $p\in [1,\infty)$, and $s\in (0,1)$. Define the fractional Sobolev seminorm
\begin{equation*}
[f]_{\dot{W}^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^n)}
:=\Bigl[\frac{f(x)-f(y)}{|x-y|^{\frac{n}{p}+s}}\...
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Lower semicontinuous and convex envelope
L.Ambrosio, in paper [1] writes:
Let $g:\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function (...)
for every $s\in\mathbb{R}$, $z\in\mathbb{R}^n$; we denote, with a slight abuse of ...
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Positiveness of the largest Lyapunov exponent
Let $\alpha\in \mathbb{R} / \mathbb{Q}$, let $A(x)$ be the $2$-by-$2$ matrix
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A(x)=\begin{pmatrix}
\dfrac{1}{{\lambda}^2}-2 \cos 2\pi x -1& 2\lambda \cos 2\pi x-\dfrac{1}{{\lambda}} \\
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Weakly metrizable sets in normed spaces
A similar question was asked on MSE without getting an answer.
In the proof of lemma 1.2 of Asplund operators and holomorphic maps the author (my attempt to contact him failed because the only e-mail ...
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Gaussian mixtures are dense in total variation?
Let $M_{TV}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denote the set of probability measures on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with finite total variation norm which are absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure.
By a Gaussian ...
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Dual space of $\ell^\infty$
Why can the elements of the dual space of $\ell^\infty(\mathbb N)$ be represented as sums of elements of $\ell^1(\mathbb N)$ and Null$(c_0)$?
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Commutative Banach $\mathbb{R}$-algebras without complex structure, but with path-connected group of units
For a finite-dimensional commutative (associative, unital) $\mathbb{R}$-algebra $A$, the condition $\pi_0(A^\times) = 1$ (i.e. the group of units of $A$ being path-connected) is equivalent to $A$ ...
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Conormal distributions and the wave front set
Let $X$ be a smooth closed manifold and $Y$ a regular submanifold. For all conormal distributions at $Y$ on $X$, their wave front set is contained in the conormal bundle of $Y$. Is the reciprocal true?...
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Reference needed: estimate of the second order derivatives
In $\mathbb{R}^d$ there is estimate (see 1.3, Chapter III of E.M.Stein' book Singular Integrals and Differentiability Properties of Functions)
$$\left\|\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i \partial x_j} \...
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Taking trace of a tensor product of matrix-valued smooth functions on the thin diagonal
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional real / complex vector space and consider the space $L(V,V)$ of linear operators on $V$.
Fix $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and let $\mathcal{M}$ be the real / complex vector space ...
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Integral formula of quantum dilogarithm
In the paper"Level N Teichmüller TQFT and Complex Chern-Simons Theory" arXiv:1612.06986, the authors study the quantum dilogarithm function:
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\mathrm{D}_{\rm b}(x,n)=\prod_{...
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Analytic functions and Hyperfunction as TVS
I have several related questions on Analytic functions and Hyperfunction as topological vector spaces (I am mainly interested in questions 4,6,10):
For an open set $U\subset \mathbb C^n$ we can ...
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Generalizing the property of linear independent set in infinite dimensional TVS
Given a infinite dimensional Hilbert space $H$, and a countable set of vectors $\{v_{i}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$. I want to study the following property of $\{v_{i}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$:
There exists sequences $...
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Moore-Penrose partial isometries and hermitian elements
Let $A$ be a unital Banach algebra. An element $a \in A$ is hermitian if $\|\mathrm{exp}(ita)\|=1$ for every $t \in \mathbb{R}$. An element $a \in A$ is Moore-Penrose invertible if there exists $b \in ...
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Is Brascamp-Lieb inequality on the sphere applicable for these functions for some $1\leq p<2$
My question is on Brascamp-Lieb-inequality on the Euclidean sphere (which can be viewed as an analogue of Young's inequality on the sphere) obtained in [1].
(See also this question:
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Is Nelson-Symanzik positivity compatible with fermionic statistics?
