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Least restrictive condition such that $-y''(x)+q(x)y(x)=\lambda y(x)$ has two solutions
Let $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ and consider some function $q$ on the interval $[0,1].$
What is known to be the least restrictive condition on $q$ such that there are two linearly independent $H^2$ ...
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infinite dimensional funtional ito calculus
I've been reading into functional Ito calculus and everything I've come across deals with processes generated by finite dimensional semimartingales. In Dupire's 2009 landmark paper he speaks about ...
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$W^{2,p}$ regularity of elliptic PDEs with Neumann boundary condition
Given an elliptic PDE with Neumann boundary condition
\begin{align}
\left\{
\begin{aligned}
-\sum_{i,j=1}^N\partial_i(a_{ij}\partial_j u)+cu&=f &&\mbox{in}\,\,\,\Omega, \\
\sum_{i,j=1}^Na_{...
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About a particular definition of a Hessian of a function of tuples of matrices
Say I have a function $L : (W_1,..,W_{H+1}) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ i.e it takes a tuple of $n$ matrices of different dimensions and computes a number from them.
Then I see being defined a ...
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The eigenfunction of modified $1$-laplace equation?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^2$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. It is well known that the laplace equation
$$
-\Delta u=0
$$
has a set of eigenvalues $0<\lambda_1<\lambda_2\leq\lambda_3<...
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$L^\infty$ bounds for pseudo-differential equations of parabolic type
It is well-known that if the solution of $u_t=u_{xx}$, with $t>0$ and $x\in\mathbb R$, is bounded, then $a(t)=\sup_{x\in \mathbb R}u(x,t)$ is non-increasing, while
$b(t)=\inf_{x\in \mathbb R}u(x,t)$...
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References for the Sturm oscillation theorem
What is the most general form of the Sturm oscillation theorem?
So far I have only seen cases that treat either unbounded intervals or weighted $L^2$ spaces. I would be especially interested in ...
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Domain of operator
Let be $\lambda\in C^{*}$. Consider the following operator:
$ T_{\lambda}=-\Delta_{R^{2}}++\frac{\lambda^{2} }{4} (x^{2}+y^{2})+i\lambda N$,
where
$N=(x \frac{d }{dy} -y \frac{d }{dx})$ ,
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Projective tensor product continuous?
For $V$, $W$ Banach spaces, is the canonical morphism $B(V) \times_\pi B(W) \to B(V \hat{\otimes}_\pi W)$ continuous, where $B(V)$ denotes the set of all linear bounded endomorphisms with operator ...
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Covering rough boundaries of closed sets in manifolds by charts
This question is a little vague, I'm afraid, because I'm not sure I expect there to be a complete answer; but there should be some sort of situations where it is possible.
Consider a Riemannian ...
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Negative eigenvalue of Toeplitz Hermitian matrix?
I am working on estimation of a covariance matrix and I know that the matrix is Toeplitz. The desired matrix should not produce negative eigenvalues at all. However, sometime my estimation leads to a ...
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extension for a complex operator
Let be $\lambda>0$. Put
$$ L_{\lambda}=\Big[-\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial z \partial \overline{z}}+\lambda^{2}|z|^{2} +\lambda\Big(\overline{z}\frac{\partial}{ \partial \overline{z}}-z\frac{\...
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The decay rate of the spectrum of the Gaussian kernel on compact manifolds
It seems that the $k^{th}$ largest eigenvalue of the intergral operator induced on $S^n$ by the Gaussian kernel, $e^{-\frac{\vert \vec{x} - \vec{y} \vert _2^2}{2\sigma^2}}$ decays as $k^{-k}$. This is ...
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Lower bound for the $C^*$-unitisation norm?
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra without unit. Its unitisation $A^+$ carries the $C^*$-norm
$$\|(a,\lambda)\|_{A^+} = \sup \{\|ax+\lambda x\|_A \;\big|\; \|x\|_A = 1 \},$$
which is the operator norm of $...
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$C^{1,2}$ regularity of (weak) solutions to the heat equation
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain (smoother if needed), and consider the heat equation
$$u_t - \Delta u = 0$$
$$\frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial \nu(x)} = a(t,x) - b(t,x)u(t,x)$$
$$u(0) = u_0$$...
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Trace of $u$ on bottom edge of a square if $u_x=0$ inside the square
I want to show that:
Let $\Omega =(0,1)\times (0,1)$. For $u \in H^1(\Omega)$, if $u_x=0$ a.e. in $\Omega$, then the trace of $u$ on bottom edge $y=0$, i.e., $u\left|_{y=0}\right.$, is a constant.
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A problem on Markov chains and Dirichlet forms
Let $X$ be a countable set. Let $c:X\times X\to[0,+\infty)$ satisfy
$$c(x,y)=c(y,x)\text{ for all }x,y\in X,$$
$$m(x)=\sum_{y\in X}c(x,y)\in (0,+\infty)\text{ for all }x\in X,$$
$$c(x,x)=0\text{ for ...
