Questions tagged [fa.functional-analysis]
Banach spaces, function spaces, real functions, integral transforms, theory of distributions, measure theory.
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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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Constant rank theorem for Banach spaces
Is there a similar statement to the constant rank theorem for finite dimensional real smooth manifolds which holds for a smooth map $F:B \rightarrow M$ where $B$ is an infinite (countable) dimensional ...
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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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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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Can gradient zero implies that a function is constant with Hörmander vector fields
Let $X=(X_1,\cdots,X_m)$ be a system of Hörmander vector fields defined on $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Sobolev space $W_{X}^{1,p}(\Omega)$ is defined by
$$W_{X}^{1,p}(\Omega):=\{u\in L^p(\Omega)|X_iu\in L^p(\...
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Zeros of Gram-Schmidt derived polynomials in weighted integral space
This is a problem out of Chapter 3 of Luenberger's Optimization by Vector Space Methods that I have been having trouble with. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Let $w(t)$ be a positive (weight) ...
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Monge–Ampère operator
I'm studying the article of Bedford–Taylor "Fine topology, Šilov boundary…" but I don't
understand the proof of the following proposition.
Let $u$, $v$ be plurisubharmonic functions defined ...
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Directions of differentiability of log-concave measures with infinite-dimensional support
I recently came across the very nice review "Differentiable Measures and the Malliavin Calculus" by Bogachev (1997) which begins by discussing measures $\mu$ on locally convex spaces $X$ ...
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Proving the inequality involving Hausdorff distance and Wasserstein infinity distance
Prove the inequality
$$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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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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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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Borel-Cantelli lemma for general measure spaces (those with infinite measure)
The Borel-Cantelli lemma is often stated for a probability space or spaces with finite measure.
But it seems to me that it still holds if the space $X$ is of infinite measure. I seem to be able to ...
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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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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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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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Hölder continuity of Radon transform of smooth function
Given an integrable function (e.g a probability density function) $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$, let $R[f]$ be its Radon transform defined by
$$
R[f](w,b) := \int_{\mathbb R^n} \delta(x^\top w - b)f(x)...
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Approximation of the product $(\bar{z} - a)^{-1} \cdot (z - b)^{-1}$
$\def\zbar{\smash{\overline z}\vphantom z}$I would like to construct an approximation of the product
\begin{equation}
f(z) = \frac{1}{\zbar-a} \frac{1}{z-b},
\end{equation}
where $a, b \in \mathbb{C}$,...
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Monotonicity of matrix conjugation
Let $A$ and $B$ be positive-definite matrices such that $A \le B.$
By matrix monotonicity of the root, this also implies that $A^{\alpha} \le B^{\alpha}$ for $\alpha \in [0,1].$
I am now curious under ...
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Verifying the Cauchy behavior of a sequence
Let me consider the iteration $x_{n+1}=Tx_n$ and $T$ is a self-map from a non-empty subset $K$ of a smooth Banach space $X$ to itself, satisfying $W(Tx, Ty) \leq W(x, y)$, where $W(x, y)=\Vert x \Vert^...
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Minimal norm problem whose unknown is an operator
Generally given an Hilbert space $X$ with and a bounded linear operator $H : X \to X$ given a vector $y \in X$ we seek an $x \in X$ such that
$$
f(x) = \frac{1}{2} \left\lVert Hx - y \right\rVert_2^2
$...
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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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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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Shape, shift and scaling retrieval of a sampled function
Let $f(x)$ be some unknown continuous square-integrable function defined on the interval $[0,1]$.
Suppose we have $i=1,...,n$ samples $f_i$ of $f$ of the following form:
$$f_i(x)=a_i*f(x+b_i)+c_i$$
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Extensions of Urysohn's inequality
A version of Urysohn's inequality states that for a symmetric convex body $K \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, one has
$$
\left(\frac{\text{vol}(K)}{\text{vol}(B_2)} \right)^{1/n} \le \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}} E
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center of the algebra of bounded operators [closed]
Suppose that $X$ is a Banach space. How to prove that the center of the algebra $B(X)$ (the algebra of bounded operators on $X$) consists only of operators of the form $aI$, where $a$ is scalar and $I$...
