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No full discrete eigenbasis
Example
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (), The Axiom of Choice). Let , let on be as above, and fix with where is the regular solution of Coulomb Jost Volterra solution at , . Such a exists because is nonzero and locally square-integrable. Put This example verifies concretely that:
(a) and the coefficients of in the polar decomposition of Angular radial unitary reduction vanish except in the -block, where they equal ;
(b) ;
(c) consequently the closed span of the bound states of Negative-subspace completeness and degeneracy is a proper subspace of : the bound states alone are not a complete eigenbasis, and the nonnegative continuous spectral projection is indispensable.
Verification
Given: , the source with the displayed normalization, the function , and the operators with their spectral measures.
Proof technique: explicit computation with the unitary polar decomposition and the spectral density; positivity of a continuous nonzero integrand.
[F1] The polar unitary of Angular radial unitary reduction maps the block function to the vector with -entry and all other entries , and ; is dense and (Coulomb Jost Volterra solution, The space as the quotient by null functions, Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions).
[F2] Spectral density of for compactly supported sources: for every , with ; the identity of measures extends to all Borel sets in (Coulomb continuum spectral density).
[F3] The block identity ; the negative spectral subspace of is the closed span of the bound states, which is of the corresponding direct sum of negative eigenspaces of the (Transported radial endpoint realization, Negative-subspace completeness and degeneracy, Coulomb essential spectrum).
[F4] Complex conjugation and continuity: is continuous on (it is a pairing against a smooth family of solutions, Coulomb Jost Volterra solution, Continuity of at a point of and on : the - condition, its agreement with at a limit point, and continuity at an isolated point), and Cauchy-Schwarz bounds the expression (Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for , Hilbert space).
[The vector and its coefficients] Since is compactly supported in and is bounded, is a finite-block element in ; by [F1] its polar transform is supported in the -block with entry , so and . This is (a).
[Positive continuous-spectrum component] The function is continuous by [F4] and satisfies by the choice of ; hence there is with on . By [F2] and the block identity [F3], , because and the interval has positive length. This is (b).
[The bound states do not span ] The negative spectral subspace is exactly the closed span of the bound states by [F3]; since and are disjoint Borel sets, the spectral projections are orthogonal, so the component of step 2.1 is orthogonal to the whole negative spectral subspace. Hence is not in the closed span of the bound states, which is therefore a proper subspace of . This is (c).
[Conclusion] Parts (a), (b), (c) are steps 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1.
Depends on
Coulomb continuum spectral density
Negative-subspace completeness and degeneracy
Coulomb Jost Volterra solution
Transported radial endpoint realization
Angular radial unitary reduction
Coulomb essential spectrum
Projection valued measure
Spectral theorem for unbounded self-adjoint operators (PVM form)
Continuity of at a point of and on : the - condition, its agreement with at a limit point, and continuity at an isolated point
The space as the quotient by null functions
Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for
Hilbert space
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The Axiom of Choice
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Section 10.1-10.2 pp. 221-225 (sigma_ess(H^{(1)}) = [0,infinity); the point spectrum consists of the negative eigenvalues) and Section 10.4 p. 230 (Theorem 10.8: sigma_ac(A_l) = [0,infinity))
- J. Binney and D. Skinner, The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (Cappella Archive), Section 8.1 pp. 184-189 (the Rydberg series and its limit; only the discrete levels below the ionisation threshold are enumerated)