Concrete model theory for a class of operators with unitary part

Let m and v_t, 0 ? t ? 2π be measures on T = [0, 2π] with m smooth. Consider the direct integral $\text{H}$ = ⊕L²(v^t) dm(t) and the operator $\text{(L?)(t, λ) = e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{?(t, λ) ? 2e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{2\pi }}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(s, x) e(s, t) dv}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{(x) dm(s)}$ on $\text{H}$, where e(s, t) = exp ∫_s^t ∫_Tdv_λ(θ) dm(λ). Let μ_t be the measure defined by $\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(x) dμ}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x) = ∫}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{t}}\text{∫}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(x) dv}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{dm(s)}$ for all continuous ?, and let ?_t(z) = exp[?∫ (e^iθ + z)(e^iθ ? z)^?1dμ_t(gq)]. Call {v_t} regular iff for all $\text{t, ¦?}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{)¦ = ¦?}{}_{\mathrm{2\pi }}\text{(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{)¦}$ for 1 a.e.     

Exposed points and extremal problems in H1

If φ ∈ L_∞, we denote by T_φ the functional defined on the Hardy space H¹ by

$\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{\phi }}\text{(?) =}\text{∫}\text{?π}\text{π}\text{?(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{) φ(e}{}^{\mathrm{i\theta }}\text{)}\text{dθ}\text{2π}$

. Let S_φ be the set of functions in H¹ which satisfy $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{\phi }}\text{(?) = ∥T}{}_{\mathrm{\phi }}\text{∥}\text{and}\text{∥? ∥}{}_1\text{? 1}$. It is known that if φ is continuous, then S_φ is weak-¹ compact and not empty. For many noncontinuous φ each S_φ is weak-¹ compact and not empty. A complete descr ption of S_φ if S_φ is weak-¹ compact and not empty is obtained. S_φ is not empty if and only if $\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{\phi }}\text{= S}{}_{\mathrm{\psi }}\text{and}\text{ψ = ¦ ?¦}\text{?}$ for some nonzero ? in H¹. It is shown that if $\text{φ = ¦? ¦}\text{?}$ and $\text{? = pg}$, where p is an analytic polynomial and g is a strong outer function, then S_φ is weak-¹ compact. As the consequence, if $\text{? = p}$, then S_φ is weak-¹ compact.     

Étude d'une équation de Monge-Ampère sur les variétés kählériennes compactes

On a compact Kähler manifold of complex dimension m ? 2, let us consider the change of Kähler metric $\text{g′}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{= g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{+ ?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\lambda </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gm</mtext>}}\text{φ}$. Let F?C^∞(V × R) be a function everywhere > 0 and v a real number ≠ 0. When $\text{0 < C}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? F(x, t) ? C(¦t¦}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{+ 1)}$ for all (x, t) ?V × ] ?∞, t₀], where C and t₀ are constants and $\text{1 ? a <}\text{m}\text{(m ? 1)}$, one exhibits a function φ?C^∞ (V) such that $\text{¦g′∥g¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{= e}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>\nu </mtext><mtext>\backslash </mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>gf</mtext>}}\text{F(x, φ ?}\text{}\text{?}\text{gf) (¦g¦}\text{and}\text{¦g′¦}$ the determinants of the metrics g and $\text{g′,}\text{}\text{?}\text{gf = (}\text{mes}\text{V)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{∝ φ dV)}$.     

Szegö limit theorems in quantum mechanics

We prove a Szegö-type theorem for some Schrödinger operators of the form $\text{H =}\text{?1}\text{2Δ}\text{+ V}$ with V smooth, positive and growing like $\text{V}{}_0\text{¦x¦}{}^{\mathrm{k}}\text{, k > 0}$. Namely, let π_λ be the orthogonal projection of L² onto the space of the eigenfunctions of H with eigenvalue ?λ; let A be a 0th order self-adjoint pseudo-differential operator relative to Beals-Fefferman weights $\text{?(x, ξ) = 1, Φ(x, ξ) = (1 + ¦ξ¦}{}^2\text{+ V(x))}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ and with total symbol a(x, ξ); and let f∈C($\text{R}$). Then

$\text{lim}\text{λ→∞}\text{1}\text{rank}\text{π}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{tr}\text{f(π}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{Aπ}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{)=}\text{lim}\text{λ→∞}\text{1}\text{vol}\text{(H(x, ξ)?λ)}\text{∫}\text{H?λ}\text{f(a(x, ξ))dxdξ}$

(assuming one limit exists).     

