Spectral Theory
A periodic Schr\"odinger operator on a noncompact Riemannian manifold $M$ such that $H^1(M, \mathbb R)=0$ endowed with a properly discontinuous cocompact isometric action of a discrete group is considered. Under some additional conditions…
We consider the semiclassical asymptotic behaviour of the number of eigenvalues smaller than $E$ for elliptic operators in $L\sp 2 ({\bf R}\sp d)$. We describe a method of finding remainder estimates related to the volume of the region of…
We prove a representation of the partial autocorrelation function (PACF), or the Verblunsky coefficients, of a stationary process in terms of the AR and MA coefficients. We apply it to show the asymptotic behaviour of the PACF. We also…
A number of topics in the qualitative spectral analysis of the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta + V$ are surveyed. In particular, some old and new results concerning the positivity and semiboundedness of this operator as well as the…
In the scattering theory framework, we point out a connection between the spectrum of the scattering matrix of two operators and the spectrum of the difference of spectral projections of these operators.
The theme of this paper was motivated by the question: How effective are path-following procedures for tracing the pseudospectral boundary? The present study of the mathematical properties of the boundary of the pseudospectrum is the…
We give a mathematically rigorous analysis which confirms the surprising results in a recent paper of Benilov, O'Brien and Sazonov about the spectrum of a highly singular non-self-adjoint operator that arises in a problem in fluid…
In this paper we partially settle our conjecture from [1] (math.SP/0701143) on roots of eigenpolynomials for degenerate exactly-solvable operators. Namely, for any such operator, we establish a lower bound (which supports our conjecture)…
We consider periodic matrix-valued Jacobi operators. The spectrum of this operator is absolutely continuous and consists of intervals separated by gaps. We define the Lyapunov function, which is analytic on an associated Riemann surface. On…
We prove that a dissipative operator in Krein space possesses a maximal non-negative invariant subspace provided that this operator admits matrix representation with respect to canonical decomposition of the space and the right upper entry…
For first order systems, we obtain an efficient bound on the exponential decay of an eigenfunction in terms of the distance between the corresponding eigenvalue and the essential spectrum. As an example, the Dirac operator is considered.
We discuss applications of the M. G. Kre\u{\i}n theory of the spectral shift function to the multi-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator as well as specific properties of this function, for example, its high-energy asymptotics. Trace…
In this paper we study the behaviour of the continuous spectrum of the Laplacian on a complete Riemannian manifold of bounded curvature under perturbations of the metric. The perturbations that we consider are such that its covariant…
We study stability of spectral types for semi-infinite self-adjoint tridiagonal matrices under random decaying perturbations. We show that absolutely continuous spectrum associated with bounded eigenfunctions is stable under Hilbert-Schmidt…
The spectral properties of Dirac operators on $(0,1)$ with potentials that belong entrywise to $L_p(0,1)$, for some $p\in[1,\infty)$, are studied. The algorithm of reconstruction of the potential from two spectra or from one spectrum and…
In this paper we study the asymptotic zero distribution of eigenpolynomials for degenerate exactly-solvable operators. We present an explicit conjecture and partial results on the growth of the largest modulus of the roots of the unique and…
Spectral problem for a family of periodic Sturm--Liouville problems \[ u''+\lambda^2(a(x)-a)u=0 \] depending on the parameter (a\in\mathbb R) is considered. An interpolation formula describing the behaviour of the branches of the spectrum…
The zero modes and zero resonances of the Dirac operator $H=\alpha\cdot D + Q(x)$ are discussed, where $\alpha= (\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \alpha_3)$ is the triple of $4 \times 4$ Dirac matrices, $ D=\frac{1}{i} \nabla_x$, and $Q(x)=\big(q_{jk}…
We consider the first order periodic systems perturbed by a $2N\ts 2N$ matrix-valued periodic potential on the real line. The spectrum of this operator is absolutely continuous and consists of intervals separated by gaps. We define the…
For any $N\ts N$ monodromy matrix we define the Lyapunov function, which is analytic on an associated N-sheeted Riemann surface. On each sheet the Lyapunov function has the standard properties of the Lyapunov function for the Hill operator.…