Congruence of selfadjoint operators

Given a bounded selfadjoint operator a in a Hilbert space , the aim of this paper is to study the orbit of a, i.e., the set of operators which are congruent to a. We establish some necessary and sufficient conditions for an operator to be in the orbit of a. Also, the orbit of a selfadjoint operator with closed range is provided with a structure of differential manifold.      

Characterizations of positive selfadjoint extensions

The set of all positive selfadjoint extensions of a positive operator (which is not assumed to be densely defined) is described with the help of the partial order which is relevant to the theory of quadratic forms. This enables us to improve and extend a result of M. G. Krein to the case of not necessarily densely defined operators .

     

Nonnegative perturbations of selfadjoint operators

Let 4 be a selfadjoint operator on a Hilbert space H. The results in this paper provide necessary and sufficient conditions on A in order that there exist a nontrivial nonnegative operator D and a unitary operator U with UA = (A − D)U. In one case considered, it is required that the least subspace reducing A, U and containing the range of D is the full Hilbert space. In this case the operators U, D exist if and only if the operator A is not a scalar multiple of the identity and the maximum and minimum of the spectrum of A are not eigenvalues of finite multip icity. This result is used to complete a characterization of the absolute value of a completely nonnormal hyponormal operator.     

Oscillation results for selfadjoint differential systems

We consider the second-order differential system, (1) (R(t) Y′)′ + Q(t) Y = 0, where R, Q, Y are n × n matrices with R(t), Q(t) symmetric and R(t) positive definite for t ϵ [a, + ∞) (R(t) > 0, t ⩾ a). We establish sufficient conditions in order that all prepared solutions Y(t) of (1) are oscillatory; that is, det Y(t) vanishes infinitely often on [a, + ∞). The conditions involve the smallest and largest eigen-values λ_n(R⁻¹(t)) and λ₁(∝_a^t Q(s) ds), respectively. The results obtained can be regarded as generalizing well-known results of Leighton and others in the scalar case.     

Expansions in generalized eigenfunctions of selfadjoint operators

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Form sums of nonnegative selfadjoint operators

Summary The sum of two unbounded nonnegative selfadjoint operators is a nonnegative operator which is not necessarily densely defined. In general its selfadjoint extensions exist in the sense of linear relations (multivalued operators). One of its nonnegative selfadjoint extensions is constructed via the form sum associated with A and B. Its relations to the Friedrichs and Krein--von Neumann extensions of A+Bare investigated. For this purpose, the one-to-one correspondence between densely defined closed semibounded forms and semibounded selfadjoint operators is extended to the case of nondensely defined semibounded forms by replacing semibounded selfadjoint operators by semibounded selfadjoint relations. In particular, the inequality between two closed nonnegative forms is shown to be equivalent to a similar inequality between the corresponding nonnegative selfadjoint relations.</o:p>     

A characterization of semibounded selfadjoint operators

For a class of closed symmetric operators with defect numbers it is possible to define a generalization of the Friedrichs extension, which coincides with the usual Friedrichs extension when is semibounded. In this paper we provide an operator-theoretic interpretation of this class of symmetric operators. Moreover, we prove that a selfadjoint operator is semibounded if and only if each one-dimensional restriction of has a generalized Friedrichs extension.

     

A selfadjoint second order hyperbolic system

We consider a second order hyperbolic system of the type

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Positive symmetric quotients and their selfadjoint extensions

We define a quotient of bounded operators and on a Hilbert space with a kernel condition as the mapping , . A quotient is said to be positive symmetric if . In this paper, we give a simple construction of positive selfadjoint extensions of a given positive symmetric quotient .

     

The Carleman property of functions of selfadjoint operators

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Smooth rank one perturbations of selfadjoint operators

Let be a selfadjoint operator in a Hilbert space with inner product . The rank one perturbations of have the form , , for some element . In this paper we consider smooth perturbations, i.e. we consider for some . Function-theoretic properties of their so-called -functions and operator-theoretic consequences will be studied.