Questions tagged [schrodinger-operators]
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Difference in essential spectrum between Schrodinger operators
I am considering two Schrodinger operators on $\mathbb{Z}^2$ and compare their essential spectrum. The operators are both of the form $H=A+V$ where $A$ is the adjacency operator on the $\mathbb{Z}^2$-...
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Convergence of eigenfunctions
In their 1999 paper "Sturm-Liouville operators with singular potentials", Savchuk and Shkalikov prove the uniform resolvent convergence of an operator $L_\varepsilon \rightarrow L$ for $\...
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What can one say about the Dirichlet problem for Schrödinger equation with negative potential?
Consider the Schrödinger type equation in $\Bbb R^2$:
$$
\Delta f(x,y)+c(x,y)f(x,y)=0
$$
where $c(x,y)$ is a positive (!) function everywhere analytic on the plane, and $\Delta$ is the Laplace ...
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Examples of symmetry-breaking solitons which retain a subgroup symmetry
There are many works on spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with asymmetric soliton solutions.
However, all symmetry breaking soliton examples I have seen go from the ...
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Eigenvalues of a Schrödinger operator
I'm interested in the existence of eigenfunctions and finding eigenvalues of the following operator
$$L(\varphi) = \varphi_{rr} - \frac{1}{r} \varphi_r - [V + \frac{m}{r^2}] \varphi$$
$$\varphi(0) = \...
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A question about the regularity of the Schrödinger equation
While reading the article [1], I noticed I don't understand part of the proof of regularity. For the Schrödinger eigenvalue problem,
\begin{cases}
-\Delta u+Vu=\lambda u, &\text{in } \Omega \\
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Eigenvalues of minors to Schrodinger matrices
Suppose that we have a graph $G$, define the hamiltonian $H$ on it as $$Hu(x) = \sum_{y\sim x}u(y).$$ Consider the operator $H+V$ where $V$ multiplies the value $u(x)$ in any vertex by the potential ...
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Spectrum below zero for $-\beta(x) \partial^2_x : L^2(\mathbb{R}) \to L^2(\mathbb{R})$
Let $\beta \in L^\infty(\mathbb{R} ; (0, \infty))$ be bounded from above and below by positive constants. Consider the self-adjoint operator $ -\beta^{-1} \partial^2_x : L^2(\mathbb{R}; \beta dx) \to ...
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On the asymptotic behaviour of the kernel of a Toeplitz operator
Consider the following Berezin Topelitz operator on the 2-sphere:
$$Q_N(f)=\frac{N+1}{4\pi}\int_{\mathbb{S}^2}d\Omega \, f(\Omega)|\Omega\rangle\langle\Omega|_N,$$
where $f\in C^\infty(\mathbb{S}^2)$,...
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Rotation number for multicomponent Schrödinger equation
Rotation number for Schrödinger equation of the form
\begin{equation}
-x''(t) +q(t) x(t) = E x(t)
\end{equation}
was defined in R. Johnson J. Moser "The rotation number for almost periodic ...
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Maximal operator estimates for the Schrödinger equation
Let $a>0$ and consider the operator
$$Tf(t,x)= \int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}e^{ i x\cdot \xi} e^{i t \lvert\xi\rvert^{a}} \widehat{f}(\xi) \, d\xi.$$
When $a=2$, the function $Tf$ solves the Cauchy problem ...
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Pointwise convergence of Schrodinger's equation with potential term
A famous problem of Carleson asks if $f\in H^s(\mathbb{R}^n)$, under what condition of $s$ do we have almost everywhere pointwise convergence of the solution to the Schrodinger's equation
$$iu_t-\...
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Understanding a Bessel function gluing argument of Simon
I would like to construct a real-valued function $f$ on $(0, \infty)$ with the following properties:
$f(r)$ is $C^1$ on $(0,\infty)$ and $C^\infty$ on $(0,1) \cup (1, \infty)$,
$-f'' + \tfrac{3}{4}r^...
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Question on a mixed-norm estimate
I am currently reading the paper Global existence and scattering for rough solutions to generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations on $\mathbb{R}$ by Colliander, Holmer, Visan, Zhang. In this article,...
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Mathematical study of dispersive PDEs [closed]
My understanding is that there have been a lot of activities in harmonic analysis and PDEs that use sophisticated tools to study dispersive PDEs like the Schrodinger's equation. E.g. the Strichartz ...
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Is there a space of smooth functions dense in the domain of Coulomb-like potentials in dimension two?
Let $V : \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ be compactly supported, bounded away from the origin, and obey
$$ |V(x)| \lesssim r^{-\delta_0}, \qquad 0 < |x| \le 1, \qquad r : =|x|,$$
for some $0 < \...
