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Hello, everyone!recently we are collecting ground hyperspectral measurement data ( such as soil, vegetation, snow ) with a wavelength range of 400-2500 nm. We have collected some spectral data, but it is still not enough for our research. Therefore, we would like to ask you where there is a free open spectral library ? Or we can cooperate together. Thank you very much.
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When I did a google search using these keywords, several sources appeared: agriculture hyperspectral download.
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One of the main problems of semigroup theory for linear operators is to decide whether a concrete operator is the generator of a semigroup and how this semigroup is represented.
One idea is to write complicated operators, as a sum of simple operators. For this reason, perturbation theory has become one of the most important topics in semigroup theory. My question is about the multi-perturbed semigroups or multiple perturbation of semigroups in a Banach space. I need a recurrent formula for a semigroup perturbed by multiple (several, i.e. more than two) bounded (in general unbounded) linear operators. I have searched for it, but only found a simple case, called the Dyson-Phillips series for a semigroup generated by A0+A1. How can we find the generalisation of this formula for a semigroup generated by A0+A1+...+An for a fixed natural n? Many thanks in advance. I am looking forward to your suggestions and recommendations on this topic.
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Hi professors. I hope you are doing well. This is a mathematical article that proves a new recurrence relation that is fundamental for mathematics. The article proves also that four infinite series are equivalent. Hence, this article opens new opportunities to demonstrate and develop new mathematical findings and observations. This is the link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364651911_A_useful_new_equation_of_four_infinite_series_and_sums_by_using_a_new_demonstrated_recurrence_relation
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Is there any information about refraction indices and extinction coefficients for some types of Stainless Steel?
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Not sure if it has stainless steel, but a good reference to have saved nonetheless.
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Does Hilbert-Polya Conjecture Infer Riemann Hypothesis by the means of spectral theory? Can anyone describe the procedure
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Stam Nicolis , you said that
" However it's not necessary for the Hilbert-Polya conjecture to be true, in order for the Riemann Hypothesis to be true. "
Why is that?
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I need information concerning the penetration and reflection capacity of ultraviolet and infrared radiation wavelengths on different most common materials.
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Can somebody recommend a book to learn about? I'm especially interested in spectrogroscopy with a city environment materials and albedo.
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First of all it depends to the material studied, and for me i guess that IR is more better then UV cause its wavelength is bigger than UV.
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Hi everyone,
I have a matrix defined such that each row has a sum lesser than one. I want to know if there is a theorem or result saying that the spectral radius of these kind of matrices is always lesser than one.
Using simulation, I verified that this result holds (1000000 matrices simulated randomly such that the sum of each line is 0.99999) but I'm looking for a theoretical result.
Best regards,
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Gershgorin disks work for columns too.
One can observe that A and AT have the same spectrum.
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In the theory of the stability of the differential operators, one could prove the stability results based on spectra of an operator, (all eigenvalues must be negative for example).
one problem with the above method is that not all linear operators are self-adjoint (for examples operators in convection diffusion form) and their corresponding eigenvalue problem can not be solved analytically, hence spectra of the operator can not be calculated analytically. On the other hand there is a definition related to spectra, which is called pseudo-spectra, that somehow evaluates the approximated spectrum , even for non self-adjoint operators.
I want to know is it possible to establish stability results for a differential operator based on pseudo-spectra?
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The question you ask is a very broad one. Since differential operators are unbounded - the definition of the on which one defines the operator is important. When one goes to infinite dimensions, there might not even be a point spectrum (eigenvalues) - the spectrum may be only the continuous spectrum and residual spectrum. If the operator has a self joint extension or a normal extension then the problem becomes more tractable but for non-normal operators the problem is quite complex.
