A generalization of Stenger's lemma to maximal dissipative operators (Q645113)

Let the Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}\) be the orthogonal sum \({\mathcal H=\mathcal F\oplus \mathcal G}\) of two Hilbert spaces \({\mathcal F, \mathcal G}\) with \({\text{dim}\;{\mathcal G} < \infty}\). Let \(P_{\mathcal F}\) denote the orthogonal projection in \({\mathcal H}\) onto \({\mathcal F}\). It is shown that, for any maximal dissipative operator \(A\), the operator \(P_{\mathcal F} A|_{ \text{dom} A\cap\mathcal F}\) is again a maximal dissipative operator in \(\mathcal F\).