Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Semigroups and Generators
- 2 The Generation of Semigroups
- 3 Convolution Semigroups of Measures
- 4 Self-Adjoint Semigroups and Unitary Groups
- 5 Compact and Trace Class Semigroups
- 6 Perturbation Theory
- 7 Markov and Feller Semigroups
- 8 Semigroups and Dynamics
- 9 Varopoulos Semigroups
- Notes and Further Reading
- Appendix A The Space C0(Rd)
- Appendix B The Fourier Transform
- Appendix C Sobolev Spaces
- Appendix D Probability Measures and Kolmogorov’s Theorem on Construction of Stochastic Processes
- Appendix E Absolute Continuity, Conditional Expectation and Martingales
- Appendix F Stochastic Integration and Itô’s Formula
- Appendix G Measures on Locally Compact Spaces – Some Brief Remarks
- References
- Index
4 - Self-Adjoint Semigroups and Unitary Groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Semigroups and Generators
- 2 The Generation of Semigroups
- 3 Convolution Semigroups of Measures
- 4 Self-Adjoint Semigroups and Unitary Groups
- 5 Compact and Trace Class Semigroups
- 6 Perturbation Theory
- 7 Markov and Feller Semigroups
- 8 Semigroups and Dynamics
- 9 Varopoulos Semigroups
- Notes and Further Reading
- Appendix A The Space C0(Rd)
- Appendix B The Fourier Transform
- Appendix C Sobolev Spaces
- Appendix D Probability Measures and Kolmogorov’s Theorem on Construction of Stochastic Processes
- Appendix E Absolute Continuity, Conditional Expectation and Martingales
- Appendix F Stochastic Integration and Itô’s Formula
- Appendix G Measures on Locally Compact Spaces – Some Brief Remarks
- References
- Index
Summary
We study self-adjoint semigroups and give necessary and sufficient conditions for these to be induced by a convolution semigroup (through the procedure of Chapter 3). Stone’s theorem is proved and applied to Schrödinger’s equation and the Heisenberg equation of quantum mechanics. We then introduce quantum dynamical semigroups and the Lindblad generator.
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- Semigroups of Linear OperatorsWith Applications to Analysis, Probability and Physics, pp. 83 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019