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Finite-Dimensional Extensions of Certain Symmetric Operators(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

I. M. Michael
I. M. Michael*
Affiliation:
The University, Dundee Scotland
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Let H be a Hilbert space with inner product 〈,). A well-known theorem of von Neumann states that, if S is a symmetric operator in H, then S has a selfadjoint extension in H if and only if S has equal deficiency indices. This result was extended by Naimark, who proved that, even if the deficiency indices of S are unequal, there always exists a Hilbert space H1 such that H ⊆ H1 and S has a selfadjoint extension in H1.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 1973 , pp. 455 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

Footnotes

(1)

Part of some research initiated while the author held a Post-doctoral Fellowship in McMaster University.

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