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Banach limit with added properties
Let $c=\{a:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{C}: \exists \alpha\in \mathbb{C} \textrm{ so that }
\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow \infty} a(n)=\alpha=:L_c(a)\}\subset \ell^\infty$, where $\ell^\infty$ is the ...
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Heat equation damps backward heat equation?
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I was wondering about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions. ...
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Max-root inequality for convex combination of real-stable monic polynomials (Kadison-Singer Problem)
In the paper "The Kadison-Singer Problem" by Marcin Bownik (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.04578.pdf), the following Lemma (3.8) is proven:
Lemma:
Let $p, q\in \mathbb{R}[x]$ be stable monic ...
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Explicit computation related to the fractional Laplacian
Suppose $$c_{n,s}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n} \frac{(u(x+y+z)-u(x+y)-u(x+z)-u(x))^2}{|y|^{n+2s}|z|^{n+2s}} dydz = C$$
for some constants $c_{n,s}$, $C$, and $s \in (0,1)$.
Is it true that $$u =...
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Bochner's formula for fractional Laplacian
Is there an analogue of the classical Bochner formula
$\frac{1}{2} \Delta |\nabla u|^2 = |\nabla^2 u|^2$ for harmonic functions that holds for $s$-harmonic functions?
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What is the standard terminology for the quantity $\|\nabla f\|_{L^2(\mu)} := \sqrt{\int_{\mathbb R^d}\|\nabla f(x)\|^2d\mu(x)}$?
Let $f:\mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$ be a continuously differentiable function and let $\mu$ be a probability measure on $\mathbb R^d$.
Question. What is the standard teminology for the quantity $\|\...
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How to characterize the order convergence in Bochner-integrable functions space?
Let $(\Omega,\Sigma,\mu)$ a finite measure space. We want to characterize the order convergence (for sequences) in Bochner integrable functions space $L^1(\mu,X)$, $X$ Banach lattice.
In $L^p$ we have:...
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Mapping properties of backward and forward heat equation
In a previous question on mathoverflow, I asked about the following:
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian on some compact interval $I$ of the real line with let's say Dirichlet boundary conditions.
The ...
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Backward heat equation and forward perturbed heat equation well posed?
I consider the following scenario. Let $I$ be a compact interval in space and $f$ a nice function in the space $C^{\infty}(I)$. In the following we consider a self-adjoint realization of our operators ...
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Liouville theorem for elliptic equation with advection term
How can one prove that any $L^2$ solution of
$$ - \Delta \phi(x) + a(x) \cdot \nabla \phi(x)=0 \qquad \mbox{in } \mathbb R^N $$
is zero if $a(x)$ is a divergence-free vector field such that
$\int |\...
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Eigenvalues of the Laplacian and min-max formula in any space dimension
In which reference book can I find a proof that the eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d \ge 1$ are given by
$$
\lambda_1 = \min_{u \in H^1_0(\Omega), \|...
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Is this operator bounded?
Let $T$ be an invertible positive operator and $S$ be another positive operator on a complex Hilbert space.
We then study
$$ \Vert (T+S)^{-1/2}T(T+S)^{-1/2}\Vert$$
I would assume that this norm is ...
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$\ell_\infty$-norm covering number of RKHS ball $\{f\in\mathcal{H}: \|f\|_\mathcal{H} \leq R\}$
For any $\epsilon \in (0,1)$, let $N_\infty(\epsilon, \mathcal{H}, R)$ denote the $\epsilon$-covering number of the RKHS norm ball $\{f\in\mathcal{H}: \|f\|_\mathcal{H} \leq R\}$ with respect to the $\...
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How can I prove that $(I+\lambda G)$ is invertible, where $G$ is the Green function of an elliptic operator?
How can I prove that the operator $$(I+\lambda G)$$ is invertible, where $\lambda >0$ and $G$ is the Green function of an elliptic operator $A$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$?
