Questions tagged [fa.functional-analysis]
Banach spaces, function spaces, real functions, integral transforms, theory of distributions, measure theory.
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Maximizing the integral of a transformation that depends on a neighborhood of values of the original function
I'm not an expert in analysis whatsoever, so I might be posing a well-established question, or even an unanswerable one.
We are working with non-negative real functions over a sufficiently nice region ...
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Check an equation on the Heisenberg group $H_1$
The Heisenberg group $H_1$ is the set $\mathbb C\times \mathbb R$ endowed with the group law
$$ (z,t)\cdot(w,s) =\left (z+w, \,t+s+\tfrac{1}{2}\Im m(z \bar{w})\right); \quad \forall z,w \in \mathbb C\,...
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Functions with asymmetrically decreasing Fourier transform?
$\def\ii{{\rm i}}\def\bbR{\mathbb R}\def\bbC{\mathbb C}\def\bbNo{\mathbb N_0}\def\Fou{\mathscr F}$Specifically, I would like to have a compactly supported continuous function $f=u+\ii\,v:\bbR\to\bbC$ ...
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Norm of a $2$-tuple of operators
Let $E$ be a complex Hilbert space and $K_1,K_2$ are bounded linear operators on $E$.
Let $\omega(K_1)$ and $\omega(K_2)$ be the numerical radius of $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. That is
\begin{align*}...
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Is the space $C_0^{k}(\Omega)$ a Montel space?
I asked this question in the MathStackExchange, but I think I'm not get any answer.
I'm trying to find a reference for the following result:
Theorem: Let $\Omega$ be a open subset of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ ...
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Analogue of $\ell^2(X)$ over an arbitrary Banach ring
Let $X$ be a set. Over the Banach fields $F=\mathbb{R}$ or $F=\mathbb{C}$ we can define the Banach space$$\ell^2(X)=\{\xi\colon X\to F\mid \sum_{x\in X}|\xi(x)|^2<\infty\}$$which satisfies a list ...
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Example of a conditionally convergent series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty b_n$ such that $n^2(b_n-b_{n+1})$ is bounded
Let $(b_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a real sequence such that $(nb_n)$ is bounded. I know that if the series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty b_n$ is conditionally convergent, then $(n^2b_n)_n$ is not bounded. But, ...
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How to understand the unique continuation result
Let $E$ be the closure of $C_c^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)$ ($N \geqq 3)$ under the norm
$$
\|u\|_E=\left(\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla u|^2\right)^{1 / 2}.
$$
Suppose $K(x) \in C^1\left(\mathbf{R}^...
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Does the union of fractional Sobolev spaces fills $L^p$?
Let $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^d$ be any open set. Recall that for $s\in (0,1)$, the fractional Sobolev space $W^{s,p}(\Omega)$ is the collection of function in $L^p(\Omega$ such that
\begin{align*}
\iint_{...
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Mulitplicity one property for $\mathcal{D}'$ and $L^2$ over a homogeneous space
Let $G$ and $G_0$ be Lie groups, and suppose that a homogeneous space $X=G/G_0$ have a $G$-invariant measure.
It is known (E.G.F. Thomas showed) that there is an admissible parametrization $\{\mathcal{...
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Simple proof that exactness implies strong mixing
Let $f$ be a continuous map defined on a compact metric space $X$. Suppose that $f$ preserves the Borel probability measure $\mu$ and that, for every positive-measure set $A\subseteq X$, we have $$\...
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Integral means vs infinite convex combinations
Let $(X,\mathcal A, \mu)$ be a probability space, $\mathbb E$ a Banach space, and $f:X\to\mathbb E$ a Bochner integrable function.
Does there exist a sequence $(x_k)_{k\ge 1} $ in $X$, and a ...
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Can a lift satisfy Chen's relation, geometric condition but not be a rough path?
Let $(X,\mathbb X):[0,1]^2\to \mathbb R^d\oplus\mathbb R^{d\times d}$ satisfy the following four properties:
\begin{align}
&X_{s,t}=X_{0,t}-X_{0,s}\\
&\sup_{t\neq s}\frac{|X_{s,t}|}{|t-s|^\...
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Is there any example of linear operator which is bounded on all Besov spaces but not on Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
Is there any linear operator $T:S'(\mathbb R^n)\to S'(\mathbb R^n)$ such that $T:B_{pq}^s(\mathbb R^n)\to B_{pq}^s(\mathbb R^n)$ for all $0<p,q\le\infty$ and $s\in\mathbb R$, but there exist a $F_{...
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On compactly supported functions with prescribed sparse coordinates
Let $\{\phi_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be an orthonormal basis for $L^2((0,1))$ consisting of Dirichlet eigenfunctions for the operator $-\partial^2_x + q(x)$ where $q \in C^{\infty}_c((0,1))$ is fixed. ...
