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1 On Schrödinger equations with inverse-square singular potentials Veronica Felli Dipartimento di Statistica University of Milano Bicocca joint work with Elsa M. Marchini and Susanna Terracini On the occasion of Prof. Ireneo Peral s 60th birthday Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.1/40

2 The Schrödinger equation with a dipole-potential In nonrelativistic molecular physics, the Schrödinger equation for the wave function of an electron interacting with a polar molecule (supposed to be point-like) can be written as where ( 2 2m + e x D ) x 3 E Ψ = 0, e = charge of the electron m = mass of the electron D = dipole moment of the molecule. See [J. M. Lévy-Leblond, Electron capture by polar molecules, Phys. Rev. (1967)]. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.2/40

3 Problem: to describe the asymptotics near the singularity of solutions to equations associated to dipole-type Schrödinger operators L λ,d := λ (x d) x 3, x R N, N 3, λ = 2me D magnitude of the dipole moment d = D/ D orientation of the dipole Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.3/40

4 Problem: to describe the asymptotics near the singularity of solutions to equations associated to dipole-type Schrödinger operators L λ,d := λ (x d) x 3, x R N, N 3, λ = 2me D magnitude of the dipole moment d = D/ D orientation of the dipole A precise asymptotics is an important tool in establishing spectral properties, positivity, essential self-adjointness,... Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.3/40

5 Problem: to describe the asymptotics near the singularity of solutions to equations associated to dipole-type Schrödinger operators L λ,d := λ (x d) x 3, x R N, N 3, λ = 2me D magnitude of the dipole moment d = D/ D orientation of the dipole A precise asymptotics is an important tool in establishing spectral properties, positivity, essential self-adjointness,... Dipole potentials have the same order of homogeneity as inverse square potentials 1/ x 2 no inclusion in the Kato class, validity of a Hardy-type inequality, invariance by scaling and Kelvin transform. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.3/40

6 Schrödinger operators with dipole-type potentials We consider a more general class of Schrödinger operators with purely angular multiples of radial inverse-square potentials: where a L (S N 1 ). L a := a(x/ x ) x 2, in R N, N 3, Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.4/40

7 Schrödinger operators with dipole-type potentials We consider a more general class of Schrödinger operators with purely angular multiples of radial inverse-square potentials: where a L (S N 1 ). L a := a(x/ x ) x 2, in R N, N 3, Natural setting to study the properties of operators L a : D 1,2 (R N ) := C c (R N ), u = u L 2. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.4/40

8 References problems with radially inverse-square singular potentials 1/ x 2 (a const): Jannelli, Ferrero Gazzola, Ruiz Willem, Baras Goldstein, Vazquez Zuazua, Garcia Azorero Peral, Berestycki Esteban, Smets, F. Schneider, Abdellaoui F. Peral, F. Pistoia, F. Terracini, Brezis-Dupaigne-Tesei, Kang-Peng, Han, Chen, Dupaigne,... Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.5/40

9 References problems with radially inverse-square singular potentials 1/ x 2 (a const): Jannelli, Ferrero Gazzola, Ruiz Willem, Baras Goldstein, Vazquez Zuazua, Garcia Azorero Peral, Berestycki Esteban, Smets, F. Schneider, Abdellaoui F. Peral, F. Pistoia, F. Terracini, Brezis-Dupaigne-Tesei, Kang-Peng, Han, Chen, Dupaigne,... S. Terracini [Advances in Differential Equations (1996)]: how the presence of the singular potentials affects u = a(x/ x ) u x 2 + u N+2 N 2, a C 1 (S N 1 ) concerning existence, uniqueness, and qualitative properties (symmetry) of positive solutions. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.5/40

10 Hardy-type inequality a(x/ x ) R x 2 N u 2 (x) dx Λ N (a) u(x) 2 dx R N u D 1,2 (R N ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.6/40

11 Hardy-type inequality a(x/ x ) R x 2 N u 2 (x) dx Λ N (a) u(x) 2 dx R N u D 1,2 (R N ) Best constant Λ N (a) := sup u D 1,2 (R N )\{0} R N x 2 a(x/ x )u 2 (x) dx R N u(x) 2 dx Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.6/40

12 Hardy-type inequality a(x/ x ) R x 2 N u 2 (x) dx Λ N (a) u(x) 2 dx R N u D 1,2 (R N ) Best constant Λ N (a) := sup u D 1,2 (R N )\{0} R N x 2 a(x/ x )u 2 (x) dx R N u(x) 2 dx Classical Hardy inequality: Λ N (1) = 4 (N 2) 2 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.6/40

13 Another characterization of Λ N (a) as a max problem on S N 1 : Λ N (a) = max ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ S a(θ) ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 S N 1ψ(θ) 2 + ( ) N 2 2ψ 2 (θ)] 2 dv (θ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.7/40

14 Another characterization of Λ N (a) as a max problem on S N 1 : Λ N (a) = max ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ S a(θ) ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 S N 1ψ(θ) 2 + ( ) N 2 2ψ 2 (θ)] 2 dv (θ) we can compare Λ N (a) with Λ N (1) = 4 (N 2) 2. If a is not constant, 4 (N 2) 2 a(θ) dv (θ) < Λ N (a) < S N 1 4 ess sup a (N 2) 2 S N 1 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.7/40

