A unitary invariant of a semi-bounded operator in reconstruction of manifolds

Abstract: With a densely defined symmetric semi-bounded operator of nonzero defect indexes

L_{0}

in a separable Hilbert space

c a l H

we associate a topological space

O m e g a_{L_{0}}

({it wave spectrum}) constructed from the reachable sets of a dynamical system governed by the equation

u_{t t} + (L_{0})^{*} u = 0

. Wave spectra of unitary equivalent operators are homeomorphic. In inverse problems, one needs to recover a Riemannian manifold

O m e g a

via dynamical or spectral boundary data. We show that for a generic class of manifolds,

O m e g a

is isometric to the wave spectrum

O m e g a_{L_{0}}

of the minimal Laplacian

acting in

c a l H = L_{2} (O m e g a)

, whereas

L_{0}

is determined by the inverse data up to unitary equivalence. Hence, the manifold can be recovered (up to isometry) by the scheme `data

R i g h t a r r o w L_{0} R i g h t a r r o w O m e g a_{L_{0}} o v e r s e t m i s o m = O m e g a

'. The wave spectrum is relevant to a wide class of dynamical systems, which describe the finite speed wave propagation processes. The paper elucidates the operator background of the boundary control method (Belishev`1986), which is an approach to inverse problems based on their relations to control theory.

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