Nonmonotone Potential Means for a Convex Dirichlet Schrodinger Operator
Manuscript 25 October 2026 · Online 25 October 2026
Abstract
For the Dirichlet Schrodinger operator -d^2/dx^2 + V on (0,1), define M_j(V) as the expectation of V in the j-th L2-normalized eigenfunction. We prove M_2(t x)-M_3(t x)>t^2/20000 for every 0<t<=1. Every real bounded potential with ||V-x||_infinity<=10^-5 also has M_2(V)-M_3(V)>1/40000. In particular, V(x)=x+10^-5 x^2 is an explicit smooth strictly convex counterexample to Lavine's potential-mean monotonicity question. The proof combines the classical second-order Stark coefficient, explicitly credited to prior work, with a complex-analytic remainder bound and a quantitative stability estimate. This answers question (2) in Section 10 of OWR 2009/06, p424, also AIM Low Eigenvalues Section 3(2), p12. The other questions bundled in frozen UnsolvedMath record OWR-3389-023 remain separate; no whole-record closure is claimed. Includes a complete written proof and portable exact and symbolic checks. AI-assisted self-audited preprint; no independent peer review, formal verification or absolute-priority certification is claimed.
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- Affiliation
- Mercury Software GmbH
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- [email protected] · GitHub
- Result
- Complete counterexample to one source question
- Categories
- math.SP · math.CA
- Manuscript
- 25 October 2026
- Online release
- 25 October 2026
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Citation
Alper Ferudun, “Nonmonotone Potential Means for a Convex Dirichlet Schrodinger Operator,” EulerSolve Research Papers, OWR-3389-023, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23648929.
BibTeX
@misc{ferudun2026nonmonotone,
author = {Ferudun, Alper},
title = {Nonmonotone Potential Means for a Convex Dirichlet Schrodinger Operator},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {EulerSolve Research Papers},
url = {https://eulersolve.org/papers/owr-3389-023/},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23648929},
note = {OWR-3389-023; unrefereed preprint}
}