15 Example: in the dipole case, namely if a(θ) = λθ d, then, passing to spherical coordinates and exploiting the symmetry with respect to the dipole axis, ( Λ N λ x d ) x = λ sup w H 1 0(0,π) π 0 π 0 cos θ w 2 (θ) dθ [ ] w (θ) 2 + (N 2)(N 4) 4 (sinθ) 2 w 2 (θ) dθ Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.8/40

16 Example: in the dipole case, namely if a(θ) = λθ d, then, passing to spherical coordinates and exploiting the symmetry with respect to the dipole axis, ( Λ N λ x d ) x = λ sup w H 1 0(0,π) π 0 π 0 cos θ w 2 (θ) dθ [ ] w (θ) 2 + (N 2)(N 4) 4 (sinθ) 2 w 2 (θ) dθ ( ) In dimension N = 3, a Taylor s expansion of Λ N λ x d x near λ = 0 can be found in [J. M. Lévy-Leblond, Phys. Rev. (1967)]. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.8/40

17 A numerical approximation of Λ N ( λ x d x ) : N (N 2) 2 4 h ` Λ x d N x i 1 N (N 2) 2 4 h ` Λ x d N x i Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.9/40

18 Spectrum of the angular component The operator S N 1 a(θ) on S N 1 admits a diverging sequence of eigenvalues µ 1 < µ 2 µ k < µ 1 is simple Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.10/40

19 Spectrum of the angular component The operator S N 1 a(θ) on S N 1 admits a diverging sequence of eigenvalues µ 1 < µ 2 µ k < µ 1 is simple µ 1 can be characterized as µ 1 = min ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ ] S N 1ψ(θ) 2 a(θ)ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) S ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.10/40

20 Spectrum of the angular component The operator S N 1 a(θ) on S N 1 admits a diverging sequence of eigenvalues µ 1 < µ 2 µ k < µ 1 is simple µ 1 can be characterized as µ 1 = min ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ ] S N 1ψ(θ) 2 a(θ)ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) S ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 µ 1 is attained by a C 1 positive eigenfunction ψ 1 such that min S N 1 ψ 1 > 0 (L 2 -normalized) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.10/40

21 Spectrum of the angular component The operator S N 1 a(θ) on S N 1 admits a diverging sequence of eigenvalues µ 1 < µ 2 µ k < µ 1 is simple µ 1 can be characterized as µ 1 = min ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ ] S N 1ψ(θ) 2 a(θ)ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) S ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 µ 1 is attained by a C 1 positive eigenfunction ψ 1 such that min S N 1 ψ 1 > 0 (L 2 -normalized) if a(θ) κ, κ R, then µ 1 = κ Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.10/40

22 Spectrum of the angular component The operator S N 1 a(θ) on S N 1 admits a diverging sequence of eigenvalues µ 1 < µ 2 µ k < µ 1 is simple µ 1 can be characterized as µ 1 = min ψ H 1 (S N 1 ) ψ 0 S N 1 [ ] S N 1ψ(θ) 2 a(θ)ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) S ψ 2 (θ) dv (θ) N 1 µ 1 is attained by a C 1 positive eigenfunction ψ 1 such that min S N 1 ψ 1 > 0 (L 2 -normalized) if a(θ) κ, κ R, then µ 1 = κ if a const, then ess sup S N 1 a < µ 1 < S N 1 a(θ) dv (θ). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.10/40

23 Positivity properties of L a Consider the quadratic form associated to L a Q a (u) := R N u(x) 2 dx a(x/ x ) u 2 (x) R x 2 N dx. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.11/40

24 Positivity properties of L a Consider the quadratic form associated to L a Q a (u) := R N u(x) 2 dx a(x/ x ) u 2 (x) R x 2 N dx. The following conditions are equivalent: Q a is positive definite, i.e. inf u D 1,2 (R N )\{0} Λ N (a) < 1 ( N 2 µ 1 > 2 ) 2 Q a (u) R N u(x) 2 dx > 0 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.11/40

25 Remark: Let Ω R N be a bounded open set such that 0 Ω. If ψ 1 is the positive L 2 -normalized eigenfunction associated to µ 1 { S N 1ψ 1 (θ) a(θ) ψ 1 (θ) = µ 1 ψ 1 (θ), in S N 1, S N 1 ψ 1 (θ) 2 dv (θ) = 1, and σ = σ(a, N) := N (N ) µ 1, 2 it is easy to verify that ϕ(x) := x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) H 1 (Ω) satisfies (in a weak H 1 (Ω)-sense and in a classical sense in Ω \ {0}) L a ϕ(x) = ϕ(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 ϕ(x) = 0. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.12/40

26 Asymptotics of solutions to perturbed dipole-type equations How do solutions to equations associated to linear and nonlinear perturbations of operator L a behave near the singularity? Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.13/40

27 Asymptotics of solutions to perturbed dipole-type equations How do solutions to equations associated to linear and nonlinear perturbations of operator L a behave near the singularity? Linear perturbation: if L a is perturbed with a linear term which is negligible with respect to the inverse square singularity, then solutions behave as ϕ(x) := x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) near 0 (in the spirit of the Riemann removable singularity theorem) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.13/40

