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Coarea-like formula for BV functions (not their derivative)

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^N$ and $f \in BV(\Omega)$. The coarea formula states that $$Df = \int_{\mathbb R} D \chi_{\{f >h\}} \, dh.$$ Unfortunately, the formula $$f = \int_{\mathbb R} \...
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Growth assumption and example of finite (arbitrarily small) time blow up for ODE

Consider the following ODE initial value problem \begin{align*} &\frac{d}{dt}\Phi(t,x) = \boldsymbol{F}(t,\Phi(t,x)), & t \in [0,T], \ \ x \in \mathbb{R}^N,\\ &\Phi(0,x) = x, & x \in \...
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When is a mapping the proximity operator of some convex function?

Is there a characterization of mappings $p : \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R^n$ which are proximity operators (in the sense of Moreau) of l.s.c (extended) real-valued functions ? That is, given $p : ...
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Level sets of a BV function and its derivative

Given $u \in BV(\Omega; \mathbb{R}^M)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, what is the relationship between its level sets and its distributional derivative $Db$? More specifically, does Alberti ...
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Lusin Lipschitz approximation in BV and Sobolev space

Theorem 5.34 in Functions of bounded variation by L. Ambrosio, N. Fusco and D. Pallara states that Let $u \in [BV(\mathbb{R}^N)]^m$. Then there exists a constant $\kappa>0$ such that for every $...
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Unbounded Component of the Fredholm Domain

Let $X$ be a Banach space and $T \in \mathcal L(X)$. The authors Engel and Nagel introduce in their book "One-Parameter Semigroups for Linear Evolution Equations" on p. 248 the concept of the ...
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Jacobian and Jacobian matrix of solutions of ODE with Sobolev vector field

Let $\Phi$ be the Lagrangian flow (defined as in page 6 of this paper) of the ODE $$\begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt}\Phi(x,t) = f(\Phi(x,t),t) \quad t >0 \\ \Phi(x,0) = x \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N \end{...
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Norm bounds on spectral variation and eigenvalue variation

Let $A$ and $B$ be two matrices of eigenvalues $\lambda_i$ and $\mu_i$, respectively. The spectral variation of $B$ w.r.t. $A$ and the eigenvalue variation of $B$ and $A$ are, respectively, \begin{...
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Convergence of the difference quotient of a BV function

Consider a BV function $u \in BV(\mathbb{R}^N; \mathbb{R}^N)$. What can be said about the difference quotient $$ \frac{u(x+\epsilon y)-u(x)}{\epsilon} $$ regarding its convergence as $\epsilon \to 0$...
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Consistency of the definition of total variation for functions of one or several variables

Where can I find a proof that the definition of total variation for functions of several variables is consistent with the definition of total variation for functions of one variable?
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Reference on Minty's trick

I am searching for a precise reference for the following result: Consider $f:\mathbb{R}_+\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_+$ a nondecreasing function. Assume that a sequence of nonnegative functions $(u_n)_n$ ...
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Hausdorff dimension of the graph of a BV function

Let $u: \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a $BV$ function. Is the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of $u$ equal to $N$? How can we prove it? Update. In an answer to this post, it ...
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Reference request for translating from Top to C*-alg

Some recent questions on MO (for example, Do subalgebras of C(X) admit a description in terms of the compact Hausdorff space X?) have been about Gelfand duality — namely, that the categories of ...
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Difference of two probability measures modulo a third

Given three probability measures on $N$ elements (so $\mu_0, \mu_1,\mu_2 \in \ell^1_N$), I need to define the difference of $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$ "modulo" $\mu_0$ as $$ \sup \bigg\{ \int f \,\mathrm{d}(...
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A reference for $\nabla |u|^p = p\ \text{sgn}(u)|u|^{p-1}\nabla u$

Let $\Omega$ be an open domain with nice boundary and $u\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)$. I believe that $|u|^p\in W^{1,1}$ with $$ \nabla |u|^p = p\ \text{sgn}(u)|u|^{p-1}\nabla u $$ but couldn't find a good ...
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Kullback Leibler "variance": does that divergence have a name?

