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The Spectral Theorem for Unbounded Self-Adjoint Operators

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Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics ((GTM,volume 267))

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This chapter gives statements and proofs of the spectral theorem for unbounded self-adjoint operators, in the same forms as in the bounded case, in terms of projection-valued measures, in terms of direct integrals, and in terms of multiplication operators.

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Hall, B.C. (2013). The Spectral Theorem for Unbounded Self-Adjoint Operators. In: Quantum Theory for Mathematicians. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 267. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7116-5_10

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