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Is this subspace of $B(\mathcal{H})$ known?
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space. Suppose that I take a fixed ONB of $\mathcal{H}$ let us call it $\{ e_i \}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}$ and then I define
\begin{align*}
\|T \|_{D} = \sup_{l_i, m_i} \sum_{...
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Metrizability of topology of compact convergence
Let $X$ be a separable metric space and $Y$ be a second-countable $\sigma$-compact Hausdorff space. Then the compact-convergence (compact-open) topology on $C(Y,X)$ is metrizable with metric
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d(f,g)...
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Commutator of translation invariant operators on $L^2(\mathbb{R})$
I have a question concerning the commutator of translation invariant operators on $L^2(\mathbb{R})$.
Recall that $S:L^2(\mathbb{R})\to L^2(\mathbb{R})$ is translation invariant if $Su_t=u_tS$ for all $...
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Compactness properties of plurisubharmonic functions
I'm quite interested in this topic, but the main text on Several Complex Variables say little of nothing about it. Here are my questions, and I'd be grateful of any reference or information.
Let $\...
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Standard definition: vector-valued essential support
Let $f \in L^p(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R}^m)$. If $m=1$ then the essential support of $f$ is a mainstream definition; see here for example. However, when $m>1$ is the following definition used?
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Reference request: completion of Banach norm on sum
Let $X_1,X_2$ be Banach subspaces of a locally convex space $X$. Then the subset
$$
X_1+X_2 = \left\{
x\in X:\, x= \beta_1 x_1 + \beta_2 x_2 \, \beta_i \in \mathbb{R},\, x_i \in X_i
\right\},
$$
a is ...
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Dual space of continuous Banach-space-valued functions
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $K$ some compact Hausdorff space. I am interested in the dual space of the Banach space
$$C(K; X) = \lbrace f: K \to X, \ f \text{ is continuous}\rbrace, \qquad \lVert ...
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Spectral properties of operators mapped to zero by some polynomial
Let $T$ be a bounded operator on a Banach space $X$ and suppose that there is a non-constant polynomial $p$ such that $p(T) = 0$. It seems to be well known that the spectrum of such an operator ...
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Is there a name for this slightly stronger version of Cesàro convergence which "more quickly ignores earlier terms"?
Let $V$ be a normed vector space, let $l \in V$, and let $(a_n)$ be a sequence in $V$. We say that $a_n$ is Cesàro-convergent to $l$ if $\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n a_i \to l$ as $n\to\infty$.
Now I will ...
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Smoothing-Strichartz estimates for the heat-Schrodinger evolution
Consider the heat-Schrodinger evolution $e^{(1+i)t\Delta}$, $t\geq 0$. For simplicity, suppose to work in dimension three. Due to the Strichartz estimates for the Schrodinger equation, and the ...
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Reference request: Projection operators in metric spaces
Given a metric space $(X,d)$ and a subset $S\subset X$, the projection $P_S$ onto $S$ is well-defined as a set valued function. I am interested in learning more about properties of these projections ...
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Traces of Sobolev spaces
Is there a simple proof of the following fact?
Theorem. Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded and smooth domain. If $n>2$, then $W^{1,n-1}(\partial\Omega)\subset
W^{1-\frac{1}{n},n}(\...
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Very weak solution to parabolic PDE (pointwise a.e. in time with time derivative on test function)
Consider the parabolic PDE
$$u' + Au = 0$$
as an equality in $L^2(0,T;V^*)$ for some Hilbert space $V$ with $A\colon L^2(0,T;V) \to L^2(0,T;V^*)$ a coercive, bounded linear operator. Here $u'$ is the ...
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In which sense the GNS-construction is a functor?
I asked this at mathstackexchange a week ago, without success.
I think the Gelfand–Naimark–Segal construction must be a functor in some sense, but I can't find an explicit statement anywhere. Can ...
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Asymptotics for certain integrals
I stumbled on the following problem, if you can see a way through it.
Let $x$ be a real variable and fix a real value $\frac14\leq\nu\leq\frac34$.
QUESTION. For $x\rightarrow0$, does there exist a ...
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reference request: unbounded operators on normed spaces
I'm looking for books where the theory (basic properties, adjoints etc.) of unbounded linear operators between locally convex spaces or at least Banach spaces is developed. In Brezis' functional ...
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References for Neumann eigenfunctions
I am looking for references on eigenfunctions with Neumann boundary condition.
In an article, the author wrote in introduction that when a domain is planar polygon, the second eigenfunctions on it ...
