ON THE SPECTRUM OF THE DIRICHLET LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP
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1 ON THE SPECTRUM OF THE DIRICHLET LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP LEONID FRIEDLANDER AND MICHAEL SOLOMYAK Abstract. We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian in a family of bounded domains { a < x < b, 0 < y < h(x)}. The main assumption is that x = 0 is the only point of global maximum of the positive, continuous function h(x). We find the two-term asymptotics in 0 of the eigenvalues and the one-term asymptotics of the corresponding eigenfunctions. The asymptotic formulae obtained involve the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of an auxiliary ODE on R that depends on the behavior of h(x) as x 0. The proof is based on a detailed study of the resolvent of the operator. 1. Introduction There are several reasons why the study of the spectrum of the Laplacian in a narrow neighborhood of an embedded graph is interesting. The graph can be embedded into a Euclidean space or it can be embedded into a manifold. In his pioneering work [3], Colin de Verdière used Riemannian metrics concentrated in a small neighborhood of a graph to prove that for every manifold M of dimension greater than two and for every positive number N there exists a Riemannian metric g such that the multiplicity of the smallest positive eigenvalue of the Laplacian on (M, g) equals N. Recent interest to the problem is, in particular, motivated by possible applications to mesoscopic systems. Rubinstein and Schatzman studied in [10] eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian in a narrow strip surrounding an embedded planar graph. The strip has constant width everywhere except neighborhoods of vertices. Under some assumptions on the structure of the strip near vertices, they proved that eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian converge to eigenvalues of the Laplacian on the graph. Kuchment and Zheng extended in [6] these results to the case when the strip width is not constant. The Dirichlet boundary condition turns out to be more complicated than the Neumann condition. Eigenvalues of a domain of width are 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35P15. 1
2 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK bounded from below by π /. Post studied in [9] eigenvalues λ j () of the Dirichlet Laplacian in a neighborhood of a planar graph that has constant width near the edges and that narrows down toward the vertices. He proved that λ j () π / converge to the eigenvalues of the direct sum of certain Schrödinger operators on the edges with the Dirichlet boundary conditions. We show that this result can not be extended to neighborhoods of variable width. If the width is not constant then the spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian is basically determined by the points where it is the widest. In the paper, we treat a simple model case: the graph is a straight segment, and the strip is the widest in one cross-section. In this case, we derive a two-term asymptotics for λ j (). We will formulate now main results of the paper. Let h(x) > 0 be a continuous function defined on a segment I = [ a, b], where a, b > 0. We assume that (i) x = 0 is the only point of global maximum of h(x) on I; (ii) The function h(x) is C 1 on I \ {0}, and in a neighborhood of x = 0 it admits an expansion (1.1) h(x) = { M c + x m + O ( x m+1), x > 0, M c x m + O ( x m+1), x < 0 where M, m, c ± are real numbers and M, c ± > 0, m 1. If h(x) is C on the whole of I, then necessarily m is an even integer and c = c +. Another interesting case is m = 1 (profile of a broken line ). For a positive, let Ω = {(x, y) : x I, 0 < y < h(x)}. Below stands for the (positive) Dirichlet Laplacian in Ω and λ j () for its eigenvalues. Our main goal in this paper is to find the asymptotics of λ j () as 0. In theorems below the conditions (i) and (ii) are supposed to be satisfied. Theorem 1.1. Let α = (m + ) 1. Then the limits ) (1.) µ j = lim (λ α j () π 0 M
