Spectral analysis of a nonself-adjoint differential operator

Nonself-adjoint operator algebras for dynamical systems

This paper is a survey of our recent work on operator algebras associated to dynamical systems that lead to classification results for the systems in terms of algebraic invariants of the operator algebras.

Topics in the Theory of Nonself-adjoint Operator Algebras

Spectral Behaviour of a Simple Non-self-adjoint Operator

We investigate the spectrum of a typical non-selfadjoint differential operator AD = −d2/dx2 ⊗ A acting on L(0, 1) ⊗ C, where A is a 2 × 2 constant matrix. We impose Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions in the first and second coordinate respectively at both ends of [0, 1] ⊂ R. For A ∈ R we explore in detail the connection between the entries of A and the spectrum of AD, we find necessary c...

Spectral properties of unbounded JJ-self-adjoint block operator matrices

We study the spectrum of unbounded J-self-adjoint block operator matrices. In particular, we prove enclosures for the spectrum, provide a sufficient condition for the spectrum being real and derive variational principles for certain real eigenvalues even in the presence of non-real spectrum. The latter lead to lower and upper bounds and asymptotic estimates for eigenvalues. AMS Subject classifi...

An Unusual Self-adjoint Linear Partial Differential Operator

In an American Mathematical Society Memoir, to appear in 2003, the authors Everitt and Markus apply their prior theory of symplectic algebra to the study of symmetric linear partial differential expressions, and the generation of self-adjoint differential operators in Sobolev Hilbert spaces. In the case when the differential expression has smooth coefficients on the closure of a bounded open re...