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Trace spaces on convex polyhedra: compatibility conditions at edges
Let $\Omega$ be a convex polyhedron in $\mathbf{R}^3$ with boundary $\partial\Omega$ consisting of $N$ polygons $\{\Gamma_j\}_{j=1}^N$. It's well known that in general
$$ H^s(\partial \Omega) \neq \...
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rank 1 projections of finite dimensional von Neumann algebra have the same traces?
Let M be a finite dimensional von Neumann algebras with a normal faithful trace. Let e and f be two projections with rank 1. I want to know if e and f have identical traces. (This is obviously true if ...
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traces of sobolev spaces under additional assumptions
Let $p\in [1,\infty]$, $\Omega$ an open bounded domain with (smooth, if necessary) boundary $\partial \Omega$.
Is there a subspace $X\subset L^p(\Omega)$ - a simply describable space, ideally a ...
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Traces of fractional Sobolev spaces $W^{s,p}$ with $0<s<1/p$
I've stumbled upon a problem involving the trace of a function in a fractional Sobolev space of the form $W^{s,2}(H)$, where $H$ is a half-plane in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Would it be possible to define a ...
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Trace space of $\{ t^su \in L^2(0,\infty;X) \mid t^su_t \in L^2(0,\infty;Y)\}$ for $s \in (-\frac 12, \frac 12)$
Let $s \in (-\frac 12,\frac 12)$ and let $X=D(\Lambda)$ be a Hilbert space with $\Lambda$ the infinitesimal generator of a bounded semigroup of class $C^0$ in $Y$ (which is another Hilbert space), and ...
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Are Sobolev trace spaces equal from both sides of the boundary?
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded open set and $\Omega'$ the complement of its closure.
Assume $\partial\Omega=\partial\Omega'$.
Are the quotient spaces $W^{1,p}(\Omega)/W^{1,p}_0(\Omega)$ ...
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Fractional Sobolev spaces and extension by zero
The all-wise Wikipedia suggest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobolev_space#Extension_by_zero) that for $s > 1/2$ any function from $H^s_0(\Omega)$ can be extended by zero
to whole $\mathbb{R}^n$ (...
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Does this time-dependent trace space have a name?
This question is a follow up to this question.
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be an open connected set. For each $t\in \mathbb{R}^+$ let $u_d:\partial\Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ be in $H^{1/2}(\...
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What is the trace of this operator in $L^\infty$ (if this question make sense)?
Let $\Omega$ be a closed domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$, and $\lambda$ the corresponding Lebesgue measure. We define in $(L^\infty(\Omega), \Vert \cdot \Vert_\infty)$ the following operator :
\begin{array}{...
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Sobolev trace theorem
Set $Q:=\Omega\times(0,T)\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$,
where $\Omega$ is knows as a bounded domain
with smooth boundary $\partial D$.
We choose any subdomain $D\subset Q$
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On the equality Tr(Af) = Tr(fA)
Consider the Hilbert space $H = L^2(\mathbb{R})$, and a bounded operator $A \in B(H)$ which satisfies:
$$
\forall f \in H, \quad Af \text{ is trace class and } Tr(Af) < C \| f \|_{H},
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On conductors, levels and traces on quaternion algebras
I am currently working on level issues in the division central simple algebra case, say $D$ over a local non-archimedean field $F$ (e.g. $\mathbf{Q}_p$). Let say that $\mathcal{O}_D$ and $\mathcal{O}...
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Extensions in parabolic Hölder spaces
Let $\alpha\in ]0,1[,k\in\mathbb{N}.$Let $\Omega$ be a open and bounded subset or $\mathbb{R}^n$ of class $C^{k+\alpha}$.
As one could find in G.M. Troianello "Elliptic Differential Equations and ...
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Ends as a "cotrace" operation on profunctors
As mentioned here, there is a trace operation on the monoidal category of profunctors given by taking coends: for any profunctor $F : A\times X \nrightarrow B \times X$, there is a profunctor $Tr^X(F) ...
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Trace inequality for matrices with determinant 1
Let $A$ and $B$ be two matrices with $\det(A)=\det(B)=1$. Does it follow that
$\sqrt{\mathrm{tr}(A^TB^TBA-I)}\le\sqrt{\mathrm{tr}(A^TA-I)}+\sqrt{\mathrm{tr}(B^TB-I)}$
I suspect that this can be ...
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Categorical interpretation of disjoint cycle notation for tracing permutations
For a natural number $n\in\mathbb{N}$, let $\underline{n}$ denote the finite set $$\underline{n}:=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}.$$
A permutation $\sigma\in Aut(\underline{n})$ can be uniquely written (up to order) ...
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reference request: trace/lifting operator for $L^{\infty}$ data in bounded $\Omega\subset R^d$
I know the answer to my question must be somewhere in the literature. Probably in [Adams-Fournier], [Dautray-Lions] or something alike, but I don't have access to a library right now so I'll ask ...
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tr(ab) = tr(ba)?
It is well known that given two Hilbert-Schmidt operators $a$ and $b$ on a Hilbert space $H$, their product is trace class and $tr(ab)=tr(ba)$. A similar result holds for $a$ bounded and $b$ trace ...
