TY - JOUR ID - Arlinskiĭ2011 LB - Arlinskiĭ2011 AU - Arlinskiĭ, Yury AU - Kovalev, Yury TI - Operators in divergence form and their Friedrichs and Kreĭn extensions ST - Operators in divergence form and their Friedrichs and Kreĭn extensions JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2011 VL - 31 IS - 4 SP - 501 EP - 517 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2011.31.4.501 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2011.31.4.501 AB - For a densely defined nonnegative symmetric operator \(\mathcal{A} = L_2^*L_1 \) in a Hilbert space, constructed from a pair \(L_1 \subset L_2\) of closed operators, we give expressions for the Friedrichs and Kreĭn nonnegative selfadjoint extensions. Some conditions for the equality \((L_2^* L_1)^* = L_1^* L_2\) are obtained. Applications to 1D nonnegative Hamiltonians, corresponding to point interactions, are given. KW - symmetric operator KW - divergence form KW - Friedrichs extension KW - Kreĭn extension SN - 1232-9274 ER -