3 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 3 exist, and µ j are eigenvalues of the operator on L (R) given by { (1.3) H = d π M 3 c + x m, x > 0, + q(x), q(x) = dx π M 3 c x m, x < 0. Note that if m = and c + = c, the operator H turns into the harmonic oscillator. Our second goal is to show that the eigenvalue convergence, described by (1.), can be obtained as a consequence of a sort of uniform convergence (i.e., convergence in norm) of the family of operators ( ) 1. π M The usual notion of uniform convergence does not make sense here, since for different values of the operators act in different spaces; one needs to interpret it in an appropriate way. In L (Ω ) consider the subspace L that consists of functions ψ(x, y) = ψ χ (x, y) = χ(x) h(x) sin πy h(x) ; then ψ χ L (Ω ) = I χ (x)dx. The mapping χ ψ χ is an isometric isomorphism between L (I) and L. With some abuse of notations, we will identify operators acting in L with operators acting in L (I). Obviously, ψ χ H 1,0 (Ω ) if χ H 1,0 (I). A direct (though, rather lengthy) computation shows that ( ) π ψ χ dxdy = χ (x) dx + Ω I I h (x) + v(x) χ (x)dx, where ( π v(x) = ) h (x) 4 h (x). Subtracting from Ω ψ χ dxdy the lower bound of the resulting potential, we obtain the quadratic form (defined on H 1,0 (I)) ( (1.4) q [χ] := χ (x) + W (x)χ (x) ) dx, where (1.5) W (x) = π I ( 1 h (x) 1 ) + v(x). M
4 4 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK Since the potential W (x) is non-negative, and it is positive for nonzero values of x, the quadratic form (1.4) is positive definite in L (I). The self-adjoint operator on L (I), associated with q, is given by (1.6) Q u = d u dx + W (x)u, u( a) = u(b) = 0. The result of theorem 1. below can be interpreted as two-term asymptotics, in a certain sense, of the operator-valued function as 0. In its formulation, I stands for the identity operator on L (Ω ). Theorem 1.. There exist numbers R 0 > 0 and 0 > 0, depending on the function h and such that ) 1 (1.7) ( π M I Q 1 0 R 0 3α, (0, 0 ). Here 0 is the zero operator on the subspace L L (Ω ). The next statement describes, in what sense the operators Q approximate the operator H given by (1.3). Introduce the family of segments I = ( a α, b α ), > 0 and define the isometry operator J : L (I) L (I ) generated by the dilation x = t α. We identify L (I ) with the subspace {u L (R) : u(x) = 0 a.e. on R \ I }. If Q is the operator (1.6) in L (I), then (1.8) Q := α J Q J 1 is a self-adjoint operator acting in L (I ). Theorem 1.3. One has 1 (1.9) Q 0 H 1 0, 0. where 0 is the zero operator on the subspace L (R \ I ). Let us present another formulation of the latter result. It suggests an interpretation that seems to be more transparent. However, the formulation as in theorem 1.3 is more convenient for the proof. Along with the operator H defined in (1.3), let us consider the operator family H = d dx + q(x), > 0
5 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 5 so that in particular H 1 = H. The substitution x = t α shows that α H is an isospectral family of operators. The result of theorem 1.3 can be rewritten as (1.10) lim 0 ( α Q ) 1 0 ( α H ) 1 = 0. This shows that the family ( α Q ) 1 of operators on L (I), complemented by the zero operator outside I, approaches an isospectral family in the norm topology. A similar effect, in a more complicated problem of the behavior of the essential spectra of certain operator families, was studied by Last and Simon in [7]. We will show now that theorems 1. and 1.3 imply theorem 1.1. Indeed, the non-zero eigenvalues of the operator Q 1 0 are the same as those of Q 1. By theorem 1. we have for all j N and < 0 : ) 1 ) 1 (λ j () π λ 1 M j (Q ) ( π M I Q 1 0 therefore R 0 3α, 1 ( 1 ) α λ j () π α λ M j (Q ) R 0 α. Further, λ j ( Q ) = α λ j (Q ), so that theorem 1.3 implies which is equivalent to (1.). α λ j (Q ) µ j Theorems 1. and 1.3 allow one to make some conclusions about the behavior of the eigenfunctions of the operator as 0. Theorem 1.4. Let Ψ j (; x, y) be the j-s normalized eigenfunction of the operator. If its sign is chosen appropriately, then (1.11) lim 0 Ω ( Ψ j (; x, y) 1+α h(x) sin ) πy h(x) X j(x α ) dxdy = 0. Grieser and Jerison proved in [4] much stronger an estimate for the first eigenfunction in a convex, narrow domain (in our setting, the function h(x) is concave.) Similar problems are discussed in a survey paper [8] by Nazarov.
