Accumulation of complex eigenvalues of an indefinite Sturm-Liouville operator with a shifted Coulomb potential

Michael Levitin*, Marcello Seri

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Abstract

For a particular family of long-range potentials V, we prove that the eigenvalues of the indefinite Sturm-Liouville operator A = sign(x)(-Delta+V(x)) accumulate to zero asymptotically along specific curves in the complex plane. Additionally, we relate the asymptotics of complex eigenvalues to the two-term asymptotics of the eigenvalues of associated self-adjoint operators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-245
Number of pages23
JournalOperators and matrices
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar-2016

Keywords

  • Linear operator pencils
  • non-self-adjoint operators
  • Sturm-Liouville problem
  • Coulomb potential
  • complex eigenvalues
  • Kummer functions
  • DIFFERENTIAL-OPERATORS
  • SIMILARITY PROBLEM
  • SGN X

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