Spectral theory of Volterra-composition operators

DOI10.1007/S00209-008-0365-YMaRDI QIDQ1006378zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alfonso Montes-Rodriguez, Alejandro Rodríguez-Martínez, S. Shkarin

Publication date 24 March 2009

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-008-0365-y

eigenfunctions eigenvalues Volterra composition operators

Integral representations, integral operators, integral equations methods in two dimensions (31A10) Integral representations, integral operators, integral equations methods in higher dimensions (31B10) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Kernel operators (47B34)

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Let \(\phi\) be a Lebesgue measurable self-map of the interval \([0,1]\). The Volterra composition operator \(V_{\phi}\) on \(L^{p}[0,1]\), \(1\leq p\leq \infty\), is defined by \((V_{\phi}f)(x)=\int_{0}^{\phi(x)}f(t)\,dt\). The authors present a proof of the fact that \(V_{\phi}\) is quasinilpotent if and only if \(\phi(x)\leq x\). (The proof is shorter than the one which was given independently by \textit{R.\,Whitley} [Integral Equations Oper.\ Theory 10, 146--149 (1987; Zbl 0622.47029)] and \textit{Y.--S.\thinspace Tong} [Acta Math.\ Sin.\ 32, No.\,6, 727--735 (1989; Zbl 0701.47031)]). The authors' proof is based on Mercer's theorem and Lidskii's theorem about traces of nuclear operators. In the case when \(\phi(x)>x\) on a set of positive Lebesgue measure, the authors study the eigenfunctions of \(V_{\phi}\). For a deeper study of the spectral properties of \(V_{\phi}\), they compute and use an entire function \(F^{\phi}\) which is a product of a zero-free function and the Fredholm denominator of \(V_{\phi}\). They prove that, under suitable hypotheses on the symbols, the eigenfunctions of \(V_{\phi}\) are analytic. They also provide some examples of symbols \(\phi\) in which they can exhibit explicitly the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of \(V_{\phi}\). [Editor's remark: Similar results can be found in \textit{I.\,Yu.\ Domanov}, Banach Center Publications 75, 137--142 (2007; Zbl 1122.47041); Stud.\ Math.\ 185, No.\,1, 49--65 (2008; Zbl 1156.47034).]

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