Let %? be a separable Hubert space and !T c 3§(J%f) be an algebra of bounded operators. Say F is triangular if ^ n ^ * is a maximal abelian self-adjoint subalgebra (m.a.s.a.) of 3B{%?) and call this m.a.s.a. the diagonal of J7". A triangular algebra is maximal triangular if it is not properly contained in any triangular algebra. Triangular algebras of operators have been studied for 30 years no...

Let A be a non-negative self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space H and A0 be some densely defined closed restriction of A0, A0 ⊆ A 6= A0. It is of interest to know whether A is the unique non-negative self-adjoint extensions of A0 in H. We give a natural criterion that this is the case and if it fails, we describe all non-negative extensions of A0. The obtained results are applied to investigat...

We consider operator-valued Herglotz functions and their applications to self-adjoint perturbations of self-adjoint operators and self-adjoint extensions of densely defined closed symmetric operators. Our applications include model operators for both situations, linear fractional transformations for Herglotz operators, results on Friedrichs and Krein extensions, and realization theorems for cla...

In this paper we consider the transmission eigenvalue problem corresponding to acoustic scattering by a bounded isotropic inhomogeneous object in two dimensions. This is a non self-adjoint eigenvalue problem for a quadratic pencil of operators. In particular we are concerned with theoretical error analysis of a finite element method for computing the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions...

In this tutorial we collect facts from the theory of self-adjoint operators, mostly with a view of what is relevant for applications in mathematical quantum mechanics, in particular for solving the Schrödinger equation. Specific topics include the spectral theorem and functional calculus for self-adjoint operators, Stone’s Theorem, Laplacians and Fourier transform, Duhamel’s formula and Dyson s...