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Idempotent functions on Sp(1)
The quaternion group $Sp(1)\simeq S^3$ can be understood as $(z,w)\in\mathbb {C}^2$ with $|z|^2+|w|^2=1$ where multiplication is defined by $(z,w)(t,s)=(zt-\bar{s}w,zs+\bar{t}w)$.
Question: How do ...
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Rate of convergence of mollifiers // Sobolev norms
Following up to the question raised here, I am searching for a reference (or a simple argument) to establish (in the whole space) the following (suggested) equivalence :
Given $N_1$ and $N_2$ two (...
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The optimal asymptotic behavior of the coefficient in the Hardy-Littlewood maximal inequality
It is well-known that for $f \in L^1(\mathbb{R^n})$,$\mu(x \in \mathbb{R^n} | Mf(x) > \lambda) \le \frac{C_n}{\lambda} \int_{\mathbb{R^n}} |f| \mathrm{d\mu}$, where $C_n$ is a constant only depends ...
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Continuity of convolution on $\mathcal{D}'_+$
Let $\mathcal{D}'_+:=\{T\in \mathcal{D}'(\mathbb{R}): \textrm{supp}(T)\subset [0,\infty)\}$. Here $\mathcal{D}'(\mathbb{R})$ is the usual space of distributions on $\mathbb{R}$, equipped with the weak$...
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Choosing the weight in a particular definition of Besov spaces
Following Giovanni Leoni's excellent book (or the Wikipedia article) one possible way to define the Besov spaces $B^{s,p,\theta}(\mathbb R ^d)$, with $s\in(0,1)$ the fractional "order of derivative" ...
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Why is the study of homology important? [closed]
In some fields of studies, for example, Amenability of Banach algebras and $L^2$-Betti numbers, some chain complexes are studied, why is the study of these creatures important? When and why do these ...
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Interesting examples of non-locally compact topological groups
Harmonic analysis is concentrated mostly on studying locally compact groups. I would like to ask people about examples of non-locally compact topological groups that are interesting in connection with ...
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Can one realize this as an ergodic process?
Consider the lattice $\mathbb Z^2$ and take iid random variables $Y_e$ on all edges $e$ of the graph.
We then define random variables $X_i:=\sum_{e \text{ adjacent to } i}Y_e.$
In other words: For ...
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Ergodic theorem and products
If $f_n (\omega) = \sum_{i=1}^n f_1 (T^i \omega)$ and $T$ is an ergodic action with respect to the measure $\mu$ then it is know as Birkhoff's theorem that
$$ \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{f_n}{...
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Interpolation of a trilinear functional
Let $f,g,h\in L^2([0,1]^2)$ and let $K:\mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{C}$ be some smooth kernel with support containing $[0,1]^3$. Denote by $\|f\|_2$ the $L^2([0,1]^2)$ norm of $f$, and same with $g,h.$ If ...
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On the infimium of a functional
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold. Define
$$\lambda(g)=\inf\{\mathcal{F}(g,f),\;0<f\in C^{\infty}(M),\; \int_Mf^2\;d\nu=1\},$$
where $$\mathcal{F}(g,f)=\int_M\left(|\nabla f|^2+ af^2\...
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Weighted reverse Poincare inequality over a function class of neural networks
We consider a probability measure supported on the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$, whose density is $p(x)$. We also consider a (one-layer) neural network function class $\mathcal{C}$, whose elements have ...
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Homomorphisms from BV
Denote by $\mathsf{BV}(\mathbb T)$ the Banach space of functions on the circle with bounded variation which is a Banach algebra under the pointwise product. Is there a surjective homomorphism from $\...
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$L\log L$ and Hardy space on the upper half plane
Set $\mathbb{T}$ the unit circle, $dm$ the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{T}$ and $\mathbb{C}^+=\left\{z\in \mathbb{C},s.t.\,\Im(z)>0 \right\}$ the upper half plane.
It is well-known that the Cauchy ...
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Transformation of Fourier Transform
Suppose that $f$ is a function with a Fourier transform, and that $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a smooth function such that $g\circ f$ has a Fourier transform also.
Is there an expression ...
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A basis of the Banach space $L^p(\mathbb T^\omega)$ consisting of characters
Problem: For $1<p<\infty$, $p\ne 2$, has the complex Banach space $L^p(\mathbb T^\omega)$ got a Schauder basis consisting of characters of the compact topological group $\mathbb T^\omega$?
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Making the Fourier transform quantitative
I am undergraduate Physics student and understand that this is a professional mathematics forum. But due to perhaps broader interest, I hope this question is suitable for this website.
I understand ...
