Questions tagged [self-adjoint-operators]

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Why is the second derivative operator self-adjoint?

I read that a second derivative operator is self-adjoint, namely $\langle L(u),v\rangle=\langle u,L(v)\rangle$ and $L$ is the second derivative operator. But if I define $$\langle u,v\rangle=\int_0^1 u(x)v(x)\text{d}x,$$ I just don't see how it…
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Sum of the eigenspaces of a non compact self-adjoint bounded operator

Let $\mathcal H$ be a separable Hilbert space, and $\mathbf A: \mathcal H\rightarrow\mathcal H$ a bounded self-adjoint yet non-compact operator. Suppose that I can construct a sequence $(\mathbf A_n)_{n\geq 0}$ of compact self-adjoint operators over…
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Self-adjoint operator in $L^2(\mathbb Q_p)$.

Let $g:\mathbb Q_p^n\longrightarrow{\mathbb Z}$ increasing and radial. We define the following operator $$Hf(x)=\frac{1}{p^{n\left|{g(x)}\right|}}\displaystyle\int_{B_{g(x)}^n}\left |{f(y)}\right |dy$$ where $p$ is a fixed prime number and…
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disconjugacy of a self adjoint operator

How we can cheek if this defference equation $-\Delta^2 y(t)=0$ is disconjugate or not? We have this definition: We say that the difference equation $\Delta (p(t-1)\Delta y(t-1))+q(t)y(t)=0$ is "disconjugate" on $[a, b+ 2]=\{a, a+1,...,b+2\}$…
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Spectrum of bounded self adjoint operator

Let $A$ be bounded self adjoint operator. Then, at least one or both of $\|A\|$, $-\|A\|$ is in spectrum $\sigma(A)$. I can not prove this. I'd appreciate it if you could help.
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