arXiv · 1505.07236
Self-adjoint elliptic operators with boundary conditions on not closed hypersurfaces
Abstract
The abstract theory of self-adjoint extensions of symmetric operators is used to construct self-adjoint realizations of a second-order elliptic operator on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ with linear boundary conditions on (a relatively open part of) a compact hypersurface. Our approach allows to obtain Krein-like resolvent formulas where the reference operator coincides with the "free" operator with domain $H^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$; this provides an useful tool for the scattering problem from a hypersurface. Concrete examples of this construction are developed in connection with the standard boundary conditions, Dirichlet, Neumann, Robin, $\delta$ and $\delta^{\prime}$-type, assigned either on a $n-1$ dimensional compact boundary $\Gamma=\partial\Omega$ or on a relatively open part $\Sigma\subset\Gamma$. Schatten-von Neumann estimates for the difference of the powers of resolvents of the free and the perturbed operators are also proven; these give existence and completeness of the wave operators of the associated scattering systems.
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A. Mantile, A. Posilicano, M. Sini. 2015-05-27. Self-adjoint elliptic operators with boundary conditions on not closed hypersurfaces. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2015.11.026
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