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Fixed point algebra of a non-amenable factor
Let $M$ be a non-amenable factor. Suppose $\alpha$ is an action of a group $\Bbb R$ on $M$.
Define $$M^{\alpha}:=\{x\in M: \alpha_t(x)=x \text{ for any} \; t\in \Bbb R\}.$$
If we know that there exits ...
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Dual of closure
Currently I'm studying about abstract interpolation theory for my research. One of the basic ways to construct new interpolation spaces, given an interpolation space $E$ with respect to a compatible ...
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When is this operator positive semi-definite?
I have the following operator
$$\Phi(\chi_A)=\int \text{d}\eta\, \text{d}\zeta\,\chi_A(\eta,\zeta)\,e^{i(\eta \hat{P}+\zeta\hat{Q})}.$$
With $\chi_A$ the indicator function associated to a set $A\...
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A variation of the Riesz Lemma
Given a normed space $X$, a closed proper subspace $Y$ and $\alpha\in (0,1)$, the Riesz Lemma states that there is $x\in X$ such that $\|x\|=1$ and $d(x,Y)>\alpha$. Observe that also $d(-x,Y)=d(x,Y)...
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The size of super level sets and the symmetry on a sphere
Let $u$ be a smooth function defined on the sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$, and let $R \in \mathrm{SO}(3)$ be a three-dimensional rotation. Define
$$
S_R = \{x \in \mathbb{S}^2 : u(x) \neq u(Rx)\}.
$$
Suppose ...
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Dual spaces of Banach-valued $L^{p}$-spaces
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ be a measure space (say complete and $\sigma$-finite, for simplicity). Furthermore, let $(X,\Vert\cdot\Vert_{X})$ be an arbitrary Banach space. I denote by $(L^{p}(\...
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Estimating a solution to Euler-type ODE #2
This is a similar question to this but with a different ODE.
Let $f$ be a continuous function in $L^2([1,\infty)$ satisfying $\sup_{r\geq 1} r|f(r)| <\infty$. Let $\ell$ be a positive integer, $R&...
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Domain of the infinitesimal generator of a composition $C_0$-semigroup
In the paper [1] the following $C_0$-group is presented,
$$
T(t)f(x) = f(e^{-t} x) , \quad x \in (0,\infty) \quad f \in E
$$
where $E$ is an ($L^1,L^\infty$)-interpolation space. In mi case, I'm just ...
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Isoperimetric Inequalities in Annular Regions
Let $\Omega$ be an open set in $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose boundary is a rectifiable Jordan curve. Then an old result by Alfred Huber states that
$$
\left(\int_{\partial \Omega} e^u ds\right)^2 \geq 2 \left(...
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Dual of homogeneous Triebel-Lizorkin
Let $ p, q \in (1,\infty)$ and consider the homogeneous Triebel- Lizorkin space $\dot{F}^{s}_{p,q}$ to be the space of all tempered distributions (modulo polynomials) with
$$
[f]^{p}_{\dot{F}^{s}_{p,q}...
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Measurable Extension
Let $(\Omega, \mathcal{F})$ be a measurable space and $X$ some metric space (probably Polish) with the Borel $\sigma$-algebra and a function $f: \Omega \times X \to \mathbb{R}$. Usually, functions ...
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Support of a function acting on an algebra?
Quick: for a measurable function $f$ its support on Euclidean space is clearly just the subset where $f$ does not vanish.
Now, let’s have $f$ acting on an finite Lie algebra, f.e. $\mathfrak{gl}$ as $...
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Regularity and decay of Fourier-like series on a manifold
Let $D$ be a first-order self-adjoint elliptic differential operator acting on sections of a vector bundle $S$ over a closed manifold $M$. Then it is well-known that the various eigenspaces $E_\lambda$...
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Reference for Density question
Let $ B $ be a reflexive, separable Banach space and $ p \in (1,\infty)$. Then denote by $L^{p}(B)$ the space of all functions $$ f : \mathbb{R}^{n} \to B $$ with
$$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}} \vert f \...
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Estimating a solution to an Euler-type ODE
Let $f$ be a continuous function in $L^2([1,\infty)$ satisfying $\sup_{r\geq 1} r|f(r)| <\infty$. Let $\ell$ be a positive integer and $a$ be a real number.
Let $u(r)$ be a function on $[1,\infty)$ ...
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Projection on a countable union of linear subspace
For any natural number $n$, $V_n$ denotes a closed linear subspace of a $L_2(m)$ space, which is an Hilbert Space, where $m$ denotes a finite measure. Moreover $(V_n)$ is increasing, that is $V_n$ is ...
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Trace theorem for $L^2([0,1]; H^k(S^2))$
Consider a function $u$ in $L^2([0,1]; H^k(S^2))$ where $k$ is a positive integer.
