PhyslibAlpha.AlgebraicFramework.HilbertSpace.Unbounded.Cayley.Basic
The Cayley transform for a self-adjoint operator
The Cayley transform `c(x) = (x - i) / (x + i)` maps the real line onto the unit circle minus the point `1` (which corresponds to `x = ∞`). Applied to a self-adjoint operator in place of a real number, it turns an (unbounded, densely-defined) self-adjoint operator into a bounded unitary operator — the standard device, due to von Neumann, for reducing unbounded self-adjoint spectral theory to the bounded/unitary case, where tools such as the continuous functional calculus already apply.
This file develops the elementary scalar transform `cayley`/`cayleyInverse` first — the inverse is only needed away from `1`, the point corresponding to infinity, and is defined arbitrarily there; on the actual Cayley image it is a genuine inverse — and then transports it to an unbounded self-adjoint operator `T : H →ₗ.[ℂ] H`: `cayleyPMap T` is the resulting Cayley-transformed partial operator, which turns out to be everywhere-defined and bounded (`cayleyContinuousLinearMap`), and in fact a genuine unitary (`cayleyUnitary`) once `T` is self-adjoint. No unbounded theorem is hidden in a definition: everything here is elementary Hilbert-space algebra once self-adjointness supplies the resolvent set membership at `± i`.
- `cayley`, `cayleyInverse` : the scalar Möbius maps `(x - i) / (x + i)` and its (one-sided) inverse, together with their real/imaginary-part formulas and round-trip identities. - `cayleyPMap` : the Cayley transform of a partial operator, before forgetting boundedness. - `cayleyContinuousLinearMap`, `cayleyUnitary` : the resulting bounded operator, proved to be a genuine unitary once `T` is self-adjoint.
A. The scalar Cayley transform
B. The Cayley transform of a partial operator
C. The bounded, unitary Cayley transform
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Scalar Cayley transform
The scalar Cayley transform is a function that maps a real number to a complex number defined by the formula where is the imaginary unit. This transform maps the real line onto the unit circle in the complex plane, excluding the point .
Inverse scalar Cayley transform
The inverse scalar Cayley transform maps a complex number to a real number. It is defined as: where and denote the real and imaginary parts of , respectively. The value at is assigned arbitrarily, as this point corresponds to infinity under the forward Cayley transform.
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For any real number , the scalar Cayley transform defined by is not equal to .
Real part of the scalar Cayley transform
For any real number , the real part of the scalar Cayley transform is given by the formula:
Imaginary Part of the Scalar Cayley Transform
For any real number , the imaginary part of its Cayley transform is given by the formula where is the imaginary unit.
For any real number , the inverse scalar Cayley transform of the scalar Cayley transform of is equal to :
The norm of the Cayley transform
For any real number , the norm (modulus) of its Cayley transform is equal to , where is the imaginary unit.
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For any complex number such that and , the composition of the scalar Cayley transform and its inverse satisfies where for , and is its inverse map from the unit circle (excluding ) back to the real line.
The Cayley transform is measurable
The scalar Cayley transform, defined as the map from to , is measurable.
The inverse scalar Cayley transform is measurable
The inverse scalar Cayley transform , defined as where and denote the real and imaginary parts of , is a measurable function.
Cayley transform of a partial linear map
For a partial linear map on a complex Hilbert space , its Cayley transform is the partial linear map defined by the expression where is the imaginary unit and (represented by in the formal text) denotes the identity operator on . This map is the operator-theoretic analogue of the complex-valued Möbius transformation .
The domain of the Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator is the entire space
Let be a complex Hilbert space. If is a self-adjoint partial linear operator on , then the domain of its Cayley transform, , is the entire Hilbert space (denoted by ).
Continuous linear map from a partial map with domain
Let be a complex Hilbert space. Given a partial linear map on , if the domain of is the entire space (i.e., ) and is continuous, this definition constructs the corresponding continuous (bounded) linear operator .
Evaluation of the continuous linear map constructed from an everywhere-defined partial map A at x equals A(x)
Let be a complex Hilbert space. Let be a partial linear map on such that its domain is the entire space and is continuous. Let be the continuous linear operator constructed from (represented by `topDomainToContinuousLinearMap`). For any vector , the evaluation of this operator at is equal to the application of the partial map to :
Cayley transform identity for self-adjoint
Let be a complex Hilbert space. For any self-adjoint partial linear operator on , the Cayley transform of , denoted as , satisfies the identity: where is the imaginary unit and denotes the identity operator on .
Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator equals
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . The Cayley transform of , denoted , satisfies the identity: where is the identity operator on and is the imaginary unit.
Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator as a bounded operator
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . The Cayley transform of is the bounded (continuous) linear operator defined by the formula , where is the identity operator and is the imaginary unit. This operator is well-defined on the entire space because the resolvent set of a self-adjoint operator contains all non-real complex numbers, specifically .
Continuous linear map as a partial map
For a continuous linear operator on a complex Hilbert space , this definition constructs a linear partial map whose domain is the entire space and whose action is given by .
Cayley transform of self-adjoint as a partial map equals its continuous map version
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . Then the Cayley transform of defined as a partial linear map is equal to the partial linear map associated with the bounded (continuous) linear operator . That is, .
for self-adjoint
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial operator on . For any vector in the domain of , the following equality holds: where is the imaginary unit and denotes the norm on .
for self-adjoint
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial operator on . Let denote the imaginary unit and the identity operator. For any vector in the domain of and any such that , the bounded Cayley transform satisfies the following equality:
The Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator satisfies
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . Let denote the Cayley transform of , which is a bounded linear operator on . For any vector , the norm of the transformed vector is equal to the norm of :
The Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator is an isometry
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . The Cayley transform of , which is the bounded linear operator , is an isometry. That is, for every , the norm is preserved: .
The Cayley Transform of a Self-Adjoint Operator is Surjective
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . The Cayley transform of , denoted as , is surjective.
Unitary Cayley transform of a self-adjoint operator
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . The Cayley transform of , denoted , is the unitary operator (an isometric linear isomorphism) from to itself defined by , where is the imaginary unit and is the identity operator.
The unitary and bounded linear Cayley transforms of a self-adjoint operator coincide on all .
Let be a complex Hilbert space and be a self-adjoint partial linear operator on . For any vector , the unitary Cayley transform of applied to is equal to the bounded continuous linear Cayley transform of applied to .
