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Non-self-adjointness of the Klein-Gordon operator on a globally hyperbolic and geodesically complete manifold. An example

Mathematical Physics 2021-09-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology math.MP

Abstract

We describe a Lorentzian manifold that is globally hyperbolic and geodesically complete, but such that the (minimally coupled) Klein-Gordon operator with the standard domain is not essentially self-adjoint.

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@article{arxiv.1904.03691,
  title  = {Non-self-adjointness of the Klein-Gordon operator on a globally hyperbolic and geodesically complete manifold. An example},
  author = {Wojciech Kamiński},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.03691},
  year   = {2021}
}

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20 pages, no figures, rewritten extended version, references added