On the self-adjointness of certain compact operators

It is shown that if the singular values of a compact operator T are dominated by those of the real part of T, then T must be self-adjoint. This improves an earlier result of Fong and Tsui. Some remarks on singular value inequalities associated with the Cartesian decomposition of a compact operator are also given.     

On the essential self-adjointness of pseudodifferential operators

In this paper we investigate the self-adjointness for a kind of pseudodifferential operators, which include the nonsemi-bounded Schrödinger operator, ?Δ+v(x),v(x)→?∞, as │x│ → ∞, and the relativistic corrections to it, $\sqrt { - \Delta + m^2 } + v(x),v(x) \to - \infty ,as \left| x \right| \to \infty $ .     

On self-adjointness of the product of two second-order differential operators

In this paper, the problem of self-adjointness of the product of two differential operators is considered. A number of results concerning self-adjointness of the productL ₂ L ₁ of two second-order self-adjoint differential operators are obtained by using the general construction theory of self-adjoint extensions of ordinary differential operators. Supported by the Royal Society and the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Regional Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia     

On the essential self-adjointness of the general second order elliptic operators

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the essential self-adjointness of second order elliptic operators. It turns out that these conditions coincide with those for the Schrödinger operator on a manifold whose metric essentially depends on the principal coefficients of a given operator.

     

Commutants modulo the compact operators of certain CSL algebras II

The commutant modulo compacts, or essential commutant, of a reflexive algebra with commutative subspace lattice is a C^* algebra which is the sum of the compact operators in L(H) and a C^* subalgebra of the core. We give a characterization of the essential commutant of a separably acting CSL algebra in terms of properties of the spectral measure of an operator in the intersection of the essential commutant and the core. This is used to determine some sufficient conditions on the lattice for when the essential commutant is norm generated by the projections it contains.     

On operators commuting with Toeplitz operators modulo the compact operators

We prove that an operator on H² of the disc commutes modulo the compacts with all analytic Toeplitz operators if and only if it is a compact perturbation of a Toeplitz operator with symbol in H^∞ + C. Consequently, the essential commutant of the whole Toeplitz algebra is the algebra of Toeplitz operators with symbol in QC. The image in the Calkin algebra of the Toeplitz operators with symbol in H^∞ + C is a maximal abelian algebra. These results lead to a characterization of automorphisms of the algebra of compact perturbations of the analytic Toeplitz operators.     

On one generalization of the Berezanskii evolution criterion for the self-adjointness of operators

We describe all weak solutions of a first-order differential equation in a Banach space on (0, ∞) and investigate their behavior in the neighborhood of zero. We use the results obtained to establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the essential maximal dissipativity of a dissipative operator in a Hilbert space.     

On algebras of polynomially compact operators

In this paper, we find sufficient and necessary conditions for a triangularizable closed algebra of polynomially compact operators to be commutative modulo the radical. We also prove that an algebraic algebra of operators of a bounded degree on a Banach space is triangularizable under some mild additional conditions. As a special case we obtain a result stating that every algebraic algebra of operators of bounded degree is triangularizable whenever its commutators are nilpotent operators.     

On compact extensions of multilinear operators

In this paper we prove that, under certain conditions, Nicodemi extensions of compact multilinear operators between Banach spaces are compact as well. An application of this result to the isometric/isomorphic theory of spaces of compact multilinear operators is provided.     

Essential self-adjointness of Schrödinger-type operators

The essential self-adjointness of the strongly elliptic operator L = ∑_j,k=1ⁿ (?_j ? ib_j(x)) a_jk(x)(?_k ? ib_k(x)) + q(x) acting on C₀^∞(Rⁿ) is considered, where the matrix (a_jk) is real and symmetric, b_j and q are real, a_jk and b_j are sufficiently smooth, and q?L_loc². It has been shown by Ural'ceva and also Laptev that if q is bounded below and n ? 3 the minimal operator may not be self-adjoint if the principal coefficients rise too rapidly. Thus a theorem of Weyl for ordinary differential operators does not extend to partial differential operators. In this paper it is shown that if q is bounded below and if the principal coefficients are “well behaved” within a sequence of closed shells which go to infinity, then the minimal operator is self-adjoint. It is also shown that a number of results which were known to be true when q is sufficiently smooth may be extended to include the case where q?L_loc². The principal tools used are a distribution inequality due to Tosio Kato and a general maximum principle due to Walter Littman.     

On the compactness of certain integral operators

This paper develops practical methods for deciding whether a given kernel function induces a compact integral operator from certain spaces of functions, defined on a compact subset Ω of $\text{R}$ⁿ, into the space of continuous functions over Ω. Necessary and sufficient conditions for compactness are introduced, and several tests for deciding if these conditions are satisfied are developed. The paper concludes with an illustration of the practical use of the theory.