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How is the duality pairing of $H^{1/2}$ and $H^{-1/2}$ defined on a subset of the boundary?
Let $\Omega\in \mathbb{R}^d$,for $d\in \{2,3\}$ be a bounded polyhedral set with $n$ boundary faces labeled $\{e_i\}_{i=1}^n$.
Let $\vec{q}\in H^{\mathrm{div}}(\Omega).$ Given $u\in H^{1/2}(\...
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An H2 estimate for Helmholtz equation
How to show the following statement?
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz convex domain. If $u$ satisfies the following equation,
$$
-\Delta u - k^2 u = f \quad\mbox{ in }\Omega \\ \nabla u \...
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Multilinear Interpolation
Suppose I have a multilinear map $\Gamma(u,v)$ satisfying
\begin{align}
\big\| \Gamma(u,v)\big\|_{L^2} &\leq \big\| u\big\|_{L^2} \big\| v\big\|_{L^2} \\
\big\| \Gamma(u,v)\big\|_{L^\infty} &\...
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Approximation error estimate
I would like to find a good reference for the following or a similar, probably well-known, approximation error result:
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be bounded, $p\in [1,\infty]$, $l, m\in \mathbb{...
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Boundary regularity of higher order PDE
consider the subsequent pde (weak formulation):
$\int_\Omega D^m\phi:D^m\psi+ Df(D\phi):D\psi+(g h\circ\phi)\cdot\psi dx=0$.
In this case, $n\geq 2$, $\Omega=[0,1]^n$, $m>2+\frac{n}{2}$,
$\phi\...
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Uniform limit of m-homogeneous polynomials over compact subsets of a Banach Space
I am trying to solve problem 1.2.A from Mujica's book "Complex Analysis in Banach Spaces".
We denote by $\mathcal{P}_a(^mE;F)$ the space of all $m-$homogeneous polynomials from $E$ into $F$, ...
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Finding the infimum of the range of a certain non-negative function associated to a $ C^{*} $-algebra
Let $ A $ be a non-trivial $ C^{*} $-algebra and $ n \in \mathbb{N} $. Setting $ \mathcal{D} \stackrel{\text{df}}{=} A^{n} \setminus \{ (0_{A},\ldots,0_{A}) \} $, we can define a function $ f: \...
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inverse problem to resolution of the identity
Suppose $f_\lambda(x),\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous/smooth family of bounded function on $\mathbb{R}$. Given a measurable set $\mathfrak{m}$ on $\mathbb{R}$, define $$E_\mathfrak{m}:L^2\...
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Perturbation in Besov space
$\|f\|_{B^{0}_{p,p}}=(\sum_{j\geq -1} \|\Delta_j f\|_p^p)^{1/p}$ is the Besov norm of $f$.
Here the Fourier transform of $\Delta_jf~(j\geq 0)$ is $\psi(2^{-j}\xi)\hat{f}(\xi)$ and $\psi$ is a smooth ...
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Alternative representation of $C_c(X)$ as inductive limit
CORRECTION: As Simon Henry points out in the comments, there is a problem in the construction: the maps $\varphi_n$ are not necessarily linear.
Under some additional constraints on the space (e.g. $X$ ...
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About hyperplane separation theorem
I read in Lovasz's notes about semidefinite programs and combinatoric optimization.
If $x_1A_1 + ... + x_nA_n\succ 0$ has no solution, then the linear subspace $L = x_1A_1 + ... + x_nA_n$ is ...
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Boundedness of a function that satisfies a PDE-type inequality
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain, and let $u\colon[-T,0]\times \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with $u(-T)=0$.
Suppose that
$$\sup_{-T \leq t \leq 0} \int_\Omega |(u(t)-k)^+|^2 + \int_{...
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How does the $L^\infty$ norm of the solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u =0$, $\partial_\nu u=\alpha$ depend upon $\alpha$ and $\lambda$?
Let $\lambda > 0$ be a constant and let $u$ be the weak solution on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of
$$-\Delta u + \lambda u = 0 \quad\text{in $\Omega$}$$
$$\partial_\nu u = \alpha \quad \text{on $\...
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$L^\infty$ bound on solutions of linear parabolic equations
We work on a closed Riemannian manifold $M$. Let $u$ and $v$ be the non-negative weak solutions of
$$au_t - 2d\,\Delta au = cv - f$$
$$bv_t - d\,\Delta bv = f$$
$$u(0)=u_0, \quad v(0)=v_0$$
where $f$ ...
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Weak convergence in $L^2(0,T;X)$
In the book Navier Stokes Equations by Constantin and Foias, the folloiwng argument is made:
Let $u_m$ converges weakly to $u$ in $L^2(0,T;V)$ where
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V=\overline{\{f\in (C_0^\infty(\Omega))^...
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Does bounded and closed equal compact for sets of Borel probability measures?
