Nonself-adjoint operators with almost Hermitian spectrum: Matrix model. I

Nonself-adjoint, nondissipative perturbations of bounded self-adjoint operators with real purely singular spectrum are considered. Using a functional model of a nonself-adjoint operator as a principal tool, spectral properties of such operators are investigated. In particular, in the case of rank two perturbations the pure point spectral component is completely characterized in terms of matrix elements of the operators’ characteristic function.     

Nonself-Adjoint Operators with Almost Hermitian Spectrum: Weak Annihilators

We consider nonself-adjoint nondissipative trace class additive perturbations L=A+iV of a bounded self-adjoint operator A in a Hilbert space ,H. The main goal is to study the properties of the singular spectral subspace N _i ⁰ of L corresponding to part of the real singular spectrum and playing a special role in spectral theory of nonself-adjoint nondissipative operators.To some extent, the properties of N _i ⁰ resemble those of the singular spectral subspace of a self-adjoint operator. Namely, we prove that L and the adjoint operator ,L ^* are weakly annihilated by some scalar bounded outer analytic functions if and only if both of them satisfy the condition N _i ⁰ =H. This is a generalization of the well-known Cayley identity to nonself-adjoint operators of the above-mentioned class.     

伪自伴量子系统的酉演化与绝热定理

经典量子系统的哈密尔顿是自伴算子.哈密尔顿算符的自伴性不仅确保了系统遵循酉演化,而且也保证了它自身具有实的能量本征值.但是,确实有一些物理系统,其哈密尔顿是非自伴的,但也具有实的能量本征值,这种具有非自伴哈密尔顿的系统就是非自伴量子系统.具有伪自伴哈密尔顿的系统是一类特殊的非自伴量子系统,其哈密尔顿相似于一个自伴算子.本文研究伪自伴量子系统的酉演化与绝热定理.首先,给出了伪自伴算子定义及其等价刻画;其次,对于伪自伴哈密尔顿系统,通过构造新内积,证明了伪自伴哈密尔顿在新内积下是自伴的,并给出了系统在新内积下为酉演化的充分必要条件.最后,建立了伪自伴量子系统的绝热演化定理及与绝热逼近定理.     

The Virozub–Matsaev Condition and Spectrum of Definite Type for Self-adjoint Operator Functions

We establish sufficient conditions for the so-called Virozub–Matsaev condition for twice continuously differentiable self-adjoint operator functions. This condition is closely related to the existence of a local spectral function and to the notion of positive type spectrum. Applications to self-adjoint operators in Krein spaces and to quadratic operator polynomials are given. Received: September 22, 2007. Accepted: September 29, 2007.     

Unbounded commutants and intertwining spaces of unbounded symmetric operators and 1-representations

This paper investigates the strong commutant, the weak commutant and the form commutant of an unbounded symmetric (nonself-adjoint) operator and of an unbounded 1-representation on a Hilbert space. For two examples of unbounded symmetric operators these commutants are described in terms of singular integral operators and of Toeplitz operators, respectively.     

A Nonself-Adjoint 1D Singular Hamiltonian System with an Eigenparameter in the Boundary Condition

In this paper, we study a nonself-adjoint singular 1D Hamiltonian (or Dirac type) system in the limit-circle case, with a spectral parameter in the boundary condition. Our approach depends on the use of the maximal dissipative operator whose spectral analysis is adequate for the boundary value problem. We construct a self-adjoint dilation of the maximal dissipative operator and its incoming and outgoing spectral representations so that we can determine the scattering matrix of dilation. Moreover, we construct a functional model of the dissipative operator and specify its characteristic function using the solutions of the corresponding Hamiltonian system. Based on the results obtained by the theory of the characteristic function, we prove theorems on completeness of the system of eigenvectors and associated vectors of the dissipative operator and Hamiltonian system.     

The Fourth-order Bessel–type Differential Equation

The Bessel-type functions, structured as extensions of the classical Bessel functions, were defined by Everitt and Markett in 1994. These special functions are derived by linear combinations and limit processes from the classical orthogonal polynomials, classical Bessel functions and the Krall Jacobi-type and Laguerre-type orthogonal polynomials. These Bessel-type functions are solutions of higher-order linear differential equations, with a regular singularity at the origin and an irregular singularity at the point of infinity of the complex plane.

There is a Bessel-type differential equation for each even-order integer; the equation of order two is the classical Bessel differential equation. These even-order Bessel-type equations are not formal powers of the classical Bessel equation.

