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Explicit estimates on summability kernels
A "summability kernel" is a sequence of functions $k_n:[0,1)\to \mathbb C$ such that
$$ \int_0^1 k_n(t) \mathrm d t =1,$$
$$ \int_0^1 |k_n(t)| \mathrm d t =O(1),$$ with an implied constant ...
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Square-root lattices: where do they appear?
As an experimental physicist working on crystallography I'm often dealing with the reconstruction of an object from intensity data that emerge from an imaging device. In mathematics the problem is ...
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A statement on completeness of complex exponentials
I'm currently reading a paper by Olevskii on almost integer translates: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0764444297878731
In this paper the author considers for a given sequence $\{ \...
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The inversion of the Laplacian transform Pazy's Book "semigroups of linear operators and applications to Partial differential equations"
This question has been posted on Math Stack Exchange but no reply, and so I have to put it here. My question is:
In Pazy's Book page 26, the author gives a proof of Lemma 7.1, the lemma 7.1 says that: ...
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Elliptic partial differential equations with Robin boundary condition and domain of fractional power of Robin Laplacian operator
This question has been posted on Mathematics Stack Exchange but got no response, and so I put it here.
When I read the paper "On the attractor for a semilinear wave equation with critical ...
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Function monotony between [0,T] and $L^2$
Let $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded and smooth domain. If $z:[0,T]\to L^2(\Omega)$ is a function in $H^1([0,T],L^2(\Omega))$ with the property that $z'(t)(x):=z'(t,x)>0$ a.e. on $\Omega$ ...
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On Riesz decomposition of Volterra operator
Let $T:L^2((0,1)) \to L^2((0,1))$ be the Volterra operator defined by
$$ Tf(x) = \int_0^x f(t)\,dt.$$
Given any $\lambda\neq 0$ it is well known that there exists some positive integer $n=n(\lambda)$ ...
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Boundedness of an extension operator
Let $d \ge 2$ be a positive integer. For $x=(x_1,\dotsc,x_{d-1},x_d)$, we write $x'=(x_1,\dotsc,x_{d-1})$. Let $\mathbb{H}^d=\{x=(x',x_d) \mid x_d>0\}$ denote the $d$-dimensional upper half-space.
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Spectrum of the complex harmonic oscilllator
Let
$$
H_\lambda=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+\lambda^2 x^2,\quad\lambda>0.
$$ It is known that the spectrum of $H_\lambda$ is the set $\{(2n-1)\lambda,n\in \Bbb N^*\}$. Now put
$$
(U_\mu \phi)(x)= e^{\mu\...
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Properties of non-integer powers of the Hodge Laplacian
Consider a complete smooth Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$.
I think that it is not difficult to prove that the $k$ Hodge Laplacian is essentially selfadjoint in the relevant $L^2$ space of $k$ forms, ...
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Bounded operator on $L^2(\Bbb R^2)$
Let $\lambda\in \{z\in\Bbb C\mid \text{Re}(z)>0\quad \text{and}\quad \text{Im}(z)>0 \}$. Consider the operator $T_\lambda: L^2(\Bbb C)\to L^2(\Bbb C)$:
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f\mapsto T_\lambda(f)(z)=\int_{\Bbb C}f(...
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Weighted logarithmic Sobolev inequality
$\DeclareMathOperator\Ent{Ent}$The usual logarithmic Sobolev inequality says that
$$
\Ent_\mu(f^2)\leq C\int |\nabla f|^2 d\mu
$$
where the entropy
$$
\Ent_\mu(f^2)=\int f^2 \log\left( \frac{f^2}{\int ...
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Proof of density of smooth functions in $H(\operatorname{curl})$ with $L^2$ tangential trace
I am trying to understand the proof of the following statement that is presented in the book “Finite Element Methods for Maxwell's Equations” by Peter Monk. The original source of the proof is a 1997 ...
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Example of a compact operator that is not uniformly continuous
I want to find a Banach space $E$ and a compact operator $K:[0,1]\times E \rightarrow E$ (that is, $K$ maps every bounded sequence onto a sequence that converges up to a subsequence) satisfying the ...
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Concentration compactness lemma and the best Sobolev constant
It is well known that the best Sobolev constant can be achieved on $\mathbf{R}^n$. More precisely, we have the following theorem (A):
Let $\frac{1}{q}=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{n}$, $$S=\inf\limits_{{u\in ...
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Why operator systems?
A $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebra $\mathcal{A}\subset B(\mathsf{H})$ is a norm-closed, self-adjoint subalgebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space. If we then take a unital self-adjoint (possibly closed) ...
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The complement of $L_1(0,1)$ in $L_1(0,1)^{**}$
Let $\mu$ be a finite measure, like the Lebesgue measure in $(0,1)$. It is well-known that $L_1(\mu)$ and its second dual $L_1(\mu)^{**}$ are Banach lattices, $L_1(\mu)$ is a projection band in $L_1(\...
