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Can you prove the monotonicity of the function (or find a counter example)?
Let $X$ be a non-negative random variable that is drawn from a cumulative distribution function $F(\cdot)$, pdf $f(\cdot)$ and mean $E[x]$. $k$, $c$, $v_l$ and $v_h$ $(v_h>v_l)$ are non-negative ...
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Boundedness of Integral
Suppose we operate on the unit simplex $\Delta \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ with $0$ as a corner point.
Define the integral
$$
Iu(x):=\int_0^1 t^{|\beta|-1}x^\beta u(tx)\mathrm{d}t,\quad x\in \Delta
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iterated traces for sobolev functions
It is well known that if $M$ is a smooth $(n-1)$-dimensional surface in $\mathbb R^n$ (e.g. a subspace) then there is a continuous trace operator $W^{s,p}(\mathbb R^n)\to W^{s-1/p,p}(M)$. Now suppose ...
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Inequalities between self-adjoint operators
Let $T_s$ ($s\ge0$) be a smooth family of non-negative self-adjoint operators in a separable Hilbert space $H$. Suppose that, for some $C'>C>0$, we have $T_0+Cs^2\le T_s\le T_0+C's^2$ for all $s$...
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Inequality involving BV norm and a regularizing kernel
In the same article by Benoit Perthame: http://www.mendeley.com/research/uniqueness-error-estimates-first-order-quasilinear-conservation-laws-via-kinetic-entropy-defect-measure/# (related to this ...
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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
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with initial data $p(0,x)=p_{0}(x)$ and boundary data $...
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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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Unambiguous "weak" vector valued $L^{+\infty}$ spaces?
For some time, I have been stuck to the problem to be described as follows. The (perhaps not so commonly known) facts given here are taken from R. E. Edwards' Functional Analysis (Holt, Rinehart and ...
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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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Derivative total variation function
Hello everyone,
I would like some help on proving the following statement:
Let $f\in\mathrm{BV}[a,b]$, i.e. $f$ is of bounded variation and let $T(x)$ be the total variation of $f$ on $[a,x]$ for $x\...
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Fourier series/transform of an amplitude-limited sinusoid
I am trying to estimate the amplitude of an original unlimited sine wave from a measurement of the power spectral density (PSD) of an amplitude-limited version. I expect that I may be able to do so ...
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variational problem under convexity constraints
I wonder if there is any method to compute variational problems subject to certain shape constraints (e.g., convexity, monotonicity, etc.). The literature I found on this topic (which I am no expert ...
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Classification of Self similar sets
I am looking at self similar sets in $\mathbb{C}$ defined as the fixed set or a sequence of contractions or an iterated function system. I am currently trying to classify these sets by how they are ...
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Adjoint operators in LCS
Before my main question let me start with the following notions.
Let $X$ and $Y$ be locally convex spaces and let $T \colon X \rightarrow Y$ be a linear mapping. The adjoint of $T$ is an operator
$T^...
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A question about an equivalent definition of the Schwartz distribution
Hello,
Does anyone know a reference or proof of the "if" part of the following statement?
$$
\mu\in \mathcal{S}'(R)\quad\text{if and only if}\quad \mu*\alpha\in\mathcal{S}(R),\forall \alpha\in C_c^\...
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Infinite internal direct sums of subspaces
Given a compact Hausdorff space $K$ such that $C(K)$ is of density $\omega_1$. Suppose that every copy of $c_0(\omega_1)$ in $C(K)$ is complemented. Let $\{Y_\alpha\colon\alpha<\omega_1\}$ be a ...
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Limit of two hypergeometric functions (2F1)
Hi,
Does anyone know whether there is a known function/distribution that corresponds to the limit:
$\lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow0^+} \mathfrak{Re}\left[f(x+i\epsilon) - f(x-i\epsilon)\right]$
when $f(...
