Ottinger Hall Dedication Remarks

Remarks by Richard L. Ottinger on the occasion of the dedication of Richard Ottinger Hall at Pace Law School, April 30, 2013. Video includes excerpts from remarks and interview with Dean Ottinger

An Inversion Inequality for Potentials in Quantum Mechanics

We suppose: (1) that the ground-state eigenvalue E = F(v) of the Schroedinger Hamiltonian H = -Delta + vf(x) in one dimension is known for all values of the coupling v > 0; and (2) that the potential shape can be expressed in the form f(x) = g(x^2), where g is monotone increasing and convex. The inversion inequality f(x) <= fbar(1/(4x^2)) is established, in which the `kinetic potential' fbar(s) is related to the energy function F(v) by the transformation: fbar(s) = F'(v), s = F(v) - vF'(v) As an example f is approximately reconstructed from the energy function F for the potential f(x) = x^2 + 1/(1+x^2).Comment: 7 pages (plain Tex), 2 figures (ps

Constructive inversion of energy trajectories in quantum mechanics

We suppose that the ground-state eigenvalue E = F(v) of the Schroedinger Hamiltonian H = -\Delta + vf(x) in one dimension is known for all values of the coupling v > 0. The potential shape f(x) is assumed to be symmetric, bounded below, and monotone increasing for x > 0. A fast algorithm is devised which allows the potential shape f(x) to be reconstructed from the energy trajectory F(v). Three examples are discussed in detail: a shifted power-potential, the exponential potential, and the sech-squared potential are each reconstructed from their known exact energy trajectories.Comment: 16 pages in plain TeX with 5 ps figure

Lisa Nevin and Richard L. Briscoe, Jr. in a Joint Junior Recital

This is the program for the joint junior recital of piano Lisa Nevin and baritone Richard L. Briscoe, Jr. Pianist David Coad assisted Briscoe. The recital took place on March 12, 1982, in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall

Functional inversion for potentials in quantum mechanics

Let E = F(v) be the ground-state eigenvalue of the Schroedinger Hamiltonian H = -Delta + vf(x), where the potential shape f(x) is symmetric and monotone increasing for x > 0, and the coupling parameter v is positive. If the 'kinetic potential' bar{f}(s) associated with f(x) is defined by the transformation: bar{f}(s) = F'(v), s = F(v)-vF'(v),then f can be reconstructed from F by the sequence: f^{[n+1]} = bar{f} o bar{f}^{[n]^{-1}} o f^{[n]}. Convergence is proved for special classes of potential shape; for other test cases it is demonstrated numerically. The seed potential shape f^{[0]} need not be 'close' to the limit f.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure