In the present paper, we prove the uniform convergence and convergence in mean of the Riesz means of eigenfunction expansions associated with the Schrödinger operator with a singular potential satisfying the Stummel condition. This is the widest class of potentials suitable for the analysis of uniform convergence of eigenfunction expansions, since if the potential does not satisfy the Stummel condition (i.e., has a stronger singularity), then all continuous eigenfunctions of the Schrödinger operator vanish at the point of singularity of the potential [1].Convergence and integrability issues for eigenfunction expansions associated with elliptic operators with smooth coefficients were studied by numerous authors (see the survey [2]).
MAIN DEFINITIONS. STATEMENT OF RESULTSLet Ω be an arbitrary bounded domain in R N (N ≥ 3) with smooth boundary, and let q ∈ L 2 (Ω) be a nonnegative function. Consider the Schrödinger operator H = −∆ + q with domain C ∞ 0 (Ω) and denote an arbitrary nonnegative self-adjoint extension of H with discrete spectrum byĤ. Let 0 ≤ λ 1 ≤ λ 2 ≤ λ 3 ≤ · · · be the eigenvalues ofĤ, and let {u n } ∞ n=1 be the corresponding complete orthonormal system of eigenfunctions.For each s ≥ 0, we define the sth-order Riesz mean of the eigenfunction expansion of a function f ∈ L 2 (Ω) by the formulaWe take a positive continuous function ω(t) defined for t > 0 such thatDefinition. We say that a positive function q ∈ L 2 (Ω) satisfies the generalized Stummel condition if there exists a constant C such that |x−y|≤1 |q(y)| 2 |x − y| N −4 ω(|x − y|) dy < C, x ∈ Ω.(2) (The function q is continued by zero outside Ω.)