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CC realization of the bounded spatial operator on a finite-component H² domain

Statement

Assume Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)). Fix integers N,M≥1, a>0, and a real measurable function V:R3N→R with v=ess sup⁡∣V∣<∞. Put H=L2(R3N;CM),Y=W2,2(R3N;CM)=H2(R3N;CM), where the vector space, pairing and Sobolev norm are the finite component sums of the scalar conventions of Hilbert space, The space Lp(μ) as the quotient by null functions and Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms. Use the componentwise Plancherel unitary of Plancherel theorem, with the negative-sign 2π convention of Fourier transform on complex L1 classes. Define w(ξ)=4π2a∣ξ∣2,K=F2−1MwF2,D(K)={u:wF2u∈H}. Then D(K)=Y, and Ku=−aΔu for every u∈Y, with the distributional Laplacian acting componentwise. The operator H=K+MV=−aΔ+V,D(H)=Y, is densely defined and self-adjoint on exactly Y, and H≥−v. Both K and H have graph norms equivalent to the stated Sobolev norm, and Cc∞(R3N;CM) is a core for both. For z=±iμ with μ>v, there is the concrete two-sided inverse RH(z)=(H−z)−1=R0(z)∑k≥0(−MVR0(z))k,R0(z)=F2−1M(w−z)−1F2, with range exactly Y and ∥RH(z)∥≤(μ−v)−1.

This realizes the equal-mass bounded spatial operator used at fixed N by setting a=ℏ2/(2m) and any finite spin multiplicity M; for an N-fold spin-s tensor the full multiplicity is M=(2s+1)N. The lemma makes no statement about Coulomb potentials, unequal-mass operators, thermodynamic limits, or physical assignments. It uses no Axiom of Choice or Kato–Rellich theorem.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: CC; N,M,a,V,v,H,Y,w as above. Pairings are linear in the first argument.

[F1]

Under CC, the scalar Plancherel transform is a surjective complex-linear isometry preserving the pairing (Plancherel theorem, Statement). Under CC, W2,2 equals the weighted Fourier space, with its Sobolev norm equivalent to ∥(1+∣ξ∣2)F2u∥2, and the 2π derivative multiplier is F2(Dαu)=(2πiξ)αF2u when the weak derivative is in L2 (Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms, Statement (1),(2), Distributional derivatives are polynomial Fourier multipliers, Statement). Finite component sums preserve these identities and norm equivalences.

[F2]

For a densely defined operator, the adjoint domain consists of vectors admitting a representing vector in its pairing identity; a symmetric operator is self-adjoint exactly when its adjoint has the same domain and action (Adjoint of a densely defined operator, Symmetric, self-adjoint and essentially self-adjoint operators). A self-adjoint operator is closed.

[F3]

Under CC, Cc∞(R3N;C) is dense in W2,2 and in L2 (Compactly supported smooth functions are dense in W^{k,p}(R^n), Statement with (k,p)=(2,2) and (0,2)). The same holds for finitely many components. Dominated convergence holds for the squared cutoff tails (Dominated convergence).

Proof

Given: The data of the statement and [F1]–[F3].

1.1givenF2F3algebra

[Concrete multiplier, including the adjoint domain] For any real finite-valued measurable function b on R3N, multiplication on D(Mb)={f:bf∈H} is densely defined: fL=1∣b∣≤Lf belongs to this domain and tends to f by dominated convergence. It is symmetric because b is real and the pairings are integrable by Cauchy–Schwarz. If g∈D(Mb∗) with representing vector h, every f∈H supported on EL={∣b∣≤L} belongs to the multiplier domain and satisfies ⟨f,bg−h⟩=0 on that set. The vector 1EL(bg−h) lies in H, so testing with that vector proves h=bg a.e. on EL. Increasing the integer L covers the space up to null sets, proving bg=h∈H and g∈D(Mb). Conversely the symmetry identity gives every vector of D(Mb) in the adjoint domain with adjoint value bg. Thus Mb is self-adjoint on the exact maximal domain, including for the weight w. This proof is valid for the finite vector-valued space by its component-sum pairing; it makes no arbitrary family of choices.

