Extremal maximal sectorial extensions of sectorial relations

The extremal maximal sectorial extensions of a not necessarily densely defined sectorial relation (multivalued linear operator) in a Hilbert space are characterized in terms of a construction which goes back to Sebestyén and Stochel. In particular the two extreme maximal sectorial extensions, namely the Friedrichs extension and the Kreĭn extension, are characterized. For this purpose a survey is given of the connection between closed sectorial forms and maximal sectorial relations.     

Boundary relations and their Weyl families

The concepts of boundary relations and the corresponding Weyl families are introduced. Let be a closed symmetric linear operator or, more generally, a closed symmetric relation in a Hilbert space , let be an auxiliary Hilbert space, let

and let be defined analogously. A unitary relation from the Krein space to the Krein space is called a boundary relation for the adjoint if . The corresponding Weyl family is defined as the family of images of the defect subspaces , , under . Here need not be surjective and is even allowed to be multi-valued. While this leads to fruitful connections between certain classes of holomorphic families of linear relations on the complex Hilbert space and the class of unitary relations , it also generalizes the notion of so-called boundary value space and essentially extends the applicability of abstract boundary mappings in the connection of boundary value problems. Moreover, these new notions yield, for instance, the following realization theorem: every -valued maximal dissipative (for ) holomorphic family of linear relations is the Weyl family of a boundary relation, which is unique up to unitary equivalence if certain minimality conditions are satisfied. Further connections between analytic and spectral theoretical properties of Weyl families and geometric properties of boundary relations are investigated, and some applications are given.

     

On Kre?n's formula

Kre?n's formula provides a parametrization of the generalized resolvents and Štraus extensions of a closed symmetric operator with equal possibly infinite defect numbers in a Hilbert space in terms of Nevanlinna families in a parameter space. The aim of this note is to give a simple complete analytical proof of Kre?n's formula.     

The range of linear fractional maps on the unit ball

In 1996, C. Cowen and B. MacCluer studied a class of maps on that they called linear fractional maps. Using the tools of Krein spaces, it can be shown that a linear fractional map is a self-map of the ball if and only if an associated matrix is a multiple of a Krein contraction. In this paper, we extend this result by specifying this multiple in terms of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of this matrix, creating an easily verified condition in almost all cases. In the remaining cases, the best possible results depending on fixed point and boundary behavior are given.

     

On the nonnegativity of operator products

Summary A bounded, not necessarily everywhere defined, nonnegative operator A in a Hilbert space <InlineEquation ID=IE"1"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[<InlineEquation ID=IE"2"><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[$]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>]]></EquationSource></InlineEquation>\mathfrak{H}$ is assumed to intertwine in a certain sense two bounded everywhere defined operators B and C. If the range of A is provided with a natural inner product then the operators B and C induce two new operators on the completion space. This construction is used to show the existence of selfadjoint and nonnegative extensions of B*A and C*A.     

A Kre?n space coordinate free version of the de Branges complementary space

Let Z be a maximal nonnegative subspace of a Kre?n space X, and let X/Z be the quotient of X modulo Z. Define

H(Z)={h∈X/Z|sup{−X[x,x]|x∈h}<∞}.     

Local limit of nonlocal traffic models: Convergence results and total variation blow-up

Consider a nonlocal conservation law where the flux function depends on the convolution of the solution with a given kernel. In the singular local limit obtained by letting the convolution kernel converge to the Dirac delta one formally recovers a conservation law. However, recent counter-examples show that in general the solutions of the nonlocal equations do not converge to a solution of the conservation law. In this work we focus on nonlocal conservation laws modeling vehicular traffic: in this case, the convolution kernel is anisotropic. We show that, under fairly general assumptions on the (anisotropic) convolution kernel, the nonlocal-to-local limit can be rigorously justified provided the initial datum satisfies a one-sided Lipschitz condition and is bounded away from 0. We also exhibit a counter-example showing that, if the initial datum attains the value 0, then there are severe obstructions to a convergence proof.     

Extremal extensions for the sum of nonnegative selfadjoint relations

The sum of two nonnegative selfadjoint relations (multi-valued operators) and is a nonnegative relation. The class of all extremal extensions of the sum is characterized as products of relations via an auxiliary Hilbert space associated with and . The so-called form sum extension of is a nonnegative selfadjoint extension, which is constructed via a closed quadratic form associated with and . Its connection to the class of extremal extensions is investigated and a criterion for its extremality is established, involving a nontrivial dependence on and .

     

Dirac structures and their composition on Hilbert spaces

Dirac structures appear naturally in the study of certain classes of physical models described by partial differential equations and they can be regarded as the underlying power conserving structures. We study these structures and their properties from an operator-theoretic point of view. In particular, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for the composition of two Dirac structures to be a Dirac structure and we show that they can be seen as Lagrangian (hyper-maximal neutral) subspaces of Kre?n spaces. Moreover, special emphasis is laid on Dirac structures associated with operator colligations. It turns out that this class of Dirac structures is linked to boundary triplets and that this class is closed under composition.