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Bound in terms of harmonic oscillator
I wonder if the following is true: Let $\alpha >0$ be a positive real number, do we have
$$\Vert H^{\alpha} \psi''\Vert \le \Vert H^{\alpha+1} \psi\Vert,$$
where $H = -\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + x^2$ is ...
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If a weighted Laplacian's eigenfunction is zero in an open set, when is it identically zero?
Let $m, s \in ([0, 1]^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$). Define a weighted Laplacian $\Delta_{m, s}f$ evaluated at $x \in [0, 1]^d$ to be:
$m(x) \cdot \text{div} ( s(x) \nabla f(x))$.
What ...
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Does the Poincaré inequality hold on annular domains?
Does the following Poincaré inequality hold
$$\int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |f-\bar{f}|^2 dx \leq C(r_2-r_1)^2 \int_{B_{r_2}\setminus B_{r_1}} |\nabla f|^2 dx,$$
where $B_r$ denotes a ball of radius ...
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L^2 polynomial approximation in higher dimensions
Let $\mu$ be a measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$ I'm looking for known upper-bounds on
$$\| f-P_m \|_{L^2(\mu)} $$
where $P_n$ is the orthogonal projection of $f$ onto the polynomials of degree less than $m$.
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Directions of differentiability of log-concave measures with infinite-dimensional support
I recently came across the very nice review "Differentiable Measures and the Malliavin Calculus" by Bogachev (1997) which begins by discussing measures $\mu$ on locally convex spaces $X$ ...
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Uniform approximation over compacts using weighted function spaces
I'm interested in approximations over the so-called weighted function spaces.
Let $(X,\tau_X)$ be some completely regular Hausdorff topological space. Additionally, consider some map $\psi: X \to (0,\...
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A simple bilinear estimate
Let $2\leq p,q <\infty$ and fix $0<\alpha<1$ such that
$\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}\leq 2-\alpha$.
Suppose that $f\in L^{p}([0,1])$ and $g\in L^{q}([0,1])$.
What is the optimal value of $t=t(\...
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An example of an $\mathcal{L}_\infty$ Banach space with property p-(V) and without property (V)
Here are the definitions for property $p$-$(V)$ and property $(V)$.
A Banach space $X$ has property $(V)$ if and only if every unconditionally converging operator $T$ from $X$ to any Banach space $Y$ ...
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Proving the inequality involving Hausdorff distance and Wasserstein infinity distance
Prove the inequality
$$d_{H}(\mathrm{spt}(\mu),\mathrm{spt}(\nu))\leq W_{\infty}(\mu,\nu)$$
where $d_H$ denotes the Hausdorff distance between the supports of the measures $\mu$ and $\nu$, and $W_\...
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Combination of simple tensors - II
This is a follow-up question to Combination of simple tensors.
I am interested in devising an alternative norm (I mean, other than the usual $\pi$ or $\epsilon$ norms) in the tensor product of two ...
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Minimal norm problem with linear combination of translation operator to be estimated
Follow up question from this one
Suppose $X = L^2(G)$, where $G$ is some locally compact group. Let $x, y \in G$ I for fixed $n$ I am seeking for an operator $H \in B(X)$ of the form
$$
H = H(\alpha_1,...
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Verifying the Cauchy behavior of a sequence
Let me consider the iteration $x_{n+1}=Tx_n$ and $T$ is a self-map from a non-empty subset $K$ of a smooth Banach space $X$ to itself, satisfying $W(Tx, Ty) \leq W(x, y)$, where $W(x, y)=\Vert x \Vert^...
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Minimal norm problem whose unknown is an operator
Generally given an Hilbert space $X$ with and a bounded linear operator $H : X \to X$ given a vector $y \in X$ we seek an $x \in X$ such that
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f(x) = \frac{1}{2} \left\lVert Hx - y \right\rVert_2^2
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Monotonicity of matrix conjugation
Let $A$ and $B$ be positive-definite matrices such that $A \le B.$
By matrix monotonicity of the root, this also implies that $A^{\alpha} \le B^{\alpha}$ for $\alpha \in [0,1].$
I am now curious under ...
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Fourier series but different waveform
Given a nondegenerate smooth simple closed convex curve $f: [0,2\pi]\to \mathbb C \setminus \{0\}$ with winding number (around origin) $1$, and $f$ have zero mean. Let $f_n: [0,2\pi]\to \mathbb C \...
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reference request: mercer expansion and kernel underlying Sobolev spaces?
Let us define the periodic Sobolev spaces, for $s > n/2$ by
$$
H_{s}([0, 1]^n) = \{f : [0, 1]^n \to \mathbb{R} :\mbox{for}~j\leq s, f^{(j)} |_{\partial[0, 1]^n} \equiv 0, ~~
\int_{[0, 1]^d} (f^{(s)...