6 6 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK In the next three sections we prove theorems 1. and 1.3. In section 5 we give the proof of theorem 1.4, and in the last section 6 we describe possible extensions of our main results. Acknowledgments. The bulk of the work was done when the first author was the Weston Visiting Professor in the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He thanks the Institute for its hospitality. The work was finished when both authors visited the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, UK. We acknowledge the hospitality of the Newton Institute. The first author was partially supported by the NSF grant DMS We are also grateful to V. Maz ya and S. Nazarov for their bibliographical advice and to A. Sobolev for discussions.. Upper bound for Q 1 As the first step, we find an upper bound for the quantity Q 1 as 0. Notice that theorem 1.3 implies Q 1 µ 1 1 α, which is stronger a result than the following lemma. Lemma.1. Let h(x) meet the properties (i), (ii) of section 1. Then there exists a number R 1 > 0 such that (.1) Q 1 R 1 α, > 0. Proof. One has (see (1.5)) W (x) x m π x m ( 1 h (x) 1 ). M The function on the right in the last inequality is strictly positive on I and continuous on [ a, 0] and on [0, b] (it equals π c ± M 3 at x = 0±; M and c ± are numbers from (1.1)). Hence, there exists σ > 0 such that (.) W (x) σ x m, > 0, x I. The operator d + σ x m on L (R) is positive definite; so dx (χ (x) + σ x m χ (x))dx R 1 χ (x)dx, χ H 1 (R) R 1 for some positive number R 1. By scaling x α x we get (χ (x) + σ x m χ (x))dx R1 1 α χ (x)dx, χ H 1 (R). R R R
7 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 7 In particular, this inequality is satisfied for any function χ H 1,0 (I), extended to the whole of R by zero. It follows from here and (.) that (.3) q [χ] R1 1 α χ dx, χ H 1,0 (I), which implies (.1). I 3. Proof of Theorem 1. We will systematically use the orthogonal decomposition (3.1) L (Ω ) = L L, and write, for ψ L (Ω ), ψ = ψ χ + U, ψ χ = P ψ, U L. Here P stands for the orthogonal projection in L (Ω ) onto the subspace L. This projection is given by h(x) (3.) P ψ = ψ χ, where χ(x) = ψ(x, y) sin πy h(x) h(x) dy. Note that The inclusion U L (3.3) h(x) 0 U(x, y) sin P H 1,0 (Ω ) = H 1,0 (I). means that 0 πy dy = 0, for a.a. x I. h(x) If U H 1,0 (Ω ), then integration by parts gives (3.4) h(x) 0 U y(x, y) cos πy dy = 0, for a.a. x I. h(x) Because U satisfies the Dirichlet boundary condition, (3.3) implies h(x) 0 U (x, y)dy h (x) 4π M 4π h(x) 0 h(x) 0 U y(x, y) dy U y(x, y) dy and therefore, for U L H 1,0 (Ω ) (3.5) U L (Ω M ) ) ( U π 3π M U dxdy. Ω
8 8 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK In addition, if U H 1,0 (Ω ) then one can differentiate (3.3) with respect to x to get (3.6) h(x) 0 U x(x, y) sin πy h(x) dy = π h(x) Here and later, we use the notation h(x) 0 h(x) = h (x) h (x) ; yu(x, y) cos this function repeatedly appears in our calculations. πy h(x) dy. For the proof of theorem 1. we compare the quadratic forms of the operator A = π M I appearing in (1.7), and of its diagonal part with respect to the decomposition (3.1), which is (3.7) B = Q ( ) (I P )A L. The quadratic