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Unit ball of the sum space
Let $V$ be a vector space and $\|\cdot \|_1$ and $\|\cdot\|_2$ two norms on $V$.
Let $\|\cdot\|_+$ be given by
$$ \|v\|_+ := \inf_{v = v_1 + v_2} \|v_1\|_1 + \|v_2\|_2 $$
It is well-known that $\|\...
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Scaling limit of transport equation with double-well potential
Let us consider the transport PDE
$$
u^\epsilon_t + u^\epsilon_x= -\frac{1}{\epsilon} W'(u^\epsilon)
$$
where $W$ is a double-well potential -- for example, $W(x)=\frac{1}{4}(x^2-1)^2$ so that the PDE ...
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Scaling limit of ODE with double-well potential
Let us consider the ODE
$$
\frac{d}{dt}x_\epsilon(t) = -\frac{1}{\epsilon} W'(x_\epsilon(t))
$$
where $W$ is a double-well potential -- for example, $W(x)=\frac{1}{4}(x^2-1)^2$ so that the ODE reads
$$...
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Banach algebras satisfying $pq=qp=q \Rightarrow \|q\|\leq\|p\|$ for all idempotents $p$ and $q$
This question could be way below the level of MO, so apologies in advance. I posted the same question in MS about 10 days ago without a definitive answer so far.
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra with the ...
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When can we divide continuous functions?
Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff topological space such that for every continuous $f,g:X\to\mathbb{R}$ with $0\le f\le g$ there is a continuous $h:X\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f=gh$.
What can be said ...
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Is there a name for the space of gradients?
Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain. Define the set
$$H = \left\{\nabla f : f \in \mathcal{C}^1(\Omega)\right\}.$$
I suspect that $H$ is a Hilbert space (though I am unsure about ...
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Oleinik inequality (one-sided Lipschitz condition) implies $BV_{\mathrm{loc}}$ for solution of conservation law
Consider the scalar conservation law
$$u_t+f(u)_x=0, \hspace{0.4 cm} \text{in $\hspace{0.2 cm}$ $\mathbb{R} \times (0,\infty)$}$$
where $f \in C^{2}(\mathbb{R})$ is a strictly convex function ($f''>...
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BMO estimates of singular integral operators on torus
I have the following elliptic problem:
$$ \Delta u = \operatorname{div}\operatorname{div}S, $$
where $S=(S_{i,j})\colon \mathbb{T}^n\to \mathbb{R}^{n\times n} $ is bounded and $\mathbb{T}^n$ is the $n$...
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Conditions for chain rule for Gateaux derivatives
Let $X,Y,Z$ be locally convex topological vector spaces over $\mathbb R$ (not necessarily Banach), $D_X \subseteq X$, $D_Y \subseteq Y$ and let $f \colon D_X \to D_Y$, $g \colon D_Y \to Z$. Let us ...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part II
This question is a follow up on my latest MO post which was addressed kindly by Iosif Pinelis. What is new here is that I need to correct the assumption by including a missing hypothesis. The context ...
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A constant ratio of integrals? Part I
Let $u(x)$ be a harmonic polynomial in the unit ball $B_1(0)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with $u(0)=0$.
For $0<r\leq1$, consider the average of its Dirichlet integral
$$A(r):=\frac1{\vert B_r(0)\vert}\int_{...
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Why and how is a representation "continuously decomposable"?
What I am asking may apply to a much more general setting and I am interested in the underlying level of generality of these statements, mostly with canonical references. However I state the question ...
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Reference request: subspace-based generalisation of weak* convergence
Let $V$ be a normed space and $(V_j)_{j\in [0,1]}$ be a family of linear subspaces of $V$ with $V_1$ non-trivial and such that $V_1\subsetneq V_j\subseteq V_i$ whenever $i\leq j$. We write $W:=V'$ for ...
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Reference request: Integrability condition on measures
Let $(\mathcal{C}, \|\cdot\|)$ be a (non-locally compact) Banach space with Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}$.
Given a probability measure $\mu : \mathcal{B}\rightarrow[0,1]$, I'm interested in ...
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Primes as the extrema of a functional
I'd like to write down a functional on sequences for which the prime numbers are an extrema.
One generally thinks of the natural numbers first as an ordered set, and then you discover unique ...
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Second differential of total variation
I am trying to give meaning to the notion of second differential of total variation.
For sufficiently regular $u:\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ let the total variation be given by
$$TV(u)=...
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Uniqueness of Kantorovich potentials?
$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$Take $\Omega\subset \R^d$ bounded, convex, and smooth.