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Approximation in Bochner spaces
Is there any result like the Bramble-Hilbert lemma for Bochner spaces?
More specifically: let $H$ be a (e.g.) Hilbert space, $I\subset \mathbb R$ a bounded interval, and $L \in \mathcal L(H^k(I;H), Y)...
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Spectral measure for a finite set of mutually commuting normal operators
The following question is from Exercise $\S 11.11$ in A Course in Operator Theory written by John B. Conway:
Suppose $\{N_1, \cdots, N_p\}$ is a finite set of mutually commuting normal operators in $...
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Representing solutions of $-\Delta u+au=f$ when $a\leq 0$
Let $\Omega=[0,1]\times [0,1]$ be the square. We say a function $f\in H^1(\Omega)$ is periodic on $\Omega$ if $f(x,0)=f(x,1)$ and $f(0,y)=f(1,y)$ (in the sense of traces of course). Now consider the ...
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How to prove an equality involving Laguerre polynomials
Assume $\mu<0$. Let $L^\alpha_n(x)$ be Laguerre polynomials of type $n$ and $f\in L^2(\Bbb C)$.
How to prove that $$\sum^\infty_{k=0}\int_{\Bbb C} f(z)\frac{1}{2(2k+1)-\mu}L^0_k(\lvert z\rvert^2)...
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N-wave solution of conservation law $u_t + (u - u^2)_x = 0$
How can we compute the "N-wave" source-solution of the conservation law
$$u_t + (u - u^2)_x = 0, $$
that is, the entropy solution of this conservation law with the initial data $u(0,\cdot) = ...
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Commutative Banach algebras with zero-dimensional maximal ideal space and disjoint supports of Gelfand transforms
Let $A$ be a commutative semi-simple unital Banach algebra and let $\Delta$ be the maximal ideal space of $A$. Denote by $\widehat{\cdot}\colon A\to C(\Delta)$ the Gelfand transform.
If $\Delta$ is ...
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$\Psi$ in finite Wiener–Itô Chaos implies existence of continuous representative on neighborhood of Cameron–Martin space?
Let $(\Theta, H, \mu)$ be an abstract Wiener space, i.e. let $(\Theta, \lVert \cdot \rVert_{\Theta})$ be a separable Banach space, let $(H, \langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle_{H})$ be a separable Hilbert ...
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Harmonic analysis for a beginner
I am currently dealing with discrete Fourier transform and correlation technique to construct the spectrum of a broad band signal. It's already known that if I have enough observations of the signal, ...
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Is there a reflexive Banach space whose ball is not the convex hull of its extreme points?
Let $X$ be a reflexive Banach space. Then the convex hull of the extreme points of the unit ball is weakly dense by the Krein-Milman theorem and Kakutani's theorem. My question is, if there is an ...
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Does locally nilpotent imply nilpotent for continuous self-maps of intervals?
Let $f\in C([0,1],[0,1])$ be such that:
$$\forall x\in [0,1], \; \exists k\in \mathbb N, \; f^{\circ k}(x)=0.$$
Is it true that $f$ is nilpotent (i.e., that there is some $k$ such that $f^{\circ k}=0$)...
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Why is the essential numerical range defined as $W_e(T) = \bigcap_{K\in \mathcal K(H)} \overline{W(T+K)}$?
I have been introduced to the following definition of the essential numerical range of a bounded, linear operator on a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space:
$$W_e(T) := \bigcap_{K\in \mathcal ...
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Is it possible to extend Borel's lemma to the case of functional derivatives?
Let us think of a collection of tempered distributions $\{ T(x_1, \cdots, x_n)\}_{n=0}^\infty$. Here I will specifically set $x_i \in \mathbb{R}^4$ since I am considering quantum field theory and ...
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for $\mbox{trace}(A^{-1/2}e^{-tB} (AB+BA) e^{-tB}A^{-1/2}) \ge 0$ for all $t$
Let $A$ and $B$ be positive-definite matrices of the same size. For any $t \ge 0$, define
$$
u(t) := \mbox{trace}(A^{-1/2}e^{-tB} (AB+BA) e^{-tB}A^{-1/2}).
$$
Question. What are necessary and ...
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Anisotropic Calderon-Zygmund decomposition
I am looking for the following version of Calderon-Zygmund decomposition, consider an function $f \in L^1(R^{d+1})$ and cylinders of the form $Q_{R,R^p}$ for some fixed $p \in (0,\infty)$, The ...
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Chain rule in Sobolev space
In the theory of Sobolev space, we have the following chain rule:
For a uniformly Lipschitz function $F : \mathbf{R}\to \mathbf{R}$ such that $F(0)=0$,
and $u\in W^{1,1}(\mathbf{R}^n)$, then we have ...
