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Volterra operator
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In mathematics, in the area of functional analysis and operator theory, the Volterra operator, named after Vito Volterra, is a bounded linear operator on the space L2[0,1] of complex-valued square-integrable functions on the interval [0,1]. On the subspace C[0,1] of continuous functions it represents indefinite integration. It is the operator corresponding to the Volterra integral equations.
Definition
The Volterra operator, V, may be defined for a function f ∈ L2[0,1] and a value t ∈ [0,1], as[1]
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Properties
- V is a bounded linear operator between Hilbert spaces, with Hermitian adjoint
- V is a Hilbert–Schmidt operator, hence in particular is compact.[2]
- V has no eigenvalues and therefore, by the spectral theory of compact operators, its spectrum σ(V) = {0}.[2][3]
- V is a quasinilpotent operator (that is, the spectral radius, ρ(V), is zero), but it is not nilpotent operator.
- The operator norm of V is exactly ||V|| = 2⁄π.[2]
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