Traces of operators with a relatively compact perturbation

This is a continuation of the authors’ series of papers on the theory of regularized traces of abstract discrete operators. We prove a theorem in which the perturbing operator B is subordinate to the operator A ₀ in the sense that BA ₀ ^?δ is a compact operator belonging to some Schatten-von Neumann class of finite order. Apart from covering new classes of operators, and in contrast to our preceding papers, we give a unified statement of the theorem regardless of whether the resolvent of the unperturbed operator belongs to the trace class. Two examples are given in which the result is applied to ordinary differential operators as well as to partial differential operators.     

Spectral reciprocity and matrix representations of unbounded operators

We study a family of unbounded Hermitian operators in Hilbert space which generalize the usual graph-theoretic discrete Laplacian. For an infinite discrete set X, we consider operators acting on Hilbert spaces of functions on X, and their representations as infinite matrices; the focus is on ?²(X), and the energy space HE. In particular, we prove that these operators are always essentially self-adjoint on ?²(X), but may fail to be essentially self-adjoint on HE. In the general case, we examine the von Neumann deficiency indices of these operators and explore their relevance in mathematical physics. Finally we study the spectra of the HE operators with the use of a new approximation scheme.     

Estimates for some convolution operators with singularities in their kernels on a sphere with applications

We study convolution operators whose kernels have singularities on the unit sphere. For these operators we obtainH ^p -H ^q estimates, where p is less or equal q, and prove their sharpness. To this end, we develop a new method that uses special representations for the symbol of such operators as sums of certain oscillatory integrals and applies the stationary phase method and A. Miyachi results for model oscillating multipliers. Moreover, we also obtain estimates for operators from L ^p to BMO and those from BMO to BMO.     

Existence of natural and projectively equivariant quantizations

We study the existence of natural and projectively equivariant quantizations for differential operators acting between order 1 vector bundles over a smooth manifold M. To that aim, we make use of the Thomas-Whitehead approach of projective structures and construct a Casimir operator depending on a projective Cartan connection. We attach a scalar parameter to every space of differential operators, and prove the existence of a quantization except when this parameter belongs to a discrete set of resonant values.     

Operator kernel estimates for functions of generalized Schrödinger operators

We study the decay at large distances of operator kernels of functions of generalized Schrödinger operators, a class of semibounded second order partial differential operators of mathematical physics, which includes the Schrödinger operator, the magnetic Schrödinger operator, and the classical wave operators (i.e., acoustic operator, Maxwell operator, and other second order partial differential operators associated with classical wave equations). We derive an improved Combes-Thomas estimate, obtaining an explicit lower bound on the rate of exponential decay of the operator kernel of the resolvent. We prove that for slowly decreasing smooth functions the operator kernels decay faster than any polynomial.

     

A discrete “three-particle” Schrödinger operator in the Hubbard model

In the space L ₂(T ^ν ×T ^ν ), where T ^ν is a ν-dimensional torus, we study the spectral properties of the “three-particle” discrete Schrödinger operator ? = H₀ + H₁ + H₂, where H₀ is the operator of multiplication by a function and H₁ and H₂ are partial integral operators. We prove several theorems concerning the essential spectrum of ?. We study the discrete and essential spectra of the Hamiltonians H^t and h arising in the Hubbard model on the three-dimensional lattice.     

Rough oscillatory singular integral operators of nonconvolution type

In this paper, we study a classes of oscillatory singular integral operators of nonconvolution type with phases more general than polynomials. We prove that such operators are bounded on Lp provided their kernels satisfy a very weak condition. In addition, we also study the related truncated oscillatory singular integral operators. Moreover, we present a class of unbounded oscillatory singular integral operators.     

The finiteness of the discrete spectrum of a model operator associated with a system of three particles on a lattice

We consider a model operator H associated with a system of three particles on a lattice interacting via nonlocal pair potentials. Under some natural conditions on the parameters specifying this model operator H, we prove the finiteness of its discrete spectrum.     

The Reproducing Kernel Thesis for Toeplitz Operators on the Paley-Wiener Space

It is known that for particular classes of operators on certain reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, key properties of the operators (such as boundedness or compactness) may be determined by the behaviour of the operators on the reproducing kernels. We prove such results for Toeplitz operators on the Paley-Wiener space, a reproducing kernel Hilbert space over . Namely, we show that the norm of such an operator is equivalent to the supremum of the norms of the images of the normalised reproducing kernels of the space. In particular, therefore, the operator is bounded exactly when this supremum is finite. In addition, a counterexample is provided which shows that the operator norm is not equivalent to the supremum of the norms of the images of the real normalised reproducing kernels. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for compactness of the operators, in terms of their limiting behaviour on the reproducing kernels.     

Indefinite higher Riesz transforms

Stein’s higher Riesz transforms are translation invariant operators on L ²(R ⁿ ) built from multipliers whose restrictions to the unit sphere are eigenfunctions of the Laplace–Beltrami operators. In this article, generalizing Stein’s higher Riesz transforms, we construct a family of translation invariant operators by using discrete series representations for hyperboloids associated to the indefinite quadratic form of signature (p,q). We prove that these operators extend to L ^r -bounded operators for 1<r<∞ if the parameter of the discrete series representations is generic.     

