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We analyze the singular spectrum of selfadjoint operators which arise from pasting a finite number of boundary relations with a standard interface condition. A model example for this situation is a Schroedinger operator on a star-shaped…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Sergey Simonov , Harald Woracek

Let $(M, g, f, \tau)$ be a complete Ricci shrinker satisfying $\textrm{Ric}+\nabla^2f=\frac{g}{2\tau}$ and let $R$ denote its scalar curvature. For a confined function $V$ on $M$, we obtain a lower bound for the lowest eigenvalue of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Xu Cheng , Franciele Conrado , Neilha Pinheiro , Detang Zhou

Eigenvalue problems for semidefinite operators with infinite dimensional kernels appear for instance in electromagnetics. Variational discretizations with edge elements have long been analyzed in terms of a discrete compactness property. As…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-06-24 Snorre Harald Christiansen , Ragnar Winther

Let G be a finite connected simple graph. We define the moduli space of conformal structures on G. We propose a definition of conformally covariant operators on graphs, motivated by [25]. We provide examples of conformally covariant…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-07 Dmitry Jakobson , Thomas Ng , Matthew Stevenson , Mashbat Suzuki

We give two characterizations for the essential self-adjointness of the weighted Laplacian on birth-death chains. The first involves the edge weights and vertex measure and is classically known; however, we give another proof using…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Atsushi Inoue , Sean Ku , Jun Masamune , Radosław K. Wojciechowski

The aim of this paper is to review and compare the spectral properties of (the closed extension of) --$\Delta$ + U (V $\ge$ 0) and --$\Delta$ + iV in L 2 (R^d) for C $\infty$ real potentials U or V with polynomial behavior. The case with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 B Helffer , Jean Nourrigat

For Schr\"odinger operator $H=-\Delta+ V({\mathbf x})\cdot$, acting in the space $L_2(\mathbb R^d)\,(d\ge 3)$, necessary and sufficient conditions for semi-boundedness and discreteness of its spectrum.are obtained without assumption that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Leonid Zelenko

We study Harper operators and the closely related discrete magnetic Laplacians (DML) on a graph with a free action of a discrete group, as defined by Sunada. The spectral density function of the DML is defined using the von Neumann trace…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-28 Varghese Mathai , Thomas Schick , Stuart Yates

Given two linear operators $S$ and $T$ acting between Hilbert spaces $\mathscr{H}$ and $\mathscr{K}$, respectively $\mathscr{K}$ and $\mathscr{H}$ which satisfy the relation \begin{equation*} \langle Sh, k\rangle=\langle h, Tk\rangle, \quad…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-24 Dan Popovici , Zoltan Sebestyen

We consider a non self-adjoint Laplacian on a directed graph with non symmetric edge weights. We give necessary conditions for this Laplacian to be sectorial. We introduce a special self-adjoint operator and compare its essential spectrum…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Colette Anné , Marwa Balti , Nabila Torki-Hamza

The aim of this work is to study the Airy and Schr\"odinger operators on looping-edge graphs, a class of metric graphs consisting of a circle and a finite number $N$ of infinite half-lines attached to a common vertex. For the Airy operator,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Jaime Angulo Pava , Alexander Muñoz

We develop a general technique for finding self-adjoint extensions of a symmetric operator that respect a given set of its symmetries. Problems of this type naturally arise when considering two- and three-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-14 D. M. Gitman , A. G. Smirnov , I. V. Tyutin , B. L. Voronov

We study the uniqueness of self-adjoint and Markovian extensions of the Laplacian on weighted graphs. We first show that, for locally finite graphs and a certain family of metrics, completeness of the graph implies uniqueness of these…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2013-07-02 Xueping Huang , Matthias Keller , Jun Masamune , Radosław K. Wojciechowski

We construct optimal Hardy weights to subcritical energy functionals $h$ associated with quasilinear Schr\"odinger operators on locally finite graphs. Here, optimality means that the weight $w$ is the largest possible with respect to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Florian Fischer

We present an integral formulation of the vacuum energy of Schr\"odinger operators on finite metric graphs. Local vertex matching conditions on the graph are classified according to the general scheme of Kostrykin and Schrader. While the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. M. Harrison , K. Kirsten

We study singular Schr\"odinger operators on a finite interval as selfadjoint extensions of a symmetric operator. We give sufficient conditions for the symmetric operator to be in the $n$-entire class, which was defined in our previous…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 Luis O. Silva , Julio H. Toloza

We consider the massless Dirac operator with the MIT bag boundary conditions on an unbounded three-dimensional circular cone. For convex cones, we prove that this operator is self-adjoint defined on four-component $H^1$--functions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Biagio Cassano , Vladimir Lotoreichik

Let $G$ be a M\'etivier group and let $N$ be any homogeneous norm on $G$. For $\alpha>0$ denote by $w_\alpha$ the function $e^{-N^\alpha}$ and consider the weighted sub-Laplacian $\mathcal{L}^{w_\alpha}$ associated with the Dirichlet form…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Tommaso Bruno , Mattia Calzi

For relatively form-compact perturbations of non-negative selfadjoint operators, we obtain an upper bound on the number of discrete eigenvalues in half-planes separated from the positive real axis. The bound is given in terms of a partial…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Sabine Bögli , Sukrid Petpradittha

Semibounded symmetric operators have a distinguished self-adjoint extension, the Friedrichs extension. The eigenvalues of the Friedrichs extension are given by a variational principle that involves only the domain of the symmetric operator.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-14 Lukas Schimmer , Jan Philip Solovej , Sabiha Tokus