On selfadjoint extensions of the Schrödinger operator with degeneration on a pair of half-lines and the corresponding Markov cocycles. (Q556524)

The authors study the differential equation given by \(i u_ t+u_{xx}=0\) for \(x\in(-l,l)\) and \(i u_ t=(ia/2)u_ x\) for \(x\notin(-l,l),\) where \(a\) is a real constant and \(l\) is a positive constant. By imposing certain boundary conditions at \(x=\pm l,\) some properties of the solution to the corresponding initial-value problem are analyzed, and it is shown that such solutions lead to a unitary Markovian cocycle.