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Semi-continuity of the dimension of the null space
Suppose $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of Fredholm operators on a Banach space such that $T_k \rightarrow T$ strongly (in the induced operator norm). If $N_k$ and $N$ denote the dimensions of ...
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How Universal is the Topological $\mathbb K$-algebra $C(\Omega, \mathbb K)$?
For $\Omega$ an arbitrary set the family $C(\Omega, \mathbb K)$ of all functions $\Omega \to \mathbb K$ becomes a complete topological $\mathbb K$-algebra under the topology of uniform convergence. ...
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Area defined with $\pm$ closedness
Denote $B_n\subset\Bbb R^n$ to be unit ball at origin.
Denote $S\subset B_n$ to region of type $\mathsf I$ if it satisfies
$$s\in S\iff\forall t\in S, s+t\in S\mbox{ or }s-t\in S$$
I am convinced $\...
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Nemytskii/superposition operator without separability of Banach space?
Let $T:[0,1] \times X \to \mathbb{R}$ be a nonlinear map where $X$ is a Banach space. Suppose that $T$ is a Caratheodory map, so that $t \mapsto F(t,x)$ is measurable and $x \mapsto F(t,x)$ is ...
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An estimate for the maximal $C^*$-norm in the group algebra of a free group
Let $F\twoheadrightarrow G$ be an epimorphism of groups, $F$ being finitely generated and free. Let $H$ be its kernel. Consider a lifting
$i:G\hookrightarrow F$ of the epimorphism.
Every element of $...
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Dilation of positive operators into martingales
In Rota's paper (An Alternierende Verfahren for General Positive Operators), Theorem 2 says that: Let $P$ be a doubly stochastic operator which is selfadjoint in $L^2 (S, \Sigma, \mu)$. Then there is ...
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independent symmetric 3-valued random variables in Lp
Consider the following excerpt from this paper:
Given $1<p<2$, $0<w\leq 1$ and $n\in\mathbb{N}$, we fix once and for all a sequence $f_j^{(n)}=f_{p,w,j}^{(n)}$, $1\leq j\leq n$, of ...
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Poincare inequality for the measure of Brownian path
I am wondering if the Poincare inequality holds for the Brownian path space.
As the simplest example, let $\{w_t, t \in [0, 1]\}$ be a 1-d standard BM: has independent increments and continuous ...
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Pointwise (a.e) evaluation of $\sum_{n \geq 0}(u,w_n)_{L^2}w_n$ and equalities in $L^2$
Let $w_n$ be a orthonormal basis of $L^2(\Omega)$. Given $u \in L^2$ we can write $$u=\sum_{n \geq 0}(u,w_n)_{L^2}w_n.$$
Suppose $w_n$ are the eigenfunctions of the Neumann Laplacian. We can write
$$\...
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Arveson spectrum for a unitary representation of a group on a Hilbert space
Although this is not research, I think the question is a little bit too specific for math.stackexchange
Let $G = \mathbb{R}$. By Stone's theorem, $U(t)\in\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ is generated by a ...
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Transitive closure of balanced bounded mass transport
Given two $\sigma$-finite measures $\mu$ and $\nu$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$, write $\mu \sim \nu$ iff there exist countable decompositions $\mu = \mu_1 + \mu_2 + \cdots$ and $\nu = \nu_1 + \nu_2 + \cdots$ ...
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Infinite sums with Mobius Inversion : can we have uniform convergence of inversion formula?
My question is on Mobius inversion formula convergence/properties when used with infinite sums of function.
Lets consider (on $\mathbb{R}^{+}$):
$$S(x)= \sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} f(nx)$$
We call $...
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Lipschitz continuity of a composition operator
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian submanifold of $\mathbb{R}^K$, $U\subset \mathbb{R}^K$ an open neighboorhood of $M$ such that the shortest point Projection $P_M\colon U\rightarrow M$ is well-defined ...
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About the small set expansion conjecture
Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a $\delta > 0$ one wants to calculate $h(G,\delta)=min_{\vert S\vert \leq \delta \vert V \vert } \phi(S)$. ($\phi(S) = \frac{ E(S,\bar{S}) }{d min \{\vert S \vert , n - \...
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A Characterization of Closed Ideals in $C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n)$
The space $C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ can be turned into a topological ring using the Whitney topology. Whitney's Spectral Theorem says that the closure of an ideal in this ring is the ideal of all ...
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Stationarity of Brownian motion with drift
Suppose the following SDE for $X_t$ is well-posed:
$$dX_t = \sqrt{2}\, dB_t - \nabla\Phi(X_t)\,dt.$$
For what $\Phi\in C^1(R^d)$ will $X$ have stationary distribution $u_{\infty}$? For what $\Phi$ ...
