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Minimizing Schrödinger eigenvalues for confining potentials

  • 1. ROR icon Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

We consider the problem of minimizing the lowest eigenvalue of the Schrödinger operator −Δ + V in L²(Rd) when the integral ∫etV  dx is given for some t > 0. We show that the eigenvalue is minimal for the harmonic oscillator and derive a quantitative version of the corresponding inequality.

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Open Access. ©2025 the author(s), published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. © 2025 by the author. This paper may be reproduced, in its entirety, for non-commercial purposes.

Funding

Partial support through US National Science Foundation (DMS-1954995), as well as through the German Research Foundation (EXC-2111-390814868 and TRR 352-470903074) is acknowledged.

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Discussion Paper: arXiv:2407.15103 (arXiv)

Funding

National Science Foundation
DMS-1954995
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
EXC-2111-390814868
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
TRR 352-470903074

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