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Lower bound for a commutator trace

I have this Hilbert space of square-integrable complex-valued functions on a square, $\mathbb{L}^2([0,1]^2)$. And let $M_x$, $M_y$, and $M_{x+y} = M_x+M_y$ be the operators of multiplication by the ...
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How to find the inverse of this linear integral operator?

Let $f(x): \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function that decays ``fastly enough'' at infinity. We can define the following linear operator $$L[f](x):= \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} d^d y \, \frac{f(y)}...
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Characterization of the Picard's condition for integral equation

Picard's condition (Thm. 15.18, Kress et al. 1989) is essential to study the existence of a solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the first kind. Specifically, consider (the univariate case) the ...
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How to find the inverse of a product of two integral equations

Problem I am trying to invert an equation of the form: $R(l_0)=(\int_{0}^{l_0} \rho(x) \, dx)(\int_{l_0}^{l} \rho(x) \, dx)$ where $0\leq l_0 \leq l$ I.e. I want to find $\rho(x)$ given $R(l_0)$ via ...
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Reference request: trace norm estimate

In a paper I am currently reading, the author uses that if $T$ is an operator given by the kernel $$T(x,y) = \int_{\mathbb R} p(x,z) q(z,y) dz,$$ then $$\lvert \operatorname{tr} T \rvert \leq \lVert T ...
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When integrating by part produces a singularity

I'm currently interesting in the following operator: $$O[f](x):=f(x)-2xe^{x^2}\int_x^{+\infty}dt \, e^{-t^2} f(t)$$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ and $f$ smooth and decaying at infinity fast enough with ...
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Structure of the inverse of a Fredholm integral operator of the second kind

NOTE: Cross-posted on Mathematics Stack Exchange I am trying to solve an equation of the form $$ (\mathbb{I} + K)\phi = f $$ where $(\mathbb{I} + K): L^2([0,1];\mathbb{R}) \rightarrow L^2([0,1];\...
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Extrapolated Integral operator (compactness)

I am studying the compactness of some convolution operators. Let the convolution with extrapolation $$ \Gamma: X\longrightarrow X; x\mapsto\int_0^t T_{-1}(t-s)B(s)x\mathrm{d}s. $$ Here $T(\cdot)$ is a ...
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Decomposition of an integral operator into a composition

I've been musing about the following question for a while now. Given an integral operator $G$ defined by $$ (Gf)(x) = \int_0^1 G(x,u) f(u)\,du $$ Is it possible to decompose this into two separate "...
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Extended adjoint of Volterra operator

Let $V$ be a Volterra operator on $L^2 [0,1]$. Does there exist a nonzero operator $X $ satisfying the following system $VX=XV^∗$, where $V^∗$ is the adjoint of the Volterra operator? $$ V(f) (x) =\...
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Schatten norm estimate of spatially truncated resolvent of Laplacian

Consider the operator $-\Delta$ on $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$. In my studies I stumbled upon operators of the form $$1_{\Gamma_n} (-\Delta -z)^{-1} 1_{\Gamma_m},$$ where $1_{\Gamma_m}$ denotes multiplication ...
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Injectivity of an integral operator

Consider the operator $$K:L^2(0,1)\rightarrow L^2(0,1) \\ u\rightarrow\int_0^1k(s,x)u(s)ds.$$ with $k\in L^2((0,1)\times(0,1)).$ I want to know under what assumption the kernel is reduced to zero. i....
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When the square root of integral operator becomes also integral operator (with continuous kernel)?

Let $X$ be a compact metric space and $\mu$ be strictly positive Borel measure on $X$. Let $T:L^2(X,\mu)\rightarrow L^2(X,\mu)$ be a self-adjoint, compact, and positive operator on the Hilbert space $...
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Existence of continuous integral kernel

Let $(X_i,\mathcal{F}_i,\mu_i)$, $i\in \{1,2\}$, be a $\sigma$-finite measure space and $E_i$ an ideal of measurable functions on $X_i$ with full carrier (for example $E_i=L^p(X_i,\mu_i)$). A ...
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Run-away Volterra operator

For a continuous function $k:[0,1]^2\to \mathbb{R}$, let $A$ be the generalized Volterra integral operator on $C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ defined by $$ A(f)(t)\triangleq \int_0^t k(s,t)f(s) ds, \quad t \in [...
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Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of an operator defined by a certain integral

Let $k :[0,1]^2 \rightarrow \bf{R} $ be a kernel function definded by $ k(x,y)= (1- max(x,y))^2 .$ Now, let $ L $ be a linear operator defined on $ L^2 [0,1] $ by $$ Lf(x):=\int_0^1 k(x,y)f(y)dy$$. ...
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Compactness of a special kind of Integral operators

Let $(S(t))_{t>0}$ be a continuous operator from $L^2(0,1)$ to its self and Let $K$ be the operator $$\eqalign{ & K:{L^2}(0,1) \to {L^2}(0,1) \cr & f: \to (Kf)(x) = \int\limits_0^1 {k(...
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Solving Fredholm integral equation in Lp

I have a very simple integral equation $$ f(x) - \lambda \int_a^be^{x-y}f(y)dy=1 $$ which is Fredholm of the 2nd kind, with separable kernel. It is needed to find the values of $\lambda\in\mathbb R$, ...
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Trace-class properties of integral operator

Let $k$ be a smooth, compactly supported function defined on $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ and let $Op(k)$ denote the integral operator on $L^{2}(\mathbb{R})$ defined as $$Op(k)f(\cdot)=\int_{\mathbb{R}}k(y,\cdot)...
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Linear operator has one-dimensional kernel

Let $S_{\lambda}$ be a family of linear bounded operator on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ depending on some parameter $\lambda$, I have recently encountered several problems that dealt with the question whether ...
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Discrete versus Continuous Hilbert Transform

Let me define the Fourier transform of a function $u$, say in the Schwartz space $\mathscr S(\mathbb R)$ as $ \hat u(\xi)=\int_{\mathbb R} e^{-2iπ x\cdot \xi} u(x) dx. $ The Hilbert transform $\...