Research Papers


Birman, M. Sh. Some estimates for the method of steepest descent. (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk (N.S.) 5, no. 3(37) (1950), 152-155. MR 12,32d. English translation in: NBS Rep. 2007. Four articles on numerical matrix methods, pp. 51-56. U. S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., 1952. MR 14,412d Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On computation of eigenvalues by the method of steepest descent. (Russian) Zapiski Len. Gornogo in-ta, 27, no. 1 (1952), 209-216. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On a variant of the method of successive approximations. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 9 (1952), 69-76. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the theory of self-adjoint extensions of positive definite operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N.S.) 91, no. 2 (1953), 189-191. MR 15,326f Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the theory of general boundary problems for elliptic differential equations. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N.S.) 92, no. 2 (1953), 205-208. MR 16,42e Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On minimal functionals for elliptic differential equations of second order. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N.S.) 93, no. 6 (1953), 953-956. MR 16,42f Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the spectrum of singular boundary problems for elliptic differential equations. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N.S.) 97, no. 1 (1954), 5-7. MR 16,258e Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On Trefftz's variational method for the equation . (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR (N.S.) 101, no. 2 (1955), 201-204. MR 17,41e Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the Friedrichs extension procedure of a positive operator to the selfadjoint one. (Russian) Zapiski Len. Gornogo in-ta 33, no. 3 (1956), 132-136. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the theory of self-adjoint extensions of positive definite operators. (Russian) Mat. Sb. (N.S.) 38(80), no. 4 (1956), 431-450. MR 18,220d Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Variational methods of solution of boundary problems analogous to the method of Trefftz. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 13, no. 3 (1956), 69-89. MR 18,316f Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Method of quadratic forms in problems with small parameter at the highest derivatives. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 13, no. 3 (1957), 9-12. MR 21#209 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. A characterization of elliptic differential operators with maximal domain. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 19, no. 4 (1957), 177-183. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On multi-dimensional boundary value problems with a small parameter at higher derivatives. (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk (N.S.), 12, no. 6 (1957), 212-213. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Perturbations of quadratic forms and the spectrum of singular boundary value problems. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 125, no. 3 (1959), 471-474. MR 21#6538 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the spectrum of Schrodinger and Dirac operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 129, no. 2 (1959), 239-241. MR 22#817 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the discrete part of the spectrum of Schrodinger and Dirac operators. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 7, no. 2 (1960), 167-168. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Pavlov, B. S. On the complete continuity of certain imbedding operators. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 1, no. 1 (1961), 61-74. MR 24#A3322 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the spectrum of singular boundary-value problems. (Russian) Mat. Sb. (N.S.) 55, no. 2 (1961), 125-174. MR 26#463 English translation in: Eleven Papers on Analysis, AMS Transl. 53, 23-80, AMS, Providence, R.I., 1966. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Perturbation of the spectrum of a singular elliptic operator under variation of the boundary and boundary conditions. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 137, no. 4 (1961), 761-763. MR 25#2314 English translation in: Soviet Math. Dokl. 2 (1961), 326-328. MR 31#1574 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the number of eigenvalues in a quantum scattering problem. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 13, no. 3 (1961), 163-166. MR 25#2803 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Perturbations of the continuous spectrum of a singular elliptic operator by varying the boundary and the boundary conditions. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 1, no. 1 (1962), 22-55. MR 25#2314 Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On existence conditions for wave operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 143, no. 3 (1962), 506-509. MR 26#6823 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Krein, M. G. On the theory of wave operators and scattering operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 144, no. 3 (1962), 475-478. MR 25#2447 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Skvorcov, G. E. On square summability of highest derivatives of the solution of the Dirichlet problem in a domain with piecewise smooth boundary. (Russian) Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Matematika 5(30) (1962), 12-21. MR 26#2731 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On a test for the existence of wave operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 147, no. 5 (1962), 1008-1009. MR 29#5107 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Existence conditions for wave operators. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 27, no. 4 (1963), 883-906. MR 28#4359 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Krein, M. G. Some topics of the theory of the wave and scattering operators. 1963 Outlines Joint Sympos. Partial Differential Equations (Novosibirsk, 1963) pp. 39-45 Acad. Sci. USSR Siberian Branch, Moscow. MR 34#637 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Glazman, I. M. Spectra of singular differential operators. (Russian) Proc. Fourth All-Union Math. Congr. (Leningrad, 1961) (Russian), Vol. II pp. 253-261. Izdat. ``Nauka'', Leningrad, 1964. MR 36#3168 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Entina, S. B. A stationary approach in the abstract theory of scattering. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 155, no. 3 (1964), 506-508. MR 29#1887 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. A local criterion for the existence of wave operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 159, no. 3 (1964), 485-488. MR 30#4171 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. On double Stieltjes operator integrals. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 165, no. 6 (1965), 1223-1226. MR 32#6234 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Double Stieltjes operator integrals. (Russian) Problems of mathematical physics. No. 1. Spectral theory and wave processes. (Russian) pp. 33-67. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1966. MR 35#767b English translation in: Topics in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 1, pp. 25-54, Consultants Bureau Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York 1967. MR 35#1428 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Approximation of functions of the -classes by piece-wise-polynomial functions. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 171, no. 5 (1966), 1015-1018. MR 35#630 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Double Stieltjes operator integrals and problems on multipliers. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 171, no. 6 (1966), 1251-1254. MR 35#767a English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Entina, S. B. Stationary approach in abstract scattering theory. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 31, no. 2 (1967), 401-430. MR 35#790 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Double Stieltjes operator integrals. II. (Russian) Problems of Mathematical Physics, No. 2. Spectral Theory, Diffraction Problems (Russian) pp. 26-60 Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1967. MR 38#2621 English translation in: Topics in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 2, pp. 19-46, Consultants Bureau, New York 1968. MR 42#1630 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Piecewise polynomial approximations of functions of classes . (Russian) Mat. Sb. (N.S.) 73(115), no. 3 (1967), 331-355. MR 36#576 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates of singular numbers of integral operators. I. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 7, no. 2 (1967), 43-53. MR 35#7173 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates of singular numbers of integral operators. II. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 13, no. 3 (1967), 21-28. MR 36#739 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. A local test for the existence of wave operators. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 32, no. 4 (1968), 914-942. MR 40#1810 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Belopol'skii, A. L.; Birman, M. Sh. Existence of wave operators in scattering theory for a pair of spaces. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 32, no. 5 (1968), 1162-1175. MR 38#6377 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates of singular numbers of integral operators. III. Operators in unbounded domains. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 1, no. 1 (1969), 35-48. MR 39#7468 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Some applications of a local criterion for the existence of wave operators. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 185, no. 4 (1969), 735-738. English translation in: Soviet Math. Dokl. 10 (1969), 393-397. MR 43#7954 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Remarks on the nuclearity of integral operators and the boundedness of pseudodifferential operators. (Russian) Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Matematika 9(88) (1969), 11-17. MR 40#7877 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Scattering problems for differential operators with constant coefficients. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 3, no. 3 (1969), 1-16. MR 40#6298 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. A test of the existence of complete wave operators in scattering theory for a pair of spaces. (Russian) Problems of Mathematical Physics, No. 4. Spectral Theory. Wave Processes (Russian) pp. 22-26. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1970. MR 43#2557 English translation in: Topics in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 4, pp. 17-21, Consultants Bureau, New York-London, 1971. MR 49#4732 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotics of the spectrum of weakly polar integral operators. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 34, no. 5 (1970), 1142-1158. MR 43#5359 English translation in: Math. USSR, Izvestija 4 (1970), 1151-1168 (1971). Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The principal term of the spectral asymptotics for ``non-smooth'' elliptic problems. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 4, no. 4 (1970), 1-13. MR 43#3857 English translation in: Functional Analysis Appl. 4 (1970), 265-275 (1971). Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. On the proof of the theorem on the asymptotic behavior of the spectrum for the real part of a Volterra operator with nuclear imaginary component. (Russian) Mat. Issled. 5, no. 4(18) (1970), 16-25. MR 44#2075 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman M. Sh. Works on spectral theory of differential operators. (Russian) In ``Mathematics in Leningrad (St.-Petersburg) University for 150 years'' (Russian), pp. 129-133. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1970. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Scattering problems for differential operators under a perturbation of the space. (Russian) Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Mat. 35, no. 2 (1971), 440-455. MR 45#957 English translation in: Math. USSR, Izvestija 5(1971), 459-474 (1972). English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The asymptotics of the spectrum of ``nonsmooth'' elliptic equations. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 5, no. 1 (1971), 69-70. MR 44#659 English translation in: Functional Analysis Appl. 5 (1971), 56-57. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Borzov, V. V. The asymptotic behavior of the discrete spectrum of certain singular differential operators. (Russian) Problems of mathematical physics, No. 5. Spectral theory. (Russian), pp. 24-38. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1971. MR 46#726 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Remarks on the spectral shift function. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, 6. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 27 (1972), 33-46. MR 47#4031 English translation in: J. Soviet Math. 3 (1975), 408-419. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Spectral asymptotic behavior of nonsmooth elliptic operators. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 205, no. 2 (1972), 267-270. MR 46#4278 English translation in: Soviet Math., Doklady 13 (1972), 906-910. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Spectral asymptotics of nonsmooth elliptic operators. I. (Russian) Trudy Moskov. Mat. Obshch. 27 (1972), 3-52. MR 51#1152 English translation in: Trans. Moscow math. Soc. 27 (1972), 1-52 (1975). Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Babich, V. M.; Birman, M. Sh.; Smirnov, V. I.; Solomyak, M. Z.; Ural'ceva, N. N. Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaja (on her fiftieth birthday). (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 7, no. 2 (1972), 159-160. MR 45#6560 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Double Stieltjes operator integrals. III. (Russian) Problems of mathematical physics. No. 6. Theory of functions. Spectral theory. Wave propagation. (Russian) pp. 27-53. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1973. MR 50#992 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Spectral asymptotics of nonsmooth elliptic operators. II. (Russian) Trudy Moskov. Mat. Obshch. 28 (1973), 3-34. MR 51#1152 English translation in: Trans. Moscow Math. Soc. 28 (1973), 1-32 (1975). English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Equivalent renormings of classes in the case of partitioning of the domain. (Russian) Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Matematika 3(130) (1973), 19-27. MR 49#9614 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Quantitative analysis in Sobolev imbedding theorems and applications to spectral theory. (Russian) Tenth Mathematical School (Summer School, Kaciveli/Nalchik, 1972) (Russian), pp. 5-189. Izdanie Inst. Mat. Akad. Nauk Ukrain. SSR, Kiev, 1974. MR 58#2224 Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. A certain ``model'' nonelliptic spectral problem. (Russian) Collection of articles dedicated to the memory of Academician V. I. Smirnov. Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 1, no. 1 (1975), 39-45. MR 52#1049 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 8 (1980), 23-30. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Koplienko, L. S.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates of the spectrum of a difference of fractional powers of selfadjoint operators. (Russian) Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Matematika, 3(154) (1975), 3-10. MR 52#6458 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Alekseev, A. B.; Birman, M. Sh. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of elliptic boundary value problems with solvable constraints. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 230, no. 3 (1976), 505-507. MR 54#8044 English translation in: Sov. Math. Dokl. 17 (1976), 1319-1322 (1977). English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Alekseev, A. B.; Birman, M. Sh. A variational formulation of the problem of the oscillations of a resonator that is filled with a stratified anisotropic medium. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 7, no. 2 (1977), 9-15. MR 57#2177 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 10 (1982), 101-108. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of pseudodifferential operators with anisotropically homogeneous symbols. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. 13, no. 3 (1977), 13-21. MR 57#3680 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 10 (1982), 237-247. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Application of interpolational methods to estimates of the spectrum of integral operators. (Russian) Operator theory in function spaces (Proc. School, Novosibirsk, 1975) (Russian), pp. 42-70, ``Nauka'' Sibirsk. Otdel., Novosibirsk, 1977. MR 80b:47063 English translation in: Transl., II. Ser., Am. Math. Soc. 127 (1985), 61-82. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates for the singular numbers of integral operators. (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk 32, no. 1(193) (1977), 17-84. MR 55#11104 English translation in: Russ. Math. Surveys 32, no. 1 (1977), 15-89. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Alekseev A. B., Birman M. Sh. Asymptotic behaviour of the discrete spectrum of elliptic problems with solvable differential constraints. (Russian) Uspehi mat. nauk, 32, no. 1(193) (1977), 232-233. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic properties of the spectrum of differential equations. (Russian) Mathematical analysis, 14 (Russian), pp. 5-58. (loose errata) Akad. Nauk SSSR Vsesojuz. Inst. Nauchn. i Tehn. Informacii, Moscow, 1977. MR 57#6892 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 12 (1979), 247-283. Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman M. Sh., Solomyak M. Z., On asymptotic behaviour of the spectrum of variational problems with constraints. (Russian) Proceedings of the conference dedicated to Academician Petrovsky 75th birthday. pp. 51-52, Izdat. Mosk. Univ., Moscow, 1978. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of pseudodifferential operators with anisotropically homogeneous symbols. II. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. Mat. Mekh. Astronom. 13, no. 3 (1979), 5-10. MR 81b:47060 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 12 (1980), 155-161. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Vershik, A. M.; Solomyak, M. Z. The product of commuting spectral measures may fail to be countably additive. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 13, no. 1 (1979), 61-62. MR 80h:28010 English translation in: Funct. Anal. Appl. 13 (1979), 48-49. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of variational problems on solutions of elliptic equations. (Russian) Sibirsk. Mat. Zh. 20, no. 1 (1979), 3-22. MR 80c:35077 English translation in: Sib. Math. J. 20 (1979), 1-15. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of variational problems on solutions of elliptic equations. (Russian) Partial differential equations (Proc. Conf., Novosibirsk, 1978) (Russian), pp. 221-223. ``Nauka'' Sibirsk. Otdel., Novosibirsk, 1980. MR 82b:35115 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of variational problems on solutions of elliptic equations in unbounded domains. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 14, no. 4 (1980), 27-35. MR 82a:35084 English translation in: Funct. Anal. Appl. 14 (1981), 267-274. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. Asymptotics of the spectrum of the -matrix in potential scattering. (Russian) Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 255, no. 5 (1980), 1085-1087. MR 82j:35116 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Quasiclassical spectral asymptotic behavior of a class of integral operators. (Russian) Studies in mathematical statistics, 4. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 98 (1980), 22-32. MR 82i:47083 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 21 (1983), 12-20. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of the scattering matrix. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, 13. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 110 (1981), 3-29. MR 83c:35095 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 25 (1984), 793-814. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. Asymptotic behavior of limit phases for scattering by potentials without spherical symmetry. (Russian) Teoret. Mat. Fiz. 51, no. 1 (1982), 44-53. MR 84a:81037 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of variational problems on solutions of elliptic systems. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, 14. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 115 (1982), 23-39. MR 84c:35082 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 28 (1985), 633-644. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of pseudodifferential variational problems with shifts. (Russian) Problems of Mathematical Physics. No. 10. Spectral theory. Wave processes. (Russian) pp. 20-36. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1982. MR 84f:35109 English translation in: Sel. Math. Sov. 5 (1986), 245-256. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. On subspaces that admit a pseudodifferential projector. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. Mat. Mekh. Astronom. 1, no. 1 (1982), 18-25. MR 83h:58091 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 15 (1983), 17-27. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Compact operators with power asymptotic behavior of the singular numbers. (Russian) Investigations on linear operators and the theory of functions, 12. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 126 (1983), 21-30. MR 85e:47027 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 27 (1984), 2442-2447. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman M. Sh. Re-expansion operators as objects of spectral analysis. Linear and Complex Analysis Problem Book. 199 Research Problems. Lecture Notes in Math., 1043, pp. 130-134. Springer-Verlag, 1984. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman M. Sh., Solomyak M. Z. Some problems on compact operators with power-like behaviour of singular numbers. Linear and Complex Analysis Problem Book. 199 Research Problems. Lecture Notes in Math., 1043, pp. 217-218. Springer-Verlag, 1984. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. The Maxwell operator in domains with edges. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related problems in the theory of functions, 17. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 147 (1985), 3-9. MR 87j:35307 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 37 (1987), 793-797. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. The Maxwell operator for a resonator with inward edges. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. Mat. Mekh. Astronom. no. 3 (1986), 3-8. MR 87m:35181 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 19, no. 3 (1986), 1-8. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The Maxwell operator in domains with a nonsmooth boundary. (Russian) Sibirsk. Mat. Zh. 28, no. 1 (1987), 23-36. MR 88g:35095 English translation in: Sib. Math. J. 28 (1987), 12-24. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Weyl asymptotics of the spectrum of the Maxwell operator for domains with a Lipschitz boundary. (Russian) Vestnik Leningrad. Univ. Mat. Mekh. Astronom. no. 3 (1987), 23-28. MR 89h:35253 English translation in: Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Math. 20, no. 3 (1987), 15-21. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Construction in a piecewise-smooth domain of a function of the class from the value of the conormal derivative. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related problems in the theory of functions, 19. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 163 (1987), 17-28. MR 89b:35035 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 49, no. 5 (1990), 1128-1136. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. -theory of the Maxwell operator in arbitrary domains. (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk 42, no. 6(258) (1987), 61-76. MR 89e:35127 English translation in: Russ. Math. Surv. 42, no. 6 (1987), 75-96. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. A general scheme in the stationary theory of scattering. (Russian) Problems of Mathematical Physics. No. 12. Wave propagation. Scattering theory. (Russian) pp. 89-117. Izdat. Leningrad. Univ., Leningrad, 1987. MR 89b:47016 English translation in: Wave propagation. Scattering theory, 87-112, Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, 157, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1993. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. The Maxwell operator for a periodic resonator with inward edges. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics, 13 (Russian). Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklov. 179 (1988), 23-35. MR 89m:35160 English translation in: Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 179 (1989), 21-34. MR 89b:35035 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The -theory of the Maxwell operator in domains with nonsmooth boundary. Symposium ``Partial Differential Equations'' (Holzhau, 1988), 33-41, Teubner-Texte Math., 112, Teubner, Leipzig, 1989. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The selfadjoint Maxwell operator in arbitrary domains. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 1, no. 1 (1989), 96-110. MR 91e:35197 English translation in: Leningr. Math. J. 1, no. 1 (1990), 99-115. Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Interpolation estimates for the number of negative eigenvalues of a Schrodinger operator. Schrodinger operators, standard and nonstandard (Dubna, 1988), 3-18, World Sci. Publishing, Teaneck, NJ, 1989. MR 92e:35115 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. On the trace-class method in potential scattering theory. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related problems in the theory of functions, 20. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 171 (1989), 12-35. MR 91g:35198 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 56, no. 2 (1991), 2285-2299. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Operator integration, perturbations and commutators. Investigations on linear operators and the theory of functions, 17. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 170 (1989), 34-46. English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 63, no. 2 (1993), 129-148. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates for the difference of fractional powers of selfadjoint operators under unbounded perturbations. (Russian) Investigations on linear operators and the theory of functions, 18. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (LOMI) 178 (1989), 120-145. MR 91d:47006 English translation in: J. Sov. Math. 61, no. 2 (1992), 2018-2035. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Negative discrete spectrum of the Schrodinger operator with large coupling constant: a qualitative discussion. Order, disorder and chaos in quantum systems (Dubna, 1989), 3-16, Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., 46, Birkhauser, Basel, 1990. MR 92j:35136 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum in the gaps of the continuous one in the large-coupling-constant limit. Order, disorder and chaos in quantum systems (Dubna, 1989), 17-25, Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., 46, Birkhauser, Basel, 1990. MR 92j:47091 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. The estimates for the number of negative bound states of the Schrodinger operator for large coupling constants. Integral equations and inverse problems (Varna, 1989), 49-57. Pitman Res. Notes Math. Ser., 235, Longman Sci. Tech., Harlow, 1991. MR 92g:35159 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Krein, S. G.; Ladyzhenskaya, O. A.; Rozenblyum, G. V.; Safarov, Yu.. G. Mikhail Zakharovich Solomyak (on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday). (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk 46 (1991), no. 4(280), 183-184. MR 92k:01025 English translation in: Russian Math. Surveys 46, no. 4 (1991), 217-219. