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Free Laplacian form domain and realization
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice and Countable Choice. On use the unitary Fourier transform on . Let be the self-adjoint multiplier with domain . Put and where are weak derivatives. Then is dense, symmetric, nonnegative, and closed; its associated self-adjoint operator is exactly , with and
Statement references
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Choice and Countable Choice, , with the stated convention, and weak-derivative spaces and .
Choice and Countable Choice are the hypotheses of the cited free multiplier, Fourier-Sobolev and Plancherel suppliers (The Axiom of Choice, The Axiom of Countable Choice ()).
The free operator is self-adjoint with and ; it is nonnegative (Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators).
is unitary, uses on , and for weak derivatives (Plancherel theorem, Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms).
consists of classes whose weak derivatives through order lie in ; the Fourier characterization identifies with the corresponding weighted multiplier domain and makes its derivative norm complete (Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms, Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms).
A symmetric form is closed when its shifted form norm is complete; a self-adjoint operator represented by such a form is unique and has that form domain equal to its square-root domain (Closed semibounded symmetric forms and their associated operators, Semibounded closed-form representation and perturbation).
Schwartz functions are dense in and belong to every integer-order Sobolev space, and Fourier transformation maps Schwartz space onto itself (Schwartz space is dense in L2, Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms, Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space).
The inner product satisfies Cauchy–Schwarz (Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs).
The regular distribution map on locally integrable functions is injective modulo almost-everywhere equality; its test functions include , which is contained in Schwartz space (Locally integrable functions embed in distributions).
Proof
Given: [A1] and the Hilbert space, Fourier transform, weak derivatives, and free multiplier stated above.
Define on by the displayed weak-derivative pairing. By [F2], for , Thus is sesquilinear, symmetric and nonnegative. Moreover , which is complete by [F3], so is closed by [F4]. Since Schwartz functions lie in and are dense in by [F5], is dense.
If and , Plancherel [F2] and Cauchy–Schwarz [F6] give ; both factors in this pairing are in by the and hypotheses.
Conversely, suppose and satisfy for every . Testing with Schwartz and using Plancherel gives . The Fourier transform maps Schwartz space onto itself by [F5], and complex conjugation preserves Schwartz space, so the locally integrable function pairs to zero with every compactly supported smooth test function. It is locally integrable because and the polynomial weight is bounded on compact sets. Injectivity of the regular-distribution map [F7] gives almost everywhere; hence . By [F3], , and [F1] then gives . Thus the form-associated operator domain and action are exactly those of .
Steps 1.2-1.3 show that the nonnegative self-adjoint operator is the operator represented by the dense closed form . Uniqueness in [F4] therefore gives , completing the Statement.
Depends on
Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators
Semibounded closed-form representation and perturbation
Closed semibounded symmetric forms and their associated operators
Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms
Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms
Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space
Plancherel theorem
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs
Schwartz space is dense in L2
Locally integrable functions embed in distributions
The Axiom of Choice
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()