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Generic nonexpansive Hilbert space mappings

Functional Analysis 2025-08-18 v2

Abstract

We consider a closed convex set CC in a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and endow the set N(C)\mathcal{N}(C) of nonexpansive self-mappings on CC with the topology of pointwise convergence. We introduce the notion of a somewhat bounded set and establish a strong connection between this property and the existence of fixed points for the generic fN(C)f\in\mathcal{N}(C), in the sense of Baire categories. Namely, if CC is somewhat bounded, the generic nonexpansive mapping on CC admits a fixed point, whereas if CC is not somewhat bounded, the generic nonexpansive mapping on CC does not have any fixed points. This results in a topological 0-1 law: the set of all fN(C)f\in\mathcal{N}(C) with a fixed point is either meager or residual. We further prove that, generically, there are no fixed points in the interior of CC and, under additional geometric assumptions, we show the uniqueness of such fixed points for the generic fN(C)f\in\mathcal{N}(C) and the convergence of the iterates of ff to its fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.2407.03881,
  title  = {Generic nonexpansive Hilbert space mappings},
  author = {Davide Ravasini and Daylen K. Thimm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.03881},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

18 pages, 2 figures v2: accepted for publication

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