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decreasing rearrangements: why the asymmetry of measure-preserving maps?
Ryff proved in 1970 that the decreasing rearrangement $f^*$ of a, say, continuous function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ admits a measure preserving map $\phi$ such that $f=f^*\circ\phi$. In general it is ...
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How to use Galerkin method to obtain existence with spaces $V \subset H$ not compactly embedded
With $V \subset H \subset V'$ a Hilbert triple (separable spaces as well), let's consider
$$u' + Au = f$$
in $L^2(0,T;V')$, where $A:V \to V'$ is bounded and linear. If $V \subset H$ is not compact, ...
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Is the fundamental group of a maximal subfactor always $\mathbb{R}_{+}^{*}$?
The fundamental group $\mathcal{F}(N \subset M)$ of a unital inclusion of II$_{1}$ factors $N \subset M$ is defined as : $\mathcal{F}(N \subset M) =\{t >0 \ | \ (N \subset M)^{t} \simeq (N \...
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Сonvergence of the sum
This is a problem from my exam on functional analysis. I did only trivial case and now I'm just curious about another cases.
Let $T : H \rightarrow H$ is a linear continuous unitary ($T^*=T^{-1}$) ...
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Deleting "weak homeomorphism" in a Hilbert space
It is well-known that there exists a homeomorphism $h$
from an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $H$ to $H\setminus\{0\}$.
Does there exist a "weak homeomorphism" $g:H \to H\setminus\{0\}$,
that is, $...
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Shift-invariant submultiplicative seminorms of $\ell^{\infty}$
Question: Is there a shift-invariant submultiplicative seminorm $||\cdot||$ of $\ell^\infty$ which satisfies the following property?
If $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ is an increasing function ...
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Application and relevance of Sobolev gradients
The Sobolev gradient concept has been developed in the 1970s, with a first publication in 1985, and an introduction can be found at: Ranka
I would like to learn how strong the impact of Sobolev ...
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What information about a locally compact group $G$ is encoded in $C_r^\ast(G)$ which is not in $L^1(G)$?
Let $G$ be a locally compact group and let $ C_r^\ast(G) $ denote its reduced group $C^\ast$-algebra. Many features of a $G$ can be realized from $L^1(G)$ or $C_r^\ast(G)$. For example, $G$ is ...
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Extending a Hilbert space isometrically
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, and let $X$ be a topological vector space.
Under what conditions on the topologies of $X$ and $H$ does there exist an injective, continuous linear map $f : H \to X$?
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Extension divergence-free, curl-converging vector field
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Consider a smooth open Set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ and a bounded sequence of vector fields $(u_n)_n \in L^2(\Omega)$ having $0$ divergence. I know how to extend this sequence to the whole ...
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Growth of inner functions on the disk
Recall that an inner function on the disk $D$ is a bounded analytic function on $D$ having radial limits of modulus one almost everywhere.
There has been many works on the growth of the inner ...
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Is the construction of ring C*-algebra functorial?
Cunz and Li defined defined C*-algebras for arbitrary rings with of course some condition. One can look at their article (http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4861). My question: is the construction functorial? ...
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question about bidual normed space
Consider a Banach $\mathbb{R}$-space E and an element $u\in E''$ such that :
for all sequence $\phi_n\in E'$ which $\sigma(E',E)$-converges to $\phi \in E'$, one has $\lim u(\phi_n)=u(\phi)$.
Is it ...
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spectrum of a polygon and zeta function
Let $\Delta(x,y) = 1,0$ according to whether $(x,y)$ is in some polygon (symmetric with respect to the diagonal axis).
E.g. The convex hull of three points (taken from a paper on dominoes)
$$ \...
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Isometric automorphism of $c_0$ different than coordinate permutation
Does there exist an isometric automorphism of $c_0$ which is not a permutation of coordinates?
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Continuous selection given both upper and lower hemicontinuity
Suppose that $X,Y$ are compact metric spaces, and $g:X\rightarrow Y$ is a multivalued mapping that is both upper and lower hemicontinuous. Is there a single valued continuous selection of $g$? If it ...
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A maximum of a function
When studying the $\text{UMD}$ constants of spaces like $L_{p_1}(L_{p_2}(\cdots (L_{p_n})\cdots))$, I encounter the following question: Let $\alpha > 0$, define $$C(\alpha) : = \sup_{a > 0, b>...
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Norm estimate for Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse of $i^\ast T i$
Let $G$ and $H$ be Hilbert spaces, let $i : G \rightarrow H$ be an isometric inclusion (so $G$ is a subspace of $H$) and let $T : H \rightarrow H$ be a bounded linear operator with closed range.
That ...
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Dense subalgebras of von Neumann algebras and increasing nets
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Let $N$ be a von Neumann algebra, and $A$ be a dense $∗$-subalgebra of $N$ (in the ultraweak topology) with $A''=N$. Is it true that:
For any $x∈N^+$, there ...
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Ways to establish equality of measures on locally compact spaces
Let $M$ be a locally compact space and $\mu$ be some probability measure on $M$. Let $y^\ast \in M$, $f(x,y)$ be a real continuous bounded function $M \times M \to \mathbb{R}$. Consider an equality
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Does this inequality of negative relative entropy and quantum relative entropy hold?
Hello, everyone!
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I have a question about the relationship between general relative entropy and general quantum relative entropy: Given a unit vector $|i\rangle$ and two Hermitian matrices $...
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Continuous function sort
If you have a real-valued function f(x), positive, continuous and bounded on some interval, then what kind of transform would convert this to a monotonic function g(x) on that interval analogously to ...
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Is this integral operator about Stokes' Flow compact?
Consider the following integral operator $\mathcal{A}$ on [EDITED: continuous vector function $f=(f_i):\partial S\to{\mathbb R}^3$]:
$$
({\mathcal A}f)_j(x_0):=\int_{\partial S}\sum_{i=1}^3 f_i(x)G_{...
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Does the existence of an asymtpotic density imply the existence of a measure on infinite dimensional (path) space?
This question is related to the following question
Question about a Limit of Gaussian Integrals and how it relates to Path Integration (if at all)?
A couple of authors have observed that composing a ...
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Morphism of von Neumann Algebras
Hello,
Is there a counterexample to the following statement:
let $A,B$ two von Neumann algebras, every morphism $A \rightarrow B$ of $C^* $-algebras is a $W^*$-homomorphism ?
( a $W^* $-...
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PDES - from Vector fields whose inner product with their vector Laplacian equals norm of the vector field
Let $g(x_{1},........,x_{n}) = \sum_{i=1}^{n}g_{i}(x_{1},\cdots,x_{n})e_{i}$ be a function in $\mathbb{C}^n$ ($e_{i}$ are the standard bases).
Let $\nabla^{2}$ be the vector Laplacian. Let $<\cdot,...
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Borel-Cantelli lemma for general measure spaces (those with infinite measure)
The Borel-Cantelli lemma is often stated for a probability space or spaces with finite measure.
But it seems to me that it still holds if the space $X$ is of infinite measure. I seem to be able to ...
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Off-diagonal asymptotic expansion of the Bergman kernel on hyperbolic Riemann surfaces
Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface of genus at least 2. Let $K$ denote the canonical line bundle, and $E$ be any vector bundle. Let $P^{(m)}$ be the projection map from the space $L^2(X,K^mE)$ of ...
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Fixed point theorem for convex, closed multivalued mapping
There is well-known fixed point theorem theorem for multivalued l.s.c. maps, based on Michael selection theorem:
Suppose, that $X$ is compact, convex and metrizable in locally convex Hausdorff ...
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What is the origin of the metrization problem for compact convex sets?
The following is an ``old question in analysis:''
Is it true that every perfectly normal compact convex subset of a locally convex topological vector space is metrizable?
Here perfectly normal means ...
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Stability of convex sets w.r.t. integration over [0,1]
In the preprint on pages 19−20, first using Hahn−Banach, one proves
Lemma 38. For any closed convex set $U$ in a real Hausdorff locally convex space $E$ and for any Riemann integrable $\gamma:[0,1]\...
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Extension of positive operators and Bauer-Namioka
When $X$ is a vector subspace of an ordered vector space $A$, any positive linear functional $f: X \to R$ extends to all of $A$ as a positive linear functional provided one can find a nonvoid, ...
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weak regularity conditions for regions to assure boundary of measure zero
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a region ( bounded, simply connected, open set ). What are some regularity conditions to assure the boundary $\partial\Omega$ is a set of (lebesgue-)measure zero? ...
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Positive block matrices over tensor algebras
Let $A$ be a unital C*-algebra. A positive block matrix in $M_2(A)$ must have the form
$$ \begin{pmatrix} a & a^{1/2} x b^{1/2} \\ b^{1/2} x^* a^{1/2} & b \end{pmatrix}, $$
where $a,b$ are ...
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convex function with distributional Hessian $D^2 f \leqslant \lambda$, $\lambda$-concave?
