A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Operator integrals and sesquilinear forms
Authors: D.A. Dubin, J. Kiukas, J.-P. Pellonpää, K. Ylinen
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
Journal acronym: J MATH ANAL APPL
Volume: 413
Issue: 1
First page : 250
Last page: 268
Number of pages: 19
ISSN: 0022-247X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2013.11.045
We consider various systematic ways of defining unbounded operator valued integrals of complex functions with respect to (mostly) positive operator measures and positive sesquilinear form measures, and investigate their relationships to each other in view of the extension theory of symmetric operators. We demonstrate the associated mathematical subtleties with a physically relevant example involving moment operators of the momentum observable of a particle confined to move on a bounded interval. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.