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The essential norm where some Fourier coefficients are fixed
Let us denote $C_{2\pi}$ by the set of all $2\pi$-periodic continuous functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$.
Q. Let $\phi\in C_{2\pi}$. Is the following statement valid?
$$\|\phi\|_2=\inf_{g\in C_{2\...
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Using a maximum principle to deduce regularity
Suppose $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ is an bounded domain and that $u \in C(0,T; H^{2}) \cap L^{2}(0,T; H^{3})$ where $T >0$.
Consider the PDE on $\Omega \times [0,T]$
$$ \partial_{t}u = a_{1}(x,t) \...
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Extrapolated Integral operator (compactness)
I am studying the compactness of some convolution operators. Let the convolution with extrapolation
$$ \Gamma: X\longrightarrow X; x\mapsto\int_0^t T_{-1}(t-s)B(s)x\mathrm{d}s. $$
Here $T(\cdot)$ is a ...
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Interpolation between Sobolev spaces
In the classical book $Interpolation$ $Spaces$ by Joran Bergh and Jorgen Lofstrom, the Sobolev norm is defined by
$$\|f\|_{H_p^s}=\|D^sf\|_{L^p}$$
where $D^sf$ is defined by the Fourier transform
$$(D^...
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Making a space UMD via interpolation
Recall that a Banach space $B$ has Unconditional Martingale Difference (UMD-$p$) if there is a constant $C_p$ such that for every $B$-valued martingale difference sequences $(d_n)_n$ and choice of $\...
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Domain of operator which is used in operator monotone function
We are studying the paper
Rupert L. Frank, Leander Geisinger, Refined semiclassical asymptotics for fractional powers of the Laplace operator, Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles ...
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Sufficient conditions for the weight function to have compact embedding of a weighted Sobolev space
Let $\rho$ be a smooth density function on $\mathbb{R}^N$, that is, $\rho(x)\ge 0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}^N$ and $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}\rho(x) dx=1$. Let $L^p_\rho(\mathbb{R}^N)=\{f: \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}...
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Any reference on Jensen inequality for measurable convex functions on a Hausdorff space?
I asked this question on math.stackexchange and I was suggested that asking it may be more appropriate. This is part of my research which tries to extend some of Choquet's theory to some non-compact ...
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How to prove the polar decomposition of unbounded operators?
Let $ T $ be a closed, densely defined operator on a Hilbert space $ H $. Then there exists a positive self-adjoint operator $ A $, $ D(A)=D(T) $ and a isometric operator $ V:R(A)\to \overline{R(T)} $ ...
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Rate of uniform approximation by piecewise constant functions
Definitions and Notation:
Fix a positive constant $M>0$ with positive integers $m,n$ and the standard orthonormal basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
For every positive integer $N$, define the ...
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Ergodic diffeomorphisms of the circle
From the paper
Halmos, Paul R., In general a measure preserving transformation is mixing, Ann. Math. (2) 45, 786-792 (1944). ZBL0063.01889.
the following result is known: Let $(E,\Sigma, \mu)$ be a ...
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On the relation between ellipticity and Fredholmness as properties of linear PDE's on Fréchet spaces of smooth sections
Let $M$ be a compact manifold equipped with finite rank vector bundles $E$ and $F$ with spaces of $C^{\infty}$ sections denoted $\Gamma(E)$ and $\Gamma(F)$ respectively. It is standard that a ...
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Malliavin-Shavgulidze (type) measures on the group of measure-preserving invertible maps on $\mathbb T$?
The Malliavin-Shavgulidze measures on $\operatorname{Diff}^{1}(I)$ (with $I$ an interval of $\mathbb R$) are defined as the image $W_{\sigma} \circ f^{-1}$ of the Wiener measure $W_{\sigma}$ with ...
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Arithmetic progressions and removal lemmas for graphs in arithmetic combinatorics
As it is well known, one can gets a proof of Roth's Theorem concerning arithmetic progressions of length 3 (APs for short) by using the celebrated Ruzsa-Szemerédi triangle removal lemma for graphs.
In ...
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Two equivalent definitions of semisimplicity of group representations, proof by Zorn's lemma, a “counterexample” from the Fourier transform theory
Consider a representation $A$ of a group $G$ in a complex vector space ${\mathbb{V}}$:
$$
A:~~G~\longrightarrow~\operatorname{GL}({\mathbb{V}})~~,
$$
and let ${\mathbb{V}}$ be decomposable into a ...
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Definition clarification: "regular directed distributions"
(I asked this question on math.stackexchange (see here) but didn't receive any reaction, hence I try it here. If it does not fit within here, just let me know in the comments.)
In the definition of ...