28 Asymptotics of solutions to perturbed dipole-type equations How do solutions to equations associated to linear and nonlinear perturbations of operator L a behave near the singularity? Linear perturbation: if L a is perturbed with a linear term which is negligible with respect to the inverse square singularity, then solutions behave as ϕ(x) := x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) near 0 (in the spirit of the Riemann removable singularity theorem) Theorem 1 [F.-Marchini-Terracini] Assume that a L (S N 1 ) satisfies Λ N (a) < 1. Let q L loc (Ω \ {0}), q(x) = O( x (2 ε) ) as x 0 for some ε > 0, and let u H 1 (Ω), u 0 a.e. in Ω, u 0, be a weak solution to L a u = q u. Then the function is continuous in Ω. x u(x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.13/40

29 A Cauchy s integral type formula lim x 0 u(x) ( x σ ψ x ) = 1 x S N 1 R 2σ N+2 R ( R R σ u(rθ)+ 0 0 s 1 σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds s N 1+σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds )ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ) for all R > 0 such that B(0, R) := {x R N : x R} Ω. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.14/40

30 A Cauchy s integral type formula lim x 0 u(x) ( x σ ψ x ) = 1 x S N 1 R 2σ N+2 R ( R R σ u(rθ)+ 0 0 s 1 σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds s N 1+σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds )ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ) for all R > 0 such that B(0, R) := {x R N : x R} Ω. Remarks: the term at the right hand side is independent of R Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.14/40

31 A Cauchy s integral type formula lim x 0 u(x) ( x σ ψ x ) = 1 x S N 1 R 2σ N+2 R ( R R σ u(rθ)+ 0 0 s 1 σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds s N 1+σ 2σ+N 2 q(s θ)u(s θ) ds )ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ) for all R > 0 such that B(0, R) := {x R N : x R} Ω. Remarks: the term at the right hand side is independent of R in the case of a radial perturbation q, an analogous formula holds also for changing sign solutions Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.14/40

32 Proof: the proof is based on comparison methods and separation of variables. We evaluate the asymptotics of solutions by trapping them between functions which solve analogous problems with radial perturbing potentials. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.15/40

33 Proof: the proof is based on comparison methods and separation of variables. We evaluate the asymptotics of solutions by trapping them between functions which solve analogous problems with radial perturbing potentials. 1st step: prove Theorem 1 in the case q(x) = h( x ) radial, where h(r) = O(r 2+ε ) as ε 0 (actually it is enough to require h L loc (0, R) Lp (0, R) for some p > N/2). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.15/40

34 Proof: the proof is based on comparison methods and separation of variables. We evaluate the asymptotics of solutions by trapping them between functions which solve analogous problems with radial perturbing potentials. 1st step: prove Theorem 1 in the case q(x) = h( x ) radial, where h(r) = O(r 2+ε ) as ε 0 (actually it is enough to require h L loc (0, R) Lp (0, R) for some p > N/2). Let R > 1, r = 1 and u H 1 (B(0, R)), u 0 a.e. in B(0, R), u 0, be a weak solution to L a u = q u. We expand u in Fourier series and estimate the behavior of the Fourier coefficients in order to establish which of them is dominant near the singularity: u(x) = u(ρ θ) = X ϕ k (ρ)ψ k (θ), ρ = x (0, 1], θ = x/ x S N 1, k=1 where ψ k is a L 2 -normalized eigenfunction of the operator S N 1 a(θ) on the sphere associated to the k-th eigenvalue µ k and ϕ k (ρ) = Z S N 1 u(ρ θ)ψ k (θ) dv (θ). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.15/40

35 Solving the radial equation: ϕ A direct calculation for some c k 1, ck 2 R k (ρ) + N 1 ρ ϕ k (ρ) µ k ρ 2 ϕ k(ρ) = h(ρ)ϕ k (ρ) ϕ k (ρ) = ρ σ+ k Z 1 c k 1+ ρ s σ+ k +1 σ + k σ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds +ρ σ k Z 1 c k 2+ ρ s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, where σ + k = N q` N µk and σ k = N 2 2 q` N µk. u H 1 (B(0, R)) c k 2 = Z 1 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.16/40

36 Solving the radial equation: ϕ A direct calculation for some c k 1, ck 2 R k (ρ) + N 1 ρ ϕ k (ρ) µ k ρ 2 ϕ k(ρ) = h(ρ)ϕ k (ρ) ϕ k (ρ) = ρ σ+ k Z 1 c k 1+ ρ s σ+ k +1 σ + k σ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds +ρ σ k Z 1 c k 2+ ρ s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, where σ + k = N q` N µk and σ k = N 2 2 q` N µk. u H 1 (B(0, R)) c k 2 = Z 1 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, Moreover c k 1 = ϕ k (1) + Z 1 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.16/40

