We analyze the singular spectrum of selfadjoint operators which arise from pasting a finite number of boundary relations with a standard interface condition. A model example for this situation is a Schrödinger operator on a star-shaped graph with continuity and Kirchhoff conditions at the interior vertex. We compute the multiplicity of the singular spectrum in terms of the spectral measures of the Weyl functions associated with the single (independently considered) boundary relations. This result is a generalization and refinement of a Theorem of I.S.Kac.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)523-575
Number of pages53
JournalIntegral Equations and Operator Theory
Volume78
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

    Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Algebra and Number Theory

    Research areas

  • boundary relations, Herglotz functions, quantum graphs, Schrödinger operators, singular spectrum, spectral multiplicity, Weyl theory

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