The spectral bounds of the discrete Schrödinger operator

Let H(λ)=−Δ+λb be a discrete Schrödinger operator on ?²(Zd) with a potential b and a non-negative coupling constant λ. When b≡0, it is well known that σ(−Δ)=[0,4d]. When b?0, let and be the bounds of the spectrum of the Schrödinger operator. One of the aims of this paper is to study the influence of the potential b on the bounds 0 and 4d of the spectrum of −Δ. More precisely, we give a necessary and sufficient condition on the potential b such that s(−Δ+λb) is strictly positive for λ small enough. We obtain a similar necessary and sufficient condition on the potential b such that M(−Δ+λb) is lower than 4d for λ small enough. In dimensions d=1 and d=2, the situation is more precise. The following result was proved by Killip and Simon (2003) (for d=1) in [5], then by Damanik et al. (2003) (for d=1 and d=2) in [3]:

     

Lieb-Thirring type inequalities and Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities for systems

This paper is devoted to inequalities of Lieb-Thirring type. Let V be a nonnegative potential such that the corresponding Schrödinger operator has an unbounded sequence of eigenvalues (λi(V))_i∈N^∗. We prove that there exists a positive constant C(γ), such that, if γ>d/2, then

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Local smoothing property and Strichartz inequality for Schrödinger equations with potentials superquadratic at infinity

We study smoothing properties for time-dependent Schrödinger equations , , with potentials which satisfy V(x)=O(|x|^m) at infinity, m?2. We show that the solution u(t,x) is 1/m times differentiable with respect to x at almost all , and explain that this is the result of the fact that the sojourn time of classical particles with energy λ in arbitrary compact set is less than CTλ^−1/m during [0,T] when λ is very large. We also show Strichartz's inequality with derivative loss for such potentials and give its application to nonlinear Schrödinger equations.     

Domination with exponential decay

Let G be a graph and S⊆V(G). For each vertex u∈S and for each v∈V(G)−S, we define to be the length of a shortest path in 〈V(G)−(S−{u})〉 if such a path exists, and ∞ otherwise. Let v∈V(G). We define if v⁄∈S, and w_S(v)=2 if v∈S. If, for each v∈V(G), we have w_S(v)≥1, then S is an exponential dominating set. The smallest cardinality of an exponential dominating set is the exponential domination number, γ_e(G). In this paper, we prove: (i) that if G is a connected graph of diameter d, then γ_e(G)≥(d+2)/4, and, (ii) that if G is a connected graph of order n, then .     

Uniqueness properties of solutions of Schrödinger equations

Under suitable assumptions on the potentials V and a, we prove that if u∈C([0,1],H¹) is a solution of the linear Schrödinger equation

     

On a paper by Gesztesy, Simon, and Teschl concerning isospectral deformations of ordinary Schrödinger operators

Starting from a selfadjoint Schrödinger operator A=−d²/dx²+q with a gap G in its spectrum F. Gesztesy, B. Simon, G. Teschl [J. Analyse Math. 70 (1996) 267-324] succeed in constructing another Schrödinger operator that is unitarily equivalent (and thus isospectral) to A. As the means they apply come from the Weyl-Titchmarsh theory the connections prove to be intricate, in particular the relation between A and . We show that a central assertion in GST's paper rests substantially on factorizations of the form

     

“Localized” self-adjointness of Schrödinger type operators on Riemannian manifolds

We prove self-adjointness of the Schrödinger type operator , where ∇ is a Hermitian connection on a Hermitian vector bundle E over a complete Riemannian manifold M with positive smooth measure dμ which is fixed independently of the metric, and V∈L_loc¹(EndE) is a Hermitian bundle endomorphism. Self-adjointness of H_V is deduced from the self-adjointness of the corresponding “localized” operator. This is an extension of a result by Cycon. The proof uses the scheme of Cycon, but requires a refined integration by parts technique as well as the use of a family of cut-off functions which are constructed by a non-trivial smoothing procedure due to Karcher.     

Schrödinger operators and unique continuation. Towards an optimal result

In this article we prove the property of unique continuation (also known for C^∞ functions as quasianalyticity) for solutions of the differential inequality |Δu|?|Vu| for V from a wide class of potentials (including class) and u in a space of solutions YV containing all eigenfunctions of the corresponding self-adjoint Schrödinger operator. Motivating question: is it true that for potentials V, for which self-adjoint Schrödinger operator is well defined, the property of unique continuation holds?     

Anderson localization and Lifshits tails for random surface potentials

We consider Schrödinger operators on L²(R^d) with a random potential concentrated near the surface R^d₁×{0}⊂R^d. We prove that the integrated density of states of such operators exhibits Lifshits tails near the bottom of the spectrum. From this and the multiscale analysis by Boutet de Monvel and Stollmann [Arch. Math. 80 (2003) 87-97] we infer Anderson localization (pure point spectrum and dynamical localization) for low energies. Our proof of Lifshits tails relies on spectral properties of Schrödinger operators with partially periodic potentials. In particular, we show that the lowest energy band of such operators is parabolic.     

Bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potentials tending to zero at infinity

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of solutions to the N-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation −ε²Δu+V(x)u=K(x)up with u(x)>0, u∈H¹(RN), N?3 and . When the potential V(x) decays at infinity faster than ⁻²(1+|x|) and K(x)?0 is permitted to be unbounded, we will show that the positive H¹(RN)-solutions exist if it is assumed that G(x) has local minimum points for small ε>0, here with denotes the ground energy function which is introduced in [X. Wang, B. Zeng, On concentration of positive bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with competing potential functions, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 28 (1997) 633-655]. In addition, when the potential V(x) decays to zero at most like (1+|x|)^−α with 0<α?2, we also discuss the existence of positive H¹(RN)-solutions for unbounded K(x). Compared with some previous papers [A. Ambrosetti, A. Malchiodi, D. Ruiz, Bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potentials vanishing at infinity, J. Anal. Math. 98 (2006) 317-348; A. Ambrosetti, D. Ruiz, Radial solutions concentrating on spheres of NLS with vanishing potentials, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A 136 (2006) 889-907; A. Ambrosetti, Z.Q. Wang, Nonlinear Schrödinger equations with vanishing and decaying potentials, Differential Integral Equations 18 (2005) 1321-1332] and so on, we remove the restrictions on the potential function V(x) which decays at infinity like (1+|x|)^−α with 0<α?2 as well as the restrictions on the boundedness of K(x)>0. Therefore, we partly answer a question posed in the reference [A. Ambrosetti, A. Malchiodi, Concentration phenomena for NLS: Recent results and new perspectives, preprint, 2006].     

1-D Schrödinger operators with local point interactions on a discrete set

Spectral properties of 1-D Schrödinger operators with local point interactions on a discrete set are well studied when d_∗:=infn,k∈N|xn−xk|>0. Our paper is devoted to the case d_∗=0. We consider HX,α in the framework of extension theory of symmetric operators by applying the technique of boundary triplets and the corresponding Weyl functions.We show that the spectral properties of HX,α like self-adjointness, discreteness, and lower semiboundedness correlate with the corresponding spectral properties of certain classes of Jacobi matrices. Based on this connection, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the operators HX,α to be self-adjoint, lower semibounded, and discrete in the case d_∗=0.The operators with δ^′-type interactions are investigated too. The obtained results demonstrate that in the case d_∗=0, as distinguished from the case d_∗>0, the spectral properties of the operators with δ- and δ^′-type interactions are substantially different.     

Convergence of subdivision schemes and smoothness of limit functions

Starting with vector λ=(λ(k))_k∈Z∈?p(Z), the subdivision scheme generates a sequence of vectors by the subdivision operator

     

An almost sure scaling limit theorem for Dawson-Watanabe superprocesses

We establish a scaling limit theorem for a large class of Dawson-Watanabe superprocesses whose underlying spatial motions are symmetric Hunt processes, where the convergence is in the sense of convergence in probability. When the underling process is a symmetric diffusion with -coefficients or a symmetric Lévy process on Rd whose Lévy exponent Ψ(η) is bounded from below by cα|η| for some c>0 and α∈(0,2) when |η| is large, a stronger almost sure limit theorem is established for the superprocess. Our approach uses the principal eigenvalue and the ground state for some associated Schrödinger operator. The limit theorems are established under the assumption that an associated Schrödinger operator has a spectral gap.     

Quantum Hamiltonians with quasi-ballistic dynamics and point spectrum

Consider the family of Schrödinger operators (and also its Dirac version) on ?²(Z) or ?²(N)

     

Critical potentials of the eigenvalues and eigenvalue gaps of Schrödinger operators

Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold with or without boundary, and let −Δ be its Laplace-Beltrami operator. For any bounded scalar potential q, we denote by λi(q) the ith eigenvalue of the Schrödinger type operator −Δ+q acting on functions with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions in case ∂M≠∅. We investigate critical potentials of the eigenvalues λi and the eigenvalue gaps Gij=λj−λi considered as functionals on the set of bounded potentials having a given mean value on M. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a potential q to be critical or to be a local minimizer or a local maximizer of these functionals. For instance, we prove that a potential q∈L^∞(M) is critical for the functional λ₂ if and only if q is smooth, λ₂(q)=λ₃(q) and there exist second eigenfunctions f₁,…,fk of −Δ+q such that . In particular, λ₂ (as well as any λi) admits no critical potentials under Dirichlet boundary conditions. Moreover, the functional λ₂ never admits locally minimizing potentials.