On spectral estimates for Schrödinger-type operators: The case of small local dimension

The behavior of the discrete spectrum of the Schrödinger operator - Δ -V is determined to a large extent by the behavior of the corresponding heat kernel P(t; x,y) as t → 0 and t→ ∞. If this behavior is power-like, i.e., \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \left\| {P(t; \cdot , \cdot )} \right\|_{L^\infty } = O(t^{ - \delta /2} ),t \to 0,\left\| {P(t; \cdot , \cdot )} \right\|_{L^\infty } = O(t^{ - D/2} ),t \to \infty , $$\end{document} then it is natural to call the exponents δ and D the local dimension and the dimension at infinity, respectively. The character of spectral estimates depends on a relation between these dimensions. The case where δ < D, which has been insufficiently studied, is analyzed. Applications to operators on combinatorial and metric graphs are considered.