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Uniqueness Results for Matrix-Valued Schr\"odinger, Jacobi, and Dirac-Type Operators

Spectral Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let g(z,x)g(z,x) denote the diagonal Green's matrix of a self-adjoint m×mm\times m matrix-valued Schr\"odinger operator H=\fd2dx2Im+Q(x)H= -\f{d^2}{dx^2}I_m +Q(x) in L2(\bbR)mL^2 (\bbR)^{m}, m\bbNm\in\bbN. One of the principal results proven in this paper states that for a fixed x0\bbRx_0\in\bbR and all z\bbC+z\in\bbC_+, g(z,x0)g(z,x_0) and g(z,x0)g^\prime (z,x_0) uniquely determine the matrix-valued m×mm\times m potential Q(x)Q(x) for a.e.~x\bbRx\in\bbR. We also prove the following local version of this result. Let gj(z,x)g_j(z,x), j=1,2j=1,2 be the diagonal Green's matrices of the self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators Hj=\fd2dx2Im+Qj(x)H_j=-\f{d^2}{dx^2}I_m +Q_j(x) in L2(\bbR)mL^2 (\bbR)^{m}. Suppose that for fixed a>0a>0 and x0\bbRx_0\in\bbR, g1(z,x0)g2(z,x0)\bbCm×m+g1(z,x0)g2(z,x0)\bbCm×m=zO(e2(z1/2)a)\|g_1(z,x_0)-g_2(z,x_0)\|_{\bbC^{m\times m}}+ \|g_1^\prime (z,x_0)-g_2^\prime (z,x_0)\|_{\bbC^{m\times m}} \underset{|z|\to\infty}{=}O\big(e^{-2\Im(z^{1/2})a}\big) for zz inside a cone along the imaginary axis with vertex zero and opening angle less than π/2\pi/2, excluding the real axis. Then Q1(x)=Q2(x)Q_1(x)=Q_2(x) for a.e.~x[x0a,x0+a]x\in [x_0-a,x_0+a]. Analogous results are proved for matrix-valued Jacobi and Dirac-type operators.

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@article{arxiv.math/0004120,
  title  = {Uniqueness Results for Matrix-Valued Schr\"odinger, Jacobi, and Dirac-Type Operators},
  author = {Fritz Gesztesy and Alexander Kiselev and Konstantin A. Makarov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0004120},
  year   = {2007}
}

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LaTeX, 38 pages, this is a revised and updated version (to appear in Math. Nachr.)

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