Sharp spectral inequalities for fourth order differential operators on semi-axis (Q2283715)

The paper deals with the self-adjoint fourth order operator \[ \begin{array}{rcl} D(\mathcal{H}) & := & \bigl\{\varphi\in H^4(0,\infty);\; \varphi''(0) = \sigma_0 \varphi(0) + \sigma_1\varphi'(0),\, \varphi'''(0) = -\sigma_2\varphi(0) - \sigma_0\varphi'(0)\bigr\},\\ \mathcal{H}\varphi & := & \Bigl(\frac{d^4}{dx^4} + \frac{d}{dx} U \frac{d}{dx} + V\Bigr)\varphi \end{array} \] in \(L^2(0,\infty)\). The goal is to obtain Lieb-Thirring type inequalities (under suitable assumptions on \(U\) and \(V\)) for the negative eigenvalues of double mulitplicity of \(\mathcal{H}\). Moreover, the inequalities are proven to be sharp. In order to prove the result, the commutation method is used.