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On a discrete spectrum in gaps of a second-order perturbed periodic operator. (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 25, no. 2 (1991), 89-92. MR 92m:47090 English translation in: Funct. Anal. Appl. 25, no. 2 (1991), 158-161. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum in a gap of perturbed periodic operator at large coupling constants. Rigorous results in quantum dynamics (Liblice, 1990), 16-24. World Sci. Publishing, River Edge, NJ, 1991. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Discrete negative spectrum under nonregular perturbations (polyharmonic operators, Schrodinger operators with a magnetic field, periodic operators). Rigorous results in quantum dynamics (Liblice, 1990), 25-36. World Sci. Publishing, River Edge, NJ, 1991. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Estimates for the number of negative eigenvalues of the Schrodinger operator and its generalizations. Estimates and asymptotics for discrete spectra of integral and differential equations (Leningrad, 1989-90), 1-55. Adv. Soviet Math., 7, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1991. MR 95h:35161 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum in the gaps of a continuous one for perturbations with large coupling constant. Estimates and asymptotics for discrete spectra of integral and differential equations (Leningrad, 1989-90), 57-73. Adv. Soviet Math., 7, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1991. MR 95h:47009 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Raikov, G. D. Discrete spectrum in the gaps for perturbations of the magnetic Schrodinger operator. Estimates and asymptotics for discrete spectra of integral and differential equations (Leningrad, 1989-90), 75-84. Adv. Soviet Math., 7, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1991. MR 95h:35153 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Karadzhov, G. E.; Solomyak, M. Z. Boundedness conditions and spectrum estimates for the operators and their analogs. Estimates and asymptotics for discrete spectra of integral and differential equations (Leningrad, 1989-90), 85-106. Adv. Soviet Math., 7, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1991. MR 95g:47075 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Schrodinger operator. Estimates for number of bound states as function-theoretical problem. Spectral theory of operators (Novgorod, 1989), 1-54. Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, 150, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1992. MR 93j:35120 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Three problems in continuum theory in polyhedra. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, 24. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. S.-Peterburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (POMI) 200 (1992), 27-37. MR 94b:35204 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. The spectral shift function. The papers of M. G. Krein and their further development. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 4, no. 5 (1992), 1-44. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 4, no. 5 (1993), 833-870. MR 94g:47002 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. Spectral properties of the scattering matrix. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 4, no. 6 (1992), 1-27. English translation in: St. Petersburg. Math. J. 4, no. 6 (1993), 1055-1079. MR 94g:47003 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Principal singularities of the electric component of an electromagnetic field in regions with screens. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 5, no. 1 (1993), 143-159. MR 94f:35137 English translation in: St. Petersburg. Math. J. 5, no. 1 (1994), 125-139. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum of the periodic Schrodinger operator for non-negative perturbations. Mathematical results in quantum mechanics (Blossin, 1993), 3-7. Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., 70, Birkhauser, Basel, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Weidl, T. The discrete spectrum in a gap of the continuous one for compact supported perturbations. Mathematical results in quantum mechanics (Blossin, 1993), 9-12. Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., 70, Birkhauser, Basel, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A. Discrete spectrum of the perturbed Dirac operator. Mathematical results in quantum mechanics (Blossin, 1993), 55-59. Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., 70, Birkhauser, Basel, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Yafaev, D. R. The scattering matrix for a perturbation of a periodic Schrodinger operator by decreasing potential. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 6, no. 3 (1994), 17-39. MR 95i:47086 English translation in: St.Petersburg Math. J., 6, no. 3 (1995), 453-474. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum of the periodic elliptic operator with a differential perturbation. Journees ``Equations aux Derivees Partielles'' (Saint-Jean-de-Monts, 1994), Exp. No. XIV, 4 pp., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A. Discrete spectrum of the perturbed Dirac operator. Ark. Mat. 32 (1994), no. 1, 13-32. MR 95h:35162 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Ilya Bakelman in Russia. A tribute to Ilya Bakelman. (College Station, TX, 1993), 2-4, Discourses Math. Appl., 3, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Arnol'd, V. I.; Birman, M. Sh.; Gel'fand, I. M.; et al. Anatolii Moiseevich Vershik (on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday). (Russian) Uspehi Mat. Nauk 49, no. 3(297) (1994), 195-204. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Spectral shift function and double operator integrals. Linear and Complex Analysis Problem Book 3. Part I. Lecture Notes in Math., 1573. pp. 272-273. Springer-Verlag, 1994. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. The discrete spectrum in gaps of the perturbed periodic Schrodinger operator. I. Regular perturbations. Boundary value problems, Schrodinger operators, deformation quantization, 334-352, Math. Top., 8, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1995. MR 97d:47055 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. The discrete spectrum of the periodic Schrodinger operator perturbed by a decreasing potential. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 8, no. 1 (1996), 3-20. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 8 (1997), no. 1, 1-14. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M.; Solomyak, M. Tensor product of a finite number of spectral measures is always a spectral measure. Integral Equations Operator Theory 24 (1996), no. 2, 179-187. MR 96m:47038 English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A. The negative discrete spectrum of a two-dimensional Schrodinger operator. Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 49 (1996), no. 9, 967-997. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. The two-dimensional periodic magnetic Hamiltonian is absolutely continuous. Algebra i Analiz 9, no. 1 (1997), 32-48. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 9 (1998), no. 1, 21-32. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A.; Solomyak, M. The negative discrete spectrum of the operator in for even and . Ark. Mat. 35 (1997), no. 1, 87-126. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A. ``Non-standard'' spectral asymptotics for a two-dimensional Schrodinger operator. Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes, 12 (1997), 9-16. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. Discrete spectrum in the gaps of the perturbed periodic Schrodinger operator. II. Non-regular perturbations. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz, 9, no. 6 (1997), 62-89. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 9 (1998), no. 6, 1073-1095. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Pushnitski, A. B. Discrete spectrum in the gaps of perturbed pseudorelativistic Hamiltonian. Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, 29. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI 249 (1997), 102-117. (Russian) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Pushnitski, A. B. Spectral shift function, amazing and multifaceted. Integral Equations Operator Theory 30, no. 2 (1998), 191-199. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A.; Solomyak, M. On the eigenvalue behaviour for a class of differential operators on semiaxis. Math. Nachr. 195 (1998), 17-46. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Absolute continuity of the two-dimensional periodic magnetic Hamiltonian with discontinuous vector-valued potential. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 10, no. 4 (1998), 1-36. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 10, no. 4 (1999), 1-26. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Two-dimensional periodic Pauli operator. The effective masses at the lower edge of the spectrum. Mathematical results in quantum mechanics (Prague, 1998), Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., vol. 108, Birkhauser, Basel, 1999, pp. 13-31. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. The periodic Dirac operator is absolutely continuous. Integral Equations Operator Theory 34, no. 4 (1999), 377-395. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Periodic magnetic Hamiltonian with a variable metric. The problem of absolute continuity. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 11, no. 2 (1999), 1-40. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 11, no. 2 (2000), 203-232. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Shterenberg, R. G.; Suslina, T. A. Absolute continuity of the spectrum of a two-dimensional Schrodinger operator with potential supported on a periodic system of curves. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 12, no. 6 (2000), 140-177. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 12, no. 6 (2001), 983-1012. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. On the absolute continuity of the periodic Schrodinger and Dirac operators with magnetic potential. Differential equations and mathematical physics (Birmingham, AL, 1999), AMS/IP Stud. Adv. Math., 16, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2000, pp. 41-49. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Laptev, A.; Suslina, T. A. Discrete spectrum of a two-dimensional periodic elliptic second order operator perturbed by a decaying potential. I. Semibounded gap. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 12, no. 4 (2000), 36-78. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 12, no. 4 (2001), 535-567. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Threshold effects near the lower edge of the spectrum for periodic differential operators of mathematical physics. Systems, approximation, singular integral operators, and related topics (Bordeaux, 2000), Oper. Theory Adv. Appl., vol. 129, Birkhauser, Basel, 2001, pp. 71-107. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. On the negative discrete spectrum of a periodic elliptic operator in a waveguide-type domain, perturbed by a decaying potential. J. Anal. Math. 83 (2001), 337-391. English: (pdf|djvu)