An Lp bound for the Riesz and Bessel potentials of orthonormal functions

Let ψ₁, …,ψ_N be orthonormal functions in $\text{R}$^d and let $\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{= (?Δ)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{ψ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}$, or $\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{= (?Δ + 1)}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{ψ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}$, and let $\text{p(x) = ∑¦u}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(x)¦}{}^2$. L^p bounds are proved for p, an example being $\text{∥p∥}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{? A}{}_{\mathrm{d}}\text{N}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>p</mtext>}}\text{for}\text{d ? 3}$, with p = d(d ? 2)^?1. The unusual feature of these bounds is that the orthogonality of the ψ_i, yields a factor $\text{N}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>p</mtext>}}$ instead of N, as would be the case without orthogonality. These bounds prove some conjectures of Battle and Federbush (a Phase Cell Cluster Expansion for Euclidean Field Theories, I, 1982, preprint) and of Conlon (Comm. Math. Phys., in press).     

Superexponential decay of solutions of a semilinear wave equation

Consider a smooth solution of $\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{tt}}\text{? Δu + q(x) ¦ u ¦}{}^{\mathrm{p?1}}\text{u = 0 x ? R}{}^3\text{, q ? 0}$ and is C¹, and 1 < p < 5. Assume that the initial data decay sufficiently rapidly at infinity, $\text{q(x) ? a}\text{exp}\text{(?b ¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{), a, b > 0, c > 1}$, and for simplicity, q_r ? 0. Then the local energy decays faster than exponentially.     

Global existence for a delay differential equation

An elastic-plastic bar with simply connected cross section Q is clamped at the bottom and given a twist at the top. The stress function u, at a prescribed cross section, is then the solution of the variational inequality (0.1) $\text{min}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>v</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>K</mtext>}}\text{{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{v} = ∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{u¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{u, u}\text{?}\text{K,}\text{where}\text{(0.2) K = {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦ ? 1}\text{a.e.}\text{}}\text{and}\text{θ}{}_1$ is equal to the angle of the twist (after normalizing the units). Introducing the Lagrange multiplier λ_θ1, the unloading problem consists in solving the variational inequality (0.3) is the twisting angle for the unloaded bar; θ₂ < θ₁. Let (0.4) $\text{K}{}^1\text{= {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ?d(x) ? v(x) ? d(x)},}\text{where}\text{d(x) =}\text{dist}\text{.(x, ?Q)}$, and denote by $\text{u}{}^1\text{, w}{}^1$ the solutions of (0.1), (0.3), respectively, when K is replaced by $\text{K}{}^1$. The following results are well known for the loading problem (0.1):(0.5) $\text{u = u}{}^1$; (0.6) the plastic set $\text{P = (X}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{u(x)¦ = 1}}$ is connected to the boundary. In this paper we show that, in general, (0.7) $\text{w ≠ w}{}^1$; (0.8) the plastic set $\text{P}\text{?}\text{= {x}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{w(x)¦ = 1}}$ is not connected to the boundary. That is, we construct domains Q for which (0.7) and (0.8) hold for a suitable choice of θ₁, θ₂.     

Spectral representation for Schrödinger operators with long-range potentials

A spectral representation for the self-adjoint Schrödinger operator H = ?Δ + V(x), x? R³, is obtained, where V(x) is a long-range potential: $\text{V(x) = O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>(1</mtext><mtext>2)</mtext><mtext>?\delta </mtext>}}\text{)}$, grad $\text{V(x) = O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>?</mtext><mtext>(3</mtext><mtext>2)</mtext><mtext>?\delta </mtext>}}\text{)}$, $\text{ΛV(x) = O(¦ x}\text{s}\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{?\delta }}\text{) (δ > 0), Λ}$ being the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the unit sphere Ω. Namely, we shall construct a unitary operator $\text{F}$ from PL₂(R³) onto $\text{L}{}_2\text{((0, ∞); L}{}_2\text{(Ω)), P}$ being the orthogonal projection onto the absolutely continuous subspace for H, such that for any Borel function α(λ),

$\text{(α(H)(Pf,g)=}\text{∫}\text{0}\text{∞}\text{(α(λ)(Ff)(λ),(Fg)(λ))L}{}_2\text{(ω) dλ}$

.     

On certain perturbation problems and singular equations of magnetohydrodynamics

This paper presents an initial-value method for the solution of the inhomogeneous Fredholm integral equation $\text{u(t) = g(t) + λ ∝}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{k(¦ t ? y ¦) u(y) dy}$. These equations and an expansion formula of classical analysis allow a proposal to be made for calculating the solutions to the homogeneous equation $\text{φ(t) = λ ∝}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{c}}\text{k(¦ t ? y ¦) φ(y) dy}$.The paper discusses possible numerical difficulties and presents extensions to other types of linear operators.     

