Initial value problems and Weyl-Titchmarsh theory for Schrödinger operators with operator-valued potentials

DOI10.7153/OAM-07-15zbMATH Open1283.34023arXiv1109.1613OpenAlexW2963520823MaRDI QIDQ2852249FDOQ2852249

Authors: R. Weikard, Maxim Zinchenko, Fritz Gesztesy 

Publication date: 8 October 2013

Published in: Operators and Matrices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop Weyl-Titchmarsh theory for self-adjoint Schr"odinger operators $H_{alpha}$ in $L^2((a,b);dx;cH)$ associated with the operator-valued differential expression $au=-(d^2/d{x}^2)+V(cdot)$, with $V:(a,b)ocB(cH)$, and $cH$ a complex, separable Hilbert space. We assume regularity of the left endpoint $a$ and the limit point case at the right endpoint $b$. In addition, the bounded self-adjoint operator $alpha=alph{a}^{\ast }incB(cH)$ is used to parametrize the self-adjoint boundary condition at the left endpoint $a$ of the type ${\displaystyle }$ sin(alpha)u'(a)+cos(alpha)u(a)=0, ${\displaystyle }$ with $u$ lying in the domain of the underlying maximal operator $H_{max}$ in $L^2((a,b);dx;cH)$ associated with $au$. More precisely, we establish the existence of the Weyl-Titchmarsh solution of $H_{alpha}$, the corresponding Weyl-Titchmarsh $m$-function $m_{alpha}$ and its Herglotz property, and determine the structure of the Green's function of $H_{alpha}$. Developing Weyl-Titchmarsh theory requires control over certain (operator-valued) solutions of appropriate initial value problems. Thus, we consider existence and uniqueness of solutions of 2nd-order differential equations with the operator coefficient $V$, -y" + (V - z) y = f , ext{on} , (a,b), y(x_0) = h_0, ; y'(x_0) = h_1, under the following general assumptions: $$ is a finite or infinite interval, $x_{0}in(a,b)$, $$, $V:(a,b)ocB(cH)$ is a weakly measurable operator-valued function with $|V(cdot){|}_{cB(cH)}in{L}_l^{1}oc((a,b);dx)$, and $fin{L}_{loc}^1((a,b);dx;cH)$, with $cH$ a complex, separable Hilbert space. We also study the analog of this initial value problem with $y$ and $f$ replaced by operator-valued functions $Y,FincB(cH)$. Our hypotheses on the local behavior of $V$ appear to be the most general ones to date.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.1613

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zbMATH Keywords

Weyl-Titchmarsh theoryordinary differential equations with operator coefficientsSchrödinger operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence and continuation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A12) Weyl theory and its generalizations for ordinary differential equations (34B20) Sturm-Liouville theory (34B24) General theory of ordinary differential operators (47E05)

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