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Trace on $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^k) \mathbin{\hat{\otimes}_\pi} \mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^k)$
I asked this question on Math StackExchange, but it did not receive an answer, despite my offering a bounty to attract attention. I am unsure whether it is appropriate for this venue, but I thought ...
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Multi-parameter stationary phase asymptotic expansion
I am looking for an asymptotic expansion of the oscillatory integral of the form
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}f(x)\exp(i(\lambda_1\phi_1(x)+\dots+\lambda_k\phi_k(x))dx,$$
as $\lambda_i\to \infty$ ...
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Can a positive polynomial on sphere be represented as the sum of squares of spherical harmonics
Let $p\in {\mathbb{R}}[x_1,\ldots, x_d]$ be a homogenous polynomial degree $2n$. We know that if $p$ is positive on $[-\pi,\pi]^d$, $p$ is sum of squares polynomial, i.e. $p$ can be witten as sum of ...
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Is the Gelfand transform strictly continuous?
Let $M$ be the Banach algebra of measures on the circle with $L_1$ naturally sitting as a closed ideal of $M$. Then $M$ carries the strict topology implemented by the family of seminorms $\|\mu\|_f = \...
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Uniqueness of solution depending on constant?
I am a physicist and I am aware that this forum is for professional mathematical questions, but please be not too hard on my notation.
I encountered the following integral equation for functions $f:[...
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Number theory on Banach space $L^2(\mathbb R)$ meets linear independence?
Consider an orthonormal basis $(\varphi_k)$ of $L^2(\mathbb R)$ with Lebesgue measure.
I came along a nice number theoretic question in analysis:
Write $$f_k(x):=\int_{\left\lvert y \right\rvert \...
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Invariant subspace in infinite dimensions
Let $A(t)$ be a family of skew self-adjoint operator defined on some Hilbert space $H$ with common domain $D(A).$
The dependence on $t$ is in the strongly continuous sense, i.e. for all $x \in D(A)$ ...
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$L^2$ function in Schwartz space?
Let $f:\mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R$ be a smooth function whose derivatives are all polynomially bounded and $f \in L^{\infty}.$
Such a function has the property that when multiplied with any ...
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Characterizing pseudo-differential operators as a subalgebra of continuous endomorphisms of tempered distributions
I'm aware that the following question is at best a refined version of at least 2 questions which are already on this site. I think it is justified however in that it is more precise and has some new ...
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Infinitely many independent functions that are only frequency localized?
A function $f \in L^2(\mathbb R^d)$ will be called $K$-frequency localized if the following inequality holds
$$\int_{\mathbb R^d} \lvert \widehat{f}(x) \rvert^2 x^2 \ dx \le K \int_{\mathbb R^d} \...
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About understanding manifold structure on WAP compactification of $\Bbb{C} \rtimes \Bbb{T}$
Let $G$ be a locally compact topological group. A continuous bounded function $f$ on $G$ is called (weakly) almost periodic if the set $L_Gf$ of left translates is relatively compact in the (weak) ...
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Are the Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions absolutely integrable?
I would like to know if the Prolate Spheroidal Wavefunctions (PSWFs, defined below) are in $L^1(\mathbb{R})$. I know that they are square integrable, but cannot decide about absolute integrability.
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Hölder-Zygmund spaces of negative order
In the equation (1.1.17) in Proposition 1.1.6 (ii) in Alazard and Delort's Sobolev Estimates for Two Dimensional Water Waves, there appears a norm named $C^{-1}$, but in Chapter 6 (Appendix) of the ...
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On the bound of the Stein-Wainger oscillatory integral
Let $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$, $\phi\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R})$. We define the Stein-Wainger oscillatory integral by
$$I=p.v.\int_\mathbb{R} e^{i\lambda\phi(t)}\frac{dt}{t}.$$
Stein-Wainger [1] showed ...
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Differentiation on $[0,1]$
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Perhaps a more reasonable question after thinking about the answer I got would have been.
Is there a set $N$ of measure $1-\varepsilon$ and a disjoint partition of that set $N$ with finitely ...
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Does Novikov condition imply BMO martingale?
Let $(\Omega,\mathbb{F},P)$ be a complete probability space, equipped with a filtration $\mathcal{F}_t, 0 \le t < \infty$. Consider a continuous local martingale $(X_t, \mathcal{F}_t)$ such that $...
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When is a minimal immersion holomorphic?
Let $(X,g_X)$ be a Riemann surface and $(Y,g_Y)$ a Kahler manifold. Let:
$\phi\colon X\to Y$
be a minimal immersion, that is, a conformal harmonic smooth map with respect to $g_X$ and $g_Y$. If I am ...
