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In this paper, almost Dunford-Pettis operators with ranges in $c_0$ are used to identify totally bounded sets in the absolute weak topology. That is, a bounded subset $A$ of a Banach lattice $E$ is $|\sigma|(E,E^\prime)$-totally bounded if and only if $T(A)\subset c_0$ is relatively compact for every almost Dunford-Pettis operator $T:E\to{c_0}$. As an application, we show that for two Banach lattices $E$ and $F$ every positive operator from $E$ to $F$ dominated by a PL-compact operator is PL-compact if and only if either the norm of $E^{\,\prime}$ is order continuous or every order interval in $F$ is $|\sigma|(F,F^\prime)$-totally bounded., Comment: 16 pages

Chern insulators present a topological obstruction to a smooth gauge in their Bloch wave functions that prevents the construction of exponentially-localized Wannier functions - this makes the electric polarization ill-defined. Here, we show that spatial or temporal differences in polarization within Chern insulators are well-defined and physically meaningful because they account for bound charges and adiabatic currents. We further show that the difference in polarization across Chern-insulator regions can be quantized in the presence of crystalline symmetries, leading to "weak" symmetry-protected topological phases. These phases exhibit charge fractional quantization at the edge and corner interfaces and with concomitant topological states. We also generalize our findings to quantum spin-Hall insulators and 3D topological insulators. Our work settles a long-standing question and deems the bulk polarization as the fundamental quantity with a "bulk-boundary correspondence", regardless of whether a Wannier representation is possible.

We prove the following results: (i) Every absolutely weakly compact set in a Banach lattice is absolutely weakly sequentially compact. (ii) The converse of (i) holds if $E$ is separable or $B_{E^{**}}$ is absolutely weak$^*$ compact. (iii) Every absolutely weakly compact subset of a Banach lattice is contained in the closed convex hull of an absolutely weakly null sequence if and only if the Banach lattice has the positive Schur property. Examples and applications are provided., Comment: 13 pages

The adapted weak topology is an extension of the weak topology for stochastic processes designed to adequately capture properties of underlying filtrations. With the recent work of Bart--Beiglb\"ock-P. as starting point, the purpose of this note is to recover with topological arguments the intriguing result by Backhoff-Bartl-Beiglb\"ock-Eder that all adapted topologies in discrete time coincide. We also derive new characterizations of this topology including descriptions of its trace on the sets of Markov processes and processes equipped with their natural filtration. To emphasize the generality of the argument, we also describe the classical weak topology for measures on $\mathbb R^d$ by a weak Wasserstein metric based on the theory of weak optimal transport initiated by Gozlan-Roberto-Samson-Tetali.

We investigate if an existing notion of weak sequential convergence in a Hadamard space can be induced by a topology. We provide an answer on what we call weakly proper Hadamard spaces. A notion of dual space is proposed and it is shown that our weak topology and dual space coincide with the standard ones in the case of a Hilbert space. Moreover we introduce the space of geodesic segments and a corresponding weak topology, and we show that this space is homeomorphic to its underlying Hadamard space. As an application of it we show the existence of a geodesic segment that acts as direction of steepest descent for a geodesically differentiable function whose geodesic derivative satisfies certain properties. Finally we extend several results from classical functional analysis to the setting of Hadamard spaces, and we compare our topology with other existing notions of weak topologies., Comment: The previous version was withdrawn because of dissent expressed from a former co-author of a different but related draft to the withdrawn paper. The current version is a presentation of the main results from author's PhD thesis (Chapter 3) with certain improvements and literature updates

Topological photonic crystals (TPhCs) provide robust manipulation of light with built-in immunity to fabrication tolerances and disorder. Recently, it was shown that TPhCs based on weak topology with a dislocation inherit this robustness and further host topologically protected lower-dimensional localized modes. However, TPhCs with weak topology at optical frequencies have not been demonstrated so far. Here, we use scattering-type scanning near field optical microscopy to verify mid-bandgap zero-dimensional light localization close to 100 THz in a TPhC with nontrivial Zak phase and an edge dislocation. We show that due to the weak topology, differently extended dislocation centers induce similarly strong light localization. The experimental results are supported by full-field simulations. Along with the underlying fundamental physics, our results lay a foundation for the application of TPhCs based on weak topology in active topological nanophotonics, and nonlinear and quantum optic integrated devices due to their strong and robust light localization.