form of B is (again, for ψ = ψ χ + U) ) b [ψ] = q [χ] + ( U π M U dxdy, Ω where q is given by (1.4). From (.3) and (3.5) we conclude that with some C > 0 (3.8) b [ψ] C α ψ, ψ H 1,0 (Ω ). The quadratic form of A is Ω a [ψ] = b [ψ] + m [ψ] where (one half of) the off-diagonal term is ) m [ψ] = ( ψ χ U π M ψ χu dxdy = (ψ χ ) xu xdxdy; Ω the integral containing (ψ χ ) yu y vanishes because of (3.4) and the one containing ψ χ U vanishes because ψ χ and U belong to orthogonal subspaces of L (Ω ). We will now estimate m [ψ]. It is convenient to work with the function φ(x) = h 1/ (x)χ(x). instead of χ. It is easy to see that for each χ H 1 (I) we have (3.9) φ χ, φ + φ χ + χ Cq [χ];
9 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 9 the symbol stands for two-sided inequality. Taking (3.6) into account, we find that π πy (3.10) m [ψ] = h(x) cos 3/ Ω h(x) (φ U φu x) ydxdy. The next estimate follows immediately: m [ψ] ) C ( U 3 L (Ω ) φ (x) y 3 dxdy + U x L (Ω ) φ (x)y 3 dxdy Ω Ω ( ) C U L (Ω ) φ L (I) + U x L (Ω ) φ L (I). Now we conclude from (3.5), (3.9), and (.3) that whence m [ψ] C ( b [U]q [χ] + α b [U]q [χ] ), (3.11) m [ψ] C α b [ψ]. It is important that the constant C does not depend on. The quadratic form b is positive definite. Choosing 0 = (4C ) 1/α, we conclude from (3.11) that (1 C α )b [ψ] a [ψ] (1 + C α )b [ψ], < 0 for all ψ H 1 (Ω ). Hence, for < 0 the quadratic form a is also positive definite. Taking (3.8) into account, we find that there exists a positive constant C such that a [ψ] C 1 α ψ, b [ψ] C 1 α ψ, < 0, or, equivalently, (3.1) A 1 C α, B 1 C α, < 0. The estimate (3.11) implies an estimate for the bilinear form m [ψ 1, ψ ] which corresponds to the quadratic form m [ψ], i.e. m [ψ 1, ψ ] = (ψ χ1 ) x(u ) xdxdy. Ω e Namely, (3.13) m [ψ 1, ψ ] C α (b [ψ 1 ]b [ψ ]) 1/, with the same constant C as in (3.11). Note that in the right-hand side of (3.13) each factor b [ψ j ] can be replaced by a [ψ j ]; that will result in a change of the constant C, which is not essential.
10 10 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK We have, for any ψ 1, ψ H 1,0 (Ω ): (A 1/ ψ 1, A 1/ ψ ) (B 1/ ψ 1, B 1/ ψ ) = a [ψ 1, ψ ] b [ψ 1, ψ ] = m [ψ 1, ψ ] C α (a [ψ 1 ]b [ψ ]) 1/. Take here ψ 1 = B 1 f, ψ = A 1 g, where f, g L (Ω ) are arbitrary. Then we get by (3.1): (A 1 therefore f, g) (B 1 f, g) C α( (A 1 g, g)(b 1 f, f) ) 1/ C 3α f g ; (3.14) A 1 It follows from (3.7) and (3.5) that B 1 (Q 1 B 1 C 3α. 0) = ( (I P )A L ) 1 M /3π. Together with (3.14), this completes the proof of theorem Proof of theorem 1.3 In the course of the proof we rely upon the following statement. Proposition Let V (x) 0 be a measurable function on R, such that V (x) as x, and let {I }, 0 < < 1, be an expanding family of intervals: I 1 I ( 1 > ), 0<<1 I = R. Consider the quadratic form z V [u] = (u + V u )dx, u d V := {H 1 (R) : z V [u] < } R and a family of its restriction z V,I to the domains d V,I = {u d V : u I = 0}. Let Z V, Z V,I stand for the corresponding self-adjoint operators on L (R). Then (4.1) Z 1 V,I Z 1 V 0, 0, Let a potential V 0 0 be fixed, such that V 0 (x) as x. Then the convergence in (4.1) is uniform in the class of all potentials V such that V (x) V 0 (x) on R.
