Threshold approximations for the exponential of a factorized operator family with correctors taken into account

Abstract:

In a Hilbert space $\mathfrak H$, consider a family of selfadjoint operators (a quadratic operator pencil) $A(t)$, $t\in \mathbb {R}$, of the form $A(t) = X(t)^* X(t)$, where $X(t) = X_0 + t X_1$. It is assumed that the point $\lambda _0=0$ is an isolated eigenvalue of finite multiplicity for the operator $A(0)$. Let $F(t)$ be the spectral projection of the operator $A(t)$ for the interval $[0,\delta ]$. Approximations for $F(t)$ and $A(t)F(t)$ for $|t| \leq t_0$ (the so-called threshold approximations) are used to obtain approximations in the operator norm on $\mathfrak H$ for the operator exponential $\exp (-i \tau A(t))$, $\tau \in \mathbb {R}$. The numbers $\delta$ and $t_0$ are controlled explicitly. Next, the behavior for small $\varepsilon >0$ of the operator $\exp (-i \varepsilon ^{-2} \tau A(t))$ multiplied by the “smoothing factor” $\varepsilon ^s (t^2 + \varepsilon ^2)^{-s/2}$ with a suitable $s>0$ is studied. The obtained approximations are given in terms of the spectral characteristics of the operator $A(t)$ near the lower edge of the spectrum. The results are aimed at application to homogenization of the Schrödinger-type equations with periodic rapidly oscillating coefficients.