Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators

Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators
Author: Tosio Kato
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 643
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 364266282X

From the reviews: "[...] An excellent textbook in the theory of linear operators in Banach and Hilbert spaces. It is a thoroughly worthwhile reference work both for graduate students in functional analysis as well as for researchers in perturbation, spectral, and scattering theory. [...] I can recommend it for any mathematician or physicist interested in this field." Zentralblatt MATH

Mathematical Scattering Theory

Mathematical Scattering Theory
Author: Baumgärtel
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2013-12-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3034854404

The aim of this book is to give a systematic and self-contained presentation of the Mathematical Scattering Theory within the framework of operator theory in Hilbert space. The term Mathematical Scattering Theory denotes that theory which is on the one hand the common mathematical foundation of several physical scattering theories (scattering of quantum objects, of classical waves and particles) and on the other hand a branch of operator theory devoted to the study of the behavior of the continuous part of perturbed operators (some authors also use the term Abstract Scattering Theory). EBBential contributions to the development of this theory are due to K. FRIEDRICHS, J. CooK, T. KATo, J. M. JAuCH, S. T. KURODA, M.S. BmMAN, M.G. KREiN, L. D. FAD DEEV, R. LAVINE, W. 0. AMREIN, B. SIMoN, D. PEARSON, V. ENss, and others. It seems to the authors that the theory has now reached a sufficiently developed state that a self-contained presentation of the topic is justified.

Partial Differential Equations and Spectral Theory

Partial Differential Equations and Spectral Theory
Author: Michael Demuth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 303480024X

This volume collects six articles on selected topics at the frontier between partial differential equations and spectral theory, written by leading specialists in their respective field. The articles focus on topics that are in the center of attention of current research, with original contributions from the authors. They are written in a clear expository style that makes them accessible to a broader audience. The articles contain a detailed introduction and discuss recent progress, provide additional motivation, and develop the necessary tools. Moreover, the authors share their views on future developments, hypotheses, and unsolved problems.

Many-Body Schrödinger Equation

Many-Body Schrödinger Equation
Author: Hiroshi Isozaki
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9819937043

Spectral properties for Schrödinger operators are a major concern in quantum mechanics both in physics and in mathematics. For the few-particle systems, we now have sufficient knowledge for two-body systems, although much less is known about N-body systems. The asymptotic completeness of time-dependent wave operators was proved in the 1980s and was a landmark in the study of the N-body problem. However, many problems are left open for the stationary N-particle equation. Due to the recent rapid development of computer power, it is now possible to compute the three-body scattering problem numerically, in which the stationary formulation of scattering is used. This means that the stationary theory for N-body Schrödinger operators remains an important problem of quantum mechanics. It is stressed here that for the three-body problem, we have a satisfactory stationary theory. This book is devoted to the mathematical aspects of the N-body problem from both the time-dependent and stationary viewpoints. The main themes are:(1) The Mourre theory for the resolvent of self-adjoint operators(2) Two-body Schrödinger operators—Time-dependent approach and stationary approach(3) Time-dependent approach to N-body Schrödinger operators(4) Eigenfunction expansion theory for three-body Schrödinger operatorsCompared with existing books for the many-body problem, the salient feature of this book consists in the stationary scattering theory (4). The eigenfunction expansion theorem is the physical basis of Schrödinger operators. Recently, it proved to be the basis of inverse problems of quantum scattering. This book provides necessary background information to understand the physical and mathematical basis of Schrödinger operators and standard knowledge for future development.

Estimates and Asymptotics for Discrete Spectra of Integral and Differential Equations

Estimates and Asymptotics for Discrete Spectra of Integral and Differential Equations
Author: M. Sh Birman
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1991
Genre: Differential equations
ISBN: 9780821841068

The Leningrad Seminar on mathematical physics, begun in 1947 by V. I. Smirnov and now run by O. A. Ladyzhenskaya, is sponsored by Leningrad University and the Leningrad Branch of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The main topics of the seminar center on the theory of boundary value problems and related questions of analysis and mathematical physics. This volume contains adaptations of lectures presented at the seminar during the academic year 1989-1990. For the most part, the papers are devoted to investigations of the spectrum of the Schrödinger operator (or its generalizations) perturbed by some relatively compact operator. The book studies the discrete spectrum that emerges in the spectral gaps of the nonperturbed operator, and considers the corresponding estimates and asymptotic formulas for spectrum distribution functions in the large-coupling-constant limit. The starting point here is the opening paper, which is devoted to the important case of a semi-infinite gap. The book also covers the case of inner gaps, related questions in the theory of functions, and an integral equation with difference kernel on a finite interval. The collection concludes with a paper focusing on the classical problem of constructing scattering theory for the Schrödinger operator with potential decreasing faster than the Coulomb potential

Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles

Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles
Author: R.G. Newton
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2013-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642881289

Much progress has been made in scattering theory since the publication of the first edition of this book fifteen years ago, and it is time to update it. Needless to say, it was impossible to incorporate all areas of new develop ment. Since among the newer books on scattering theory there are three excellent volumes that treat the subject from a much more abstract mathe matical point of view (Lax and Phillips on electromagnetic scattering, Amrein, Jauch and Sinha, and Reed and Simon on quantum scattering), I have refrained from adding material concerning the abundant new mathe matical results on time-dependent formulations of scattering theory. The only exception is Dollard's beautiful "scattering into cones" method that connects the physically intuitive and mathematically clean wave-packet description to experimentally accessible scattering rates in a much more satisfactory manner than the older procedure. Areas that have been substantially augmented are the analysis of the three-dimensional Schrodinger equation for non central potentials (in Chapter 10), the general approach to multiparticle reaction theory (in Chapter 16), the specific treatment of three-particle scattering (in Chapter 17), and inverse scattering (in Chapter 20). The additions to Chapter 16 include an introduction to the two-Hilbert space approach, as well as a derivation of general scattering-rate formulas. Chapter 17 now contains a survey of various approaches to the solution of three-particle problems, as well as a discussion of the Efimov effect.