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Topologies On The Set Of Operators On A Hilbert Space
In the mathematical field of functional analysis there are several standard topologies which are given to the algebra of bounded linear operators on a Banach space . Introduction Let (T_n)_ be a sequence of linear operators on the Banach space . Consider the statement that (T_n)_ converges to some operator on . This could have several different meanings: * If \, T_n - T\, \to 0, that is, the operator norm of T_n - T (the supremum of \, T_n x - T x \, _X, where ranges over the unit ball in ) converges to 0, we say that T_n \to T in the uniform operator topology. * If T_n x \to Tx for all x \in X, then we say T_n \to T in the strong operator topology. * Finally, suppose that for all we have T_n x \to Tx in the weak topology of . This means that F(T_n x) \to F(T x) for all linear functionals on . In this case we say that T_n \to T in the weak operator topology. List of topologies on B(''H'') There are many topologies that can be defined on besides the ones used above; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, respectively. There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline. Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them. These objects consist of either abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicsentities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. A ''proof'' consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, andin case of abstraction from naturesome basic properties that are considered true starting points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilbert Space
In mathematics, Hilbert spaces (named after David Hilbert) allow generalizing the methods of linear algebra and calculus from (finite-dimensional) Euclidean vector spaces to spaces that may be infinite-dimensional. Hilbert spaces arise naturally and frequently in mathematics and physics, typically as function spaces. Formally, a Hilbert space is a vector space equipped with an inner product that defines a distance function for which the space is a complete metric space. The earliest Hilbert spaces were studied from this point of view in the first decade of the 20th century by David Hilbert, Erhard Schmidt, and Frigyes Riesz. They are indispensable tools in the theories of partial differential equations, quantum mechanics, Fourier analysis (which includes applications to signal processing and heat transfer), and ergodic theory (which forms the mathematical underpinning of thermodynamics). John von Neumann coined the term ''Hilbert space'' for the abstract concept that under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Functional Analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (e.g. Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics)#Definition, norm, Topological space#Definition, topology, etc.) and the linear transformation, linear functions defined on these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense. The historical roots of functional analysis lie in the study of function space, spaces of functions and the formulation of properties of transformations of functions such as the Fourier transform as transformations defining continuous function, continuous, unitary operator, unitary etc. operators between function spaces. This point of view turned out to be particularly useful for the study of differential equations, differential and integral equations. The usage of the word ''functional (mathematics), functional'' as a noun goes back to the calculus of variati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-countable
In topology, a branch of mathematics, a first-countable space is a topological space satisfying the "first axiom of countability". Specifically, a space X is said to be first-countable if each point has a countable neighbourhood basis (local base). That is, for each point x in X there exists a sequence N_1, N_2, \ldots of neighbourhoods of x such that for any neighbourhood N of x there exists an integer i with N_i contained in N. Since every neighborhood of any point contains an open neighborhood of that point, the neighbourhood basis can be chosen without loss of generality to consist of open neighborhoods. Examples and counterexamples The majority of 'everyday' spaces in mathematics are first-countable. In particular, every metric space is first-countable. To see this, note that the set of open balls centered at x with radius 1/n for integers form a countable local base at x. An example of a space which is not first-countable is the cofinite topology on an uncountable set ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convex Set
In geometry, a subset of a Euclidean space, or more generally an affine space over the reals, is convex if, given any two points in the subset, the subset contains the whole line segment that joins them. Equivalently, a convex set or a convex region is a subset that intersects every line into a single line segment (possibly empty). For example, a solid cube is a convex set, but anything that is hollow or has an indent, for example, a crescent shape, is not convex. The boundary of a convex set is always a convex curve. The intersection of all the convex sets that contain a given subset of Euclidean space is called the convex hull of . It is the smallest convex set containing . A convex function is a real-valued function defined on an interval with the property that its epigraph (the set of points on or above the graph of the function) is a convex set. Convex minimization is a subfield of optimization that studies the problem of minimizing convex functions over convex se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banach–Alaoglu Theorem