11 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 11 Proof. 1 Under the assumptions of proposition the strong convergence Z 1 V,I Z 1 V is well known. For instance, it follows from theorem VIII.1.5 in the book [5]. Its assumptions are evidently satisfied if we take into account that C0 (R) is a core for the operator Z V. For each we have d V,I d V and z V,I [u] = z V [u] for every u d V,. By the definition of inequalities between self-adjoint operators (see e.g. [1], section 10..3), this means that Z V,I Z V and, by theorem from [1], Z 1 V,I Z 1 V. Since V (x) as x, the operator Z 1 V is compact. Now, we get the statement 1 by applying theorem.16 in [11] (which is an analogue of the classical Lebesgue theorem on dominated convergence). In particular, the theorem says that if T, 0 < < 0 is a family of compact, self-adjoint operators such that T T strongly, and there exists a compact non-negative operator T 0, such that T T 0 for each, then T T 0. Actually, this statement also is a consequence of theorem.16 in [11]. More exactly, it immediately follows from the last displayed inequality in the proof of theorem. Each operator Z V,I appearing in the formulation is the direct sum of the operators inside and outside the interval I, generated by the differential expression d /dx + V and the Dirichlet conditions at I. Let us denote these operators as Z V,int(I), Z V,ext(I) respectively. Corollary 4.. Both statements of proposition 4.1 remain valid if we replace each operator Z 1 V,I by Z 1 V,int(I ) 0, where 0 is the zero operator on the subspace {u L (R) : u = 0 on R \ I }. Indeed, this immediately follows from the fact that whence Z 1 V,ext(I ) 0. (Z V,ext(I)u, u) u inf x R\I V (x), Proof of theorem 1.3. Let W be the function defined in (1.5) and V (t) = α W (t α ). Then the quadratic form of the operator (1.8) is ( q [u] = u (t) + V (t)u (t) ) dt. I The assumption (1.1), say for x > 0, can be written as h(x) = M c + x m + ρ(x)x m+1, ρ L (0, b).
12 1 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK Hence, therefore 1 h (x) 1 M = c +M 3 x m + ρ 1 (x)x m+1, ρ 1 L (0, b); V (t) = q(t) + π ρ 1 (t α )t m+1 α + α v(t α ), t (0, b α ). A similar equality is satisfied also for t ( a α, 0). Along with {I }, we need a system {I } of narrower intervals, say I = ( β, β ). Here β > 0 can be taken arbitrary; the only condition is β(m + 1) < α. Then for any η > 0 there exists a number (η) > 0, such that (4.) V (t) q(t) < η for all t I, < (η). In addition, it follows from (.) that (4.3) V (t) σ t m for all t I, < 1. It is useful to extend each function V (t) to the whole of R, taking V (t) = σ t m for t / I. With each (extended) function V we associate three operators: H acting on L (R), Q acting on L (I ), and Q acting on L (I ). Each operator acts as d /dt + V (t); the last two operators are taken with the Dirichlet boundary conditions. To apply proposition 4.1, one takes H = Z V ; Q = Z V,int(I ), Q = Z V,int(I ). In particular, Q is nothing but the operator (1.8). By proposition 4.1, we have 1 Q 0 H 1 0, Q 1 0 H 1 0 as 0. Here 0 stands for the zero operator on L (R) L (I ), or on L (R) L (I ). Therefore, 1 (4.4) Q 0 Q Note that the operators Q, Q depend on the parameter in two ways: via the potential and via the interval. For this reason, the statement 1 of proposition 4.1 is insufficient for making these conclusions. Consider also the family of operators H := Z q(t),int(i ). They act on L (I ) as H u = u + q(t)u,
