Counting eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators using the landscape function (Q6203845)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7828346
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Counting eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators using the landscape function (English)
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8 April 2024
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Summary: We prove an upper and a lower bound on the rank of the spectral projections of the Schrödinger operator \(-\Delta +V\) in terms of the volume of the sublevel sets of an effective potential \(\frac{1}{u}\). Here, \(u\) is the `landscape function' of G. David, M. Filoche, and S. Mayboroda [Adv. Math. 390 (2021), article no. 107946], namely a solution of \((-\Delta +V)u=1\) in \(\mathbb{R}^d\). We prove the result for non-negative potentials satisfying a Kato-type and a doubling condition, in all spatial dimensions, in infinite volume, and show that no coarse-graining is required. Our result yields in particular a necessary and sufficient condition for discreteness of the spectrum. In the case of nonnegative polynomial potentials, we prove that the spectrum is discrete if and only if no directional derivative vanishes identically.
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Weyl law
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CLR bound
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landscape function
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