Spectral and scattering theory for perturbations of the Carleman operator
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- by D. R. Yafaev
- St. Petersburg Math. J. 25 (2014), 339-359
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01294-0
- Published electronically: March 12, 2014
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Abstract:
The spectral properties of the Carleman operator (the Hankel operator with the kernel $h_{0}(t)=t^{-1}$) are studied; in particular, an explicit formula for its resolvent is found. Then, perturbations are considered of the Carleman operator $H_{0}$ by Hankel operators $V$ with kernels $v(t)$ decaying sufficiently rapidly as $t\to \infty$ and not too singular at $t=0$. The goal is to develop scattering theory for the pair $H_{0}$, $H=H_{0} +V$ and to construct an expansion in eigenfunctions of the continuous spectrum of the Hankel operator $H$. Also, it is proved that, under general assumptions, the singular continuous spectrum of the operator $H$ is empty and that its eigenvalues may accumulate only to the edge points $0$ and $\pi$ in the spectrum of $H_{0}$. Simple conditions are found for the finiteness of the total number of eigenvalues of the operator $H$ lying above the (continuous) spectrum of the Carleman operator $H_{0}$, and an explicit estimate of this number is obtained. The theory constructed is somewhat analogous to the theory of one-dimensional differential operators.References
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Bibliographic Information
- D. R. Yafaev
- Affiliation: IRMAR, Université de Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
- Email: yafaev@univ-rennes1.fr
- Received by editor(s): September 20, 2012
- Published electronically: March 12, 2014
- © Copyright 2014 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: St. Petersburg Math. J. 25 (2014), 339-359
- MSC (2010): Primary 47A40; Secondary 47B25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01294-0
- MathSciNet review: 3114858
Dedicated: In memory of Vladimir Savel’evich Buslaev