State diagrams for bounded and unbounded linear operators

The theme of this thesis is the construction of state diagrams and their implications. The author generalises most of the theorems in Chapter II of Goldberg [Gl] by dropping the assumption that the doin.ain of the operator is dense in X . The author also presents the standard Taylor-Halberg-Goldberg state diagrams [Gl, 61, 66]. Chapters II and III deal with F₊- and F₋-operators, which are generalisations of the ф₊- and ф₋-operators in Banach spaces of Gokhberg-Krein [GK]. Examples are given of F₊- and F₋-operators. Also, in Chapter III, the main theorems needed to construct the state diagrams of Chapter IV are discussed. The state diagrams of Chapter IV are based on states corresponding to F₊- and F₋-operators; in addition state diagrams relating T and T˝ under the assumptions ϒ(T) > 0 and ϒ(T΄) > 0 are derived. Second adjoints are important in Tauberian Theory (see Cross [Cl]). Chapters I and IV are the main chapters. In Chapter I of this thesis the author modifies many of the proofs appearing in Goldberg [Gl), to take account of the new definition of the adjoint.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• O'Connor, B J

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cross, Ron W

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18245

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18245