Minimal and Maximal Operator Theory With Applications

Abstract

AbstractLetXbe a complex Banach space andAa linear operator fromXintoXwith dense domain. We construct the minimal and maximal operators of the operatorAand prove that they are equal under reasonable hypotheses on the spaceXand operatorA. As an application, we obtain the existence and regularity of weak solutions of linear equations on the spaceX. As another application we obtain a criterion for a symmetric operator on a complex Hilbert space to be essentially self-adjoint. An application to pseudo-differential operators of the Weyl type is given.