Boundary Value Problems and Symplectic Algebra for Ordinary Differential and Quasi-Differential Operators

Everitt, W. N./ Markus, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 0821810804 / ISBN 13: 9780821810804

Published by Amer Mathematical Society, 1998

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187 pages. 10.25x7.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boundary Value Problems and Symplectic Algebra for Ordinary Differential and Quasi-Differential Operators
• Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821810804
• ISBN 13: 9780821810804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

In the classical theory of self-adjoint boundary value problems for linear ordinary differential operators there is a fundamental, but rather mysterious, interplay between the symmetric (conjugate) bilinear scalar product of the basic Hilbert space and the skew-symmetric boundary form of the associated differential expression. This book presents a new conceptual framework, leading to an effective structured method, for analyzing and classifying all such self-adjoint boundary conditions. The program is carried out by introducing innovative new mathematical structures which relate the Hilbert space to a complex symplectic space. This work offers the first systematic detailed treatment in the literature of these two topics: complex symplectic spaces--their geometry and linear algebra--and quasi-differential operators. Features: Authoritative and systematic exposition of the classical theory for self-adjoint linear ordinary differential operators (including a review of all relevant topics in texts of Naimark, and Dunford and Schwartz). Introduction and development of new methods of complex symplectic linear algebra and geometry and of quasi-differential operators, offering the only extensive treatment of these topics in book form. New conceptual and structured methods for self-adjoint boundary value problems. Extensive and exhaustive tabulations of all existing kinds of self-adjoint boundary conditions for regular and for singular ordinary quasi-differential operators of all orders up through six.