Spectral theory and differential operators/
E.B. Davies.
- Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- ix, 182 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics; 42 .
- Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics; 42. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.
A new proof of the spectral theorem for unbounded self-adjoint operators is followed by its application to a variety of second order elliptic differential operators, from those with discrete spectrum to Schrčodinger operators acting on L2(RN).