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Complete Non-Selfadjointness for Schr\"odinger Operators on the Semi-Axis

Spectral Theory 2022-12-14 v3 Functional Analysis

Abstract

In this note we investigate complete non-selfadjointness for all maximally dissipative extensions of a Schr\"odinger operator on a half-line with dissipative bounded potential and dissipative boundary condition. We show that all maximally dissipative extensions that preserve the differential expression are completely non-selfadjoint. However, it is possible for maximally dissipative extensions to have a one-dimensional reducing subspace on which the operator is selfadjoint. We give a characterisation of these extensions and the corresponding subspaces and present a specific example.

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@article{arxiv.2108.09617,
  title  = {Complete Non-Selfadjointness for Schr\"odinger Operators on the Semi-Axis},
  author = {Christoph Fischbacher and Serguei Naboko and Ian Wood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09617},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

16 pages, fixed a few mistakes, removed a technical assumption on the imaginary part of the potential $V$

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