A Schauder and Riesz basis criterion for non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operators with periodic and antiperiodic boundary conditions (Q432435)

The authors study the generally non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operators \(H^P\) and \(H^{AP}\) in the Hilbert space \(L^2([0,\pi];dx)\) associated with the differential expression \(L:=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x)\), \(x\in [0,\pi]\) and complex-valued potential \(V\) satisfying \(V\in L^2([0,\pi];\,dx)\), with periodic and antiperiodic boundary conditions. They give necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of spectral data for the above operators to possess a Riesz basis of root vectors (i.e. eigenvectors and generalized eigenvectors spanning the range of the Riesz projection associated with the corresponding periodic and antiperiodic eigenvalues). The case of a Schauder basis for the above periodic and antiperiodic Schrödinger operators is also investigated.