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We find sufficient conditions on a perturbation of the Laplacian to insure that the wave operators exist and are complete. Our method allows us to obtain new results on this topic while recapturing results previously known.
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Entrata in Redazione il 16 gennaio 1974.
This research was partially supported by a N.S.F. Grant.
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Schechter, M. Scattering theory for second order elliptic operators. Annali di Matematica 105, 313–331 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02414936
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