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Sharp Gaussian decay for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2023-05-31 v1

Abstract

We prove a conjecture by Vemuri by proving sharp bounds on κ\ell^{\kappa} sums of Hermite functions multiplied by an exponentially decaying factor. More explicitly, we prove that, for each y>0,y>0, we have n1hn(x)κeκnynβyx122βeκx2tanh(y)/2, \sum_{n \ge 1} |h_n(x)|^{\kappa} \frac{e^{-\kappa n y}}{n^{\beta}} \ll_y x^{\frac{1}{2} - 2\beta} e^{-\kappa x^2 \tanh(y)/2}, for all xRx \in \mathbb{R} sufficiently large. Our proof involves the classical Plancherel-Rotach asymptotic formula for Hermite polynomials and a careful local analysis near the maximum point of such a bound.

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@article{arxiv.2305.18546,
  title  = {Sharp Gaussian decay for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator},
  author = {Danylo Radchenko and João P. G. Ramos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.18546},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages

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