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Physical relevancy of two curious PDE's
My research has brought me to the following linear parabolic second order PDE:
$$ \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}\Psi(t,x)=c(t,x)\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\Psi(t,x) $$
for $c(t,x)=-\frac{t}{x}$ and $...
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Eigenvalues of Schrödinger operator with Robin condition on the boundary
Let $(M^2,g)$ be a compact Riemannian surface with boundary and let $L = \Delta_g + q$ be a Schrödinger operator, where $\Delta_g = -\operatorname{div} \nabla$ is the Laplacian with respect to the ...
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Fourier transform of a generalized function on the plane
Is there an explicit formula for the Fourier transform of the generalized function of 2 variables
$$\frac{1}{x+y^2+i0}?$$
Remark. Equivalent question: consider the Schroedinger equation one the ...
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Spectrum near zero of $-\partial^2_x + V : L^2(\mathbb{R}) \to L^2(\mathbb{R})$, where $V = O(|x|^{-2 - \delta})$
Let $H = -\partial^2_x + V(x) : L^2(\mathbb{R}) \to L^2(\mathbb{R})$ be a one dimensional Schrödinger operator, where the potential $V$ is real-valued, belongs to $L^\infty(\mathbb{R})$, and, as $|x| \...
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Schrödinger equation with nonstandard boundary conditions
Consider the partial differential equation
$$\psi_t(t,x)=i\kappa \psi_{xx}(t,x) ~\mbox{for}~ 0<(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}$$
with boundary conditions
$$\psi(0,x)=0 ~\mbox{for}~ x>0,$$
$$\...
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Solution to Schrödinger equation
I asked this question already on stackexchange, but I did not get any resonance at all, so maybe anybody here can give me a few hints about my problem.
My goal is to solve this PDE for $f:[-1,1] \...
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Is the extension (dual restriction) operator on any smooth hypersurface a solution to some PDE?
We know that the extension operator on paraboloids $\widehat{fd\sigma}(t,x)=\int_\mathbb{R}^nf(\xi)e^{i(t|\xi|^2+x\cdot\xi)}d\xi$ is a solution to the homogeneous Schrodinger equation with initial ...
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Counterexamples to weak dispersion for the Schrödinger group
Let $A$ be a selfadjoint operator on some Hilbert space $H$, let $U(t)=e^{itA}$ be the corresponding continuous group, and let $f\in H$ be orthogonal to all eigenvectors of $A$. Are there examples ...
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Change of variables for obtaining a unitary group
Consider the following NLS:
$$i u_t + \Delta u- 2 \operatorname{Re} u = F(u),$$
where $F(u):=(u + \bar{u} + |u|^2)u.$
In Scattering for the Gross–Pitaevskii equation, the authors S. Gustafson, K. ...
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Eigenvalues in the semiclassical limit
Consider the Schrödinger operator $H_\hbar = -\hbar^2\Delta + V$ on $M=\mathbb{R}^n$, where $V$ is a potential that behaves well in a certain sense ($C^\infty$, bounded from below, going to infinity ...
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Analyticity of solutions to Schrödinger's equation
Take Schrödinger's equation on $\mathbb{R}$, $i\partial_t\psi(x,t)=H\psi(x,t)$. Assume that $\psi(x,0)$ has compact support. Using known integral formulas for the propagators, it is fairly ...
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Decay of solutions to Schrodinger equation with local minimum in potential
Consider the one-dimensional Schrodinger operator on the real line $\mathbb{R}$ given by
$$ L = - \partial_x^2 + V $$
where $V$ is a potential with the following properties:
$V$ is non-negative, and ...
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Duality argument
$\newcommand\norm[1]{\lVert#1\rVert}\newcommand\abs[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}$Throughout my studying for some papers, in particular, the proof of localized Strichartz estimates, I encountered a use of the ...
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Uniform boundedness Schrödinger operator eigenfunctions with Dirichlet conditions
I would like to ask a question with possibly a reference. If we have a Schrödinger operator $-\Delta+V$ on an interval $[0,L]$ with $V$ continous and Dirichlet conditions, can we state that the ...
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Potential scattering for non-decaying potential
I am reading this note on potential scattering by Siu-Hung Tang and Maciej Zworski.
Just wondering if there is a scattering theory for the Schrödinger with a non-decaying potential $- \Delta + V$ on ...
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Barry Simon's decay of eigenfunctions for pseudo differential operators
In his celebrated paper on Schrödinger semigroups, Barry Simon proves the following result.
Let $V_{-} \in K_\nu$, $V_{+} \in K_\nu^{\mathrm{loc}}$ and suppose that $Hu=Eu$ where $E$ is the ...
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Asymptotic expansion of the Schrödinger kernel?
