Functional Analysis
Sharper Bounds for the Complex Grothendieck Constant
Steven Heilman, Chris Jones and Giulio Malavolta
We show that $1.4<K_G^{\mathbb{C}}<1.404898554746$, where $K_G^{\mathbb{C}}$ is the complex Grothendieck constant. The upper bound improves on Haagerup's bound of $1.40490913\ldots$ from 1987, and the lower bound improves on Davie's bound of $1.33807$ from 1984. The upper bound combines ideas from the real and noncommutative complex cases of Grothendieck's inequality.
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Weyl Pseudo Almost Periodic Type Solutions to Semilinear Stochastic Evolution Equations Driven by Fractional Brownian Motion
Dimplekumar N. Chalishajar, Marko Kostic and Daniel Velinov
In this paper, we analyze square-mean Weyl almost periodic solutions and square-mean Weyl double-measure pseudo almost periodic solutions for a class of semilinear
evolution equations in separable
Hilbert spaces driven by two-sided fractional Brownian motion with Hurst index $H<1/2$. Due to the non-integrability of covariance density for $H<1/2$, a Hölder-continuity condition on the
diffusion coefficient is required. An illustrative example involving a
stochastic parabolic equation demonstrates the applicability of obtained results.
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Functional Analysis
Examples of Noncompact Quasinilpotent Hankel Operators
Yuanqi Sang
For every nonzero real number $a,$ we prove that the integral Hankel operator on $L^2(\mathbb R_{+})$ with kernel $k(t)=t^{-1+ia}$ is noncompact quasinilpotent. This answers in the affirmative a question by Peller \cite{Peller1998} about the existence of noncompact quasinilpotent Hankel operators. Moreover, we obtain the corresponding Hankel operators on the Hardy space with symbols $\left((1-z)/(1+z)\right)^{ia}.$
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Functional Analysis
Rayleigh-Residual Flow I: Normal Matrices
Eric Shen
We study the squared Rayleigh-residual functional on complex projective space and its negative gradient flow. For an arbitrary complex
matrix, every positive-residual critical point has a strictly descending tangent direction; consequently, the local minima are precisely the eigenlines. For normal
matrices, we describe the critical set in terms of circles through spectral points and identify the amplitude dynamics with a replicator equation whose payoff
matrix has rank at most four. This gives explicit logarithmic first integrals and a reduced representation of interior trajectories. We compute transverse escape rates near critical components and analyze how
polynomial reweighting changes unstable coordinates. Finally, we distinguish local saddle trapping from concentration of Haar-distributed initial states and derive the density of the filtered ensemble. Numerical examples with random spectra and a Jordan block illustrate convergence, nonmonotone Rayleigh motion, and the improvement of finite-time spectral exploration by low-degree random
polynomial filters.
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Dirichlet–Neumann bracketing for nonlocal operators
Mateusz Kwaśnicki and Jacek Wszoła
We establish Dirichlet–Neumann bracketing for the Dirichlet
eigenvalues of $\psi(-\Delta)$ on bounded Lipschitz domains, where $\psi$ is an arbitrary complete Bernstein function. The
eigenvalues lie between $\psi$ applied to the corresponding Neumann and Dirichlet
eigenvalues of the
Laplacian. Both inequalities are strict whenever $\psi$ admits no meromorphic continuation to $\mathbb C \setminus \{0\}$. The proof uses quadratic forms, operator monotonicity, and an analysis of equality in resolvent comparisons. Applying the bracketing to intervals and balls gives a unified proof of simplicity of interval
eigenvalues and antisymmetry of second eigenfunctions in balls under the same condition on $\psi$. For fractional powers, these recover results of Fall, Ghimenti, Micheletti and Pistoia for the interval, and of Fall, Feulefack, Temgoua and Weth and, independently, Benedikt, Bobkov, Dhara and Girg for the ball. The argument extends these conclusions to a broader class of nonlocal operators.
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Functional Analysis
Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin Spaces on Filtered Lie Groups with Polynomial Growth, II: Interpolation, Localization, Pointwise Multiplication
Mattia Calzi
We continue to develop a theory of Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces associated with weighted subcoercive operators on a real connected Lie group, specializing to the case of groups with
polynomial volume growth. We consider the full scale of spaces and consider interpolation, localization, and pointwise multiplication.
