Pseudospectra of the Schrödinger operator with a discontinuous complex potential (Q1674000)

From the text and main results: In this paper we consider the Schrödinger operator in \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\) defined by \[ H:=-{d^2\over dx^2}+ i\,\text{sgn}(x),\quad \text{Dom}(H):= W^{2,2}(\mathbb{R}). \] By constructing the resolvent kernel, we show that the pseudospectra of this operator are highly nontrivial, because of a blow-up of the resolvent infinity. Furthermore, we derive estimates on the location of eigenvalues of the operator perturbed by complex potentials. The overall analysis demonstrates striking differences with respect to the weak-coupling behaviour of the Laplacian.