Questions tagged [locally-convex-spaces]
Topological vector space with a locally convex topology, i.e. induced by a system of seminorms.
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What's the problem with the evaluation map not being continuous?
When introducing differentiable functions between locally convex spaces, many authors (e.g. Bastiani, Keller, Kriegl-Michor) notice that the evaluation map
$$ E\times E^*\to\mathbb R,\qquad (x,L)\...
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Properties of $C_B(X)$ equipped with the strict topology
Let $X$ be a Polish space. $C_B(X)$ is the space of bounded continuous functions $X\to\mathbb{R}$ equipped with the strict topology, which is the finest locally convex topology that agrees with the ...
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Sequential separability on $C_p(X)$
Definition. Let $E$ be a topological space. Suppose that $E$ contains a sequence $\{x_n\}$ such that for every $x\in E$, there exists a subsequence $\{x_{n_k}\}$ of $\{x_n\}$ with $x=\lim x_{n_k}$. ...
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Some special sequence in $C(\mathbb{R})$
Let us consider $C(\mathbb{R})$, the space of continuous functions on the reals.
Q. Does there exist a sequence $\{f_n\}$ in $C(\mathbb{R})$ such that for every $f\in C(\mathbb{R})$ one may find a ...
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An approximation property in a separable topological vector space
Let $X$ be a topological vector space.
Let us say that $X$ enjoys sequential separablity if there exists a sequence $\{x_n\}$ in $X$ such that for every $x\in X$ there exists a subsequence of $\{...
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Definition of locally uniformly differentiable maps
Recently, I came across the notion of locally uniformly differentiable maps between Banach spaces, which goes as follows.
Let $X, Y$ be Banach and $U \subseteq X$ open. We say that $f: U \to Y$ is ...
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Borel sigma algebra coming from the weak topology on TVS
Let $(X,\tau)$ be a topological vector space. Suppose that, there is a sequence of subsets $X_n\subseteq X$ with,
For every $n\in \mathbb{N}$, the topology $\tau$ on $X_n$ is second countable and ...
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$\varepsilon$-product in Bierstedt's paper
I am reading K.D.Bierstedt's paper Gewichtete Räume stetiger vektorwertiger Funktionen und das injektive Tensorprodukt. I. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik 259 (1973): 186-210. It is ...
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Bochner–Minlos Theorem for locally convex spaces and their duals
Let $(X,\tau)$ be a locally convex space and $(X^{*},\tau_{s})$ be its topological dual space equipped with the strong topology. Denote by $S(X,X^{*})$ the collection of operators from $X$ to $X^{*}$ ...
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Approximation of a linear functional by linear continuous functionals
Let $X$ be a locally convex space, $T$ a balanced convex compact set in $X$, and $f:X\to\mathbb{C}$ a linear functional which is (not necessarily continuous on $X$, but) continuous on $T$. It is not ...
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Reference for Choquet-like theorem
While reading a paper, I encountered the following statement:
Let $K$ be a convex compact subset of a locally convex topological vector space. If $\mu \in P(K)$ is a Radon probability measure on $K$, ...
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Nested nets of closed bounded star-shaped sets in a semi-reflexive space
Among Hausdorff locally convex spaces, semi-reflexivity is characterized by the weak topology having the Heine-Borel property. It follows that, in a semi-reflexive space, every nested net of closed ...
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Smooth representations of a direct product of groups
Let $G_1, G_2$ be Lie groups, and let $E_i$, $i=1,2$ be a smooth representation of $G_i$ in a locally convex complete Hausdorff TVS. Then $E_1\hat\otimes E_2$ is a smooth representation of $G_1\times ...
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Bilinear maps on smooth vectors of unitary representations
Let $G$ be a connected semi-simple real Lie group with finite center. Let $R_i$ ($i=1,2,3$) be unitary irreducible representations of $G$. Let $R_i^\infty$ be the corresponding representations of $G$ ...
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Hyperplane separation of a concave functional and a point, in Domain Theory
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Let $D$ be an $\omega$-BC domain, and $[D\to[0,\infty]]$ be the space of Scott-continuous nonnegative functions on $D$, equipped with the obvious ordering and the Scott-topology.
EDIT: I don'...
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Dual of essentially compactly supported functions on a hemi-compact Radon space
Let $X$ be a hemicompact Radon space and fix a $\sigma$-finite Radon measure $\mu$ on $X$. Let $L(X_n)$ denote the subspace of $L_{\mu}^1(X)$ of "functions" which are $\mu$-essentially ...
