Off-diagonal terms in symmetric operators
| dc.creator | Jorgensen, Palle E. T. | |
| dc.date | 1999-11-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:33:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:33:05Z | |
| dc.description | In this paper we provide a quantitative comparison of two obstructions for a given symmetric operator S with dense domain in Hilbert space ${\cal H}$ to be selfadjoint. The first one is the pair of deficiency spaces of von Neumann, and the second one is of more recent vintage: Let P be a projection in ${\cal H}$. We say that it is smooth relative to S if its range is contained in the domain of S. We say that smooth projections $\{P_i \}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ diagonalize S if (a) $(I-P_{i})SP_i=0$ for all i, and (b) $\sup_{i}P_{i}=I$. If such projections exist, then S has a selfadjoint closure (i.e., $\bar{S}$ has a spectral resolution), and so our second obstruction to selfadjointness is defined from smooth projections $P_i$ with $(I-P_i)SP_i \neq 0$. We prove results both in the case of a single operator S and a system of operators. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages; REVTeX; PACS numbers 02.30.Nw, 02.30.Tb, 02.60.-x, 03.65.-w, 03.65.Bz, 03.65.Db | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9911017 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9911017 | |
| dc.identifier | J. Math. Phys. 41 (2000), 2337--2349. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1063/1.533242 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/58441 | |
| dc.subject | Mathematical Physics | |
| dc.subject | 47A05; 47A66; 47B15 | |
| dc.title | Off-diagonal terms in symmetric operators | |
| dc.type | text |