Where would $u(0)$ live (or $u(r)$ for some fixed $r \in [0,1]$)? Is there a version of the trace theorem saying that ...
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Approximation of Lipschitz functions by convex combinaison of Lipschitz functions depending on projections
Let $K\subset \mathbb R^2$ be compact. For any $c>0$, denote by ${\rm Lip}_c(K)$ the collection of Lipschitz functions $f:K\to\mathbb R$ whose Lipschitz constant is less than or equal to $c$. Set $...
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Is a signed measure $\mu$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$ characterized by the transform $\mathcal{L}_\mu (\lambda ):=\int e^{\langle \lambda,x\rangle }\mu (dx)$?
In the book "Probability Theory" by Achim Klenke there's the following theorem: a finite measure $\mu$ on $[0,\infty )$ is characterized by its Laplace transform $\mathcal{L}_\mu(\lambda):=\...
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Regularity of solutions to an elliptic boundary value problem
Let $M = [1,\infty)\times S^2$. For an integer $k \geq 2$ and number $\tau<0$, define the space $L^2_{\tau}([1,\infty);H^k(S^2))$ to be all $H^k(S^2)$-valued functions $u$ on $[1,\infty)$ with $\...
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Reference request: Expository paper on the use of functional analysis in differential and integral equations
Some textbooks on functional analysis do not hint that a major raison d'être of the subject is its use in the study of differential and integral equations. The reader could go all the way through ...
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Finding thin plate spline subjected to boundary conditions
I am trying to formulate a problem as a PDE. What I want to know is if my formulation is correct, if it admits solution and what am I missing.
This question is related to : Thin-Plate-Spline ...
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A functional equation
I am working on some physics problem and got stuck with the following equation: Let $a$ be a very small positive number. Is there a bounded function $F$, $0 \leq F \leq 1$, such that for all $x \in \...
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Integral of gradient of a function times a vector fields, null whatever the function, implies null divergence and tangential limits conditions
I'm reposting this question from math.stackexchange, as I haven't got answers so far.
At the beginning of "Brenier, Y. (1987) Décomposition polaire et réarrangement monotone des champs de
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Measurability of $L^{p}(L^{q})$ integrable functions
Let $ F: \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a function with the property that
$
\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \big[ \int_0^\infty |F(x,r) |^q \, dr \big]^{p/q} \, dx < \infty
$
In addition we ...
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Iterating partially-unconstrained optimization with projection
Let $f:H\to \mathbb{R}$ be a strictly convex Fréchet differentiable, coercive function on a separable Hilbert space $H$ and let $C_1,C_2\subseteq H$ be closed and convex.
I want to optimize
$$
\tag{(A)...
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Vectors of complex exponentials span $\mathbf{C}^N$
Let $Q = [0,1]\times [0,1]$. Let $1\leq k < \infty$ and $\{(x_l,\xi_l)\}_{l=1}^{k}\subseteq Q$ be such that $(x_i,\xi_i)\ne (x_j, \xi_j)$ for $i\ne j$. Additionally, for $1\leq l \leq k$, let $n_l\...
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Ball in separable Banach space has positive Gaussian measure
I have (presumably non-degenerate) Gaussian $\mu$ over separable Banach space $X$. I would like to prove that for any ball of radius $r$ centered at $x$, $\mu(B_r(x))$. I know how to prove this in ...
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approximating differentiable functions with double trigonometric polynomials
Let $Q = [0,1]^2$. For sake of notation, let
$$
f^{(i,j)}(x,\xi) = \frac{\partial^{i+j}}{\partial x^i \partial \xi^j}f(x,\xi).
$$
Fix some non-negative integer $k$. Moreover let $f\in C^k(Q)$ if
$$
\|...
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Looking for Mackey's PhD thesis, "The subspaces of the conjugate of an abstract linear space"
I'm looking for a copy of George Mackey's PhD thesis, The subspaces of the conjugate of an abstract linear space (Harvard Univ., 1942), but am currently struggling to find one online, with the only ...
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Convergence of integral operators' inverses
Let $K$ be a positive definite integral operator with continuous kernel $K(x,y)$ defined by
$$
Kf(x) = \int_0^1 K(x,y) f(y) \, dy.
$$
Let $K_n$ denote the matrix $K(x_i, x_j)$ with $x_i = i /n$ and ...
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Existence of a positive measurable set with disjoint preimage under iterated transformation
Let $(X,\mathcal B,\mu)$ be a atomless probability measure space and $T:X\to X$ be a non-singular transformation such that $\mu\left({x\in X: T^n(x)=x}\right)=0$ for every $n\ge 1$. Let $A\in \mathcal ...
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Does the complex interpolation space $(L^1(\mathbb{R}),W^{2,1}(\mathbb{R}))_{\frac{1}{2}}$ continuously embed into $L^\infty(\mathbb{R})$?
