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Interpolation between $L_1^0$ and $L_2^0$
Let $L_p^0$ be the mean zero functions in $L_p(G)$, where, say, $G$ is an infinite compact group endowed with normalized Haar measure. Suppose that $T$ is a bounded linear operator on $L_1$ that maps $...
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When do tensor products of C*-algebras commute with colimits?
Let $I$ be a filtered poset, which you should think of as being huge. Let $A_i$ be an $I$-diagram of $C^{\star}$-algebras and let $A$ be the colimit of this diagram; if necessary, we can also assume ...
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Weakly metrizable sets in normed spaces
A similar question was asked on MSE without getting an answer.
In the proof of lemma 1.2 of Asplund operators and holomorphic maps the author (my attempt to contact him failed because the only e-mail ...
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Verbal description, or terminology, for the ${\mathcal L}_p$-spaces of Lindenstrauss and Pelczynski
This question is intended for Banach-space specialists and so I will not repeat all the definitions here. My aim is to find out how the Banach space community refers to such spaces in discussions, and ...
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Are all compact subsets of Banach spaces small in a measure-theoretic sense?
Definition. A subset $K$ of a topological group $X$ is called measure-continuous if there exists a $\sigma$-additive Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $X$ such that for every compact subset $C\subset ...
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Grothendieck spaces and total subspaces of the dual
There is probably an embarrassingly simple counter-example to my question but I couldn't figure it out myself. Let me give it a try here.
A Banach space $X$ is Grothendieck if weak*-convergent ...
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Is there an "exponential law" for differentiable maps between smooth manifolds?
Although it seems like a textbook question, I was not able to find a textbook or even a research article answering the following question:
Let $M$, $N$ and $P$ be finite-dimensional smooth manifolds ...
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A problem concerning $L^2([0,1]\times[0,1])$
Trying to solve a conjecture in differential geometry, I am leaded to the following problem (which may seem weird to a analyst). I wonder if anyone know some techniques that happen to solve it.
Let $...
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Open Questions about Wasserstein Space and PDE
While working on my thesis, I encountered the idea of OMT and started reading some more (like Villani's book). In particular, I came across a PhD thesis by Martial Agueh. I thought it was interesting ...
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Stone-Weierstrass for cones
A version of the Stone-Weierstrass Theorem asserts: If A is a linear subspace of C(K), the set of continuous functions on a compact space, and if A is a subalgebra that contains the constant functions ...
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Density of smooth function in Hilbert spaces
I am looking for a simple reference to the following fact:
If $f:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}$ is continuous, where $\Omega\subset H$ is an open subset of a separable Hilbert space $H$, then for any $\...
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Direct sums of operator spaces
I am interested in the $\ell^1$ analogue of direct sums for Operator spaces, e.g. Operator Space Dictionary. Briefly, and operator space is either a concrete subspace of $B(H)$, the operators on a ...
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Tannakian formalism for topological Hopf algebras
Tannaka-Krein duality allows, under the appropriate assumptions, to reconstruct a Hopf algebra from its category of modules. This method was found to be powerful for instance in the work of Etingof-...
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Characterizing the Dual of $W_0^{s,p}$
I am interested in literature/results characterizing the dual of the fractional Sobolev space $W^{s,p}(\Omega)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is open, bounded, and smooth, $0< s<1$, and $...
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ordered exponential of unbounded operators
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space,
and let $A_t$ be a family of unbounded positive (self-adjoint) operators on $H$ parametrized by $\mathbb t\in R_{\ge 0}$. Consider the ordinary differential equation
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Density of the linear span of products of harmonic polymomials
Let $\mathcal{H}$ denote the space of all harmonic polynomials with complex coefficients in $n$ variables $x_1,\ldots, x_n$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$. I'm trying to show that the linear span of the set $\...
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Approximation via finite rank Cameron-Martin projections
Let $(W, \|\cdot\|_W)$ be a real separable Banach space equipped with
a non-degenerate Gaussian Borel measure $\mu$. Let $H \subset W$ be
the corresponding Cameron-Martin Hilbert space (also known as ...
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Which W*-algebras are the duals of C*-coalgebras?
A Banach algebra (assumed associative and unital) is precisely a monoid object in the monoidal category of Banach spaces, short linear maps, and the projective tensor product. A Banach coalgebra is ...
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Does a quantitative version of Fredholm theory exist?
