Questions tagged [topological-vector-spaces]
A topological vector space is a vector space $V$ over a topological field $\mathbb{K}$ (typically $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{K}=\mathbb{C}$), together with a topology on $V$ such that vector addition and scalar multiplication are both continuous. Hilbert spaces and Banach spaces are examples of topological vector spaces.
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Neighborhoods of idempotents in topological inverse semigroups
In a topological group, for any neighborhood $U$ of the origin, there is another such neighborhood with the property that $V.V\subseteq U.$ I conjecture a similar property for topological inverse ...
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Infinite-dimensional BRST reduction
Fix a base field $k$. First let me loosely describe the BRST reduction in the finite-dimensional setting. For a finite-dimensional Lie algebra $\mathfrak{n}$, we can form the Clifford algebra $\...
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Complex interpolation of subspaces
Let $(X_0,X_1)$ be an interpolation couple of Banach spaces. Using complex interpolation we can form Banach spaces $X_\theta:=(X_0,X_1)_\theta$ where $0<\theta<1.$ Let $E_\theta\subseteq X_\...
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Topological vector spaces in direct sum
A year ago, I asked this question here at Mathematics Stackexchange, but no one there managed to answer it. So I am elevating it to MathOverflow.
This question had emerged as an offshoot of a bigger ...
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Reference for Schwartz kernel theorem on vector bundles
In this notes Linear Analysis on Manifolds by Chris Kottke at page 20 he has
Theorem $1.16$ (Schwartz kernel theorem, c.f. [Hör85] Thm. 5.2.1). Let $M$ and $N$ be a compact Riemannian manifolds with ...
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Projective limit of Fréchet reflexive spaces
I am reading this paper, constructing spaces of functions and distributions with exponential growth on Fréchet nuclear spaces and their dual.
Un théorème de dualité entre espaces de fonctions ...
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Fréchet and DF spaces
Is there a canonical way to make a DF-space Fréchet while keeping the same vectorial structure? Or the converse? I've been looking in the classical books for locally convex spaces but haven't found ...
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Is identity map on the space of smooth maps smooth?
I'm curious about the identity map on the space of all smooth maps (between two locally convex topological vector spaces in the sense of convenient calculi) when we equip the space with different ...
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Is the strong topology the strongest?
Let $X$ be a topological vector space. We know that the weak topology $\sigma(X,X^*)$ is the weakest locally convex topology in $X$ that make every $f \in X^*$ continuous. Consequently, if $\tau$ is ...
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Complemented subspaces in a dual Banach space
Let $Y$ be a complemented subspace in a dual Banach space $X$. Is it true that $Y$ is itself isomorphic to a dual?
This is the case of a $w^*$-closed subspace $Y$, but a complemented subspace of $X^*...
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Under what conditions does a continuous linear map map a closed subspace to a closed subspace?
Are there natural conditions that ensure that a continuous linear map $\phi:V\to W$ between TVS maps any closed subspace $L\subset V$ to a closed subspace in $W$?
It is obviously satisfied if $W$ is ...
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On the equality $\{f\in C(X), f|_A=0\}+\{f\in C(X), f|_B=0\}=\{f\in C(X), f|_{A\cap B}=0\}$
Let $X$ be a Tychonoff space, let $A,B\subset X$ be closed. Let $J_A$ be the set of all continuous on $X$ real-valued functions which vanish on $A$.
For which $X$'s is it true that $J_A+J_B=J_{A\cap ...
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Properties on morphism of locally convex vector spaces
Let $K$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. Let $U,V,W,W'$ $K$-vector spaces, such that $U$ is a Banach-space and $W,W'$ are finite dimensional. Further we have an (algebraic) short exact ...
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Morphism in commutative square strict?
Let $G,H$ be topological groups and $f:G\rightarrow H$ a continuous group homomorphism.
Then $f$ is said to be strict if $G/\mathrm{Ker}(f) \cong \mathrm{Im}(f)$ is an isomorphism of topological ...
