A new characterization of the positive self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators, T0, is presented, which is based on the Friedrichs extension of T0, a direct sum decomposition of domain of the adjoint T ∗ 0 and the boundary mapping of T ∗ 0 . In applying this result to ordinary differential equations, we characterize all positive self-adjoint extensions of symmetric regular differential o...

We consider nonlinear Schrödinger equations in R. Assume that the linear Hamiltonians have two bound states. For certain finite codimension subset in the space of initial data, we construct solutions converging to the excited states in both non-resonant and resonant cases. In the resonant case, the linearized operators around the excited states are non-self adjoint perturbations to some linear ...

in this paper, we consider weighted composition operators betweenmeasurable differential forms and then some classic properties of these operators are characterized.

We obtain bounds on the complex eigenvalues of nonself-adjoint Schrödinger operators with complex potentials, and also on the complex resonances of self-adjoint Schrödinger operators. Our bounds are compared with numerical results, and are seen to provide useful information.

We begin with the definition of a skew-Hermitian form and the corresponding Hermitian symplectic group. We motivate these definitions with a discussion of their relevance to self-adjoint extensions of Hamiltonian operators. In doing so, we introduce the basics of von Neumann’s extension theory. Next, we develop the necessary tools from Hermitian symplectic linear algebra to study self-adjoint e...

Variational principles are very powerful tools when studying self-adjoint linear operators on a Hilbert spaceH. Bounds for eigenvalues, comparison theorems, interlacing results and monotonicity of eigenvalues can be proved easily with these characterizations, to name just a few. In this paper we consider generalization of these principles to families of linear, self-adjoint operators depending ...

The recently introduced concept of a spectral shift operator is applied in several instances. Explicit applications include Krein's trace formula for pairs of self-adjoint operators, the Birman-Solomyak spectral averaging formula and its operator-valued extension, and an abstract approach to trace formulas based on perturbation theory and the theory of self-adjoint extensions of symmetric opera...

We prove an approximate spectral theorem for non-self-adjoint operators and investigate its applications to second order differential operators in the semi-classical limit. This leads to the construction of a twisted FBI transform. We also investigate the connections between pseudospectra and boundary conditions in the semi-classical limit.

We prove an approximate spectral theorem for non-self-adjoint operators and investigate its applications to second order differential operators in the semi-classical limit. This leads to the construction of a twisted FBI transform. We also investigate the connections between pseudospectra and boundary conditions in the semi-classical limit. AMS subject classification numbers: 81Q20, 47Axx, 34Lxx.