Oscillation theorems for the Wronskian of an arbitrary sequence of eigenfunctions of Schrödinger's equation

DOI10.1007/S11005-015-0751-4zbMATH Open1328.34030arXiv1408.0883OpenAlexW3104361776MaRDI QIDQ490742FDOQ490742

Authors: M. Ángeles García-Ferrero, D. Gómez-Ullate 

Publication date: 28 August 2015

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The work of Adler provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the Wronskian of a given sequence of eigenfunctions of Schr"odinger's equation to have constant sign in its domain of definition. We extend this result by giving explicit formulas for the number of real zeros of the Wronskian of an arbitrary sequence of eigenfunctions. Our results apply in particular to Wronskians of classical orthogonal polynomials, thus generalizing classical results by Karlin and SzegH{o}. Our formulas hold under very mild conditions that are believed to hold for generic values of the parameters. In the Hermite case, our results allow to prove some conjectures recently formulated by Felder et al.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.0883

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zbMATH Keywords

oscillationorthogonal polynomialsSturm-Liouville problemWronskian determinant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15) Sturm-Liouville theory (34B24) Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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