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Functional Analysis
Compactness of Toeplitz Operators on the Bergman Space
Guangfu Cao, Li He and Shuqing Zhang
Let $\varphi\in L^\infty(\D)$. We study compactness criteria for \(T_\varphi\) on the Bergman space $A^2(\D)$. Axler and Zheng~\cite{AZ1998} established a necessary and sufficient condition for compactness in terms of the Berezin transform. For a general bounded measurable function $\varphi$, however, its Berezin transform $\tilde{\varphi}$ does not readily reveal the intrinsic properties of $\varphi$. Motivated by a characterization in terms of the symbol itself, Zhu~\cite{ZhuSlides} proposed a
conjecture on compact Toeplitz operators. In this paper, we characterize compactness of $T_\varphi$ on the unweighted Bergman space in terms of local averages of the symbol. We prove that compactness is equivalent to the vanishing of averages over Bergman disks of any prescribed fixed radius. We also establish an equivalent criterion in terms of Carleson box averages that tend to zero uniformly in the angular variable. Finally, we construct a nonnegative bounded symbol whose Carleson box averages tend to zero at every fixed angle, although the associated Toeplitz operator is not compact.
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Functional Analysis
On absolutely Cesàro bounded operators
Arafat Abbar, Loris Arnold and Clément Coine
We study $p$-absolutely Cesàro bounded operators, with particular emphasis on self-improvement, weighted shifts, and linear dynamics. Our first main result shows that, for $1<p<\infty$, every positive absolutely Cesàro bounded operator on $L^p(\Omega)$ is automatically $p$-absolutely Cesàro bounded. We then characterize $q$-absolute Cesàro boundedness of backward shifts on weighted $\ell^p$-spaces for $q\geq p$ and use this characterization to construct examples exhibiting a wide range of possible growth rates of the powers. In the dynamical direction, we obtain new obstructions to absolute and strong Cesàro boundedness; in particular, no strongly Cesàro bounded operator on a nonzero Banach space is chaotic or upper frequently hypercyclic. We also introduce Cesàro ratio-boundedness and compare it with absolute Cesàro boundedness. Finally, a general Baire-category principle yields a genericity
theorem for the failure of $p$-absolute Cesàro boundedness.
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Functional Analysis
A purely metric characterization of supercritical Sobolev spaces
Ryan Alvarado and Efstathios Konstantinos Chrontsios Garitsis
In this paper we provide a purely metric and derivative-free characterization of continuous mappings in the local supercritical Sobolev space. More specifically, we show that a continuous mapping $f\colon\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^m$ lies in the local Sobolev space $W^{1,p}_\text{loc}(\mathbb{R}^n\colon\mathbb{R}^m)$ if and only if $f$ is a $(p,1-n/p)$-compactly Hölder mapping, where $p>n$. In fact, we prove the following more general result: whenever $X$ is a complete $Q$-Ahlfors regular metric space supporting a $p$-Poincaré inequality with $p>Q$, and $V$ is any Banach space, the compactly Hölder class $CH^{p,1-Q/p}(X\colon V)$ consists precisely of the continuous representatives of the local Hajłasz and Newtonian Sobolev spaces $M^{1,p}_\text{loc} (X \colon V)$ and $N^{1,p}_\text{loc}(X\colon V)$. We also establish quantitative comparisons between the corresponding seminorms.
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Functional Analysis
Dimension-free Riesz transform estimates on biased hypercubes via non-tracial baby Fock models
Hun Hee Lee, Zhendong Xu, Sang-gyun Youn et al. (+1 more)
We study dimension-free Riesz transform estimates on hypercubes equipped with non-uniform product measures. For $2\leq p<\infty$, we prove a dimension-free Meyer inequality for the associated carré du champ, with constants independent of both the dimension and the product measure. In contrast to the uniform case, the carré-du-champ square function does not in general coincide with the unweighted Riesz square function. Under an additional boundedness assumption on the weight parameters, we further obtain dimension-free estimates for the latter. Our proof is based on a transference from the biased hypercube to a non-tracial baby Fock model. We introduce new annihilation operators and the associated Riesz transforms on the biased hypercube, and derive explicit formulas relating them to the Riesz transforms on the non-tracial baby Fock model. The main analytic ingredient is a dimension-free $L_p$-estimate for the resulting noncommutative Riesz transform, proved by a rotation argument in the spirit of Pisier and Lust-Piquard. The same analytic mechanism also yields dimension-free Riesz transform estimates on $q$-Araki–Woods
algebras.
