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Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
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Sharp Constants in Lieb–Thirring Inequalities
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We discuss various independent aspects of sharp Lieb–Thirring inequalities. First, we present an argument of Stubbe which shows that Riesz means of order two and higher approach their semiclassical limit monotonically, thus leading to an alternative proof of sharp Lieb–Thirring inequalities. Next, we discuss the number of negative eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators with radial potentials, following Glaser, Grosse, and Martin. This leads, on the one hand, to a sharp CLR inequality for radial potentials in dimension 4 and, on the other hand, to a counterexample to the Lieb–Thirring conjecture with exponent zero in sufficiently high dimensions. Next, we discuss briefly an approach that disproves the Lieb–Thirring conjecture in a certain range of positive exponents. Finally, we discuss the Lieb–Thirring inequality with exponent one in its dual formulation, also known as kinetic energy inequality, in which it enters in many applications.
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The Laplace and Schrödinger Operators
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We discuss the definition of the Schrödinger operator on Euclidean space as a self-adjoint operator and discuss basic properties of its spectrum, including criteria for discreteness and finiteness of its negative spectrum. We analyze in detail the classical examples of the harmonic oscillator, the Coulomb Hamiltonian and the Pöschl–Teller potential, which can be solved using a commutation method. Returning to general potentials, we use Dirichlet–Neumann bracketing to prove Weyl asymptotics for the number and Riesz means of negative eigenvalues in the strong coupling constant limit. These asymptotic results are complemented by the nonasymptotic results of Lieb–Thirring, Cwikel–Lieb–Rozenblum, and Weidl. We present a unified method of proof of these bounds, based on Sobolev inequalities and the Besicovitch covering lemma. As an application of these bounds, we extend Weyl asymptotics to a large class of potentials.
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We provide a brief, but self-contained, introduction to the theory of self-adjoint operators. In a first section we give the relevant definitions, including that of the spectrum of a self-adjoint operator, and we discuss the proof of the spectral theorem. In a second section, we discuss the connection between lower semibounded, self-adjoint operators and lower semibounded, closed quadratic forms, and we derive the variational characterization of eigenvalues in the form of Glazman’s lemma and of the Courant–Fischer–Weyl min-max principle. Furthermore, we discuss continuity properties of Riesz means and present in abstract form the Birman–Schwinger principle.
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
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The Laplace and Schrödinger Operators
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We discuss the definition of the Laplace operator on an open subset in Euclidean space as a self-adjoint operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions and we derive its basic spectral properties. Among others, we include the spectral inequalities of Faber–Krahn, Hersch, and Friedlander. Then, using the technique of Dirichlet–Neumann bracketing, we derive Weyl's law for the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues. We supplement this with a discussion of non-asymptotic bounds, including Pólya's conjecture and its proof for tiling domains and domains of product form. We present the sharp eigenvalue bounds of Berezin and Li–Yau. Finally, using separation of variables in spherical coordinates, we discuss the Laplacian on a ball.
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We provide a brief, but self-contained, introduction to the theory of Sobolev spaces. We prove some facts from the calculus with weak derivatives, including product and chain rules. We discuss various kinds of Sobolev inequalities, including those by Gagliardo–Nirenberg, Poincaré, Friedrichs, and Hardy, both on the whole space and on domains, and include some information on their sharp constants. Furthermore, we discuss Rellich’s compactness theorem, the Sobolev extension property of a domain, as well as homogeneous Sobolev spaces.
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Sharp Constants in Lieb–Thirring Inequalities
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
In this chapter, we derive the currently best known bounds on the constants in the Lieb–Thirring inequality following Hundertman–Laptev–Weidl and Frank–Hundertmark–Jex–Nam. These arguments proceed by proving bounds for one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with matrix-valued potentials and then using the method of "lifting in dimension." In the final section, we summarize the results in the book and provide an overview of what is known about the sharp constants in the Lieb–Thirring and Cwikel–Lieb–Rozenblum inequalities.
