On Weyl-Titchmarsh theory for singular finite difference Hamiltonian systems (Q596240)

The paper can be viewed as a natural continuation of the authors' recent works (2001-2002) on matrix-valued Schrödinger and Dirac type operators to discrete Hamiltonian systems (i.e Hamiltonian systems of difference equations). These investigations are part of a large program which includes (i) a systematic asymptotic expansion of Weyl-Titchmarsch matrices and Green matrices as the spectral parameter tends to infinity; (ii) the derivation of trace formulae for such systems; (iii) the proof of certain uniqueness theorms (including Borg and Hochstadt-type theorems) for operations; (iv) the applications of these results to related integrable systems. The authors develop the basic theory of matrix-valued Weyl-Titchmarsch \(M\)-functions and the associated Green matrices for whole-line and half-line self-adjoint Hamiltonian finite difference systems with separated boundary conditions.