Dirac structures and boundary relations (Q2849111)

Given complex Hilbert spaces \(\mathfrak{F} , \mathfrak{G}\) with the same dimension, let \(\mathfrak{u}\) be a unitary operator from \(\mathfrak{G}\) onto \(\mathfrak{F} \), and the block operator \(J_{\mathfrak{u}}\) be defined on the product space \(\mathfrak{F} \times \mathfrak{G}\) with a scalar product \((\cdot, -)\) , via NEWLINE\[NEWLINEJ_{\mathfrak{u}} = \left(\begin{matrix} 0&\mathfrak{u}\\ \mathfrak{u}&0\end{matrix}\right) : \quad \left( \mathfrak{F}\times\mathfrak{G}\right) \to \left( \mathfrak{F}\times\mathfrak{G}\right) .NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Then \(J_{\mathfrak{u}}\) provides the Hilbert space (\(\mathfrak{F} \times \mathfrak{G}, (\cdot, -)\)) with a Krein space structure by means of the inner product \([\cdot,-]=(J_{\mathfrak{u}} \cdot, -)\). A linear subspace \(\mathfrak{D}\) of the Krein space (\(\mathfrak{F} \times \mathfrak{G}, [\cdot,-] \)) is called a Dirac structure if it coincides with its orthogonal complement in this Krein space (see \textit{M. Kurula} et al. [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 372, No. 2, 402--422 (2010; Zbl 1209.47016)]). To show how Dirac structures, boundary control and conservative state/signal system nodes, and unitary boundary relations are connected, the authors use suitable transforms between the underlying Krein spaces that are involved in all of these notions (see in this connection \textit{Yu. L. Shmul'yan} [Funct. Anal. Appl. 14, 110--113 (1980; Zbl 0498.47012); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 14, No. 2, 39--44 (1980)]).NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1269.47001].