37 Solving the radial equation: ϕ A direct calculation for some c k 1, ck 2 R k (ρ) + N 1 ρ ϕ k (ρ) µ k ρ 2 ϕ k(ρ) = h(ρ)ϕ k (ρ) ϕ k (ρ) = ρ σ+ k Z 1 c k 1+ ρ s σ+ k +1 σ + k σ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds +ρ σ k Z 1 c k 2+ ρ s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, where σ + k = N q` N µk and σ k = N 2 2 q` N µk. u H 1 (B(0, R)) c k 2 = Z 1 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds, Moreover c k 1 = ϕ k (1) + Z 1 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds. Hence ϕ k (ρ) = ρ σ+ k Z 1 ϕ k (1) + 0 s σ k +1 σ k σ+ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds + Z 1 ρ s σ+ k +1 σ + k σ k «h(s)ϕ k (s) ds + ρ σ k Z ρ 0 s σ k +1 σ + k σ k h(s)ϕ k (s) ds. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.16/40

38 Hence: u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 = ρ σ+ 1 ϕ 1 (ρ) ψ 1 (θ) + X ρ σ+ 1 ϕ k (ρ)ψ k (θ) k=2 {z } 0 as ρ 0 + Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.17/40

39 Hence: u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 = ρ σ+ 1 ϕ 1 (ρ) ψ 1 (θ) + c Z 1 0 {z } s σ σ + 1 σ 1 X ρ σ+ 1 ϕ k (ρ)ψ k (θ) k=2 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds {z } 0 as ρ 0 + Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.17/40

40 Hence: u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 = ρ σ+ 1 ϕ 1 (ρ) ψ 1 (θ) + c Z 1 0 {z } s σ σ + 1 σ 1 X ρ σ+ 1 ϕ k (ρ)ψ k (θ) k=2 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds {z } 0 as ρ 0 + = lim ρ 0 + u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 =»c 11 + Z 1 0 s σ σ + 1 σ 1 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds ψ 1 (θ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.17/40

41 Hence: u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 = ρ σ+ 1 ϕ 1 (ρ) ψ 1 (θ) + c Z 1 0 {z } s σ σ + 1 σ 1 X ρ σ+ 1 ϕ k (ρ)ψ k (θ) k=2 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds {z } 0 as ρ 0 + = lim ρ 0 + u(ρ θ)ρ σ+ 1 =»c 11 + Z 1 0 s σ σ + 1 σ 1 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds ψ 1 (θ) u 0 a.e., u 0 = c Z 1 0 s σ σ + 1 σ 1 h(s)ϕ 1 (s) ds > 0 Indeed let k 0 > 1 be the smallest index for which c k R 1 0 lim ρ 0 + u(ρ θ)ρ σ + k 0 = k 0 +m k0 1 X k=k 0» c k 1 + Z 1 0 s σ+ k +1 σ + k σ k ( ) s σ+ k 0 +1 σ + k 0 σ k 0 h(s)ϕ k0 (s) ds 0 h(s)ϕ k (s) ds ψ k (θ), where m k0 is the geometric multiplicity of the eigenvalue µ k0. If ( ) does not hold, then k 0 > 1 and the right hand side is a nontrivial L 2 (S N 1 )-function orthogonal to ψ 1 and, consequently, changing sign in S N 1, thus contradiction the positivity of u. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.17/40

42 2nd step: without the assumption of radial symmetry of the potential, it is still possible to evaluate the exact behavior near the singularity of the first Fourier coefficient ϕ 1 Lemma Assume that a L (S N 1 ) satisfies Λ N (a) < 1. Let q L ) loc( B(0, R) \ {0}, q(x) = O( x (2 ε) ) as x 0 for some ε > 0, and let u H 1( B(0, R) ), u 0 a.e., u 0, be a weak solution to L a u = q u. Then, for any 0 < r < R, lim ρ σ u(ρ θ)ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ) ρ 0 + S N 1 ( r = r σ s 1 σ u(r θ) + q(s θ)u(s θ) ds S N 1 0 2σ + N 2 r r 2σ N+2 s N 1+σ ) q(s θ)u(s θ) ds ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ). 2σ + N 2 0 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.18/40

43 3rd step: To evaluate the asymptotics of solutions to L a u = q u with a non-radial perturbing potential q, we construct a subsolution and a supersolution which solve radially perturbed equations and the behavior of which is known by Step 1. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.19/40

44 3rd step: To evaluate the asymptotics of solutions to L a u = q u with a non-radial perturbing potential q, we construct a subsolution and a supersolution which solve radially perturbed equations and the behavior of which is known by Step 1. Let R > 0 s.t. B(0, R) Ω and C > 0 s.t. x 2 ε q(x) C C x 2 ε a.e. in B(0, R). For small r, let u r H 1 (B(0, r)) and ū r H 1 (B(0, r)) continuous and strictly positive in B(0, r) \ {0}, weakly satisfying 8» a(x/ x ) >< u r (x) = x 2 >: u r B(0,r) = u, C x 2+ε u r (x), in B(0, r), on B(0, r), and 8 >< ū r (x) =» a(x/ x ) x 2 + C x 2+ε ū r (x), in B(0, r), >: ū r B(0,r) = u, on B(0, r). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.19/40

45 3rd step: By the Maximum principle u r (x) u(x) ū r (x) for all x B(0, r) \ {0}, 0 < r r. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.20/40

46 3rd step: By the Maximum principle and by Step 1 A 1 x σ u r (x) u(x) ū r (x) A 2 x σ for all x B(0, r/2) \ {0} where A 2 > A 1 > 0 depend on r, N, q, a, ε, and u. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.20/40