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Norm condition in a Banach lattice
Consider the following "condition (J)" on the norm of a (real or complex) Banach lattice $E$: whenever $x$ and $y$ are disjoint (i.e., $|x|\wedge |y|=0$) then
$\|x+y\|+\|x-y\|=2\|x\|+2\|y\|$.
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Bounded functions dense in Sobolev Spaces
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. Is it always true that the subspace $C^2_b(M)\cap W^{2,p}(M)$ is dense in $W^{2, p}(M)$, where $C^2_b(M)$ denotes the space of functions that are uniformly ...
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Existence of solution to weak form of linear equation with boundary integral (parabolic PDE)
Let $W(0,T) := \{ u \in L^2(0,T;H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)) \mid u_t \in L^2(0,T;H^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega))\}$. Let $\gamma$ and $\xi$ denote the trace map and its right inverse.
Does there ...
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Strong solution to $u_t - \Delta_p u = f$
For $p > 1$, consider the equation
$$\langle u_t, v \rangle + \int_\Omega |\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u \nabla v = \langle f, v \rangle$$
$$u(0) = u_0$$
$$u|_{\partial\Omega} =0$$
for all $v \in W^{1,p}(...
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An upper bound for a average of a function in $L_{p}([0,1))$
Suppose that $ f $ is $ 1 $-periodic and that $ f \in {L^{p}}([0,1) $, where $ p > 1 $. Let
$$
(D_{n})_{n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}} =
\left( \left\{
I^{n}_{j},~
1\leq j \leq 2^{n} \}
\right\} \right)_{n ...
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Reference for existence results for 2D forced viscous Burgers equation
I am looking for results concering the following parabolic PDE
$$u\cdot\nabla u + \Delta u = F(x),$$
where $$u\colon\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^2,$$ and $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ is a 2D domain (bounded or ...
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Pointwise a.e. formulation of parabolic PDE, what if null set depends on test function?
Let $u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ with $u_t \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$ be a solution of
$$\langle u_t(t), v \rangle + a(t;u(t), v) = \langle f(t), v \rangle$$
where $f \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$ and we have the usual assumptions ...
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Density of function spaces
Let $\Omega$ be a subset of either $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$, if it matters) or of a compact manifold. In either case, we'll call the manifold $M$. Let $V_i\subset V_{i+1} \subset \Omega$ be an ...
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The distribution of maximum of fraction Brownian motion over finite time interval
Suppose that $\{B_t^H,\ t\geq 0\}$ is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst exponent $H$, I wonder if there are explicit expressions for the joint distribution of
$(\sup_{0\leq t\leq T}B_t^H,B_T^H)$...
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What are the first non-maximal non-group-subgroup simple irreducible subfactors?
Definition: For an irreducible (finite index) subfactor $(\mathcal{N} \subset \mathcal{M})$, an intermediate $(\mathcal{N} \subset \mathcal{P} \subset \mathcal{M})$
is normal if the biprojections $e_{\...
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convergence of $e^{it\Delta}f$
I heard of a conjecture that
$e^{it\Delta}f\rightarrow f$ a.e. as $t\rightarrow 0$ for $f\in H^{1/4+\epsilon}$
but couldn't find a proper reference.
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Invexity of the $L_2$ norm
I have the following function:
$ f({\bf A,b}) = \| {\bf y - XAb} \|_2^2$
where ${\bf y}_{n \times 1}$ and ${\bf X}_{n \times p}$ are fixed, and ${\bf A}_{p \times r}$ and ${\bf b}_{r,1}$ are the ...
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Variational Principle for a System of Differential Equations
I am studying a differential operator of the form $$ L\left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \end{array}\right) = -\Delta \left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \end{array}\right) + V(x)\left(\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \...
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Small rectangle probability
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $\mu$ be a centered Gaussian measure on it. Also, let the eigenpair corresponding to $\mu$ be $(i^{-\alpha} , e_i)$ with $\alpha > 1$. Assume we have a ball of radius ...
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Closed Graph Theorem and Spaces Of Continuous Functions
Let $X$ be a (Tychonoff) topological space. Consider $C\left(X\right)$ being a topological vector space of all continuous scalar-valued functions with the compact-open topology.
Assume that $Y$ is a ...
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Method to Generate Random Mutually Orthogonal Unitary Matrices
The title says it all, I'd like to know if such a method exists to generate random mutually orthogonal unitary matrices. If so, any supplementary references would be very much obliged. Thanks again!
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Smooth function over a manifold into an algebra
Let $M$ be a manifold and $A$ a $*$-algebra. Does is hold that
$$C^{\infty}(M,A) \cong C^{\infty}(M) \otimes A$$
where the RHS means that you take smooth functions which map into $A$. If this holds, ...