If you consider two probability distributions $p$ and $q$, one way to measure the distance between the two is the Kullback-Leibler divergence: $$KL(p,q)=\int p \log (p/q) = E_p(\log p/q)$$ and this ...
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Equivalent notion of approximate differentiability

Is it true that the definition of approximate differentiability presented here of a function $f: \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}$ is equivalent to the following one? $$\lim_{r \to 0} \rlap{-}\!\!\int_{...
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The completion of $F/\text{Ker}(M)$ is isomorphic to the closure of the range of $M$

Let $M$ be a positive semidefinite operator on a complex Hilbert space $(F,(\cdot,\cdot))$. On the quotient space $F/\text{Ker}(M)$ we have the following inner product $$\langle \overline{x},\...
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Do analytic functionals form a cosheaf?

Let $X$ be a complex-analytic manifold. Consider the sheaf of holomorphic functions $\mathcal{O}_X$ as a sheaf with values in the category of locally convex vector spaces. For $U\subseteq X$ open, we ...
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Sharp asymptotic behavior of the metric entropy for the unit ball in Besov space

For $s>0$ and $1 \leq p,q \leq \infty$ let $B^s_{p,q}$ be the Besov space defined on $[0,1]^d$, and assume $ s > d( \frac 1 p - \frac 1 2)_+$, such that $B^s_{p,q}$ is compactly embedded in $L^2(...
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linear functions/hyperplanes vs. convex functions/convex sets in Hilbert space

The simplest Hahn-Banach extension theorem in Hilbert space $X$ avoids the use of the axiom of choice by virtue of the Riesz representation theorem. But what about the version of the theorem where the ...
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Bibliographic request concerning an article by Bernstein and Robinson

Concerning the article "Bernstein, Allen R.; Robinson, Abraham. Solution of an invariant subspace problem of K. T. Smith and P. R. Halmos. Pacific J. Math. 16 1966 421-431" I am interested in finding ...
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Sobolev embedding in complete manifold

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete Riemannian $m$-manifold, with bounded geometry and $m\geq2$. Suppose that $(M,g)$ admits a bounded geometry. Q Can we show that for $k-\frac{m}{p}\geq l-\frac{m}{q}$, we ...
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"Twisted" direct sums of Banach spaces

It is hard to provide motivation, so I just want to state this definition "as is". Suppose I have a Banach space $E$ and two commuting, injective operators $R_0, R_1$ on $E$ which satisfy the ...
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Showing $H^1(\partial\Omega) \subset H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)$ is continuous?

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain. How does one prove that the inclusion $H^1(\partial\Omega) \subset H^{\frac 12}(\partial\Omega)$ is continuous? I define $H^{\frac 1 2}(\...
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$f(x) \ne g(x)$ but $f(f(x))=g(g(x))$ - is there a name/some discussion of this property?

In the context of iteration of functions I look at the eigenvalues of the associated matrixoperator/Carleman-matrix . If a function $\small f(x)$ has a negative eigenvalue in its associated ...
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Need a reference of a fact given in B. Blackadar's Operator Algebras

I am reading Blackadar's book on Operator algebras. In $\Pi 9.6.5$ Blackader says that Maximal Tensor products commute with arbitrary limits. In the same book the proof of this fact is not given....
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Feller semigroups and fractional operators

Have Feller semigroups been used to investigate the properties of the Cauchy problem associated with the fractional Laplacian (just like they have been used to study local degenerate second order ...
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Sobolev Multiplication on non-compact manifold

We know that for a compact Riemannian $n$-dim manifold $(M,g)$(the boundary could be nonempty), the Sobolev Multiplication Theorem states that $L^p_k\times L^q_l⟶L^r_m$, where $1/r−m/n>1/p−k/m+1/...
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Differences among various index theories in critical point theory

Index theories help characterize critical points of functionals having certain symmetries. What are the differences (regarding problems they can be applied to) between for example these ones? the ...
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Can we extract information from signature (rough path theory) to construct part of signal?

This question is related to rough path theory. Consider we have obtained signature obtained from a set discrete data points postulating linear from one data point to another. Such signature are used ...
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What “mild solution” means, and how to find it?

In this paper: Existence and uniqueness of a classical solution to a functional-differential abstract nonlocal Cauchy problem Byszewski studied this form of functional-differential nonlocal problem (1)...
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The definiton of a multiplier on a Banach algebra

Let $A$ be a Banach algebra. Some textbooks define a (left ) multiplier as a map $T:A\rightarrow A$ satisfying $T(ab)=T(a)b$ for all $a,b\in A$ and assume that $A$ needs to be a without order Banach ...
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Elliptic interface problem without conditions on the interface

Consider an open domain $U$ split in two non-overlapping subdomains: $U = U_1 \cup U_2$. For a model case, consider a ball split in a smaller ball and an anulus. Consider the following elliptic ...
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Applications of non-separable Hilbert spaces