47 3rd step: By the Maximum principle and by Step 1 A 1 x σ u r (x) u(x) ū r (x) A 2 x σ for all x B(0, r/2) \ {0} where A 2 > A 1 > 0 depend on r, N, q, a, ε, and u. By Step 1, for 0 < r < r, the following limits exist: L r := lim x 0 L r := lim x 0 u r (x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) = Z S N 1 + Cr 2σ N+2 Z r ū r (x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) = Z 0 S N 1 Cr 2σ N+2 Z r 0 Z r r σ u(rη) C 0 s 1 σ s N 1+σ 2σ + N 2 s 2+ε u r (s η) ds Z r r σ u(rη)+ C 0 2σ + N 2 s 2+ε u r (s η) ds «ψ 1 (η) dv (η), s 1 σ s N 1+σ 2σ + N 2 s 2+ε ū r (s η) ds 2σ + N 2 s 2+ε ū r (s η) ds «ψ 1 (η) dv (η). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.20/40

48 3rd step: due to the upper and lower estimates of u r and ū r L r = r σ ZS N 1 u(rη)ψ 1 (η) dv (η) + o(1) as r 0 L r = r σ ZS N 1 u(rη)ψ 1 (η) dv (η) + o(1) as r 0. Z Z R = lim L r 0 r = lim Lr = R σ s 1 σ u(r η) + q(s η)u(s η) ds r 0 S N 1 0 2σ + N 2 Z R R 2σ N+2 s N 1+σ «q(s η)u(s η) ds ψ 1 (η) dv (η) 2σ + N 2 for any R s.t. B(0, R) Ω. 0 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.21/40

49 3rd step: due to the upper and lower estimates of u r and ū r L r = r σ ZS N 1 u(rη)ψ 1 (η) dv (η) + o(1) as r 0 L r = r σ ZS N 1 u(rη)ψ 1 (η) dv (η) + o(1) as r 0. Z Z R = lim L r 0 r = lim Lr = R σ s 1 σ u(r η) + q(s η)u(s η) ds r 0 S N 1 0 2σ + N 2 Z R R 2σ N+2 s N 1+σ «q(s η)u(s η) ds ψ 1 (η) dv (η) 2σ + N 2 for any R s.t. B(0, R) Ω. Hence, for any 0 < r r, L r = lim x 0 lim sup x 0 u r (x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) 0 u(x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) Letting r 0, we complete the proof. lim inf x 0 lim x 0 u(x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) ū r (x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) = L r. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.21/40

50 Remarks The problem of asymptotics of solutions to elliptic equations near an isolated singular point has been studied by several authors: [Pinchover (1994)] for Fuchsian type elliptic operators and [De Cicco-Vivaldi (1999)] for Fuchsian type weighted operators, prove the existence of the limit at the singularity of any quotient of two positive solutions in some linear and semilinear cases which do not include the perturbed linear case of Theorem 1. Also no Cauchy type representation formula is provided. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.22/40

51 Remarks The problem of asymptotics of solutions to elliptic equations near an isolated singular point has been studied by several authors: [Pinchover (1994)] for Fuchsian type elliptic operators and [De Cicco-Vivaldi (1999)] for Fuchsian type weighted operators, prove the existence of the limit at the singularity of any quotient of two positive solutions in some linear and semilinear cases which do not include the perturbed linear case of Theorem 1. Also no Cauchy type representation formula is provided. [Murata (1986)] establishes asymptotics at infinity for perturbed inverse square potentials. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.22/40

52 Remarks The problem of asymptotics of solutions to elliptic equations near an isolated singular point has been studied by several authors: [Pinchover (1994)] for Fuchsian type elliptic operators and [De Cicco-Vivaldi (1999)] for Fuchsian type weighted operators, prove the existence of the limit at the singularity of any quotient of two positive solutions in some linear and semilinear cases which do not include the perturbed linear case of Theorem 1. Also no Cauchy type representation formula is provided. [Murata (1986)] establishes asymptotics at infinity for perturbed inverse square potentials. [F.-Schneider (2003)] prove Hölder continuity results for degenerate elliptic equations with singular weights and asymptotic analysis of the behavior of solutions near the pole. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.22/40

53 A Brezis-Kato type result If the perturbing potential q satisfies a proper summability condition, instead of the control on the blow-up rate at the singularity required in Theorem 1, a Brezis-Kato type argument yields an upper estimate of the solutions. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.23/40

54 A Brezis-Kato type result If the perturbing potential q satisfies a proper summability condition, instead of the control on the blow-up rate at the singularity required in Theorem 1, a Brezis-Kato type argument yields an upper estimate of the solutions. For any q 1, we denote as L q (ϕ 2,Ω) the weighted L q -space endowed with the norm u Lq (ϕ 2,Ω) := ( Ω ϕ 2 (x) u(x) s dx) 1/q, where 2 = 2N N 2 is the critical Sobolev exponent and and ϕ denotes the weight function ϕ(x) := x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.23/40

