Operator $K$-theory for groups which act properly and isometrically on Hilbert space

OPERATOR THEORY ON HILBERT SPACE Class notes

Operator Extensions on Hilbert Space

Spectral Theory of Operator Measures in Hilbert Space

In §2 the spaces L2(Σ,H) are described; this is a solution of a problem posed by M. G. Krĕın. In §3 unitary dilations are used to illustrate the techniques of operator measures. In particular, a simple proof of the Năımark dilation theorem is presented, together with an explicit construction of a resolution of the identity. In §4, the multiplicity function NΣ is introduced for an arbitrary (non...

Which Finite Groups Act Freely on Spheres?

For those who know about group cohomology will know that if a group acts freely on sphere, then it has periodic cohomology. Now the group Zp×Zp does not have periodic cohomology, (just use the Künneth formula again) therefore it cannot act freely on any sphere. For those who do not know about group cohomology a finite group having periodic cohomology is equivalent to all the abelian subgroups b...

Operator Preconditioning in Hilbert Space

2010 1 Introduction The numerical solution of linear elliptic partial differential equations consists of two main steps: discretization and iteration, where generally some conjugate gradient method is used for solving the finite element discretization of the problem. However, when for elliptic problems the dis-cretization parameter tends to zero, the required number of iterations for a prescrib...