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Vladimir Derkach

Publications and source records attributed to Vladimir Derkach.

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arXiv2017

Generalized boundary triples, Weyl functions and inverse problems

With a closed symmetric operator $A$ in a Hilbert space ${\mathfrak H}$ a triple $Π=\{{\mathcal H},Γ_0,Γ_1\}$ of a Hilbert space ${\mathcal H}$ and two abstract trace operators $Γ_0$ and $Γ_1$ from $A^*$ to ${\mathcal H}$ is called a generalized boundary triple for $A^*$ if an abstract analogue of the second Green's formula holds. Various classes of generalized boundary triples are introduced and corresponding Weyl functions $M$ are investigated. The most important ones for applications are specific classes of (essentially) unitary boundary triples which guarantee that the Weyl functions of boundary triples are Nevanlinna functions on ${\mathcal H}$, or at least they belong to the class of Nevanlinna families. The boundary condition $Γ_0f=0$ determines a reference operator $A_0$. The case where $A_0$ is selfadjoint implies a relatively simple analysis, as the joint domain of the trace mappings $Γ_0$ and $Γ_1$ admits a von Neumann type decomposition. The case where $A_0$ is only essentially selfadjoint is more involved, but appears to be of great importance, for instance, in applications to PDEs and ODEs. Various classes of generalized boundary triples will be characterized in purely analytic terms via the Weyl function $M$. These characterizations involve solving direct and inverse problems for specific classes of (unbounded) operator functions $M$. One of the main results specifies the analytic properties of $M$ which guarantee that $A_0$ is essentially selfadjoint. In this study we also derive, for instance, Kre\uın-type resolvent formulas for the most general classes of unitary and isometric boundary triples appearing in the present work. All the main results are shown to have applications in the study of ordinary and partial differential operators.

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arXiv2016

Coupling of symmetric operators and the third Green identity

The principal aim of this paper is to derive an abstract form of the third Green identity associated with a proper extension $T$ of a symmetric operator $S$ in a Hilbert space $\mathfrak H$, employing the technique of quasi boundary triples for $T$. The general results are illustrated with couplings of Schrödinger operators on Lipschitz domains on smooth, boundaryless Riemannian manifolds.

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arXiv2016

Schur algorithm for Stieltjes indefinite moment problem

Nondegenerate truncated indefinite Stieltjes moment problem in the class $\mathbf{N}_κ^{k}$ of generalized Stieltjes functions is considered. To describe the set of solutions of this problem we apply the Schur step-by-step algorythm, which leads to the expansion of these solutions in generalized Stieltjes continuous fractions studied recently in \cite{DK15}. Explicit formula for the resolvent matrix in terms of generalized Stieltjes polynomials is found.

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arXiv2015

Weyl function of a Hermitian operator and its connection with characteristic function

Let $A$ be a densely defined symmetric operator with equal deficiency indices in a Hilbert space. We introduce the notion of a Weyl function $M(z)$ of $A$ corresponding to an ordinary boundary triplet of the operator $A^*$ and then investigate its basic properties. In particular, a connection with Krein-Langer Q-functions and Krein's type formula for resolvents is discovered. Using this new connection, we show that the resolvent comparability of two proper extensions is equivalent to that of the corresponding boundary operators. Moreover, we show that the number of negative eigenvalues of a self-adjoint extension $A_B=A_B^*$ of a non-negative operator $A$ equals the number of negative eigenvalues of $B-M(0-)$, where $B$ is the boundary operator of $A_B$ and $M(0-)$ is the left limit of the Weyl function at zero. Also, we introduce the class of almost solvable extensions of $A$. A characteristic function (in the sense of A. V. Shtraus) of an almost solvable extension is expressed by means of the Weyl function and the corresponding boundary operator. Analytic properties of characteristic functions are completely characterized. The main results are applied to ordinary differential operators, Sturm-Liouville operators with unbounded operator potentials, Shrödinger operators and Laplacians on domains with a non-smooth boundary. These results were substantially elaborated and published later in the following papers: 1. V.A. Derkach and M.M. Malamud, Generalized resolvents and the boundary value problems for Hermitian operators with gaps, J. Funct. Anal. 95 (1991), 1-95. 2. --- Characteristic functions of almost solvable extensions of a Hermitian operators, Ukr. Mat. Zh. 44 (1992), 435-459. 3. --- The extension theory of Hermitian operators and the moment problem, J. Math. Sci. 73 (1995), 141-242.

