A Left-Definite Non-Integer-Order Dissipative Operator

Abstract

In this paper we consider a non-integer (fractional)-order nonselfadjoint boundary-value problem so that the fractional-order equation is a kind of left-definite equation. We construct a dissipative operator in a Sobolev space H-1(a,b) and we introduce several results on the spectral properties of the related operators. In particular, we construct an inverse operator with the aid of the Dirac-delta function and we apply Krein's theorem to the inverse operator which is compact having a nuclear imaginary component.