A characterization of positive self-adjoint extensions and its application to ordinary differential operators

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Abstract

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 T0* and the boundary mapping of T0*. In applying this result to ordinary differential equations, we characterize all positive self-adjoint extensions of symmetric regular differential operators of order 2n in terms of boundary conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2985-2995
Number of pages11
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume133
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005

Keywords

  • Boundary condition
  • Friedrichs extension
  • Positive self-adjoint extension

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