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Wold decomposition of toral endomorphisms

Suppose that $A\in M_d(\mathbb{Z})$ is a $d \times d$ matrix with non zero determinant and suppose that $\mathbb{T}^d$ is the $d$-dimensional torus. Then one can define an operator on $L^2(\mathbb{T}^...
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Inductive Cholesky decomposition to prove that a function is positive definite over the natural numbers?

I am trying to prove that the function: $$k(a,b):=\frac{1}{\operatorname{rad}\left ( \frac{ab}{\gcd(a,b)^2} \right )}$$ is a positive definite function over the natural numbers. What has sometimes ...
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Perturbation of matrices

Let $A(t)$ be a symmetric $n\times n$ matrix that continuously depend on $t\in [0,1]$. Let $\lambda_1(t)$ stand for the smallest eigenvalue for $A(t)$. Question. Does there exist a Lebesgue measurable ...
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A RKHS interpretation of the Rydberg formula for hydrogen and an application for physics?

I was thinking if it is possible to define an inner product between two small physical objects with a positive definite kernel and was led to look at the Rydberg formula: The Rydberg formula for ...
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Spectrum of a product of a symmetric positive definite matrix and a positive definite operator

Let $\mathbf H$ be an infinite dimensional Hilbert space. I want to find an example of a $2\times 2$ real symmetric positive definite matrix $M$ and a positive definite bounded operator $A : \mathbf H ...
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A question on products of linear combinations of complex matrices

Suppose that $A_1, \dots , A_n, B_1, \dots , B_n \in \Bbb C^{d \times d}$ and that, for every $x \in \mathbb{C}^n$, the following holds $$\left( \sum_i x_i A_i \right) \left( \sum_i x_i A_i \right)^{...
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Essential spectrum of constant invertible diagonal matrix acting on a product of Hilbert spaces [closed]

Let $M$ be a $3\times 3$ real invertible diagonal matrix and $H$ a Hilbert space of infinite dimension (for example, we can take $H$ as the space of square integrable functions over a bounded ...
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A linear algebra question for semi-Euclidean norm

Let us consider Minkowski inner product on $\mathbb R^{1+n}$, defined by $$ \langle v,w \rangle = -v_0w_0+\sum_{j=1}^n v_j w_j\quad \,\forall\, v,w \in \mathbb R^{1+n}.$$ We say that a vector $v$ is ...
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Positive-semidefiniteness of a Gram-like matrix

Let $x_0, x_1, \ldots x_{n-1}$ be arbitrary vectors in a complex Hilbert space. Define the $n \times n$ symmetric real matrix $M$ by $M_{ij} = \lvert \langle x_i, x_j \rangle \rvert^2$. Must $M$ be ...
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Mapping inclusion theorem for the numerical range

We denote the numerical range of a complex square matrix $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ by $W(A)$. Let $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ and let $f: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}$ be, say, an entire ...
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Injective differential of linear operators on a Hilbertspace

Given a complex Hilbertspace $\mathcal{H}$ of dimension $\dim(\mathcal{H}) = d$ and the set $$\mathcal{F} := \{q\in L(\mathcal{H})\vert\quad \text{rank}(q) = 4 \quad \wedge \lambda^q_{1,2} < 0\ \ \...
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What is the intuition for the trace norm (nuclear norm)?

I will word this question in terms of linear operators acting on $\mathbb{C}^n$ for simplicity. Feel free to provide an answer in terms of more general Hilbert spaces if you think it makes more sense ...
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Matrices Representing Bounded Operators and Absolute Values

Let $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{\infty}$ be an infinite matrix of complex numbers. For every positive integer $n$, we shall denote with $A_n$ the $n \times n$ matrix $A_n=(a_{i,j})_{i,j=1}^{n}$, and if $x \...
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Norm of an operator formed using a unitary operator

Suppose, $ A $ is a unitary matrix in $ M_n(\mathbb{C}) $ given by $ (a_{i,j})_{1\le i,j\le n} $ which has the property that, for all the basis elements $ e_i $, $ Ae_i\ne |\lambda| e_j $ for all $i,j ...
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Complex conjugate and unitary complex conjugate

Definition: Let V be complex finite dimensional inner product space Complex Conjugate: $J$ is called complex conjugate on V iff $(i) J$ is antilinear $(ii) J^2 =I$ Definition: Anti-unitary Complex ...
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Is $1/\max(i,j)$ a bounded matrix on Hilbert spaces?

I would like to know if the infinite matrix $[\frac{1}{\max(i,j)}]_{i,j\geq 1}$ represents a bounded operator on $\ell^2(\mathbb{N}^\star)$. It would be sufficient to know if the Lehmer matrix $[\frac{...
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Infinite hermitian matrix

Suppose we have a finite square n x n matrix of complex numbers H that is Hermitian and skew-symmetric: $H^\dagger = H$ and $H^T = -H$. (T denotes transpose, $\dagger$ denote conjugate transpose. I ...
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