Conjecture on equality of the natural domains for left-definite powers
Conjecture on equality of the natural domains for left-definite powers
Let be a self-adjoint operator defined by left-definite theory on , with domain containing a complete system of orthogonal polynomial eigenfunctions. Suppose acts via , a differential operator of order generated by composing a Sturm--Liouville differential operator with itself times, where . Suppose further that extends the minimal operator , whose deficiency indices are .
Left-definite domain equality conjecture. For every ,
The domains are distinct formulations of boundary and regularity conditions for powers of Sturm--Liouville operators. The source notes that the equality is known in some special cases, including the Legendre case for and the case for all four domains, while the general equality remains elusive.
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Matthew Fleeman, Dale Frymark and Constanze Liaw, “Boundary Conditions associated with the General Left-Definite Theory for Differential Operators”, arXiv:1706.01539 (2017).
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