$\Omega$ can be very ...
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Defining the value of a distribution at a point
Let $\omega\in D'(\mathbb R^n)$ be a distribution and $p\in \mathbb R^n$. If there is an open set $U\subset \mathbb R^n$ containing $p$ such that $\omega|_U$ is given by a continuous function $f\in C(...
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Normalizing constants preserve metric entropy
Suppose $\mathcal{F}=\left\{f\in L^2([a,b]): 0<\underline{c}\leq f\leq\overline{c} \right\}$. Consider the following transformation
$$\tilde{\mathcal{F}} := \left\{\frac{f}{\int f d\mu}: f\in \...
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Is the pointwise supremum of a continuous function continuous?
Suppose $f(x , y)$ is continuous in both variables. For any $\epsilon > 0$ and some $y_0$, let $h_{\epsilon}(x) = \max_{y^{'}: \| y^{'} - y_0 \| \leq \epsilon} f(x , y^{'})$. It seems to me that $...
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Embedding of fractional Sobolev space into BMO
Is it true that $$\Vert u \Vert_{BMO(\mathbb R^2)} \lesssim_{s} \Vert u \Vert_{\dot H^s(\mathbb R^2)},$$
for $s \in (0,1)$, where $\dot H^s(\mathbb R)$ is the homogeneous fractional Sobolev space?
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Product of Besov and Lorentz functions
Let us fix $n\in\mathbb{N}^+$ and $p,q\in [1,\infty)$. Given $r_1,r_2,r_3\in[1,\infty)$, I would like to understand whether we have the bound
$$
\|fg\|_{L^{q,r_3}(\mathbb{R}^n)}\lesssim \|f\|_{B^{n/p}...
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A sequence of compact operators, weak convergence versus strong convergence
Let $(X,\mu)$ be a finite measure space.
We consider two sequences of bounded linear operators $\{T_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ and $\{S_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ on $L^2(X,\mu)$. We denote by $\mathcal{L}$ the space ...
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Dense $G_{\delta}$ set with $\sigma$-porous complement is cofinite?
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space and $D\subseteq X$ be a
proper, connected, and dense $G_{\delta}$ subset of $X$,
$X-D$ is $\sigma$-porous.
Then is $X-D$ contained in a finite-dimensional ...
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Series and solution of $-\Delta u + \lambda u = f(x)$
Consider a bounded smooth set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ (for example, we can take a ball). Can we write down the solution of
\begin{align*}
-\Delta u(x) + \lambda u(x) &= f(x), & x \in \...
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When does a nonnegative $C^1$ function on $[a,b]$ have finitely many zeros?
It is well known that if $f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ is real analytic then we have that either $f\equiv 0$ or $f$ has finitely many zeros on the interval $[a,b]$.
It is also known that you can have a ...
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Is it true that $\nabla_x \int_0^\infty f(t,0) dt = 0 \implies \nabla_x f(t,0) = 0 \ \forall t>0$? [closed]
Let $f:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^N \to \mathbb R$ and $$F(x) = \int_0^\infty f(t,x) dt.$$ If $\nabla_x F(0) = 0$ do we have that $\nabla_x f(t,0) = 0$ for all $t \in \mathbb R_+$? If not, which ...
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Dense sub-algebra of $C_{b}((0,1))$ which is not smooth
I am looking for a dense sub-algebra $B$ in $C_{b}((0,1))$ in uniform topology such that it satisfy following requirements:
$B\cap C^{\infty}_{b}((0,1))=\mathbb{R}$ (No polynomial, no bump function).
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Weak convergence rates for integral operators
Suppose $q=\sum_{i=1}^m\pi_i\delta_{x_i}$ is a discrete measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and let $q\ast \varphi_\epsilon$ denote the convolution of $q$ with some mollifier $\varphi_\epsilon$, so that $q\ast\...
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Optimizing the gradient norm on the unit sphere
Let $ \Bbb S^{d-1}=\{(x_1,\cdots ,x_d): x_1^2+ \cdots +x_d^2=1\}\subset \Bbb R^d$ be the unit
sphere. Let $\nabla u= (\partial_{x_1}u,\cdots, \partial_{x_d}u)$ be the gradient of a function $u\in C_c^\...
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Does the almost sure convergence of absolutely continuous r.v.'s imply the weak convergence of the pdf's in $(L^\infty)^*$?
The following question was asked in a comment at Almost sure convergence vs convergence of probability density functions :
Suppose that $(X_n)$ is a sequence of random variables (r.v.'s) converging ...
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Domain of the fractional Laplacian operator
If $u:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ satisfies $$\int_{\mathbb R^n}\int_{\mathbb R^n}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2s}} dxdy < \infty,$$
but $u$ is not in $L^2(\mathbb R^n)$, is $(-\Delta)^su$ well-...
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Density property fractional heat kernel
Let us consider $$p_t^{(n+2)}(\tilde x) , $$
where $x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n) \in \mathbb R^n$, $\tilde x = (x_1, \ldots, x_n, 0, 0) \in \mathbb R^{n+2}$, and $p_t^{(n)}(x)$ is the heat kernel for $(-\...
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Is this PDE solvable?
Let $M = \mathbb{R}^3 \setminus B_1$ where $B_1$ is unit ball. I am trying to solve the following PDE for $f$:
$$\Delta f -\frac{ f }{r^2}+ \frac{ \left. f \right|_{\partial M}}{r^2} = 0, \qquad \text{...
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Condition for existence of a continuous function realizing a partition
Let $\{U_i\}_{i=1}^{I}$ be a non-empty and finite collection of non-empty, disjoint, open, (and obviously bounded) subsets of $[0,1]^n$. Suppose also that $[0,1]^n=\cup_{i =1 }^{ I} \overline{U_i}$. ...
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Estimate on total variation of composition of functions
Let $f \in BV(\mathbb R)$ and $g: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be Lipschitz. How can I estimate the total variation of $f\circ g$, that is
$$
\int_{\mathbb R} \left|\frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))\right| dx \ ?
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Can $\ell_1(E)$ be embedd into the dual of continuous function space?
Let $E$ be a compact seperable space, for example $E=[0,1]\subset\mathbb{R}$. Denote by
$$\ell_1(E):=\{u:=(u_x\in\mathbb{C}:x\in F):F\text{ is a countable subset of }E \text{ and } \|u\|_{\ell_1(E)}:=\...
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Fractional Laplacian problem on half-line
Is it possible to obtain an explicit solution for the following fractional problem on the half-line?
$$(-\Delta)^\alpha u(x) + M u'(x) + K u(x) + C = 0 \quad \text{ in } (0,\infty)$$
$$u(x) = a, \quad ...
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Prove/disprove $(\int_{0}^{2 \pi} \!\!\cos f(x) d x)^{2}+(\int_{0}^{2 \pi}\!\!\! \sqrt{(f'(x))^{2}+\sin ^{2} f(x)}dx)^{2}\ge 4\pi^{2}$
This problem has been posted on Math.SE but didn't receive any correct answer after a long time.
Let $f(x)$ be a differentiable function on $[0,2\pi]$ s.t. $0\leq f(x)\leq 2\pi$ and $f(0)=f(2\pi)$. ...
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Construction of weight function to satisfy condition on given functional
Consider the following function :
$$F(z) = \omega(z){\sin^2\left(\frac{c\Gamma(z)}{z}\right)}$$
Here, $\omega(z)$ is a weight we are going to consider
The following two conditions should meet for $\...
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When does strict inclusion holds for the domain of subdifferential?
Recall that, given an extended real-valued function $f: \mathbb{R}^n \to (-\infty, \infty]$
Its effective domain is,
$$\text{dom}(f) = \{x \in \mathbb{R}^n : f(x) < +\infty\}$$
The subdifferential ...
