A lower bound for the number of negative eigenvalues on a Euclidean space and on a complete Riemannian manifold (Q2345367)

The purpose of the paper is to provide a lower bound for the number of negative eigenvalues associated to a generalized Schrödinger operator \(H_{m,V}= (-\Delta)^m- V\) with positive bounded potentials \(V\), both on \({\mathbb R}^d\) and on Riemannian manifolds with bounded geometry. The lower bound is expressed in terms of the number of cubes satisfying estimates of the form \[ \int_{Q_i}\int_{Q_j} \frac{V(x)V(y)}{|x-y|^{d-2m}} dx dy \geq C \int_{Q_j} V(x) dx \qquad 2Q_i\cap 2Q_j = \emptyset\quad i\neq j\, . \] On the manifolds one should use the geodesic normal cubes.