Algebraic Sum of Unbounded Normal Operators and the Square Root Problem of Kato
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arXiv:math/0305204v1 [math.FA] 14 May 2003AlgebraicSumofUnboundedNormalOperatorsandtheSquareRootProblemofKato
ByTokaDiaganaAbstract:Weprovethatthealgebraicsumofunboundednormaloperatorssatis-
fiesthesquarerootproblemofKatounderappropriatehypotheses.Asapplication,weconsiderperturbedSchr¨odingeroperators.
1.IntroductionLetCbeanormaloperator(notnecessarilybounded)ina(complex)HilbertspaceH.Usingthespectraltheoremforunboundednormalopera-tors,itiswell-knownthatCcanbeexpressedas
(1.1)C=C1−iC2
withC1,C2unboundedselfadjointoperatorsonH(see,e.g[13,pp.348-355]).IfonesupposesC1,C2tobenonnegativeoperators,theniCism-accretive(see,e.g,[12,Corollary4.4,p.15]).LetA,BbenormaloperatorsonH.RecallthealgebraicsumS=A+BofAandBisdefinedas
(1.2)∀u∈D(S)=D(A)∩D(B),Su=Au+Bu2InthispaperweareconcernedwiththesquarerootproblemofKatoforthesumofoperatorsAandB.Insection2,weprovethatthealgebraicsumSsatisfiesthesquarerootproblemofKatoundersuitablehypotheses,thatis:
(1.3)D(S12)∩D(B12)Also,sincethealgebraicsumSisisnotalwaysdefined(see,e.g.,[5,8]).Weshalldefinea”generalized”sumA⊕BofAandB.Onecanthenprovethatsucha”generalized”sumsatisfiesthesquarerootproblemofKatoundersuitablehypotheses.AsapplicationweshallconsiderperturbedSchr¨odingeroperators.Recallthatmoredetailsaboutthewell-knownsquarerootproblemofKatocanbefoundin[1,4,7,9,11].ThroughoutthispaperweassumethatAandBcanbedecomposedasA=A1−iA2andB=B1−iB2.WedenotebyΩ=Ω(A)∩Ω(B)where
Ω(A)=D(|A|121)∩D(A12)=D(B12
2)
Thefollowingassumptionswillbemade(H1)Ak,Bkarenonnegative(k=1,2)(H2)
Ω=H(H6)Ωisclosedintheinterpolationspace[Ω,H]1
21u,A122u,A
13ψ(u,v)=−i∀u,v∈Ω(B)Set(1.4)ξ(u,v)=φ(u,v)+ψ(u,v),∀u,v∈ΩAccordingtoBivar-WeinholtzandLapidus(see,e.g.,[2,pp.451])the”Gen-eralized”sumA⊕BofAandBisdefinedwiththehelpofthesesquilinearformξasfollows:u∈D(A⊕B)iffv−→ξ(u,v)iscontinuousfortheH-Topology,and(A⊕B)udefinedtobethevectorofHgivenbytheRiesz-Representationtheorem
(1.5)<(A⊕B)u,v>=ξ(u,v)∀v∈ΩApplying(H2)to(1.4),weseethatξadmitsthefollowingrepresentation(1.6)ξ(u,v)=<(A+B)u,v>,∀u∈D(A)∩D(B),∀v∈Ω
2.SquareRootProblemofKatoInthissectionweshowthealgebraicsumS=A+BsatisfiesthesquarerootproblemofKatoundersuitableconditions.WealsoshowthesameconclusionstillholdsifweconsiderthesquarerootproblemofKatoforthe”generalized”sumdefinedabove.Wehave
Theorem2.1.LetA=A1−iA2andB=B1−iB2beunboundednormaloperatorsonH.Assumethatassumptions(H1),(H2),(H3),and(H4)aresatisfiedandthattheoperator
A+B)12)∩D(B1A+B)∗14Proof.Considerthesesquilinearformξ=φ+ψgivenby(1.6).LetΩξ=(Ω,.ξ)bethepre-HilbertspaceΩequippedwiththeinnerproductgivenas
ξ=H+ℜeξ(u,v),∀u,v∈ΩSincethesumformA1⊕B1isanonnegativeselfadjointoperator.IteasilyfollowsthatΩξisaHilbertspace,andthereforeξisaclosedsesquilin-earform.Moreover,D(ξ)=ΩisdenseonH(D(A)∩D(B)⊂Ωand
A+B).SinceA+Bism-sectorial,anditisthem-sectorialoperatorassociatedwithξ.SinceD(A)=D(A∗)andD(B)=D(B∗).IteasilyfollowsthatD(A+B)∗).ThereforeD((2)⊂D((2).Accordingto[10,Theorem5.2,p.238],wehave
(2.1)D((2)⊂D(ξ)⊂D((2)Inthesameway,fortheconjugateξ∗ofξwehave
(2.2)D((2)⊂D(ξ∗)⊂D((2)SinceD(ξ)=D(ξ∗)=Ωandfrom(2.1),(2.2).ItfollowsthatD((2)=Ω=D((2)5WenowconsiderourinvestigationrelatedtothesquarerootproblemofKatoforthe”generalized”sumofoperatorsdefinedabove.Weshowthatthesameconclusionstillholdsunderappropriatesassumptions.Wehave
Theorem2.2.LetA=A1−iA2andB=B1−iB2beunboundednormaloperatorsonH.Assumethatassumptions(H1),(H3),(H4),(H5),and(H6)aresatisfied.Thenthereexistsauniquem-sectorialoperatorA⊕BsatisfyingthesquarerootproblemofKato:
D((A⊕B)12)AlsoA⊕BandA+Bismaximal.Proof.Considerthesesquilinearformξ=φ+ψgivenby(1.4).Clearlyξisacloseddenselydefinedsequilinearform.Alsosinceℜeξ(u,u)=(A1⊕B1)12u2u∈Ω.Iteasilyfollowsξisasectorialsesquilinearform.Thusthereexistsaconst=max(c,c′)>0suchthat|ℑmξ(u,u)|≤const.ℜeξ(u,u).AccordingtoKato’sfirstrepresentationtheorem:thereexistsauniquem-sectorialoperatorA⊕Bassociatedwithξsuchthat
ξ(u,v)=<(A⊕B)u,v>u∈D(A⊕B),v∈ΩandinadditionD(A⊕B),D((A⊕B)∗)⊂D(ξ)=Ω=Ωξ.SinceΩisclosedin[Ω,H]1
A+BifA+BismaximalandsinceA⊕Bisanm-sectorialextensionofit.Thentheycoincideeverywhere.