In this paper, a general hybrid fixed point theorem for the contractive mappings in generalized Banach spaces is proved via measure of weak non-compactness and it is further applied to fractional integral equations for proving the existence results for the solutions under mixed Lipschitz and weakly sequentially continuous conditions. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the result.

In this paper we discuss how to define an appropriate notion of weak topology in the Wasserstein space $(\mathcal{P}_2(H),W_2)$ of Borel probability measures with finite quadratic moment on a separable Hilbert space $H$. We will show that such a topology inherits many features of the usual weak topology in Hilbert spaces, in particular the weak closedness of geodesically convex closed sets and the Opial property characterizing weakly convergent sequences. We apply this notion to the approximation of fixed points for a non-expansive map in a weakly closed subset of $\mathcal{P}_2(H)$ and of minimizers of a lower semicontinuous and geodesically convex functional $\phi:\mathcal{P}_2(H)\to(-\infty,+\infty]$ attaining its minimum. In particular, we will show that every solution to the Wasserstein gradient flow of $\phi$ weakly converge to a minimizer of $\phi$ as the time goes to $+\infty$. Similarly, if $\phi$ is also convex along generalized geodesics, every sequence generated by the proximal point algorithm converges to a minimizer of $\phi$ with respect to the weak topology of $\mathcal{P}_2(H)$., Comment: $\textit{Dedicated to the memory of Claudio Baiocchi, outstanding mathematician and beloved mentor}$

We analyze weak convergence on CAT(0) spaces and the existence and properties of corresponding weak topologies.

We study Banach spaces with a weak stable unit ball, that is Banach spaces where every convex combination of relatively weakly open subsets in its unit ball is again a relatively weakly open subset in its unit ball. It is proved that the class of $L_1$ preduals with a weak stable unit ball agree with those $L_1$ preduals which are purely atomic, that is preduals of $\ell_1(\Gamma)$ for some set $\Gamma$, getting in this way a complete geometrical characterization of purely atomic preduals of $L_1$, which answers a setting problem. As a consequence, we prove the equivalence for $L_1$ preduals of different properties previously studied by other authors, in terms of slices around weak stability. Also we get the weak stability of the unit ball of $C_0(K,X)$ whenever $K$ is a Hausdorff and scattered locally compact space and $X$ has a norm stable and weak stable unit ball, which gives the weak stability of the unit ball in $C_0(K,X)$ for finite-dimensional $X$ with a stable unit ball and $K$ as above. Finally we prove that Banach spaces with a weak stable unit ball satisfy a very strong new version of diameter two property., Comment: 11 pages

In this paper the weak topology on a normed space is studied from the viewpoint of infinite-dimensional topology. Besides the weak topology on a normed space $X$ (coinciding with the topology of uniform convergence on finite subsets of the dual space $X^*$), we consider the topology $c$ of uniform convergence on compact subsets of $X^*$. It is known that this topology coincides with the weak topology on bounded subsets of $X$, but unlike to the latter has much better topological properties (e.g., is stratifiable). We prove that for normed spaces $X,Y$ with separable duals the spaces $(X,weak)$, $(Y,weak)$ are sequentially homeomorphic if and only if $\mathcal W(X)=\mathcal W(Y)$, where $\mathcal W(X)$ is the class of topological spaces homeomorphic to closed bounded subsets of $(X,weak)$. Moreover, if $X,Y$ are Banach spaces which are isomorphic to their hyperplanes and have separale duals, then the spaces $(X,weak)$ and $(Y,weak)$ are sequentially homeomorphic if and only of the spaces $(X,c)$ and $(Y,c)$ are homeomorphic. To prove this result, we show that for a normed space $X$ which is isomorphic to its hyperpane and has separable dual, the space $(X,c)$ (resp. $(X,weak)$) is (sequentially) homeomorphic to the product $B\times\mathbb R^\infty$ of the weak unit ball $B$ of $X$ and the linear space $\mathbb R^\infty$ with countable Hamel basis and the strongest linear topology., Comment: 7 pages

