Spectral problems of nonself-adjoint singular discrete Sturm-Liouville operators

In this study we construct a space of boundary values of the minimal symmetric discrete Sturm-Liouville (or second-order difference) operators with defect index (1, 1) (in limit-circle case at ±∞ and limit-point case at ∓∞), acting in the Hilbert space

An Alternate Proof of the De Branges Theorem on Canonical Systems

The aim of this paper is to show that, in the limit circle case, the defect index of a symmetric relation induced by canonical systems, is constant on ℂ. This provides an alternative proof of the De Branges theorem that the canonical systems with tr H1 imply the limit point case. To this end, we discuss the spectral theory of a linear relation induced by a canonical system.

q-Titchmarsh-Weyl theory: series expansion

We establish aq-Titchmarsh-Weyl theory for singularq-Sturm-Liouville problems. We defineq-limit-point andq-limit circle singularities, and we give sufficient conditions which guarantee that the singular point is in a limit-point case. The resolvent is constructed in terms of Green’s function of the problem. We derive the eigenfunction expansion in its series form. A detailed worked example involving Jacksonq-Bessel functions is given. This example leads to the completeness of a wide class ofq-cylindrical functions.

q-Titchmarsh-Weyl theory: series expansion

We establish a q-Titchmarsh-Weyl theory for singular q-Sturm-Liouville problems. We define q-limit-point and q-limit circle singularities, and we give sufficient conditions which guarantee that the singular point is in a limit-point case. The resolvent is constructed in terms of Green’s function of the problem. We derive the eigenfunction expansion in its series form. A detailed worked example involving Jackson q-Bessel functions is given. This example leads to the completeness of a wide class of q-cylindrical functions.

Weyl-Titchmarsh Theory for Time Scale Symplectic Systems on Half Line

We develop the Weyl-Titchmarsh theory for time scale symplectic systems. We introduce theM(λ)-function, study its properties, construct the corresponding Weyl disk and Weyl circle, and establish their geometric structure including the formulas for their center and matrix radii. Similar properties are then derived for the limiting Weyl disk. We discuss the notions of the system being in the limit point or limit circle case and prove several characterizations of the system in the limit point case and one condition for the limit circle case. We also define the Green function for the associated nonhomogeneous system and use its properties for deriving further results for the original system in the limit point or limit circle case. Our work directly generalizes the corresponding discrete time theory obtained recently by S. Clark and P. Zemánek (2010). It also unifies the results in many other papers on the Weyl-Titchmarsh theory for linear Hamiltonian differential, difference, and dynamic systems when the spectral parameter appears in the second equation. Some of our results are new even in the case of the second-order Sturm-Liouville equations on time scales.