Remarks on the Cwikel-Lieb-Rozenblum and Lieb-Thirring estimates for Schrödinger operators on Riemannian manifolds (Q970525)

Let \(\Delta=\delta d\) be the Laplace operator on the \(L^2\) space of a complete Riemannian manifold. Consider the Schroedinger operator \(S:=\Delta+V\) where \(V\) is a potential function. Assume the positive part \(V_+\) of \(V\) is locally integrable and the negative part \(V_-\) is form-small. Let \(\{\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_N\}\) be the eigenvalues of \(\Delta+V\) with negative real part. Let \(p(t,x,y)\) be the heat kernel of \(\Delta\). Let \(G\) be a non-trivial continuous convex function on \([0,\infty)\) which satisfies some suitable growth conditions and let \(g(1)\) be the Laplace transform at \(1\) of \(z^{-1}G(z)\). If the potential is real-valued and if \(\gamma>0\), the authors establish the estimate: \[ \sum_{j=1}^N(-\lambda_j)^\gamma\leq{\Gamma(\gamma+1)\over g(1)} \int_0^\infty {dt\over t^{\gamma+1}}\int_Mp(t,x,x)G(tV_-(x))dvol\,; \] there is a suitable inequality as well when \(\gamma=0\). More generally, if \(V\) is complex valued, then for \(\gamma\geq1\), the authors establish \[ \sum_{j=1}^N(-\Re(\lambda_j))^\gamma\leq {\Gamma(\gamma+1)\over g(1)} \int_0^\infty {dt\over t^{\gamma+1}}\int_Mp(t,x,x)G(t\Re(V)_-(x))dvol\,. \] The estimates in fact hold true for more general operators as they are based on an abstract result and an approximation argument that does not explicitly use the Laplacian.