Spectral theory of discrete linear Hamiltonian systems. (Q1425135)

The author considers the discrete linear Hamiltonian system \(\Delta x(t)=A(t)x(t+1)+ B(t)u(t)\), \(\Delta u(t)=[C(t)-\lambda\omega(t)]x(t+1)-A^\ast(t)u(t)\), \(t\in[0,N]\), with the boundary condition \[ R\left(\begin{matrix} -x(0)\\ x(N+1)\end{matrix}\right) +S\left(\begin{matrix} u(0)\\ u(N+1)\end{matrix}\right)=0, \] where \(A,B,C\) and \(\omega\) are \(d\times d\) matrices, \(B,C\) are Hermitian, \(\omega\) is positive definite, \(R,S\) are \(2d\times 2d\) with rank\((R,S)=2d\). First, a suitable function space and a difference operator are constructed so that the operator is self-adjoint in the space. Then a series of spectral results is obtained: the number of eigenvalues including multiplicities, the number of linearly independent eigenfunctions, completeness of the orthogonal normalized eigenfunction system, Rayleigh's principle, the minimax theorem and the dual orthogonality.