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What are alternative or equivalent definitions of a positive-definite function on a group?

The standard definition of a positive-definite function on a group goes as follows: Let $\varphi : G \rightarrow L(H)$, where $G$ is a group (with an involution) and $H$ a Hilbert space. $L(H)$ is the ...
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Parallelogram law for vectors of equal length

Does the parallelogram law for vectors of equal length imply the full parallelogram law? That is, if for all norm one vectors $x$ and $y$ in a Banach space $X$ it holds that $\lVert x-y\rVert^2+\lVert ...
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What is lost after RKHS embedding of the L1 space?

We know that every distribution or $L^1$ function $f$ over space $\mathcal{X}$ (e.g., $R^d$) can be embedded to an RKHS $\mathcal{H}$ with a $1$-bounded kernel $\mathcal{K}$ (e.g., the RBF kernel) ...
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Expressing the sum of two squared inner products more compactly: is it possible to lift the dimension? [closed]

Let $v_1,v_2\in\mathbb{R}^d$ be two fixed vectors, and $\langle \cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^d}$ be the usual Euclidean inner product in $\mathbb{R}^d$. My question is as follows. Is there an (...
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Non-standard tensor products of inner product spaces

For two inner product spaces $(\mathcal{V}, (\cdot,\cdot)_V)$ and $(\mathcal{W}, (\cdot,\cdot)_W)$, we can put an inner product on their tensor product in the obvious way: $$ (1) ~~~~ \langle v \...
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Adjoint of an operator-valued linear operator

I have come across a linear bounded operator $B:K\to \mathcal{L}(U,Z)$ where $K$, $U$, and $Z$ are separable Hilbert spaces. I need a reference (any source) to find out about: The adjoint of such an ...
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Inner Product on tensor product of Hilbert spaces is unique?

Given two Hilbert Spaces $H$ and $K$, a natural inner product on $H\otimes K$(= vector space tensor product of $H$ and $K$) is given by $\hspace{.5in}\langle h_1\otimes k_1,h_2\otimes k_2\rangle=\...
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A Hilbert-space completion of a Hilbert $ C^{*} $-module over a separable $ C^{*} $-algebra

Let $ B $ be a separable $ C^{*} $-algebra and $ \mathcal{E} $ a Hilbert $ B $-module. We know that $ B $ has a faithful state $ \phi $. Using $ \phi $, we can construct a $ \mathbb{C} $-valued pre-...