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Perturbation theory compact operator

Let $K$ be a compact self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space $H$ such that for some normalized $x \in H$ and $\lambda \in \mathbb C:$ $\Vert Kx-\lambda x \Vert \le \varepsilon.$ It is well-known ...
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Chern number of projection-Topological magic in physics

I enclosed a computation from a well-known paper in the field of mathematical physics where the Chern number of the first Landau level is computed (the result claimed is $-1$) and the full paper can ...
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What tools from functional analysis are relevant to investigating this operator?

Given a sequence of continuous functions ${{f_n}}$, define the varicontinuity index $$V({f_n}): \mathbb{R} \to [0, \infty]$$ by \begin{split} V({f_n})(x) &=\sup \Big\{\varepsilon > 0\big|\; \...
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Notions of $\beta$-Hölder smoothness when $\beta\in (1,2]$: are they equivalent?

I posted the following question on StackExchange a few months ago (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2898620/notions-of-beta-h%C3%B6lder-smoothness-when-beta-in-1-2-are-they-equivalent), but ...
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Sobolev space under Mellin transform

The Mellin transform is known to be an isomorphism see wikipedia between $M:L^2(0, \infty) \rightarrow L^2(-\infty, \infty)$ where $$M(f):= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{1}{2} + is} ...
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Is the collection of Schur convex functions sequentially compact?

We know in ROCKAFELLAR's convex analysis chap 10 that the collection of uniformly bounded convex functions on compact set is sequentially compact. I wonder if it is still true for the collection of ...
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Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition

I have a question regarding a decomposition of a vector field. So fix $ 1<p<\infty$ and let $ \Omega$ denote a smooth bounded domain in $ R^N$. Now let $ F $ denote a smooth vector field $F:\...
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Is flatness of Wigner Ville Distribution of error function in Fourier Approximation possible? Is it required?

For a real valued function $f(t)$ I want to check the information left, after taking a Fourier partial sum/integral. Let $\hat{f}$ be its Fourier transform and let $$e_{\omega}(t) = f(t) - \int\...
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Interesting stipulation about completely monotone functions

This question relates to a question I asked here. I thought of a well thought out generalization which appears to follow in the situations I've encountered it. I tried to generalize the answer ...
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Is this "differentiation map" uniquely determined by these properties?

Let $A$ be the set of all real-valued functions having their domain a subset of $\Bbb R$ which are at least differentiable on an open set, and for $f \in A$, let $U_f$ be the largest open set on which ...
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Metric analogues of bounded variation

A function $f:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}$ is said to be of bounded variation if $$ \sup_I \sum_{i=1}^n |f(x_i)-f(x_{i-1})| \le V $$ for some finite $V>0$, where the supremum is over all finite partitions $...
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Semi-continuity of the dimension of the null space

Suppose $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of Fredholm operators on a Banach space such that $T_k \rightarrow T$ strongly (in the induced operator norm). If $N_k$ and $N$ denote the dimensions of ...
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About the small set expansion conjecture

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a $\delta > 0$ one wants to calculate $h(G,\delta)=min_{\vert S\vert \leq \delta \vert V \vert } \phi(S)$. ($\phi(S) = \frac{ E(S,\bar{S}) }{d min \{\vert S \vert , n - \...
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An upper bound for a average of a function in $L_{p}([0,1))$

Suppose that $ f $ is $ 1 $-periodic and that $ f \in {L^{p}}([0,1) $, where $ p > 1 $. Let $$ (D_{n})_{n \in \mathbb{N}_{0}} = \left( \left\{ I^{n}_{j},~ 1\leq j \leq 2^{n} \} \right\} \right)_{n ...
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Density of function spaces

Let $\Omega$ be a subset of either $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$, if it matters) or of a compact manifold. In either case, we'll call the manifold $M$. Let $V_i\subset V_{i+1} \subset \Omega$ be an ...
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Generalized family of Hölder inequalities

Is the "only if" direction of the following fact known? For fixed sequences $(a)_i = a_1, \dots, a_r$, $(b)_i = b_1, \dots, b_r$ and $(c)_i = c_1, \dots, c_r$, the inequality $\prod_{i = 1}^...
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decreasing rearrangements: why the asymmetry of measure-preserving maps?

Ryff proved in 1970 that the decreasing rearrangement $f^*$ of a, say, continuous function $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ admits a measure preserving map $\phi$ such that $f=f^*\circ\phi$. In general it is ...
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Continuous function sort

If you have a real-valued function f(x), positive, continuous and bounded on some interval, then what kind of transform would convert this to a monotonic function g(x) on that interval analogously to ...
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convex function with distributional Hessian $D^2 f \leqslant \lambda$, $\lambda$-concave?

