A note on eigenvalues of ordinary differential operators

DOI10.4171/RMI/226MaRDI QIDQ1382012zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 1 April 1998

Published in Revista Matemática Iberoamericana (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/39537

asymptotic formula eigenvalues ordinary differential operators standard WKB method

Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20) Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15) Asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues, asymptotic theory of eigenfunctions for ordinary differential operators (34L20) General theory of ordinary differential operators (47E05)

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In [\textit{C. Fefferman} and \textit{L. Seco}, Adv. Math. 95, No. 2, 145-305 (1992; Zbl 0797.34083)] it is shown that, for certain functions V, the asymptotic formula obtained by the standard WKB method for the eigenvalues \(E\) of the differential operator \[ -{d^2 \over dx^2} +V(x) \] can be improved and the general result reduces to one of the form \[ \int \bigl(E- V(x) \bigr)^{1/2}_+ dx+ih_1(E) =\pi\Bigl(k+ \textstyle {{1\over 2}} \Bigr)+ O (\Lambda^{-2}), \] where \(h_1(E)\) and \(\Lambda= \Lambda(E)\) are given explicitly, with \(h_1 (E)= O (\Lambda^{-1})\). The author proves that the error can be improved to \(O (\Lambda^{-3}) \) for a class of large, slowly varying potentials.

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