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All authors Hun Hee Lee, Zhendong Xu, Sang-gyun Youn, Hao Zhang
Functional Analysis
Transfinite octahedrality in spaces of operators
Abraham Rueda Zoca
We study necessary and sufficient conditions on a Banach space $X$ such that $L(Y,X)$ is transfinite (rigid) octahedral for any Banach space $Y$. We present several examples of such $X$. As application of our results, we find the first example in the literature of Banach space which is rigid octahedral but fails any transfinite version of octahedrality. We also improve some previous results about octahedrality in ultrapower spaces.
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Functional Analysis
Lipschitz-free spaces are strongly unique preduals
Ramón J. Aliaga, Marek Cúth and Felipe Vico
We prove that the Lipschitz-free space $\mathcal{F}(M)$ is the strongly unique isometric predual of $\mathrm{Lip}_0(M)$ for every metric space $M$, solving a longstanding open problem of Weaver. The result is proved first for length metric spaces by analyzing the behavior of Lipschitz functions on paths in $M$ and the topological properties of subspaces of functions vanishing on certain barrier-sets of $M$. Then, the result is extended to general metric spaces by
embedding them into length spaces in such a way that the restriction operator for Lipschitz functions is weak$^*$ continuous with respect to their selected preduals. Finally, we also give a counterexample to the codimension-one inheritance assertion used in Weaver's original proof for bounded and geodesic metric spaces.
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Functional Analysis
A Chaining Approach to Canonical Processes with Log-Concave Tails
Xuanang Hu, Hanchao Wang and Xinglong Wu
We prove a decomposition
theorem for canonical processes generated by independent symmetric random variables with log-concave tails, without the $\Delta_2$ condition. The proof uses the classical chaining method, based on admissible partitions and chopping maps. The argument also recovers the majorizing-measure characterization.
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Functional Analysis
Cesàro-type operators on average radial integrability spaces induced by doubling weights
Jiaxin Pan, Cezhong Tong and Zixing Yuan
In this paper, we study the Cesàro-type operator $$ \Ces_{\mu,\beta}f(z)=\int_{[0,1)}\frac{f(tz)}{(1-tz)^\beta}\,d\mu(t), $$ where \(\mu\) is a positive Borel measure on \([0,1)\) and \(\beta>0\). For \(0<p,q<\infty\) and radial doubling weights \(\omega_1,\omega_2\), we prove that \(\Ces_{\mu,\beta}:\AL_p^q(\omega_1)\to\AL_p^q(\omega_2)\) is bounded if and only if $$ \mu([0,1))+\sup_{1/2\le r<1}\frac{\mu([r,1))}{(1-r)^\beta}\left(\frac{\what\omega_2(r)}{\what\omega_1(r)}\right)^{1/p}<\infty, $$ and its norm is comparable to this quantity. For standard weights, our result extends \cite{BlascoMas2026,GalanopoulosSiskakisZhao2025} to the full range $0<p=q<\infty$. We further characterize compactness and the essential norm on average radial integrability spaces induced by doubling weights.
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A complete characterization of eventually entanglement breaking unital quantum channels
B. V. Rajarama Bhat, Pankaj Dey and Biswarup Saha
We obtain a complete characterization of eventually
entanglement breaking (EEB) unital channels in terms of some simple commutation properties of their eigenvectors. Specifically, the following properties are equivalent for a unital channel: (i) it is EEB; (ii) it is eventually positive partial transpose (PPT); (iii) it is eventually mixed twisted dephasing; and (iv) its eigenvectors corresponding to non-zero
eigenvalues commute with all its peripheral eigenvectors. Similar results hold for one-parameter semigroups of unital
quantum channels, where continuity forces such semigroups to become primitive. We employ a
matrix integral technique inspired by a result of Watrous. We also characterize the extreme points of the convex set of unital EB channels and, using this characterization and the theory of equiangular tight frames (ETFs), identify several extreme points beyond the twisted dephasing channels.
