FINITE SUM OF COMPOSITION OPERATORS ON FOCK SPACE

We investigate unbounded, linear operators arising from a finite sum of composition operators on Fock space. Real symmetry and complex symmetry of these operators are characterised.

Strongly elliptic operators and exponentiation of operator Lie algebras

An intriguing feature which is often present in theorems regardingthe exponentiation of Lie algebras of unbounded linear operators onBanach spaces is the assumption of hypotheses on the Laplacianoperator associated with a basis of the operator Lie algebra.The main objective of this work is to show that one can substitutethe Laplacian by an arbitrary operator in the enveloping algebra andstill obtain exponentiation, as long as its closure generates astrongly continuous one-parameter semigroup satisfying certain normestimates, which are typical in the theory of strongly ellipticoperators.

AN UNBOUNDED OPERATOR WITH SPECTRUM IN A STRIP AND MATRIX DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS

Let A and $\tilde A$ be unbounded linear operators on a Hilbert space. We consider the following problem. Let the spectrum of A lie in some horizontal strip. In which strip does the spectrum of $\tilde A$ lie, if A and $\tilde A$ are sufficiently ‘close’? We derive a sharp bound for the strip containing the spectrum of $\tilde A$ , assuming that $\tilde A-A$ is a bounded operator and A has a bounded Hermitian component. We also discuss applications of our results to regular matrix differential operators.

Unbounded Linear Operators

This chapter is concerned with closable and closed operators in Hilbert spaces, especially with the special classes of symmetric, J-symmetric, accretive and sectorial operators. The Stone–von Neumann theory of extensions of symmetric operators is treated as a special case of results for compatible adjoint pairs of closed operators. Also discussed in detail is the stability of closedness and self-adjointness under perturbations. The abstract results are applied to operators defined by second-order differential expressions, and Sims’ generalization of the Weyl limit-point, limit-circle characterization for symmetric expressions to J-symmetric expressions is proved.