Complex dynamical variables for multiparticle systems with analytic interactions. I

The n-body problem is formulated as a problem of functional analysis on a Hilbert space $\text{G}$ whose elements are analytic functions of complex dynamical variables. It is assumed that the two-body interaction is local and spherically symmetric, and belongs to the two-particle space $\text{G}$. The n-body resolvent R(λ) is constructed with the help of Fredholm methods. The operator R(λ) on $\text{G}$ is associated with a family of operators R(λ, ?) on $\text{L}$² which are resolvents of closed linear operators H(?), the case ? = 0 corresponding to standard quantum mechanics. The spectrum of H(?) contains a set of parallel half-lines starting at the thresholds of scattering channels and making an angle 2? with the positive real axis. The half-lines are branch cuts of R(λ, ?), but matrix elements of R(λ, ?) can be continued analytically across these. The operator R(λ, ?) may have isolated poles. The location of these does not depend on ?. Each pole is associated with one or more eigenvectors of H(?) belonging to spaces $\text{G}$. There may be poles off the real axis, the location of a pole determining for which values of ? it is on the physical sheet of H(?). It is shown how poles off the real axis give rise to resonances in the scattering cross section, the shape of a resonance being as one would expect on the basis of a model in which the scattering takes place via a decaying compound state having an eigenvector of H(?) with complex energy as its wave function.     

The resolvent of a dilation-analytic three-particle system

If the potential in a three-particle system is the boundary value of an analytic function, the physical Hamiltonian H(0) has a dilation-analytic continuation H(φ). The continuous spectrum of H(φ) consists of half-lines Y(λ_p, φ) starting at the thresholds λ_p of scattering channels and making angles 2φ with the positive real axis. If the interaction is the sum of local two-body potentials in suitable $\text{L}$^p-spaces, each half-line Y(λ_p, φ) is associated with an operator P(λ_p, φ) that projects onto an invariant subspace of H(φ). Suppose Y(λ_p, φ) does not pass through any two- or three-particle eigenvalues λ ≠ λ_p when φ runs through some interval $\text{0 < α ? φ ? β <}\text{π}\text{2}$. For φ in [α, β], this paper shows that the resolvent R(λ, φ) has smoothness properties near Y(λ_p, φ) that are sufficient for P(λ_p, φ)[H(φ) ? λ_p] e^?2iφ to be spectral and to generate a strongly differentiable group. The projection, the group, and the spectral resolution operators are norm continuous in φ. These results are not affected by any spurious poles of the resolvent equation. At a spurious pole λ = λ_p + ze^2iφ, the resolvent R(λ_p + ze^2iφ,φ) is examined by a method that uses two resolvent equations in succession and shows that there is norm continuity in z, φ. The case of spurious poles on Y(λ_p, φ) is included.     

On the maximum number of permutations with given maximal or minimal distance

Let us denote by R(k, ? λ)[R(k, ? λ)] the maximal number $\text{M}$ such that there exist $\text{M}$ different permutations of the set {1,…, k} such that any two of them have at least λ (at most λ, respectively) common positions. We prove the inequalities R(k, ? λ) ? kR(k ? 1, ? λ ? 1), R(k, ? λ) ? R(k, ? λ ? 1) ? k!, R(k, ? λ) ? kR(k ? 1, ? λ ? 1). We show: R(k, ? k ? 2) = 2, R(k, ? 1) = (k ? 1)!, R(p^m, ? 2) = (p^m ? 2)!, R(p^m + 1, ? 3) = (p^m ? 2)!, $\text{R(k, ? k ? 3) =}\text{k!}\text{2}$, R(k, ? 0) = k, R(p^m, ? 1) = p^m(p^m ? 1), R(p^m + 1, ? 2) = (p^m + 1)p^m(p^m ? 1). The exact value of R(k, ? λ) is determined whenever k ? k₀(k ? λ); we conjecture that R(k, ? λ) = (k ? λ)! for k ? k₀(λ). Bounds for the general case are given and are used to determine that the minimum of |R(k, ? λ) ? R(k, ? λ)| is attained for $\text{λ = (}\text{k}\text{2}\text{) + O(}\text{k}\text{log}\text{k}\text{)}$.     

Analytic scattering theory of two-body Schrödinger operators

We consider the self-adjoint analytic family of operators H(z) in L²(R^m) defined for $\text{z ? S}{}_{\mathrm{\alpha }}\text{= {z ∥}\text{Arg}\text{z ¦ < α}}$, associated with the operator H = H(1) = H₀ + V, where H₀ = ?Δ and V is a dilation-analytic short-range potential. The analytic connection between the local wave and scattering operators associated with the operators H(e^i?) is established. The scattering matrix S(?) of H has a meromorphic continuation S(z) to S_α with poles precisely at the resolvent resonances of H, and the local scattering operators of e^?2i?H(e^i?) have representations in terms of the analytically continued scattering matrix S(?e^i?).     

