Questions tagged [hilbert-spaces]
A Hilbert space $H$ is a real or complex vector space endowed with an inner product such that $H$ is a complete metric space when endowed with the norm induced by this inner product.
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Do the domains of the two square roots of a positive (unbounded) operator coincide? [closed]
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $D:\mathrm{Dom}(D) \to H$ a densely defined operator on $H$. We further assume that $D$ is closed and self-adjoint. If we further assume that $D$ is positive, then we ...
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Lipschitz retraction constant of $B^+$ into $S^+$ in $L^2([0,1])$
In Hilbert space modeled by $L^2([0,1])$ we can define a set $B^+=\{x\in B(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ and $S^+=\{x\in S(0,1): x(t)\geq0 \quad \forall t\in [0,1] \}$ where where $B(...
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Compactness in trace class operators space
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space. Let $L_1$ denote the space of trace class operators on $H$ with the trace-class norm $\|\cdot\|_1$, i.e. $\|K\|_1=Tr|K|$ for all $K\in L_1$.
Are there easy ...
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Commutator of $A\otimes I$ and $I \otimes B$ vanishes?
Consider two Hilbert spaces $H_1$ and $H_2$, and $A$, $B$ unbounded operators on $H_1$, $H_2$ respectively. $(A \otimes I)$ is classically defined as the closure of the operator defined on the set of ...
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reference request: conditions for pointwise and operator-norm convergence of kernel projections
At a very high level, I’m interested in the following question. Suppose $X$ is a (separable) Hilbert space, and $T_n : X \rightarrow X$ is a sequence of finite rank self-adjoint maps that converges (...
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Quotients of the Hilbert space
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group with a biinvariant metric.
Note that $G\times G$ acts isometrically on $G$ from left and right.
Consider the quotient $D=G/H$ by a closed subgroup $H\le G\times G$;
if $...
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Showing an operator is (or not) closed on $L^2(\mathbb{R})$
I am linearizing nonlinear waves and get operators of the form below. Everything is considered in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$.
Consider the operator $L_1=\frac{d}{dx}$. The domain is $H^1(\mathbb{R})$ and it is ...
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Representations of the commutation relations and renormalization
I had a hard time deciding whether this question is more appropriate for physicsSE or MO, so I have cross-listed it for the time being. The physicsSE post can be found here.
In the lecture Is ...
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Do projections in an $AW^\ast$-algebra form an orthomodular lattice?
I’m currently studying orthomodular lattices arising out of operator algebras. One of the most standard examples is the projection lattice of a von Neumann algebra - if $M$ acts on a Hilbert space $H$,...
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What's the problem in using spanning Bessel sequences that are not frames to decompose vectors?
This is related to a question I recently asked on math.SE.
Consider a subset $G\equiv \{g_k\}_{k\in\mathbb{N} }\subseteq\mathcal H$ in a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal H$, and suppose $G$ spans the ...
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A continuous analogue of the notion of Hilbert basis
Let $X$ be a locally compact space, let $H$ be a Hilbert space and let $\beta:X\to H$ be a continuous function such that the linear subspace of $H$ spanned by $\beta(X)$ is dense in $H$. I would like ...
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how take weak derivative of norms in hilbert spaces?
Let the following be hilbert spaces with dens inclusions $V ↪H=H^* ↪V^*$. Where $H^*$ and $V^*$ are the duals. $H$ has the product $(*,*)$ and $V×V^*$ has the product $⟨*,*⟩$.
Let $u∈L^2 ([0,T];V); ...
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a claim for a proof of the invariant subspace problem [closed]
Recently four mathematicians claimed to have proven the invariant subspace problem, which is the problem that states
Does every bounded operator on a separable Hilbert space have a non-trivial ...
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Convergence and sequential compactness for nonlinear operators
I have a family of operators $T_n\colon X \to Y$ where $X,Y$ are Hilbert spaces. These operators are nonlinear.
What kind of notions of convergence does one have for such operators? I'm specifically ...
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A question on unit norm elements of $\ell^2 \setminus \bigcup_{0<p<2 }\ell^p$
Let $A\subset \ell^2$ consist of all $x\in \ell^2$ with $|x|_2=1$ which does not belong to any $\ell^p$ for all $0<p<2$.
