TY - JOUR ID - Ryzhov2007 LB - Ryzhov2007 AU - Ryzhov, Vladimir TI - A general boundary value problem and its Weyl function ST - A general boundary value problem and its Weyl function JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2007 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 305 EP - 331 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2007.27.2.305 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2007.27.2.305 AB - We study the abstract boundary value problem defined in terms of the Green identity and introduce the concept of Weyl operator function \(M(\cdot)\) that agrees with other definitions found in the current literature. In typical cases of problems arising from the multidimensional partial equations of mathematical physics the function \(M(\cdot)\) takes values in the set of unbounded densely defined operators acting on the auxiliary boundary space. Exact formulae are obtained and essential properties of \(M(\cdot)\) are studied. In particular, we consider boundary problems defined by various boundary conditions and justify the well known procedure that reduces such problems to the "equation on the boundary" involving the Weyl function, prove an analogue of the Borg-Levinson theorem, and link our results to the classical theory of extensions of symmetric operators KW - abstract boundary value problem KW - symmetric operators KW - Green formula KW - Weyl function SN - 1232-9274 ER -