In functional analysis and related branches of mathematics, the Banach–Alaoglu theorem (also known as Alaoglu's theorem) states that the closed unit ball of the dual space of a normed vector space is compact in the weak* topology. A common proof identifies the unit ball with the weak-* topology as a closed subset of a product of compact sets with the product topology. As a consequence of Tychonoff's theorem, this product, and hence the unit ball within, is compact. This theorem has applications in physics when one describes the set of states of an algebra of observables, namely that any state can be written as a convex linear combination of so-called pure states. History According to Lawrence Narici and Edward Beckenstein, the Alaoglu theorem is a "very important result - maybe most important fact about the weak-* topology - hatechos throughout functional analysis." In 1912, Helly proved that the unit ball of the continuous dual space of C( , b is countably weak-* compact. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weak-star Operator Topology
In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, the ultraweak topology, also called the weak-* topology, or weak-* operator topology or σ-weak topology, on the set ''B''(''H'') of bounded operators on a Hilbert space is the weak-* topology obtained from the predual ''B''*(''H'') of ''B''(''H''), the trace class operators on ''H''. In other words it is the weakest topology such that all elements of the predual are continuous (when considered as functions on ''B''(''H'')). Relation with the weak (operator) topology The ultraweak topology is similar to the weak operator topology. For example, on any norm-bounded set the weak operator and ultraweak topologies are the same, and in particular the unit ball is compact in both topologies. The ultraweak topology is stronger than the weak operator topology. One problem with the weak operator topology is that the dual of ''B''(''H'') with the weak operator topology is "too small". The ultraweak topology fixes this problem: the dual i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultrastrong Topology
In functional analysis, the ultrastrong topology, or σ-strong topology, or strongest topology on the set ''B(H)'' of bounded operators on a Hilbert space is the topology defined by the family of seminorms p_\omega(x) = \omega(x^ x)^ for positive elements \omega of the predual L_(H) that consists of trace class operators. It was introduced by John von Neumann in 1936. Relation with the strong (operator) topology The ultrastrong topology is similar to the strong (operator) topology. For example, on any norm-bounded set the strong operator and ultrastrong topologies are the same. The ultrastrong topology is stronger than the strong operator topology. One problem with the strong operator topology is that the dual of ''B(H)'' with the strong operator topology is "too small". The ultrastrong topology fixes this problem: the dual is the full predual ''B*(H)'' of all trace class operators. In general the ultrastrong topology is better than the strong operator topology, but is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackey Topology
In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, the Mackey topology, named after George Mackey, is the finest topology for a topological vector space which still preserves the continuous dual. In other words the Mackey topology does not make linear functions continuous which were discontinuous in the default topology. A topological vector space (TVS) is called a Mackey space if its topology is the same as the Mackey topology. The Mackey topology is the opposite of the weak topology, which is the coarsest topology on a topological vector space which preserves the continuity of all linear functions in the continuous dual. The Mackey–Arens theorem states that all possible dual topologies are finer than the weak topology and coarser than the Mackey topology. Definition Definition for a pairing Given a pairing (X, Y, b), the Mackey topology on X induced by (X, Y, b), denoted by \tau(X, Y, b), is the polar topology defined on X by using the set of all \sigma(Y, X, b)-comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weak Topology
In mathematics, weak topology is an alternative term for certain initial topologies, often on topological vector spaces or spaces of linear operators, for instance on a Hilbert space. The term is most commonly used for the initial topology of a topological vector space (such as a normed vector space) with respect to its continuous dual. The remainder of this article will deal with this case, which is one of the concepts of functional analysis. One may call subsets of a topological vector space weakly closed (respectively, weakly compact, etc.) if they are closed (respectively, compact, etc.) with respect to the weak topology. Likewise, functions are sometimes called weakly continuous (respectively, weakly differentiable, weakly analytic, etc.) if they are continuous (respectively, differentiable, analytic, etc.) with respect to the weak topology. History Starting in the early 1900s, David Hilbert and Marcel Riesz made extensive use of weak convergence. The early pioneers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Topology
In mathematics, the operator norm measures the "size" of certain linear operators by assigning each a real number called its . Formally, it is a norm defined on the space of bounded linear operators between two given normed vector spaces. Introduction and definition Given two normed vector spaces V and W (over the same base field, either the real numbers \R or the complex numbers \Complex), a linear map A : V \to W is continuous if and only if there exists a real number c such that \, Av\, \leq c \, v\, \quad \mbox v\in V. The norm on the left is the one in W and the norm on the right is the one in V. Intuitively, the continuous operator A never increases the length of any vector by more than a factor of c. Thus the image of a bounded set under a continuous operator is also bounded. Because of this property, the continuous linear operators are also known as bounded operators. In order to "measure the size" of A, one can take the infimum of the numbers c such that the above i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
