Spectrum of a differential operator with an infinite number of variables (Q797125)

Let \(\gamma_ k(x)=\sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_ k}{\pi}e^{-\epsilon_ kx^ 2_ k}}, \epsilon_ k>0, \sum^{\infty}_{1}\epsilon_ k<\infty, k=1,2,..\). and \(dg_{\epsilon}(x)=d\gamma_ 1(x_ 1)\otimes d\gamma_ 2(x_ 2)\otimes...\) be the measure on \({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty}=\{x=(x_ 1x_ 2,...),x_ k\in {\mathbb{R}}\}; L_ 2({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty},dg_{\epsilon}(x))\) denotes the space of square- integrable functions on \({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty}\) with measure \(dg_{\epsilon}(x)\). The authors investigate the spectra of the closure in \(L_ 2({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty},dg_{\epsilon}(x))\) of the following differential operator \[ (*)\quad Au(x)=-\sum^{\infty}_{1}D^ 2_ ku(x)+q(x)u(x)\quad D_ ku(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\gamma_ k(x_ k)}}\frac{\partial}{\partial x_ k}\sqrt{\gamma_ k(x_ k)}u(x) \] similar to the Schrödinger operator; here u(x) belongs to the linear span of cylindrical functions \(u(x)=u(x_ 1,x_ 2,..,x_ p)\in C_ 0^{\infty}({\mathbb{R}}^ p), p=p(u)\), and \(q(x)\in L_ 2({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty},dg_{\epsilon}(x))\) is real-valued semi-bounded from below (this provides the self-adjointness of A; cf. \textit{Ju. Berezanskij}, \textit{V. Samojlenko}, Dopovidi Akad. Nauk Ukr. RSR, Ser. A 1979, 691-695 (1979; Zbl 0415.47022). The investigation of the spectra of (*) is tightly connected with Sobolev's imbedding theorems; but they are different in the case of \({\mathbb{R}}^{\infty}\) (than in \({\mathbb{R}}^ N)\) and this provides a quite different picture of the spectra of A. Operators (*) arise from the quantum field theory and were investigated earlier in the case of special potentials only [cf. \textit{J. Glimm}, \textit{A. Jaffe}, Ann. Math. II. Ser. 91, 362-401 (1970; Zbl 0191.270) and \textit{M. Reed}, Commun. Math. Phys. 11, 346-357 (1969)].