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Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: the algebraic theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

N. A. Gordon  and
D. B. Pearson
N. A. Gordon
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
D. B. Pearson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
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This paper deals with the theory of point interactions for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation. The familiar example of the δ-potential V(x) = gδ(x−x0), for which the transfer matrix across the singularity (point transfer matrix) is given by

is extended to cover cases in which the transfer matrix M(z) is dependent on the (complex) spectral parameter z, and which can be obtained as limits of transfer matrices across finite intervals for sequences of approximating potentials Vn.

The case of point transfer matrices polynomially dependent on z is treated in detail, with a complete characterization of such matrices and a proof of their factorization as products of point transfer matrices linearly dependent on z.

The theory presented here has applications to the study of point interactions in quantum mechanics, and provides new classes of point interactions which can be obtained as limiting cases of regular potentials.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 129 , Issue 4 , 1999 , pp. 717 - 732
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999

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