2.1step 1.1F1F2algebra

[Fourier transfer, exact H² and normalization] Apply the componentwise unitary F2 from [F1] to step 1.1 with b=w. For a vector y in the adjoint domain of K, changing variables f=F2u in its representing functional gives F2y∈D(Mw∗)=D(Mw) with the corresponding adjoint value; the converse follows from symmetry. Hence K is self-adjoint on F2−1D(Mw). Since w=4π2a∣ξ∣2 with a>0, 1+w is bounded above and below by positive multiples of 1+∣ξ∣2. For u∈L2, wF2u∈L2 therefore holds exactly when (1+∣ξ∣2)F2u∈L2, which is u∈Y by [F1]. Moreover ∥F2u∥2+∥wF2u∥2 is equivalent to ∥(1+w)F2u∥2 by the triangle inequality and nonnegativity of w, and hence to ∥u∥Y. This proves graph-norm equivalence. The weak-derivative multiplier in [F1] gives F2(−aΔu)=4π2a∣ξ∣2F2u, proving the exact differential action for all u∈Y. Finally ⟨Ku,u⟩=∫w∥F2u∥2≥0, with integrability by Cauchy–Schwarz.

3.1step 2.1F1F2constructalgebra

[Explicit perturbed inverses on the fixed domain] Multiplication by V is bounded and self-adjoint on H, with norm at most v, since V is real and essentially bounded. Thus H=K+MV is symmetric on the dense Y and is closed there: if ul→u and Hul→h, boundedness gives Kul→h−MVu, and closedness of K gives u∈Y with Hu=h. For z=±iμ, the concrete multiplier (w−z)−1 is bounded by μ−1 and ∣w/(w−z)∣≤1. Therefore R0(z) maps H into Y and satisfies both inverse equations of K−z, with range exactly Y. On Y the correctly ordered factorization is H−z=(I+MVR0(z))(K−z). Since ∥MVR0(z)∥≤v/μ<1, the geometric series in the statement is the inverse of the first factor: finite-sum multiplication leaves a remainder tending to zero in norm. The bounded operator space is complete, because an operator-norm Cauchy sequence has a bounded pointwise limit on the complete target and the same uniform Cauchy estimate gives operator-norm convergence. Thus RH(z) exists, maps into Y, and its two ordered inverse equations follow from the factorization. Surjectivity of this range onto Y follows from the second inverse equation. Its norm is at most μ−1/(1−v/μ)=(μ−v)−1.

4.1step 2.1step 3.1F2algebra

[Self-adjointness without an AC perturbation theorem] Let y∈D(H∗). By step 3.1, H−iμ:Y→H is onto; solve (H−iμ)x=(H∗−iμ)y with its explicit inverse, so x∈Y. Symmetry implies H∗x=Hx, whence y−x∈ker⁡(H∗−iμ). For a densely defined operator with first-linear pairing, this kernel is ran⁡(H+iμ)⊥, directly from the adjoint identity. The other inverse from step 3.1 makes that range all of H, so y=x∈Y. Since H⊆H∗ by symmetry, the adjoint domains and actions are equal, proving self-adjointness on exactly Y. Also ⟨Hu,u⟩=⟨Ku,u⟩+∫V∥u∥2≥−v∥u∥2 for every u∈Y, proving the claimed lower bound. Only the two explicit imaginary resolvents were used.

5.1step 2.1step 3.1step 4.1F1F2F3algebra∎

[Graph norms, cores and scope] For u∈Y, boundedness of V gives ∥Hu∥≤∥Ku∥+v∥u∥ and ∥Ku∥≤∥Hu∥+v∥u∥. Thus the graph norms of H and K are equivalent, and step 2.1 identifies both with the Sobolev norm. The finite-component smooth density from [F3] therefore makes Cc∞(R3N;CM) graph dense in the exact domain of each operator, which is precisely the core claim. Steps 1.1–4.1 supply the self-adjointness, exact differential action, lower bound and explicit inverses. All primitive suppliers used here assume CC; neither an AC multiplier theorem nor Kato–Rellich nor any assertion concerning a singular potential or an arbitrary spin basis was invoked.

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