Let $f:R^n \to R$ be convex (may not $C^1$), $$[D^2f]=[D^2f]_{ac}+[D^2f]_s=[h_{ij}] L^n+[D^2f]_s$$ is the Lebesgue decomposition of the Hessian matrix. Where $[h_{ij}]$ is the density w.r.t the ...
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Equivalence of operators

let $T$ and $S$ be positive definite (thus self-adjoint) operators on a Hilbert space. I am wondering whether we have equivalence of operators $$ c(T+S) \le \sqrt{T^2+S^2} \le C(T+S)$$ for some ...
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$L^p$ domination of mixed partial derivatives of the 3rd order by the unmixed ones?

Is it true that for each real $p>1$ there is some real $C_p$ such that for all smooth real-valued functions $u$ compactly supported on $S:=(0,1)^3$ one has $$\|D_1D_2D_3u\|_p\le C_p(\|D_1^3u\|_p+\|...
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Stone-Weierstrass theorem: coefficients of approximating sequence bounded?

Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space and $\mathcal{A}$ be a subalgebra of $C(X;\mathbb{R})$. The Stone-Weierstrass theorem asserts that if $\mathcal{A}$ contains the constants and separates the points ...
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Sequence of tending to zero functions that majorizes any other tending to zero function

Does there exist a sequence of decreasing continuous functions $(f_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ satisfying the following two conditions? For every $n\in\mathbb{N}$, $\lim_{x\to\infty}f_n(x)=0$; For any other ...
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An elementary functional inequality

Let $g$ be a $C^1$ function with $g(0)=0$ and $g(t)>0$ for all $t>0$. I am surprised that for all such $g$ the following seems to hold $\frac{\int_0^t(g'(s))^2ds}{g^2(t)}\geq \frac{1}{t}$ for ...
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Extension of pointwise convergence of a sequence of uniformly continuous functions that converges on a dense set

It is known that a sequence of continuous functions on a metric space that converges pointwise on a dense subset need not converge pointwise on the full space. But what about if one assumes uniform ...
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How can I measure the Morse index in infinite dimensions?

Let $V$ be a vector space over $\mathbb R$, and $a: V\otimes V\to \mathbb R$ a symmetric bilinear pairing. Recall that the Morse index of $a$ is the maximal dimension of any subspace $V_- \subseteq V$...
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Direct limit of the sequence $E_{0} \hookrightarrow E_{1} \hookrightarrow \cdots$ in the category of Banach spaces

Recently I have been reading the paper The categorical origins of Lebesgue integration by Tom Leinster (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.00412.pdf). In this paper, he said that: For $n \geq 0$, let $E_{n}$ ...
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Closure of $C([0,1]^2)$ via weak*-topology [closed]

Let $C([0,1]^2)$ denote the set of continuous functions on $[0,1]^2$. Let $L^1([0,1]^2)$ be the set of all Lebesgue integrable functions on $[0,1]^2$. The dual space of $C([0,1]^2)$, denoted by $C^*([...
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$L^p$ domination of mixed partial derivatives by the unmixed ones?

Is it true that for each real $p\ge1$ there is some real $C_p$ such that for all smooth real-valued functions $u$ compactly supported on $S:=(0,1)^2$ one has $$\|D_1D_2u\|_p\le C_p(\|D_1^2u\|_p+\|D_2^...
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Decay estimate of Fourier transform of a compactly supported function

Assume $f(x), x \in \mathbb{R}$ is a function with a compact support such that its Fourier transform $\hat{f}(\xi)$ has a decay rate $$\hat{f}(\xi) \lesssim \frac{1}{|\xi|^\gamma + 1}$$ for some $\...
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points separation and dimensions [closed]

Suppose $\mathcal{A}$ is a sub-algebra of $C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$. If $\mathcal{A}$ separates points in $[0,1]$, does it follow $\dim\mathcal{A}=\infty$?
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Proving that a polynomial $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction is bounded below by $1$ outside of a disc of finite radius

This is a follow up from this question. I have a polynomial function $f(x,y)$ that is unbounded in every direction. In other words, if we choose a direction $(a,b)\in S^1$ and keep moving along the ...
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Most general reverse Hölder inequality for polynomials

Theorem. Let $m$ be an integer and $P_m$ the vector space of degree $m$ polynomials in one real variable. There is a constant $C$ such that, for all $a<b$ and $p \in P_m$, $$\|p\|_{L^\infty(a,b)} \...
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Polynomial approximation (Weierstrass theorem) with bounds