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Effect of dualization of density
Let $D\subset X$ be a dense subset of a complete separable locally convex space $X$ over $\mathbb{R}$. Though the question seems simple enough, I can't seem to find the answer in the literature:
If $...
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Topologies on space of compactly supported continuous functions
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space. As far as I understand, the space $C_c(X) = C_c(X; \mathbb{C})$ of compactly supported continuous complex-valued functions on $X$ is (most?) often ...
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Semi-norms on LCS inductive limit of Banach Spaces
Let $(E_n,i_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be an direct system of Banach spaces in the category of locally convex spaces (LCSs) with continuous linear maps and let $E_{\infty}$ by their inductive limit. What ...
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Weaker version of the Borel lemma for vector-valued functions
Borel's lemma for Frechét-spaces $V$ says:
(i) For every $(v_j)_{j \in \mathbb{N}} \in V^\mathbb{N}$ there exists a smooth $f: \mathbb{R} \to V$ such that
$$f^{(j)}(0) = v_j.$$
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Compatibility of inductive and projective limits with dualization in functional analysis
Assume $(A_i)_{i \in I}$ is a family of locally convex topological
vector spaces which are all moreover assumed to be Banach spaces.
We assume moreover that $(A_i)_{i \in I}$ has additional
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Subspaces of quasi-complete locally convex spaces
Let $V$ be a quasi-complete Hausdorff locally convex space. (By quasi-complete, one means that every bounded closed subset of $V$ is complete.) For a bounded closed absolutely convex subset $B$, ...
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Are bounded sets in second duals of locally convex spaces weak* pre-compact?
Let $X$ be a locally convex Hausdorff space. Then $X$ injects into $X^{**}$ via the canonical map $\kappa: X\to X^{**}$. Now, $X^{**}$ carries the weak* topology. Let $B$ be a bounded set in $X$. Is $\...
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Good source for Jordan Fréchet algebras
Is there any good source for Jordan Fréchet (or more generally, Jordan locally convex) algebras?
I'm looking for something on the level similar to the level of the book "Banach and Locally Convex ...
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Characterizing 'very homogeneous' finitely valued stochastic processes
Fix a positive integer $n$. Let $X = \{X_i\}_{i \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a discrete time stochastic process such that each $X_i$ is a $\{0,\dots,n-1\}$-valued random variable. Suppose that the joint ...
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Closed convex hull in infinite dimensions vs. continuous convex combinations
tl;dr: When is the closed convex hull of a set $K$ equal to the set of "continuous" convex combinations of $K$?
I am essentially asking for the most general, infinite-dimensional analogue of ...
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Is the Vietoris topology on compact subsets of $\mathbb R^n$ locally convex?
The title question says it all really.
If the question is negative for compact subsets of $\mathbb R^n$, is it affirmative for compact and convex subsets of $\mathbb R^n$? How about for all nonempty ...
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Ultrabornological representation for the space of uniformly continuous functions?
Let $\{\omega_i\}_{i\in I}$ be a non-empty set of increasing (not necessarily strictly) continuous functions preserving $0$. Then, for each $i \in I$ define the space
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C_{\omega_i}(\mathbb{R}^n,\...
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Known dense subset of Schwartz-like space and $C_c^{\infty}$?
After reading this question, which asked for some examples of commonly used (proper) dense subsets of $C_0^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ with the $L^p$-norm I wonder. What are some "well-known" ...
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Are linear continuous mappings open on totally bounded sets?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be locally convex spaces, and $\varphi: X\to Y$ a linear continuous mapping. Suppose first that $S$ is a compact set in $X$. Then $\varphi$, being considered as a mapping from $S$ to $\...
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On Köthe sequence spaces
I asked this a week ago at math.stackexchange, but without success.
As far as I understand, there are several meanings of the notion of the Köthe sequence space, in particular, Hans Jarchow in his "...
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Infra-Pták space that is not Pták
From reading the literature of the 1970s heyday of locally convex spaces, it seems that it was an important open question whether there is an infra-Pták (i.e. $B_r$-complete) space that is not Pták (i....
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Useful notion for locally convex spaces - well known?
In my current work the following property of maps between locally convex spaces showed up at several places and proved to be useful. It seems quite elementary to me, so I would like to know whether it ...
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Metrizability of a topological vector space where every sequence can be made to converge to zero
This is a follow-up to this answer.
If $E$ is a (real or complex) topological vector space, we say that a sequence $\{x_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ in $E$ can be made to converge to zero if there exists a ...
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Density and the projective tensor product
Let $X$ be a locally convex space (over $\mathbb{R}$), $D\subset X$ be dense, $B$ be a Banach space (again over $\mathbb{R}$) with Schauder basis $\{b_i\}_{i =1}^{\infty}$. Is the set
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Associated barrelled topology of norm topology on $C_c(X)$
Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space, $C(X; K)$ the Banach space of continuous functions on $X$ with support in $K$, for compact $K \subseteq X$, and $C_c(X) = \lim_K C(X; K)$ the locally ...
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Continuous function on colimit
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be continuous. Suppose that $\{X_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is a strictly nested sequence of sub-Banach spaces, for which $\cup_{n \in \mathbb{N}...
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$L^{\infty}$ as colimit
I recently read a result (in Jarchow's book) that any ultrabornological space can be expressed as a colimit (in the category LCS) of Banach spaces. My question is the following.
Let $\mu$ be a ...
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Refinement: Can $L^1_{loc}$ be represented as colimit?
Let $\mu$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure on a measure space $(\mathbb{R}^d,\Sigma)$. Can $L^1_{\mu,loc}$ be represented as an injective-limit in the category of LCS (locally convex spaces and ...
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Gluing together mixed normed vector spaces with mixed topologies
This is a variant of this question.
Definitions/Facts
$Ball_1(X)$ denotes the unit ball (about $0$) in a normed vector space $X$.
MixTop of triples of pairs $(X,\tau)$ of normed vector spaces $X$ ...
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Gluing together dense subset of Projective Limit in $Ban_1$
Let $(X_n,\pi_n^{m})$ be a countable projective system in the category Ban$_1$ of Banach spaces and short linear maps (is (continuous) linear constructions). Then (co)-completeness of this category ...
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Does every locally convex space with a Schauder basis have the approximation property?
For Banach spaces, the existence of a Schauder basis implies that this space has the approximation property.
Since both the notion of Schauder bases and of the approximation property are well ...
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A different kind of weighted Hardy space
Let $\mathbb{D}$ denote the open unit disk in $\mathbb{C}$, let $\mathcal{A}\left(\mathbb{D}\right)$ denote the vector space of all complex-valued functions which are holomorphic on $\mathbb{D}$, and ...
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Elements of vector-valued $L^1$-spaces
Let $E$ be a complete locally convex space and let $(X, \Sigma, \mu)$ be a measure space where $\mu$ is a Radon measure. Then the space $L^{1}(X,E)$ is defined as a the completion of the space $S(X,E)$...
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Is the strong topology of a locally convex space always barrelled?
For a locally convex space $E$ let $E_\beta$ be the space $E$ endowed with the locally convex topology $\beta(E,E')$ whose neighborhood base at zero consists of barrels, i.e., closed absolutely convex ...
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A new topology on the dual of a locally convex space?
Working with the separable quotient problem for locally convex spaces we (with Saak Gabriyelyan) arrived to an interesting topology on the dual of a locally convex space and we would like to know if ...
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Inductive limit commutes with topological tensor product
Consider $H \left(U \right); U \subset \mathbb{C}$ - space of holomorphic functions with compact-open topology. In this topology, this space is Montel, nuclear and Frechet. I want to take the ...
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direct limit in locally convex modules and continuous map
Let we have short exact sequences of LCM over LC algebra $A$ with continuous linear maps
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0\to B_j\;{\xrightarrow {\ f_j\ }}\;C_j\;{\xrightarrow {\ g_j\ }}\;D_j\to 0.
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We can take inductive limit (...
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A characterization of nuclear functionals in terms of continuity with respect to some special topologies on $B(X)$?
I think, nuclear functionals on the space of operators $B(X)$ (on a Banach space $X$) must have a characterization in terms of some special continuity. I would be grateful if somebody could help me ...
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When does the dual to the space $K(X)$ of compact operators consist of nuclear functionals?
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $B(X)$ be its space of all (bounded) operators. A nuclear functional on $B(X)$ is a linear functional $u:B(X)\to{\mathbb C}$ that can be represented in the form
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u(A)=\...
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