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An Agmon estimate for Schr\"odinger operators on Graphs

Spectral Theory 2022-06-22 v1

Abstract

The Agmon estimate shows that eigenfunctions of Schr\"odinger operators, Δϕ+Vϕ=Eϕ -\Delta \phi + V \phi = E \phi, decay exponentially in the `classically forbidden' region where the potential exceeds the energy level {x:V(x)>E}\left\{x: V(x) > E \right\}. Moreover, the size of ϕ(x)|\phi(x)| is bounded in terms of a weighted (Agmon) distance between xx and the allowed region. We derive such a statement on graphs when Δ-\Delta is replaced by the Graph Laplacian L=DAL = D-A: we identify an explicit Agmon metric and prove a pointwise decay estimate in terms of the Agmon distance.

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@article{arxiv.2206.09521,
  title  = {An Agmon estimate for Schr\"odinger operators on Graphs},
  author = {Stefan Steinerberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.09521},
  year   = {2022}
}
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