Consider the optimal transport problem with cost $c(x,y)=\lvert x-y\rvert^2$, leading to the quadratic Wassersein ...
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References on duality of fractional order Sobolev spaces
I would like to ask you for any good references regarding fractional order Sobolev spaces. I know Hitchhiker's guide to the fractional Sobolev spaces is a very popular one, and I found it to be quite ...
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Does the map $f \mapsto \mu_f$ (BV to Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure) behave nicely under function concatenation?
Consider two continuous functions $f,g : [0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ of bounded variation, and let $\mu_f, \mu_g : \mathcal{B}([0,1])\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be their associated Lebesgue-Stieltjes (...
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Growth of $L^p$ norms as $p \to \infty$
Let $f$ be a non-negative function defined on the unit interval. It is well known that $N(p) := \left(\int_0^1 f^p(t) dt\right)^{\frac{1}{p}} $ converges to $\operatorname{esssup}_{[0,1]} f$ when $p \...
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Reference for weighted Sobolev spaces
I'm looking for a comprehensive reference illustrating, from the ground up, the basics of weighted Sobolev Spaces on Lipschitz domains (this case should be included, but I don't need less than it). ...
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Identification of vector valued function
Do you know of a good reference for a proof of the fact that $L^2(0,T,L^2(\Omega))$ and to $L^2([0,T]\times \Omega)$ can be identified?
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Is Schwartz space $\mathbb R^n$ contained in every fractional Sobolev space on $\mathbb R^n$? [closed]
Can someone kindly confirm that the Schwartz space $\mathcal S(\mathbb R^n)$ made of all infinitely-differentiable functions $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$ with rapidly decreasing derivatives of all ...
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References and updates on a $L^p$ Factorization theorem by Maurey
In the "Exposé XV" of the 1972-1973 of the Maurey-Schwartz Seminar of functional analysis ("Théorèmes de factorisation pour les opérateurs linéaires à
valeurs dans un espace $L^p(\Omega,...
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The Laplace transform and the Lagrange compositional inversion formula
I'm looking for references which derive the Lagrange inversion formula, given below (in bold), for the Taylor series coefficients of the compositional inverse of a function $f$ analytic at the origin ...
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$C^1$-regularity of solution of a Dirichlet problem
I've been stuck trying to hunt down a proof/reference for a certain regularity result which I need for my thesis (all the authors I've consulted refer to it as "well-known"). Consider the ...
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Spectral theory of infinite volume hyperbolic manifolds
I have a question about the discrete spectrum of the Laplace operator on hyperbolic manifolds with infinite volume. I understand the case of infinite area surfaces: see Chapter 7 (Sections 1 and 2) of ...
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Properties of Sobolev spaces $W^{k,p}(\Omega, E)$ where $E$ is a Banach space
$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$Let $E$ be a Banach space with norm $\|\cdot\|_E$ and let $\Omega\subset \R^n$ be an open set.
For $k\geq 0, p\geq 1$ we define $W^{k,p}(\Omega, E)$, the Sobolev space of ...
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Does property (V) imply the Grothendieck property for dual Banach spaces?
A Banach space $X$ has property (V) whenever for each Banach space $Y$, every unconditionally converging operator $T:X\to Y$ is weakly compact; equivalently, every non-weakly compact operator $T:X\to ...
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On the derivatives of the solutions of the heat equations with Neumann boundary condition
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth domain with compact closure. More precisely, $\Omega$ is a $C^\infty$ domain. We write $\partial \Omega$ for the boundary of $\Omega$, and denote by $n$ the inward unit ...
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Is $L^p(X,\ell^p)$, $1<p<\infty$, uniformly convex?
Let $(X,\mu)$ be a measure space and let $1<p<\infty$.
Question. Is the space $L^p(X,\ell^p)$,
$$
\lVert f\rVert_p=\Bigl(\int_X\sum_{i=1}^\infty \lvert f_i\rvert^p\, dx\Bigr)^{1/p},
\qquad
f=(...
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Uniformly convex Banach spaces
Theorem. If $X$ and $Y$ are uniformly convex Banach spaces, then for $1<p<\infty$ the space
$$
X\oplus_pY=X\times Y,
\qquad
\Vert(x,y)\Vert:=(\Vert x\Vert_X^p+\Vert y\Vert_Y^p)^{1/p}
$$
is ...
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Topological vector spaces (reference request)
In his book Topological Function Spaces Arhangel'skii says that "it is well known that every nontrivial locally convex linear topological space $X$ is homeomorphic to a space of the form $Y \...
