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Self-adjoint extensions with compact resolvent

Functional Analysis 2026-01-19 v1

Abstract

Let TT be a densely defined closed symmetric operator with equal deficiency indices in a separable complex Hilbert space HH. In this paper, we prove that TT has a self-adjoint extension with compact resolvent if and only if the domain D(T)D(T) of TT is compactly embedded in HH w.r.t. the graph norm on D(T)D(T). If it is the case, we also prove that all self-adjoint extensions with compact resolvent can be parameterized by unitary operators UU on a certain Hilbert space such that UIdU-Id is compact.

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@article{arxiv.2601.11074,
  title  = {Self-adjoint extensions with compact resolvent},
  author = {Yicao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.11074},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, no figures

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