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Conditional expectation as square-loss minimizer over continuous functions

It is well-known that the conditional expectation of a square-integrable random variable $Y$ given another (real) random variable $X$ can be obtained by minimizing the mean square loss between $Y$ and ...
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Locally compact rings with reciprocals

A topological field is defined to be a topological ring $F$ with reciprocals such that the reciprocal function $F\setminus\{0\} \to F\setminus\{0\}$ is continuous. Locally compact topological fields ...
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Sobolev embedding theorems on manifolds

I had asked the following question on math.stackexchange but did not get any response: I'm looking for a reference which states the Sobolev embedding theorems on Riemann manifolds for fractional ...
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Extending Hölder functions

I originally asked this question on MathStackExchange some time ago, but it seems that MathOverflow would be more appropriate. Essentially, I would like to find references for extension theorems for (...
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Direct sums of operator spaces

I am interested in the $\ell^1$ analogue of direct sums for Operator spaces, e.g. Operator Space Dictionary. Briefly, and operator space is either a concrete subspace of $B(H)$, the operators on a ...
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Uniqueness in interpolation of Hilbert spaces

I am wondering under what condition it is true that for Hilbert spaces $H$ and $H_0$ such that $H \hookrightarrow H_0$ there is uniqueness in the existence of a Hilbert space $H_1 \hookrightarrow H$ ...
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Differential equations: trying to connect a nonlinear equation to a linear one

The following is motivated by taking a product space $\Omega$ and splitting it into two parts via projections, whose subspaces, $T$ and $X$, are home to functions which satisfy a nonlinear PDE and a ...
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Estimator for the conditional expectation operator with convergence rate in operator norm

Let $X$ and $Z$ be two random variables defined on the same probability space, taking values in euclidian spaces $E_X$ and $E_Z$, with distributions $\pi$ and $\nu$, respectively. Let $L^2(\pi)$ ...
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Reference for Wiener type measure on $C(T)$ when $T$ is open

I'm considering Gaussian process on open domain $T$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and I tried to follow the abstract Wiener space construction of Gross. Since my sample paths are meant to be continuous, I thought ...
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Looking for a reference for a version of the "The reverse Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem" for the Orlicz spaces

Please I need a reference where I can find a version of the "The reverse Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem" for the Orlicz spaces analogous to Theorem 1.2.7 in Semilinear Elliptic Equations for ...
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Relationship between $p$-capacity and Riesz $s$-capacity of a set

What is the relationship between the definitions of $s$-capacity (page 13 here) and $p$-capacity (here) of a set? Are they equivalent? If not, what inequalities hold? What is the difference (in terms ...
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Injective envelopes of 1-extensible spaces

Please read this post as a naive follow up on a previous question. Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $(I(X),\alpha)$ denote its injective envelope (e.g., CohenLacey1969). A low hanging fruit is the ...
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Does the Kato-Ponce estimate hold on manifolds?

Recall the Kato-Ponce estimate for fractional powers of the operator $J = (1-\Delta)$, $$ \| J^s(fg) \|_{L^r} \lesssim \| J^s f \|_{L^{p_1}} \| g \|_{L^{q_1}} + \| J^s g \|_{L^{p_2}} \| f \|_{L^{q_2}},...
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Residues of analytic operators

Suppose we have analytic operators $P_{z}: C^1[0,1]\to C^1[0,1]$, where $z \in \mathbb{C}$, and the spectrum of $P_{z_0}$ possesses an isolated eigenvalue $1$ (assuming multiplicity is 1 and $I-P_z$ ...
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Examples of RKHS that are "classical"

Among the so-called "classical" Hilbert spaces ($L^2$, Sobolev, Hardy, Bergman, etc.), which are very well-studied, which are RKHSs? It is easy to construct example of RKHSs by applying the ...
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Reference/Help request for formula $[A,e^{-itB}]$ found in physics thread

I'm wondering if anyone has a rigorous reference or a proof of the formula (2) found in the main answer of this thread on the physics stack exchange. I want to use it but in the case where $A, B$ are ...
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Existence for a nonlinear evolution equation with a monotone operator that is not maximal

We consider the nonlinear evolution equation $$ \dot{u}(t) + Bu(t) = 0, \quad u(0)=0 $$ with $$ A: \mathcal{C}(\Omega)\to \mathcal{M}(\Omega),\; p \mapsto \arg\min_{\mu\in\partial\chi_{\{||\...
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What is known about when $vN(G)$ is a factor, for a locally compact group $G$?

