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Operator norm and spectrum
I am wondering about when an operator norm coincides with the maximum eigenvalue of an operator and there is one particular aspect that confuses me quite a lot.
Let's say we have a symmetric positive ...
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Decay of solutions to Schrodinger equation with local minimum in potential
Consider the one-dimensional Schrodinger operator on the real line $\mathbb{R}$ given by
$$ L = - \partial_x^2 + V $$
where $V$ is a potential with the following properties:
$V$ is non-negative, and ...
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Lower estimate of the minimal eigenvalue of a Hamiltonian
Consider a linear operator $H\colon L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)\to L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)$ given by
$$H(\psi)(x):=-\Delta\psi(x)+V(x)\cdot \psi(x),$$
where $V\colon \mathbb{R}^3\to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous (or ...
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Criteria for operators to have infinitely many eigenvalues
Normal compact linear operators on Hilbert spaces have infinitely many (counting multiplicities) eigenvalues by the spectral theorem.
For non-normal operators this no longer has to be true.
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Non-empty resolvent set, then operator closed?
On Hilbert spaces, the following is true:
Let $T$ be a densely-defined linear operator with non-empty resolvent set, then $T$ is closed.
The obvious proof I see to show this uses explicitly the ...
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Is there a reasonable notion of spectral theorem on a pre-Hilbert space?
I'm trying to understand how bad things could possibly get without Cauchy completeness as a criterion for Hilbert spaces in quantum mechanics. Obviously, doing calculus on a pre-Hilbert space would be ...
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Literature on behaviour of eigenfunctions under multiplication?
Dear community,
I would be happy about any literature or comments on the behaviour of the pointwise product of eigenfunctions of a self-adjoint operator with discrete spectrum, acting on a separable ...
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Spectrum of the complex harmonic oscilllator
Let
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H_\lambda=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+\lambda^2 x^2,\quad\lambda>0.
$$ It is known that the spectrum of $H_\lambda$ is the set $\{(2n-1)\lambda,n\in \Bbb N^*\}$. Now put
$$
(U_\mu \phi)(x)= e^{\mu\...
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Continuity of eigenvectors
Let $\mathbb{C} \ni z \mapsto M(z)$ be a square matrix depending holomorphically on a parameter $z$ with the property that $\operatorname{dim}\ker(M(z)))=1$ for $z $ away from a discrete set $D \...
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Resource recommendation: Spectral theory and $C^*$ algebras
I have formally studied functional analysis, both as university courses, and by myself, but this is one area of mathematics I find so huge and complicated, I have a hard time properly getting into it.
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Schrödinger eigenfunctions are bounded
Let $V:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+ *}$ a real positive function such that $\displaystyle \lim_{ x \to \pm\infty} V(x)= +\infty $.
Then the Schrödinger operator $H=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x)$ has ...
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Resolvents of Schrodinger operators
In the free case one can compute the resolvents of the Laplacian $-\Delta$ in many cases explicitly, in the sense that they are given by an integral operator. Often, one uses the Hille-Yosida theorem ...
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Perron-Frobenius and Markov chains on countable state space
The following question naturally arises in the theory of Markov chains with countable state space to which I would be curious to know the answer:
Let $A:\ell^1 \rightarrow \ell^1$ be a contraction, i....
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Non-self adjoint Sturm-Liouville problem
I'm new to this site, but I felt the need to post when I recently came in to an ordinary differential equation/boundary value problem with this form:
$(1)- \frac{d^2 y}{d x^2} + \frac{m(m+1)} {x^2(...
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Domains of raising and lowering operators in QM
Let $H : \operatorname{dom}(H) \subset L^2(\Omega) \rightarrow L^2(\Omega)$, where $dom(H) \subset H^2(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ should be a bounded open interval(so 1-d setting(!)) and $H$...
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Is the sum of spectral projections a projection?
Let $T$ be a closed operator on a Hilbert space with discrete spectrum. Then for $\{\lambda_1,...\lambda_n\}\in\sigma(T)$ one can define the spectral projections
$$P_{\{\lambda_1,...\lambda_n\}}=\frac{...
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Dependence of Neumann eigenvalues on the domain
I have the following problem in hands, in the context of a broader investigation:
Let $V\in L^{n/2}$ compactly supported, where $n\geq 3$ is the dimension. I want to prove the following:
For any $\...
