Spectral Theory of Random Schrodinger Operators: A Genetic Introduction (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) - Softcover

Lang, Reinhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387549757 ISBN 13: 9780387549750

Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1992

Synopsis

The interplay between the spectral theory of Schr|dinger operators and probabilistic considerations forms the main theme of these notes, written for the non-specialist reader and intended to provide a brief and elementaryintroduction to this field. An attempt is made to show basic ideas in statu nascendi and to follow their evaluation from simple beginnings through to more advanced results. The term "genetic" in the title refers to this proceedure. The author concentrates on 2 topics which, in the history of the subject, have been of major conceptual importance - on the one hand the Laplacian is a random medium and the left end of its spectrum (leading to large deviation problems for Brownian motion and the link to thenotion of entropy) and on the other, Schr|dinger operators with general ergodic potentials in one-dimensional space. Ideas and concepts are explained in the simplest, possible setting and by means of a few characteristic problems with heuristic arguments preceding rigorous proofs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387549757
• ISBN 13: 9780387549750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 125