Questions tagged [differential-operators]
Elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic operators. Laplace, Laplace-Beltrami, Schrödinger, Dirac. Exterior derivative and Lie derivative operators.
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Example of differential equation with periodic boundary conditions that has at least two simple eigenvalues
I need an example of a periodic function $q:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ with period $\pi$ such that if we consider the differential equation
\begin{equation}\tag{1}
y''(x)+(\lambda -q(x))y(x)=0
\end{...
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Fredholm theory of non elliptic operators
In this question we search for a big list of non elliptic operators whose Fredholm index is finite or whose Fredholm theory is extensively discussed. The main motovation is the conference linked in ...
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Density of a functional space
Let $D$ be a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary $\partial D$. Is the following subspace dense in space $L^2(D)\times L^2(\partial D)$:
$$\{(f,f\rvert_{\partial D}) : f\in C^\infty(\...
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Non-closed range space of Laplace operators?
Set $ -\Delta: H^2(\mathbb{R}^3) \subseteq L^2(\mathbb{R}^3) \to L^2(\mathbb{R}^3) $. Then $ \mathcal{R}(-\Delta) $ is non-closed?
Sorry if this question is trivial. I am not familiar with theory of ...
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The spectrum of the Hodge Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold
The Hodge Laplacian operator on differential forms on a (compact?) Riemannian manifold carries useful information about the topology of the manifold. In particular, the multiplicity of the zero ...
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Question about the regularity of fractional Heat equation
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$, $0<s<1$ and $(-\Delta)^s$ denotes the restricted fractional Laplacian. Let consider the following fractional Heat equation:
$$
\...
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Computing spectra without solving eigenvalue problems
There is a rather remarkable conjecture formulated in this paper, "Computing spectra without solving eigenvalue problems," https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.04888.pdf and in this talk by Svitlana Mayboroda ...
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Explanation of definition of George Wilson's adelic Grassmannian
How is George Wilson's adelic Grassmannian from e.g. the paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs002220050237 related to the adeles or (especially) the affine Grassmannian (a.k.a. the loop ...
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Differentiability of operator norm [closed]
Is there any known results about differentiability properties of the function $\mathbb f:\mathbb R \to\mathbb R,$ $f(t):=\|A+tB\|_{op}$ where $\|.\|_{op}$ denotes the usual operator norm of the ...
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Expansions of iterated, or nested, derivatives, or vectors--conjectured matrix computation
The entry OEIS A139605 (also related OEIS A145271) has a matrix computation for the partition polynomials that represent the expansions of iterated derivatives, or vectors in differential geometry,
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Spectrum of a differential operator on $L^2(0, \infty)$
Let $A:H^n(0, \infty) \subset L^2(0, \infty) \to L^2(0, \infty)$ be the differential operator defined by
$$Af:= \sum_{j=0}^na_j f^{(j)}$$
for all $f \in H^n(0, \infty),$ where $a_j \in \mathbb{C}$ and ...
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How to solve or analyse the smallest eigenvalue of 2 coupled 1st-order linear ODEs?
I am trying to solve the eigensystem of a 1st-order linear ODE system in the region $(-\infty,\infty)$ and with Dirichlet boundary condition at the infinities
\begin{align}
-\mathrm{i} u'(x) +f^*(x) ...
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Keeping track of limit cycles via certain second order differential operator
Inspired by the two posts which are linked bellow we ask the following question:
Question: For a vector field $X$ on the plane we define the differential operator $D$ on $C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^2)$ ...
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Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role?
Q. Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role
in applications, or in theorems?
Of course the 1st derivative of distance w.r.t. time (velocity), the 2nd derivative (acceleration),
and the ...
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Inclusion of the spectrum of two differential operators defined on $L^2[-a,a]$ and $L^2[0, \infty)$
Let $T$ be the formal operator defined by $$Tu:= \sum_{j=0}^{2n} a_j\frac{d^ju}{dx^j}$$ where $a_j \in \mathbb{C}$. Consider the differential operators $T_a: D(T_a)\subseteq L^2[-a,a] \to L^2[-a,a]$ ...
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A uniform upper bound for Fredholm index of Laplace quasi-operators on a compact parallelizable manifold
Assume that $M$ is a compact parallelizable manifold. Is there an upper bound for the absolute value of Fredholm index of all operators in the form $D=\sum_{i=1}^n \partial^2/\partial{X_i^2}$...
