A matrix formula for Schur complements of nonnegative selfadjoint linear relations

Abstract

If a nonnegative selfadjoint linear relation $A$ in a Hilbert space and a closed subspace $\mathcal{S}$ are assumed to satisfy that the domain of $A$ is invariant under the orthogonal projector onto $\mathcal{S},$ then $A$ admits a particular matrix representation with respect to the decomposition $\mathcal{S}\oplus {\mathcal{S}}^{\perp }$. This matrix representation of $A$ is used to give explicit formulae for the Schur complement of $A$ on $\mathcal{S}$ as well as the $\mathcal{S}-$compression of $A$.