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Some Representation Theorems for Sesquilinear Forms

Functional Analysis 2016-07-22 v1

Abstract

The possibility of getting a Radon-Nikodym type theorem and a Lebesgue-like decomposition for a non necessarily positive sesquilinear Ω\Omega form defined on a vector space D\mathcal D, with respect to a given positive form Θ\Theta defined on \D\D, is explored. The main result consists in showing that a sesquilinear form Ω\Omega is Θ\Theta-regular, in the sense that it has a Radon-Nikodym type representation, if and only if it satisfies a sort Cauchy-Schwarz inequality whose right hand side is implemented by a positive sesquilinear form which is Θ\Theta-absolutely continuous. In the particular case where Θ\Theta is an inner product in D\mathcal D, this class of sesquilinear form covers all standard examples. In the case of a form defined on a dense subspace D\mathcal D of Hilbert space H\mathcal H we give a sufficient condition for the equality Ω(ξ,η)=Tξη\Omega(\xi,\eta)=\langle{T\xi}|{\eta}\rangle, with TT a closable operator, to hold on a dense subspace of H\mathcal H.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06216,
  title  = {Some Representation Theorems for Sesquilinear Forms},
  author = {Salvatore Di Bella and Camillo Trapani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06216},
  year   = {2016}
}

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