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Spectral gaps of 1-D Robin Schr\"odinger operators with single-well potentials

Spectral Theory 2020-06-02 v1

Abstract

We prove sharp lower bounds on the spectral gap of 1-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with Robin boundary conditions for each value of the Robin parameter. In particular, our lower bounds apply to single-well potentials with a centered transition point. This result extends work of Cheng et al. and Horv\'ath in the Neumann and Dirichlet endpoint cases to the interpolating regime. We also build on recent work by Andrews, Clutterbuck, and Hauer in the case of convex and symmetric single-well potentials. In particular, we show the spectral gap is an increasing function of the Robin parameter for symmetric potentials.

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@article{arxiv.2006.00308,
  title  = {Spectral gaps of 1-D Robin Schr\"odinger operators with single-well potentials},
  author = {Mark S. Ashbaugh and Derek Kielty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.00308},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures