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On self-adjointness of a Schroedinger operator

funct-an 2008-02-03 v2 dg-ga Differential Geometry Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let MM be a complete Riemannian manifold and let Ω(M)\Omega^*(M) denote the space of differential forms on MM. Let d:Ω(M)Ω+1(M)d:\Omega^*(M) \to \Omega^{*+1}(M) be the exterior differential operator and let \Del=dd+dd\Del=dd^*+d^*d be the Laplacian. We establish a sufficient condition for the Schroedinger operator H=\Del+V(x)H=\Del+V(x) (where the potential V(x):Ω(M)Ω(M)V(x):\Omega^*(M)\to \Omega^*(M) is a zero order differential operator) to be self-adjoint. Our result generalizes a theorem by Igor Oleinik about self-adjointness of a Schroedinger operator which acts on the space of scalar valued functions.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.funct-an/9607002,
  title  = {On self-adjointness of a Schroedinger operator},
  author = {Maxim Braverman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:funct-an/9607002},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

AMS-TeX, 7 pages; some minor misprints were corrected

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