When the independent variable of these equations is restricted to the positive real axis of the plane they can be written in the Lagrange symmetric (formally self-adjoint) form of the Glazman–Naimark type, with real coefficients. Embedded in this form of the equation is a spectral parameter; this combination leads to the generation of self-adjoint operators in a weighted Hilbert function space. In the second-order case one of these associated operators has an eigenfunction expansion that leads to the Hankel integral transform.

This article is devoted to a study of the spectral theory of the Bessel-type differential equation of order four; considered on the positive real axis this equation has singularities at both end-points. In the associated Hilbert function space these singular end-points are classified, the minimal and maximal operators are defined and all associated self-adjoint operators are determined, including the Friedrichs self-adjoint operator. The spectral properties of these self-adjoint operators are given in explicit form.

From the properties of the domain of the maximal operator, in the associated Hilbert function space, it is possible to obtain a virial theorem for the fourth-order Bessel-type differential equation.

There are two solutions of this fourth-order equation that can be expressed in terms of classical Bessel functions of order zero and order one. However it appears that additional, independent solutions essentially involve new special functions not yet defined. The spectral properties of the self-adjoint operators suggest that there is an eigenfunction expansion similar to the Hankel transform, but details await a further study of the solutions of the differential equation.     

Inertial manifolds and normal hyperbolicity

Our aim in this article is to derive an existence theorem of inertial manifolds for fairly general equations with a self-adjoint or nonself-adjoint linear operator in a Banach space setting. A sharp form of the spectral gap condition is given. Many other properties are proven including an interesting characterization of the inertial manifold and the normal hyperbolicity of the inertial manifold.     

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.     

An unusual self-adjoint linear partial differential operator

In an American Mathematical Society Memoir, published in 2003, the authors Everitt and Markus apply their prior theory of symplectic algebra to the study of symmetric linear partial differential expressions, and the generation of self-adjoint differential operators in Sobolev Hilbert spaces. In the case when the differential expression has smooth coefficients on the closure of a bounded open region, in Euclidean space, and when the region has a smooth boundary, this theory leads to the construction of certain self-adjoint partial differential operators which cannot be defined by applying classical or generalized conditions on the boundary of the open region.

This present paper concerns the spectral properties of one of these unusual self-adjoint operators, sometimes called the ``Harmonic' operator.

The boundary value problems considered in the Memoir (see above) and in this paper are called regular in that the cofficients of the differential expression do not have singularities within or on the boundary of the region; also the region is bounded and has a smooth boundary. Under these and some additional technical conditions it is shown in the Memoir, and emphasized in this present paper, that all the self-adjoint operators considered are explicitly determined on their domains by the partial differential expression; this property makes a remarkable comparison with the case of symmetric ordinary differential expressions.

In the regular ordinary case the spectrum of all the self-adjoint operators is discrete in that it consists of a countable number of eigenvalues with no finite point of accumulation, and each eigenvalue is of finite multiplicity. Thus the essential spectrum of all these operators is empty.

This spectral property extends to the present partial differential case for the classical Dirichlet and Neumann operators but not to the Harmonic operator. It is shown in this paper that the Harmonic operator has an eigenvalue of infinite multiplicity at the origin of the complex spectral plane; thus the essential spectrum of this operator is not empty.

Both the weak and strong formulations of the Harmonic boundary value problem are considered; these two formulations are shown to be equivalent.

In the final section of the paper examples are considered which show that the Harmonic operator, defined by the methods of symplectic algebra, has a domain that cannot be determined by applying either classical or generalized local conditions on the boundary of the region.

     

Stable difference schemes for certain parabolic equations

In some applications, boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations with a special nonself-adjoint operator have to be solved approximately. The operator of such a problem is a weighted sum of self-adjoint elliptic operators. Unconditionally stable two-level schemes are constructed taking into account that the operator of the problem is not self-adjoint. The possibilities of using explicit-implicit approximations in time and introducing a new sought variable are discussed. Splitting schemes are constructed whose numerical implementation involves the solution of auxiliary problems with self-adjoint operators.     

Double operator integrals and their estimates in the uniform norm

In this paper, conditions are considered for the existence of the double operator integral ∫∫ ϕ(λ,μ)dE_λTdF_μ, where E_λ, F_μ are the spectral functions of tow self-adjoint operators A, B on a Hilbert space and T is a bounded operator. In principal, the case where A has finite spectrum is studied. Nonlinear estimates of ‖f(A)T-T f(B)‖ in terms of the norm of ‖AT-TB‖ for f∈ Lip 1 are deduced. Also, a formula for the Fréchet derivative is presented. Bibliography: 16 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 232, 1996, pp. 148–173. Translated by S. V. Kislyakov.     

