Optimal semiclassical spectral asymptotics for differential operators with non-smooth coefficients

Abstract

We consider differential operators defined as Friedrichs extensions of quadratic forms with non-smooth coefficients. We prove a two-term optimal asymptotic for the Riesz means of these operators and thereby also reprove an optimal Weyl law under certain regularity conditions. The methods used are then extended to consider more general admissible operators perturbed by a rough differential operator and to obtain optimal spectral asymptotics again under certain regularity conditions. For the Weyl law, we assume that the coefficients are differentiable with Hölder continuous derivatives, while for the Riesz means we assume that the coefficients are twice differentiable with Hölder continuous derivatives.