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Petr Siegl

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arXiv2026

Eigensystems of Dirac operators with singular potentials

We perturb one-dimensional Dirac operators on a bounded interval subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions by potentials with Fourier coefficients exhibiting power-decay. As a consequence of Paley-Zygmund theorem, this broad family of potentials comprises distributions that are neither integrable functions nor measures. We localize the spectrum of the perturbed operator and, as the main result, show that its eigensystem generates a Riesz basis.

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arXiv2026

Resolvent estimates for one-dimensional Dirac operators with imaginary potentials

We investigate massive one-dimensional Dirac operators perturbed by diagonal matrix potentials of the form $i V$ where the function $V$ is real-valued and unbounded at infinity. For such operators we find an $L^2$-realization with non-empty resolvent set using generalized coercivity and Schur complement dominance techniques. In the prototypical Airy-Dirac case $V(x)=x$, $x \in \mathbb{R}$, we derive the precise asymptotic behavior of the resolvent as the spectral parameter tends to infinity and also as the mass $m$ tends to $0$. Finally, we find the asymptotics of the resolvent norm for general potentials $V$ in terms of the Airy-Dirac resolvent, which in particular yields an asymptotic shape of $\varepsilon$-pseudospectral curves and establishes the optimality of the pseudospectral region found in [32].

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arXiv2026

Riesz property in the case of multiple eigenvalues

We analyze spectra and the Riesz property of spectral projections of non-symmetric perturbations of self-adjoint operators with eigenvalues having arbitrary multiplicities, including infinite ones. In particular, we establish the Riesz property for perturbations of the multi-dimensional harmonic oscillator, Landau Hamiltonian and Laplace-Beltrami operator on a sphere by complex-valued $L^r$-potentials if $d/2 < r < \infty$.

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arXiv2026

Revisiting the Weak Coupling Phenomenon for Two-Dimensional Schr\"odinger Operators

We study the existence of negative eigenvalues for two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with real-valued potentials in the weak coupling regime. In his pioneering paper [Simon 1976] from half a century ago, Simon was the first to describe the unique negative eigenvalue emerging from the threshold of the essential spectrum of one- and two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators. The aim of this paper is to extend Simon's results in two dimensions to a broader class of potentials, allowing for both stronger singularities and slower decay at infinity, at the cost of losing uniqueness of weakly coupled eigenvalues.

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arXiv2026

Semigroup decay for the wave equation with unbounded damping

We study the damped wave equation with a damping coefficient which is possibly singular and unbounded at infinity. In general, zero belongs to the spectrum of the corresponding generator, which prevents a uniform (exponential) decay for the energy. However, for initial conditions in a suitable subspace, a detailed analysis of the resolvent norm for low frequencies leads to sharp polynomial time-decay rates for the solution and its energy.

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arXiv2026

Spectral projections of an anharmonic oscillator with complex polynomial potential

For a broad class of polynomial potentials $V$, with an important and instructive representative being $V(x) = x^{2a} + i x^b$, $x \in \mathbb R$, $a, b \in \mathbb N$, we show that the system of spectral projections $\{P_n\}_n$ of an anharmonic operator $L = - (\mathrm{d}/ \mathrm{d}x)^2 + V(x)$ does not generate a (Riesz) basis in $L^2(\mathbb R)$ if $a - 1 < b < 2a$. Moreover, for $\sigma = [b - (a - 1)]/(1 + a)$ and $\gamma > 0$ small enough, $\limsup_n \|P_n\|/ \exp(\gamma n^\sigma) = \infty$. Proofs are based on two groups of results which are of great interest on their own: (a) relationship between behavior (growth) of the norms of projections $\|P_n\|$ and of the resolvent $\|(z - L)^{-1}\|$ outside of the spectrum $\sigma(L)$; (b) partial fraction decompositions of special meromorphic functions $1/F$ where $F(w) = \prod_{k=1}^\infty \left( 1 + \frac{w}{a_k} \right)$, $a_{k+1} \geq a_k>0$, $k \in \mathbb N$, and the generalization of the first resolvent identity.

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arXiv2025

Weak coupling for Schr\"odinger operators with complex potentials

We study the discrete eigenvalues emerging from the threshold of the essential spectrum of one or two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with complex-valued $ L^p $-potentials in a weak coupling regime. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions on the potential for the existence or absence of discrete eigenvalues in this regime and also analyze their uniqueness and algebraic multiplicity. Our results can be viewed as natural non-self-adjoint extensions of the well-known classical weak coupling phenomenon for self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators with real-valued potentials going back half a century to Simon's famous paper [Simon 1976].

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arXiv2025

Generalized boundary triples for adjoint pairs with applications to non-self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators

We extend the notion of generalized boundary triples and their Weyl functions from extension theory of symmetric operators to adjoint pairs of operators, and we provide criteria on the boundary parameters to induce closed operators with a nonempty resolvent set. The abstract results are applied to Schr\"odinger operators with complex $L^p$-potentials on bounded and unbounded Lipschitz domains with compact boundaries.

