On the reality of the spectrum of a non-Hermitian discrete Hamiltonian (Q2270472)

The author considers a non-Hermitian second-order linear difference operator on a finite discrete interval. The focus is the reality of the spectrum. By choosing a suitable Hilbert space and defining two linear operators \(S\) and \(\Lambda\), the spectral problem is reduced to that on \(A=\Lambda^{-1}S\). This result is then applied to special cases to obtain necessary and sufficent conditions or necessary conditions for all the eigenvalues of \(A\) to be real.