A comparison of different compactness notions in fuzzy topological spaces

Starting from a defining differential equation $\text{(}\text{?}\text{?t}\text{) W(λ, t, u) = (}\text{λ(u ? t)}\text{p(t)}\text{) W(λ, t, u)}$ of the kernel of an exponential operator $\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(?, t) = ∫}{}_{\mathrm{?\infty }}{}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\text{W(λ, t, u)?(u) du}$ with normalization ∫_?∞^∞W(λ, t, u) du = 1, we determine S_λ for various p(t) including; for example, p(t) a quadratic polynomial, all the known exponential operators are recovered and some new ones are constructed. It is shown that all the exponential operators are approximation operators. Further approximation properties of these operators are discussed. For example, functions satisfying $\text{∥ S}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(?, t) ? ?(t)∥ = O(λ}{}^{\mathrm{?\alpha }}\text{)}$ are characterized. Several results of C. P. May are also improved.     

An identity involving partitional generalized binomial coefficients

Define coefficients (_κ^λ) by C_λ(I_p + Z)/C_λ(I_p) = Σ_k=0^l Σ_{?∈$\text{P}$k} (_?^λ) C_κ(Z)/C_κ(I_p), where the C_λ's are zonal polynomials in p by p matrices. It is shown that C_?(Z) etr(Z)/k! = Σ_l=k^∞ Σ_{λ∈$\text{P}$l} (_?^λ) C_λ(Z)/l!. This identity is extended to analogous identities involving generalized Laguerre, Hermite, and other polynomials. Explicit expressions are given for all (_?^λ), ? ∈ $\text{P}$_k, k ≤ 3. Several identities involving the (_?^λ)'s are derived. These are used to derive explicit expressions for coefficients of $\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{(Z)}\text{l}\text{!}$ in expansions of P(Z), $\text{etr}\text{(Z)}\text{k!}$ for all monomials P(Z) in s_j = tr Z^j of degree k ≤ 5.     

Fourier transforms of smooth functions on certain nilpotent Lie groups

The authors consider irreducible representations $\text{π ?}\text{N}\text{?}$ of a nilpotent Lie group and define a Fourier transform for Schwartz class (and other) functions φ on N by forming the kernels K_φ(x, y) of the trace class operations π_φ = ∝_Nφ(n)π_ndn, regarding the π as modeled in L²(R^k) for all π in general position. For a special class of groups they show that the models, and parameters λ labeling the representations in general position, can be chosen so the joint behavior of the kernels K_φ(x, y, λ) can be interpreted in a useful way. The variables (x, y, λ) run through a Zariski open set in Rⁿ, n = dim N. The authors show there is a polynomial map u = A(x, y, λ) that is a birational isomorphism A: Rⁿ → Rⁿ with the following properties. The Fourier transforms F₁φ = K_φ(x, y, λ) all factor through A to give “rationalized” Fourier transforms Fφ(u) such that Fφ ° A = F₁φ. On the rationalized parameter space a function f(u) is of the form F_φ = f ? f is Schwartz class on Rⁿ. If polynomial operators T?P(N) are transferred to operators $\text{T}\text{?}$ on Rⁿ such that $\text{F(Tφ) =}\text{T}\text{?}\text{(Fφ), P(N)}$ is transformed isomorphically to P(Rⁿ).     

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),

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

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Qualitative behavior of special functions on compact symmetric spaces

For a symmetric space $\text{G}\text{K}$ of compact type, the highest-weight vectors for representations of G occurring in $\text{L}{}^2\text{(G}\text{K)}$ become heavily concentrated near certain submanifolds of $\text{G}\text{K}$ as the highest weight goes to infinity. This fact is applied to obtain estimates for the spectral measures of the operators qλ = P_λqP_λ, where $\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}\text{: L}{}^2\text{(}\text{G}\text{K}\text{) → V}{}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}$ is an orthogonal projection onto a G-irreducible summand, and q: G/K → $\text{R}$ is a continuous function acting on $\text{L}{}^2\text{(G}\text{K)}$ by multiplication.     

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.     