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Equivalence between two fractional Sobolev spaces
For $s \in (0,1)$, we consider the spectral fractional Laplacian
\begin{align}
(-\Delta)^{-s}u = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\lambda_k^{-s}(\phi_k,u)_{L^2}\phi_k
\end{align}
where
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
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Gaussian-to-Gaussian transformations are affine a.e.?
Let $\mathcal{G}_n = \{ N(\mu,\Sigma) ; \mu \in \mathbb{R}^n, \Sigma > 0\}$ be the collection of Gaussian distributions on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with full support.
If $f : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^k$ ...
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What is the closed cone generated by constant and coordinate functions and closed under taking $f\mapsto\max(f,0)$?
Let $C$ be the smallest closed convex cone of functions from $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $\mathbb{R}$ that contains all constant functions, all coordinate functions, and such that $\max(f,0)\in C$ whenever $f\...
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Why we have $f=0$
Define the Fourier transform for a suitable function $f\in L^1(\Bbb R)$ by $\widehat{f}(\xi)=\int_{\Bbb R}f(x)e^{-ix\xi} dx$.
Assume the condition $$\int_{\Bbb R}\int_{\Bbb R}|\widehat{f}(\xi)f(x)|^...
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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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Isomorphic embedding of $l^n_{\infty}$ into $l_1^m$?
Given $n$, is there a $C(n)$-isomorphic embedding of $l^n_{\infty}$ into $l^m_1$ for sufficiently large $m$ and $C(n)<<\log(n)$?
For $n=2$ this can done with $m=2$. There are some results about $...
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On the equality $\{f\in C(X), f|_A=0\}+\{f\in C(X), f|_B=0\}=\{f\in C(X), f|_{A\cap B}=0\}$
Let $X$ be a Tychonoff space, let $A,B\subset X$ be closed. Let $J_A$ be the set of all continuous on $X$ real-valued functions which vanish on $A$.
For which $X$'s is it true that $J_A+J_B=J_{A\cap ...
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Almost everywhere convergent Fourier series
Apparently there is a deep theorem stating:
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{C}$ be a function satisfying $f(x)=f(x+2\pi)$ and $\int_0^{2\pi}|f(x)|^2dx<\infty$. Then the Fourier series of $f$ converges ...
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Maximal function estimate for differential quotient of function satisfying $\nabla f \in BMO$
For a function $f \in W^{1,p}(\mathbb R^N)$, it is well-known that there exists a constant $C_N$ (dependent on $N$) such that
$$
|f(x)-f(y)| \le C_N|x-y|(\mathcal M|\nabla f|(x) + \mathcal M|\nabla f|(...
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Can we decompose an increasing net of functions into two increasing nets with prescribed supports?
Let $K$ be a compact Hausdorff space and let $U,V\subset K$ be open. Let $\left(f_{i}\right)_{i\in I}$ be an increasing net of continuous non-negative functions such that $f_{i}\le 1$ and $f_{i}$ ...
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Cameron-Martin space of product space
Suppose you have Banach spaces $\mathcal B_\alpha$ where $\alpha$ is in some index set $I$. Let $\mu_\alpha$ be Gaussian measures on $\mathcal B_\alpha$ with Cameron-Martin spaces $\mathcal H_{\mu_\...
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Right spectral gap of vector of two independent Markov chains
Let $(X_i)$ be a stationary Markov chain on $S$ (a potentially uncountable space with a Borel sigma algebra) with stationary distribution $\pi$ and transition kernel $P$. Let $(Y_i)$ be a stationary ...
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Existence of a suitable smooth kernel
Denote by $H=L^2([0,1])$ the Hilbert space of square integrable real valued functions on the interval $[0,1]$. Does there exist a nontrivial smooth real valued function $k$ on the unit interval such ...
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Lipschitz map on positive definite cone of $n$-by-$n$ matrices
A function matrix $f : X \to \mathbb R$ is a convex Lipschitz continuous matrix function with Lipschitz constant $\mathrm L$ with respect to a fixed given norm $\|\cdot\|$, i.e., $|f(A)-f(B)| \leq \...
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Which elements live in the image of the canonical map $X \otimes_\mathcal{F} M \to B(M_*, X)$?
Let $X\subseteq B(H)$ be an operator system and let $M\subseteq B(K)$ be a von Neumann algebra. We form the Fubini-tensor product
$$X \otimes_\mathcal{F} M := \{z \in B(H\otimes K): (\sigma\otimes \...
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Predual of $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$
Is the predual of $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$ contained in the maximal ideal space of $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$?
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Existence of a limit of alpha-difference quotient for Hölder functions
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^d,d\geq 1,$ be an Hölder function with exponent $\alpha\in (0,1)$, meaning that
\begin{equation}
\sup_{x, y \in \mathbb R, \,x\neq y}\frac{|f(x)-f(y)|}{|x-y|^\alpha}<...
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Tracial linear functionals on an amenable Banach algebra
This post is related to an earlier question about Kazhdan property (T). The purpose of the snippet below is to briefly summarize the background for the question in this post.
Question: Does there ...
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