Operator Theory: Advances and Applications

0548941 - ÚJF 2022 RIV DE eng M - Část monografie knihy
Frymark, Dale - Liaw, C.
Perspectives on General Left-Definite Theory.
Operator Theory: Advances and Applications. Vol. 285. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag GmbH, 2021, s. 69-89. ISBN 978-3-030-75425-9
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61389005
Klíčová slova: Birman-Kein-Vishik theory * Finite rank perturbations * Left-definite theory * Self-adjoint extensions * Spectral theory * Sturm-Liouville operators
Obor OECD: Pure mathematics

In 2002, Littlejohn and Wellman developed a celebrated general left-definite theory for semi-bounded self-adjoint operators with many applications to differential operators. The theory starts with a semi-bounded self-adjoint operator and constructs a continuum of related Hilbert spaces and self-adjoint operators that are intimately related with powers of the initial operator. The development spurred a flurry of activity in the field that is still ongoing today. The main goal of this expository (with the exception of Proposition 1) manuscript is to compare and contrast the complementary theories of general left-definite theory, the Birman–Krein–Vishik (BKV) theory of self-adjoint extensions and singular perturbation theory. In this way, we hope to encourage interest in left-definite theory as well as point out directions of potential growth where the fields are interconnected. We include several related open questions to further these goals.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0324981