For a wide class of pairs of unbounded selfadjoint operators (A,B) with bounded commutator and with operator (1+A2+B2)−1 being compact we construct aK-theoretical integer invariant ω(A,B), which is continuous, is equal to zero for commuting operators and is equal to one for the pair (x,−i d/dx). Such invariants in the case of bounded operators were constructed by T. Loring [1, 3] for matrices r...

We introduce and study the variational problem to maximize the determinant of a random selfadjoint operators obtained from discrete abelian or nonabelian lattice gauge elds. We prove the existence of minima and give rough estimates of the functional for multi-particle operators.

Recent advances in the theory of complex symmetric operators are presented and related to current studies in non-hermitian quantum mechanics. The main themes of the survey are: the structure of complex symmetric operators, C-selfadjoint extensions of C-symmetric unbounded operators, resolvent estimates, reality of spectrum, bases of C-orthonormal vectors, and conjugatelinear symmetric operators...

We consider the analytic continuation of the transfer function associated with a 2×2 operator matrix having unbounded couplings into unphysical sheets of its Riemann surface. We construct a family of non-selfadjoint operators which factorize the transfer function and reproduce certain parts of its spectrum including the nonreal (resonance) spectrum situated in the unphysical sheets neighboring ...

For a class of non-selfadjoint semiclassical operators in dimension one, we get a complete asymptotic description of all eigenvalues near a critical value of the leading symbol of the operator on the boundary of the pseudospectrum.

Among all linear operators on Hilbert spaces, the compact ones (defined below) are the simplest, and most closely imitate finite-dimensional operator theory. In addition, compact operators are important in practice. We prove a spectral theorem for self-adjoint compact operators, which does not use broader discussions of properties of spectra, only using the Cauchy-Schwarz-Bunyakowsky inequality...