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The fundamental gap for a one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator with Robin boundary conditions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2020-02-18 v1 Spectral Theory

Abstract

For Schr\"odinger operators on an interval with either convex or symmetric single-well potentials, and Robin or Neumann boundary conditions, the gap between the two lowest eigenvalues is minimised when the potential is constant. We also have results for the pp-Laplacian.

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@article{arxiv.2002.06900,
  title  = {The fundamental gap for a one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator with Robin boundary conditions},
  author = {Ben Andrews and Julie Clutterbuck and Daniel Hauer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.06900},
  year   = {2020}
}