The spectrum of differential operators and square-integrable solutions

We give a comprehensive account of the relationship between the square-integrable solutions for real values of the spectral parameter λ and the spectrum of self-adjoint even order ordinary differential operators with real coefficients and arbitrary deficiency index d and we solve an open problem stated by Weidmann in his well-known 1987 monograph. According to a well-known result, if one endpoint is regular and for some real value of the spectral parameter λ the number of linearly independent square-integrable solutions is less than d, then λ is in the essential spectrum of every self-adjoint realization of the equation. Weidmann extends this result to the two singular endpoint case provided an additional condition is satisfied. Here we prove this result without the additional condition.     

THE LEGENDRE TYPE OPERATOR IN A LEFT DEFINITE HILBERT SPACE

Abstract

The techniques for discussing linear differential operators in left definite spaces, developed earlier for regular fourth order and singular second order operators, are applied the Legendre type operator. It is shown that the operator, with its domain merely restricted to the new space, remains self-adjoint and has the same spectrum, inverse and spectral resolution (an eigenfunction expansion) as the original L ² operator.     

On Some Operators Associated to Superoscillations

In this paper we study the convergence of some sequences of operators associated to the Aharonov and Berry’s superoscillating functions. The main tool to define the sequences of operators is the spectral theorem. In particular we discuss the case of sequences of unbounded self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space. We apply our results to the case where T is the self-adjoint extension of the momentum operator with unbounded spectrum.     

On the Fredholm Property of a Class of Convolution-Type Operators

The notions of the L-convolution operator and the ?-Wiener–Hopf operator are introduced by replacing the Fourier transform in the definition of the convolution operator by a spectral transformation of the self-adjoint Sturm–Liouville operator on the axis ?. In the case of the zero potential, the introduced operators coincide with the convolution operator and theWiener–Hopf integral operator, respectively. A connection between the ?-Wiener–Hopf operator and singular integral operators is revealed. In the case of a piecewise continuous symbol, a criterion for the Fredholm property and a formula for the index of the ?-Wiener–Hopf operator in terms of the symbol and the elements of the scattering matrix of the operator ? are obtained.     

Lower bound for the spectrum and the presence of pure point spectrum of a singular discrete Hamiltonian system

In this paper, criteria for limit-point (n) case of a singular discrete Hamiltonian system are established. Furthermore, the lower bound of the essential spectrum is obtained and the present of pure point spectrum is discussed for such system by using the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space.     

Characterization of domains of self-adjoint ordinary differential operators

The GKN (Glazman, Krein, Naimark) Theorem characterizes all self-adjoint realizations of linear symmetric (formally self-adjoint) ordinary differential equations in terms of maximal domain functions. These functions depend on the coefficients and this dependence is implicit and complicated. In the regular case an explicit characterization in terms of two-point boundary conditions can be given. In the singular case when the deficiency index d is maximal the GKN characterization can be made more explicit by replacing the maximal domain functions by a solution basis for any real or complex value of the spectral parameter λ. In the much more difficult intermediate cases, not all solutions contribute to the singular self-adjoint conditions. In 1986 Sun found a representation of the self-adjoint singular conditions in terms of certain solutions for nonreal values of λ. In this paper we give a representation in terms of certain solutions for real λ. This leads to a classification of solutions as limit-point (LP) or limit-circle (LC) in analogy with the celebrated Weyl classification in the second-order case. The LC solutions contribute to the singular boundary conditions, the LP solutions do not. The advantage of using real λ is not only because it is, in general, easier to find explicit solutions but, more importantly, it yields information about the spectrum.     

The essential spectrum of boundary value problems for systems of differential equations in a bounded domain with a cusp

Simple algebraic conditions are found for the existence of essential spectrum of the Neumann problem operator for a formally self-adjoint elliptic system of differential equations in a domain with a cuspidal singular point. The spectrum is discrete in the scalar case.     

Spectral theory of discontinuous functions of self-adjoint operators and scattering theory

In the smooth scattering theory framework, we consider a pair of self-adjoint operators H₀, H and discuss the spectral projections of these operators corresponding to the interval (−∞,λ). The purpose of the paper is to study the spectral properties of the difference D(λ) of these spectral projections. We completely describe the absolutely continuous spectrum of the operator D(λ) in terms of the eigenvalues of the scattering matrix S(λ) for the operators H₀ and H. We also prove that the singular continuous spectrum of the operator D(λ) is empty and that its eigenvalues may accumulate only at “thresholds” in the absolutely continuous spectrum.