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EPSRC Reference: GR/T25552/01
Title: Convex Spectral Analysis
Principal Investigator: Safarov, Professor Y
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Department: Mathematics
Organisation: Kings College London
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 10 June 2005 Ends: 09 December 2008 Value (£): 165,184
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Mathematical Analysis
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There has been an extensive study of various problems related to the numerical range of linear operators. However, even in the self-adjoint case, the consideration of the traditional one-dimensional numerical is not always sufficient (for instance, it does not give any information about the structure of the spectrum lying inside its convex hull). We propose to 'pull out' the usual numerical range into higher dimension and investigate the relation between this new multidimensional object and analytic properties of the corresponding operator (self-adjointness, dissipativity, relative compactness, and so on). The ultimate goal will be to find spectral characteristics of a general non-self-adjoint operator, which can be described in terms of its multidimensional numerical range. We also intend to consider several more specific problems related to the multidimensional numerical range. Possible applications include Szego type limit theorems for non-self-adjoint pseudodifferential operators with non-smooth symbols and new variational formulae for the spectrum of linear operators. It is anticipated that the multidimensional numerical range can be effectively studied by means of convex analysis, hence the title of the project.
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