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A kind of heat equation on a foliated 3D manifold whose leaves are invariant under the flow of a vector field
Assume that $\mathcal{F}$ is a foliation of a $3$ dimensional compact Riemannian manifold $M$ which is invariant under flow of a transversal non vanishing vector field $X$. Let $\Delta_{\...
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Geometric motivation behind the Fredholm module definition
If $A$ is an involutive algebra over the complex numbers $\mathbb{C}$, then a Fredholm module over $A$ consists of an involutive representation of $A$ on a Hilbert space $H$, together with a self-...
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Exterior derivative on loop space
Notations:
Let $X$ be a manifold, and denote by $LX := C^\infty(S^1,X)$ its loop space. For a loop $\gamma \in LX$ we can think at the tangent space of $LX$ at the point $\gamma$ as the space of ...
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Eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a compact Riemannnian manifold
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold, and let $\Delta_g$ be its Laplace-Beltrami operator. A "well-known fact" is that the eigenvalues of $\Delta_g$ have finite multiplicity and tend to ...
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For which tempered distributions is the fractional derivative well-defined?
Let $\gamma \geq 0$ and consider the fractional derivative operator defined in Fourier domain by
$$\mathcal{F} \{\mathrm{D}^{\gamma} \varphi \} (\omega) = (\mathrm{i} \omega)^{\gamma} \mathcal{F}\{\...
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An alternative representation of the principal symbol of the Laplace operator
Assume that $(M,g)$ is a $n$ dimensional Riemannian manifold. We denote by $\Delta$, the Laplacian associated to this Riemannian structure.
Are the following two conditions equivalent?
First condition ...
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Generating all rotationally invariant linear differential operators
It is relatively easy to show that the Laplacian
$$
\Delta = \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + \frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2}
$$
Is the unique second order linear differential operator that is ...
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Derivations of $\chi^{\infty}(M)$ which are elliptic operator
What is an example of a manifold $M$ with $\dim(M)>1$ whose Lie algebra $\chi^{\infty}(M)$ of smooth vector fields admit an elliptic operator $D:\chi^{\infty}(M)\to \chi^{\infty}(M)$ such ...
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A differential operator analogy of certain fact in real analysis of smooth functions
Let $E\to M$ be a smooth vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$.
Let $D$ be a differential operator defined on the space $\Gamma(E)$ of smooth sections of $E$. We fix a section $s\in \Gamma(E)$.
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Controlling a Schwartz kernel near the diagonal
Let $D$ be a first-order elliptic differential operator that is essentially self-adjoint on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$. Consider the operator $(D+i)^q$ acting on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ with domain $C_c^\infty(\...
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Showing a differential operator is positive semidefinite
Let $R>\lambda>\chi$ be positive real constants and $\alpha$ be a real number. The following differential operator
\begin{multline}
\mathcal{L}g = -\frac{d}{d\xi}\left[(1-\xi^2)\frac{dg}{d\xi}\...
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PDE on an open ball with prescribed value on some open subsets
Suppose that we have a $r$-order differential operator $L:C^r(B^n, \mathbb{R})\to C^0(B^n,\mathbb{R})$ where $B^n $ is the open unitary ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (we can assume for simplicity that it ...
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Perturbation of the adiabatic limit
Let $(M,g_M)$ be a closed oriented Riemannian manifold that has a fibration structure
$$
Y \rightarrow M \overset{\pi}{\rightarrow} B
$$
where $(Y,g_Y)$ and $(B,g_B)$ are closed Riemannian manifolds ...
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A quantity associated to a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary(The pair of Laplacian)
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M$.
Are the following operators, Fredholm operators?Is there a geometric terminology and geometric interpretation for the fredholm index of ...
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1D Schrödinger Equation with Measure-Valued Coefficients
I've been looking at one of the simplest systems I can think of: a one-dimensional infinite square well on $[0,1]$ with Hamiltonian given by the following:
$$\hat{H}=-\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\frac{d^2}{dx^2}...
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Construction of non-split extension of simple modules of Lie algebras using linear differential operators
Consider the natural action of $W_1=k\left\langle x,\frac{d}{dx}\right\rangle$ on $X=\mathbb C[x]$. Then $\frac{d}{dx}, x\frac{d}{dx},x^2\frac{d}{dx}$ is essentially a $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-tuple ($\left[...
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Why we use Caputo fractional derivative in application?
I'm working on some papers which use Caputo fractional evolution equation (see on Wikipedia) as application for thier main result:
For example:
$$\left\{\begin{matrix}
^CD^{\sigma}_tx(t)+Ax(t)=&...
