On perturbations of quasiperiodic Schrödinger operators

Using relative oscillation theory and the reducibility result of Eliasson, we study perturbations of quasiperiodic Schrödinger operators. In particular, we derive relative oscillation criteria and eigenvalue asymptotics for critical potentials.     

On the singular Weyl-Titchmarsh function of perturbed spherical Schrödinger operators

We investigate the singular Weyl-Titchmarsh m-function of perturbed spherical Schrödinger operators (also known as Bessel operators) under the assumption that the perturbation q(x) satisfies xq(x)∈L¹(0,1). We show existence plus detailed properties of a fundamental system of solutions which are entire with respect to the energy parameter. Based on this we show that the singular m-function belongs to the generalized Nevanlinna class and connect our results with the theory of super singular perturbations.     

The transformation operator for Schrödinger operators on almost periodic infinite-gap backgrounds

We investigate the kernels of the transformation operators for one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with potentials, which are asymptotically close to Bohr almost periodic infinite-gap potentials.     

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.     

Estimates for fundamental solutions and spectral bounds for a class of Schrödinger operators

We study a class of Schrödinger operators of the form , where is a nonnegative function singular at 0, that is V(0)=0. Under suitable assumptions on the potential V, we derive sharp lower and upper bounds for the fundamental solution hε. Moreover, we obtain information on the spectrum of the self-adjoint operator defined by Lε in L²(R). In particular, we give a lower bound for the eigenvalues.     

Isometries, Fock spaces, and spectral analysis of Schrödinger operators on trees

We construct conjugate operators for the real part of a completely non-unitary isometry and we give applications to the spectral and scattering theory of a class of operators on (complete) Fock spaces, natural generalizations of the Schrödinger operators on trees. We consider C^*-algebras generated by such Hamiltonians with certain types of anisotropy at infinity, we compute their quotient with respect to the ideal of compact operators, and give formulas for the essential spectrum of these Hamiltonians.     

Inverse spectral problems for Sturm-Liouville operators in impedance form

The spectral properties of Sturm-Liouville operators with an impedance in , for some p∈[1,∞), are studied. In particular, a complete solution of the inverse spectral problem is provided.     

Trace formulas and Borg-type theorems for matrix-valued Jacobi and Dirac finite difference operators

Borg-type uniqueness theorems for matrix-valued Jacobi operators H and supersymmetric Dirac difference operators D are proved. More precisely, assuming reflectionless matrix coefficients A,B in the self-adjoint Jacobi operator H=AS⁺+A^-S^-+B (with S^± the right/left shift operators on the lattice Z) and the spectrum of H to be a compact interval [E_-,E₊], E_-<E₊, we prove that A and B are certain multiples of the identity matrix. An analogous result which, however, displays a certain novel nonuniqueness feature, is proved for supersymmetric self-adjoint Dirac difference operators D with spectrum given by , 0?E_-<E₊.Our approach is based on trace formulas and matrix-valued (exponential) Herglotz representation theorems. As a by-product of our techniques we obtain the extension of Flaschka's Borg-type result for periodic scalar Jacobi operators to the class of reflectionless matrix-valued Jacobi operators.     

Inverse spectral problems for Bessel operators

We study the inverse spectral problem for a class of Bessel operators given in L₂(0,1) by the differential expression

     

Schrödinger operators and de Branges spaces

We present an approach to de Branges's theory of Hilbert spaces of entire functions that emphasizes the connections to the spectral theory of differential operators. The theory is used to discuss the spectral representation of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators and to solve the inverse spectral problem.     

Effective Prüfer angles and relative oscillation criteria

We present a streamlined approach to relative oscillation criteria based on effective Prüfer angles adapted to the use at the edges of the essential spectrum.Based on this we provided a new scale of oscillation criteria for general Sturm-Liouville operators which answer the question whether a perturbation inserts a finite or an infinite number of eigenvalues into an essential spectral gap. As a special case we recover and generalize the Gesztesy-Ünal criterion (which works below the spectrum and contains classical criteria by Kneser, Hartman, Hille, and Weber) and the well-known results by Rofe-Beketov including the extensions by Schmidt.     