Amosov, B. A.; Birman, M. Sh.; Vishik, M. I.; et al. Mikhail Semenovich Agranovich (on occation of his 70-th birthday). (Russian) Uspehi Matem. Nauk 56, no. 4 (2001), 163-168. English translation in: Russian Math. Surveys 56, no. 4 (2001), 777-784. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Absolute continuity of the spectrum of the periodic operator of elasticity theory for constant shear modulus, International Mathematical Series. Nonlinear Problems in Mathematical Physics, II (in Honor of Prof. O. A. Ladyzhenskaya), Kluwer/Plenum Publishers, 2002, pp. 69-76. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Arkhipova, A. A.; Birman, M. Sh.; Buslaev, V. S.; et al. On the jubilee of Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related questions in the theory of functions, vol. 32. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI 288 (2002), 5-13. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh. On the homogenization procedure for periodic operators in the neighbourhood of the edge of internal gap. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 15, no. 4 (2003), 61-71. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 15, no. 4 (2004), 507-513. Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Second order periodic differential operators. Threshold properties and homogenization. (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 15, no. 5 (2003), 1-108. English translation in: St. Petersburg Math. J. 15, no. 5 (2003), 639-714. Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Solomyak, M. Z. Double operator integrals in a Hilbert space. Integral Equations. Operator Theory 47 (2003), 131-168. English: (pdf|djvu)
Birman, M. Sh.; Suslina, T. A. Homogenization of a multidimensional periodic elliptic operator in a neighbourhood of the edge of internal gap. (Russian) Boundary value problems of mathematical physics and related problems in the theory of functions, no. 36. Zap. Nauchn. Sem. Leningrad. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov (LOMI), vol. 318, 2004, pp. 60-74. English translation in: Journal of Math. Sci. 136, no. 2 (2006), 3682-3690. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
V. I. Arnold, M. Sh. Birman, A. M. Vershik, et al., Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, (Russian) Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 59 (2004), no. 3(357), 151-152; English transl., Russian Math. Surveys 59 (2004), no. 3, 553-555. MR 2116538 Russian: (pdf|djvu) English: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Threshold approximations with corrector for the resolvent of a factorized selfadjoint operator family, (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 17 (2005), no. 5, 69-90; English transl., St. Petersburg Math. J. 17 (2006), no. 5, 745-762. MR 2241423 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Homogenization with corrector term for periodic elliptic differential operators, (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 17 (2005), no. 6, 1-104; English transl., St. Petersburg Math. J. 17 (2006), no. 6, 897-973. MR 2202045 (2006k:35011) English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
A. B. Alekseev, M. Sh. Birman, N. D. Filonov, Spectrum asymptotics for one "nonsmooth" variational problem with solvable constraint, (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 18 (2006), no. 5, 1-22; English transl., St. Petersburg. Math. J. 18 (2007), no. 5, 681-697. MR 2301038 (2008b:35193) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Homogenization with corrector for periodic differential operators. Approximation of solutions in the Sobolev class , (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 18 (2006), no. 6, 1-130; English transl., St. Petersburg Math. J. 18 (2007), no. 6, 857-955. MR 2307356 Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Homogenization of the stationary periodic Maxwell system in the case of constant permeability, (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 41 (2007), no. 2, 3-23; English transl., Funct. Anal. Appl. 41 (2007), no. 2, 81-98. MR 2345036 English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, N. D. Filonov, Weyl asymptotics of the spectrum of the Maxwell operator with non-smooth coefficients in Lipschitz domains, Nonlinear equations and spectral theory, Amer. Math. Soc. Transl. Ser. 2, v. 220 (2007), pp. 27-44. MR 2343605 English: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Operator error estimates for homogenization of nonstationary periodic equations, (Russian) Algebra i Analiz 20 (2008), no. 6, 30-107; English transl., St. Petersburg. Math. J. 20 (2009), no. 6. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, The limit absorption principle and homogenization procedure for periodic elliptic operators, (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 42 (2008), no. 4, 105-108; English transl., Funct. Anal. Appl. 42 (2008), no. 4, 336-339. English: (pdf|djvu) Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, Homogenization of periodic differential operators as a spectral threshold effect, New trends in mathematical physics, Proceedings of XV International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Springer Science, 2009. English: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, V. A. Sloushch, Two-sided estimates for the trace of the difference of a pair of semigroups, (Russian) Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen. 43 (2009), no. 3, 26-32; English transl. in Funct. Anal. Appl. 43 (2009), no. 3, 184-189. MR2583637. Russian: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, V. A. Sloushch, Discrete spectrum of the periodic Schrodinger operator with a variable metric perturbed by a nonnegative potential, Math. Model. Nat. Phenom. 5, no. 4, 2010. English: (pdf|djvu)
M. Sh. Birman, T. A. Suslina, The analog of the limiting absorbtion principle in homogenization of periodic elliptic operators, AMS Translations, 2010. English: (pdf|djvu)