Flows of bounded linear operators #
The operator exponential of a bounded endomorphism A gives a linear flow
(t, x) ↦ exp (t A) x. For a symmetric operator on a finite-dimensional real inner-product
space, its ordered orthonormal eigenbasis makes the asymptotic directions of this flow explicit.
This file proves the linear spectral model used by the stable-manifold theorem. For the flow of a
symmetric operator T, a vector converges to zero in forward time exactly when it belongs to the
negative spectral subspace of T, and it converges in backward time exactly when it belongs to
the positive spectral subspace. No invertibility hypothesis is needed: a component in the zero
eigenspace is constant and therefore belongs to neither asymptotic set unless it vanishes. The
negative-gradient convention used by Morse theory is recovered by applying these to -T.
Main declarations #
ContinuousLinearMap.flow: the flowexp (t A)of a bounded linear operator.LinearMap.IsSymmetric.eigenvectorBasis_repr_flow_neg_apply: the coordinate formula for the flow of a negative symmetric operator in its ordered eigenbasis.LinearMap.IsSymmetric.stableSet_flow_eq_negativeSpectralSubspace: the stable set of zero forexp (t T)is the negative spectral subspace ofT.LinearMap.IsSymmetric.unstableSet_flow_eq_positiveSpectralSubspace: the corresponding backward-time statement.
References #
M. Audin and M. Damian, Morse Theory and Floer Homology, Springer Universitext, 2014, Chapter 2.
The linear flow generated by a bounded endomorphism A, whose time-t map is
exp (t • A).
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The flow generated by A is the operator exponential exp (t • A).
Negating the generator reverses its linear flow.
Combine an exponential-flow estimate with a comparison of the initial-vector norms,
enlarging the latter estimate's constant from M to K.
In an ordered orthonormal eigenbasis, the flow generated by -T multiplies the
ith coordinate by exp (-t * λᵢ).
For a finite-dimensional symmetric operator T, the stable set of zero under the linear
flow generated by T is exactly the negative spectral subspace of T.
For a finite-dimensional symmetric operator T, the unstable set of zero under the linear
flow generated by T is exactly the positive spectral subspace of T.