Point interactions inL p

Abstract

An interpretation is given to point interactions of the form −Δ+d inL p (ℝ N ), where Δ is the Laplacian operator andd is a pseudopotential related to the ‘Dirac measure at 0', depending on the dimension. They are described as extensions of −Δ, defined on the space {u∈C 0 ∞ (ℝ N )|u(0)=0} that are negative generators of analytic semigroups. This is done forN=1,2 and 1<p<∞ and forN=3 and 3/2<p<3.