On symmetry of the product of two higher-order quasi-differential operators

Abstract

The symmetric realizations of the product of two higher-order quasi-differential expressions in Hilbert space are investigated. By means of the construction theory of symmetric operators, we characterize symmetric domains determined by two-point boundary conditions for product of two symmetric differential expressions with regular or limit-circle singular endpoints. The presented result contains the characterization of self-adjoint domains as a special case. Several examples of singular symmetric product operators are given.

Keywords

• product of differential operators
• symmetric boundary conditions
• singular operators