Commutative and noncommutative representations of matrix-valued herglotz-nevanlinna functions

Operator realizations of matrix-valued Herglotz-Nevanlinna functions play an important and essential role in system theory, in the spectral theory of bounded nonselfadjoint operators, and in interpolation problems. Here, a generalization for realization results of the Brodskiǐ-Livsic type is given for Herglotz-Nevanlinna functions whose spectral measures are compactly supported.     

Spectral Estimates for Resolvent Differences of Self-Adjoint Elliptic Operators

The concept of quasi boundary triples and Weyl functions from extension theory of symmetric operators in Hilbert spaces is developed further and spectral estimates for resolvent differences of two self-adjoint extensions in terms of general operator ideals are proved. The abstract results are applied to self-adjoint realizations of second order elliptic differential operators on bounded and exterior domains, and partial differential operators with δ-potentials supported on hypersurfaces are studied.     

Weyl-Titchmarsh functions of vector-valued Sturm-Liouville operators on the unit interval

The matrix-valued Weyl-Titchmarsh functions M(λ) of vector-valued Sturm-Liouville operators on the unit interval with the Dirichlet boundary conditions are considered. The collection of the eigenvalues (i.e., poles of M(λ)) and the residues of M(λ) is called the spectral data of the operator. The complete characterization of spectral data (or, equivalently, N×N Weyl-Titchmarsh functions) corresponding to N×N self-adjoint square-integrable matrix-valued potentials is given, if all N eigenvalues of the averaged potential are distinct.     

Complex symmetric operators and applications

We study a few classes of Hilbert space operators whose matrix representations are complex symmetric with respect to a preferred orthonormal basis. The existence of this additional symmetry has notable implications and, in particular, it explains from a unifying point of view some classical results. We explore applications of this symmetry to Jordan canonical models, self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators, rank-one unitary perturbations of the compressed shift, Darlington synthesis and matrix-valued inner functions, and free bounded analytic interpolation in the disk.

     

Spectral decomposition and matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials

The relation between the spectral decomposition of a self-adjoint operator which is realizable as a higher order recurrence operator and matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials is investigated. A general construction of such operators from scalar-valued orthogonal polynomials is presented. Two examples of matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials with explicit orthogonality relations and three-term recurrence relation are presented, which both can be considered as 2×2-matrix-valued analogues of subfamilies of Askey–Wilson polynomials.     

Dissipative and nonunitary solutions of operator commutation relations

We study the (generalized) semi-Weyl commutation relations U_gAU* _g = g(A) on Dom(A), where A is a densely defined operator and G ? g ? U_g is a unitary representation of the subgroup G of the affine group G, the group of affine orientation-preserving transformations of the real axis. If A is a symmetric operator, then the group G induces an action/flow on the operator unit ball of contracting transformations from Ker(A* - iI) to Ker(A* + iI). We establish several fixed-point theorems for this flow. In the case of one-parameter continuous subgroups of linear transformations, self-adjoint (maximal dissipative) operators associated with the fixed points of the flow yield solutions of the (restricted) generalized Weyl commutation relations. We show that in the dissipative setting, the restricted Weyl relations admit a variety of representations that are not unitarily equivalent. For deficiency indices (1, 1), the basic results can be strengthened and set in a separate case.     

p-Adic valued quantization

This review covers an important domain of p-adic mathematical physics — quantum mechanics with p-adic valued wave functions. We start with basic mathematical constructions of this quantum model: Hilbert spaces over quadratic extensions of the field of p-adic numbers ? _p , operators — symmetric, unitary, isometric, one-parameter groups of unitary isometric operators, the p-adic version of Schrödinger’s quantization, representation of canonical commutation relations in Heisenberg andWeyl forms, spectral properties of the operator of p-adic coordinate.We also present postulates of p-adic valued quantization. Here observables as well as probabilities take values in ? _p . A physical interpretation of p-adic quantities is provided through approximation by rational numbers.     

Spectral analysis of indefinite Sturm-Liouville operators

For a class of indefinite J-nonnegative Sturm-Liouville operators, we present a criterion of similarity to a self-adjoint operator. This criterion is formulated in terms of Weyl-Titchmarsh m-functions. Moreover, using this result, we obtain a criterion, as well as simple sufficient conditions, formulated in terms of the coefficients of a given Sturm-Liouville operator.     

