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The similarity problem for non-self-adjoint operators with absolutely continuous spectrum. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0985.47017
Funct. Anal. Appl. 34, No. 2, 143-145 (2000); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 34, No. 2, 78-81 (2000).
Let $$L=A+iV$$ be a non-self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space $$H$$, where $$A$$ is a self-adjoint operator and $$V$$ is an $$A$$-bounded symmetric operator with relative bound less than $$1$$, and suppose that the spectrum of $$L$$ is real.
The paper under review gives some necessary and sufficient conditions for $$L$$ to be similar to a self-adjoint operator, within the hypothesis that the spectrum of $$L$$ satisfies an absolute continuity condition [which was introduced by S. N. Naboko, Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 147, 86-114 (Russian) (1980; Zbl 0445.47010)]. These criteria are formulated in terms of the properties of the boundary values on the real axis of the resolvent of $$L$$; and they are variants, for the case where $$L$$ has absolutely continuous spectrum, of the following result: $$L$$ is similar to a self-adjoint operator if and only if $\sup_{\varepsilon>0}\varepsilon\int_{\mathbb R} |(L-k-i\varepsilon)^{-1}u\|^2 dk\leq C\|u\|^2 \text{ for every }u\in H$ [see Jan A. van Casteren, Pac. J. Math. 104, No. 1, 241-255 (1983; Zbl 0457.47002) and S. N. Naboko, Funct. Anal. Appl. 18, 13-22 (1984); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 18, No. 1, 16-27 (1984; Zbl 0551.47012)]. One can find the prelimit form of these criteria in a paper by M. M. Malamud [Zap. Nauchn. Sem. S.-Peterburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (POMI) 270, Issled. po Linein. Oper. i Teor. Funkts. 28, 201-241, 367 (2000)] for operators which are not necessarily absolutely continuous.

##### MSC:
 47A65 Structure theory of linear operators 47A10 Spectrum, resolvent
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