Sturm-Liouville problems and global bounds by small control sets and applications to quantum graphs

Abstract

We develop a Logvinenko–Sereda theory for one-dimensional vector-valued self-adjoint operators. We thus deliver upper bounds on L2-norms of eigenfunctions – and linear combinations thereof – in terms of their L2- and W1,2-norms on small control sets that are merely measurable and suitably distributed along each interval. An essential step consists in proving a Bernstein-type estimate for Laplacians with rather general vertex conditions. Our results carry over to a large class of Schrödinger operators with magnetic potentials; corresponding results are unknown in higher dimension. We illustrate our findings by discussing the implications in the theory of quantum graphs.