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Derivative of trace of pseudo inverse
Given three matrices $A$ (broad), $B$ and $C$, I'd like to find the derivative of
\begin{align}
f = \textrm{tr} \{BA^+\} + \textrm{tr} \{B(A^+)^TCA^+B^T\}
\end{align}
with respect to $A$, where $A^+...
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Nuclear vs Integral operators on Hilbert spaces
Consider the Hilbert space $L_2=L_2[0,1]$. Is it true that for each nuclear (trace-class) operator on $L_2$ there exists a function $K\in L_1(L_2)$ such that
$$Tf = \int\limits_0^1 K(s) f(s) \,\mu(\...
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Trace of n-th root of unity in cyclotomic extension of p-adic rationals
Let $n\in\mathbb N$ and $p$ be any prime. Denote by $\mathbb Q_p$ the $p$-adic numbers. For a field extension $L/K$ denote by $Tr_{L/K}$ the corresponding trace function.
Let $\zeta_n$ be a primitve $...
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Bound on integral of elliptic theta function
I need to prove that the following bound is true. I thought this might follow from the inversion property of the theta function, as the infinite sum in the integrand is precisely $\theta_3(0,\mathrm{e}...
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Trace Theorem for $p=\infty$
I am considering the Sobolev space $W^{1,\infty}(\Omega)$ on a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$. I am wondering whether the trace theorem holds in this case with constant one (...
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Trace of finitely generated projective module
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ a $k$-algebra with unit. The trace module is
$$
T(A)=A/[A,A],
$$
where $[A,A]$ is the left $A$-module generated by all elements of the form $ab-ba$ for $a,b\in A$. The ...
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Expected value of trace of matrix inverse
Given a $N\times K$ matrix $A$ of full rank with $ K < N $, a diagonal matrix $D$ and knowing that $E[D]=bI_N$, where $E[\cdot]$ is the expected value and $I_N$ is the $N\times N$ identity matrix ...
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Does trace handle composition in a traced symmetric monoidal category?
Suppose that $(C,\otimes,I)$ is a traced symmetric monoidal category (TSMC) with symmetrizor $\sigma$ and trace $Tr$. Given two morphisms $f\colon A\to B$ and $g\colon B\to C$, I can tensor them to ...
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Probability distribution function for singular value sum of Gaussian random matrix
Let $\mathbf{X}$ be an $N \times N$ random matrix with IID Gaussian entries. They can be standard normal, but $N$ is not large: that is $N$ $<$ 6, typically. Call its singular value decomposition (...
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Boundedness of the derivative of the trace of an H^1 function
As a research preface, this question is linked to a problem of increasing magnetism in Ginzburg-Landau equations that I have distilled for the purpose of getting to the bottom of this technical matter....
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An expression with an alternating trilinear form, written in terms of the determinant and a symmetric bilinear form
I am trying to understand a line from MacLachlan/Reid's The Arithmetic of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds (it's in 3.4 if you have the book), that seems it should be elementary but I can't seem to find where ...
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Estimate the diagonal of a Cholesky factor...?
I'm computing several hundred Cholesky factorizations of large, sparse matrices, and I'm really only doing Cholesky factorization because I need to know the diagonal elements of the Cholesky factor L. ...
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solving trace norm equality [closed]
Problem Formulation
under what conditions can we solve $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{AB})=0$ ? or more specifically, when will $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{AB})=0$ implies that $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{B})=0$.
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tracial triples
Say that a triple of real numbers $(a,b,c)$ is a realizable triple if there are matrices $A,B\in SL_2(\mathbb{R})$ such that $tr (A)=a$, $tr (B)=b$, and $tr (AB)=c$. Question: what is the shape of the ...
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Trace over the zeros with real part 1/2 Only
If RH is not true, we have that Weil's explicit formula still holds:
$$ \sum_{\gamma} h(\gamma) = h(i/2)+h(-i/2)-2 \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{ \Lambda(n)}{ \sqrt n}g(logn)+\frac{1}{2\pi} \int_{-\infty}...
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Trace in an Infinite dimensional space [closed]
How do we define trace of an infinite dimensional space? How one can compute the trace of an infinite dimensional matrix?
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In what sense do the categorical trace and coend count fixed points?
According to the nlab, the categorical trace of a 1-endomorphism $F:C\to C$ in a 2-category is the set hom$(1_C, F)$ of global elements of $F$. If $F$ is a functor in the 2-category Cat, the ...
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Bounds on operator 2-norms on partial traces of linearly related operators
Consider an arbitary positive semidefinite operator ρ, acting on ℂA ⊗ ℂB ⊗ ℂC, for A,B,C finite. Also, let P be an orthogonal projector on &#...
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Non-conjugate words with the same trace
Let n>=2, p a large prime, G = SL_n(Z/pZ).
If n=2, there are words that, while not conjugate in the free group, do have identical trace in G. For example, tr(g h^2 g^2 h)= tr(g^2 h^2 g h) for all g, ...
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Get rid of tr() in SVM kernel trick
I designed a kernel function (to be used within SVM) which has the expression $tr(AB)$ in it. For efficient implementation of this, I was wondering if I could write $tr(AB)$ as an inner product: $\phi(...
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Extremum under variations of a traceless matrix
Sorry for my precedent tentative, I was a little hasty:
Ok, I think I'd better put the original problem:
I have an action of three fields: $A$ which is the spin-connection, $B$ an skew-symmetric 2-...
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