13 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 13 with the Dirichlet conditions at I. This time, the potential does not involve the parameter, and we conclude from proposition 4.1, 1 that (4.5) H 1 0 H 1 0. In addition, one has (4.6) Q 1 H 1 0, 0. Indeed, by Hilbert s resolvent formula, Q 1 H 1 = Q 1 (V (t) q(t))h 1. Here Q 1, Ĥ 1 C for all < 1 (this follows from (4.3)), and by (4.) the norm of the multiplication operator is smaller than an arbitrary η, provided that is small. Theorem 1.3 (that is, eq. (1.9)) immediately follows from (4.4), (4.5), and (4.6). 5. Eigenfunction convergence 5.1. We start from some elementary remarks from the Hilbert space theory. Let e, f be normalized elements of a Hilbert space H, and (5.1) K = (, e)e (, f)f. A direct calculation shows that the Hilbert-Schmidt norm of the operator K is given by K HS = (1 (e, f) ). Suppose now that (e, f) is real, then e ± f = (1 ± (e, f)) and hence, (5.) min( e f, e + f ) ( e f e + f ) 1/ = K HS. Let S, T be two self-adjoint operators in H. We assume that they are bounded, though this is actually not needed. Suppose that, on some interval δ R, each operator has exactly one point of spectrum, and this point is a simple eigenvalue. Say, λ 0, µ 0 are these eigenvalues for S, T respectively, and e, f are the corresponding normalized eigenvectors. Let φ(λ) be a smooth, real-valued function on R, which vanishes outside δ and is such that φ(λ 0 ) = φ(µ 0 ) = 1. Then we conclude from Spectral Theorem that φ(s) = (, e)e; φ(t) = (, f)f,
14 14 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK and therefore the operator K can be represented as K = φ(s) φ(t). This representation allows us to apply the theory of double operator integrals (see [], and especially section 8 therein.) In particular, we conclude from theorems 8.1 and 8.3 that K C S T, Since rank K, we conclude that also C = C(φ). (5.3) K HS K C S T. 5.. Proof of theorem 1.4. Let Y j (; x) be the normalized in L (I) j-s eigenfunction of the operator Q. Being extended outside I by zero, it becomes the j-s eigenfunction of the operator S := ( α Q ) 1 0 on L (R) where the zero operator acts on L (R \ I). At the same time, α/ X j (x α ) is the j-s eigenfunction of the operator T := ( α H ) 1. Its eigenvalues µ 1 j do not depend on. Theorem 1.3 (the equality (1.10)) guarantees that for each j N there exists a number j, such that for any < j there is a neighborhood δ of µ 1 j, in which the spectrum of S reduces to a single and simple eigenvalue which necessarily is α λ 1 j (Q ). Now we conclude from (5.3) that under the appropriate choice of the sign of Y j (; x) we have ( α Xj (x α )dx + α/ X j (x α ) Y j (; x) ) dx 0. Ω R\I From here it follows that (5.4) ( 1+α h(x) sin I πy h(x) X j(x α ) h(x) sin ) πy h(x) Y j(; x) dxdy 0. The second term in brackets in the integrand is the j-s normalized eigenfunction of the same operator Q but considered as an operator on L. It is also the j-s eigenfunction of the operator Q 1 0 acting on L (Ω ). Now, applying the estimate (5.3) to the latter operator and A 1, we conclude from theorem 1. that ( ) Ψ j (; x, y) sin πy h(x) h(x) Y j(; x) dxdy 0. Ω (1.11) immediately follows from here and (5.3). The proof is complete.