On exponential bases for the Sobolev spaces over an interval

We suppose that K is a countable index set and that $\text{Λ = {λ}{}_{\mathrm{k}}\text{¦ k ? K}}$ is a sequence of distinct complex numbers such that forms a Riesz (strong) basis for L²[a, b], a < b. Let Σ = {σ₁, σ₂,…, σ_m} consist of m complex numbers not in Λ. Then, with p(λ) = Π_{k = 1}^m (λ ? σ_k), forms a Riesz (strong) bas Sobolev space H^m[a, b]. If we take σ₁, σ₂,…, σ_m to be complex numbers already in Λ, then, defining p(λ) as before, forms a Riesz (strong) basis for the space H^?m[a, b]. We also discuss the extension of these results to “generalized exponentials” tⁿe^λ_kt.     

Temporal exponential decay for the Stark effect in atoms

Let $\text{H}{}_1\text{= ?∑}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{N}}\text{(Δ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{+ V(}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{)) + ∑}{}_{\mathrm{1\; ?\; i\; <j\; ?\; N}}\text{¦}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{?}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{, V(}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{) = N ∝ ¦}\text{x}\text{?}\text{y}\text{¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{?(}\text{y}\text{)d}\text{y}$, with ? a normalized Gaussian. Suppose $\text{E}$ ≠ 0 and that $\text{H = H}{}_1\text{+}\text{E}\text{· (∑}{}_{\mathrm{i\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{N}}\text{x}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{)}$ has no eigenfunctions in L²($\text{R}$^3N. If H₁ψ = μψ with μ < infσ_ess(H₁), then (ψ, e^?itHψ) decays exponentially at a rate governed by the positions of the resonances of H.     

Construction of a recurrence relation for modified moments

In this paper we are constructing a recurrence relation of the form

$\text{∑}\text{i=0}\text{r}\text{ω}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(k)m}{}_{\mathrm{k+i}}{}^{\mathrm{\{\lambda \}}}\text{[f] = ω(k)}$

for integrals (called modified moments)

$\text{m}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{\{\lambda \}}}\text{[f]df=}\text{∫}\text{?1}\text{1}\text{f(x)C}{}_{\mathrm{k}}{}^{\mathrm{(\lambda )}}\text{(x)dx (k = 0,1,…)}$

in which C_k^(λ) is the k-th Gegenbauer polynomial of order $\text{λ(λ > ?}\text{1}\text{2}\text{)}$, and f is a function satisfying the differential equation

$\text{∑}\text{i=0}\text{n}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(x)f}{}^{\mathrm{(i)}}\text{(x) = p(x) (?1?x?1)}$

of order n, where p₀, p₁, …, p_n ? 0 are polynomials, and m_k^〈λ〉[p] is known for every k. We give three methods of construction of such a recurrence relation. The first of them (called Method I) is optimum in a certain sense.     

Concrete model theory for a class of operators

The operator $\text{L?(t, λ) = e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{(t, λ) ? 2e}{}^{\mathrm{?i\lambda }}\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{t}}{}^{\mathrm{2\pi }}\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{T}}\text{?(s, x) e(s, t) dv}{}_{\mathrm{s}}\text{(x) dm(s)}$ acting on H=∝₀^2π⊕L²(v_t), where m and v_t, 0 ? t ? 2π are measures on [0, 2π] with m smooth and e(s, t) = exp[?∝_t^s∝_Tdv_λ(θ) dm(λ)], satisfies $\text{rank}\text{(I ? LL}{}^1\text{) =}\text{rank}\text{(I ? L}{}^1\text{L) = 1}$. It is, therefore, unitarily equivalent to a scalar Sz.-Nagy-Foia? canonical model. The purpose of this paper is to determine the model explicitly and to give a formula for the unitary equivalence.     

Lp estimates for the wave equation

Let u(x, t) be the solution of u_tt ? Δ_xu = 0 with initial conditions $\text{u(x, 0) = g(x)}\text{and}\text{u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(x, 0) = ?;(x)}$. Consider the linear operator $\text{T: ?; → u(x, t)}$. (Here g = 0.) We prove for t fixed the following result. Theorem 1: T is bounded in L^p if and only if . Theorem 2: If the coefficients are variables in C and constant outside of some compact set we get: (a) If n = 2k the result holds for $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ < (n ? 1)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$. (b) If n = 2k ? 1, the result is valid for $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ ? (n ? 1)}$. This result are sharp in the sense that for p such that $\text{¦ p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{? 2}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{¦ > (n ? 1)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ we prove the existence of $\text{?; ? L}{}^{\mathrm{P}}$ in such a way that $\text{T?; ? L}{}^{\mathrm{P}}$. Several applications are given, one of them is to the study of the Klein-Gordon equation, the other to the completion of the study of the family of multipliers $\text{m(ξ) = ψ(ξ) e}{}^{\mathrm{i¦\xi ¦}}\text{¦ ξ ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?b}}$ and finally we get that the convolution against the kernel $\text{K(x) = ?(x)(1 ? ¦ x ¦)}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ is bounded in H¹.     

