Projection methods for discrete Schrödinger operators

Abstract: Let

H

be the discrete Schr"odinger operator

H u (n) := u (n - 1) + u (n + 1) + v (n) u (n)

,

u (0) = 0

acting on

where the potential

v

is real-valued and

v (n) o 0

as

n o i n f t y

. Let

P

be the orthogonal projection onto a closed linear subspace

. In a recent paper E.B. Davies defines the second order spectrum

{m S p e c}_{2} (H, L)

of

H

relative to

L

as the set of

such that the restriction to

L

of the operator

P (H - z)^{2} P

is not invertible within the space

L

. The purpose of this article is to investigate properties of

{m S p e c}_{2} (H, L)

when

L

is large but finite dimensional. We explore in particular the connection between this set and the spectrum of

H

. Our main result provides sharp bounds in terms of the potential

v

for the asymptotic behaviour of

{m S p e c}_{2} (H, L)

as

L

increases towards

.

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