At one time a class of operators "spectral operators" were defined, see Dunford and Schwartz, "Linear Operators", vol III, to address the issues on non-normal operators. Proving a non-normal operator - even an ordinary differential operator - was not a trivial task. The goal of this effort was to expand the concept of Jordan Canonical form to first bounded linear operators on a Hilbert/Banach space and then to unbounded linear operators, e.g., differential operators. For compact operators or operators with compact resolvents - that has been solved. For bounded normal and unitary operators, that has been solved (spectral theorem). For unbounded operators with a compact resolvent, that has been pretty much solved (by using the spectral theorem the spectral theorem). For unbounded self adjoint operators, there is also a spectral theorem. However, for non-normal bounded operators and non-self adjoint unbounded operators - there is no general result on a canonical form.
In these problems stability questions be quite problem specific.
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I would appreciate if someone could help me finding an English, Spanish, or Italian translation of the original papers by Perron and Frobenius on positive and non-negative matrices:
Perron, Oskar (1907), "Zur Theorie der Matrices", Mathematische Annalen, 64 (2): 248–263
Frobenius, Georg (1912), "Ueber Matrizen aus nicht negativen Elementen", Sitzungsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.: 456–477
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So far I don't know any Translation. But you find all stuff in H.H. Schaefer: Banach Lattichs and Positive Operators in Chapter 1. 
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If Something moves then we don't know the position/state, it becomes statistical (a wave) due to unknown acceleration/desceleration potential. The statistic's observation depends on the measurement precision. If (sub)particles were static, would the function collapse?
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Another example of a blog that has gone astray completely! Why don't you try to debate the question that has been posed? I think this does not serve any useful purpose!
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In the light that we get from stars we discern certain lines belonging to the most abundant elements in those stars. Assume that we would pass the light from a star through a prism in order to disperse the spectrum, then isolate the hydrogen line(s).
Which one of the hydrogen lines is the most abundant in stars? And what are its properties: is the light in that line coherent light, or is it thermal light? Is it polarized?
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This would depend on the type of star. In hot stars the hydrogen in the stellar envelope the hydrogen is fully ionized. In cold star it's not. Also, stars like the sun have a hot, low density corona where the hydrogen is ionized.
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Hi,
I am trying to write a code for fBm in Python. I am following the SpectralSynthesisFM2D pseudocode written by Dietmar Saupe in "The Science of Fractal Images", Springer-Verlag, 1988 (page 108). This pseudocode uses the spectral synthesis approach instead of the diamond-square algorithm.
I got stuck at lines 25-27, where the pseudocode calls something like A[][].imag, which has not been defined. I failed to "translate" this into a Python command.
Could anyone please help? Thanks!
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Dear Francesco,
As the the entries in the array A are complex numbers, I assume A[][].imag = 0 means set the imaginary part of the number to zero.
Steve
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Let two selfadjoint operators A and X  in a Hilbert space with a common dense domain D(A)=D(X), A>0,  satisfy in H the anti-commutator equation
{A,X}:=AX+XA=0.
It is true that  X=0?
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Dear  Prof.  Prykarpatski,
According to my previous answer, I think that we can not expect that the operator  T(x)=ax+xa is  a positive operator where a is  a positive element. I realize that there is  a  counterexample in M_{2}(C). There are two positive matrices A and B such  that AB+BA is not positive. Ex: A=\pmatrix(1&0 / /0&2)   and  B=\pmatrix(10.01& 10 \\ 10& 10.01).  In fact the following general statement is true: 
Statement:  If A is  a  C*  algebra such that  ab+ba is  a positive element for all positive elements a and b then A is  a Commutative C* algebra.
This is  a  consequence of the following theorem(which I forget the paper and its Author but it is quoted in the book "K-theory and C* algebra by W. Olsen):
Theorem: Assume that A is  a  C* algebra such that   0<a<b  implies a^{2}<b^{2}, then A is  commutative.
any way it would be interesting to find an example of  a  simple C* algebra with a positive element a, which is  not an scalar element but the operator T(x)=ax+xa is  a positive operator.(Equivalently: the  cones  of  positive element is invariant under T)
 The motivation for   assumption of "simplicity" is that we wish to be most far from commutativity.
