Unbounded graph-Laplacians in energy space, and their extensions

Our purpose is to develop computational tools for determining spectra for operators associated with infinite weighted graphs. While there is a substantial literature concerning graph-Laplacians on infinite networks, much less developed is the distinction between the operator theory for the ? ² space of the set V of vertices vs the case when the Hilbert space is defined by an energy form. A network is a triple (V,E,c) where V is a (typically countable infinite) set of vertices in a graph, with E denoting the set of edges. The function c is defined on E. It is given at the outset, symmetric and positive on E. We introduce a graph-Laplacian ??, and an energy Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_{E}$ (both depending on c). While it is known that ?? is essentially selfadjoint on its natural domain in ? ²(V), its realization in $\mathcal{H}_{E}$ is not. We give a characterization of the Friedrichs extension of the $\mathcal{H}_{E}$ -Laplacian, and prove a formula for its computation. We obtain several corollaries regarding the diagonalization of infinite matrices. To every weighted finite-interaction countable infinite graph there is a naturally associated infinite banded matrix. With the use of the Friedrichs spectral resolution, we obtain a diagonalization formula for this family of infinite matrices. With examples we give concrete illustrations of both spectral types, and spectral multiplicities.     

Existence and boundary behavior for singular nonlinear differential equations with arbitrary boundary conditions

Existence theory is developed for the equation ?(u)=F(u), where ? is a formally self-adjoint singular second-order differential expression and F is nonlinear. The problem is treated in a Hilbert space and we do not require the operators induced by ? to have completely continuous resolvents. Nonlinear boundary conditions are allowed. Also, F is assumed to be weakly continuous and monotone at one point. Boundary behavior of functions associated with the domains of definitions of the operators associated with ? in the singular case is investigated. A special class of self-adjoint operators associated with ? is obtained.     

Multiplicative models for configuration spaces of algebraic varieties

Fulton and MacPherson (Ann. Math. 139 (1994) 183) found a Sullivan dg-algebra model for the space of n-configurations of a smooth complex projective variety X. K?í? (Ann. Math. 139 (1994) 227) gave a simpler model, E_n(H), depending only on the cohomology ring, H?H^*X.We construct an even simpler and smaller model, J_n(H). We then define another new dg-algebra, E_n(H^°), and use J_n(H) to prove that E_n(H^°) is a model of the space of n-configurations of the non-compact punctured manifold X^°, when X is 1-connected. Following an idea of Drinfel’d (Leningrad Math. J. 2 (1991) 829), we put a simplicial bigraded differential algebra structure on {E_n(H^°)}_n?0.     

Universal spaces of subdifferentials of sublinear operators ranging in the cone of bounded lower semicontinuous functions

We study Fréchet’s problem of the universal space for the subdifferentials ?P of continuous sublinear operators P: V → BC(X)_～ which are defined on separable Banach spaces V and range in the cone BC(X)_～ of bounded lower semicontinuous functions on a normal topological space X. We prove that the space of linear compact operators L ^c(? ², C(βX)) is universal in the topology of simple convergence. Here ? ² is a separable Hilbert space, and βX is the Stone-?ech compactification of X. We show that the images of subdifferentials are also subdifferentials of sublinear operators.     

Little Grothendieck's theorem for sublinear operators

Let SB(X,Y) be the set of the bounded sublinear operators from a Banach space X into a Banach lattice Y. Consider π₂(X,Y) the set of 2-summing sublinear operators. We study in this paper a variation of Grothendieck's theorem in the sublinear operators case. We prove under some conditions that every operator in SB(C(K),H) is in π₂(C(K),H) for any compact K and any Hilbert H. In the noncommutative case the problem is still open.     

On the invariance of wave operators

Let H, K be self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space. Kato's Invariance Principle (T. Kato, “Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators,” Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1966) states that under certain conditions W(φ(H), φ(K)) = s-lim_{t → + ∞}e^it(φ)ke^?it(φ)H exists and is independent of the monotone function φ whenever W(H, K) exists. The purpose of this paper is to present a new proof of Kato's result based upon a study of the variation of W(φ(H), φ(K)) with respect to φ. It is shown (Theorem 1) that this variation vanishes, and (Theorem 2) that the invariance principle holds provided that K-H belongs to a large subset of the Hilbert-Schmidt class of compact operators.     