When $G$ is a discrete group, it is an elementary result in the theory of von Neumann algebras that the group von Neumann algebra $vN(G)$ is a factor if and only if $G$ is an ICC group. What is known ...
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Lumer-Phillips-type theorem for non-autonomous evolutions

The classical Lumer-Phillips theorem characterizes the generators of contraction semigroups. I am looking for a similar characterization or at least a sufficient condition for a family of unbounded, ...
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Examples of Banach manifolds with function spaces as tangent spaces

I have recently been learning the theory of Banach manifolds through Serge Lang's book on Differential Manifolds. So far the objects seem rather interesting but my intuition always comes from the ...
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Singular integral operators acting on Zygmund class

It is proven in "Classical and Modern Fourier Analysis" by L. Grafakos (Corollary 6.7.2) that if a kernel $K(x)$ defined away from the origin on $\mathbb{R}^n$ satisfies $$\sup_{0<R<\...
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Why operator systems?

A $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebra $\mathcal{A}\subset B(\mathsf{H})$ is a norm-closed, self-adjoint subalgebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space. If we then take a unital self-adjoint (possibly closed) ...
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Reference on spectral theory of self-adjoint operators

I am reading this paper on comparing different moments of independent random variables. A initial step in their approach is designing an operator $L$ over smooth functions (and extended to an self ...
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Differentiability of the Moreau envelope

I've recently come across many results discussing the differentiation of the Moreau envelope defined by \begin{equation} e(f)(x)\triangleq \min_{h \in H} \|h-x\|^2 + f(h), \end{equation} where $f$ is ...
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Spectral decomposition of $\Gamma\backslash X$

Let $X$ be a reasonable manifold of non-positive curvature (could be $\mathbb{H}^n$, symmetric or locally symmetric space, homogeneous Hadamard manifold etc.), and let $\Gamma$ be a reasonable group ...
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Intuitive functional analysis book

I want to know functional analysis book like Terence tao's real analysis and measure theory book, full of intuition. I am aware of linear algebra, real analysis, measure theory, Probability theory.
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Error estimates for inhomogeneous semidiscrete PDE

I have the following semidiscrete problem on a meshed domain $U_h$. Let $V_h$ be linear finite elements on $U_h$, $V_{h0}\subset V_h$ have zero trace on $\partial \Omega_h$, and $V_{h\partial}$ be ...
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Reference request: trace norm estimate

In a paper I am currently reading, the author uses that if $T$ is an operator given by the kernel $$T(x,y) = \int_{\mathbb R} p(x,z) q(z,y) dz,$$ then $$\lvert \operatorname{tr} T \rvert \leq \lVert T ...
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Cocompact lattices in $\mathrm{Sp}(n, 1)$

This is a continuation from my previous question. I am reading the following paper of Cowling-Haagerup, and I was wondering whether there are uniform lattices in $\mathrm{Sp}(n, 1)$. Is there some way ...
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If $b\in C^1(E, \mathbb{R})$ and $b'$ is compact, then $b$ is weakly continuous — a reference request

While reading the well known book Minimax Methods in Critical Point Theory with Applications to Differential Equations by Paul Rabinowitz, in the proof of a generalisation of the Mountain Pass Theorem ...
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Examples of non $w^{*}$-closed complemented subspaces of a dual Banach space that are also dual spaces

Let $Y$ be a complemented, but not $w^{*}$-closed, subspace of a Banach space $X$. It is known that certain such $Y$ are not dual spaces. Question: What are interesting examples of subspaces of the ...
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Thin-Plate-Spline understanding and solution

This is a migrated question from: Thin-Plate-Spline understanding and solution. If I need to delete one of the questions let me know. I was suggested to post it here as well. As I understand it a Thin-...
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Separate continuity implies (joint) continuity

I believe that the following fact is true and I am looking for a reference. Let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff topological space (may be assumed to be metrizable). Let $V$, $W$ be Fréchet spaces. ...
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Conditional expectation: commuting integration and supremum

Let $X$ and $A$ be compact Polish spaces endowed with Borel $\sigma$-algebras. Let $\mathcal{A} = X\times \mathcal{B}(A)$ be the $\sigma$-algebra consisting of cylinders whose projections on $A$ are ...
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positive functional on Banach *-algebra (with appro. identity) is continuous?