A decomposition theorem for an analytic function

Let f(z), an analytic function with radius of convergence R (0 < R < ∞) be represented by the gap series ∑_{k = 0}^∞c_kz^λ_k. Set and define the growth constants ?, λ, T, t by

$\text{?}\text{λ}\text{=}\text{lim sup}\text{r→R}\text{inf}\text{{}\text{log}\text{[Rr /(R?r)]}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{log}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{log}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{M(r)}}$

, and if 0 < ? < ∞,

$\text{T}\text{t}\text{=}\text{lim sup}\text{r→R}\text{inf}\text{{[Rr /(R?r)]}{}^{\mathrm{??}}\text{log}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{M(r)}}$

. Then, assuming 0 < t < T < ∞, we obtain a decomposition theorem for f(z).     

Problèmes de Neumann non linéaires sur les variétés riemanniennes

Nonlinear Neumann problems on riemannian manifolds. Let ($\text{M}\text{, g}$) be a C^∞ compact riemannian manifold of dimension n ? 2 whose boundary B is an (n ? 1)-dimensional submanifold and let $\text{M =}\text{M}\text{?B}$ be the interior of $\text{M}$. Study of Neumann problems of the form: $\text{Δφ +?(φ, x) = 0}\text{in}\text{M, (}\text{dφ}\text{dn}\text{) + g(φ, y) = 0}\text{on}\text{B}$, where, for every $\text{(t, x, y) ? R × M × B, ¦?(t, x)¦}\text{and}\text{¦g(t, y)¦}$ are bounded by $\text{C(1 + ¦t¦}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{)}\text{or}\text{C}\text{exp}\text{(¦t¦}{}^{\mathrm{a}}\text{)}$. Application to the determination of a conformal metric for which the scalar curvature of M and the mean curvature of B take prescribed values.     

Arnold's canonical matrices and the asymptotic simplification of ordinary differential equations

Let A(x,ε) be an n×n matrix function holomorphic for |x|?x₀, 0<ε?ε₀, and possessing, uniformly in x, an asymptotic expansion $\text{A(x,ε)?Σ}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{}_{\mathrm{r=0}}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{r}}\text{(x) ε}{}^{\mathrm{r}}$, as ε→0⁺. An invertible, holomorphic matrix function P(x,ε) with an asymptotic expansion $\text{P(x,ε)?Σ}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{}_{\mathrm{r=0}}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{r}}\text{(x)ε}{}^{\mathrm{r}}$, as ε→0⁺, is constructed, such that the transformation y = P(x,ε)z takes the differential equation $\text{ε}{}^{\mathrm{h}}\text{dy}\text{dx}\text{= A(x,ε)y,h}$ a positive integer, into $\text{ε}{}^{\mathrm{h}}\text{dz}\text{dx}\text{= B(x,ε)z}$, where B(x,ε) is asymptotically equal, to all orders, to a matrix in a canonical form for holomorphic matrices due to V.I. Arnold.     

Asymptotic properties of general symmetric hyperbolic systems

Results on partition of energy and on energy decay are derived for solutions of the Cauchy problem $\text{?u}\text{?t}\text{+ ∑}{}_{\mathrm{j\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{= 0, u(0, x) = ?(x)}$. Here the A_j's are constant, k × k Hermitian matrices, x = (x₁,…, x_n), t represents time, and u = u(t, x) is a k-vector. It is shown that the energy of Mu approaches a limit $\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{M}}\text{(?)}\text{as}\text{¦ t ¦ → ∞}$, where M is an arbitrary matrix; that there exists a sufficiently large subspace of data ?, which is invariant under the solution group U₀(t) and such that $\text{U}{}_0\text{(t)? = 0}\text{for}\text{¦ x ¦ ? a ¦ t ¦ ? R, a}\text{and}\text{R}$ depending on ? and that the local energy of nonstatic solutions decays as $\text{¦ t ¦ → ∞}$. More refined results on energy decay are also given and the existence of wave operators is established, considering a perturbed equation $\text{E(x)}\text{?u}\text{?t}\text{+ ∑}{}_{\mathrm{j\; =\; 1}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{?u}\text{?x}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{= 0,}\text{where}\text{¦ E(x) ? I ¦ = O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?1\; ?\; ?}}\text{)}$ at infinity.     