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arXiv2015

Invariance theorems for Nevanlinna families

A complex function $f(z)$ is called a Herglotz-Nevanlinna function if it is holomorphic in the upper half-plane ${\mathbb C}_+$ and maps ${\mathbb C}_+$ into itself. By a maximum principle a Herglotz-Nevanlinna function which takes a real value $a$ in a single point $z_0\in {\mathbb C}_+$ should be identically equal to $a$. In the present note we prove similar invariance results both for the point and the continuous spectra of an operator-valued Herglotz-Nevanlinna function with values in the set of bounded or unbounded linear operators (or relations) in a Hilbert space. The proof of this invariance result for continuous spectrum is based on Harnack's inequality. This inequality is systematically used to characterize operator-valued Herglotz-Nevanlinna functions with form-domain invariance property for their imaginary parts or Herglotz-Nevanlinna functions with values in the Schatten-von Neumann classes.

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arXiv2014

Partially fundamentally reducible operators in Krein spaces

A self-adjoint operator $A$ in a Krein space $\bigl({\mathcal K},[\,\cdot\,,\cdot\,]\bigr)$ is called partially fundamentally reducible if there exist a fundamental decomposition ${\mathcal K} = {\mathcal K}_+ [\dot{+}] {\mathcal K}_-$ (which does not reduce $A$) and densely defined symmetric operators $S_+$ and $S_-$ in the Hilbert spaces $\bigl({\mathcal K}_+,[\,\cdot\,,\cdot\,]\bigr)$ and $\bigl({\mathcal K}_-,-[\,\cdot\,,\cdot\,]\bigr)$, respectively, such that each $S_+$ and $S_-$ has defect numbers $(1,1)$ and the operator $A$ is a self-adjoint extension of $S =S_+ \oplus (-S_-)$ in the Krein space $\bigl({\mathcal K},[\,\cdot\,,\cdot\,]\bigr)$. The operator $A$ is interpreted as a coupling of operators $S_+$ and $-S_-$ relative to some boundary triples $\bigl({\mathbb C},Γ_0^+,Γ_1^+\bigr)$ and $\bigl({\mathbb C},Γ_0^-,Γ_1^-\bigr)$. Sufficient conditions for a nonnegative partially fundamentally reducible operator $A$ to be similar to a self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space are given in terms of the Weyl functions $m_+$ and $m_-$ of $S_+$ and $S_-$ relative to the boundary triples $\bigl({\mathbb C},Γ_0^+,Γ_1^+\bigr)$ and $\bigl({\mathbb C},Γ_0^-,Γ_1^-\bigr)$. Moreover, it is shown that under some asymptotic assumptions on $m_+$ and $m_-$ all positive self-adjoint extensions of the operator $S$ are similar to self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space.

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arXiv2011

Darboux transformations of Jacobi matrices and Padé approximation

Let J be a monic Jacobi matrix associated with the Cauchy transform F of a probability measure. We construct a pair of the lower and upper triangular block matrices L and U such that J=LU and the matrix J_c=UL is a monic generalized Jacobi matrix associated with the function F_c(z)=zF(z)+1. It turns out that the Christoffel transformation J_c of a bounded monic Jacobi matrix J can be unbounded. This phenomenon is shown to be related to the effect of accumulating at infinity of the poles of the Padé approximants of the function F_c although F_c is holomorphic at infinity. The case of the UL-factorization of J is considered as well.

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arXiv2010

Truncated moment problems in the class of generalized Nevanlinna functions

Truncated moment problems in the class of generalized Nevanlinna functions are investigated. General solvability criteria will be established, covering both the even and odd problems, including complete parametrizations of solutions. The main new results concern the case where the corresponding Hankel matrix of moments is degenerate. One of the new effects which reveals in the indefinite case is that the degenerated moment problem may have infinitely many solutions. However, with a careful application of an indefinite analogue of a step-by-step Schur algorithm a complete description of the set of solutions will be obtained.