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Hochschild Homology and Formal Geometry
My question concerns the degeneration of the spectral sequence computing Hochschild homology of differential operators on a smooth affine variety $X$.
The spectral sequence arises from the ...
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Vector bundle endomorphism diffeomorphism invariant?
Let's say we have a vector bundle $V$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ (of dimension $m$, with metric $g$). Given a differential operator $P$, acting on the sections of $V$, of the form: $$P = \...
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Is there any geometrical/homological intuition behind symmetrized gradient?
The gradient/differential/exterior differential/divergence/curl are all strictly related first order differential operators. As far as I understood, they are the base of (co)homological theories in ...
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Family of Hodge decomposition
It is known that a metric $g$ gives a Hodge decomposition:
$$
\Omega^*(M)=\mathcal H^*(M)\oplus d\Omega^*(M) \oplus \delta_g \Omega^*(M)
$$
Note that the usual differential restricts to an isomorphism ...
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How to choose Eigenvaues for system extending in perpendicular direction?
I have two linear third order ODEs with a separation constant (eigenvalue parameter) on a rectangular domain where $x \in (0,1)$ and $y \in (0,1)$as follows:
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\lambda_h F''' - 2 \lambda_h \beta_h ...
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Conformal manifolds produce Fredholm modules-pseudodifferential operator
This question is a continuation of the discussion which can be found here. From the exterior derivative one constructs an operator $S$ with the property that the graph of $S$ is the (closure of) the ...
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Spectrum equals eigenvalues for unbounded operator
Let $D$ be an unbounded densely defined operator on a separable Hilbert space $H$. If $D$ is diagonalisable with all eigenvalues having finite multiplicity and growing towards infinity, does it follow ...
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Projective-invariant differential operator
This question was originally asked on Math StackExchange.
Suppose we want a differential operator $T$ acting on functions $\mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ such that
\begin{align*}
&T(g) = ...
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Addition property of Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions in symmetric spaces
[Originally posted on math stackexchage but have not received feedback in over a month, I'm hoping someone here could point me in the right direction].
Consider the eigenvalue equation for the ...
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Inverse Laplacian and convolution in Albeverio's “Solvable Models in quantum mechanics”
I asked this question on math.stackexchange.com two weeks ago but got no answers so far and I got no clues from literature, so maybe someone here knows a reference. I hope it is ok to ask this ...
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Some questions on defining the analytic index
The questions I have are about the definition of the analytic index of a family of self-adjoint Fredholm operators parameterized by a compact space $B$ (say a closed manifold). Actually, the ...
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Spectrum of a first-order elliptic differential operator
Suppose that I have a first-order elliptic differential operator $A: \mathrm{dom}(A) \subset L^2(E) \to L^2(E)$, where $(E,h^E) \to M$ is a hermitian vector bundle and $M$ is a compact manifold.
I ...
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Interesting examples of spectral decompositions of BOUNDED operators with both continuous and discrete spectrum
I would like to have a few basic examples of bounded self-adjoint operators $T$ (more generally bounded normal would be fine) on a Hilbert space $(H,\langle,\rangle)$ for which the following criteria ...
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Existence of a certain kind of compact spin manifold with boundary
For a compact spin Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ without boundary, $n \not\equiv 3\mod 4$, it is well-known that the Dirac operator associated with a fixed spin structure $S\rightarrow M$ has real, ...
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Existence of solution for the PDE $p \frac{\partial f(p, q)}{\partial p}-q \frac{\partial f(p, q)}{\partial q}=g(p, q)$
Consider the following PDE:
\begin{equation}
p \frac{\partial f(p, q)}{\partial p}-q \frac{\partial f(p, q)}{\partial q}=g(p, q),\tag{$\star$}
\end{equation}
where $g$ is a flat function at the point (...
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Quaternion holomorphic maps via certain elliptic operator instead of immediate generalization of complex differentiability
We identify $\mathbb{R}^4$ with the quaternions $\mathbb{H}=\{t=x+yi+zj+wk\mid x,y,z,w\in \mathbb{R}\}$. We define the differential operator $D$ on $C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^4)$, the space of smooth ...
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Surjectivity of differential operators with constant coefficients
I would like a proof or a reference (or a counter-example...) for the following fact. Let $P\in \mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots ,x_n]$ and $D\in \mathbb{C}[\frac{\partial }{\partial x_1} ,\ldots ,\frac{\...