12-63 Pavel Exner and Olaf Post

A general approximation of quantum graph vertex couplings by scaled Schroedinger operators on thin branched manifolds (378K, pdf) May 23, 12

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Abstract. We demonstrate that any self-adjoint coupling in a quantum graph vertex can be approximated by a family of magnetic Schroedinger operators on a tubular network built over the graph. If such a manifold has a boundary, Neumann conditions are imposed at it. The procedure involves a local change of graph topology in the vicinity of the vertex; the approximation scheme constructed on the graph is subsequently `lifted' to the manifold. For the corresponding operator a norm-resolvent convergence is proved, with the natural identification map, as the tube diameters tend to zero.

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