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PhyslibAlpha.AlgebraicFramework.HilbertSpace.Unbounded.BoundedSelfAdjointData

The bounded self-adjoint spectral measure

The bounded normal construction naturally produces a measure on the complex spectrum. For a self-adjoint operator that spectrum is real, so pushing the measure forward along `Complex.re` gives the real spectral measure consumed by the unbounded integral API. This file records that adapter independently of the Cayley transform.

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definition

Spectral measure of a bounded self-adjoint operator AA

Let HH be a complex Hilbert space and A:H→HA: H \to H be a bounded self-adjoint operator. This definition constructs the real-valued Weak Operator Topology (WOT) spectral measure associated with AA. It is obtained by taking the spectral measure of AA (viewed as a normal operator on the complex plane C\mathbb{C}) and pushing it forward along the real-part function Re:C→R\text{Re}: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{R}. Because AA is self-adjoint, its spectrum σ(A)\sigma(A) is contained in R\mathbb{R}, and this measure represents the resolution of the identity for AA over the real line.

theorem

Reconstruction of a Bounded Self-Adjoint Operator AA from its Spectral Measure EAE_A

Let HH be a complex Hilbert space and A:H→HA: H \to H be a bounded self-adjoint operator. Let EAE_A denote the spectral measure of AA on the real line R\mathbb{R} (the resolution of the identity). For any vectors x,y∈Hx, y \in H, the integral of the identity function f(r)=rf(r) = r with respect to the complex-valued measure μx,y(Δ)=⟨y,EA(Δ)x⟩\mu_{x,y}(\Delta) = \langle y, E_A(\Delta)x \rangle is equal to the inner product of yy and AxAx: ∫Rr d⟨y,EA(r)x⟩=⟨y,Ax⟩\int_{\mathbb{R}} r \, d\langle y, E_A(r) x \rangle = \langle y, Ax \rangle

theorem

Unitary intertwiners of a self-adjoint operator AA commute with its spectral projections PA(E)P_A(E)

Let HH be a complex Hilbert space and A:H→HA: H \to H be a bounded self-adjoint operator. Let PAP_A denote the real-valued spectral measure (resolution of the identity) associated with AA. If T:H→HT: H \to H is a unitary operator that commutes with AA (i.e., AT=TAAT = TA), then for any Borel set E⊆RE \subseteq \mathbb{R}, the spectral projection PA(E)P_A(E) commutes with TT: PA(E)T=TPA(E)P_A(E) T = T P_A(E) Note that because AA is self-adjoint, the condition AT=TAAT=TA is sufficient to imply that TT commutes with the entire functional calculus of AA without requiring a separate hypothesis on the adjoint A∗A^*.

theorem

The spectral measure of a bounded self-adjoint operator has bounded support

Let HH be a complex Hilbert space and A:H→HA: H \to H be a bounded self-adjoint operator. There exists a real constant CC such that the spectral measure associated with AA on the real line R\mathbb{R} has bounded spectral support.