On an estimate of the number of points of the negative spectrum of the Schrödinger operator

Conditions are obtained on the potential $V$ of the Schrödinger operator $-\Delta-V(x)$ under which the negative spectrum of this operator consists of no more than $N$ eigenvalues. In many cases these conditions are sharp. All proofs are presented in their entirety and are completely elementary.
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