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reference request: mercer expansion and kernel underlying Sobolev spaces?
Let us define the periodic Sobolev spaces, for $s > n/2$ by
$$
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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Where was/is Compensated Compactness used?
This last summer, I read up on Tartar's so called Method of Compensated Compactness (or at least how it applied to scalar conservation laws). I used this theory to prove the existence of $L^{\infty}$ ...
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Is any order bounded continuous linear functionals a difference of positive continuous functionals?
Let $B$ be a Banach space and $K$ a closed proper cone in $B$ such that the induced partial order makes $B$ a vector lattice. Let $K'=\{x^*\in B':\langle x^*, x\rangle\geq 0\ \forall x\in K\}$ the ...
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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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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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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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Order bounded version of monotone complete $C^*$-algebras
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra with self-adjoint part $A_{\operatorname{sa}}$. Then $A$ is called monotone complete if every increasing norm bounded net in $A_{\operatorname{sa}}$ has a supremum (with ...
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Intersection of the kernel with the interpolation space
$\DeclareMathOperator\Ker{Ker}$Given two Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ with a continuous inclusion $X\subset Y$, and another couple $X’ \subset Y’$ with the same properties. Take $f : Y \longrightarrow ...
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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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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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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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Inequalities involving entropy: quantum discord and mutual information
My question is inspired by the following paper of Olivier and Żurek but for this question to be self-contained I will recall all the necessary definitions: for a quantum state $\rho$ we define the ...
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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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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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Lower semicontinuous and convex envelope
L.Ambrosio, in paper [1] writes:
Let $g:\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function (...)
for every $s\in\mathbb{R}$, $z\in\mathbb{R}^n$; we denote, with a slight abuse of ...
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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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Banach spaces locally having a basis
The $\mathcal{L}_p$-spaces ($1\leq p \leq \infty$) are Banach spaces $X$ such that there exists a constant $\lambda$ so that every finite dimensional subspace $E$ of $X$ is contained in another ...
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Positiveness of the largest Lyapunov exponent
Let $\alpha\in \mathbb{R} / \mathbb{Q}$, let $A(x)$ be the $2$-by-$2$ matrix
$$
A(x)=\begin{pmatrix}
\dfrac{1}{{\lambda}^2}-2 \cos 2\pi x -1& 2\lambda \cos 2\pi x-\dfrac{1}{{\lambda}} \\
\dfrac{...
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Approximate point spectrum
I have a question concerning the relation between the approximate point spectrum and the spectrum of an operator.
Let $T$ be a bounded linear operator of a complex Hilbert space $H$. The approximate ...
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PDE coupled with the pronic numbers (related to triangular numbers)
I am studying the linear PDE:
$$ t^2\frac{\partial^3}{\partial t^3}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \Psi_n(t,s)=s^2\frac{\partial}{\partial s}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \Psi_n(t,s)+\sum_{n=2}^\infty b(n)\frac{\partial}{\...
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Sufficient initial conditions for "Non-local" PDE
I am studying a problem of the form $$i\, \partial_t \psi(t) = L \psi(t) + \int_0^t U(t-r) \psi(r) \, dr, \qquad \psi(0) = \psi_0,$$ where the evolution occurs in some Hilbert space, $L$ is a self-...
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Harmonic heat flow, formal and rigorous
Let $ (M,g) $ be a smooth Riemann manifold without boundary, $ S^{n-1} $ is an $ n $-dimensional sphere, and $ T>0 $. Consider a weak solution $ u:M\times[0,T]\to S^{n+1} $ of
$$
\partial_tu-\Delta ...