On exit space extensions of symmetric operators with applications to first order symmetric systems

Abstract

Let $A$ be a symmetric linear relation with arbitrary deficiency indices. By using the conceptof the boundary triplet we describe exit space self-adjointextensions $\widetilde A^\tau$ of $A$ in terms of a boundary parameter $\tau$. We characterize certain geometrical properties of $\widetilde A^\tau$ and describe all $\widetilde A^\tau$ with ${\rm mul}\, \widetilde A^\tau=\{0\}$. Applying these results to general (possibly non-Hamiltonian) symmetric systems $Jy'- B(t)y=\Delta(t)y, \; t \in [a,b\rangle,$ we describe all matrix spectral functions of theminimally possible dimension such that the Parseval equality holdsfor any function $f\in L_\Delta^2([a,b \rangle)$.