Triplet extensions I: Semibounded operators in the scale of Hilbert spaces

The extension theory for semibounded symmetric operators is generalized by including operators acting in a triplet of Hilbert spaces. We concentrate our attention on the case where the minimal operator is essentially self-adjoint in the basic Hilbert space and construct a family of its self-adjoint extensions inside the triplet. All such extensions can be described by certain boundary conditions, and a natural counterpart of Krein’s resolvent formula is obtained.     

An example of unitary equivalence between self-adjoint extensions and their parameters

The spectral problem for self-adjoint extensions is studied using the machinery of boundary triplets. For a class of symmetric operators having Weyl functions of a special type we calculate explicitly the spectral projections in the form of operator-valued integrals. This allows one to give a constructive proof of the fact that, in certain intervals, the resulting self-adjoint extensions are unitarily equivalent to the parameterizing boundary operator acting in a smaller space, and one is able to provide an explicit form for the associated unitary transform. Applications to differential operators on metric graphs and to direct sums are discussed.     

Non-Self-Adjoint Extensions of Symmetric Operators

A previous result of the author concerning almost unitary operators is applied to the spectral analysis of non-self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators. For this purpose, the Cayley transform of such an extension is written as a perturbation of a unitary operator by a finite-rank operator of a special form in terms of the Weyl function. Bibliography: 3 titles.     

On Dynamical Properties of a One-Parameter Family of Transformations Arising in Averaging of Semigroups

To describe the dynamics of quantum systems with degenerate symmetric but not self-adjoint Hamiltonian, we consider the Naimark extension of the Hamiltonian to a self-adjoint operator in an extended Hilbert space. We relate to the symmetric Hamiltonian a one-parameter family of averaged dynamical transformations of the set of quantum states obtained from a unitary group of transformations of the extended Hilbert space by using a conditional expected value to an algebra of bounded operators acting in the original space. We establish the absence of the semigroup property and injectivity of the family of averaged dynamical transformations. We obtain a representation of trajectories of the averaged family of dynamical transformations by maximum points of functionals on the space of mappings of the time interval into the set of quantum states.     

Dissipative q-Dirac operator with general boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider the symmetric q-Dirac operator. We describe dissipative, accumulative, self-adjoint and the other extensions of such operators with general boundary conditions. We construct a self-adjoint dilation of dissipative operator. Hence, we determine the scattering matrix of dilation. Later, we construct a functional model of this operator and define its characteristic function. Finally, we prove that all root vectors of this operator are complete.     

PERTURBATIONS OF DEFINIT1ZABLE OPERATORS IN A SPACE WITH AN INDEFINITE METRIC

Perturbations of definitizable operators in Krein space are studied in this paper. Firsts, the convergence of resolvents and spectral functions is discussed if a sequence of definitizable operators converges in a general sense. Second, for the operational calculus relating to continuous functions, varions convergence of operator functions are studied. At last, the relation for the convergence of the sequence of resolvents and that of one-parameter unitary groups is studied. The main theorems of this paper can be regarded as the generalization of the results for self-adjoint operators in Hilbert space.     

Averaged wave operators on singular spectrum

We prove the existence of pairs of unitary (or self-adjoint) operators with singular spectral measure whose difference is a rank-two operator for which the Abel wave operators fail to exist. Also, we discuss the closely related problem of constructing the Hilbert transform with respect to a singular measure on the unit circle.     

Algebras with general commutation relations and their applications. II. Unitary-nonlinear operator equations

Various aspects of the calculus of functions of ordered self-adjoint operators are considered. Passage to the commutative limit in the case of general nonlinear commutation relations is studied. An asymptotic solution of the Cauchy problem and asymptotically self-similar solutions are constructed for unitary-nonlinear operator equations. Asymptotic solutions are found for the Hartree equation with Coulomb interaction.Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki, Vol. 13, pp. 145–267, 1979.     

On the similarity of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">J</Emphasis>-nonnegative Sturm-Liouville operator to a self-adjoint operator

In terms of Weyl-Titchmarsh m-functions, we obtain a new necessary condition for an indefinite Sturm-Liouville operator to be similar to a self-adjoint operator. This condition is used to construct examples of J-nonnegative Sturm-Liouville operators with singular critical point zero.     

Absolute continuity of spectral shift

In this paper we develop the method of double operator integrals to prove trace formulae for functions of contractions, dissipative operators, unitary operators and self-adjoint operators. To establish the absolute continuity of spectral shift, we use the Sz.-Nagy theorem on the absolute continuity of the spectral measure of the minimal unitary dilation of a completely nonunitary contraction. We also give a construction of an intermediate contraction for a pair of contractions with trace class difference.