Thanks for your original interesting question
Best regards 
Ali Taghavi
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Related graph theory and spectral theory. Also Im interested to generalized inverse of Laplacian matrix of a given graph.
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thanx dear prod wiwat..
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I read that is necessary to de-ramping SLC burst before any spectral operation (i.e. resampling, Spectral Diversity coregistration...). What are the parameter contains in xml annotations Sentinel-1 for perform this step? Thk!
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eta_c is an array that you need to compute for each range samples.
eta_c(0) is the first element of this array representing eta_c at the near range of your product
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In the paper  V. MÜLLER,  A. PEPERKO,  Generalized spectral radius and its max algebra version, LAA, 2013, 1006-1016 we (also) gave quite a simple proof of the Berger- Wang formula on the equality of the joint and the generalized spectral radius of a bounded set of non-negative (entrywise) n times n matrices, by first proving in a direct way its max algebra version.
The problem that remains here is the following : the reduction of the Berger Wang formula from the general case of a bounded set of (real)n times n matrices to the non-negative case. This would give a new simple-simpler (or at least an alternative) proof of the Berger Wang formula (in the n times n matrix setting). V. Muller noticed that this reduction is possible in the case of the singelton set {A} by using e.g. upper triangular Schur form of a matrix. What about e.g the case {A,B}?
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Dear Prof. Peters, thank you. I will take a look.
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The sequence is time limited and the pulse width is constant, suppose 'T'
The Amplitudes of the pulse are either 0 or 1 and this is controlled by a Pseudo Random Binary Sequence.
So the occurrences of 1s and 0s is random and unknown
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See the article , I will send you.
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Why are the spectral lines of wavelengths below 300A not recorded on normal incidence set-up?
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Dear Henk, I understand that this letter is addressed to me, and not the one to whom you are writing. I made a mistake in your answer. And it will be a good lesson for me. I'm really not an expert in this area. You can see my profile.
But just to criticize and not to say anything positive, do not explain the person who asked the question, even if he is not right, in ResearchGate, and indeed in the scientific community, in in my opinion it isn't accepted. As I understand, Riyaz Ahemad just studies. And if you so well understand the question, do you really so difficult to explain the incorrectness of its statement?
The same thing I would say and Alexandr N Ryabtsev, who expressed his surprise, too, does not respond directly to the question, and refers to the head. I think that Riyaz Ahemad himself would have understood the need for this. Not difficult to see that you are his answer, actually repeated. Why? And without your speech was clear.
Best Regards, Leonid.
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Consider the inverse spectral problem in the case of one dimensional Schrodinger equation with a periodic potential. It is well known how to restore the potential from a total set of spectral data (boundaries of zones=periodic eigenvalues and normalization constants). Obviously, the quasi-momentum (a Floquet exponent) should also be expressed in terms of spectral data. I'm searching for the analytical expression of the quasi-momentum, at least in the simplest case of the single-zone potential where
spectral data consist from three eigenvalues E0, E1, E2.
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Another interesting thing is that the limit E1->E0 of the single-zone potential corresponds to the single-soliton potential. See gif-file attached as an example
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I am interested in possible definitions, in particular to those which reduce, for k=1, to the standard formula f(A)=Q f(D) Q* where A=Q D Q* is the Schur decomposition (or spectral theorem). Some details are given in the attachment, also in connection with the beautiful applicative problem of defining correct geometric means of k positive definite matrices.
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What you are asking for is what people working in C^* algebra's call a functional calculus, i.e. a way to "evaluate" a complex or real function (of some kind), at an element of a C^* algebra (like your algebra of matrices) possibly assuming that the elements are hermitian or positive, or normal or... Now being able to "evaluate" a function is just a way to say that for every element u in the C^* algebra there is a *-algebra homomorphism from the space of functions to the C^* algebra is such a way that f(x) = x gets mapped to u. The canonical example is the functional calculus of the Hermitian operators on a Hilbert space. A Hermitian operator A can be "evaluated" on measurable functions f on the real line which are bounded on the spectrum of A using the spectral decomposition of the Hermitian operator. A general operator A can still be "evaluated" on the complex functions which are holomorphic on its spectrum using a variation of the Cauchy formula. If you don't know this already, see most any book on functional analysis (my favorite one, is the book by Rudin), and it is used extensively in quantum mechanics.