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Equivalence of weak and weak-* convergence for sequences and reflexivity
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $X^*$ its topological dual space. Let us define the property (WS):
For all sequences $(x_n^*) \subset X^*$ and all $x^* \in X^*$, we have
$$x_n^* \rightharpoonup x^* \...
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A path with zero increments and positive area
I am studying rough paths from the 2007 St Flour lecture notes and I came across the example at the end of chapter one of the sequence of paths $X(n):[0,2\pi]\to \mathbb R^2$ given by $X_t(n) = \frac{...
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Beurling's theorem on invariant subspaces
Beurling's theorem characterize the closed subspaces $M\subset H^2$ of the Hardy space, which are invariant under the shift operator $Sf(z):=zf(z)$, as spaces of the form $\varphi H^2 $ where $\varphi$...
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Is it possible to reconstruct the universally measurable sets in X from the $C^*$-algebra $C(X)^{**}$?
This continues my question of two months ago. Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff topological space. We consider the $C^*$-algebra $C(X)$ of continuous functions on $X$, its dual space $C(X)^{*}=M(X)$ of ...
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Example of the bounded convolution operator when Sharpley's conditions does not hold
I am reading about Orlicz and Marcinkevich spaces, and wondering whether there is an example in which Sharpley's condition is not satisfied for a special bounded operator $T_k$ (see for reference ...
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Holmgren's theorem on the boundary
Consider $\Omega$ a bounded Lipschitz domain, with $\gamma \subseteq \partial \Omega$ a $C^2$ manifold. I am interested in proving the following.
Let $u: \Omega\times [0,T]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be ...
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Is the range of the exterior covariant derivative closed in $L^{2}$?
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold. Given a tensor bundle $\mathbb{E}$, let $\nabla:\Gamma(\mathbb{E}) \rightarrow \Gamma(T^{*}M\otimes \mathbb{E})$ be the canonical connection induced by ...
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On continuous seminorms on Fréchet-Stein algebras
Let $K$ be a discretely valued complete non-archimedean field and $U$ be a left Fréchet-Stein algebra as defined in Algebras of p-adic distributions and admissible representations, with a Fréchet-...
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Can any POVM be induced by a quantum instrument?
I suspect this is the obvious result of something in operator algebras, but that's far outside my field.
Recall that a projection-valued measure is a map $E$ from a sigma-algebra $\mathcal{F}$ on ...
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Tauberian theorem with flatness condition
Suppose $f(z)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_nz^n$ is a series with $a_n\in \mathbb{R}$ and radius of convergence $1$ and such that $f$ restricted to $[0,1[$ admits a smooth extension to $[0,1]$ with $f^{(n)}(1)...
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Complex Hölder space
I already posted this question on math.stackexchange, but got no response and was suggested to post it here.
I came across a space in an ergodic theory paper, which I am calling here a (complex) ...
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What's the problem with the evaluation map not being continuous?
When introducing differentiable functions between locally convex spaces, many authors (e.g. Bastiani, Keller, Kriegl-Michor) notice that the evaluation map
$$ E\times E^*\to\mathbb R,\qquad (x,L)\...
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$C^1$-regularity of solution of a Dirichlet problem
I've been stuck trying to hunt down a proof/reference for a certain regularity result which I need for my thesis (all the authors I've consulted refer to it as "well-known"). Consider the ...
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Besov space norms
We need to recall some Besov space norms to formulate the question.
Let $d \in \mathbb N$, $0<s<2, 1 \le p,q \le \infty$. Then the Besov space $B^s_{p,q}(\mathbb R^d)$ is given by the norm
$$ \...
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On the derivatives of the solutions of the heat equations with Neumann boundary condition
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth domain with compact closure. More precisely, $\Omega$ is a $C^\infty$ domain. We write $\partial \Omega$ for the boundary of $\Omega$, and denote by $n$ the inward unit ...
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Orthonormal basis of eigenvectors of Hamiltonian - Is there any theorem justifying the physicist approach?
In his book The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Dirac states:
"We call a real dynamical variable whose eigenstates form a complete set an observable."
To Dirac, any observable has a ...
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Radon-Nikodym derivative of vector-valued measure with respect to another vector-valued measure
Let $(X, | \cdot |)$ be a Banach space.
I am interested in whether one can extend the definition of the Kullback-Leibler divergence
$$
\text{KL}(\mu \ \Vert \ \nu)
:= \int_{\Omega} \ln\left(\frac{\...
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Does the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation have a smooth solution if the initial vorticity is smooth and $p$ integrable for any $p$?
Consider the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation on $(0,T)\times \mathbb{R}^3$ for fixed $T>0$.
If the sequence of mollified initial vorticities $(\omega_0^{\nu})_{\nu}$ is uniformly bounded in $...
