The present book is the second of the two volume Proceedings of the Mark Krein International Conference on Operator Theory and Applications. This conference, which was dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of the prominent mathematician Mark Krein, was held in Odessa, Ukraine from 18-22 August, 1997. The conference focused on the main ideas, methods, results, and achievements of M. G. Krein. This second volume is devoted to operator theory and related topics. It opens with the bibliography of M. G. Krein and a number of survey papers about his work. The main part of the book consists of original research papers presenting the state of the art in operator theory and its applications. The first volume of these proceedings, entitled Differential Operators and related Topics, concerns the other aspects of the conference. The two volumes will be of interest to a wide-range of readership in pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. Table of Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Bibliography of Mark Grigorevich Krein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Review papers: M. G. Krein's Contributions to Prediction Theory H. Dym M. G. Krein's Contribution to the Moment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AA Nudelman Research Papers: Solution of the Truncated Matrix Hamburger Moment Problem according to M. G. Krein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Y. M. Adamyan and I. M. Tkachenko Extreme Points of a Positive Operator Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 T. Ando M-accretive Extensions of Sectorial Operators and Krein Spaces . . . . . . . . . 67 Y. M. Arlinskii A Simple Proof of the Continuous Commutant Lifting Theorem . . . . . . . . . . 83 R. Bruzual and M.

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This is the second of two volumes containing peer-reviewed research and survey papers based on invited talks at the International Conference on Modern Analysis and Applications. The conference, which was dedicated to the 100th anniversary ofthebirthofMarkKrein,oneofthegreatestmathematiciansofthe20thcentury, was held in Odessa, Ukraine, on April 9-14, 2007. The conference focused on the main ideas, methods, results, and achievements of M.G. Krein. This second volume is devoted to the theory of di?erential operators and mechanics. It opens with the description of the conference and a number of survey papers about the work of M.G. Krein. The main part of the book consists of original research papers presenting the state of the art in the area of di?erential operators. The ?rst volume of these proceedings, entitled Operator Theory and Related Topics, concerns other aspects of the conference. The two volumes will be of - terest to a wide-rangeof readership in pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. OperatorTheory: AdvancesandApplications,Vol.191, xi-xv c 2009Birkh. auserVerlagBasel/Switzerland The World Dimension of the Heritage of a Ukrainian Mathematician International Conference "Modern Analysis and Applications" (MAA - 2007) (April 9-14, 2007, Odessa) Yu. BerezanskyandV.Gorbachuk This forum has been dedicated to the centennial birthday anniversary of one of the most prominent mathematicians of the twentieth century Mark Gr- orievich Krein, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukr. SSR (1907-1989).

This is the ?rst of two volumes containing peer-reviewed research and survey papers based on invited talks at the International Conference on Modern Analysis and Applications. The conference, which was dedicated to the 100th anniversary ofthebirthofMarkKrein,oneofthegreatestmathematiciansofthe20thcentury, was held in Odessa, Ukraine, on April 9-14, 2007. The conference focused on the main ideas, methods, results, and achievements of M. G. Krein. This?rstvolumeisdevotedtotheoperatortheoryandrelatedtopics. Itopens withthebiographypapersaboutM. G. Kreinandanumberofsurveypapersabout his work. The mainpartof the book consistsof originalresearchpaperspresenting the state of the art in operator theory and its application. The second volume of these proceedings, entitled Di?erential Operators and Mechanics, concerns other aspects of the conference. The two volumes will be of interest to a wide-range of readership in pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. The editors are sincerely grateful to the persons who contributed to the preparation of these proceedings: Sergei Marchenko, Myroslav Sushko, Kostyantyn Yusenko and Vladimir Zavalnyuk. Mark Grigorievich Krein, 1907-1989 Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, Vol. 190, xi-xx c 2009 Birkh. auser Verlag Basel/Switzerland Mark Grigorievich Krein (on his 100th birthday anniversary) V. M. Adamyan, D. Z. Arov, Yu. M. Berezansky, V. I. Gorbachuk, M. L. Gorbachuk, V. A. Mikhailets and A. M. Samoilenko April 3, 2007, is the l00th anniversary of the birth of Mark Grigorievich Krein, one of the most celebrated mathematicians of the 20th century, whose whole life was closely connected with Ukraine.

One service mathematics has rendered the "Et moi, "'f si favait su comment en revenir. je n 'y serais point alleC human raoe. It hat put common sense back where it belongs. on the topmost shelf next Jules Verne to the dusty canister labelled 'discarded non. The series is divergent; therefore we may be smse'. Eric T. Bell able to do something with it. O. H eaviside Mathematics is a tool for thought. A highly necessary tool in a world where both feedback and non linearities abound. Similarly, all kinds of parts of mathematics serve as tools for other parts and for other sciences. Applying a simple rewriting rule to the quote on the right above one finds such statements as: 'One service topology has rendered mathematical physics .. .'; 'One service logic has rendered com puter science .. .'; 'One service category theory has rendered mathematics .. .'. All arguably true. And all statements obtainable this way form part of the raison d'elre of this series."

The present book is the second of the two volume Proceedings of the Mark Krein International Conference on Operator Theory and Applications. This conference, which was dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of the prominent mathematician Mark Krein, was held in Odessa, Ukraine from 18-22 August, 1997. The conference focused on the main ideas, methods, results, and achievements of M. G. Krein. This second volume is devoted to operator theory and related topics. It opens with the bibliography of M. G. Krein and a number of survey papers about his work. The main part of the book consists of original research papers presenting the state of the art in operator theory and its applications. The first volume of these proceedings, entitled Differential Operators and related Topics, concerns the other aspects of the conference. The two volumes will be of interest to a wide-range of readership in pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. Table of Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Bibliography of Mark Grigorevich Krein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Review papers: M. G. Krein's Contributions to Prediction Theory H. Dym M. G. Krein's Contribution to the Moment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AA Nudelman Research Papers: Solution of the Truncated Matrix Hamburger Moment Problem according to M. G. Krein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Y. M. Adamyan and I. M. Tkachenko Extreme Points of a Positive Operator Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 T. Ando M-accretive Extensions of Sectorial Operators and Krein Spaces . . . . . . . . . 67 Y. M. Arlinskii A Simple Proof of the Continuous Commutant Lifting Theorem . . . . . . . . . . 83 R. Bruzual and M.

The present book is the first of the two volume Proceedings of the Mark Krein International Conference on Operator Theory and Applications. This conference, which was dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of the prominent mathematician Mark Krein, was held in Odessa, Ukraine from 18-22 August, 1997. The confer encefocused onthemain ideas, methods, results, andachievementsofM.G. Krein. This first volume is devoted to the theory of differential operators and related topics. It opens with a description of the conference, biographical material and a number of survey papers about the work of M.G. Krein. The main part of the book consists oforiginal research papers presenting the stateofthe art in the area ofdifferential operators. The second volume of these proceedings, entitled Operator Theory and related Topics, concerns the other aspects of the conference. The two volumes will be of interest to a wide-range of readership in pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering sciences. Table of Contents Preface............................................................. v Table of Contents VII Picture of M.G. Krein Xl About the Mark Krein International Conference . Mark Grigorevich Krein (A short biography) 5 I. Gohberg The Seminar on Ship Hydrodynamics, Organized by M.G. Krein 9 v.G. Sizov Review Papers: The Works ofM.G. Krein on Eigenfunction Expansion for Selfadjoint Operators and their Applications and Development 21 Yu.M. Berezansky M.G. Krein and the Extension Theory of Symmetric Operators."