Singular perturbations of abstract wave equations

Given, on the Hilbert space H₀, the self-adjoint operator B and the skew-adjoint operators C₁ and C₂, we consider, on the Hilbert space H?D(B)⊕H₀, the skew-adjoint operator

     

Construction of a unique self-adjoint generator for a symmetric local semigroup

A definition is given of a symmetric local semigroup of (unbounded) operators P(t) (0 ? t ? T for some T > 0) on a Hilbert space $\text{H}$, such that P(t) is eventually densely defined as t → 0. It is shown that there exists a unique (unbounded below) self-adjoint operator H on $\text{H}$ such that P(t) is a restriction of e^?tH. As an application it is proven that H₀ + V is essentially self-adjoint, where e^?tH₀ is an L^p-contractive semigroup and V is multiplication by a real measurable function such that V ∈ L^{2 + ε} and e^?δV ∈ L¹ for some ε, δ > 0.     

A classification theorem for essentially binormal operators

An essentially binormal operator on Hilbert space is an operator which is unitarily equivalent to a 2 × 2 matrix of essentially commuting, essentially normal operators. A natural invariant of essentially binormal operators up to unitary equivalence in the Calkin Algebra is the reducing essential 2 × 2 matricial spectrum. A nonempty compact subset X of the set of 2 × 2 matrices is called hypoconvex, if it is the reducing essential 2 × 2 matricial spectrum of an operator on Hilbert space. The set EN₂(X) is then defined to be the set of all equivalence classes (up to unitary equivalence in the Calkin algebra) of essentially binormal operators whose reducing essential 2 × 2 matricial spectrum coincides with X. The aim of this paper is to prove a result that enables one to compute EN₂(X) in terms of the topological structure of the space $\text{X}\text{?}$ of unitary orbits of X. Indeed, it is shown that for every hypoconvex subset X of the set of 2 × 2 matrices, there exists a natural homomorphism from $\text{Ext}\text{(}\text{X}\text{?}\text{)}$ onto EN₂(X). Also, a six term cyclic exact sequence is obtained, which produces a characterization of the kernel of the above-mentioned homomorphism.     

Classifying Hilbert bundles

A Hilbert bundle (p, B, X) is a type of fibre space p:B → X such that each fibre p^?1(x) is a Hilbert space. However, p^?1(x) may vary in dimension as x varies in X. We generalize the classical homotopy classification theory of vector bundles to a “homotopy” classification of certain Hilbert bundles. An (m, n)-bundle over the pair (X, A) is a Hilbert bundle (p, B, X) such that the dimension of p^?1(x) is m for x in A and n otherwise. The main result here is that if A is a compact set lying in the “edge” of the metric space X (e.g. if X is a topological manifold and A is a compact subset of the boundary of X), then the problem of classifying (m, n)-bundles over (X, A) reduces to a problem in the classical theory of vector bundles. In particular, we show there is a one-to-one correspondence between the members of the orbit set, [A, G_m($\text{C}$ⁿ)]/[X, U(n)] ¦ A, and the isomorphism classes of (m, n)-bundles over (X, A) which are trivial over X, A.     

Certain locally convex topologies on the discrete vector-valued Lebesgue spaces

Let Γ be a set and (E, ‖·‖ _E ) be a nontrivial Banach space. In this paper, through generalizing to vector-valued discrete Lebesgue spaces ? ¹(Γ,E), we show that the topology β ¹(Γ,E) introduced by Singh is, in fact, a type of strict topology. This observation enables us to conclude various basic properties of β ¹(Γ,E). Then, we consider the discrete semigroup algebra ? ¹(S,E) under certain locally convex topologies. As an application of our results, we show that the semigroup algebra (? ¹(S,E), β ¹(S,E)) with the convolution as multiplication is a complete semi-topological (but not topological) algebra.     

Self-adjointness of relatively bounded quadratic forms and operators

We consider a Hilbert space $\text{H}$ on which is given a positive self-adjoint operator H. For densely defined bilinear forms or operators A we obtain conditions which ensure that A is an operator, that A is self-adjoint and that e^iAt leaves D(H^r) invariant with H^re^iAt strongly differentiable.     