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Inclusion of Hardy spaces
It is well-known that any convergence in $L^p$ for $p \in [1,\infty]$ implies convergence in $L^1_{\text{loc}}$ by Hölder's inequality.
It is also known that for $p>1$ it holds that $L^p(\mathbb R)...
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Reference request: Fourier transform on the multiplicative group of real numbers
Let us consider the three groups $(\mathbb{R},+)$, $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z},+)$ and $(\mathbb{R}^\times,\cdot)$ (where $\mathbb{R}^\times := \mathbb{R} \setminus \{0\}$). We endow $\mathbb{R}$ with ...
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Generalizing the Fourier isomorphism between Sobolev spaces and weighted $L^2$ spaces to (locally) compact groups?
Motivating examples:
Let $V$ be a real vector space with Haar measure $dv$. The fourier transform induces the following topological isomorphism: $$H^s(V,dv) \cong L^2(V^*,(1+|v^*|^2)^sdv^*)$$
The ...
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Can the STFT decrease arbitrarily quickly near the origin?
For $f,g \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ we can define the Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) $V_gf \in C_0(\mathbb{R}^{2d})$ as $$V_gf(x, \omega) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} f \overline{g(t - x)} e^{-2 \pi i t \...
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Sampling set: relatively dense and uniformly discrete
The Paley-Wiener space of a domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ is the set $$PW_\Omega:=\{f\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d):\text{supp}\widehat{f}\subset\Omega\}.$$
We say that a discrete set $\Lambda\subset\...
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Characterizing Herz-Schur multipliers using coefficient functions of uniformly bounded representations
Let $G$ be a group and let $c > 1$ be a constant. We denote by $B_c(G)$ the space of all coefficients of the representations of $G$ which are uniformly bounded by $c$; more precisely, a function $f:...
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Completion of $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ for a given norm
Assume that $\lVert \cdot \rVert$ is a norm on the space of rapidly decaying functions $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$. Under which conditions on the norm can we say that the completion $\mathcal{X}$ for ...
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Laplacian on squashed spheres
Is anything known about the Laplacian on squashed spheres $S^{2n-1}_\omega$, where the ambient $C^n$ coordinates satisfy
$$ 1= \sum_{i=1}^n \omega_i |z_i|^2 $$
for fixed real numbers $\omega_i$? for ...
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Regularity of Fourier transforms of $L^p$ functions for $2<p\le\infty$
I was recently reading about the Mikhlin and Hörmander Multiplier Theorems, which give conditions for a measurable function $m:\mathbb R^d\to\mathbb C$ to be an $L^p$ multiplier, i.e. for there to ...
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$\ell^q$ analog of square function
It is a classical result in harmonic analysis that
$$ \|\|P_kf\|_{\ell^2_k}\|_{L^p_x}\approx\|f\|_{L^p} $$
for $p\in(1,\infty)$, where $P_k$ is the Littlewood-Paley decomposition onto frquency $\...
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Zak transform and VMO
The Zak transform of a function $f\in L^1(\mathbb R)\cap L^2(\mathbb R)$ is defined as follows:
$$
Zf(x,\omega) := \sum_{k\in\mathbb Z}f(x+k)e^{-2\pi i k\omega},\quad (x,\omega)\in Q_0 :=(0,1)^2.
$$
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Embedding theorem for anisotropic Sobolev spaces
Let $d=d_1+d_2$, $s_1,s_2>0$, $p>1$ and $(x_1,x_2)\in \mathbb{R}^{d_1}\times \mathbb{R}^{d_2}$, $(\xi_1,\xi_2)\in \mathbb{R}^{d_1}\times \mathbb{R}^{d_2}$. Define
$$
W^{s_1,s_2}_{p}:=\left\{f: ...
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Relationship between Harish-Chandra Schwartz space and more generic Schwartz spaces
If $G$ is a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center, Harish-Chandra defined a Schwartz space of rapidly decreasing functions on $G$ as the space of $\mathrm{C}^\infty$ functions defined by ...
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Smoothness of distributions defined by oscillation integrals
In M.A. Shubin's book Pseudodifferential Operators and Spectral Theory, we have the following statement.
Let $X\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set, and fix a symbol $a\in S_{\varrho,\delta}^m(X\...
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Existence of an integrable representation
An irreducible continuous unitary representation $\pi$ of $G$ is said to be integrable, if the map $\phi(x)=\langle\pi(x)\zeta,\zeta\rangle$ is integrable on $G$, where that $\zeta\in H(\pi)$.
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On a paper by Adams and Frazier
I am reading a paper by Adams and Frazier (namely Adams, Frazier, Composition operators on potential spaces. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 114 (1992), no. 1, 155–165, available here), whose main purpose is ...
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