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
Rupert L. Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Ari Laptev, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London,Timo Weidl, Universität Stuttgart
We devote this paper to study semi-stable nonconstant radial solutions of $S_k(D^2u)=w(\left \vert x \right \vert )g(u)$ on the Euclidean space $\mathbb {R}^n$. We establish pointwise estimates and necessary conditions for the existence of such solutions (not necessarily bounded) for this equation. For bounded solutions we estimate their asymptotic behaviour at infinity. All the estimates are given in terms of the spatial dimension $n$, the values of $k$ and the behaviour at infinity of the growth rate function of $w$.
The main result includes as special cases on the one hand, the Gerstenhaber–Rothaus theorem (1962) and its generalisation due to Nitsche and Thom (2022) and, on the other hand, the Brodskii–Howie–Short theorem (1980–1984) generalising Magnus’s Freiheitssatz (1930).
In this paper, we consider the existence and stability of singular patterns in a fractional Ginzburg–Landau equation with a mean field. We prove the existence of three types of singular steady-state patterns (double fronts, single spikes, and double spikes) by solving their respective consistency conditions. In the case of single spikes, we prove the stability of single small spike solution for sufficiently large spatial period by studying an explicit non-local eigenvalue problem which is equivalent to the original eigenvalue problem. For the other solutions, we prove the instability by using the variational characterisation of eigenvalues. Finally, we present the results of some numerical computations of spike solutions based on the finite difference methods of Crank–Nicolson and Adams–Bashforth.
We relate the classes of unitary and calibrated representations of cyclotomic Hecke algebras, and, in particular, we show that for the most important deformation parameters these two classes coincide. We classify these representations in terms of both multipartition combinatorics and as the points in the fundamental alcove under the action of an affine Weyl group. Finally, we cohomologically construct these modules via BGG resolutions.
This note studies local integral gradient bounds for distributional solutions of a large class of partial differential inequalities with diffusion in divergence form and power-like first-order terms. The applications of these estimates are two-fold. First, we show the (sharp) global Hölder regularity of distributional semi-solutions to this class of diffusive PDEs with first-order terms having supernatural growth and right-hand side in a suitable Morrey class posed on a bounded and regular open set $\Omega$. Second, we provide a new proof of entire Liouville properties for inequalities with superlinear first-order terms without assuming any one-side bound on the solution for the corresponding homogeneous partial differential inequalities. We also discuss some extensions of the previous properties to problems arising in sub-Riemannian geometry and also to partial differential inequalities posed on noncompact complete Riemannian manifolds under appropriate area-growth conditions of the geodesic spheres, providing new results in both these directions. The methods rely on integral arguments and do not exploit maximum and comparison principles.
In order to study integral points of bounded log-anticanonical height on weak del Pezzo surfaces, we classify weak del Pezzo pairs. As a representative example, we consider a quartic del Pezzo surface of singularity type $\mathbf {A}_1+\mathbf {A}_3$ and prove an analogue of Manin’s conjecture for integral points with respect to its singularities and its lines.
We construct some cusped finite-volume hyperbolic n-manifolds $M^n$ that fibre algebraically in all the dimensions $5\leq n \leq 8$. That is, there is a surjective homomorphism $\pi _1(M^n) \to {\mathbb {Z}}$ with finitely generated kernel. The kernel is also finitely presented in the dimensions $n=7, 8$, and this leads to the first examples of hyperbolic n-manifolds $\widetilde M^n$ whose fundamental group is finitely presented but not of finite type. These n-manifolds $\widetilde M^n$ have infinitely many cusps of maximal rank and, hence, infinite Betti number $b_{n-1}$. They cover the finite-volume manifold $M^n$. We obtain these examples by assigning some appropriate colours and states to a family of right-angled hyperbolic polytopes $P^5, \ldots , P^8$, and then applying some arguments of Jankiewicz, Norin and Wise [18] and Bestvina and Brady [7]. We exploit in an essential way the remarkable properties of the Gosset polytopes dual to $P^n$, and the algebra of integral octonions for the crucial dimensions $n=7,8$.