Topics in Operator Theory

by Ball, Joseph A.; Bolotnikov, Vladimir; Helton, J. William; Rodman, Leiba; Spitkovsky, Ilya M.

• ISBN13: 9783034601603
• ISBN10: 3034601603
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Birkhauser

Summary

This is a collection of original and review articles on recent advances and new directions in a multifaceted and interconnected area of mathematics and its applications. It encompasses many topics in theoretical developments in operator theory and its diverse applications in applied mathematics, physics, engineering, and other disciplines. The purpose is to bring in one volume many important original results of cutting edge research as well as authoritative review of recent achievements, challenges, and future directions in the area of operator theory and its applications. The intended audience are mathematicians, physicists, electrical engineers in academia and industry, researchers and graduate students, that use methods of operator theory and related fields of mathematics, such as matrix theory, functional analysis, differential and difference equations, in their work.

Table of Contents

The X1Xth International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications. II	p. vii
Exact Solutions to the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation	p. 1
Robust Control, Multidimensional Systems and Multivariable Nevanlinna-Pick Interpolation	p. 13
Absence of Existence and Uniqueness for Forward-backward Parabolic Equations on a Half-line	p. 89
Bounds for Eigenvalues of the p-Laplacian with Weight Function of Bounded Variation	p. 99
The Gelfand-Levitan Theory for Strings	p. 115
On the Uniqueness of a Solution to Anisotropic Maxwell's Equations	p. 137
Dichotomy and Boundedness of Solutions for some Discrete Cauchy Problems	p. 165
Control Laws for Discrete Linear Repetitive Processes with Smoothed Previous Pass Dynamics	p. 175
Fourier Method for One-dimensional Schrödinger Operators with Singular Periodic Potentials	p. 195
Additive Invariants on Quantum Channels and Regularized Minimum Entropy	p. 237
A Functional Model, Eigenvalues, and Finite Singular Critical Points for Indefinite Sturm-Liouville Operators	p. 247
On the Eigenvalues of the Lax Operator for the Matrix-valued AKNS System	p. 289
An Extension Theorem for Bounded Forms Defined in Relaxed Discrete Algebraic Scattering Systems and the Relaxed Commutant Lifting Theorem	p. 325
Deconstructing Dirac Operators. III: Dirac and Semi-Dirac Pairs	p. 347
Mapping Properties of Layer Potentials Associated with Higher-order Elliptic Operators in Lipschitz Domains	p. 363
Applications of a Numerical Spectral Expansion Method to Problems in Physics; a Retrospective	p. 409
Regularized Perturbation Determinants and KdV Conservation Laws for Irregular Initial Profiles	p. 427
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