In applications, Hilbert spaces of interest are often assumed to be separable. In addition to being extremely convenient mathematically, this assumption can often be justified on computational or ...
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Property of Fixed Point Function

Given an operator $\mathcal{T}$ that maps from a function $f: \mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ to another function $f': \mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, we are interested in the fixed point $f^*...
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Convergence of Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors for Uniformly Form-Bounded Operators

Suppose that $A$ is an operator on a dense domain $D(A)\subset L^2$ with compact resolvent, and with quadratic form $q(f,g):=\langle f,Ag\rangle$. Let $(r_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ be a sequence of ...
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Reference on vector-valued convex conjugate

The following definition of convex conjugate is taken from Wiki: Let $X$ be a real topological vector space, and let $X^*$ be the dual space to $X.$ Denote the dual pairing by $$\langle \cdot ,...
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Extreme points of convex compact sets

Preparing to a lecture on Krein--Milman theorem I read in W. Rudin's Functional analysis textbook (1973) that it is unknown whether any convex compact set in any topological vector space has an ...
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Extension of a result about measurable, additive functionals

Let $W$ be a set, and let $v$ be a finitely additive probability measure on $2^W$. Equip $2^W$ with the Borel sigma-algebra $\mathcal{B}$ generated by the sub-basic sets of the form $\{a: w \in a\}$ ...
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Riesz representation theorem for Hilbert-to-Hilbert mappings [closed]

Assume $\phi:\mathbb{H}_1\rightarrow \mathbb{H}_2$ is a continuous linear mapping between two real Hilbert spaces $\mathbb{H}_1$ and $\mathbb{H}_2$. If $\mathbb{H}_2=\mathbb{R}$, then the Riesz ...
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Sum of subspaces is closed iff inclination is positive

It is a well-known result in functional analysis that the sum $M+N$ of two subspaces of a Banach space with $M\cap N=0$ is closed if and only if the inclination $$\widehat{(M,N)} := \inf_{x\in M, \|x\|...
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compact embedding for Sobolev spaces

The Sobolev embedding $H_{0, rad}^{1}(\Omega) \hookrightarrow L^{p+1}(\Omega)$ is compact for all $p>1$ where $\Omega= \{x\in \mathbb R^N: 0<a<|x|<b\}.$ Is it possible to determine the ...
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Approximation of the radon-derivative

I am looking for the following statement. Let $X$ be a topological space and let $\mu$, $\nu$ be Radon-Borel measures in the same measure class i.e. the the zero-sets are identical. Denote then by $...
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eta invariant and spectral flow

We know that for a family of first-order self adjoint elliptic (Fredholm) operator $A_t$, for $t\in [0,1]$ we have the formula $$\eta(A_1)-\eta(A_0)=spfl(A_t)_{t\in[0,1]}+\int^1_0 \omega(s)ds,$$ where ...
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Density-$c_0$ in $\ell^\infty$

Let $A \subseteq \mathbb{N}$, define the upper density of $A$ as, $$ \overline{\delta}(A) := \limsup_{N\to\infty}\frac{|A\cap\{1,2,3,\cdots,N\}|}{N}. $$ This naturally leads to a weaker form of ...
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Integral with product of two infinite sums

I am looking for references and results on integrals with product of two infinite sums: $$S_1=\int_0^{\infty} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} f(nx) \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \overline{ g(kx)} dx$$ Above integral is ...
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Lower semi-continuity of the Hellinger-Fisher-Rao distance

I am currently working on unbalanced optimal transport, where the Hellinger (or sometimes Fisher-Rao) distance $$ H^2(\rho,\mu)=\int_{\Omega}\left|\sqrt{\frac{d\rho}{d\lambda}}-\sqrt{\frac{d\mu}{d\...
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Lyapunov-type function in a non locally-compact space and boundedness of the average

Set-up and question. Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a complete separable metric space which is not locally-compact. Let $V: \mathcal{X} \to [0; +\infty]$ be a function and $(X_t)_{t\geq 0}$ a Markov process in $...
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Decay estimate for the heat equation: $\sup_{t>0}\int_{\mathbb{R}} t^\alpha |u_x|^2\ dx$

Let $u$ be a solution of the heat equation $$u_t - u_{xx} = 0, \quad t>0, x \in \mathbb{R}$$ with initial data $u(0,\cdot) = u_0$. Fix $\alpha >0$. How can I estimate (without using explicitly ...

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