Tosio Kato’s work on non-relativistic quantum mechanics: part 1

@article{Simon2017TosioKW,
  title={Tosio Kato’s work on non-relativistic quantum mechanics: part 1},
  author={Barry Simon},
  journal={Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences},
  year={2017},
  volume={8},
  pages={121-232}
}
  • B. Simon
  • Published 19 October 2017
  • Mathematics, Physics
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences
We review the work of Tosio Kato on the mathematics of non-relativistic quantum mechanics and some of the research that was motivated by this. Topics in this first part include analytic and asymptotic eigenvalue perturbation theory, Temple–Kato inequality, self-adjointness results, and quadratic forms including monotone convergence theorems. 
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