Densely defined operator
In mathematics – specifically, in operator theory – a densely defined operator or partially defined operator is a type of partially defined function.In a topological sense, it is a linear operator that is defined "almost everywhere".Densely defined operators often arise in functional analysis as operations that one would like to apply to a larger class of objects than those for which they a priori "make sense".[clarification needed] A closed operator that is used in practice is often densely defined.A densely defined linear operatorfrom one topological vector space,is a linear operator that is defined on a dense linear subspaceand takes values inwhen the context makes it clear thatmight not be the set-theoretic domain ofof all real-valued, continuous functions defined on the unit interval; letdenote the subspace consisting of all continuously differentiable functions.Equipwith the supremum norminto a real Banach space.The differentiation operatoris a densely defined operator fromto itself, defined on the dense subspaceThe operatoris an example of an unbounded linear operator, sinceThis unboundedness causes problems if one wishes to somehow continuously extend the differentiation operatorThe Paley–Wiener integral, on the other hand, is an example of a continuous extension of a densely defined operator.In any abstract Wiener spacethere is a natural continuous linear operator (in fact it is the inclusion, and is an isometry) fromgoes to the equivalence classis dense inSince the above inclusion is continuous, there is a unique continuous linear extensionThis extension is the Paley–Wiener map.