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arXiv2024

Local form subordination without a power decay and a criterion of Riesz basesness

We revisit the local form subordination condition on the perturbation of a self-adjoint operators with compact resolvent, which is used to show the Riesz basis property of the eigensystem of the perturbed operator. Our new assumptions and new proof allow for establishing the Riesz basis property also in the case of slow and non-monotone decay in this subordination condition.

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arXiv2022

Generalised Airy Operators

We study the behaviour of the norm of the resolvent for non-self-adjoint operators of the form $A := -\partial_x + W(x)$, with $W(x) \ge 0$, defined in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$. We provide a sharp estimate for the norm of its resolvent operator, $\| (A - \lambda)^{-1} \|$, as the spectral parameter diverges $(\lambda \to +\infty)$. Furthermore, we describe the $C_0$-semigroup generated by $-A$ and determine its norm. Finally, we discuss the applications of the results to the asymptotic description of pseudospectra of Schr\"odinger and damped wave operators and also the optimality of abstract resolvent bounds based on Carleman-type estimates.

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arXiv2022

Resolvent estimates for one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with complex potentials

We study one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators $\operatorname{H} = -\partial_x^2 + V$ with unbounded complex potentials $V$ and derive asymptotic estimates for the norm of the resolvent, $\Psi(\lambda) := \| (\operatorname{H} - \lambda)^{-1} \|$, as $|\lambda| \to +\infty$, separately considering $\lambda \in \operatorname{Ran} V$ and $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}_+$. In each case, our analysis yields an exact leading order term and an explicit remainder for $\Psi(\lambda)$ and we show these estimates to be optimal. We also discuss several extensions of the main results, their interrelation with some aspects of semigroup theory and illustrate them with examples.

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arXiv2020

The shifted harmonic oscillator and the hypoelliptic Laplacian on the circle

We study the semigroup generated by the hypoelliptic Laplacian on the circle and the maximal bounded holomorphic extension of this semigroup. Using an orthogonal decomposition into harmonic oscillators with complex shifts, we describe the domain of this extension and we show that boundedness in a half-plane corresponds to absolute convergence of the expansion of the semigroup in eigenfunctions. This relies on a novel integral formula for the spectral projections which also gives asymptotics for Laguerre polynomials in a large-parameter regime.

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arXiv2020

Concentration of eigenfunctions of Schroedinger operators

We consider the limit measures induced by the rescaled eigenfunctions of single-well Schrödinger operators. We show that the limit measure is supported on $[-1,1]$ and with the density proportional to $(1-|x|^β)^{-1/2}$ when the non-perturbed potential resembles $|x|^β$, $β>0$, for large $x$, and with the uniform density for super-polynomially growing potentials. We compare these results to analogous results in orthogonal polynomials and semiclassical defect measures.

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arXiv2020

The damped wave equation with singular damping

We analyze the spectral properties and peculiar behavior of solutions of a damped wave equation on a finite interval with a singular damping of the form $α/x$, $α>0$. We establish the exponential stability of the semigroup for all positive $α$, and determine conditions for the spectrum to consist of a finite number of eigenvalues. As a consequence, we fully characterize the set of initial conditions for which there is extinction of solutions in finite time. Finally, we propose two open problems related to extremal decay rates of solutions.

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arXiv2020

Pseudospectra of the damped wave equation with unbounded damping

We analyze pseudospectra of the generator of the damped wave equation with unbounded damping. We show that the resolvent norm diverges as $\Re z \to - \infty$. The highly non-normal character of the operator is a robust effect preserved even when a strong potential is added. Consequently, spectral instabilities and other related pseudospectral effects are present.

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arXiv2018

Pseudomodes for Schroedinger operators with complex potentials

For one-dimensional Schroedinger operators with complex-valued potentials, we construct pseudomodes corresponding to large pseudoeigenvalues. Our (non-semi-classical) approach results in substantial progress in achieving optimal conditions and conclusions as well as in covering a wide class of previously inaccessible potentials, including discontinuous ones.

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arXiv2018

The damped wave equation with unbounded damping

We analyze new phenomena arising in linear damped wave equations on unbounded domains when the damping is allowed to become unbounded at infinity. We prove the generation of a contraction semigroup, study the relation between the spectra of the semigroup generator and the associated quadratic operator function, the convergence of non-real eigenvalues in the asymptotic regime of diverging damping on a subdomain, and we investigate the appearance of essential spectrum on the negative real axis. We further show that the presence of the latter prevents exponential estimates for the semigroup and turns out to be a robust effect that cannot be easily canceled by adding a positive potential. These analytic results are illustrated by examples.

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