55 A Brezis-Kato type result Theorem 2 Let Ω R N be a bounded open set containing 0, V L s (ϕ 2,Ω) for some s > N/2, and a L (S N 1 ) s.t. Λ N (a) < 1. Then, for any Ω Ω, there exists C = C ( N, a, V Ls (ϕ 2,Ω),dist(Ω, Ω) ) > 0 such that for any weak H 1 (Ω)-solution u of u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = ϕ 2 2 (x)v (x)u(x), in Ω, there holds u ϕ L (Ω ) and u L (Ω ) C u L (Ω). 2 ϕ Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.24/40

56 The problem rewritten in a degenerate divergence elliptic form: Let u be a weak H 1 (Ω)-solution to u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = ϕ 2 2 (x)v (x)u(x), in Ω = v := u ϕ turns out to be a weak solution to div(ϕ 2 (x) v(x)) = ϕ 2 (x)v (x)v(x), in Ω. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.25/40

57 The problem rewritten in a degenerate divergence elliptic form: Let u be a weak H 1 (Ω)-solution to u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = ϕ 2 2 (x)v (x)u(x), in Ω = v := u ϕ turns out to be a weak solution to div(ϕ 2 (x) v(x)) = ϕ 2 (x)v (x)v(x), in Ω. Remark: if V L N/2 (ϕ 2,Ω), then, for any Ω Ω and for any weak H 1 (Ω)-solution u, there holds u ϕ Lq (ϕ 2,Ω ) for all 1 q < +. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.25/40

58 The semilinear case Consider the semilinear problem u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)), in Ω, where f : Ω R R satisfies, for some positive constant C, f(x, u) u C ( 1 + u 2 2 ) for a.e. (x, u) Ω R, 2 = 2N N 2 being the critical Sobolev exponent. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.26/40

59 The semilinear case u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)) Setting V (x) = f(x, u(x)) ϕ 2 2 (x)u(x) there holds Z Ω ϕ 2 (x) V (x) N/2 dx < + Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.27/40

60 The semilinear case u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)) Setting V (x) = f(x, u(x)) ϕ 2 2 (x)u(x) there holds Z Ω ϕ 2 (x) V (x) N/2 dx < + = u ϕ Lq (ϕ 2, Ω ) for all 1 q < + Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.27/40

61 The semilinear case u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)) Setting V (x) = f(x, u(x)) ϕ 2 2 (x)u(x) there holds Z Ω ϕ 2 (x) V (x) N/2 dx < + = u ϕ Lq (ϕ 2, Ω ) for all 1 q < + = V L s (ϕ 2, Ω) for s large Theorem 2 = u ϕ L (Ω ). Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.27/40

62 The semilinear case u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)) Setting V (x) = f(x, u(x)) ϕ 2 2 (x)u(x) there holds Z Ω ϕ 2 (x) V (x) N/2 dx < + = u ϕ Lq (ϕ 2, Ω ) for all 1 q < + = V L s (ϕ 2, Ω) for s large Theorem 2 = u ϕ L (Ω ). Setting q(x) = f(x, u(x)) u(x) it follows that q L loc (Ω \ {0}) and q(x) = O( x (2 ε) ) as x 0 for some ε > 0. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.27/40

63 Asymptotics of solutions to semilinear dipole-type equations Theorem 3 [F.-Marchini-Terracini] Let a L (S N 1 ), Λ N (a) < 1, and f : Ω R R such that, for some C > 0, f(x, u) u C ( 1 + u 2 2 ) for a.e. (x, u) Ω R. Assume that u H 1 (Ω), u 0 a.e. in Ω, u 0, weakly solves u(x) a(x/ x ) x 2 u(x) = f(x, u(x)), in Ω. Then the function is continuous in Ω. x u(x) x σ ψ 1 (x/ x ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.28/40

64 A Cauchy s integral type formula for semilinear equations lim x 0 u(x) x σ ψ x = 1` x Z S N 1 Z r r σ u(rθ) + 0 r 2σ N+2 Z r 0 s 1 σ 2σ + N 2 f`s θ, u(s θ) ds s N 1+σ 2σ + N 2 f`s θ, u(s θ) ds «ψ 1 (θ) dv (θ), for all r > 0 such that B(0, r) := {x R N : x r} Ω. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.29/40

65 Application to the analysis of spectral properties A precise estimate of asymptotic behavior of solutions to Schrödinger equations with singular potentials is an important tool in establishing fundamental properties of Schrödinger operators, such as positivity, essential self-adjointness, and spectral properties. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.30/40

66 Application to the analysis of spectral properties A precise estimate of asymptotic behavior of solutions to Schrödinger equations with singular potentials is an important tool in establishing fundamental properties of Schrödinger operators, such as positivity, essential self-adjointness, and spectral properties. Example: Multi-polar Schrödinger operators L λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k := k i=1 λ i x a i 2, x RN, where N 3, k N, (λ 1, λ 2,..., λ k ) R k, (a 1, a 2,..., a k ) R kn. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.30/40

67 Positivity For which coefficients and configurations of singularities the quadratic form Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k (u) = R N u(x) 2 dx k λ i i=1 R N u 2 (x) x a i 2 dx is positive definite? Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.31/40

68 Positivity For which coefficients and configurations of singularities the quadratic form Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k (u) = R N u(x) 2 dx k λ i i=1 R N u 2 (x) x a i 2 dx is positive definite? Definition. ε > 0: for all u D 1,2 (R N ). We say that Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k is positive definite if Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k (u) ε u(x) 2 dx R N Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.31/40

