Smooth rank one perturbations of selfadjoint operators

Rank One Perturbations, Approximations, and Selfadjoint Extensions

of a semibounded selfadjoint operator A are studied with the help of distribution theory. It is shown that such perturbations can be defined for finite values of : even if the element . does not belong to H&1(A). Approximations of the rank one perturbations are constructed in the strong operator topology. It is proven that rank one H&2 perturbations can be defined uniquely for the homogeneous o...

Rank one perturbations of self-adjoint operators

Non-selfadjoint Perturbations of Selfadjoint Operators in 2 Dimensions I

This is the first in a series of works devoted to small non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint h-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2. In the present work we treat the case when the classical flow of the unperturbed part is periodic and the strength ǫ of the perturbation is ≫ h (or sometimes only ≫ h2) and bounded from above by hδ for some δ > 0. We get a complete asymptotic descri...

Perturbation theory of selfadjoint matrices and sign characteristics under generic structured rank one perturbations∗

For selfadjoint matrices in an indefinite inner product, possible canonical forms are identified that arise when the matrix is subjected to a selfadjoint generic rank one perturbation. Genericity is understood in the sense of algebraic geometry. Special attention is paid to the perturbation behavior of the sign characteristic. Typically, under such a perturbation, for every given eigenvalue, th...

Spectral Estimates and Non-Selfadjoint Perturbations of Spheroidal Wave Operators

We derive a spectral representation for the oblate spheroidal wave operator, which is holomorphic in the aspherical parameter Ω in a neighborhood of the real line. For real Ω, estimates are derived for all eigenvalue gaps uniformly in Ω. The proof of the gap estimates is based on detailed estimates for complex solutions of the Riccati equation. The spectral representation for complex Ω is deriv...