We study the continuity and the measurability of the solution to Schr\"odinger's functional equation, with respect to space, kernel and marginals, provided the space of all Borel probability measures is endowed with the weak topology. This is a continuation of our previous result where the space of all Borel probability measures was endowed with the strong topology. As an application, we construct a convex function of which the moment measure is a given probability measure, by the zero noise limit of a class of stochastic optimal transportation problems.

The theory of graphons is ultimately connected with the so-called cut norm. In this paper, we approach the cut norm topology via the weak* topology (when considering a predual of $L^{1}$-functions). We prove that a sequence $W_1,W_2,W_3,\ldots$ of graphons converges in the cut distance if and only if we have equality of the sets of weak* accumulation points and of weak* limit points of all sequences of graphons $W_1',W_2',W_3',\ldots$ that are weakly isomorphic to $W_1,W_2,W_3,\ldots$. We further give a short descriptive set theoretic argument that each sequence of graphons contains a subsequence with the property above. This in particular provides an alternative proof of the theorem of Lov\'asz and Szegedy about compactness of the space of graphons. We connect these results to "multiway cut" characterization of cut distance convergence from [Ann. of Math. (2) 176 (2012), no. 1, 151-219]. These results are more naturally phrased in the Vietoris hyperspace $K$ over graphons with the weak* topology. We show that graphons with the cut distance topology are homeomorphic to a closed subset of $K$, and deduce several consequences of this fact. From these concepts a new order on the space of graphons emerges. This order allows to compare how structured two graphons are. We establish basic properties of this "structurdness order"., Comment: 37 pages, 2 figures; added Sections 4.1 and 4.3, various fixes and improvements due to Ondrej Kurka and an anonymous referee

We learn mathematics subjectively and must apply it objectively. But sometimes, we apply it subjectively by using wrong intuitions which may be elusive to our eyes. The aim of this note is to disclose the secretes of two kinds of these false intuitions and the opportunities they may provide. We first discuss the wrong assumption which says that each topology is uniquely determined by studying a very bad phenomenon happening in dealing with weak* topology. Then, we consider the problem of completing a normed space under two comparable norms, one being smaller than the other. Here, we show that the common belief contending that smaller norms give rise to larger completions is wrong. We then pose some serious questions arising from these wrong intuitions. As we will see finding fallacies are as important as major mathematical activities like proving and disproving.

Following [3] we say that a Tychonoff space $X$ is an Ascoli space if every compact subset $\mathcal{K}$ of $C_k(X)$ is evenly continuous; this notion is closely related to the classical Ascoli theorem. Every $k_\mathbb{R}$-space, hence any $k$-space, is Ascoli. Let $X$ be a metrizable space. We prove that the space $C_{k}(X)$ is Ascoli iff $C_{k}(X)$ is a $k_\mathbb{R}$-space iff $X$ is locally compact. Moreover, $C_{k}(X)$ endowed with the weak topology is Ascoli iff $X$ is countable and discrete. Using some basic concepts from probability theory and measure-theoretic properties of $\ell_1$, we show that the following assertions are equivalent for a Banach space $E$: (i) $E$ does not contain isomorphic copy of $\ell_1$, (ii) every real-valued sequentially continuous map on the unit ball $B_{w}$ with the weak topology is continuous, (iii) $B_{w}$ is a $k_\mathbb{R}$-space, (iv) $B_{w}$ is an Ascoli space. We prove also that a Fr\'{e}chet lcs $F$ does not contain isomorphic copy of $\ell_1$ iff each closed and convex bounded subset of $F$ is Ascoli in the weak topology. However we show that a Banach space $E$ in the weak topology is Ascoli iff $E$ is finite-dimensional. We supplement the last result by showing that a Fr\'{e}chet lcs $F$ which is a quojection is Ascoli in the weak topology iff either $F$ is finite dimensional or $F$ is isomorphic to the product $\mathbb{K}^{\mathbb{N}}$, where $\mathbb{K}\in\{\mathbb{R},\mathbb{C}\}$.

