On a class of selfadjoint operators in Krein space and their compact perturbations

For a class of selfadjoint operators in a Krein space containing the definitizable selfadjoint operators a funetional calculus and the spectral function are studied. Stability properties of the spectral function with respect to small compact perturbations of the resolvent are proved.     

Sturm–Liouville operators in the half axis with shifted potentials

We consider Sturm–Liouville operators in the half axis generated by shifts of the potential and prove that Lebesgue measure is equivalent to a measure defined as an average of spectral measures which correspond to these operators. This is then used to obtain results on stability of spectral types under change of parameters such as boundary conditions, local perturbations, and shifts. In particular if for a set of shifts of positive measure the corresponding operators have α-singular, singular continuous and (or) point spectrum in a fixed interval, then this set of shifts has to be unbounded. Moreover, there are large sets of boundary conditions and local perturbations for which the corresponding operators enjoy the same property.     

Spectral properties of non-local differential operators

In this article we consider the spectral properties of a class of non-local operators that arise from the study of non-local reaction-diffusion equations. Such equations are used to model a variety of physical and biological systems with examples ranging from Ohmic heating to population dynamics. The operators studied here are bounded perturbations of linear (local) differential operators. The non-local perturbation is in the form of an integral term. It is shown here that the spectral properties of these non-local operators can differ considerably from those of their local counterpart. Multiplicities of eigenvalues are studied and new oscillation results for the associated eigenfunctions are presented. These results highlight problems with certain similar results and provide an alternative formulation. Finally, the stability of steady states of associated non-local reaction-diffusion equations is discussed.     

Nonself-adjoint operators with almost Hermitian spectrum: Cayley identity and some questions of spectral structure

Nonself-adjoint, non-dissipative perturbations of possibly unbounded self-adjoint operators with real purely singular spectrum are considered under an additional assumption that the characteristic function of the operator possesses a scalar multiple. Using a functional model of a nonself-adjoint operator (a generalization of a Sz.-Nagy–Foiaş model for dissipative operators) as a principle tool, spectral properties of such operators are investigated. A class of operators with almost Hermitian spectrum (the latter being a part of the real singular spectrum) is characterized in terms of existence of the so-called weak outer annihilator which generalizes the classical Cayley identity to the case of nonself-adjoint operators in Hilbert space. A similar result is proved in the self-adjoint case, characterizing the condition of absence of the absolutely continuous spectral subspace in terms of the existence of weak outer annihilation. An application to the rank-one nonself-adjoint Friedrichs model is given.     

Sturm-Liouville operators in the half axis with local perturbations

We give conditions which imply equivalence of the Lebesgue measure with respect to a measure μ generated as an average of spectral measures corresponding to Sturm-Liouville operators in the half axis. We apply this to prove that some spectral properties of these operators hold for large sets of boundary conditions if and only if they hold for large sets of positive local perturbations.     

Perturbation of spectra and spectral subspaces

We consider the problem of variation of spectral subspaces for linear self-adjoint operators with emphasis on the case of off-diagonal perturbations. We prove a number of new optimal results on the shift of the spectrum and obtain (sharp) estimates on the norm of the difference of two spectral projections associated with isolated parts of the spectrum of the perturbed and unperturbed operators, respectively.

     

Expansion problems in the linear stability of boundary layer flows

Several problems in the linearized stability of boundary layers are examined. They are all treated as perturbations of constant coefficient differential operators. Spectral theory and spectral expansions are developed. Possible anomalies, which might arise for nonparallel boundary layer flows with nonzero transverse component at infinity are also handled.     

Stability of singular spectral types under decaying perturbations

We look at invariance of a.e. boundary condition spectral behavior under perturbations, W, of half-line, continuum or discrete Schrödinger operators. We extend the results of del Rio, Simon, Stolz from compactly supported W's to suitable short-range W. We also discuss invariance of the local Hausdorff dimension of spectral measures under such perturbations.     

Singular point perturbation of an odd operator in ℤ2-Graded space

In the paper we study supersymmetric models for point interaction perturbations of operators of Dirac type and their spectral properties. Such models are considered in the class of odd self-adjoint operators in ℤ₂-graded Pontryagin space. We present in detail the previously considered realization method of strongly singular perturbation by means of their embedding into the theory of self-adjoint extensions. We describe odd self-adjoint extensions of odd symmetric operators with deficiency indices (1,1) in ℤ₂-graded Pontryagin space and squares of such extensions using Krein’s formula for the resolvent. The results obtained are refined in application to singular perturbations of odd self-adjoint differential operators. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 924–940, December, 1999.     

Riesz bases for p-subordinate perturbations of normal operators

For a class of unbounded perturbations of unbounded normal operators, the change of the spectrum is studied and spectral criteria for the existence of a Riesz basis with parentheses of root vectors are established. A Riesz basis without parentheses is obtained under an additional a priori assumption on the spectrum of the perturbed operator. The results are applied to two classes of block operator matrices.     

On Finite Rank Perturbations of Selfadjoint Operators in Krein Spaces and Eigenvalues in Spectral Gaps

It is shown that the finiteness of eigenvalues in a spectral gap of a definitizable or locally definitizable selfadjoint operator in a Krein space is preserved under finite rank perturbations. This results is applied to a class of singular Sturm–Liouville operators with an indefinite weight function.     

