Vladimir Georgescu, Christian Gerard On the Virial Theorem in Quantum Mechanics (43K, DVI file) ABSTRACT. We review the various assumptions under which abstract versions of the quantum mechanical virial theorem have been proved. We point our a relationship between the virial theorem for a pair of operators $H, A$ and the regularity properties of the map $\rr\ni s\mapsto \e^{\i sA}(z-H)^{-1}\e^{\i sA}$. We give an example showing that the statement of the virial theorem in \cite{CFKS} is incorrect.