Equivalence of measures for some class of Gaussian random fields

We consider two Gaussian measures P₁ and P₂ on (C(G), $\text{B}$) with zero expectations and covariance functions R₁(x, y) and R₂(x, y) respectively, where R_ν(x, y) is the Green's function of the Dirichlet problem for some uniformly strongly elliptic differential operator A^(ν) of order $\text{2m, m ≥ [}\text{d}\text{2}\text{] + 1}$, on a bounded domain G in $\text{R}$^d (ν = 1, 2). It is shown that if the order of A⁽²⁾ ? A⁽¹⁾ is at most $\text{2m ? [}\text{d}\text{2}\text{] ? 1}$, then P₁ and P₂ are equivalent, while if the order is greater than $\text{2m ? [}\text{d}\text{2}\text{] ? 1}$, then P₁ and P₂ are not always equivalent.     

Some apparent connection between Baxter and averaging operators

A formula for the resolvent R(λ, T) of a Baxter operator T, on a complex Banach algebra $\text{A}$ with identity e, is obtained. With the parameter θ ≠ 0 and e, but under some restriction, this formula is analogous to that for the resolvent of an averaging operator. A counterexample is given, which shows that such a Baxter operator is not averaging in general. When θ is regular in $\text{A}$, a simple representation of T in terms of summation and averaging operators is obtained.     

Oscillatory properties of strongly superlinear differential equations with deviating arguments

We regard a graph G as a set {1,…, v} together with a nonempty set E of two-element subsets of {1,…, v}. Let p = (p₁,…, p_v) be an element of $\text{R}$^nv representing v points in $\text{R}$ⁿ and consider the realization G(p) of G in $\text{R}$ⁿ consisting of the line segments [p_i, p_j] in $\text{R}$ⁿ for {i, j} ?E. The figure G(p) is said to be rigid in $\text{R}$ⁿ if every continuous path in $\text{R}$^nv, beginning at p and preserving the edge lengths of G(p), terminates at a point q ? $\text{R}$^nv which is the image (Tp₁,…, Tp_v) of p under an isometry T of $\text{R}$ⁿ. We here study the rigidity and infinitesimal rigidity of graphs, surfaces, and more general structures. A graph theoretic method for determining the rigidity of graphs in $\text{R}$² is discussed, followed by an examination of the rigidity of convex polyhedral surfaces in $\text{R}$³.     

Perturbations with several independent parameters

In this paper we discuss the problem of determining a T-periodic solution $\text{x}{}^1\text{(·, λ)}$ of the differential equation x = A(t)x + f(t, x, λ) + b(t), where the perturbation parameter λ is a vector in a parameter-space R^k. The customary approach assumes that λ = λ(?), ??R. One then establishes the existence of an ?₀ > 0 such that the differential equation has a T-periodic solution $\text{x}{}^1\text{(·, λ(?))}$ for all ? satisfying 0 < ? < ?₀. More specifically it is usually assumed that λ(?) has the form λ(?) = ?λ₀ where λ₀ is a fixed vector in R^k. This means that attention is confined in the perturbation procedure to examining the dependence of $\text{x}{}^1\text{(·, λ)}$ on λ as λ varies along a line segment terminating at the origin in the parameter-space R^k. The results established here generalize this previous work by allowing one to study the dependence of $\text{x}{}^1\text{(·, λ)}$ on λ as λ varies through a “conical-horn” whose vertex rests at the origin in R^k. In the process an implicit-function formula is developed which is of some interest in its own right.     

Potential theory associated with Uhlenbeck-Ornstein process

Some parallel results of Gross' paper (Potential theory on Hilbert space, J. Functional Analysis1 (1967), 123–181) are obtained for Uhlenbeck-Ornstein process U(t) in an abstract Wiener space (H, B, i). Generalized number operator $\text{N}$ is defined by $\text{N}$f(x) = ?lim_∈←0{E[f($\text{U}$(τ^∈_ξ))] ? f(x)}/E[τ^∈_ξ, where τ_x^? is the first exit time of U(t) starting at x from the ball of radius ? with center x. It is shown that $\text{N}$f(x) = ?trace D²f(x)+〈Df(x),x〉 for a large class of functions f. Let r_t(x, dy) be the transition probabilities of U(t). The λ-potential G_λf, λ > 0, and normalized potential Rf of f are defined by G_λf(X) = ∫₀^∞e^?λtr_tf(x) dt and Rf(x) = ∫₀^∞ [r_tf(x) ? r_tf(0)] dt. It is shown that if f is a bounded Lip-1 function then trace D²G_λf(x) ? 〈DG_λf(x), x〉 = ?f(x) + λG_λf(x) and trace D²Rf(x) ? 〈DRf(x), x〉 = ?f(x) + ∫_Bf(y)p₁(dy), where p₁ is the Wiener measure in B with parameter 1. Some approximation theorems are also proved.     

