General spectral flow formula for fixed maximal domain

We consider a continuous curve of linear elliptic formally self-adjoint differential operators of first order with smooth coefficients over a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary together with a continuous curve of global elliptic boundary value problems. We express the spectral flow of the resulting continuous family of (unbounded) self-adjoint Fredholm operators in terms of the Maslov index of two related curves of Lagrangian spaces. One curve is given by the varying domains, the other by the Cauchy data spaces. We provide rigorous definitions of the underlying concepts of spectral theory and symplectic analysis and give a full (and surprisingly short) proof of our General Spectral Flow Formula for the case of fixed maximal domain. As a side result, we establish local stability of weak inner unique continuation property (UCP) and explain its role for parameter dependent spectral theory. This work was supported in part by The Danish Science Research Council, SNF grant 21-02-0446. The second author is partially supported by FANEDD 200215, 973, Program of MOST, Fok Ying Tung Edu. Funds 91002, LPMC of MOE of China, and Nankai University.     

On spectral resolutions connected with self-adjoint differential vector-operators in a Hilbert space

We show that spectral resolutions of differential vector-operators may be represented as a specific direct sum integral operator with a kernel written in terms of generalized vector-operator eigenfunctions. Then we prove that a generalized eigenfunction measurable with respect to the spectral parameter may be decomposed using a set of analytical defining systems of coordinate operators.     

Analysis of the M/M/1 Queue with Processor Sharing via Spectral Theory

We show in this paper that the computation of the distribution of the sojourn time of an arbitrary customer in a M/M/1 with the processor sharing discipline (abbreviated to M/M/1 PS queue) can be formulated as a spectral problem for a self-adjoint operator. This approach allows us to improve the existing results for this queue in two directions. First, the orthogonal structure underlying the M/M/1 PS queue is revealed. Second, an integral representation of the distribution of the sojourn time of a customer entering the system while there are n customers in service is obtained.     

Spectral Estimates for Resolvent Differences of Self-Adjoint Elliptic Operators

The concept of quasi boundary triples and Weyl functions from extension theory of symmetric operators in Hilbert spaces is developed further and spectral estimates for resolvent differences of two self-adjoint extensions in terms of general operator ideals are proved. The abstract results are applied to self-adjoint realizations of second order elliptic differential operators on bounded and exterior domains, and partial differential operators with δ-potentials supported on hypersurfaces are studied.     

On the general nonlinear self-adjoint spectral problem for differential-algebraic systems

We consider a general self-adjoint spectral problem, nonlinear with respect to the spectral parameter, for linear differential-algebraic systems of equations. Under some assumptions, we present a method for reducing such a problem to a general self-adjoint nonlinear spectral problem for a system of differential equations. In turn, this permits one to pass to a problem for a Hamiltonian system of ordinary differential equations. In particular, in this way, one can obtain a method for computing the number of eigenvalues of the original problem lying in a given range of the spectral parameter.     

Smoothness and Locality for Nonunital Spectral Triples

To deal with technical issues in noncommutative geometry for nonunital algebras, we introduce a useful class of algebras and their modules. These algebras and modules allow us to extend all of the smoothness results for spectral triples to the nonunital case. In addition, we show that smooth spectral triples are closed under the C functional calculus of self-adjoint elements. In the final section we show that our algebras allow the formulation of Poincaré Duality and that the algebras of smooth spectral triples are H-unital.     

On the singular nonlinear self-adjoint eigenvalue problem for differential algebraic systems of equations

The general nonlinear self-adjoint eigenvalue problem for a differential algebraic system of equations on a half-line is examined. The boundary conditions are chosen so that the solution to this system is bounded at infinity. Under certain assumptions, the original problem can be reduced to a self-adjoint system of differential equations. After certain transformations, this system, combined with the boundary conditions, forms a nonlinear self-adjoint eigenvalue problem. Requirements for the appropriate boundary conditions are clarified. Under the additional assumption that the initial data are monotone functions of the spectral parameter, a method is proposed for calculating the number of eigenvalues of the original problem that lie on a prescribed interval of this parameter.     

Boundary Problems for Dirac-Type Operators on Manifolds with Multi-Cylindrical End Boundaries

The goal of this paper is to establish a geometric program to study elliptic pseudodifferential boundary problems which arise naturally under cutting and pasting of geometric and spectral invariants of Dirac-type operators on manifolds with corners endowed with multi-cylindrical, or b-type, metrics and ‘b-admissible’ partitioning hypersurfaces. We show that the Cauchy data space of a Dirac operator on such a manifold is Lagrangian for the self-adjoint case, the corresponding Calderón projector is a b-pseudodifferential operator of order 0, characterize Fredholmness, prove relative index formulæ, and solve the Bojarski conjecture. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 58J28, 58J52.     

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.     

自共轭算子束的谱及其应用

首先研究了自共轭算子束L—λV的谱曲线,其中L和V是Hilbert空间H内的自共轭算子.其次研究了谱问题Ly=λVy的特征值.最后,将所得的结论应用到正则和奇异的常微分算子的不定谱问题中.     