Let $\{ S_n \}_{n =0}^\infty$ be a sequence of tempered distributions where $S_n \in \mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^{nd})$ where $d \in \{2,3,4\}$ is fixed. Moreover, we put three additional conditions:
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Conditional Expectation in Diffusion Process
Consider a $d$-dimensional diffusion process $\mathbf{X}=(\mathbf{X}_t)_{t\in [0,T]}=([X^1_t,...,X^d_t])_{t\in [0,T]}$ that is the unique strong solution of the following SDE:
$$\left\{\begin{matrix}
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Double-periodic functions with (possible) poles
Consider the set of double-periodic function $f:\mathbb C/(\mathbb Z+i \mathbb Z) \setminus \{z_0\} \to \mathbb C$, where $z_0$ is a fixed point inside $\mathbb C/(\mathbb Z+i \mathbb Z),$ that have a ...
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About Carleson measures on the Hardy space on the bidisc
I have been reading the paper "Carleson Measures in Hardy and Weighted Bergman Spaces of Polydiscs" by F. Jafari and there are a few things that going on that I am not entirely convinced of.
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Choice of the eigenbasis for the Dirac operator on $S^d$
This question is a simplified version of my previous one. I think that adding a gauge potential complicates the problem too much.
Let us consider the Dirac operator $D$ on the $d$-sphere $S^d$ with ...
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Is every operator range a Baire space in the relative topology?
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $U\subseteq X$ be a (not necessarily closed) linear subspace. One says that $U$ is an operator range if there is another Banach space $E$, and a bounded linear map $...
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Sufficient conditions for an asymptotic compactness
This question relates a theory of Mosco convergence.
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and $\mu$ a Borel measure on $X$.
A symmetric bilinear form $(\mathcal{E},\text{Dom}(\mathcal{E}))$ on $L^2(X,\...
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Is finding the CDF from the Laplace transform well-posed?
In my study of Dynamic Light Scattering, I came across the following inverse problem. Let $F(s):[0,T]\rightarrow[0,T]$ be the Laplace transform of a probability distribution $f(t)$ on the real line ...
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Is there a “Closure-of-Range Theorem” for Banach spaces?
The classic Closed Range theorem states that for a linear bounded operator $T:X\to Y$ between Banach spaces, and its transpose $T^*:Y^*\to X^*$, the four conditions:
$T(X)$ is $s$-closed; $T(X)$ is $...
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An analog of Anderson's result in C* algebra setting [closed]
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a unital $C^{*}$-algebra and $S(\mathcal{A})$ denote the states space of $\mathcal{A}$.
For $a\in \mathcal{A}$ , define $W(a) =\{\phi(a):\phi\in S(\mathcal{A})\}$
It's known that $...
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Topology on $O_M$, the space of slowly increasing smooth functions?
A smooth function on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is called slowly increasing if each of its derivatives is polynomially bounded. It seems that the collection of such functions is denoted as $O_M$.
Obviously, $O_M$ ...
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Existence of optimal entropic weights for empirical modeling
Let $\mathcal{X} = [0,1]^n$ be the input space and $\mathcal{Y} = \{1, ..., n_c\}$ be a discrete output space. Let $D = \{(x_i, y_i)\}_{i=1}^N \subset \mathcal{X} \times \mathcal{Y}$ be a training ...
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Positive definite kernels on compact interval $[0,1]$
From How to prove that a kernel is positive definite? I learned that a function $f:[0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ induces a positive definite kernel $K:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$, $K(x,y)=f((x-y)^2)$ if $f$ ...
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Self-dual normed spaces which are not Hilbert spaces
Are there any examples of non-Hilbert normed spaces which are isomorphic (in the norm sense) to their dual spaces? Or, is there any result in Functional Analysis which says that if a space is self-...
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Are measures singular with respect to all representing measures in $\mathbb{D}^n$ always concentrated on null-sets? Will it also be a Henkin measure?
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on the $\sigma$-Borel set $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{D}^n)$.
We say that $\mu$ is a representing measure for some point $z \in \mathbb{D}^n$, if
$$\forall_{u \in A(\...
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