A characterization of first order nonlinear partial differential operators on Sobolev spaces

Nonlinear partial differential operators $\text{G: W}{}^{\mathrm{1,p}}\text{(Ω) → L}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω) (1 ? p, q ∞)}$ having the form G(u) = g(u, D₁u,…, D_Nu), with g?C(R × R_N), are here shown to be precisely those operators which are local, (locally) uniformly continuous on, $\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{1,\infty }}\text{(Ω)}$, and (roughly speaking) translation invariant. It is also shown that all such partial differential operators are necessarily bounded and continuous with respect to the norm topologies of $\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{1,p}}\text{(Ω)}\text{and}\text{L}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{(Ω)}$.     

C0-semigroups on a locally convex space

A necessary and sufficient condition that a densely defined linear operator A in a sequentially complete locally convex space X be the infinitesimal generator of a quasi-equicontinuous C₀-semigroup on X is that there exist a real number β ? 0 such that, for each λ > β, the resolvent (λI ? A)^?1 exists and the family {(λ ? β)^k(λI ? A)^?k; λ > β, k = 0, 1, 2,…} is equicontinuous. In this case all resolvents (λI ? A)^?1, λ > β, of the given operator A and all exponentials exp(tA), t ? 0, of the operator A belong to a Banach algebra $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{г}}\text{(X)}$ which is a subspace of the space L(X) of all continuous linear operators on X, and, for each t ? 0 and for each x?X, one has lim_{k → z} (I ? k^?1tA)^?kx = exp(tA) x. A perturbation theorem for the infinitesimal generator of a quasi-equicontinuous C₀-semigroup by an operator which is an element of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{г}}\text{(X)}$ is obtained.     

The spherical Bochner theorem on semisimple Lie groups

Let G be a connected semisimple Lie group with finite center and K a maximal compact subgroup. Denote (i) Harish-Chandra's Schwartz spaces by $\text{C}$^p(G)(0<p?2), (ii) the K-biinvariant elements in $\text{C}$^p(G) by $\text{I}$^p(G), (iii) the positive definite (zonal) spherical functions by $\text{P}$, and (iv) the spherical transform on $\text{C}$^p(G) by ? → $\text{}\text{?}$gj. For T a positive definite distribution on G it is established that (i) T extends uniquely onto $\text{C}$^l(G), (ii) there exists a unique measure μ of polynomial growth on $\text{P}$ such that T[ψ]=∫pψdμ for all ψ?I¹(G) (iii) all measures μ of polynomial growth on $\text{P}$ are obtained in this way, and (iv) T may be extended to a particular $\text{I}$^p(G) space (1 ? p ? 2) if and only if the support of μ lies in a certain easily defined subset of $\text{P}$. These results generalize a well-known theorem of Godement, and the proofs rely heavily on the recent harmonic analysis results of Trombi and Varadarajan.     

On some results of Strichartz and of Rallis and Schiffman

Let (i, H, E) and (j, K, F) be abstract Wiener spaces and let α be a reasonable norm on E ? F. We are interested in the following problem: is ($\text{i ? j, H}\text{}\text{?}\text{bo}{}_2\text{K, E}\text{}\text{?}\text{bo}{}_{\mathrm{\alpha F}}$) an abstract Wiener space ? The first thing we do is to prove that the setting of the problem is meaningfull: namely, i ? j is always a continuous one to one map from $\text{H}\text{}\text{?}\text{bo}{}_2\text{K}$ into $\text{E}\text{}\text{?}\text{bo}{}_{\mathrm{\alpha }}\text{F}$. Then we exhibit an example which shows that the answer cannot be positive in full generality. Finally we prove that if F=L^p(X,$\text{X}$,λ) for some σ-finite measure λ ? 0 then $\text{(i?j, H}\text{?}{}_2\text{K,L}{}^{\mathrm{p}}$(X,$\text{X}$,λ) is an abstract Wiener space. By-products are some new results on γ-radonifying operators, and new examples of Banach spaces and cross norms for which the answer is affirmative (in particular α = π the projective norm, and F=L¹(X,$\text{X}$,λ)).     

Lp-spectra of strongly Carleman pseudo-differential operators

The spectrum and essential spectrum in L^p($\text{R}$ⁿ) of a strongly Carleman pseudo-differential operator with symbol of class S_?,0^m, 0 ? p ? 1, are shown to coincide with the range of the symbol for some (but need not be all) p different from 2. The absolutely continuous spectra of perturbations of operators with strongly Carleman symbols (but without the assumption of being in S_?,0^m) are also investigated.