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $K:X\to X$ be a compact operator. If $I+K$ is injective then it is onto and hence the inverse $(I+K)^{-1}$ is bounded. What kind of qualitative or quantitative ...
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What's the nearest algebraic theory to inner product spaces?
Following the references to the accepted answer to Is the category of Banach spaces with contractions an algebraic theory? one discovers that there is an algebraic theory (infinitary) which is closely ...
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Approximation of a compactly supported function by Gaussians
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function whose support is a closed interval, e.g. $\text{supp}(f)=[a,b]$. Then $f$ can be approximated (e.g. in $L^2$) by a linear combination of Gaussian ...
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Cutting a Gaussian in two pieces that are maximally separated in the Wasserstein metric
Denote the standard Gaussian probability measure on $\mathbb R^n$ by $\gamma$. We partition $\mathbb R^n$ into two sets $A$ and $A^c$ such that $\gamma(A) = \gamma(A^c) = 1/2$.
Denote by $\gamma_{A}$...
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What are the predictive implications of conditional non-commutative probability?
To simplify things, let's consider the Hilbert approach to quantum probability over a finite dimensional vector space $V$ of dimension $n$.
In this context a state $S$ is a positive semi-definite ...
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(Sharp) Bounds on $E(XYZ)$ given all the bivariate marginals
Suppose $X,Y,Z$ are all real-valued random variables. Suppose I know the joint marginal distributions of $(X,Y)$, $(Y,Z)$ and $(X,Z)$. I want to find bounds on $E(XYZ)$.
In the case of bounding $E(XY)$...
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Sobolev inequalities on manifolds: dependence of the constants on the Riemannian metric
Let $g$ be a smooth Riemannian metric on the 2-torus $T^2$. $g$ induces the Sobolev space $W^{2,2}_g(T^2)$ via the norm
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\|f\|_{W^{2,2}_g}^2 = \int_M |f|^2 + g(\nabla^2 f,\nabla^2 f)\, \text{vol}_g,
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Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with discrete Laplacian
In the paper "Global existence and scattering for rough solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^3$" by Colliander, Keel, Staffilani, Takaoka and Tao it is argued in the beginning ...
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Pull-back of generalized functions
Let $f\colon X\to Y$ be a smooth map between smooth manifolds. Then the pull-back operation
$f^*\colon C^\infty(Y)\to C^\infty(X)$ is a linear continuous operator when $C^\infty$ is equipped with the ...
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Completeness of Borel measure
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space and $\mu$ a finite Borel measure without atoms which is outer regular with respect to open sets and inner regular with respect to compact sets. Can such measure be ...
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Can the trace be computed in any Schauder basis?
I'm cross-posting this question from Math.SE, as it didn't get much attention there.
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and $T \in L(H)$ a trace-class operator. It is well known that the trace of $T$...
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Inverse function theorem for $W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}$ functions
Let $n\ge 2$, $f:B_1\subset \mathbb R^n\rightarrow \mathbb R^n$, $f\in W^{2,n}\cap W^{1,\infty}(B_1)$, $\text{det}(Df)>c>0$, where $B_1$ is the unit ball. Can we show that $f$ is a homeomorphism ...
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Upper bound Hölder norm of the solution to the non-linear PDE $\partial_t u (t, x) = \Delta_x \{ |\sigma (u (t, x))|^2 u(t, x) \}$
We fix $T>0$ and let $\mathbb T := [0, T]$. Let $\sigma : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ belong to the Hölder space $C^{1, \alpha}_b (\mathbb R)$ for some $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. Let $u : \mathbb T \times \...
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Eigenfunctions of the integral kernel $1/(x^2 + x'^2)$
My question seems elementary, yet I could not find the solution after working on and searching for several days...
I'd like to find the eigenfunctions of a simple integral kernel:
\begin{equation}
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“Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Laurent series” is to _________?
Preamble
My question is similar to an earlier MathOverflow question:
“Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Padé approximant” is to _________? which I just answered (hopefully my first ever ...
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Extremal bases in finite-dimensional Banach spaces
Definition. A basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$ for a Banach space $X$ is called extremal if there exists a point $s$ in the unit sphere $S_X=\{x\in X:\|x\|=1\}$ such that for every $i\in\{1,\dots,n\}$ the ...
