Spectral multiplicity of selfadjoint Schroedinger operators on star-graphs with general interface conditions

Abstract

We consider selfadjoint operators obtained by pasting a finite number of boundary relations with one-dimensional boundary space. A typical example of such an operator is the Schrödinger operator on a star-graph with a finite number of finite or infinite edges and an interface condition at the common vertex. A wide class of "selfadjoint" interface conditions, subject to a assumption which is generically satisfied, is considered. We investigate properties of spectral multiplicity of singular spectrum (continuous as well as point) in terms of the spectral data of decoupled operators.