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Is it possible to reconstruct the compact space $X$ from the space of measures $M(X)$?
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff topological space and $C(X)$ the Banach algebra of continuous functions $u:X\to\mathbb C$ (with the usual $\sup$-norm). It is well-known that the structure of Banach ...
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Injectivity of a convex combination of squares $A^*A$ in $\ell^\infty$
Consider two operators $A,B: \ell^p \to \ell^p$ ([defined and]bounded for all $p \in [1,\infty]$) as well as their adjoints $A^*,B^*:\ell^p \to \ell^p$. Assume $A^*A$ and $B^*B$ have trivial kernel ...
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Dominated convergence theorem for Banach limits
The notion of a Banach limit is usually defined for the space of bounded sequences, but one can define it for more general spaces (see "What is a generalized limit?" and "Do ...
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Unitary with entries $(i,j)$ only on equidistant lattice points $\|i-j\|^2 = c^2 \in \mathbb{N}$
My research needs help in finding examples of unitary matrices $U$ which have entries
\begin{align}
U_{ij} = \begin{cases} \alpha_{ij}, \ \text{ if } \|i-j\|^2 = c^2 \\ 0 , \text{ otherwise} \end{...
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Relationship between Hardy-Orlicz space and the corresponding Orlicz space
For $p \in [1, \infty]$ the Hardy space $H_p$ is defined as the space of all analytic functions $f$ on the open disk satisfying
$$\|f\|_{H_p} = \sup_{0 < r < 1} \|f(r\cdot)\|_{L_p(\mathbb{T})} &...
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Continuity of parameter integral
Given two compact Hausdorff spaces $K$ and $L$, a bounded and separately continuous function $f:K\times L\to \mathbb C$, and a complex measure with finite variation $\mu$ on $L$ endowed with the Borel ...
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A weighted $W^{2,p}$ estimates
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain and $u\in W^{2,p}(\Omega)\cap H^1_0(\Omega)$. By the classical $L^p$ theory of second order elliptic equation, we have
$$
\|\nabla^2u\|_{L^p(\Omega)}\leq C\|\...
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Asymptotic uniform convexity conditions for subsets of the $B_X$
The following question is relatively straightforward and almost looks like an exercise from a textbook but I have no idea how to handle it. The problem is related to spaces with asymptotically ...
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Would you help me to find this expression?
I'm studying a paper, which I'll include a small piece here. And I'm struggling to calculate
$$C_n\|u_{m,n}\|^{\left(\frac{2*}{2}\right)^k\frac{2*-q}{(r_k)^k}}_{L^{2*}(\Omega)}$$
Where $\Omega$ is an ...
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Dual space of Carleman functions
Let $X$ be the space of all weakly measurable functions $\gamma:\mathbb{R}^n \to L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (modulo functions that are 0 almost everywhere) for which
$$\|\gamma\|_X^2 := \sup_{\|g\|_{L^2}=1} \...
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$ f,g\in \mathrm{VMO} $ but $ f\cdot g\notin \mathrm{VMO} $
We say a function $ f\in L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}) $ is in $\mathrm{BMO}(\mathbb{R})$ if
$$\|f\|_{\mathrm{BMO}}=\sup_{I}\frac{1}{|I|}\int\limits_I |f(y)-f_I|\, dy<\infty$$ for all intervals $I\...
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$L^\infty-L^\infty$ bounds for heat semigroups constructed from the Dirichlet Laplacian
Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary, and let $\Delta$ be the Laplace operator with the Dirichlet boundary condition on $D$. Let $e^{t\Delta}$ be the corresponding ...
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Covering number $C^k$-balls in $C(\mathbb{R}^n)$
Fix a positive integer $n$ and and an non-negative integer $k$. The Arzela-Ascoli theorem guarantees that for a given positive integer $k$ and a given $L>0$ the set
$$
Ball_{C^{k,1}([0,1]^n)}(0,L)
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A version of the Nash-Moser inverse function for unbounded domains?
Do there exist versions of the Nash-Moser inverse function theorem applicable to spaces of unbounded smooth functions on unbounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$? Any reference would be appreciated but ...
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Extended adjoint of Volterra operator
Let $V$ be a Volterra operator on $L^2 [0,1]$.
Does there exist a nonzero operator $X $ satisfying the following system
$VX=XV^∗$, where $V^∗$ is the adjoint of the Volterra operator?
$$ V(f) (x) =\...
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Characterization of a Bochner/strongly measurable function solely as a random element
Be $(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, P)$ and $E$ a probability space and a Banach space respectively.
This paper of G.A. Edgar contains a proof that, for a function $X: \Omega \rightarrow E$, being weakly ...