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Norm-attaining operators with values in a 2-dimensional Hilbert space
Is the set $N\!A(X,\ell_2^2)$ of norm-attaining operators from a Banach space $X$ onto the $2$-dimensional Hilbert space $\ell^2_2$ dense in the Banach space $L(X,\ell_2^2)$ of all linear continuous ...
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Are biduals of spaces of differentiable functions on hypercubes Grothendieck?
Consider the space $E_n = C^1([0,1]^n)$ of continuously differentiable functions with the usual norm
$$\max\{ \|f\|_\infty, \|f^\prime_{x_1}\|_\infty, \ldots, \|f^\prime_{x_n}\|_\infty\}.$$ making it ...
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Witt's proof of Gelfand-Mazur / Ostrowski's Theorem
Previously asked on Math Stackexchange without answers.
Background: As sort of a hobby, Ernst Witt gave extremely short proofs for famous theorems. This question is about his six-line proof of the ...
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Do sufficiently large Banach spaces admit non-compact operators with not too large range?
As in the title,
does there exist a cardinal number $\lambda$ such that for every Banach space $X$ of density/cardinality at least $\lambda$ there exists a non-compact bounded, linear operator $T\...
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Masas in SAW*-algebras
I asked this question three years ago at MSe but it has no response; let me try here.
Pedersen distilled the following class of C*-algebras which he termed SAW*-algebras (Journal of Operator Theory, ...
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Are ideals in separable C*-algebras complemented subspaces?
Let $A$ be a separable C*-algebra and $J\subseteq A$ a closed two-sided ideal. Does this make $J$ into a complemented subspace of $A$? In other words, does the quotient map $A\to A/J$ have a ...
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Projective tensor squares of uniform algebras
In discussion with a colleague recently (Jan 2017),
$\newcommand{\AD}{A({\bf D})}\newcommand{\CT}{C({\bf T})}$
I was reminded that if $A(D)$ denotes the disc algebra and $\iota: \AD\to \CT$ is the ...
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Reference request : Grothendieck's topological space valued integral
As I am learning the different kind of Banach space valued integrals (Pettis, Bochner), I know that Grothendieck made a "mémoire" in his youth about this topic, but I don't know if it is available ...
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Chain rule for distributional derivative
Let $V \subset H \subset V^*$ be a Gelfand triple (eg. $H^1 \subset L^2 \subset H^{-1}$).
Let $u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ have a distributional derivative $u' \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$. So $\int_0^T u(t)\varphi'(t) = ...
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Tensorial decomposition of $B(H)$
Let $H$ be an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and let $\mathcal{B}(H)$ be the (C*/W*-)algebra of bounded operators on it. Actually, you may forget about the involution in $\mathcal{B}(H)$ because I ...
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Is the set of real-valued lower semi-continuous functions measurable in epigraph topology (= topology of Gamma convergence)?
Let LSC = LSC([0,1]) be the set of non-negative, lower semi-continuous functions on the unit interval which take values in $\mathbb{R}_+ \cup \{\infty\}$. We use epigraph topology on LSC, i.e. a ...
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Lacunary hyperbolic groups and weak amenability
In the paper called Lacunary Hyperbolic group, Y. Ol'shanskii, D. Osin and M. Sapir define and characterize the lacunary hyperbolic groups, which contains the hyperbolic groups but also Tarski's ...
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Asymptotic non-distortion of the separable Hilbert space
By the work of E. Odell and Th. Schlumprecht, we know that the
separable Hilbert space $\ell_2$ is arbitrarily distortable. But
I don't know if an "asymptotic" version of their result is true.
To ...
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How may I find all continuous and bounded functions g with the following property?
Find all continuous and bounded functions $g$
with :
$$\forall x \in \mathbb R, 4g(x)=g(x+1)+g(x-1)+g(x+\pi)+g(x-\pi).$$
I have posted this question here, but received no answer.
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Does there exist a notion of discrete riemannian metric on graph?
I would like to know if there is any notion of a discrete Riemannian metric on graphs. C. Mercat has worked on discrete Riemann Surfaces, but that's not exactly what I am working on.
To be more ...
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Density of restrictions of harmonic functions inside a ball
Let $B$ be the closed unit ball in $\mathbb R^3$ centered at the origin and let $U= \{x\in \mathbb R^3\,:\, \frac{1}{2}\leq |x| \leq 1\}.$ Let
$$ S_U= \{u \in C^{\infty}(U)\,:\, \Delta u =0 \quad\text{...
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