We consider the Dirichlet Laplace operator on open, quasi-bounded domains of infinite volume. For such domains semiclassical spectral estimates based on the phase-space volume - and therefore on the volume of the domain - must fail. Here we present a
method how one can nevertheless prove uniform bounds on eigenvalues and eigenvalue means which are sharp in the semiclassical limit. We give examples in horn-shaped regions and so-called spiny urchins. Some results are extended to Schrodinger operators defined on quasi-bounded domains with Dirichlet boundary conditions.
We study the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplace operator on an arbitrary bounded, open set in $R^d$, $d geq 2$. In particular, we derive upper bounds on Riesz means of order $sigma geq 3/2$, that improve the sharp Berezin inequality by a negative s
econd term. This remainder term depends on geometric properties of the boundary of the set and reflects the correct order of growth in the semi-classical limit. Under certain geometric conditions these results imply new lower bounds on individual eigenvalues, which improve the Li-Yau inequality.
We derive upper bounds for the trace of the heat kernel $Z(t)$ of the Dirichlet Laplace operator in an open set $Omega subset R^d$, $d geq 2$. In domains of finite volume the result improves an inequality of Kac. Using the same methods we give boun
ds on $Z(t)$ in domains of infinite volume. For domains of finite volume the bound on $Z(t)$ decays exponentially as $t$ tends to infinity and it contains the sharp first term and a correction term reflecting the properties of the short time asymptotics of $Z(t)$. To prove the result we employ refined Berezin-Li-Yau inequalities for eigenvalue means.