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Eigenvalues of splitting scheme
In numerical analysis it is common to approximate a solution to a PDE
$$u'(t) = (A+B) u(t), \quad u(0)=u_0$$
which is just given by $e^{t(A+B)}u_0$ by the splitting $e^{tB/2} e^{tA} e^{tB/2}u_0.$ Here,...
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Recent work on Pseudo-Laplacian and Pseudo-cuspform in the spirit of Riemann Hypothesis after the work of Bombieri and Garrett
( This is my first MO question . I'm totally inexperienced on MO so, forgive me for my mistakes .)
Paul Garrett and Enrico Bombieri were (are?) Secretly Working on Pseudo-Laplacians and Pseudo-...
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Spectral properties of Non-local Differential operators on real line
I am encountering non-local (and nonlinear) PDEs in my work. To compute stability, I am trying to numerically estimate the spectrum of linearized-but-nonlocal version of the said PDEs.
Definition: A ...
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Spectrum of perturbed differential operators
I am looking for a reference that could help me with the following two questions:
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary. Consider a sequence of differential ...
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Paving conjecture for Toeplitz matrices
Let me first recall what is the so-called paving conjecture:
for any $\epsilon >0$, there exists $r\in \mathbb N$ such that
for any bounded operator $A$ on $\ell^2(\mathbb Z)$, there exists a ...
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Spectrum of an operator arising in a dynamical problem
(Question edited according to Denis Serre comment).
While studying the action of dilating map of the circle on probability measures, I ran across the following operator:
$$\mathcal{K}^* : L^2_0(\mu)\...
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Compact operator without eigenvalues?
Consider the operator $M$ on $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$ defined by for $u\in \ell^2(\mathbb Z)$
$$Mu(n)=\frac{1}{\vert n \vert+1}u(n).$$ This is a compact operator!
Then, let $l$ be the left-shift and $r$ ...
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Boundedness of Laplacian eigenfunctions
Let $A$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^d$, $d>1$, and $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all $L^2$-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions on $A$ with Dirichlet boundary condition (i.e., $\|u_k\|_2 = 1$).
Is ...
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Reconstruction of second-order elliptic operator from spectrum
Let $M$ be a compact smooth manifold, $(\lambda_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a square-summable monotonically increasing sequence of non-negative numbers, and let $(f_k)_{k=1}^{\infty}$ be continuous ...
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Is independence meaningful for commutative $C^*$-algebras?
I don't know very much about spectral theory so probably the answer to my question has a basic reference which I would appreciate.
Let's say I have two self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space and ...
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Reference request: The resolvent is analytic in the resolvent set
I am busy reading through Taylor's paper Spectral Theory of Closed Distributive Operators.
On page 192, he defines the resolvent and spectrum of $T$:
Later on in the paragraph, he then proceeds by ...
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Generalized basis
In quantum mechanics, people introduce the notion of "continuous basis" (I actually don't know the mathematical denomination of it). It is not a Schauder basis. I would like to know what could be a ...
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Diagonalization of a matrix of differential operators
Dear community,
i have a question regarding differential operators acting on vector valued functions and how to "diagonalize" them.
To explain my question i will use an example:
Let $V^k$ be the ...
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Existence of operator with certain properties
I am curious to know the answer to the following question:
Does there exist a continuous linear operator on some Banach space $X$ such that $\Vert T \Vert=1$, and $\sigma(T)\supset \{1\}$ is isolated ...
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In what sense does the Laplacian on compact intervals converge to one on all of $\mathbb{R}$?
I guess this topic may have been addressed somewhere but I cannot really find a reference myself, so I ask here.
For each $N \in \mathbb{N}$, consider the Laplacian $\Delta$ on the interval $[-N,N]$ ...
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Fokker-Planck: equivalence between linear spectral gap and nonlinear displacement convexity?
In a smooth, bounded and convex domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$ consider the usual linear Fokker-Planck equation with Neumann (some would say Robin) boundary conditions
\begin{equation}
\label{FP}
\...
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For self-adjoint $A$ and $B$, when is $(A+iB)^*$ the closure of $A-iB$?
Suppose that I have two self-adjoint operators $A$ and $B$ such that $\mathcal{D}(A)\cap\mathcal{D}(B)$ is dense and $B$ positive. Then $A\pm iB$ (with domains $\mathcal{D}(A)\cap\mathcal{D}(B)$) are ...
