Squares of symmetric operators

Abstract: Using the approach proposed in [5] , in an infinite-dimensional separable complex Hilbert space we give abstract constructions of families ${{\mathcal T}z}{{\rm Im\,} z>0}$ of closed densely defined symmetric operators with the properties: (I) the domain of ${\mathcal T}_z^2$ is a core of ${\mathcal T}_z$, (II) the domain of ${\mathcal T}_z^2$ is dense but note a core of ${\mathcal T}_z$, (III) the domain of ${\mathcal T}_z^2$ is nontrivial but non-dense. For this purpose a class of maximal dissipative operators is defined and studied. The case ${\rm dom\,} {\mathcal T}_z^2={0}$ has been considered in [5]. Given a densely defined closed symmetric operator $S$, in terms of the intersection of the domain of $S$ with ${\rm ran\,} (S-\lambda I)$ and the projection of the domain of the adjoint $S^*$ on ${\rm ran\,} (S-\lambda I)$, $\lambda\in{\mathbb C}\setminus{\mathbb R}$, necessary and sufficient conditions for the cases (I)--(III) related to the domain of $S^2$, are obtained.