Theorem (N. Th.Varopoulos): Let $\mathcal{B}$ be a Banach *-algebra with a bounded approximate identity. Then every positive functional $T$ on $\mathcal{B}$ is continuous. I think this theorem is ...
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On a real smooth version of white noise distribution theory

In white noise analysis, one starts with a real Gelfand triple $\mathcal{N}\subset \mathcal{H} \subset \mathcal{N}^{*}$ and produces out of it, using complexifications along the way, the complex ...
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Is the weighted shift strong frequently hypercyclic?

One sided Shift Let be $M$ separable metric space. Consider $X=M^{\mathbb{N}}$ the sequence space equipped with the product metric $d(x,y)=\sum_{i=1}^\infty |x_i-y_i|/2^i$ . Define the shift map $\...
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Sufficient criteria for $X \subset \mathcal{H}$ to be a Lipschitz (or unif. cont.) retract of $\mathcal{H}$

I am interested in sufficient criteria which ensure that a subset $X$ of a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ is a Lipschitz (or at least uniformly continuous) retract of $\mathcal{H}$. Under which ...
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The compact embedding of $H^{1/2}_{2\pi}$ in $L^s(0, 2\pi)$

Consider the fractional Sobolev space $H^{1/2}_{2\pi}$. This space consists of the functions $u$ in the space $L^2(0, 2\pi)$ whose coefficients of their Fourier expansion $$u(t)=a_0+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}...
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A characterization of metric spaces, isometric to subspaces of Euclidean spaces

I am looking for the reference to the following (surely known) characterization of metric spaces that embed into $\mathbb R^n$: Theorem. Let $n$ be positive integer number. A metric space $X$ is ...
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Representation formula for the continuity equation on a separable Hilbert space

The following is an informal question for which I'd like to (ideally) find a reference. I'm quite a novice in this area but would be happy to find a reference to a theorem along the following lines (...
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Multi-parameter stationary phase asymptotic expansion

I am looking for an asymptotic expansion of the oscillatory integral of the form $$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}f(x)\exp(i(\lambda_1\phi_1(x)+\dots+\lambda_k\phi_k(x))dx,$$ as $\lambda_i\to \infty$ ...
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Solution to $u_t = A(t)u + f(t)$ on bounded domain

I am dealing with the problem \begin{align}u_t &= \nabla \cdot (a(x,t) \nabla u) + f(x,t) &\text{ on } \Omega \times (0,T)\\ \partial_{\nu} u &= 0 &\text{ on } \partial \Omega \...
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Quantifying difficulty of integrals versus inverses

Recently, I have been discussing inverses with a tenth grade class and integrals with an eleventh/twelfth grade class, and this has led me to the following wonder: Wonder. Is there a "reasonable&...
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Schrödinger equation approximation – continuity of eigenvalues with respect to potential

The question has been crossposted from Stackexchange after receiving no answers. Setup: the time-independent Schrödinger equation (eigenvalue problem): $(-\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\Delta +V)\psi = E\psi$ (On ...
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$L^{p}$ isoperimetric inequalities on the Hamming cube

Let $A \subset \{-1,1\}^{n}$ be a subset of the Hamming cube with cardinality $|A|=2^{n-1}$. Define $w_{A} : \{-1,1\}^{n} \to \mathbb{N}\cup \{0\}$ so that $w_{A}(x)$ to be number of boundary edges ...
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Green function of symmetric stable process in dimension 1 and 2

Are the results in this paper on the Green function of a symmetric stable process available also in space dimension $d =1$ and $d=2$? The main theorems here are stated only for $d \ge 3$.
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Periodicity and Burger's equation

Consider the 1-dimensional Burger's equation on a finite interval $I=(0,1)$, $$u_t+uu_x=u_{xx}$$ with initial condition $$u(x,0)=f(x)$$ and boundary conditions $$u(0,t)=A(t) \qquad u(1,t)=B(t).$$ ...
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Dilation of bounded linear operators

Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, and let $A$ be a contraction (bounded linear operator of norm $\leq 1$) on $H$. I heard in a recent talk that there is a (apparently famous) result due to Sz-Nagy which ...
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On a paper of von Neumann

Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $T: H \to H$ be a contraction. In Eine Spektraltheorie für allgemeine Operatoren eines unitären Raumes, von Neumann proved the inequality $$ \lVert p(T)\rVert \leq \sup \...

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