Spectral gap lower bound for the one-dimensional fractional Schrödinger operator in the interval

Kamil Kaleta

Studia Mathematica (2012)

  • Volume: 209, Issue: 3, page 267-287
  • ISSN: 0039-3223

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We prove a uniform lower bound for the difference λ₂ - λ₁ between the first two eigenvalues of the fractional Schrödinger operator ( - Δ ) α / 2 + V , α ∈ (1,2), with a symmetric single-well potential V in a bounded interval (a,b), which is related to the Feynman-Kac semigroup of the symmetric α-stable process killed upon leaving (a,b). “Uniform” means that the positive constant C α appearing in our estimate λ - λ C α ( b - a ) - α is independent of the potential V. In the general case of α ∈ (0,2), we also find a uniform lower bound for the difference λ⁎ - λ₁, where λ⁎ denotes the smallest eigenvalue corresponding to an antisymmetric eigenfunction. One of our key arguments used in proving the spectral gap lower bound is a certain integral inequality which is known to be a consequence of the Garsia-Rodemich-Rumsey lemma. We also study some basic properties of the corresponding eigenfunctions.

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Kamil Kaleta. "Spectral gap lower bound for the one-dimensional fractional Schrödinger operator in the interval." Studia Mathematica 209.3 (2012): 267-287. <http://eudml.org/doc/286568>.

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