Characterization of domains of self-adjoint ordinary differential operators

The GKN (Glazman, Krein, Naimark) Theorem characterizes all self-adjoint realizations of linear symmetric (formally self-adjoint) ordinary differential equations in terms of maximal domain functions. These functions depend on the coefficients and this dependence is implicit and complicated. In the regular case an explicit characterization in terms of two-point boundary conditions can be given. In the singular case when the deficiency index d is maximal the GKN characterization can be made more explicit by replacing the maximal domain functions by a solution basis for any real or complex value of the spectral parameter λ. In the much more difficult intermediate cases, not all solutions contribute to the singular self-adjoint conditions. In 1986 Sun found a representation of the self-adjoint singular conditions in terms of certain solutions for nonreal values of λ. In this paper we give a representation in terms of certain solutions for real λ. This leads to a classification of solutions as limit-point (LP) or limit-circle (LC) in analogy with the celebrated Weyl classification in the second-order case. The LC solutions contribute to the singular boundary conditions, the LP solutions do not. The advantage of using real λ is not only because it is, in general, easier to find explicit solutions but, more importantly, it yields information about the spectrum.     

Holomorphic spectral geometry of magnetic Schrödinger operators on Riemann surfaces

We study magnetic Schrödinger operators on line bundles over Riemann surfaces endowed with metrics of constant curvature. We show that for harmonic magnetic fields the spectral geometry of these operators is completely determined by the Bochner Laplacians of the line bundles. Therefore we are led to examine the spectral problem for the Bochner Laplacian ∇^∗∇ of a Hermitian line bundle L with connection ∇ over a Riemann surface S. This spectral problem is analyzed in terms of the natural holomorphic structure on L defined by the Cauchy-Riemann operator associated with ∇. By means of an elliptic chain of line bundles obtained by twisting L with the powers of the canonical bundle we prove that there exists a certain subset of the spectrum σhol(∇^∗∇) such that the eigensections associated with λ∈σhol(∇^∗∇) are given by the holomorphic sections of a certain line bundle of the elliptic chain. For genus p=0,1 we prove that σhol(∇^∗∇) is the whole spectrum, whereas for genus p>1 we get a finite number of eigenvalues.     

Fredholm operators,evolution semigroups,and periodic solutions of nonlinear periodic systems

Let X be a Banach space and L the generator of the evolution semigroup associated with the τ  -periodic evolutionary process _{{U(t,s)}t≥s}${\{U(t,s)\}}_{t\ge s}$ on the space _Pτ(X)$P_{\tau }(X)$ of all τ-periodic continuous X  -valued functions. We give criteria for the existence of periodic solutions to nonlinear systems of the form Lp=−?F(p,?)$Lp=-?F(p,?)$ under the condition that 1 is a normal eigenvalue of the monodromy operator U(τ,0)$U(\tau ,0)$. The proof is based on a new decomposition of the space _Pτ(X)$P_{\tau }(X)$ by constructing a right inverse of L.     

Convex hypersurfaces and L estimates for Schrödinger equations

This paper is concerned with Schrödinger equations whose principal operators are homogeneous elliptic. When the corresponding level hypersurface is convex, we show the L^p-L^q estimate of the solution operator in the free case. This estimate, combined with the results of fractionally integrated groups, allows us to further obtain the L^p estimate of solutions for the initial data belonging to a dense subset of L^p in the case of integrable potentials.     

Essential spectra of spectral operators

The various essential spectra of a linear operator have been surveyed byB. Gramsch andD. Lay [4]. In this paper we characterize the essential spectra and the related quantities nullity, defect, ascent and descent of bounded spectral operators. It is shown that a number of these spectra coincide in the case of a spectral or a scalar type operator. Some results known for normal operators in Hilbert space are extended to spectral operators in Banach space.     

Riccati inequality and functional properties of differential operators on the half line

Given a piecewise continuous function and a projection P₁ onto a subspace X₁ of CN, we investigate the injectivity, surjectivity and, more generally, the Fredholm properties of the ordinary differential operator with boundary condition . This operator acts from the “natural” space into L²×X₁. A main novelty is that it is not assumed that A is bounded or that has any dichotomy, except to discuss the impact of the results on this special case. We show that all the functional properties of interest, including the characterization of the Fredholm index, can be related to the existence of a selfadjoint solution H of the Riccati differential inequality . Special attention is given to the simple case when H=A+A^∗ satisfies this inequality. When H is known, all the other hypotheses and criteria are easily verifiable in most concrete problems.     

Exact controllability for stochastic Schrödinger equations

This paper is addressed to studying the exact controllability of stochastic Schrödinger equations by two controls. One is a boundary control and the other is an internal control in the diffusion term. By means of the duality argument, the control problem is converted into an observability problem for backward stochastic Schrödinger equations, and the desired observability estimate is obtained by a global Carleman estimate. At last, we give a result about the lack of exact controllability, which shows that the action of two controls is necessary.