We start the systematic study of Fr\'{e}chet spaces which are $\aleph$-spaces in the weak topology. A topological space $X$ is an $\aleph_0$-space or an $\aleph$-space if $X$ has a countable $k$-network or a $\sigma$-locally finite $k$-network, respectively. We are motivated by the following result of Corson (1966): If the space $C_{c}(X)$ of continuous real-valued functions on a Tychonoff space $X$ endowed with the compact-open topology is a Banach space, then $C_{c}(X)$ endowed with the weak topology is an $\aleph_0$-space if and only if $X$ is countable. We extend Corson's result as follows: If the space $E:=C_{c}(X)$ is a Fr\'echet lcs, then $E$ endowed with its weak topology $\sigma(E,E')$ is an $\aleph$-space if and only if $(E,\sigma(E,E'))$ is an $\aleph_0$-space if and only if $X$ is countable. We obtain a necessary and some sufficient conditions on a Fr\'echet lcs to be an $\aleph$-space in the weak topology. We prove that a reflexive Fr\'echet lcs $E$ in the weak topology $\sigma(E,E')$ is an $\aleph$-space if and only if $(E,\sigma(E,E'))$ is an $\aleph_0$-space if and only if $E$ is separable. We show however that the nonseparable Banach space $\ell_{1}(\mathbb{R})$ with the weak topology is an $\aleph$-space., Comment: 18 pages

Being motivated by the famous Kaplansky theorem we study various sequential properties of a Banach space $E$ and its closed unit ball $B$, both endowed with the weak topology of $E$. We show that $B$ has the Pytkeev property if and only if $E$ in the norm topology contains no isomorphic copy of $\ell_1$, while $E$ has the Pytkeev property if and only if it is finite-dimensional. We extend Schl\"uchtermann and Wheeler's result by showing that $B$ is a (separable) metrizable space if and only if it has countable $cs^\ast$-character and is a $k$-space. As a corollary we obtain that $B$ is Polish if and only if it has countable $cs^\ast$-character and is \v{C}ech-complete, that supplements a result of Edgar and Wheeler., Comment: Comments and remarks are welcome

Optimal control of switched systems is challenging due to the discrete nature of the switching control input. The embedding-based approach addresses this challenge by solving a corresponding relaxed optimal control problem with only continuous inputs, and then projecting the relaxed solution back to obtain the optimal switching solution of the original problem. This paper presents a novel idea that views the embedding-based approach as a change of topology over the optimization space, resulting in a general procedure to construct a switched optimal control algorithm with guaranteed convergence to a local optimizer. Our result provides a unified topology based framework for the analysis and design of various embedding-based algorithms in solving the switched optimal control problem and includes many existing methods as special cases.

In his 1979 paper Trotman proves, using the techniques of the Thom transversality theorem, that under some conditions on the dimensions of the manifolds under consideration, openness of the set of maps transverse to a stratification in the strong (Whitney) topology implies that the stratification is $(a)$-regular. Here we first discuss the Thom transversality theorem for the weak topology and then give a similiar kind of result for the weak topology, under very weak hypotheses. Recently several transversality theorems have been proved for complex manifolds and holomorphic maps. In view of these transversality theorems we also prove a result analogous to Trotman's result in the complex case.