The general ordinary quasi-differential expression M of n-th order with complex coefficients and its formal adjoint M + are considered over a regoin (a, b) on the real line, −∞ ≤ a < b ≤ ∞, on which the operator may have a finite number of singular points. By considering M over various subintervals on which singularities occur only at the ends, restrictions of the maximal operator generated by M in L2|w (a, b) which are regularly solvable with respect to the minimal operators T0 (M ) and T0...

Let $\mu$ be a positive Borel measure on the complex plane ${ℂ}^n$ and let $j=(j_1,\cdots ,j_n)$ with $j_i\in \mathbb{N}$. We study the generalized Toeplitz operators $T_{\mu }^{\left(j\right)}$ on the Fock space $F_{\alpha }^2$. We prove that $T_{\mu }^{\left(j\right)}$ is bounded (or compact) on $F_{\alpha }^2$ if and only if $\mu$ is a Fock-Carleson measure (or vanishing Fock-Carleson measure). Furthermore, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for $T_{\mu }^{\left(j\right)}$ to be in the Schatten $p$-class for $1\le p<\infty$.

We discuss Fredholm pairs of subspaces and associated Grassmannians in a Hilbert space. Relations between several existing definitions of Fredholm pairs are established as well as some basic geometric properties of the Kato Grassmannian. It is also shown that the so-called restricted Grassmannian can be endowed with a natural Fredholm structure making it into a Fredholm Hilbert manifold.

This expository article deals with results surrounding the following question: Which pairs of Banach algebras A and B have the property that every unital invertibility preserving linear map from A to B is a Jordan homomorphism?

We transform the concept of p-summing operators, 1≤ p < ∞, to the more general setting of nonlinear Banach space operators. For 1-summing operators on B(Σ,X)-spaces having weak integral representations we generalize the Grothendieck-Pietsch domination principle. This is applied for the characterization of 1-summing Hammerstein operators on C(S,X)-spaces. For p-summing Hammerstein operators we derive the existence of control measures and p-summing extensions to B(Σ,X)-spaces.

Let Ω be an open subset of ℝⁿ. Let L² = L²(Ω,dx) and H¹₀ = H¹₀(Ω) be the standard Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces of complex-valued functions. The aim of this paper is to study the group of invertible operators on H¹₀ which preserve the L²-inner product. When Ω is bounded and ∂Ω is smooth, this group acts as the intertwiner of the H¹₀ solutions of the non-homogeneous Helmholtz equation u - Δu = f, ${u|}_{\partial \Omega }=0$. We show that is a real Banach-Lie group, whose Lie algebra is (i times) the space of symmetrizable operators....

A family T(ν), ν ∈ ℝ, of semiinfinite positive Jacobi matrices is introduced with matrix entries taken from the Hahn-Exton q-difference equation. The corresponding matrix operators defined on the linear hull of the canonical basis in ℓ2(ℤ+) are essentially self-adjoint for |ν| ≥ 1 and have deficiency indices (1, 1) for |ν| < 1. A convenient description of all self-adjoint extensions is obtained and the spectral problem is analyzed in detail. The spectrum is discrete and the characteristic equation...

The harmonic Cesàro operator is defined for a function f in $L^p\left(ℝ\right)$ for some 1 ≤ p < ∞ by setting $\left(f\right)\left(x\right):={\int }_x^{\infty }(f\left(u\right)/u)du$ for x > 0 and $\left(f\right)\left(x\right):=-{\int }_{-\infty }^x(f\left(u\right)/u)du$ for x < 0; the harmonic Copson operator ℂ* is defined for a function f in $L{¹}_{loc}\left(ℝ\right)$ by setting $*\left(f\right)\left(x\right):=(1/x){\int }^{x₀}f\left(u\right)du$ for x ≠ 0. The notation indicates that ℂ and ℂ* are adjoint operators in a certain sense. We present rigorous proofs of the following two commuting relations: (i) If $f\in L^p\left(ℝ\right)$ for some 1 ≤ p ≤ 2, then ${\left(\left(f\right)\right)}^{\wedge }\left(t\right)=*\left(f̂\right)\left(t\right)$ a.e., where f̂ denotes the Fourier transform of f. (ii) If $f\in L^p\left(ℝ\right)$ for some 1 < p ≤ 2, then ${(*\left(f\right))}^{\wedge }\left(t\right)=\left(f̂\right)\left(t\right)$ a.e. As...