The range of a vector measure

Let X be a completely regular Hausdorff space and E be a locally convex Hausdorff space. Then C_b(X) ? E is dense in (C_b(X, E), β₀), (C_b(X), β) ?_?E = (C_b(X) ? E, β) and (C_b(X), β₁) ?_?E = (C_b(X) ? E, β₁). For a separable space E, (C_b(X, E), β₀) is separable if and only if X is separably submetrizable. As a corollary, for a locally compact paracompact space X, if (C_b(X, E), β₀) is separable, then X is metrizable.     

Which linear-fractional composition operators are essentially normal?

We characterize the essentially normal composition operators induced on the Hardy space H² by linear-fractional maps; they are either compact, normal, or (the nontrivial case) induced by parabolic nonautomorphisms. These parabolic maps induce the first known examples of nontrivially essentially normal composition operators. In addition, we characterize those linear-fractionally induced composition operators on H² that are essentially self-adjoint, and present a number of results for composition operators induced by maps that are not linear-fractional.     

Paley-Wiener subspace of vectors in a Hilbert space with applications to integral transforms

The goal of this article is to introduce an analogue of the Paley-Wiener space of bandlimited functions, PWω, in Hilbert spaces and then apply the general result to more specific examples. Guided by the role that the differentiation operator plays in some of the characterizations of the Paley-Wiener space, we construct a space of vectors using a self-adjoint operator D in a Hilbert space H, and denote this space by PWω(D). The article can be virtually divided into two parts. In the first part we show that the space PWω(D) has similar properties to those of the space PWω, including an analogue of the Bernstein inequality and the Riesz interpolation formula. We also develop a new characterization of the abstract Paley-Wiener space in terms of solutions of Cauchy problems associated with abstract Schrödinger equations. Finally, we prove two sampling theorems for vectors in PWω(D), one of which uses the notion of Hilbert frames and the other is based on the notion of variational splines in H. In the second part of the paper we apply our abstract results to integral transforms associated with singular Sturm-Liouville problems. In particular we obtain two new sampling formulas related to one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with bounded potential.     

On the order of convergence of a semigroup to the identity operator

We describe classes of vectors f from a Hilbert space H for which the quantity ‖T(t)f?f‖, where T(t)=e ^?tA , t≥0, and A is a self-adjoint nonnegative operator in H, has a certain order of convergence to zero as t→+0.     

Plancherel-type estimates and sharp spectral multipliers

We study general spectral multiplier theorems for self-adjoint positive definite operators on L²(X,μ), where X is any open subset of a space of homogeneous type. We show that the sharp Hörmander-type spectral multiplier theorems follow from the appropriate estimates of the L² norm of the kernel of spectral multipliers and the Gaussian bounds for the corresponding heat kernel. The sharp Hörmander-type spectral multiplier theorems are motivated and connected with sharp estimates for the critical exponent for the Riesz means summability, which we also study here. We discuss several examples, which include sharp spectral multiplier theorems for a class of scattering operators on R³ and new spectral multiplier theorems for the Laguerre and Hermite expansions.     

Rank one perturbations at infinite coupling in Pontryagin spaces

In this paper we relate the operators in the operator representations of a generalized Nevanlinna function N(z) and of the function −N(z)⁻¹ under the assumption that z=∞ is the only (generalized) pole of nonpositive type. The results are applied to the Q-function for S and H and the Q-function for S and H^∞, where H is a self-adjoint operator in a Pontryagin space with a cyclic element w, H^∞ is the self-adjoint relation obtained from H and w via a rank one perturbation at infinite coupling, and S is the symmetric operator given by S=H∩H^∞.     

Norms of certain Jordan elementary operators

Let H be a complex Hilbert space and let B(H) denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on H. For A,B∈B(H), the Jordan elementary operator UA,B is defined by UA,B(X)=AXB+BXA, ∀X∈B(H). In this short note, we discuss the norm of UA,B. We show that if dimH=2 and ‖UA,B‖=‖A‖‖B‖, then either AB^∗ or B^∗A is 0. We give some examples of Jordan elementary operators UA,B such that ‖UA,B‖=‖A‖‖B‖ but AB^∗≠0 and B^∗A≠0, which answer negatively a question posed by M. Boumazgour in [M. Boumazgour, Norm inequalities for sums of two basic elementary operators, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 342 (2008) 386-393].     

Operators in Krein Space

We study self-adjoint operators in Krein space. Our goal is to show that there is a relationship between the following classes of operators: operators with a compact “corner,” definitizable operators, operators of classes (H) and K(H), and operators of class D _κ ⁺.