Let V and W be real or complex finite dimensional vector spaces with inner products 〈·, ·〉V and 〈·, ·〉W , respectively. Let L : V → W be linear. If there is a transformation L∗ : W → V for which 〈Lv,w〉W = 〈v, Lw〉V (1) holds for every pair of vectors v ∈ V and w in W , then L∗ is said to be the adjoint of L. Some of the properties of L∗ are listed below. Proposition 1.1. Let L : V →W be linear. ...

Let A : D(A) H ! H be an injective self-adjoint operator and let : D(A) ! X, X a Banach space, be a surjective linear map such that k k X c kAAk H. Supposing that Range (0) \ H 0 = f0g, we deene a family A of self-adjoint operators which are extensions of the symmetric operator A jf =0g. Any in the operator domain D(A) is characterized by a sort of boundary conditions on its univocally deened r...

Let A : D(A) ⊆ H → H be an injective self-adjoint operator and let τ : D(A) → X, X a Banach space, be a surjective linear map such that ‖τφ‖X ≤ c ‖Aφ‖H. Supposing that Range (τ ) ∩ H = {0}, we define a family AτΘ of self-adjoint operators which are extensions of the symmetric operator A|{τ=0} . Any φ in the operator domain D(A τ Θ) is characterized by a sort of boundary conditions on its univoc...

The eigenvalues of a self-adjoint n×n matrix A can be put into a decreasing sequence λ = (λ1, . . . , λn), with repetitions according to multiplicity, and the diagonal of A is a point of R that bears some relation to λ. The Schur-Horn theorem characterizes that relation in terms of a system of linear inequalities. We prove an extension of the latter result for positive trace-class operators on ...

Let A be an m n (m n) complex matrix. It is known that there is a unique polar decomposition A = QH, where Q Q = I, the n n identity matrix, and H is positive de nite, provided A has full column rank. This note addresses the following question: how much may Q change if A is perturbed? For the square case m = n our bound, which is valid for any unitarily invariant norm, is sharper and simpler th...