69 In the 1-pole case a complete answer to the question of positivity of λ x comes from Hardy s inequality: 2 optimality of the best constant Q λ,0 is positive definite if and only if λ < ( N 2 2 ) 2. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.32/40

70 In the 1-pole case a complete answer to the question of positivity of λ x comes from Hardy s inequality: 2 optimality of the best constant Q λ,0 is positive definite if and only if λ < ( N 2 2 ) 2. In the multi-polar case the positivity of Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k depends on the strength and the location of the singularities: a sufficient condition for Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k to be positive definite for any choice of a 1, a 2,..., a k is k i=1 λ+ i < (N 2)2 4 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.32/40

71 In the 1-pole case a complete answer to the question of positivity of λ x comes from Hardy s inequality: 2 optimality of the best constant Q λ,0 is positive definite if and only if λ < ( N 2 2 ) 2. In the multi-polar case the positivity of Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k depends on the strength and the location of the singularities: a sufficient condition for Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k to be positive definite for any choice of a 1, a 2,..., a k is k i=1 λ+ i < (N 2)2 4 conversely, if k i=1 λ+ i > (N 2)2 4, then there exist points a 1, a 2,..., a k such that Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k is not positive definite. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.32/40

72 In the 1-pole case a complete answer to the question of positivity of λ x comes from Hardy s inequality: 2 optimality of the best constant Q λ,0 is positive definite if and only if λ < ( N 2 2 ) 2. In the multi-polar case the positivity of Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k depends on the strength and the location of the singularities: a sufficient condition for Q λ1,...,λ k,a 1,...,a k to be positive definite for any choice of a 1, a 2,..., a k is k i=1 λ+ i < (N 2)2 4 in the case k = 2, if λ i < (N 2)2 4, i = 1,2, e λ 1 + λ 2 < (N 2)2 4, then Q λ1,λ 2,a 1,a 2 is positive definite for any choice of poles a 1, a 2. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.33/40

73 A necessary condition on the masses for the existence of at least one configuration of poles for which the form is positive definite is λ i < k λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4 (N 2)2 4 i = 1,..., k ( ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.34/40

74 A necessary condition on the masses for the existence of at least one configuration of poles for which the form is positive definite is λ i < k λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4 (N 2)2 4 i = 1,..., k ( ) Theorem 4 [F.-Marchini-Terracini] ( ) is also sufficient. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.34/40

75 The class V Can we obtain coercive operators by summing up multisingular potentials giving rise to positive quadratic forms, after pushing them very far away from each other to weaken the interactions among poles? Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.35/40

76 The class V Can we obtain coercive operators by summing up multisingular potentials giving rise to positive quadratic forms, after pushing them very far away from each other to weaken the interactions among poles? Let us consider the class of potentials V := V = k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,r i ) x a i 2 + λ χbc R x 2 + W : k N, r i, R R +, a i R N distinti, < λ i, λ < (N 2)2 4, W L N 2 (R N ) L (R N ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.35/40

77 The class V Can we obtain coercive operators by summing up multisingular potentials giving rise to positive quadratic forms, after pushing them very far away from each other to weaken the interactions among poles? Let us consider the class of potentials V := V = k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,r i ) x a i 2 + λ χbc R x 2 + W : k N, r i, R R +, a i R N distinti, < λ i, λ < (N 2)2 4, W L N 2 (R N ) L (R N ) Hardy s and Sobolev s inequalities = V V µ(v ) = inf u D 1,2 u 0 R N ( u 2 V u 2 ) R N u 2 >. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.35/40

78 An Allegretto-Piepenbrink type criterion in V Positivity criterion in V. Let V V. Then µ(v ) > 0 ε > 0 and ϕ D 1,2 (R N ), ϕ positive and smooth in R N \ {a 1,..., a k }, such that ϕ(x) V (x)ϕ(x) > ε V + (x)ϕ(x) a.e. in R N. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.36/40

79 Which type of operations with potentials preserve positivity? Perturbation at infinity: let V = X k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,r i ) x a i 2 W L (R N ), W(x) = O( x 2 δ ), δ > 0, as x. If µ(v ) > 0 and λ + γ < ` N = R > R s.t.. µ V + γ «x χ 2 R N \B(0, R) + λ χ Bc R x 2 + W V, > 0. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.37/40

80 Which type of operations with potentials preserve positivity? Perturbation at infinity: let V = X k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,r i ) x a i 2 W L (R N ), W(x) = O( x 2 δ ), δ > 0, as x. If µ(v ) > 0 and λ + γ < ` N = R > R s.t.. µ V + γ «x χ 2 R N \B(0, R) + λ χ Bc R x 2 + W V, > 0. Sum + separation: for j = 1, 2, let V j = k 1 X i=1 λ j i χ B(a j i,rj i ) x a j i 2 + λ j χ B c R j x 2 + W j V. If µ(v 1 ), µ(v 2 ) > 0 e λ 1 + λ 2 < ` N = µ (V1 + V 2 ( y)) > 0 provided y is large enough. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.37/40

