An asymptotic of the negative discrete spectrum of the Schrödinger operator

Abstract

The Schrödinger operator Hu = -Δu + V(x)u, where V(x) → 0 as ¦x¦ → ∞, is considered in L₂(R^m) for m⩾3. The asymptotic formula

$$N(\lambda ,V) \sim \Upsilon _m \int {(\lambda - V(x))_ + ^{{m \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {m {2_{dx} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2_{dx} }}} ,} \lambda \to ---0,$$

is established for the number N(λ, V) of the characteristic values of the operator H which are less than λ. It is assumed about the potential V that V = V_o + V₁; V_o < 0, ¦V_o =o (¦V_o¦^3/2) as ¦x¦ → ∞; σ (t/2, V_o) ⩽cσ (t. V_o) and V₁∈L_m/2,loc, σ(t, V₁) =o (σ (t, V_o)), where σ (t,f)= mes {x:¦f (x) ¦ > t).