Sharp estimates for large coupling convergence with applications to Dirichlet operators (Q2469828)

Let \(H\) be a nonnegative selfadjoint operator in a Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\) and \(\mathcal E\) the closed quadratic form associated to \(H\) in the sense of Kato's representation theorem. Let \(P\) be a nonnegative quadratic form in \(\mathcal H\) such that \(\mathcal E+P\) is closed and \(D(P)\supset{D(H)}\) and \((H_\beta)_{\beta>0}\) be a family of nonnegative selfadjoint operators in \(\mathcal H\) satisfying the conditions \(D(\sqrt{H_\beta})=D(P)\cap D(\mathcal E)\) and \(\|\sqrt{H_\beta} f\|^2={\mathcal E}(f,f)+\beta P(f,f)\) for every \(f\in D(P)\cap D(\mathcal E)\) and \(\beta>0\). In this paper, the pairs \((H,P)\) satisfying \[ L(H,P)={\lim\inf}_{\beta\to\infty}\beta\|(H_\beta+1)^{-1}-\lim_{\beta^{\prime}\to\infty}(H_{\beta^{\prime}}+1)^{-1}\|<\infty \] are characterized. A sufficient condition for convergence of the operators \((H_{\beta}+1)^{-1}\) within a Schatten--von Neumann class of finite order is derived. It is shown that \(L(H,P)=1\) if \(\mathcal E\) is a regular conservative Dirichlet form with the strong local property and \(P\) the killing form corresponding to the equilibrium measure of a closed set with finite capacity and nonempty interior. An example is given where \(L(H,P)\) is finite, \(H\) is a regular Dirichlet operator and \(P\) the Killing form corresponding to a measure which has infinite mass and a support with infinite capacity.