Dissipative eigenvalue problems for a Sturm-Liouville operator with a singular potential (Q2708152)

Let \(({d^2\over dx^2}-{1\over x})\) be the Sturm-Liouville operator on the interval \([a,b]\), \(a< 0< b\), with Dirichlet boundary conditions at \(a\) and \(b\), for which \(x= 0\) is a singular point. The authors define minimal symmetric operators in \({\mathcal L}^2(a,b)={\mathcal L}^2(a,0)\oplus{\mathcal L}^2(0,b)\) and describe all maximal dissipative and selfadjoint extensions of their orthogonal sum in \({\mathcal L}^2(a,b)\) by the interface condition at \(x= 0\). Finally, it is shown that the corresponding operators can be obtained by norm resolvent approximation from the operator where the potential \({1\over x}\) is replaced by a continuous function.