Oleg Safronov Lower bounds on the eigenvalue sums of the Schr\"odinger operator and the spectral conservation law (280K, pdf) ABSTRACT. In the first part of the paper we consider the Schr\"odinger operator $ -\Delta-V(x),\quad V>0. $ We discuss the relation between the behavior of $V$ at the infinity and the properties of the negative spectrum of $H$. After that, we consider the case when $V$ changes its sign: $ V=V_+-V_-,\qquad 2V_\pm=|V|\pm V. $ In this case, we treat $V$ and $-V$ symmetrically and study the relation between the behavior of $V$ at the infinity and the negative spectra of the operators $H_+=-\Delta+V$ and $H_-=-\Delta-V$.