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Can we obtain topology results using analysis in metric measures spaces?
Let $M$ be a smooth compact manifold. It is known that a lower bound on the Ricci curvature is equivalent to the convexity of the entropy on $\mathcal{P}^2(M)$ (Von Rennesse and Sturm '05), but I don'...
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$C^0$ estimates in wrapped Lagrangian Floer cohomology
Let $(M, d\theta, \theta, Z)$, be an exact Liouville domain, where $Z$ is the Liouville vector field and $\theta$ is the primitive of the symplectic form. Let $\bar{M}$, be the symplectic completion ...
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Generalized family of Hölder inequalities
Is the "only if" direction of the following fact known?
For fixed sequences $(a)_i = a_1, \dots, a_r$, $(b)_i = b_1, \dots, b_r$ and $(c)_i = c_1, \dots, c_r$, the inequality $\prod_{i = 1}^...
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Closure of pseudodifferential operators of order 0 on compact manifolds
Let $M$ be a compact manifold. If we have a pseudodifferential operator $P$ of order $0$ on $M$, then $P$ is pseudolocal, i.e., every commutator $[f,P]$ with a continuous function $f \in C(M)$ is a ...
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Tauberian theorem from generalized Gelfand transform
Wiener's theorem gives the necessary and sufficient conditions for the set of translates of a set of functions to be dense in $L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$, which translates algebraically into a statement about ...
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Equivalence of Gaussian measures on Hilbert space
Suppose we have 2 nondegenerate Gaussian measures given by N(0,T) and N(0,S) supported on a separable Hilbert space H. T and S are such that eigenbasis of S lies in the cameron martin space of N(0,T)....
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A section from subfactors to transitive groups
A finite group-subgroup subfactor is a subfactor $(N \subset M)$ isomorphic to $(R^G \subset R^H)$ with $(H \subset G)$ an inclusion of finite groups acting as outer automorphism on the hyperfinite II$...
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Are there pathological examples of log-concave measures that admit no shifts?
Does there exist a random vector $X$ in, say, the space $\mathbb{R}^\infty$ of sequences that has the following properties?
The distribution of $X$ is log-concave, i.e. for every $n$ the joint ...
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Finding density of Haar measure relative to the Liouville volume measure on $\frac{G^{\mathbb{C}}}{P}$
Let $G$ be a connected compact Lie group and $G^{\mathbb{C}}$ be the complexification of the Lie group $G$ then we know that by polar decomposition we can write $G^{\mathbb{C}}\cong G\times \mathfrak{...
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Is every covariance operator the covariance of a measure?
Let $X$ be a topological linear space over $\mathbb R$ which is complete and Hausdorff with a dual space that separates points. Let $k : X^* \to X$ be an arbitrary covariance operator. i.e., any ...
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Fourier transform and support of a distribution
Let $T \in \mathscr D'(\mathbb R^n)$ be a distribution, such that its Fourier transform $\widehat T$ is a real analytic function on $\mathbb R^n$ but it can't be continued to an entire function on $\...
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Domain of the adjoint of the Laplacian
Given a domain $\Omega \subset\Bbb R^n$, consider the set $D := \{u \in L^2(\Omega)| \Delta u \in L^2(\Omega)\}$, where $-\Delta$ is the Laplacian.
I think this is the domain of the adjoint of $-\...
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Constant in Maximal sobolev regularity
We know the following evolution equation
\begin{equation}
\left\{
\begin{array}{llc}
v_t=A v+f,\\
v(0)=0.
\end{array}
\right.
\end{equation}
$A$ generates a bounded analytic semigroup on a Banach ...
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Comparison of Hardy's inequality and Sobolev's inequality
Both, Hardy's inequality and Sobolev's inequality, are estimates that compare the Laplacian of a function and to the function itself, admittedly in a slightly different fashion.
Still they seem to be ...
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Characterizing a functional that takes convolution to addition
Let $H:L^2[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfy
$$H(f*g)=H(f)+H(g).$$
Question:Is there a characterization of all such functionals $H$?
Related questions:Can it be extended to measures? If so, is it ...
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inifinite tensor product algebra representation
For a finite integer $N$, let $A_n = \bigotimes^n M_N(\mathbb{C})$. $A_n$ embeds in $A_{n+1}$. Let $A_\infty = \cup A_n$. Are the (complex) irreducible representations of $A_\infty$ known? It is ...
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Degree of a function in $H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\mathbb{S}^1,\mathbb{S}^1)$
We can define the degree of a function $f \in H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\mathbb{S}^1,\mathbb{S}^1)$ as
$$\mathrm{deg} \hspace{1mm} f = \frac{1}{2\pi i} \int_{\mathbb{S}^1} f^{-1} \frac{\partial f}{\partial \...
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