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Willie Wong
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Must Neuman Elliptic operator has discrete spectrum ?

It is well known that the Neuman eigenvalue problem has discrete spectrum and the eigen values are

nonnegative and can be arranged in a nondecreasing order of magnitude.

Do we need any smoothness condition on the boundary? Is it true for more a general Elliptic operator?

I have hard time to find a solid reference. Can anyone suggest? Thanks!