15 LAPLACIAN IN A NARROW STRIP 15 Note that the interval δ appearing in the proof is quite narrow for large values of j. Indeed, its length can not exceed the number (λ j 1 () π ) 1 (λ j+1 () π M This results in a very large constant C = C j inequality (5.3). M 6. Remarks on possible extensions ) 1. in the corresponding 1. The result of theorem 1.1 extends to the case when h(x) is continuous on I, positive inside I, satisfies the condition (i), and in a neighborhood of x = 0 admits the expansion (1.1); however, the function h(x) is allowed to vanish at endpoints of I. A simple but important example of such a function is h(t) = 1 x on the segment I = [ 1, 1]. This statement is easy to justify by using the variational principle in its simplest form. Namely, we construct functions h ± in such a way that h + satisfies the conditions (i) and (ii) on I, with the same coefficients in the expansion (1.1), and the inequality h(x) h + (x), while h satisfies the conditions (i) and (ii) on a smaller segment Ĩ I, also with the same coefficients in (1.1), and the inequality h(x) h (x), x Ĩ. Denote Ω + Ω = {(x, y) : x I, 0 < y < h + (x)}; = {(x, y) : x Ĩ, 0 < y < h (x)}. Let λ ± j () stand for the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian in Ω±, then by the variational principle we have λ + j () λ j() λ j (). By theorem 1.1, the equality (1.) is valid for λ ± j (); therefore it holds also for λ j (). It remains to construct the functions h ± (x). Let x > 0. It follows from (1.1) that on some segment [0, η] we have M h(x) c + x m Kx m+1, with some constant K > 0. The function h + (x) can be obtained (for x > 0) as an appropriate extension of M c + x m + Kx m+1 to [0, b], and h (x) can be obtained as the restriction of M c + x m Kx m+1 to a segment [0, η], where η η is small enough, to guarantee h (x) > 0 on [0, η]. For x < 0, we construct h ± (x) in a similar way. At the moment it is unclear to the authors, whether theorems 1. and 1.3 also extend to the case when h(x) vanishes at the endpoints of
16 16 L. FRIEDLANDER AND M. SOLOMYAK the interval I. The main technical obstacle comes from the fact that the function sin πy oscillates very fast near the points where h(x) h(x) vanishes.. The results of all four theorems extend to the case when the Dirichlet conditions at x = a, x = b are replaced by the Neumann conditions. The argument is basically the same as for the Dirichlet problem, except for two important points: the proofs of lemma.1 and of proposition 4.1 do not apply to the Neumann case. These obstacles can be overcome, so that the results survive under the same assumptions (i), (ii) on the function h(x). 3. Theorems extend to the case of an infinite strip, when I is the whole line, or a half-line. One has to impose additional conditions on the behavior of h(x) as x. For theorem 1.1 it is enough to assume that (iii) lim sup h(x) < M. x Theorem 6.1 below, which is an analogue of theorem 1.1, looks a little bit more complicated than its prototype, since the spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian in Ω is now not necessarily discrete. In the formulation ν() stands for the bottom of of the essential spectrum of, and we take ν() = if the spectrum of is discrete. We denote by n(), n(), the number of eigenvalues λ j () < ν(). Theorem 6.1. Let I be the whole line, or a half-line. If h(x) satisfies the conditions (i), (ii) and (iii), then ν() as 0. Moreover, for small the spectrum of below ν() is non-empty, n() as 0, and for each j N the equality (1.) holds, where again, µ j are eigenvalues of the operator (1.3). The proof uses the Dirichlet Neumann bracketing and hence, relies upon the result of section above. For analogues of other theorems the condition (iii) is probably not sufficient. A simple additional assumption is (iii ) h /h L (I). Under the assumptions (i) (iii) and (iii ) analogues of theorems 1. and 1.3 can be proved, and the result of theorem 1.4 then follows automatically. Proof of an analogue of theorem 1.3 turns out to be the crucial step. The main difficulty here is that theorem.16 in [11] does not apply, since the operators involved may be non-compact. However, an appropriate substitute can be proved, and this leads to the desired result.
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