The effective potential of an M-matrix

DOI10.1063/5.0042629MaRDI QIDQ4987871zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Svitlana Mayboroda, M. Filoche, Terence Tao

Publication date 4 May 2021

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.01672

zbMATH Keywords

Agmon-type distance function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

Abstract: In the presence of a confining potential $V$, the eigenfunctions of a continuous Schr"odinger operator $-Delta+V$ decay exponentially with the rate governed by the part of $V$ which is above the corresponding eigenvalue; this can be quantified by a method of Agmon. Analogous localization properties can also be established for the eigenvectors of a discrete Schr"odinger matrix. This note shows, perhaps surprisingly, that one can replace a discrete Schr"odinger matrix by emph{any} real symmetric $Z$-matrix and still obtain eigenvector localization estimates. In the case of a real symmetric non-singular $M$-matrix $A$ (which is a situation that arises in several contexts, including random matrix theory and statistical physics), the emph{landscape function} $u=A^{-1}1$ plays the role of an effective potential of localization. Starting from this potential, one can create an Agmon-type distance function governing the exponential decay of the eigenfunctions away from the "wells" of the potential, a typical eigenfunction being localized to a single such well.

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