properties of the adjoint operator
Let and be linear operators in a Hilbert space
,and let . Assuming all the operators involved are densely defined, the following properties hold:
- 1.
If exists and is densely defined, then ;
- 2.
;
- 3.
implies ;
- 4.
;
- 5.
;
- 6.
;
- 7.
is a closed operator
.
Remark. The notation for operators means that is an of , i.e. is therestriction (http://planetmath.org/RestrictionOfAFunction) of to a smaller domain.
Also, we have the following
Proposition 1
If admits a closure (http://planetmath.org/ClosedOperator) , then is densely defined and .