Consider the closed interval $[0,1]$ and let $f \in C[0,1]$. Let $g$ be a real valued function on $[0,1]$ such that $g \leq f$. Suppose $g = f$ at atmost finitely many points. Does there exist a ...
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Approximately complemented subspaces

Definition: Suppose $E$ is a subspace of normed space $X$. Then $E$ is approximately complemented in $X$ if for any compact subset $K$ of $E$ and any $\epsilon>0$ there is a continuous linear ...
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Meromorphic extension of solutions to ODEs

I encountered the following question in my studies: Let us assume we have a real anlaytic solution to an ODE on $\mathbb{R}$ of Schr\"odinger type $-\psi''(x)+V(x)\psi(x)=\lambda \psi(x)$ but we ...
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A simple question about the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function

Let $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$. It is well known that the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function $Mf\notin L^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (if $f \ne 0$ a.e.), though there is a weak-type (1,1) bound for this maximal ...
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dual space of a subspace of the space of bounded measures

Let $\mathcal{M}=\mathcal{M}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of bounded measures. Equipped with the weak convergence, the dual space of $\mathcal{M}$ is $\mathcal{C}_b(\mathbb{R})$ consisting of continuous ...
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Does the Fourier series of an $L^1$ function converge to the function *weakly* in $L^1$?

Let $f$ be a periodic $L^1$ function, and $S_n[f]$ the $n$-th partial sum of its Fourier series. I am aware that $S_n[f]$ might not converge toward $f$ in $L^1$ (i.e., in norm). However, does it at ...
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Characterization of Weakly measurable functions

I wonder if we can characterize weak measurability of a function taking values in a Banach space using sequence of step functions (functions that have finite range) just like how we define strong ...
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Splitting a space into positive and negative parts

Let $V$ be a vector space over $\mathbb R$. A symmetric bilinear pairing on $V$ is a linear map $a: V\otimes V \to \mathbb R$. Because $\mathbb R$ is characteristic not-two, I will freely confuse ...
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Decomposition of a positive definite matrix

Let $K(x)_{n\times n}$ be a positive definite matrix defined on $x\in D$ and $K_{i,j}(x)\in C^2(D)$ (or generally $C^k$) for any $1\le i,j\le n$. Of course for any $x$, there exists a invertable ...
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Diagonalise self-adjoint operator explicitly?

Consider the linear constant coefficient differential operator $P$ on the Hilbert space $L^2([0,1]^2;\mathbb C^2)$ $$P= \begin{pmatrix} D_{z}+c & a \\ b & D_{z}+c \end{pmatrix}$$ where $D_z=-...
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Approximating a limit of an integral

How can we prove the following asymptotic lower bound for the regularized Beta function when $n\rightarrow\infty$? $$\int_0^{1} I_{2 t - t^2}\left(\frac{n - 1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}\right) dt=\Omega\left(\...
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The set of Upper semi-continuous functions as a ring.

I should recall that the surgenfery topology on the real numbers is denoted by $\mathbb{R}_l$, and has the set {$[a , b): a,b \in \mathbb{R} $} as it's base. If $X$ is a topological space, an upper ...
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Hölder continuity in time of heat semigroup for regular initial distribution

$ \newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} $ Let $(p_t)_{t>0}$ be the standard Gaussian heat kernel on $\bR^d$, i.e., $$ p_t (x) := \frac{1}{(4 \pi t)^{\frac{d}{2}}} \...
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Prékopa-Leindler style inequality?

Does anyone know a simple proof of the following Prékopa-Leindler style inequality: If we have $f_1,f_2,g_1,g_2$ strictly positive functions on $\mathbb{R}$ such that, for any $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb{R}$,...
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Decompose a function into a bounded part and a Lipschitz part

Let $f: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be a measurable function such that $$ \sup_{x,y \in \mathbb R^d} \frac{|f(x) - f(y)|}{\max \{1, |x-y| \}} < \infty. $$ Are there functions $g,h: \mathbb R^d \...
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Preimage of null sets under a monotone increasing function

Let $I\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be a closed bounded interval and $f:I \to I$ a monotonic increasing function and $S$ the countable set of points $s$ such that $|f^{-1}(s)| > 1$. Is the following ...
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Making sense of the limit $\lim\limits_{x \to y} T(x,y) $ for a tempered distribution $T$ on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$

I already posted a similar question on MO and looked into the references therein. However, I cannot find a satisfactory answer for my question..So I ask here again in a more refined form. Let $T \in \...
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