Boundary relations and generalized resolvents of symmetric operators in Krein spaces (Q2476168)

A description of the generalized resolvents of a symmetric operator \(A\) was originally given by M.\,G.\thinspace Kreĭn and M.\,A.\thinspace Naimark for the case that \(A\) is densely defined and has finite deficiency indices. The classical Kreĭn--Naimark formula establishes a one-to-one correspondence between the generalized resolvents of a closed symmetric operator in a Hilbert space and the class of Nevanlinna families in a parameter space. In [\textit{V.\,A.\thinspace Derkach, S.\,Hassi, M.\,M.\thinspace Malamud} and \textit{H.\,S.\,V.\,de~Snoo}, in:\ Proceedings of the algorithmic information theory conference, Vaasa, Finland, May 16--18, 2005.\ Selvityksiä ja Raportteja 124, 41--56 (2005; Zbl 1110.47007)], it was shown that these parameter families can be interpreted as so-called Weyl families of boundary relations, and a new proof of the Kreĭn--Naimark formula in the Hilbert space setting was given with the help of a coupling method. The basic aim of the present paper is to introduce the concept of boundary relations for symmetric operators and relations in Kreĭn spaces, and to prove some variants of the Kreĭn--Naimark formula in the indefinite space case with a similar method to the method given by Derkach et al.\ [op.\,cit.].