The complex interpolation space between $(L^p(\mathbb{R}),W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}))_\theta$ with interpolation parameter $\theta=\frac{1}{2}$ is known to be $W^{1,p}(\mathbb{R})$ for $1<p<\infty$. As ...
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Strict positive definite function gradient tuple
I have a (Gaussian) random function (aka "stochastic process" or "random field") $(f(t))_{t\in \mathbb{R}^d}$. I now want to consider the vector valued random function $g=(f, \...
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Prékopa-Leindler style inequality?
Does anyone know a simple proof of the following Prékopa-Leindler style inequality:
If we have $f_1,f_2,g_1,g_2$ strictly positive functions on $\mathbb{R}$ such that, for any $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb{R}$,...
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An asymptotic integral with complex phase
Suppose that $D\subset \mathbb R^2$ is the closed unit disk and that $f\in C^{\infty}(D)$. Assume that for all $\lambda \in (1,\infty)$ there holds
$$ \left|\int_D f(x^1,x^2)\, e^{\lambda (x^1+ix^2)}\,...
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Rate of convergence of the minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
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$L^1$ convergence
Setting
For $i \in \mathbb{N}$, consider two sequences $f_i,g_i \in L^1(\mathbb{R})$ such that $$ f_i \rightarrow_{L^1} f \in L^1(\mathbb{R}) $$ and also $$ g_i \rightarrow_{L^1} g \in L^1(\mathbb{R})...
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Maximal-type inequality for a Borel probability measure supported on a subset of $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$
Let $\mu$ be a Borel probability measure on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ for $d\ge 1$ which is moreover supported on the unit sphere
$$S=\{\phi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d): \| \phi\|_{ L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)}=1\}.$$
Let ...
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Decay rate of minimum point over a product space
Let $f(\theta, \epsilon)$ be smooth on $[0,2\pi] \times [0,\infty)$ such that
$f(\theta, \epsilon)$ converges to $f(\theta, 0)$ uniformly as $\epsilon \rightarrow 0$.
$f(\theta, \epsilon) > 0$ for ...
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About the J-method of interpolation
In the classic text of J.Bergh and J.Lofstrom, Interpolation Spaces, the $J$-method of real interpolation defines a functor in the following way: For $0<\theta<1$ and $1\leq q\leq \infty$ we ...
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Hausdorff-Lipschitz continuity of cone correspondence
Let $\mathbb{R}_+$ denote the strictly positive real numbers, let $\mathcal{X} \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and $\mathcal{P} \subset \mathbb{R}^m$ be compact and convex subsets, let
\begin{equation}
f: \...
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Schauder Frames in nuclear vector spaces
In recent years, the definition of frame has been extended to locally convex topological vector spaces (lcs) (1). In particular, let $X$ be a lcs and $X'$ its dual. A sequence $\big((x_n,y_n)\big)_{n\...
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Entropy arguments used by Jean Bourgain
My question comes from understanding a probabilistic inequality in Bourgain's paper on Erdős simiarilty problem: Construction of sets of positive measure not containing an affine image of a given ...
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Projection measure and an integral formula for Lipschitz functions
Let $n\geq m\geq 0$ be integers and put $k=n-m$. Let $A\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be Borel measurable, we define the projection measure of $A$ as
$$\mu_k(A):=\underset{P_1, \ldots, P_r}{\sup_{A=A_1\sqcup\...
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Subspaces of $C_0$ on which $p$-norm are equivalent?
I have a question concerning the generalization of the following fact.
Let $E = C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ endowed with the $\|.\|_\infty$ norm. One can show that if $F$ is a subspace of $E$ for which ...
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On weighted Fourier transforms
Suppose that $f\in L^{\infty}((0,1))$ and that there exists $c_1,c_2>0$ such that
$$ \left|\int_0^1 e^{i \xi x} e^{-|\xi|^{-1}x}f(x)\,dx \right| \leq c_1 e^{-c_2|\xi|} \quad \forall\, |\xi|>1.$$
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Image of trace operator on $W^{2,1}(\mathbb{R}^2)$
It is known that for a domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ with $C^1$ boundary $\partial\Omega$, that the trace operator is bounded and surjective from $T:W^{1,1}(\Omega)\to L^1(\partial\Omega)$.
For ...
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Continuous extensions of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$ with $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$. Suppose a continuous tangent vector field $G$ is given on $\partial \Omega$ with $|G(y)|=1$ for all $y\in \partial \Omega$. Does ...
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Continuous modification of tangent vector fields
Let $\Omega$ be an open subset of $S^2$, and assume that there exists a continuous tangent vector field $F(x)$ defined on $\bar{\Omega}\neq S^2$ with $|F(x)|=1$ for all $x\in \bar{\Omega}$. Suppose a ...
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