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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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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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Is there a discrete Schrödinger operator with empty spectrum?
A relatively well-known example of (continuous) Schrödinger operator with empty spectrum is the complex Airy operator on the line, i.e., the operator acting on $L^{2}(\mathbb{R})$ given by the ...
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Explicit form of S-matrix on the line
Consider the Hamiltonian $H$ on functions on the line with
\begin{eqnarray}
H=H_0+V,\\
H_0=-\frac{1}{2m}\frac{d^2}{dx^2}
\end{eqnarray}
where $V$ is a potential vanishing outside of a bounded interval ...
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Difference Between Eigenvalues of Schrödinger Operator with Different Boundary Conditions
Consider a Schrödinger operator
$$H=-\Delta+V$$
on a nice bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^d$ (say, a ball or a cube), and assume for simplicity that $V$ is smooth.
Let $\lambda_D,\lambda_N$ ...
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Spectrum of a Hamiltonian on the real line
Consider the following linear (Hamiltonian) operator on functions on the real line $\mathbb{R}$
$$H\psi(x)=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}\psi(x)+V(x)\psi(x).$$
Assume that $V$ is a smooth function and $V(x)\to +\...
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Discrete spectrum of Schrodinger operator
Assume $\Omega$ is a non-compact region or manifold with dimension $\geq4$. Let $H=-\Delta+V$ be Schrodinger operator. Here $V$ is a (smooth)function.
I know that if $V\geq c>0$ or $V\to c>0$,...
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Spectrum of magnetic Laplacian
Consider the discrete magnetic Laplacian on $\mathbb Z^2.$
$$(\Delta_{\alpha,\lambda}\psi)(n_1,n_2) = e^{-i \pi \alpha n_2} \psi(n_1+1,n_2) + e^{i\pi \alpha n_2} \psi(n_1-1,n_2) + \lambda \left(e^{i ...
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Existence of solutions to time-dependent Schrödinger equations
I would like to know what is known about evolution equations of the form
$$iy'(t)=H_0y(x,t)+u(t)V(x)y(x,t)$$
and $y(0)=y_0 \in D(H_0)$
where
$V$ is not a bounded operator, but an unbounded one, $u \...
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Invariance of sets under Schrödinger equations
We are considering the Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^d \times [0,T]$
$$i \partial_t \psi(x,t)=-\Delta \psi(x,t) + u(t)V(x) \psi(x,t), t>0$$
$$\psi(x,0):=\psi(x_0) \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$$
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Resolvents of Schrodinger operators
In the free case one can compute the resolvents of the Laplacian $-\Delta$ in many cases explicitly, in the sense that they are given by an integral operator. Often, one uses the Hille-Yosida theorem ...
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Operator norm of almost mathieu operator
The almost Mathieu operator has become famous since it is the central object of the ten martini problem.
In this paper here a bound on the operator norm is given. Although the bound is of course ...
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Question about normalization factors in the direct integral of operators
So the original question I wanted to ask was this one:
I'm currently a bit puzzled about the normalization for the Gelfand transform $U$:
So if we have a periodic Schrödinger operator $H$, then we ...
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One-parameter group of unitary operators and Core
Question : For what condition on $V$ (we can take it smooth, bounded, whatever necessary), the one-parameter unitary group $U(t)$ associated to the seladjoint operator $A=-\Delta+V$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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Domains of raising and lowering operators in QM
Let $H : \operatorname{dom}(H) \subset L^2(\Omega) \rightarrow L^2(\Omega)$, where $dom(H) \subset H^2(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ should be a bounded open interval(so 1-d setting(!)) and $H$...
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Limit-circle and limit-point at endpoints
I was wondering if the following holds:
If you have an ODE $$-y''(x) + q(x) y(x) = \lambda y(x)$$ on a finite interval $(a,b)$ and you know that this equation is limit-circle or limit-point at the ...
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Schrödinger operators on a sphere
if you have a Schrödinger operator on a sphere ( $\mathbb{S}^2$) $-\Delta_{\theta,\phi} \psi(\theta,\phi) + V(\theta) \psi(\theta,\phi) = E\psi(\theta,\phi),$ where the potential does not depend on ...
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Asymptotic behavior of Schrödinger operators
I am currently dealing with $1$ or at most $2$-dimensional Schrödinger operators on compact domains. A classical result of spectral theory is the Weyl approximations for this operator
$H = -\Delta +V$....