81 Sketch of the proof The two positive operators associated to the given potentials give rise to positive supersolutions φ 1 e φ 2 to the corresponding Schrödinger equations. The function φ 1 + φ 2 ( y) provides the positive supersolution to the equation with potential V 1 + V 2 ( y) we are looking for. If y is large, then the interaction between potentials is negligible. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.38/40

82 Sketch of the proof The two positive operators associated to the given potentials give rise to positive supersolutions φ 1 e φ 2 to the corresponding Schrödinger equations. The function φ 1 + φ 2 ( y) provides the positive supersolution to the equation with potential V 1 + V 2 ( y) we are looking for. If y is large, then the interaction between potentials is negligible. The control of such interaction is based on the asymptotic behavior near singularities of solutions to Schrödinger equations with singular potentials. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.38/40

83 Sketch of the proof The two positive operators associated to the given potentials give rise to positive supersolutions φ 1 e φ 2 to the corresponding Schrödinger equations. The function φ 1 + φ 2 ( y) provides the positive supersolution to the equation with potential V 1 + V 2 ( y) we are looking for. If y is large, then the interaction between potentials is negligible. The control of such interaction is based on the asymptotic behavior near singularities of solutions to Schrödinger equations with singular potentials. Analogous results for less singular potentials: Simon, 1980: potentials with compact support; Pinchover, 1995: potentials in the Kato class. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.38/40

84 Proof of Theorem 1: By induction on the number of poles k. Assume that λ 1 λ 2 λ k satisfy ( ), i.e. λ i < (N 2)2, i = 1,..., k, 4 kx λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4. ( ) Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.39/40

85 Proof of Theorem 1: By induction on the number of poles k. Assume that λ 1 λ 2 λ k satisfy ( ), i.e. λ i < (N 2)2, i = 1,..., k, 4 kx λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4. ( ) 1. If k = 2, the claim is true for any choice of a 1, a 2. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.39/40

86 Proof of Theorem 1: By induction on the number of poles k. Assume that λ 1 λ 2 λ k satisfy ( ), i.e. λ i < (N 2)2, i = 1,..., k, 4 kx λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4. ( ) 1. If k = 2, the claim is true for any choice of a 1, a Suppose that the claim is true for k 1. Let λ k > 0. If λ 1,..., λ k satisfy ( ), then the same holds for λ 1,..., λ k 1. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.39/40

87 Proof of Theorem 1: By induction on the number of poles k. Assume that λ 1 λ 2 λ k satisfy ( ), i.e. λ i < (N 2)2, i = 1,..., k, 4 kx λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4. ( ) 1. If k = 2, the claim is true for any choice of a 1, a Suppose that the claim is true for k 1. Let λ k > 0. If λ 1,..., λ k satisfy ( ), then the same holds for λ 1,..., λ k 1. w induction {a 1,..., a k 1 } s.t. Q λ1,...,λ k 1,a 1,...,a k 1 > 0. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.39/40

88 Proof of Theorem 1: By induction on the number of poles k. Assume that λ 1 λ 2 λ k satisfy ( ), i.e. λ i < (N 2)2, i = 1,..., k, 4 kx λ i < i=1 (N 2)2 4. ( ) 1. If k = 2, the claim is true for any choice of a 1, a Suppose that the claim is true for k 1. Let λ k > 0. If λ 1,..., λ k satisfy ( ), then the same holds for λ 1,..., λ k 1. w induction {a 1,..., a k 1 } s.t. Q λ1,...,λ k 1,a 1,...,a k 1 > 0. Moreover V 1 (x) = k 1 X i=1 λ i x a i 2 V, V 2(x) = λ k x 2 V, µ(v 1) > 0, µ(v 2 ) > 0, and λ 1 + λ 2 = k 1 X i=1 λ i + λ k < N hence there exists a k R N s.t µ (V 1 + V 2 ( a k )) > 0. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.39/40

89 If singularities are localized strictly near poles... a 1,..., a k B R0, < λ 1,..., λ k, λ < (N 2) 2 /4, Separation Lemma: δ > 0 s.t. the quadratic form associated to is positive definite. k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,δ)(x) x a i 2 λ χbc x 2 R 0 Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.40/40

90 If singularities are localized strictly near poles... a 1,..., a k B R0, < λ 1,..., λ k, λ < (N 2) 2 /4, Separation Lemma: δ > 0 s.t. the quadratic form associated to is positive definite. k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,δ)(x) x a i 2 λ χbc x 2 R 0 Corollaries. Schrödinger operators with potentials in V are compact perturbations of positive operators. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.40/40

91 If singularities are localized strictly near poles... a 1,..., a k B R0, < λ 1,..., λ k, λ < (N 2) 2 /4, Separation Lemma: δ > 0 s.t. the quadratic form associated to is positive definite. k i=1 λ i χ B(ai,δ)(x) x a i 2 λ χbc x 2 R 0 Corollaries. Schrödinger operators with potentials in V are compact perturbations of positive operators. Schrödinger operators with potentials in V are semi-bounded: ν 1 (V ) := inf u H 1 (R N )\{0} RR N ` u 2 V u 2 RR N u 2 >. Recent Trends in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, A celebration of the 60th birthday of Prof. Ireneo Peral, Salamanca, February 15, 2007 p.40/40

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