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arXiv2009

Bitangential interpolation in generalized Schur classes

Bitangential interpolation problems in the class of matrix valued functions in the generalized Schur class are considered in both the open unit disc and the open right half plane, including problems in which the solutions is not assumed to be holomorphic at the interpolation points. Linear fractional representations of the set of solutions to these problems are presented for invertible and singular Hermitian Pick matrices. These representations make use of a description of the ranges of linear fractional transformations with suitably chosen domains that was developed in a previous paper.

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arXiv2009

On linear fractional transformations associated with generalized J-inner matrix functions

In this paper we study generalized J-inner matrix valued functions which appear as resolvent matrices in various indefinite interpolation problems. Reproducing kernel indefinite inner product spaces associated with a generalized J-inner matrix valued function W are studied and intensively used in the description of the range of the linear fractional transformation associated with W and applied to the Schur class. For a subclass of generalized J-inner matrix valued function W the notion of associated pair is introduced and factorization formulas for W are found.

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arXiv2009

Convergence of diagonal Padé approximants for a class of definitizable functions

Convergence of diagonal Padé approximants is studied for a class of functions which admit the integral representation $ {\mathfrak F}(λ)=r_1(λ)\int_{-1}^1\frac{tdσ(t)}{t-λ}+r_2(λ), $ where $σ$ is a finite nonnegative measure on $[-1,1]$, $r_1$, $r_2$ are real rational functions bounded at $\infty$, and $r_1$ is nonnegative for real $λ$. Sufficient conditions for the convergence of a subsequence of diagonal Padé approximants of $ {\mathfrak F}$ on $\dR\setminus[-1,1]$ are found. Moreover, in the case when $r_1\equiv 1$, $r_2\equiv 0$ and $σ$ has a gap $(α,β)$ containing 0, it turns out that this subsequence converges in the gap. The proofs are based on the operator representation of diagonal Padé approximants of $ {\mathfrak F}$ in terms of the so-called generalized Jacobi matrix associated with the asymptotic expansion of $ {\mathfrak F}$ at infinity.

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arXiv2007

Abstract interpolation problem in Nevanlinna classes

The abstract interpolation problem (AIP) in the Schur class was posed V. Katznelson, A. Kheifets and P. Yuditskii in 1987 as an extension of the V.P. Potapov's approach to interpolation problems. In the present paper an analog of the AIP for Nevanlinna classes is considered. The description of solutions of the AIP is reduced to the description of L-resolvents of some model symmetric operator associated with the AIP. The latter description is obtained by using the M.G. Krein's theory of L-resolvent matrices. Both regular and singular cases of the AIP are treated. The results are illustrated by the following examples: bitangential interpolation problem, full and truncated moment problems. It is shown that each of these problems can be included into the general scheme of the AIP.

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arXiv2006

Boundary relations and generalized resolvents of symmetric operators

The Kre\uın-Naimark formula provides a parametrization of all selfadjoint exit space extensions of a, not necessarily densely defined, symmetric operator, in terms of maximal dissipative (in $\dC_+$) holomorphic linear relations on the parameter space (the so-called Nevanlinna families). The new notion of a boundary relation makes it possible to interpret these parameter families as Weyl families of boundary relations and to establish a simple coupling method to construct the generalized resolvents from the given parameter family. The general version of the coupling method is introduced and the role of boundary relations and their Weyl families for the Kre\uın-Naimark formula is investigated and explained.

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arXiv2005

On realization of the Krein-Langer class Nk of matrix-valued functions in Hilbert spaces with indefinite metric

In this paper the realization problems for the Krein-Langer class $N_κ$ of matrix-valued functions are being considered. We found the criterion when a given matrix-valued function from the class $N_κ$ can be realized as linear-fractional transformation of the transfer function of canonical conservative system of the M. Livsic type (Brodskii-Livsic rigged operator colligation) with the main operator acting on a rigged Pontryagin space $\Pk$ with indefinite metric. We specify three subclasses of the class $N_κ(R)$ of all realizable matrix-valued functions that correspond to different properties of a realizing system, in particular, when the domains of the main operator of a system and its conjugate coincide, when the domain of the hermitian part of a main operator is dense in $Πκ$. Alternatively we show that the class $N_κ(R)$ can be realized as transfer matrix-functions of some canonical impedance systems with self-adjoint main operators in rigged spaces $\Pk$. The case of scalar functions of the class $N_κ(R)$ is considered in details and some examples are presented.

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