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Spectral duality for a class of unbounded operators

Functional Analysis 2008-08-05 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We establish a spectral duality for certain unbounded operators in Hilbert space. The class of operators includes discrete graph Laplacians arising from infinite weighted graphs. The problem in this context is to establish a practical approximation of infinite models with suitable sequences of finite models which in turn allow (relatively) easy computations. Let XX be an infinite set and let \H be a Hilbert space of functions on XX with inner product \ip{\cdot}{\cdot}=\ip{\cdot}{\cdot}_{\H}. We will be assuming that the Dirac masses δx\delta_x, for xXx\in X, are contained in \H. And we then define an associated operator Δ\Delta in \H given by (\Delta v)(x):=\ip{\delta_x}{v}_{\H}. Similarly, for every finite subset FXF\subset X, we get an operator ΔF\Delta_F. If F1F2...F_1\subset F_2\subset... is an ascending sequence of finite subsets such that k\bnFk=X\cup_{k\in\bn}F_k=X, we are interested in the following two problems: (a) obtaining an approximation formula limkΔFk=Δ;\lim_{k\to\infty}\Delta_{F_k}=\Delta; and (b) establish a computational spectral analysis for the truncated operators ΔF\Delta_F in (a).

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@article{arxiv.0808.0485,
  title  = {Spectral duality for a class of unbounded operators},
  author = {Dorin Ervin Dutkay and Palle E. T. Jorgensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0485},
  year   = {2008}
}
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