A Liouville-type theorem for Schrödinger operators

dc.creatorPinchover, Yehuda
dc.date2005-12-18
dc.date2006-01-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:55:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:55:29Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we prove a sufficient condition, in terms of the behavior of a ground state of a symmetric critical operator $P_1$, such that a nonzero subsolution of a symmetric nonnegative operator $P_0$ is a ground state. Particularly, if $P_j:=-Δ+V_j$, for $j=0,1$, are two nonnegative Schrödinger operators defined on $Ω\subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ such that $P_1$ is critical in $Ω$ with a ground state $ϕ$, the function $ψ\nleq 0$ is a subsolution of the equation $P_0u=0$ in $Ω$ and satisfies $|ψ|\leq Cϕ$ in $Ω$, then $P_0$ is critical in $Ω$ and $ψ$ is its ground state. In particular, $ψ$ is (up to a multiplicative constant) the unique positive supersolution of the equation $P_0u=0$ in $Ω$. Similar results hold for general symmetric operators, and also on Riemannian manifolds.
dc.description14 pages, the main result was improved, and a few more applications were added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512431
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512431
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106296
dc.subjectAnalysis of PDEs
dc.subjectSpectral Theory
dc.subject35J150; 35B05
dc.titleA Liouville-type theorem for Schrödinger operators
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