On Lp estimates for the wave equation

New and more elementary proofs are given of two results due to W. Littman: (1) Let $\text{n ? 2, p ?}\text{2n}\text{(n ? 1)}$. The estimate $\text{∫∫ (¦▽u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx dt ? C ∫∫ ¦□u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{dx dt}$ cannot hold for all u?C₀^∞(Q), Q a cube in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{<mi\; mathvariant="italic"\; is="true">n</mi>}}\text{× R}$, some constant C. (2) Let n ? 2, p ≠ 2. The estimate $\text{∫ (¦▽(t)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(t)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx ? C(t) ∫ (¦▽u(0)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{+ ¦u}{}_{\mathrm{t}}\text{(0)¦}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{) dx}$ cannot hold for all C^∞ solutions of the wave equation □u = 0 in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{x R}$; all t ?$\text{R}$; some function C: $\text{R}$ → $\text{R}$.     

Operator properties of Sobolev imbeddings over unbounded domains

For an open set Ω ? $\text{R}$^N, 1 ? p ? ∞ and λ ∈ $\text{R}$⁺, let $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω)}$ denote the Sobolev-Slobodetzkij space obtained by completing $\text{C}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$ in the usual Sobolev-Slobodetzkij norm (cf. A. Pietsch, “r-nukleare Sobol. Einbett. Oper., Ellipt. Dgln. II,” Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1971, pp. 203–215). Choose a Banach ideal of operators $\text{U}$, 1 ? p, q ? ∞ and a quasibounded domain Ω ? $\text{R}$^N. Theorem 1 of the note gives sufficient conditions on λ such that the Sobolev-imbedding map $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ exists and belongs to the given Banach ideal $\text{U}$: Assume the quasibounded domain fulfills condition C_k^l for some l > 0 and 1 ? k ? N. Roughly this means that the distance of any $\text{x ? Ω}$ to the boundary ?Ω tends to zero as $\text{O(¦ x ¦}{}^{\mathrm{?l}}\text{)}$ for $\text{¦ x ¦ → ∞}$, and that the boundary consists of sufficiently smooth ?(N ? k)-dimensional manifolds. Take, furthermore, 1 ? p, q ? ∞, p > k. Then, if μ, ν are real positive numbers with λ = μ + v ∈ $\text{N}$, μ > λ _S($\text{U}$; p,q:N) and v > N/l · λ_D($\text{U}$;p,q), one has that $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ belongs to the Banach ideal $\text{U}$. Here λ_D($\text{U}$;p,q;N)∈$\text{R}$⁺ and λ_S($\text{U}$;p,q;N)∈$\text{R}$⁺ are the D-limit order and S-limit order of the ideal $\text{U}$, introduced by Pietsch in the above mentioned paper. These limit orders may be computed by estimating the ideal norms of the identity mappings l_pⁿ → l_qⁿ for n → ∞. Theorem 1 in this way generalizes results of R. A. Adams and C. Clark for the ideals of compact resp. Hilbert-Schmidt operators (p = q = 2) as well as results on imbeddings over bounded domains.Similar results over general unbounded domains are indicated for weighted Sobolev spaces.As an application, in Theorem 2 an estimate is given for the rate of growth of the eigenvalues of formally selfadjoint, uniformly strongly elliptic differential operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions in $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$, where Ω fulfills condition C₁^l.For an open set Ω in $\text{R}$^N, let $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω)}$ denote the Sobolev-Slobodetzkij space obtained by completing $\text{C}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$ in the usual Sobolev-Slobodetzkij norm, see below. Taking a fixed Banach ideal of operators and 1 ? p, q ? ∞, we consider quasibounded domains Ω in $\text{R}$^N and give sufficient conditions on λ such that the Sobolev imbedding operator $\text{W}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{p}}{}^{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Ω) λ L}{}_{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$ exists and belongs to the Banach ideal. This generalizes results of C. Clark and R. A. Adams for compact, respectively, Hilbert-Schmidt operators (p = q = 2) to general Banach ideals of operators, as well as results on imbeddings over bounded domains. Similar results over general unbounded domains may be proved for weighted Sobolev spaces. As an application, we give an estimate for the rate of growth of the eigenvalues of formally selfadjoint, uniformly strongly elliptic differential operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions in $\text{L}{}_2\text{(Ω)}$, where Ω is a quasibounded open set in $\text{R}$^N.