On the minimum number of orthogonal constraints eliminating natural oscillations with specific frequencies (Q2386967)

Let \(B\) be a separable Hilbert space with the scalar product \((\cdot,\cdot)\); \(A\) be a closed operator in \(B\), for which the inverse operator \(G=A^{-1}\:B\to B\) exists and belongs to the class of Hilbert-Schmidt operators \(S_2(B)\) with \(\| G\| _2^2=\text{tr}(G^*G)<\infty\). Let \(\mu\) be the minimal number of orthogonal constraints \((x(t),b_j)\equiv0\), \(t\geq0\), with \(b_j\in B\), \(j=1,\dots,\mu\), which eliminate solutions of the form \(x(t)=\exp(i\omega t)\varphi\), \(\varphi\in B\), of the equation \[ \ddot x(t)+Ax(t)=0,\;t\geq0, \] with frequencies \(\omega\) such that \(\omega^2\) belongs to the given bounded domain \(\Omega\) of the complex plane. It is proved that \[ \mu=\max_{\lambda\in\Omega}\min_{Q\in S_2(B)}\| GQ-Q/\lambda+\lambda G\| _2^2. \] A more precise formula for \(\mu\) is given in the case when \(B\) is finite-dimensional.