Trace formulas for non-self-adjoint periodic Schrödinger operators and some applications

Recently, a trace formula for non-self-adjoint periodic Schrödinger operators in L2(R) associated with Dirichlet eigenvalues was proved in [Differential Integral Equations 14 (2001) 671–700]. Here we prove a corresponding trace formula associated with Neumann eigenvalues. In addition we investigate Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues of such operators. In particular, using the Dirichlet and Neumann trace formulas, we provide detailed information on location of the Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalues for the model operator with the potential Ke2ix, where K ∈ C.  2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.