We discuss operators of the type H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) with an attractive interaction, H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) , in H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) , where H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) is an infinite surface, asymptotically planar and smooth outside a compact, dividing the space into two regions, of which one is supposed to be convex, and H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) is a potential bias being a positive constant H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) in one of the regions and zero in the other. We find the essential spectrum and ask about the existence of the discrete one with a particular attention to the critical case, H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) . We show that H=-\Delta+ V (x)-lpha\delta (x-\Sigma) is then empty if the bias is supported in theexterior'region, while in the opposite case isolated eigenvalues may exist.

We consider the problem of geometric optimization for the lowest eigenvalue of the two-dimensional Schrdinger operator with an attractive -interaction of a fixed strength, the support of which is a star graph with finitely many edges of an equal length L(0,]. Under the constraint of fixed number of the edges and fixed length of them, we prove that the lowest eigenvalue is maximized by the fully symmetric star graph. The proof relies on the Birman-Schwinger principle, properties of the Macdonald function, and on a geometric inequality for polygons circumscribed into the unit circle.

We study the following generalized quasivariational inequality problem: given a closed convex set <i>X</i> in a normed space <i>E</i> with the dual <i>E</i> ^*, a multifunction \Phi :Xightarrow 2^{E^{*}} and a multifunction :<i>X</i>2^<i>X</i>, find a point \Phi :Xightarrow 2^{E^{*}} such that \Phi :Xightarrow 2^{E^{*}} , \Phi :Xightarrow 2^{E^{*}} . We prove some existence theorems in which may be discontinuous, <i>X</i> may be unbounded, and is not assumed to be Hausdorff lower semicontinuous.