Eigenvalue estimates for Schrödinger operators on metric trees (Q633612)

The authors consider the Schrödinger operator \(-\Delta - V\) on an infinite rooted metric tree \(\Gamma\) with Neumann boundary condition. The graph and the potential are assumed to be radial, that is, the number of branches emanating from vertices having the same distance from the root is the same, and all branches emanating from these vertices have the same length, and for \(x\in\Gamma\), the value \(V(x)\) depends only on the distance of \(x\) to the root. For such graphs, the authors prove Lieb-Thirring inequalities and Cwikel-Lieb-Rozenblum inequalities for the negative eigenvalues of the Schrödinger operator. In the proofs, a decomposition of the Schrödinger operator on the graph in one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with metric and corresponding inequalities for these one-dimensional operators is used.