Perturbation and Interpolation Theorems for the H ∞-Calculus with Applications to Differential Operators

We prove comparison theorems for the H ^∞-calculus that allow to transfer the property of having a bounded H ^∞-calculus from one sectorial operator to another. The basic technical ingredient are suitable square function estimates. These comparison results provide a new approach to perturbation theorems for the H ^∞-calculus in a variety of situations suitable for applications. Our square function estimates also give rise to a new interpolation method, the Rademacher interpolation. We show that a bounded H ^∞-calculus is characterized by interpolation of the domains of fractional powers with respect to Rademacher interpolation. This leads to comparison and perturbation results for operators defined in interpolation scales such as the L _p -scale. We apply the results to give new proofs on the H ^∞-calculus for elliptic differential operators, including Schrödinger operators and perturbed boundary conditions. As new results we prove that elliptic boundary value problems with bounded uniformly coefficients have a bounded H ^∞-calculus in certain Sobolev spaces and that the Stokes operator on bounded domains Ω with ?Ω ∈ C ^1,1 has a bounded H ^∞-calculus in the Helmholtz scale L _p,σ (Ω), p ∈ (1,∞).     

Perron-Frobenius operators and representations of the Cuntz-Krieger algebras for infinite matrices

In this paper we extend the work of Kawamura, see [K. Kawamura, The Perron-Frobenius operators, invariant measures and representations of the Cuntz-Krieger algebras, J. Math. Phys. 46 (2005)], for Cuntz-Krieger algebras OA for infinite matrices A. We generalize the definition of branching systems, prove their existence for any given matrix A and show how they induce some very concrete representations of OA. We use these representations to describe the Perron-Frobenius operator, associated to a nonsingular transformation, as an infinite sum and under some hypothesis we find a matrix representation for the operator. We finish the paper with a few examples.     

Transformation operators for the canonical Dirac system

For canonical Dirac systems of differential equations with locally integrable coefficients, we prove the existence of transformation operators and estimate the kernels of these operators. We also give estimates for these kernels for the case in which the coefficients belong to the space L _loc ² . We establish a relationship between the kernel of the transformation operators and the potential matrix.     

Discrete maximum principle for Galerkin approximations of the Laplace operator on arbitrary meshes

We derive a nonlinear stabilized Galerkin approximation of the Laplace operator for which we prove a discrete maximum principle on arbitrary meshes and for arbitrary space dimension without resorting to the well-known acute condition or generalizations thereof. We also prove the existence of a discrete solution and discuss the extension of the scheme to convection–diffusion–reaction equations. Finally, we present examples showing that the new scheme cures local minima produced by the standard Galerkin approach while maintaining first-order accuracy in the H¹-norm. To cite this article: E. Burman, A. Ern, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Homological algebra for affine Hecke algebras

In this paper we study homological properties of modules over an affine Hecke algebra H. In particular we prove a comparison result for higher extensions of tempered modules when passing to the Schwartz algebra S, a certain topological completion of the affine Hecke algebra. The proof is self-contained and based on a direct construction of a bounded contraction of certain standard resolutions of H-modules.This construction applies for all positive parameters of the affine Hecke algebra. This is an important feature, since it is an ingredient to analyse how the irreducible discrete series representations of H arise in generic families over the parameter space of H. For irreducible non-simply laced affine Hecke algebras this will enable us to give a complete classification of the discrete series characters, for all positive parameters (we will report on this application in a separate article).     

Measure-compact operators, almost compact operators, and linear functional equations in L p

Under study are the measure-compact operators and almost compact operators in L _p . We construct an example of a measure-compact operator that is not almost compact. Introducing two classes of closed linear operators in L _p , we prove that the resolvents of these operators are almost compact or measure-compact. We present methods for the reduction of linear functional equations of the second kind in L _p with almost compact or measure-compact operators to equivalent linear integral equations in L _p with quasidegenerate Carleman kernels.     

The Leray-Schauder condition for 1-set weakly-contractive and (ws)-compact operators

The main purpose of this article is to prove a collection of new fixed point theorems for (ws)-compact and so-called 1-set weakly contractive operators under Leray-Schauder boundary condition. We also introduce the concept of semi-closed operator at the origin and obtain a series of new fixed point theorems for such class of operators. As consequences, we get new fixed point existence for (ws)-compact (in particular nonexpansive) self mappings unbounded closed convex subset of Banach spaces. The main condition in our results is formulated in terms of axiomatic measures of weak noncompactness. Later on, we give an application to generalized Hammerstein type integral equations.     

Pseudo-Differential Calculus on Homogeneous Trees

To study concentration and oscillation properties of eigenfunctions of the discrete Laplacian on regular graphs, we construct in this paper a pseudo-differential calculus on homogeneous trees, their universal covers. We define symbol classes and associated operators. We prove that these operators are bounded on L ² and give adjoint and product formulas. Finally, we compute the symbol of the commutator of a pseudo-differential operator with the Laplacian.     

The Higher Spin Laplace Operator

This paper deals with a certain class of second-order conformally invariant operators acting on functions taking values in particular (finite-dimensional) irreducible representations of the orthogonal group. These operators can be seen as a generalisation of the Laplace operator to higher spin as well as a second-order analogue of the Rarita-Schwinger operator. To construct these operators, we will use the framework of Clifford analysis, a multivariate function theory in which arbitrary irreducible representations for the orthogonal group can be realised in terms of polynomials satisfying a system of differential equations. As a consequence, the functions on which this particular class of operators act are functions taking values in the space of harmonics homogeneous of degree k. We prove the ellipticity of these operators and use this to investigate their kernel, focusing on polynomial solutions. Finally, we will also construct the fundamental solution using the theory of Riesz potentials.     

Differential equations in spaces of compact operators

We study a system of differential equations in C(H), the space of all compact operators on a separable complex Hilbert space, H. The systems considered are infinite-dimensional generalizations of mathematical models of learning, implementable as artificial neural networks. In this new setting, in addition to the usual questions of existence and uniqueness of solutions, we discuss issues which are operator theoretic in nature. Under some restrictions on the initial condition, we explicitly solve the system and represent the solution in terms of the spectral representation of the initial condition. We also discuss the stability of those solutions, and describe the weak, strong, and uniform limit sets in terms of their respective spectral properties.