The resolvent and spectrum for a class of differential operators with periodic coefficients (Q5930967)

The author studies the resolvent and spectrum of a nonselfadjoint differential operator \(L(\lambda)\) generated by a certain differential expression \(l_\lambda(y)\) of order \(2n\) (with periodic coefficients) in the Hilbert space \(L^2({\mathbb R})\). First, a representation theorem for solutions to the equation \(l_\lambda(y)=0\) is obtained. It is then claimed that, for \(\lambda\) distinct from certain values, the resolvent \(R_\lambda\) of the operator \(L(\lambda)\) is a bounded linear operator with domain \(L^2({\mathbb R})\), whose kernel \(R(x,\xi,\lambda)\) satisfies the Carleman-type conditions that both \(R(x,\cdot,\lambda)\) and \(R(\cdot,\xi,\lambda)\) belong to \(L^2({\mathbb R})\). Moreover, \(L(\lambda)\) has purely continuous spectrum with certain spectral singularities.