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On random diameters of convex bodies
O. Guedon, A.E. Litvak, K. Tatarko et al. (+1 more)
Let $K \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be a convex body containing the origin in its interior. In this work, we study the diameters of random sections of $K$ and derive upper and lower bounds for them in terms of
geometric parameters of $K$. Our bounds hold with large probability, and they offer new insights into this widely studied subject. Our upper bound complements the so-called low $M^*$-estimate and in many cases it is much sharper. The two lower bounds that we give are each of a different nature: depending on the body in question each time, either could be better, and in many interesting cases it matches the upper bound too. Subsequently, we apply our results to determine random diameters of $p$-ellipsoids (images of $\ell_p$ balls under diagonal operators), improving upon previously known results and achieving sharp estimates in many cases. One notable application is to Information-Based Complexity Theory, where we manage to establish a simple (and essentially optimal) dichotomy in response to a very natural
conjecture posed by Hinrichs, Prochno and Sonnleitner in 2023. Our solution settles precisely when it is useful to replace the optimal information used for the recovery of vectors from a $p$-ellipsoid with random (Gaussian) information, which can be more practical to obtain.
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All authors O. Guedon, A.E. Litvak, K. Tatarko, B.-H. Vritsiou
Functional Analysis
A Necessary Condition for F-Spaces to be Separable
Hector Salas
A topological vector space E has the countable intersection property for subspaces if every family of closed subspaces intersecting to $0$ contains a countable subfamily that also intersects to $0$. We prove that every separable F-space satisfies this property, whereas a TVS with an uncountable Markushevich basis does not. Finally, we construct a separable TVS that fails to satisfy this property.
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Functional Analysis
Bounds on the Minimum Eigenvalue Modulus for Hadamard Products of $\mathbf{M}$- and $\mathbf{H}$-Matrices and Their Inverses
Bharat Pratap Chauhan, Samir Mondal and Sushmitha P
The quantity $q(A\circ A^{-1})$, the minimum modulus of the
eigenvalues of $A\circ A^{-1}$, arises naturally in connection with positive diagonal symmetrizability. For an invertible $\mathbf{M}$-
matrix $A$ of order $n$, the classical bounds $\frac{2}{n}\leq q(A\circ A^{-1})\leq 1$ are known. We discuss the sharpness of the lower bound $\frac{2}{n}$ and investigate the converse of a related result involving the Jacobi iteration
matrix. In particular, we show that $\rho(J_{A_k})\to 1$ does not, in general, imply $q(A_k\circ A_k^{-1})\to \frac{2}{n}$, and identify a class for which this implication holds. We then turn to invertible $\mathbf{H}$-
matrices, a broader class that contains invertible $\mathbf{M}$-
matrices. We show that $A\circ A^{-1}$ is an invertible $\mathbf{H}$-
matrix whenever $A$ is an invertible $\mathbf{H}$-
matrix. In contrast to the $\mathbf{M}$-
matrix setting, $q(A\circ A^{-1})$ can be arbitrarily close to zero. However, replacing $A^{-1}$ by the inverse of the comparison
matrix restores the classical lower bound: we prove that $q(A\circ\mathcal{M}(A)^{-1})\geq \frac{2}{n}$ and obtain further bounds involving the Jacobi iteration
matrix of $\mathcal{M}(A)$. Finally, for positive diagonally symmetrizable invertible $\mathbf{H}$-
matrices, we establish the upper bound $q(A\circ A^{-1})\leq1$ and, in the irreducible case, characterize when equality occurs.
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Reflexive and strictly convex Banach spaces without Property (H)
Chunliu Feng and Geng Tian
We prove that Property $(H)$ fails for a broad class of reflexive strictly convex Banach spaces. More generally, the real Banach space \[ \Big(\bigoplus_{j=1}^{\infty} L^{p_j}(\Omega_j,\mu_j)\Big)_{\ell^s} \] does not have Property $(H)$ whenever $1\le s<\infty$, $1\le p_j<\infty$, $\sup_j p_j=+\infty$, and each $L^{p_j}(\Omega_j,\mu_j)$ is infinite-dimensional.
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