The abstract Titchmarsh-Weyl \(M\)-function for adjoint operator pairs and its relation to the spectrum (Q733643)

In the setting of adjoint pairs of operators, the authors consider the question: to what extent does the Weyl \(M\)-function see the same singularities as the resolvent of a certain restriction \(A_{B}\) of the maximal operator? Results are obtained showing that it is possible to describe explicitly certain spaces \({{\mathcal S}}\) and \(\widetilde{{\mathcal S}}\) such that the resolvent bordered by projections onto these subspaces is analytic everywhere where the \(M\)-function is analytic. Three examples are presented -- one involving a Hain-Lüst type operator, one involving a perturbed Friedrichs operator and one involving a simple ordinary differential operator on a half line -- which together indicate that the abstract results are probably the best possible.