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A norm ratio inequality
Let $y,z\in(0,1)^n$ satisfy $||y||_1 = ||z||_1=1$.
Then
$$
\frac{||z||_3}{||z||_2} \le
K_n
||z/y||_\infty
\frac{||y||_3}{||y||_2}
$$
where $z/y\in\mathbb R^n$ is the coordinate-wise quotient of $z$ ...
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Uniqueness of differential adjoint operator
I wonder if someone can help me on what is, probably, a simple question but is baffling me at the moment!
In standard texts on functional analysis, something like the following is written
Let $L\...
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Eigenvalues of a Parametrized Family of Linear Functions
Suppose that we have a family of linear functions $L(\alpha) : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$, where $\alpha$ is a positive real number.
For each $\alpha$, it is given that $L(\alpha)$ is a ...
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Variation of a function
There are probably some of you guys who already know some of the terms that I am going to use so in order to be not so boring I will put the definition to the end.
Let $f$ be a piecewise expanding ...
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Extension Operators for Sobolev spaces
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz smooth boundary and $\delta>0$ sufficiently small so that
$
\Omega_\delta = ${ $x\in\Omega : dist(x,\partial\Omega)>\delta $ }$...
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Bounding point-wise maximum of the absolute difference of two convex functions
Let $\Delta: R \times R \rightarrow R_{+}$ be a positive and convex function (convex in, say, both the arguments) called the loss function.
Let $x \in R^d$. Moreover, let $H_1,...,H_r$ be sets of ...
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Does the dual Banach space $B(\ell^\infty)$ have weak* normal structure?
Let $K$ be a bounded closed convex subset of a Banach space $E$. A point $x$ in $K$ is called a diametral point if
$$
\sup_{y\in K} \|x-y\|={\rm diam}(K).
$$
where ${\rm diam}(K)$ denotes the ...
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Lower semicontinuity of Bregman distances/divergences
For a Banach space $X$ and a convex functional $J:X \to [0,\infty]$ (i.e. with values in the extended reals), consider the associated Bregman distance: For $x,y\in X$ and $\xi\in\partial J(y)$:
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Density of Dolean exponentials in L2 and Wiener Measure
Assume that W is the classical Wiener space C([0,1],R) note $\mu$ the Wiener measure, and denote by $\mu_s$ the image of $\mu$ under the maping $T: W ->W$ such that$ T(w)= \sqrt(s) w$ . Denote by $...
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Loynes spaces, also called pseudo-Hilbert spaces
Let me first define my object:
First, a locally convex space $Z$ is called admissible in the sense of Loynes if
$Z$ is complete
There is a closed convex cone in $Z$, called $Z_+$, satisfying (for $x\...
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Square powers of hemicontinuous operators
Let H be an infinite dimensional real Hilbert space.
A [not necessarily linear] mapping of H into itself is said to be hemicontinuous if it is continuous from each line
segment of H to the weak ...
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Spectral gap of a Markov chain on the nonnegative integers
Let $\lambda_k,\mu_k\in\mathbb R_{\ge0}$ $(k\ge1)$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $\sum_{k=1}^\infty k\lambda_k<\infty,$ let $S=\mathbb Z_{\ge0}$ be the nonnegative integers, let $T=\mathbb ...
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Best constant for Hölder inequality in Lorentz spaces
It's well known (and proved by R. O'neil) that there is a version of Hölder's inequality for Lorentz spaces, namely
$$\|fg\|_{L^{p, q}} \lesssim_{p_1, p_2, q_1, q_2} \|f\|_{L^{p_1, q_1}}\|g\|_{L^{...
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Bounding the norm of the Laplacian of the gradient of a function having Lipschitz continuous Hessian
It seems that the following claim is true, but I did not manage to prove it neither to find a reference.
Claim Let $f:\mathbb R^p\to\mathbb R$ be a three times differentiable function such that its ...
