Gesztesy F., Holden H., Simon B. Absolute Summability of the Trace Relation for Certain Schrodinger Operators (73K, AMSTeX) ABSTRACT. A recently established general trace formula for one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators is systematically studied in the context of short-range potentials, potentials which approach different spatial asymptotes sufficiently fast, and appropriate impurity (defect) interactions in one-dimensional solids. We prove the absolute summability of the trace formula and establish its connections with scattering quantities, such as reflection coefficients, in each case.