Equip the space of Borel probability measures on a fixed closed subset X of the s-dimensional Euclidean space with the topology induced by weak convergence of probability measures. In this setting, ...
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Can Gradient be controlled by Curl and Divergence in Morrey spaces
In $L^p(\mathbb{R}^3)$, it holds for $1< p< \infty$ and $\mu\in C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^3)$,
$$\|\nabla\mu\|_p\leq C \left( \|\operatorname{div} \mu\|_p + \|\nabla\times\mu\|_p \right).$$
So, how ...
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The real method of interpolation and operator ideals
Let $\overline{A} \mbox{ and } \overline{B}$ be n+1-tuples of Banach spaces and $T:\overline{A}\rightarrow \overline{B}$ be an interpolation operator; let $J(\overline{A})$ and (the corresponding, ...
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Partial trace with spectral measure
I'm a physicist who needs mathematical advice:
Let $A= \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} a_i P_{\phi_i}$ be a self-adjoint operator with projectors $P_{\phi_i}$ on the orthonormal eigenbasis $(\phi_i).$ Let $$B= \...
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Heat semigroup ultracontractive?
Let $g(x,t)= \frac{1}{(4 \pi t)^{\frac{n}{2}}}e^{\frac{-|x|^2}{4t}}$ be the heat kernel on $\mathbb{R}^{n}.$ Is the standard definition now to say that this heat-semigroup $T(t)(f):=g *f(.,t)$ is ...
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Interior of positive cone in Sobolev space
In Sobolev spaces $W^{1,p}(\Omega),\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n,p<n$, positive cone has empty interior. How does one prove that? Is it a consequence of some more general result like the embedding ...
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On the differentiability of a certain map from $ (0,\infty) $ to $ \Bbb{R} $
This problem arose from my study of energy-conservation for non-linear Schrödinger equations. Suppose that we have the following data:
$ u \in C^{1} \! \left( (0,\infty),{L^{2}}(\Bbb{R}^{n}) \right) $...
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The closure of a set of closed points
Let $X $ be a compact non-Hausdorff topological space with the following property: for every infinite subset of closed points, say $\{x_i\}_{i \in I}$, there exists $j\in I$ such that $x_j$ is in the ...
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Asymptotics of a elliptic pde when exponent gets large
I am interested in the following pde
$$ -\Delta w_p + \left( \frac{1}{p-2} +1 \right) \frac{ | \nabla w_p|^2}{w_p} + \epsilon(p) \left( \frac{1}{w_p} \right)^{(p-2)} = (p-2) w_p $$ in the unit ball $...
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One-parameter group of unitary operators and Core
Question : For what condition on $V$ (we can take it smooth, bounded, whatever necessary), the one-parameter unitary group $U(t)$ associated to the seladjoint operator $A=-\Delta+V$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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Amenable hypergroups
I needed some information about the intersection of the kernels of invariant means on hypergroups. So I read the discussion made for the question " The kernel of all invariant means " which answer my ...
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The jump set of $SBV$ function over a hyper surface
Assume $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ is open bounded, smooth boundary. Also assume $S\subset \Omega$ is a smooth hyper surface such that $0<\mathcal H^{N-1}(S)<+\infty$.
Now, given a positive ...
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A Question about compactness of an embedding into $L^p$ spaces
Assume $ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a smooth bounded domain. There is well known Hardy inequality that says
For any $ u \in W_0^{1,2}(\Omega) $, $N\geq3$ we have
$$ \Lambda \int_{\Omega} \frac{u^...
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Zeros of functions constituting a Riesz-basis for the Paley-Wiener space
I have a short question which first requires some slightly elaborate definitions:
Let $(e_n)$ be a Riesz-basis for a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ with biorthogonal basis $(g_n)$, i.e. $\langle e_m, ...
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When is an injective Fredholm map on $\ell^p$ a diffeomorphism
Consider a family of maps $f_p\colon \ell^p(\mathbb Z,\mathbb R)\to \ell^p(\mathbb Z,\mathbb R)$, $p\ge 2$, where
$$
f_q = f_p\big|_{\ell^q},\qquad \forall\; 2\le q\le p.
$$
Moreover,
$f_p\colon \...
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The dual of the space of smooth functions that vanish at infinity
Let $U \subset \Bbb R ^n$ be an open subset and let $\mathcal C$ be the space of the smooth functions on $U$ that vanish at infinity, endowed with the seminorms $p_\alpha (f) = \sup \limits _{x \in U} ...
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In which sense Daubechies wavelets converge to the Shannon wavelet?
My question is about wavelets theory. Consider $\psi_n$ the Daubechies wavelet of order $n \geq 1$; that is, the Daubechies wavelet with $n$ vanishing moments. We also define the Shannon wavelet in ...
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How to define Biharmonic operator for second order sobolev spaces
I am studying an article Link of Article. There author assumes that $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $ N>4 $ . Some where in the paper we have
$$ \Delta^2 (\cdot) - \frac{\lambda}{|x|^4} (\cdot) : W^...
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