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Spectral theory of infinite volume hyperbolic manifolds
I have a question about the discrete spectrum of the Laplace operator on hyperbolic manifolds with infinite volume. I understand the case of infinite area surfaces: see Chapter 7 (Sections 1 and 2) of ...
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Hilbert representation of a bilinear form
Let $\sigma:\mathbb{R}^n\times \mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}$ be a bilinear symmetric form which is non-degenerate in the sense that for every $0\neq u\in \mathbb{R}^n$ there is $v\in \mathbb{R}^n$ with $...
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Left and right eigenvectors are not orthogonal
Consider a compact operator $T$ on a Hilbert space with algebraically simple eigenvalue $\lambda$. Is it then true that left (the eigenvector of the adjoint with complex-conjugate eigenvalue) and ...
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Spectrum of the product of operators
Let $\mathcal{B}(F)$ the algebra of all bounded linear operators on an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space $F$.
Let $A,B\in \mathcal{B}(F)^+:=\left\{T\in \mathcal{B}(F);\,\langle Tx, x\...
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Is irreducibility sufficient for uniqueness of invariant distribution for a Feller semigroup?
Let $(T_t)$ be a strongly continuous semigroup of positive operators on $C(K)$, where $K$ is a compact space. Assume also that $T_t1 =1 $ for every $t\geq 0$.
(This is also called a Feller semigroup.)
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Convergence of discrete Laplacian to continuous one
I make the following observation:
Let $\Delta^{(n)}$ be the discrete Laplacian on $\mathbb{C}^n$ (ie the $n\times n $ matrix with diagonal $-2$ and upper/lower diagonal $1$.)
This one has eigenvalues ...
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Canonical multiplication representation of self-adjoint operator in quantum chemistry and coding theory research
In my applied math research group, we are studying and going over functional analysis results from papers and theses from our institution to generalize their results and apply them in our discrete ...
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Commuting with self-adjoint operator
Let $T$ be an (unbounded) self-adjoint operator. Assume that there is a bounded operator $S$ such that $TS=ST.$ For which kind of $f$ do we have that $f(T)S=Sf(T)?$
My thought was that using a ...
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Norm bounds on spectral variation and eigenvalue variation
Let $A$ and $B$ be two matrices of eigenvalues $\lambda_i$ and $\mu_i$, respectively.
The spectral variation of $B$ w.r.t. $A$ and the eigenvalue variation of $B$ and $A$ are, respectively,
\begin{...
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The spectrum of the discrete Laplacian
Consider a connected (we define connected components by defining the set of vertices where every vertex has one neighbour) sublattice $V$ of the square lattice $V \subset\mathbb{Z}^2.$
On this we ...
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Spectrum of this ODE
I noticed something interesting studying this Sturm-Liouville Problem:
$$ \frac{d}{dx}\left(\sqrt{(1-x^{2})}\frac{df}{dx} \right)+\frac{\left(n \alpha x+\alpha^2 x^{2} + \lambda\right)f}{\sqrt{(1-x^{...
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Analytic perturbation of eigenfunctions
Consider a domain $\Omega_0 \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, and deformations of $\Omega_0$, called $\Omega_t$, obtained by a one-to-one mapping $x \mapsto x + t\varphi (x)$, where $\varphi$ is smooth. It is ...
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About the quantum spectrum of a certain potential.
Intuitively one understands that if one is solving the Schroedinger's equation for energies $E$ such that $\{ x \vert U(x)\leq E \}$ is compact (..is there a weaker criteria?..) then the spectrum ...
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Perturbation of Neumann Laplacian
Consider the $N \times N$ matrix
$$A_{\alpha}=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1 & -1 & -\alpha & 0 & \cdots & 0\\
-1 & \lambda_2 & -1 & -\alpha & \cdots & 0\\
-\alpha &...
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Learning from eigenvalues of Hilbert-Schmidt integral operator
Do eigenvalues of the Hilbert-Schmidt integral operator determine the underlying measure up to translation, reflection and rotation?
Details: Suppose we have a measure $\mu$ on a Euclidean space $X=\...
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Spectral gap for the Brownian motion with drift on a compact manifold
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, $X$ a smooth vector field on $M$. Consider the Brownian motion $t\mapsto B_t$ on $M$ with drift $X$, so that its generator is $L=\Delta +X$. ...
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