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Convergence rates for kernel empirical risk minimization, i.e empirical risk minimization (ERM) with kernel density estimation (KDE)
Let $\Theta$ be an open subset of some $\mathbb R^m$ and let $P$ be a probability distribution on $\mathbb R^d$ with density $f$ in a Sobolev space $W_p^s(\mathbb R^d)$, i.e all derivatives of $f$ ...
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Uniformly continuous semigroups are analytic
Reposting from stackexchange.
I know that every analytic $C_0$-semigroup is differentiable and then every differentiable semigroup is norm continuous.
I want to know where uniform continuity fits in ...
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Are sequences in $\ell^1(\mathbb N_0)$ converging uniformly on convex weakly compact subsets of $c_0(\mathbb N_0)$ norm convergent?
I think the question as expressed in the title should be clear. I do not know whether there is a known "characterization" of the weakly compact convex sets in $c_0(\mathbb N_0)$ but testing ...
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Sobolev embedding theorems on manifolds
I had asked the following question on math.stackexchange but did not get any response:
I'm looking for a reference which states the Sobolev embedding theorems on Riemann manifolds for fractional ...
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Existence of a strongly continuous topologically irreducible representation of a compact group on an infinite dimensional Banach space?
Does there exists a triple $(G, X, \pi)$, where $G$ is a compact group, $X$ an infinite dimensional Banach space over $\mathbf{C}$, and $\pi : G \to B(X)$ a strongly continuous representation of $G$, ...
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$L^\infty-L^\infty$ bounds for heat semigroups constructed from the Dirichlet Laplacian
Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary, and let $\Delta$ be the Laplace operator with the Dirichlet boundary condition on $D$. Let $e^{t\Delta}$ be the corresponding ...
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The definition of essential spectrum for general closed operators
I've asked this problem in MSE several days ago, see here. But there is no reply up until now. Maybe I wrote things too complicated there and so I'll write a very clean problem here. For background ...
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A version of the Nash-Moser inverse function for unbounded domains?
Do there exist versions of the Nash-Moser inverse function theorem applicable to spaces of unbounded smooth functions on unbounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$? Any reference would be appreciated but ...
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Reference on inductive (direct) limit of ordered vector spaces and vector lattices
I looked in all textbooks on vector lattices (Riesz spaces) as well as ordered vector spaces, but couldn't find any mentions of neither inductive nor projective limit for these structures. Googling ...
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Reference for commutator estimate
I'm interested in Sobolev space estimates for commutators involving a pseudodifferential operator and a Fourier multiplier. More specifically, suppose $p = p(x,\xi) \in S_{1,0}^{m_1}$ and let $q = q(\...
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An estimate for the Benjamin-Ono equation from T. Tao's well-posedness paper
In https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307289 (eq. (8)),
for a (smooth) solution of the equation $$u_t - uu_x + Hu_{xx} = 0$$
(where $H$ denotes the Hilbert transform) the following estimate is stated (...
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Fourier multipliers and transference on cyclic groups
It seems to be a commonplace in harmonic analysis that if some operator (say, Fourier multiplier) is bounded on $L^p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ then by transference the similar operator is also bounded on $L^p(\...
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Reference for smoothness of Nemytskii operator on fractional Sobolev spaces
Let $\varphi:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be smooth and bounded (together with all of its derivatives). Define the operator
$$
\big(N_\varphi x\big)(t)=\varphi\big(x(t)\big)
$$
for $x\in H^s(T^d)$, the ...
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Normal vector to a level set and fractional Laplacian
Let $U=\{u\le0\}$ and $\partial U=\{u=0\}$. Suppose $\nabla u$ does not vanish on $\partial U$. Then the (canonical extension of the) normal vector field to $\partial U$ (pointing to the interior of $\...
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Resource on spectral theory for differential operators with symmetry groups
In Methods of Mathematical Physics IV by Reed and Simon, the authors cover Floquet theory in detail in Section XIII.16. On page 280, they note that
"A part of the analysis of [the periodic ...
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Smoothness of Minkowski functional is equivalent to smoothness of boundary
Let $C\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex body containing $0$ in its interior. I recently read that Minkowski functional of $C$,
$$
f_C(x):=\inf\Big\{t>0:\frac1{t}\cdot x\in C\Big\},
$$
is $C^1$ ...
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“Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Laurent series” is to _________?
Preamble
My question is similar to an earlier MathOverflow question:
“Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Padé approximant” is to _________? which I just answered (hopefully my first ever ...
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