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Determining if $\|f\|_\infty \leq C\, \|f\|_{2}^{2/3} $ holds under $f(0) = f(1) = 0$, $\|f'\|_2 \leq 1$
Suppose $f \colon [0, 1] \to \mathbb{R}$ is continuously differentiable, and satisfies $f(0) = f(1) = 0$ and $\|f'\|_2 \leq 1$.
I am wondering if it there is a constant $C > 0$ such that for all ...
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On a property for normed spaces
I asked this question on Math Stackexchange, but I didn't get an answer:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4881155/on-a-property-for-normed-spaces?noredirect=1#comment10410489_4881155
I came ...
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An asymmetric quadrilinear estimate
Fix $1<p<2$ and let $a_{i}=1-\frac{\theta_{i}}{p^{\prime}}$
where $\theta_{i}\in (0,1/2)$, $i=1,2,3,4$, and $p^{\prime}$ is the conjugate exponent of $p$. Note here that $0<a_{i}=1-\theta_{i}+...
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Stochastic analysis on nuclear Fréchet spaces
This is a reference request question, so to make it clear what I am after, I will give a quick outline of the area I am thinking in and some questions that arise.
A lot of the time in infinite-...
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Strong sub-differentiability of an equivalent strictly convex norm
First, we define the notion of strong sub-differentiability(SSD) of a norm on a Banach space $X$. The norm $\Vert \cdot \Vert$ of $X$ is said to be SSD if the one-sided limit $$\lim_{t \to 0+} \frac{\...
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Norm of differentiation operator with respect to Gaussian norm
Here is a problem from Luenberger's optimization by vector space methods. I would appreciate steps to proceed.
Let $\mathcal{P}_n\subset\mathbb{R}[x]$ be polynomials of degree at most $n\ge0$. Compute ...
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Approximating a sequence of tempered distributions "uniformly" by Schwartz functions
This question has been motivated by the post making sense of distributions on the diagonal.
Let $T$ be a tempered distribution on $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $\eta$ be a given mollifier on $\mathbb{R}$. For $f ...
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Fredholm property of linearization of Floer map
I am reading Audin and Damian's book "Morse theory and Floer homology". In Proposition 8.1.4 which reveals the transversality property of moduli space of solutions of Floer equation, the ...
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Zeros of Gram-Schmidt derived polynomials in weighted integral space
This is a problem out of Chapter 3 of Luenberger's Optimization by Vector Space Methods that I have been having trouble with. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Let $w(t)$ be a positive (weight) ...
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What $1$-forms $\theta$ solve $\Delta \theta = f\theta$ for a smooth function $f$?
I have a seemingly basic question that I cannot find any literature on. Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold and let $\Delta:\Omega^1(M) \to \Omega^1(M)$ be the Laplace-De Rham operator on $1$-...
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The cardinality of projections of subsets of the Hilbert cube by inner products
I have three related questions.
Question 1: Is there a subset $X$ of the Hilbert cube $[0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ of cardinality continuum, such that for each sequence $a\in [0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ with $\sum a_n$ ...
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Continuity of Kernel Mean Embeddings
Given some kernel $k: X \times X \to \mathbb{R}$ with RKHS $H_k$ we say that $k$ is characteristic on the space of signed Radon measures over $X$, denoted by $\mathcal{M}(X)$, if the kernel mean ...
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On the existence of a complicated fractal-like set of finite perimeter
Let $f\in BV(\Bbb R^n)$ be an integer-valued function that maps into $\{0, 1\}$ and is identically $0$ outside some bounded set in $\Bbb R^n$. In particular, $f$ determines a bounded Caccioppoli set $...
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Does the uniform boundedness principle holds for multilinear maps as well?
This question has been motivated by weak* completeness of distributions.
According to the answer in the above post, any barrelled locally convex topological vector space $E$ satisfies the uniform ...
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Computation of Brown measure of the shift operator on $\ell^2(\mathbb N)$?
This looks an extremely simple question - I am just trying to give an example of Brown measure, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_measure, so I try to compute it for the left/right-shift operator on ...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "Non-local" PDE
I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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Harmonic heat flow, formal and rigorous
Let $ (M,g) $ be a smooth Riemann manifold without boundary, $ S^{n-1} $ is an $ n $-dimensional sphere, and $ T>0 $. Consider a weak solution $ u:M\times[0,T]\to S^{n+1} $ of
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\partial_tu-\Delta ...
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"Completeness" for weak convergence of unbounded closed operators on a separable Hilbert space $H$
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space with the inner product $\langle, \rangle$ and $\{ T_n \}$ be a sequence of unbounded closed linear operators with a common dense domain $D \subset H$ such that $...
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For a tempered distribution $F$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$, what exactly does it mean by $\lvert F(x,y) \rvert \leq \lvert x-y \rvert^{-n}$?
Let $F$ be a tempered distribution on $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $n \in \mathbb{N}$ be a fixed natural number. I wonder what exactly it means by
$\lvert F(x,y) \rvert \leq \lvert x-y \rvert^{-n}$ where $x,y \...