Upper and lower limits for the number of S-wave bound states in an attractive potential

Abstract

New upper and lower limits are given for the number of S-wave bound states yielded by an attractive (monotonic) potential in the context of the Schrodinger or Klein-Gordon equation.

arXiv comment21 pages, 4 figures, to appear in J. Math. Phys

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