The spectral $ζ$-function for quasi-regular Sturm--Liouville operators

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Main Authors: Fucci, Guglielmo, Piorkowski, Mateusz, Stanfill, Jonathan
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author Fucci, Guglielmo
Piorkowski, Mateusz
Stanfill, Jonathan
author_facet Fucci, Guglielmo
Piorkowski, Mateusz
Stanfill, Jonathan
contents In this work we analyze the spectral $ζ$-function associated with the self-adjoint extensions, $T_{A,B}$, of quasi-regular Sturm--Liouville operators that are bounded from below. By utilizing the Green's function formalism, we find the characteristic function which implicitly provides the eigenvalues associated with a given self-adjoint extension $T_{A,B}$. The characteristic function is then employed to construct a contour integral representation for the spectral $ζ$-function of $T_{A,B}$. By assuming a general form for the asymptotic expansion of the characteristic function, we describe the analytic continuation of the $ζ$-function to a larger region of the complex plane. We also present a method for computing the value of the spectral $ζ$-function of $T_{A,B}$ at all positive integers. We provide two examples to illustrate the methods developed in the paper: the generalized Bessel and Legendre operators. We show that in the case of the generalized Bessel operator, the spectral $ζ$-function develops a branch point at the origin, while in the case of the Legendre operator it presents, more remarkably, branch points at every nonpositive integer value of $s$.
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spellingShingle The spectral $ζ$-function for quasi-regular Sturm--Liouville operators
Fucci, Guglielmo
Piorkowski, Mateusz
Stanfill, Jonathan
Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
Primary: 47A10, 47B10, 47G10. Secondary: 34B27, 34L40
In this work we analyze the spectral $ζ$-function associated with the self-adjoint extensions, $T_{A,B}$, of quasi-regular Sturm--Liouville operators that are bounded from below. By utilizing the Green's function formalism, we find the characteristic function which implicitly provides the eigenvalues associated with a given self-adjoint extension $T_{A,B}$. The characteristic function is then employed to construct a contour integral representation for the spectral $ζ$-function of $T_{A,B}$. By assuming a general form for the asymptotic expansion of the characteristic function, we describe the analytic continuation of the $ζ$-function to a larger region of the complex plane. We also present a method for computing the value of the spectral $ζ$-function of $T_{A,B}$ at all positive integers. We provide two examples to illustrate the methods developed in the paper: the generalized Bessel and Legendre operators. We show that in the case of the generalized Bessel operator, the spectral $ζ$-function develops a branch point at the origin, while in the case of the Legendre operator it presents, more remarkably, branch points at every nonpositive integer value of $s$.
title The spectral $ζ$-function for quasi-regular Sturm--Liouville operators
topic Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
Primary: 47A10, 47B10, 47G10. Secondary: 34B27, 34L40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06922