For the multivariate case you immediately run into two problems. For simplicity lets assume k = 2 so that we have to define an "evaluation" of two operators A and B. The easy problem is that we now have to distinguish two functions x and y such that x(A,B) = A and y(A,B) = B. We simply assume that the polynomial algebra R[x,y] is embedded as a sub algebra in our function space. The main problem is non commutativity. Clearly real (or complex) functions being commutative, the functional calculus must end in a commutative sub algebra of the (C^*)-algebra generated by A and B, and now we see that we cannot have our cake and eat it too: if A and B do not commute we cannot have an _algebra_ homomorphism from R[x,y] to the C^* algebra (in quantum mechanics this is known as the Van Hove theorem) so, a fortiori, cannot extend it to a function space. What we can try however is to take a nice sub algebra of R[x,y]. Now, as is well, known, the symmetric polynomials (in two variables) are polynomials in the elementary symmetric polynomials $\sigma_1$, $\sigma_2$ i.e. $R[x,y]^{S_2} = R[\sigma_1, sigma_2]$. Now we _can_ define a homomorphism $\phi_1$
R[\sigma_1, \sigma_2] \to C^*(A,B)^{S_2}
\sigma_1 \mapsto (A+B)
\sigma_2 \mapsto (A+B)^2
Now this is a bit disappointing because one would really like
\sigma_2 \mapsto (AB + BA)/2
but that does not work, because in general (A+B)(AB + BA) \ne (AB + BA)(A+B) !
There is however no problem to extend this homomorphism to continuous or even real measurable functions $f(\sigma_1, \sigma_2)$ of two variables, because for such a function one really has to "evaluate" the real function of one variable f(t, t^2) at $t = A+B$.
Also the homomorphism $\phi_1$ is far from unique if A and B are positive definite, we can define $\phi_2$
R[\sigma_1, \sigma_2] \to C^*(A,B)^{S_2}
\sigma_1 \mapsto A^{1/2}(A^{-1/2}BA^{-1/2})^{-1/2}A^{1/2}
\sigma_2 \mapsto \phi_2(\sigma_1)^2
and this extends to measurable functions for the same (cheap) reason as above.
At the end therefore one really has to be more precise about one wants to preserve.
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In Spectral Geometry there are two results related to the spectrum of a differential operator defined in Riemannian manifold. These are the Weyl theorem and its generalization due to Pleijel. In general terms, these theorems state that given the spectrum of an operator it is possible to know the volume and the area of the region where it is defined. This is a typical result for the Laplacian. In physics these theorems are related with the divergences and counter-terms that are needed to regularize the vacuum energy (Casimir energy) in a scalar field theory. There are some operators for which these theorems are not valid?
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If the differential operator is not a Riemannian invariant the I donot see a reason why it should relate to the volume. For example the differential operator defined by glueing the laplacian in R^n using partition of unity (i.e.
\sum_{\alpha \in A} \rho_\alpha)(x) \sum_i (-\frac{\partial^2}}{\partial x_{i, \alpha}^2}
where the {\rho_\alpha}} is a partion of unity and the x_i are some arbitrary coordinates defined where \rho_{\alpha} \ne 0 ) will not relate to the volume of a predefined Riemannian metric because it has nothing to do with this metric.
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$L=\sum_{ij}a_{ij}(x)D_{ij}$ with real continuous coefficients $a_{ij}=a_{ji}$ (no lower order terms) and Dirichlet b.c on a bounded domain (say the ball) having some non-real eigenvalue?
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A wild guess could be that you could get non-real eigenvalues by setting some weird boundary conditions, say oblique ones. The operator associated with a variational form of the problem will then be non symmetric, even if the leading term is something standard like the Laplacian.