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Given $n\geq 2$, we put $r=\min\{i\in\mathbb{N}; i>n/2 \}$. Let $\Sigma$ be acompact, $C^{r}$-smooth surface in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ which contains the origin. Let further $\{S_{\epsilon}\}_{0\le\epsilon<\eta}$ be a family of measurable subsets…
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Norm resolvent approximation for a wide class of point interactions in one dimension is constructed. To analyse the limit behaviour of Schr\"odinger operators with localized singular rank-two perturbations coupled with {\delta}-like…
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