Note that $A$ is non-empty with a Baire category argument.
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Operator-form correspondence without lower semiboundedness
When dealing with a normal unbounded operator $A$, it is often useful to frame questions about the operator in terms of questions about the associated form $\omega,$ which has domain $D(|A|^{1/2})$ ...
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Discrete and continuous representation in Hilbert space
I’m interested in using laplacian (−Δ)
eigenfunction as a basis for H1(Rn)
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Identification of Fock space and the $L^2$ space of tempered distributions
Let $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ be the set of tempered distributions over $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $d\phi_C$ a Gaussian measure over $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ with covariance operator $C$. Consider the ...
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Orthogonal projection onto cones in inner product spaces
Let $H_n$ denote the space of $n\times n$ Hermitian matrices. For every $A\in H_n$, using the spectral decompostion of $A$,
$$A=\sum_i \lambda_i x_ix_i^*,$$
one can define the positive and negative ...
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Can the trace be computed in any Schauder basis?
I'm cross-posting this question from Math.SE, as it didn't get much attention there.
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and $T \in L(H)$ a trace-class operator. It is well known that the trace of $T$...
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Ultraviolet divergences of entanglement entropy in QFT
I've often read that entanglement entropy in quantum field theory is ill-defined because local algebras are generally of type III, which implies that a trace doesn't exist. For a normal state $\omega_{...
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How to naturally define an output space with certain properties
Consider the following regression problem $v=A(u) + \varepsilon$
for some operator $A:\mathcal{U} \rightarrow \mathcal{V}$ and some function spaces $\mathcal{U},\mathcal{V}$, mapping from $\mathcal{X}$...
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Convergence in $H^{-2}$ of $L^2$-functions with limit in $L^2$
Assume a sequence $f_n$ in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ converges in $H^{-2}$ (w.r.t. its norm topology) to a limit $f \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$. In this case, can one improve the convergence, for instance to ...
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Comparing unitaries which are perturbatively close
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and let $H_0$ and $H_1$ be two Hermitian operators on $\mathcal{H}$. Thinking of $H_1$ as a perturbation of $H_0$, the Duhamel formula allows us to write $e^{-...
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Can you always extend an isometry of a subset of a Hilbert Space to the whole space?
I remember that I read somewhere that the following theorem is true:
Let $A\subseteq H$ be a subset of a real Hilbert space $H$ and let $f : A \to A$ be a distance-preserving bijection, i.e. a ...
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Entire functions and Bergman spaces
Given an open set $D \subset \mathbb{C}$ with compact closure, let us consider the Bergman space $A^2(D)$ of all holomorphic functions on $D$ that are square integrable on $D$ with respect to the ...
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Domain of a Jacobi operator with unbounded coefficients
Is it possible to describe the domain of a Jacobi operator explicitly?
Let $J$ be the linear operator acting on a real sequence $(u_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ by
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J(u_{n}) = a_{n+1} u_{n+1} + a_{n} u_{n-...
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Dependence and $L^2$ projections of functions
tl;dr: Is it possible that the best approximation to a nonnegative function of three variables with a bivariate function is no better than the best univariate function?
Let $w$ be a density on $\...
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Time regularity vs space regularity for parabolic PDE
Suppose that there exist separable Hilbert spaces $V, H, X$ such that $V\hookrightarrow H\hookrightarrow X\hookrightarrow V'\,$ continuously, where $V'$ denotes the dual of the Hilbert space $V$. Let ...
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What is the quotient of the unit sphere by the bilateral shift on infinite-dimensional separable real Hilbert space?
Let H denote the real Hilbert space 𝓁2(ℤ) with its usual inner product.
If {en | n ∈ ℤ} denotes its standard orthonormal basis, define the unitary mapping W : H → H via W(en) = en+1, extended ...
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Is there a scalar product which makes orthonormal the family of complex functions $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $?
Let $ (f_n)_{ n \geq 1 } $ be a family of complex functions defined as follow,
$ \forall n \geq 1 $,
$$ f_n (z) = \dfrac{1}{n^{z}} $$
I would like to ask you if it is possible to construct a ( non-...
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Book on Hilbert spaces, including non-separable
I am looking for a book that develops the theory of Hilbert spaces, including the spectral theorems and unitary representations, but includes non-separable Hilbert spaces in the main exposition. Any ...
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Orthogonality in Hilbert algebras and congruence
Consider a finite-dimensional Hilbert space $V$ (say, over $\mathbb{C}$) and a finite-dimensional Hilbert algebra $A$ (i.e., Hilbert space with a compatible associative unitary algebra structure). ...
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Subspaces of $C_0$ on which $p$-norm are equivalent?
I have a question concerning the generalization of the following fact.
Let $E = C^0([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ endowed with the $\|.\|_\infty$ norm. One can show that if $F$ is a subspace of $E$ for which ...
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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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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
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H = H(\alpha_1,...
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About normal states in abstract von Neumann algebras
In the book "Fundamental of the theory of operator algebras" (KAdisong and Ringrose, Vol 2) we have the Corollary 7.1.16
but this was state only for concrete von Neumann algebras (because ...
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$L^2$ space of Hilbert-Schmidt operator valued functions
Let $\mathscr{S}$ denote the space of all Hilbert-Schmidt operators on $L^2(\mathbb R)$. Consider the Hilbert space $L^2(\mathbb R, \mathscr S)$ of square-integrable $\mathscr S$-valued function, that ...
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A question on projective unitary representation of a Lie group
$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}$Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and $\GL(\mathcal{H})$ denote the group of invertible linear transformations of $\mathcal{H}$. Assume that $G=\{ f:\mathbb{P}\mathcal{...
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Is such a Banach space $X$ isometrically isomorphic to a Hilbert space or not?
Let $X$ be a real or complex Banach space. $X$ satisfies:There exists real or complex series $\{a_k\}_{k=1}^n,\{b_k\}_{k=1}^n$ (which satisfies that:$\begin{cases}
a_k,b_k\in \mathbb{R}\ \forall k=1,\...
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Derivative of Moreau envelope in Hilbert space with respect to regularization parameter $\lambda$ using Hopf-Lax formula?
Let $\mathcal H$ be a Hilbert space, $f \colon \mathcal H \to (- \infty, \infty]$ a proper, convex, lower semi-continuous function and $\lambda > 0$.
The $\lambda$-Moreau envelope of $f$ is
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f_{\...
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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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Proof that generalized Laplacian is essentially self-adjoint (Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators)
According to Proposition 2.33 in Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators each symmetric generalized Laplacian $H$ is essentially self-adjoint. This is an immediate consequence of the fact that
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Taylor expansion theorem for Gateaux differentiable functions
I am having a hard time studying Gateaux derivatives (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateaux_derivative), it seems that every author mentions the concept but only as a cliffhanger to study Fréchet ...
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Question about the ergodic mean
This is a repost from this MathStackExchange question, where unfortunately I was not able to resolve this question.
I've read a thesis where there is an example on ergodic mean, where however there is ...
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Multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces?
How to rigorously demonstrate that multidimensional weighted Paley-Wiener spaces are Hilbert spaces?
I am utilizing the exponential type definition established by Elias Stein in the book 'Fourier ...
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Are the paths of the Brownian motion contained in a suitable RKHS?
Let $H_B$ be the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of the Brownian Motion $(B_t)$ on $[0,1]$. It is well known that with probability 1 the paths of $(B_t)$ are not contained in $H_B$.
But is ...
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Is a bounded convex function $g$ that is non-negative on this particular convex set also non-negative on the its closure?
Setup :
Let $S$ be the simplex on $\mathbb N$, i.e. the set of probability distribution on the natural numbers. Suppose we have $p\in S$ such that, for all $n\geq 1$, $p_n > 0$. For any $\emptyset\...
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Properties of the relatively bounded probability distributions on the simplex over the natural numbers
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Let $S$ be the simplex over $\mathbb N$, i.e. the set of probability distribution over $\mathbb N$. Let $p\in S$ be such that $0 < p_n$ for all $n\in \mathbb N$. Let $H$ be the Hilbert ...
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Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?
(Cross posted from Math StackExchange: Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?)
Assume $(\Omega, \mu)$ is a probability space. Consider a ...
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