Resolvent Kernels of Self-Adjoint Extensions of the Laplace Operator on the Subspace of Solenoidal Vector Functions

Abstract

The Laplace operator on the subspace of solenoidal vector functions of three variables vanishing at the origin together with first derivatives is a symmetric operator with deficiency indices (3). Krein’s theory allows one to derive an expression for the resolvent kernel of a self-adjoint extension of the operator in question as a sum of the Green’s function of the vector Laplace operator and some additional kernel of finite rank.