Stability Criteria for the Weyl m-Function

This paper presents a new approach to spectral theory for theSchrödinger Operator on the half-line. Solutions of nonlinearRiccati-type equations related to the Schrödinger equation at realspectral parameter are characterised by means of their clusteringproperties as is varied. A family of solutions exhibiting aso-called -clustering property is shown to imply precise estimatesfor the complex boundary value of the Weyl m-function and thespectral measure, and leads to an analysis of the absolutely continuouscomponent of the spectral measure in terms of stability criteria for thecorresponding Riccati equations.