Spectral Components of Operators with Spectrum on a Curve

Trace class perturbations of normal operators with spectrum on a curve and spectral components of such operators are studied. We establish duality relations for the spectral components of an operator and its adjoint. The generalized Sz.-Nagy–Foia–Naboko functional model introduced in the paper is a basic tool for this theorem. The results have applications in nonself-adjoint scattering theory and to extreme factorizations of J-contraction-valued functions (J-inner-outer and A-regular-singular factorizations).     

The Wegner estimate and the integrated density of states for some random operators

The integrated density of states (IDS) for random operators is an important function describing many physical characteristics of a random system. Properties of the IDS are derived from the Wegner estimate that describes the influence of finite-volume perturbations on a background system. In this paper, we present a simple proof of the Wegner estimate applicable to a wide variety of random perturbations of deterministic background operators. The proof yields the correct volume dependence of the upper bound. This implies the local H?lder continuity of the integrated density of states at energies in the unperturbed spectral gap. The proof depends on theL ^p-theory of the spectral shift function (SSF), forp ≥ 1, applicable to pairs of self-adjoint operators whose difference is in the trace idealI _p, for 0p ≤ 1. We present this and other results on the SSF due to other authors. Under an additional condition of the single-site potential, local H?lder continuity is proved at all energies. Finally, we present extensions of this work to random potentials with nonsign definite single-site potentials.     

On the linear stability of simple and semi-simple periodic waves for a system of cubic Klein–Gordon equations

We study the linear stability of traveling wave solutions for the nonlinear wave equation and coupled nonlinear wave equations. It is shown that periodic waves of the dnoidal type are spectrally unstable with respect to co-periodic perturbations. Our arguments rely on a careful spectral analysis of various self-adjoint operators, both scalar and matrix and on instability index count theory for Hamiltonian systems.     

On the spectrum of magnetic Dirac operators with Coulomb-type perturbations

We carry out the spectral analysis of singular matrix valued perturbations of 3-dimensional Dirac operators with variable magnetic field of constant direction. Under suitable assumptions on the magnetic field and on the perturbations, we obtain a limiting absorption principle, we prove the absence of singular continuous spectrum in certain intervals and state properties of the point spectrum. Constant, periodic as well as diverging magnetic fields are covered, and Coulomb potentials up to the physical nuclear charge Z<137 are allowed. The importance of an internal-type operator (a 2-dimensional Dirac operator) is also revealed in our study. The proofs rely on commutator methods.     

Perturbations of Invertible Operators and Stability of g-Frames in Hilbert Spaces

In this paper, we study the perturbations of invertible operators and stability of g-frames in Hilbert spaces. In particular, we obtain some conditions under which the perturbations of an invertible operator are still an invertible operator, the perturbations of a right invertible operator or a surjective operator are still a right invertible operator or surjective operator. Then we apply the perturbations of invertible operators to study the stability of g-frames which is close related with the invertibility (or right invertibility) property of operators.     

Quadratic estimates and functional calculi of perturbed Dirac operators

We prove quadratic estimates for complex perturbations of Dirac-type operators, and thereby show that such operators have a bounded functional calculus. As an application we show that spectral projections of the Hodge–Dirac operator on compact manifolds depend analytically on L_∞ changes in the metric. We also recover a unified proof of many results in the Calderón program, including the Kato square root problem and the boundedness of the Cauchy operator on Lipschitz curves and surfaces.     

Error Bounds for Perturbation of the Drazin Inverse of Closed Operators with Equal Spectral Projections

We study perturbations of the Drazin inverse of a closed linear operator A for the case when the perturbed operator has the same spectral projection as A . This theory subsumes results recently obtained by Wei and Wang, Rako ) evi ' and Wei, and Castro and Koliha. We give explicit error estimates for the perturbation of Drazin inverse, and error estimates involving higher powers of the operators.     

A functional calculus of closed operators on Banach space. III. certain topics of perturbation theory

The present paper is a continuation of research of A. A. Atvinovskii and of the author in the area of functional calculus of closed operators on Banach spaces based on Markov and related functions as symbols. The following topics in the perturbation theory are considered: Estimates of bounded perturbations of operator functions with respect to general operator ideal norms, Lipschitz property, moment inequality, Fréchet differentiability, analyticity of operator functions under consideration with respect to the perturbation parameter, spectral shift function, and Lifshits–Krein trace formula.     

Rank one perturbations of not semibounded operators

Rank one perturbations of selfadjoint operators which are not necessarily semibounded are studied in the present paper. It is proven that such perturbations are uniquely defined, if they are bounded in the sense of forms. We also show that form unbounded rank one perturbations can be uniquely defined if the original operator and the perturbation are homogeneous with respect to a certain one parameter semigroup. The perturbed operator is defined using the extension theory for symmetric operators. The resolvent of the perturbed operator is calculated using Krein's formula. It is proven that every rank one perturbation can be approximated in the operator norm. We prove that some form unbounded perturbations can be approximated in the strong resolvent sense without renormalization of the coupling constant only if the original operator is not semibounded. The present approach is applied to study first derivative and Dirac operators with point interaction, in one dimension.