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Hahn-Banach theorem with convex majorant
At least 99% of books on functional analysis state and prove the Hahn-Banach theorem in the following form: Let $p:X\to \mathbb R$ be sublinear on a real vector space, $L$ a subspace of $X$, and $f:L\...
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“Chapman-Kolmogorov”-convolution vs. smoothness
Let $K:\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a so-called "integral-kernel": we certainly require $K(x,.)$ and $K(.,y)$ to be Lebesgue measurable for almost all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^n$. An ...
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Why we use Caputo fractional derivative in application?
I'm working on some papers which use Caputo fractional evolution equation (see on Wikipedia) as application for thier main result:
For example:
$$\left\{\begin{matrix}
^CD^{\sigma}_tx(t)+Ax(t)=&...
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Embedding random variables in infinite-dimensional spaces
Let $H$ be a reproducing kernel Hilbert space of functions $f:E\to F$ with kernel $k$. A point in $E$ may be embedded into $H$ via the canonical embedding $x\mapsto k(x,\cdot)$. Similarly, a random ...
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Stability of fractional Sobolev spaces under diffeomorphisms
Let $H^s_p(\mathbb{R}^n)$ be the fractional Sobolev space of fractional order $s\in \mathbb{R}$, for $1<p<\infty$, and let $\phi:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^n$ be a diffeomorphism. Assume that the ...
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What is known about "almost orthogonal vectors"?
Motivation:
Suppose we have a kernel $k(a,b)$ defined over the natural numbers.
Then by the Moore–Aronszajn theorem, we can embedd the natural number $a$ in some Hilbert space $\mathbb{H}$, which we ...
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Reference for weak*-semigroup
Let $X$ a dual Banach space (there exists a Banach space $Y$ such that $X=Y'$).
A weak* semigroup on $X$ is a semigroup $(T_t)_{\geq 0}$ on $X$ such that, for all $x\in X$, we have $T_tx\to x$ in the ...
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Smoothing properties of analytic semigroups
Assume $A$ is a second order operator, generator of a positive analytic semigroup on the $L^p$-spaces with $p\in (1,\infty)$ and domain $D(A_p)=W^{2,p}$. Do we have regularity estimates
$\|T_p(t)f\|_{...
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Extending state space to make a process Feller
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space, and let $Y_t$ be a continuous Markov process on $X$ with transition function $P(t, x, \Gamma) := \mathbb{P}_x (Y_t \in \Gamma)$. Let $T_t$ be the ...
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Contraction semigroup on $L^2$
Let $(X, \mu)$ be a finite measure space and let $A$ be a non-negative self-adjoint operator which generates a contraction semigroup $e^{tA}$ on $L^2(X, \mu)$. If additionally, we have that $e^{tA}$ ...
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"Generalisation" of one-parameter semigroups
Let $(Y,\left\|\cdot\right\|_Y)$ be a Banach space and $A:D(A)\subset Y \to Y$ a closed operator. Studying dynamical systems of the form
\begin{equation}
u'=Au
\end{equation}
quickly leads to the ...
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Positivity of generalised heat kernels
Let $K_\alpha(t,x)$ be the (generalised or fractional) heat kernel which corresponds to the fractional heat equation (I'm not sure that's the right name) in $\mathbb R^n$
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u_t=(-\Delta)^\alpha u, \...
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Reference on semigroup theory and fractional heat equation
Consider the Dirichlet problem associated to the classical heat equation $\partial_t u - \Delta u = 0$ and to the fractional heat equation $\partial_t u + (- \Delta)^s u = 0$.
Where can I find a ...
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Minimality properties of James' space
I am interested in the following question about James' quasi-reflexive Banach space $\mathcal{J}$:
Does there exists a non-Hilbertian subspace $X$ of $\mathcal{J}$ such that $X$ isomorphically ...
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Lecture notes on semigroup theory for linear evolution equations
I am reading (or trying to read :)) "One parameter semigroups for Linear Evolution equations" by Klaus-Jochen Engel and Rainer Nagel. I was wondering if someone was aware of a good set of lecture ...
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Short time $L^1$ bounds for semigroups obtained from elliptic operators
Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary, and let $L$ be a negative definite second order elliptic differential operator defined with $\mathcal{D}(L) \subset H^2(\Omega)$, given ...
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Generator of a $C_0$-semigroup restricted to a subspace
Suppose we have a decreasing filtration of Banach spaces $(E_t)_{t\geq0}$, inclusions $V_{s+t,t}:E_{s+t}\to E_t$ and projections $P_{t,s+t}:E_t\to E_{s+t}$ such that $P_{t,s+t}V_{s+t,t}=I_{E_{s+t}}$. ...