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Weakly sequentially closed convex cone which is not weakly closed
Let $V$ be the real vector space of finitely supported functions $f: \Omega\to \mathbf{R}$ such that $\sum_\omega f(\omega)=0$, where $\Omega$ is a given uncountable set.
Endow $V$ with the weak ...
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Consequences of having unbounded points in a bornology
For a set $X$ a bornology $\mathcal{B}$ is essentially an ideal in the power set $\mathcal{P}(X)$. Many sources including Wikipedia state additional property that $X = \bigcup \mathcal{B}$. Call it a ...
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Splitting of a topological vector space (TVS) into an (a) countable sum and (b) direct integral of subspaces
I thought that this would be a simpe question, and placed it here at the Mathematics Stackexchange. Now have to elevate it to Mathoverflow.
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TVS = topological vector space. Any subspace of a ...
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Are there "pathological convex sets" over ultravalued fields of char 2?
In their book Topological Vector Spaces (2nd ed.) Lawrence Narici and Edward Beckenstein generalise convex sets for TVS over ultravalued field $K$ as $K$-convex sets. The definition goes as following:...
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$\sigma$-compactness of some locally compact Hausdorff topological groups
Is the topological group $(\mathbf{Q}_p/\mathbf{Z}_p)^{\oplus k}$, $k\ge 1$, a $\sigma$-compact topological group when endowed with its natural $p$-adic topology?
More generally, I'm looking for a ...
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Why can any open subset $U$ of $\mathbb{Q}^\infty$ be written as disjoint union of basic clopen subsets?
I am reading Engelen´s paper and have trouble with this proof of Lemma 2.1 (a) (link is below).
It is easily seen that any non-empty open subspace $U$ of $\mathbb{Q}^\infty$ can be
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Generalized Jensen's inequality for positively homogeneous functions
The function $f:V \to \hat{\mathbb{R}}$ is said to be positively homogeneous iff $f(\alpha v) = \alpha f(v)$ for every $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$. Here $V$ is a real vector space and $\hat{\mathbb{R}...
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An explicit description for a certain type of infinite-dimensional homogeneous polynomials
This is a side question from Infinite-dimensional "algebraic varieties".
Denote by $X_p$ ($1 \le p \le \infty$) the Banach spaces of complex sequences with finite $p$-norm and limit $0$. ...
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Fundamental result on the projective tensor product of sections of a vector bundle
Definition Let $E_{1} \xrightarrow{\pi_{1}} M_{1}$, $E_{2} \xrightarrow{\pi_{2}} M_{2}$ be two vector bundles over $M_{1}$ and $M_{2}$ with fibers $V_{1}$, $V_{2}$ respectively. The exterior tensor ...
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Looking for an electronic copy of Trèves and Martineau books
I would like to know if anyone has an electronic copy of the following books:
MR0177291 Martineau, A.; Trèves, F. Éléments de la théorie des espaces vectoriels topologiques et des distributions. Fasc....
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Topological localisations of algebras and solidification
Let $A$ be a (topologically discrete) commutative ring and consider the topological ring $A((z))$. Let $\underline{A((z))}$ denote the corresponding condensed ring, and let $a(z)$ be a non-zero ...
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Is a convex, lower semicontinuous function that is bounded from below, actually continuous?
While thinking about convex functions, I managed to put together the following proof which I find a bit too good to be true. $X$ is a topological vector space that is also a Baire space.
Lemma: Let $f ...
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Pontryagin-reflexivity of spaces of continuous functions
It is well-known that a Banach space $V$ is always Pontryagin-reflexive, i.e. the natural map $V\to \text{Hom}_\mathbb{R}(\text{Hom}_\mathbb{R}(V, \mathbb{R}), \mathbb{R})$, where $\text{Hom}_\mathbb{...
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When is a natural map between completions injective?
Let $X$ be a vector space equipped with a norm $p$ and a seminorm $q$. Denote the completion of $X$ with respect to $p$ with $X_p$ and with respect to $p+q$ by $X_{p+q}$. Then the induced map $\iota : ...
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Reference on inductive (direct) limit of ordered vector spaces and vector lattices
I looked in all textbooks on vector lattices (Riesz spaces) as well as ordered vector spaces, but couldn't find any mentions of neither inductive nor projective limit for these structures. Googling ...
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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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Why is the space of smooth sections complete?
This page is about the space of sections:
Let $E \stackrel{\mathrm{fb}}{\rightarrow} \Sigma$ be a smooth vector bundle. On its real vector space $\Gamma_{\Sigma}(E)$ of smooth sections consider the ...
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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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Extending a $\sigma$-weakly continuous map: Takesaki IV.5.13
Consider the following fragment from chapter IV in Takesaki's book "Theory of operator algebra I":
Why is the boxed line true? Takesaki argues that
$$\theta_0: \mathscr{M}_1\otimes_{\...
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Predual theorem proof in Takesaki's volume I
Consider the following fragment from Takesaki's book "Theory of operator algebra I" (Section III.3 ,p133-134).
Why is the boxed line true? I can see that $\epsilon: \widetilde{A}\to A$ 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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Product of inductive limit topologies on $C_c(X)\times C_c(X)$
I have a stupid question about a topology on $C_c(X)$. Here $X$ is locally compact Hausdorff. Can assume $\sigma$-compact if it helps.
Definition (topology on $C_c(X)$): For each compact $K \subset 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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Is the projectivization of a topological vector space Tychonoff?
Let $E$ be a locally convex topological vector space over $\mathbb{R}$. The projectivization $PE$ is the quotient of $E\backslash\{0_{E}\}$ with respect to the equivalence relation $e\sim f$ if $e=\...
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Definition of infinite-dimensional Gaussian random variable
For infinite-dimensional Gaussian measures, we often see the definition of Gaussian random variables like this:
Let $H(\Omega;\mathbb{R})$ be a separable Hilbert space. A random
variable $u \in H$ is ...
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A Fréchet space characterization of smooth structures on topological spaces?
For a compact manifold $M$ the space of smooth functions $C^{\infty}(M)$ is a Fréchet space where the seminorms are the suprema of the norms of all partial derivatives. Is there some way to ...
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Cech cohomology on product covers & Fréchet sheaves
My question is about the paper [Ka67].
Let $S, T$ be sheaves of nuclear Fréchet spaces over paracompact topological spaces $X, Y$, respectively; in particular, if $V \subset U$ are open subsets in $X$,...
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Condensed/liquid vector spaces and path integrals
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Background
One approach to the problem of making rigorous various measures on spaces of paths (for example, the Wiener or Feynman measure) is the time-slicing ...
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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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Uniqueness of the predual of a W*-algebra
Consider the following fragments in Takesaki's "Theory of operator algebras" (volume I):
Question: So, we have an abstract Banach space $F$ with $A \cong F^*$. In Lemma 3.6, one considers ...
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About $\sigma$ strong$^*$-functionals and seminorms
I'm reading the book "Theory of operator algebras" by Takesaki. In this book, the $\sigma$-strong$^*$ topology on the space $B(H)$ (bounded operators on the Hilbert space $H$) is defined (...
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About the normability of the space of continuous functions
Let $A$ be a subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$, and denote by $C(A)$ the space of complex-valued continuous functions defined on $A$. We know that if $A$ is compact then we can define a norm on $C(A)$ so that ...
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Strict topology on the multiplier algebra
Let $A$ be a $C^*$-algebra. Let $M(A)$ be its multiplier $C^*$-algebras. The strict topology on $M(A)$ is given by
$$x_\lambda \to x \iff \forall a\in A: (\|x_\lambda a-xa\| + \|ax_\lambda - ax\| \to ...
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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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On "linearly independent" metric spaces
Urysohn's universal metric space $\Bbb U$ satisfies the following surprising property:
Whenever $i\colon\Bbb U\to E$ is an isometric embedding into a normed vector space such that $0\not\in i(\Bbb U)$...
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