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Coulomb infinitesimal kinetic bound
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (), The Axiom of Choice). Let , let (Hilbert space, The space as the quotient by null functions), and let be the free operator of Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators with domain (Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms): and for , where is the distributional Laplacian. Write for the multiplication operator and write . Then:
(a) for every one has and
(b) is a self-adjoint operator on with , symmetric on , with -bound zero in the sense that for every the pair is admissible for relative to ;
(c) for every the operator is self-adjoint on , bounded below, and acts by for every ; for every one has in the quadratic-form sense.
No sharp lower bound of is claimed here, and no physical interpretation of , , or is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: the free operator with ; the multiplier ; the constant ; a function of the stated regularity.
is self-adjoint on as a set with equivalent norms, in the quadratic-form sense, and for Schwartz (Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators, Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms, Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms).
For every one has and (Three-dimensional Hardy bound).
Plancherel: is unitary and for the weak derivatives of the multipliers satisfy and a.e.; equivalently and (Plancherel theorem, Distributional derivatives are polynomial Fourier multipliers, Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms).
Cauchy-Schwarz: (Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for ).
Kato-Rellich: if is self-adjoint, symmetric, and the -bound of is less than one with admissible pair , then on is self-adjoint and, when , satisfies (Kato-Rellich theorem, Relative boundedness with respect to an operator).
If is a real finite-valued measurable function on , then on is self-adjoint, and it is symmetric on every subspace on which both sides of the pairing are integrable, in particular on the set of with (Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators (a), Adjoint of a densely defined operator, Symmetric, self-adjoint and essentially self-adjoint operators).
Proof
[Kinetic inequality] Let and put . By [F3], and , while . Writing and applying [F4] to the two factors gives .
[Infinitesimal Coulomb bound] Combining step 1.1 with [F2] yields . For the arithmetic-geometric mean inequality applied to , gives . This proves (a).
[Relative bound of the multiplier] By [F6] applied to (finite-valued on and arbitrary, say , at the origin, a null set) the operator is self-adjoint on , and is symmetric on . Step 2.1 shows and for every , since on by [F1] and [F3]. Hence is an admissible pair for relative to , and the -bound of is zero; this is (b).
[Self-adjointness of the Coulomb operator] Fix and let . Then is symmetric with and admissible pair with ; indeed by step 3.1. By [F5] with (so ) the operator on is self-adjoint with . Moreover for , by [F1] and [F3]; this is (c).
Depends on
Three-dimensional Hardy bound
Real multiplication operators and free plus bounded-potential Schrödinger operators
Kato-Rellich theorem
Relative boundedness with respect to an operator
Adjoint of a densely defined operator
Symmetric, self-adjoint and essentially self-adjoint operators
Integer-order Sobolev spaces and their norms
Integer-order W^{k,2} and H^k agree with equivalent norms
Plancherel theorem
Distributional derivatives are polynomial Fourier multipliers
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for
Hilbert space
The space as the quotient by null functions
Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The Axiom of Choice
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Theorem 6.4 p. 135 (Kato-Rellich) and Section 10.1 pp. 221-222 (Theorem 10.2: the Coulomb potential is relatively compact, hence infinitesimally bounded, with respect to -Laplacian; H^{(1)} is self-adjoint on H^2)
- Haim Brezis, Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations (Springer Universitext 2011), Section 9.3 pp. 278-287 (Sobolev inequalities) and Comments on Chapter 9, p. 313 (Hardy's inequality, the model singular-potential estimate)