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Formulas for $\arg\max$
are any formulas for $\arg\max(f(x))$ known
(in the context of this question, $\max(f(x))$ shall denote the essential supremum of $f(x)$ over some given domain $\Omega\subset X$)?
The reason for ...
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Does the product function $fg$, where $f$ is in $L^2$ and $g$ is in $C^{\infty}_0$ belong to hardy space $H^1$?
I am struggling to know whether the product function $fg$, where $f$ is in $L^2$ and $g$ is in $C^{\infty}_0$ belong to hardy space $H^1$.
$fg$ has compact support but I can't figure out how I can try ...
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$L_1$ norm of $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ compactly supported and its change of variable
Let $M\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be an invertible matrix, denote its induced linear map on $\mathbb{R}^n$ also by $M$, and let $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be compactly supported.
I am wondering if we can ...
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Amenability of locally convex algebras
Let $A$ be an amenable Banach algebra, and let $A_w$ denote $A$ with the weak topology. Clearly, $A_w$ is a Hausdorff locally convex algebra (l.c.a.).
Q0: Is $A_w$ amenable as a l.c.a. in the sense ...
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Characterization of duals of Sobolev space
Proposition 8.14. in Brezis states that:$(W_0^{1,p} (Ω))^*=W^{-1,p^*} (Ω)$ and we have the representation:
$∀ F∈(W_0^{1,p} (Ω))^* ∃ f_0...f_n ∈L^{p^*} (Ω)$ such that $∀ u∈W_0^{1,p}(Ω)$
$F(u)=∫_Ω ...
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questions on stochastic kernels and pushforward operator
Let $f:X \rightarrow \Delta (Y)$ and $g:X \rightarrow \Delta (X)$ be two kernels. For any bounded measurable function $h_Y:Y \rightarrow \mathbb{R},$ define $F(h_Y):X \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that ...
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How to show a point is a weak* -weak continuous for the identity map on $X_1^*$ or on $X_1^{**}$?
I am trying to understand the Remark 3.2 mentioned in the paper titled as "On Weak*
-Extreme Points in Banach Spaces" written by S. Dutta and T. S. S. R. K. Rao (http://library.isical.ac.in:...
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Spectral theory of compact operator for quasi-Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $Y\subset X$ be a quasi-Banach space (with compact inclusion). Suppose $T:X\to X$ is a compact operator such that $1$ is not its eigenvalue and $T|_{Y}:Y\to Y$ is ...
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Nice formula for powers of modified Bessel function
Let $K_\nu(z)$ be the modified Bessel function of second kind. I am looking the geometric series
$$1+aK_v+(aK_v)^2+(aK_v)^3...$$
I know there are formula for product of two such functions. I would ...
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Compactness and Leray-Schauder degree
What's the relationship between compactness of solutions in partial differential equations (PDEs) and the Leray-Schauder degree?
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Are measures singular with respect to all representing measures in $\mathbb{D}^n$ always concentrated on null-sets?
Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on the $\sigma$-Borel set $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{D}^n)$.
We say that $\mu$ is a representing measure for some point $z \in \mathbb{D}^n$, if
$$\forall_{u \in A(\...
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reference request: conditions for pointwise and operator-norm convergence of kernel projections
At a very high level, I’m interested in the following question. Suppose $X$ is a (separable) Hilbert space, and $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of finite rank self-adjoint maps that converges (...
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On the pointwise limit of a sequence of analytic functions
I have been confused with this problem for weeks now. Suppose I have Banach spaces $E$ and $F$ and a sequence of functions $f_{n}: U \subset E \to F$, where $U$ is open and nonempty. Let $x \in U$ be ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Family of separable Hilbert spaces over locally compact form a continuous field of Hilbert space?
Let $\{H_{x}\}_{x\in G^{0}}$ be a family of separable Hilbert spaces and $G^{0}$ be a locally compact second countable topological space. Let $\mathbb{B}_{x}$ be the orthonormal basis of $H_{x}$.
If ...
