CONJUGATE OPERATORS FROM DISPERSION CURVES FOR PERTURBATIONS OF FIBERED SYSTEMS IN CYLINDERS^† (Q2769481)

Let \(\omega\) be a bounded Lipschitz domain in \({\mathbb R}^{n-1}\), and denote by \(\Omega\) the cylinder \({\mathbb R}\times\omega=\{x=(x_1,x'); x_1 \in {\mathbb R}, x'\in\omega\}\). Consider the symmetric differential operators of the form \[ ({\mathcal L}u)_l=-\sum_{j=1}^n\frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} \left(\sum_{i=1}^n\sum_{k=1}^m a_{ij}^{kl}\frac{\partial u_k}{\partial x_i} \right) + \sum_{k=1}^m b^{kl}u_k,\;\; l=1,\;\dots,\;m, \] where \(u=(u_1,\;\dots,\;u_n)\), \(a_{ij}^{kl}\) and \(b^{kl}\) are bounded, measurable functions satisfying the symmetry property: \(a_{ij}^{kl}= a_{ji}^{lk}\) and \(b^{kl}=b^{lk}\), for all \(i,\;j,\;k\) and \(l\). Spectral properties of these operators are studied by the conjugate operator method.