An example of unitary equivalence between self-adjoint extensions and their parameters

The spectral problem for self-adjoint extensions is studied using the machinery of boundary triplets. For a class of symmetric operators having Weyl functions of a special type we calculate explicitly the spectral projections in the form of operator-valued integrals. This allows one to give a constructive proof of the fact that, in certain intervals, the resulting self-adjoint extensions are unitarily equivalent to the parameterizing boundary operator acting in a smaller space, and one is able to provide an explicit form for the associated unitary transform. Applications to differential operators on metric graphs and to direct sums are discussed.     

The Vector-Valued Big <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Jacobi Transform

Big q-Jacobi functions are eigenfunctions of a second-order q-difference operator L. We study L as an unbounded self-adjoint operator on an L ²-space of functions on ℝ with a discrete measure. We describe explicitly the spectral decomposition of L using an integral transform ℱ with two different big q-Jacobi functions as a kernel, and we construct the inverse of ℱ.      

Nonlinear spectral problem for a self-adjoint vector differential equation

We consider a spectral problem that is nonlinear in the spectral parameter for a self-adjoint vector differential equation of order 2n. The boundary conditions depend on the spectral parameter and are self-adjoint as well. Under some conditions of monotonicity of the input data with respect to the spectral parameter, we present a method for counting the eigenvalues of the problem in a given interval. If the boundary conditions are independent of the spectral parameter, then we define the notion of number of an eigenvalue and give a method for computing this number as well as the set of numbers of all eigenvalues in a given interval. For an equation considered on an unbounded interval, under some additional assumptions, we present a method for approximating the original singular problem by a problem on a finite interval.     

Spectral Analysis of Certain Self-Adjoint Differential Operators in a Space with Indefinite Metric

A second-order differential operator self-adjoint with respect to an indefinite metric on the circle is considered. The spectral resolution of this operator is found. The hypergeometric function is used in the computation of the Plancherel measure.     

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.

     

Spectral measures corresponding to orthogonal polynomials with unbounded recurrence coefficients

Sufficient conditions are presented for the existence of an absolutely continuous part for the measure of orthogonality for a system of polynomials with unbounded recurrence coefficients. Results are obtained by analyzing the spectral measure of a related self-adjoint operator.Communicated by Paul Nevai.     

On the self-adjoint nonlinear eigenvalue problem for Hamiltonian systems of ordinary differential equations with singularities

Certain properties of the nonlinear self-adjoint eigenvalue problem for Hamiltonian systems of ordinary differential equations with singularities are examined. Under certain assumptions on the way in which the matrix of the system and the matrix specifying the boundary condition at a regular point depend on the spectral parameter, a numerical method is proposed for determining the number of eigenvalues lying on a prescribed interval of the spectral parameter.     

On the number of an eigenvalue of a general nonlinear self-adjoint spectral problem for systems of ordinary differential equations

In the case of a general nonlinear self-adjoint spectral problem for systems of ordinary differential equations with boundary conditions independent of the spectral parameter, we introduce the notion of the number of an eigenvalue. Methods for the computation of the numbers of eigenvalues lying in a given range of the spectral parameter and for finding the eigenvalue with a given number, which were earlier suggested by the author for Hamiltonian systems, are generalized to the considered problem. We introduce the notion of an index of a problem for a general nontrivially solvable linear homogeneous self-adjoint boundary value problem.     

Unitary invariants of spectral measures with the CGS-property

A «CGS-property» for the spectral measures is introduced and the classical results of determining complete systems of unitary invariants for self-adjoint and bounded normal operators on separable Hilbert spaces are extended to the class of spectral measures with this property. As a consequence, the above mentioned results are extended to unbounded normal operators on separable Hilbert spaces. Moreover, three different kinds of multiplicity are defined and it is shown that for the measures with the «CGS-property» they all coincide. In the last section some analogues of the multiplicity functions defined by Stone [14] are related to the total multiplicity.     

Resolvent convergence and spectral approximations of sequences of self-adjoint subspaces

This paper studies resolvent convergence and spectral approximations of sequences of self-adjoint subspaces (relations) in complex Hilbert spaces. Concepts of strong resolvent convergence, norm resolvent convergence, spectral inclusion, and spectral exactness are introduced. Fundamental properties of resolvents of subspaces are studied. By applying these properties, several equivalent and sufficient conditions for convergence of sequences of self-adjoint subspaces in the strong and norm resolvent senses are given. It is shown that a sequence of self-adjoint subspaces is spectrally inclusive under the strong resolvent convergence and spectrally exact under the norm resolvent convergence. A sufficient condition is given for spectral exactness of a sequence of self-adjoint subspaces in an open interval lacking essential spectral points. In addition, criteria are established for spectral inclusion and spectral exactness of a sequence of self-adjoint subspaces that are defined on proper closed subspaces.