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Using Fourier series to prove $-\int_0^1 u_{xxx}u_x \eta = \int_0^1 (u_{xx})^2\eta - \int_0^1 \frac{1}{2} (u_x)^2 \eta_{xx}$
Let $u, \eta$ be smooth functions and $\eta$ compactly supported in $(0,1)$. Integrating by parts, we can easily prove $$-\int_0^1 u_{xxx}u_x \eta = \int_0^1 (u_{xx})^2\eta - \int_0^1 \frac{1}{2} (u_x)...
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Brouwer's theorem 2.0? [closed]
Let $f\in C([0,1]^n,\mathbb R^n) $ with $[0,1]^n \subset f([0,1]^n)$
Is it true that $\exists x \in [0,1]^n, f(x) =x$?
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A special approximation of the Heaviside function
Is there a $C^m$ approximation $f_\epsilon$ of the Heaviside function such that
$$f_\epsilon(x) = f_1(x/\epsilon) = \begin{cases} 0 & \text{ if } x < 0 \\
1 & \text{ if } x/\epsilon \ge 1
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Stability of densly defined $C_{0}$-semigroup
Let $(S(t))_{t \geq 0}$ be a $C_{0}$-semigroup on $H$ where $H$ is a Hilbert space. Suppose that $(S(t))_{t \geq 0}$ satisfies the following estimate on a dense subspace on $H$
$$||S(t)x||_H \leq e^{-...
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Functions such that $ \Vert\tfrac{d^4}{dx^4}f\Vert_{L^2(0,1)} < \sqrt{2} \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(0,1)}$
Is there a (non-constant) function $f \in C^4((0,1))$ that is zero in an interval $(a,b) \subset (0,1)$ and such that the inequality
$$\Vert\tfrac{d^4}{dx^4}f\Vert_{L^2(0,1)} < \sqrt{2}\Vert f \...
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Total variation of composition of BV function and diffeomorphism [closed]
Let $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a $BV$ function and $g:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ be a diffeomorphism. What is the total variation of $f \circ g$?
My guess is
$$
TV(f\circ g) \le TV(f) \Vert (g^{-1})'...
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Functions for which $|f^{(k)}|_{C^{0,\alpha}(0,1)} \le \Vert f \Vert_{L^1(0,1)}$
Let $f \in C^k(0,1)$ and assume that the $k$-th derivative is $\alpha$-Hölder continuous. Assume that $f(x) = 0$ in a fixed interval $(a,b) \subset (0,1)$. Can we characterize (or at least find some ...
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The continuous convergence given the a.e. convergence
Suppose that $f_n: \mathbb{R} \times [0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a uniformly bounded sequence (i.e., there exists $C>0$: $|f_n| < C$ for every $n$) such that
$$ f_n \in C^2_x \times C^1_t, $$
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Injectivity of an integral transform
For a bounded function $F: \mathbb R_{\ge 0} \to \mathbb R$ (not necessarily non-negative), is it true that
$$\int_0^\infty \frac{x^ks}{(s^2+x^2)^{(k+3)/2}} F(x) dx = 0 \text{ for all $s >0$} \iff ...
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Integration by parts with Hilbert transform
Is there a good integration by parts formula to compute
$$\int_{0}^\infty f \ H (f') dx,$$
where $H$ denotes the Hilbert transform and $f$ is a smooth function?
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Sequence of functions tending to zero in L^2
Let us consider a sequence of functions $f_n : (0,1)\times (0,1) \to \mathbb{R}$ in $L^2((0,1)\times (0,1))$ satisfying the following condition:
$$
\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\int_{1/j}^{1 - 1/j}\...
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A question on fractional derivatives
I know practically nothing about fractional calculus so I apologize in advance if the following is a silly question. I already tried on math.stackexchange.
I just wanted to ask if there is a notion of ...
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