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Reference for discrete Laplacian on $\mathbb{Z}$
For $x\in \mathbb{R}^\mathbb{Z}$, let the discrete Laplacian be defined as
\begin{align*}
(\Delta x)_k = 2x_k-x_{k+1}-x_{k-1}.
\end{align*}
I am looking for good references about its spectrum (or ...
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Reference on semigroup theory and parabolic PDEs
Recently started to study semigroup theory. My background is equivalent to the first three chapters of the Jack Hale's book "Asymptotic behavior of dissipative systems".
Looking for a reference to an ...
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Topological spaces containing paths
Let $C(\mathbb{R}^n;\mathbb{R}^d)$ be the space of continuous functions with the uniform-convergence on compacts topology. What are function spaces $X$ building on $C(\mathbb{R}^n;\mathbb{R}^d)$?
$X$...
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Fractional powers of an operator
What is the large class of operators for which one can define fractional powers? For example, we can consider an operator $A: D(A) \subset X \rightarrow X$, generator of an analytic semigroup on a ...
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Concrete example of BV function $u:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ with singular derivative
What are examples of two BV functions $u:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ with singular derivative?
More precisely, I'd like to see an example (and a plot using Mathematica or Matlab) of
a function
$$...
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A useful criterion in vector integration
I would like to know the proof of the following theorem:
Consider two Banach spaces $X\hookrightarrow Y$ and $1<p,q\leq\infty$. Let $(f_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a bounded sequence in $L^q(I,Y)$ and let $...
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A Pythagorian inequality characterization of inner-product spaces
Let $(X,\|\cdot\|)$ be a real normed space. For any points $A$ and $B$ in $X$, let $AB:=\|A-B\|$. Suppose that for any points $A$ and $B$ in $X$ and any straight line $\ell\subseteq X$ such that $B\...
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Regularity and normal trace of "Hdiv" measures
In order to fix the ideas let me consider an open, smooth, bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$.
I am wondering what can be said about a vector-valued measure $v\in \mathcal M^d(\Omega)$ with ...
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Regular Lagrangian flow for the problem $\frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \chi_{\{x>0\}}(X(t,x))$
Consider the problem
$$(\star) \quad \begin{cases} \frac{d}{dt} X(t,x) = \chi_{\{x>0\}}(X(t,x)), &t \in [0,T],\\
X(0,x) = x, &x \in \mathbb R
\end{cases}
$$
where $\chi$ denotes the ...
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Reference request for representation theory of TRO
Let $H$ and $K$ be Hilbert spaces. Recall that a Ternary ring of operator(TRO) $V$ is a closed subspace of $B(H,K)$ such that $xy^{\ast}z \in V$ for all $x,y,z \in V$. I have recently started reading ...
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Is every separable Banach space with the MAP 1-complemented in a space with a monotone basis?
The question, already phrased in the title, looks like a classical problem from Banach space theory from the 1970s. Hence, my question is more of a reference request in its nature.
Can every ...
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Does taking the modulus preserve weak $p$-summability of sequences in $L_q$?
For this question, all Banach spaces are over the reals.
Let $1\leq p<\infty$. Recall that a sequence $(x_n)$ in a Banach space $E$ is weakly $p$-summable if
$$ \Vert (x_n) \Vert_{p,w} := \sup_{\...
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Rates of convergence of mollifiers with Sobolev norms on manifold
Let $M$ be a smooth compact Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$, and let $H^s_p(M)$ for $s\in \mathbb{R}$ be the fractional Sobolev space of order $s$ on the manifold (defined for instance through ...
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Lyapounov's inequality for Orlicz norms
When a sequence $f \in \ell_1$, there is a very simple bound on its $\ell_q$-norms given by $\|f\|_q^q \leq \|f\|_1 \cdot \|f\|_\infty^{q-1}$.
This inequality is a special (or rather limit) case of ...
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Intrinsic volumes of non-polyconvex, non-compact sets
I am reposting this question I asked and bountied on Math SE, which has been upvoted but not answered or commented on.
The intrinsic volumes (AKA Minkowski Functionals or, with different ...
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Generic shadows of convex bodies
If $K \subset \mathbb{R}^m$ is a convex body (i.e., a compact convex set) and $T \mathbin\colon \mathbb{R}^m \to \mathbb{R}^n$ is a linear map then $TK \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a convex body as well. ...
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