Let $f:R^n \to R$ be convex (may not $C^1$), $$[D^2f]=[D^2f]_{ac}+[D^2f]_s=[h_{ij}] L^n+[D^2f]_s$$ is the Lebesgue decomposition of the Hessian matrix. Where $[h_{ij}]$ is the density w.r.t the ...
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Do cyclic product vectors generatating irreducible representation of a Lie group come from a unique orbit?
Consider a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ which is a carrier space of a unitary, irreducible and strongly continuous representation $\Pi$ of a Lie group $G$. Let $\Pi\otimes \Pi$ denote the corresponding ...
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What's the natural equivalence of subfactors in general?
Let $A$ be a factor and $\mathcal{C}_{A}$ be the category of all the subfactors $(M \subset N)$ such that $M$ and $N$ are isomorphic to $A$. The most famous of them is perhaps $\mathcal{C}_{R}$ with $...
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When does $\lVert T_n \rVert_p \to \lVert T_0 \rVert_p$ imply $\lVert T_n - T_0 \rVert_p \to 0$?
maybe this question is too elementary but I could not find any results in the functional analysis textbooks I own:
For separable Hilbert spaces $H$, $K$, let $S_p(H,K)$ be the $p$th Schatten class of ...
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Real part of eigenvalues and Laplacian
I am working on imaging and I am a bit puzzled by the behaviour of this matrix:
$$A:=\left(
\begin{array}{cccccc}
1 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 &...
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Uncertainty principle: minimize $\int_{-\infty}^\infty |t| |\widehat{f}(t)|^2 dt$ for $f$ of compact support
This is a question of uncertainty-principle type stemming from Eigenvalue of a convolution and a restriction?
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be even, absolutely continuous and supported in $[-\frac{...
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Function that is (essentially) a self-convolution but not a multiple of a self-convolution
Call a function $F:\mathbb{R}\to C$ nice if it is of the form $F = f\ast \tilde{f}$, where $\tilde{f}(x) = \overline{f(-x)}$. (Of course nice functions are precisely those whose Fourier transform is ...
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A deceptively simple regularity problem for functions on the plane
By various meanderings and toying with simpler problems, my current research has lead me to the following quite straightforward question, which I am wholly unable to answer:
Consider a twice ...
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Bessel spaces and Triebel Lizorkin
It is known that bessel potential spaces $H^{s,p}$ coincide with Triebel-Lizorkin spaces $F^{s}_{p,2}$ for $s\in \mathbb{R}$ and $1<p<\infty$. Im wondering what can be said por $p=1$ and $p=\...
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Functions such that the *integral* of the Fourier transform is non-negative?
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ be in $L^1$, with its Fourier transform $\widehat{f}$ also in $L^1$. What is a necessary and sufficient condition on $f$ so that
$$\int_{-\infty}^x \widehat{f}(t) dt \...
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On distributions and kernels
Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open set and consider $X=\mathbb{R}\times U$. Now, lets consider a smooth (regular) kernel $k_{A}\in C^{\infty}(X\times X)$ and corresponding continuous operator $A:...
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Is the hypothesis "uniformly equivalent" needed?
I am reading S. Shimorin's paper titled Complete Nevanlinna-Pick property of Dirichlet-type spaces. My question concerns Lemma 2.3. which is as follows:
Assume $\mathscr{H}$ is a Hilbert space of ...
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Distributions and time-kernels
Let $U\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open subset and set $M:=I\times U$, where $I=(a,b)\subset\mathbb{R}$ is some open subset. Lets consider a linear operator $B:C^{\infty}_{c}(M)\to C^{\infty}(M)$ that ...
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The support of the functions in the closed span of the Rademacher functions in $L_1(0,1)$
Given a measurable function $f:(0,1)\to \mathbb{R}$, we denote by $M(f)$ the measure of the set $\{t\in (0,1) : f(t)\neq 0\}$.
It is not difficult to prove that if $(f_n)$ is a normalized sequence in $...
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Any rigorous construction of $\phi^4$ theories without the mass term in the Lagrangian? (revised)
There are various papers on rigorous construction of massive $\phi^4$ theories in $2$ or $3$ Euclidean dimensions.
In 2D, there are in fact more general results such as this one by Glimm, Jaffe and ...
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Representation of Dirac-delta distribution in subspace of functions
Suppose I have a subspace $V\subset L^2(\Omega)$ where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a bounded and closed set. $V$ is defined by
\begin{align}
V=\text{span}(\{\varphi_i(x): i=1,2,\dots,n\})
\end{...