My stackexchange post was somewhat unsatisfactory (also because I may not have stated clear enough what my interest was). So here it goes!
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ be the ...
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Green's function for elliptic PDE with potential
$\newcommand{\div}{\operatorname{div}}$Suppose I have an elliptic operator $\mathcal{L} u = -\div (A \nabla u) $ on some open set $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ where here $A$ is uniformly elliptic ...
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Time evolution of Wigner transform
I am studying the Hartree equation for N-particles for the first time and things are not clear to me. Given the density matrix
$$\gamma_{N, t}^{(n)} (x_1,..,n_n; y_1,...,y_n) =
\begin{cases}
\int \...
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Integration of Wigner transform
I am a mathematician studying the dynamics of the $N$-Body density matrix $\rho_{N}(x;y)$ for $n$ particles, defined by
$$\rho_{N, t}^{(n)} (x_1,..,n_n; y_1,...,y_n) =
\begin{cases}
\int \rho_{N,t}(...
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Maximal Lyapunov exponent of Schrödinger-Newton equation
I am trying to determine the sign of the maximal Lyapunov exponent of the Schrödinger-Newton equation
$$
\partial_t \psi(t,\vec{x}) = i\left(a\nabla^2 + \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \frac{|\psi(t,\vec{y})|^2}{|...
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When are nodal lines on a sphere geodesics?
Let $(S^2, g)$ be a Riemannian sphere and let $L := \Delta_{S^2} + q$ be a Schrödinger operator on $S^2$. Suppose that $L$ has index equal to one and that $u \in C^{\infty}(S^2)$ ($u \neq 0$) lies in ...
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First eigenvalue of Schrödinger operator is simple
I once read that the first eigenvalue of a Schrödinger operator always is simple, together with an easy proof of it. But I cannot remember where. Does anybody know a reference?
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Reference for global theory of Schrödinger operators
Question. What is a good reference to learn about the spectral properties of Schrödinger operators in $\mathbf{R}^n$? I am specifically interested in references that discuss examples where the ...
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Positive semidefinite fundamental solution to Schrodinger operator
Lets say $V : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{M}_d (\mathbb{R})$ is a $d \times d$ symmetric, positive semidefinite matrix function on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and consider the Schrodinger operator $- \Delta + ...
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Anderson localization for Bernoulli potentials on half-line
Anderson localisation for (discrete) Schrödinger operators with Bernoulli potentials on $l^2(\mathbb{Z})$ was proven in
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01210702
I am wondering if there ...
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Intuition/references for understanding bound states/discrete spectrum relationship
I am trying to form intuition for the following `well-known' facts about spectrum of unbounded operators (Schrodinger/wave etc.) $L$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Let $\lambda\in\mathbb{R}$ satisfy
$Lf=\lambda f$...
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Convergence of Schrödinger ground states in $L^p$ for $p\neq 2$
Suppose that $H=-\Delta+V$ is a Schrödinger operator with a unique ground state $\psi$. Suppose that $H_n=-\Delta+V_n$ is a sequence of operators such that $V_n\to V$ in some sense as $n\to\infty$ (...
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Even and odd solutions for the Schrödinger equation
We consider $2a$ - periodic smooth solutions for
\begin{eqnarray*}
-\Delta u+V(x)\,u=0\qquad\hbox{in}\:[-a,a]
\end{eqnarray*}
We assume that $V$ is smooth and even (i.e. $V(-x)=V(x)$). We also assume ...
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Fractional derivative notation in wave turbulence
This is my first question in MathOverflow and I will do my best to format it correctly and make it clear.
I am reading a paper on dispersive wave turbulence which introduces the following family of ...
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Recovering the nonlinear Schrödinger equation from its Lax pair
My question is less concerned with the physical aspects of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and more with the mathematical mechanics of using a Lax pair.
I am considering how to recover the ...
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How to use Fredholm alternative to check that there are only finite eigenvalues of $H$ on the imaginary axis?
On $\mathbb{R}^3$, we consider the operator
\begin{equation}
\mathcal{H}= \left( \begin{matrix}
-\Delta +1 -2 \phi^2 & -\phi^2 \\
\phi^2 & \Delta -1 +2 \phi^2
\end{matrix} \right) , D(...
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Are Weyl sequences polynomially bounded?
Look at the Hilbert space $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ and let $A$ be a translation invariant band operator. I.e. if $\{ e_n \}_{n \in \mathbb Z} $ is the standard basis for $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ then it holds ...
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Nonlinear ODE to linear PDE?
I am interested in when and how one can trade a non-liner ODE for a linear PDE. To explain what this could look like here is a physics-inspired discussion.
Consider a classical mechanical system with ...
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