ProbXiv
sign in

Problems

No problem here has yet been reviewed by a person.

4147 of 47 problems
  • How large can a measurable A ⊆ [0,R]^2 be while avoiding the vertices of upward-oriented axis-aligned right triangles of area 1/2? At most O_c(R^2/(log R)^c), with a matching-shaped lower bound construction.

  • The Existence Problem for Regular Gabor Framestime-frequency analysis literature

    Does every lattice of density above one admit a Gabor frame with a nice window? No. For every dimension d > 1 there are explicit criteria on lattices Λ ⊂ R^2d with D(Λ) > 1 such that no function with continuous Zak transform generates a…

  • Near-optimal density thresholds forcing a measurable set in R^d to contain all sufficiently large similar copies of every n-point configuration, answering a question from the Euclidean density theorem literature up to logarithmic factors.

  • Stable Phase Retrieval for Spans of Independent Random VariablesCalderbank, Daubechies, Freeman and Freeman

    After L^2 normalization, stable phase retrieval holds over the L^2-spans of independent real-valued centered random variables exactly when all but possibly one coordinate satisfies a uniform two-sided L^1 bound. This confirms the…

  • The dissipative barrier method suppresses spectral pollution when a differential operator is truncated, but can it hide genuine spectral points? Known as the graveyard problem, the question stayed open in dimension two and above for more…

  • Weakly Compact Factorization Through a Space With a BasisDavis, Figiel, Johnson and Pełczyński; raised again by Kevin Beanland, 1974

    Davis, Figiel, Johnson and Pełczyński showed their interpolation space admits a Schauder basis when the range space has a shrinking one. Can the DFJP space always be chosen with a basis whenever the range space has a basis? The paper…

  • The Elton–Odell theorem gives, in every infinite-dimensional normed space, a unit-sphere sequence with mutual distances at least 1+ε. Over C, identifying vectors differing by a unimodular scalar gives a toroidal distance. Does every…