Universal constraints on the location of extrema of eigenfunctions of non-local Schrödinger operators

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Abstract: We derive a lower bound on the location of global extrema of eigenfunctions for a large class of non-local Schr"odinger operators in convex domains under Dirichlet exterior conditions, featuring the symbol of the kinetic term, the strength of the potential, and the corresponding eigenvalue, and involving a new universal constant. We show a number of probabilistic and spectral geometric implications, and derive a Faber-Krahn type inequality for non-local operators. Our study also extends to potentials with compact support, and we establish bounds on the location of extrema relative to the boundary edge of the support or level sets around minima of the potential.


It is well-known that for a Bernstein function $\Psi$, [\textit{R. L. Schilling} et al., Bernstein functions. Theory and applications. 2nd revised and extended ed. Berlin: de Gruyter (2012; Zbl 1257.33001)], the operator $\Psi(-\Delta)$ is the generator of a Lévy process which can be obtained from a Brownian motion by an independent time-change (subordination in the sense of Bochner); $-\Psi(-\Delta)$ can be interpreted in any reasonable functional-calculus sense. The authors perturb $-\Psi(-D)$ by a potential $V$ and consider the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for the operator $H=\psi(-\Delta)+V$ on a bounded convex domain $D\subset\mathbb R^d$: $Hu = \lambda u$ on $D$ and $u=0$ on $D^c$. If $\Psi$ grows fast enough as $|x|\to\infty$, the operator $\Psi(-\Delta)$ has, as operator in $L^2(D)$, countably many non-negative eigenvalues $\lambda_i^D$, and this property is inherited by the perturbed operator $H$; the eigenvalues are $\lambda_i^{D,V}$. In addition, it is assumed that the Bernstein function $\Psi$ satisfies a lower scaling condition: There exist $\mu>0$ and $c\in (0,1]$ such that $\Psi(\gamma x)\geq c\gamma^\mu\Psi(x)$ holds for all $x>0$ and $\gamma\geq 1$. The potential $V$ is assumed to be a $\Psi$-Kato class potential, if the negative part $V^-$ and, for each compact set, the localized positive part $V^+ 1_{K}$ satisfy the condition \[ \lim_{t\to 0}\sup_{x\in\mathbb R^d}\mathbb{E}^x\int_0^t |f(X_s)|\,ds =0,\quad f\in\{V^-,V^+ 1_K\}. \] The main result of the paper states the following: Let $V$ be a $\Psi$-Kato class potential with $V^-\in L^p$ and $p>d/(2\mu)$, let $\phi$ be a non-zero eigenfunction for the eigenvalue $\lambda^{D,V}$ such that $|\phi|$ has a global maximum at $x^*\in D$, $r=\text{dist}(x^*,\partial D)$. Then there are constants $\Theta_1, \Theta_2>0$ such that \[ \Theta_1\|V^-\|_{L^p}^{1/\eta}-\inf_D V^+ + \lambda^{V,D}\geq\Theta_2\Psi(r^{-2}); \] here, $\eta = 1- d/(2\mu p)$. If $V$ is bounded this estimate is improved to \[ \sup_D V^- - \inf_D V^+ + \lambda^{D,V} \geq \Theta_3\Psi(r^{-2}). \] Some applications are given, for example a Faber-Krahn type inequality.



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