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Why is there no symplectic version of spectral geometry?
First, recall that on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta_g:C^\infty(M)\to C^\infty(M)$ is defined as
$$
\Delta_g=\mathrm{div}_g\circ\mathrm{grad}_g,
$$
where the ...
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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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Why are we interested in spectral gaps for Laplacian operators
Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and let $\Delta$ be its Laplacian operator. There is a large literature on a spectral gap for such a $\Delta$, that is, finding an interval $(0,c)$ which does not ...
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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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How "generalized eigenvalues" combine into producing the spectral measure?
Hi... I am wondering how 'eigenvalues' that don't lie in my Hilbert space combine into producing the spectral measure. I study probability and I am quite ignorant in the field of spectral analysis of ...
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Growth of Laplacian eigenvalues on a compact domain?
Let $\mathcal{M}$ be a compact Riemannian manifold and let $\Delta$ be the (scalar) Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\mathcal{M}$. Then $\Delta$ has a discrete spectrum and if we order its distinct ...
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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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Singular Sturm-Liouville problems: criterion for discrete spectrum for zero potential ($q=0$) and Hermite Polynomials
There are some known criteria for the Sturm-Liouville Problem
\begin{equation} \tag{1}
\frac {\mathrm {d} }{\mathrm {d} x}\left[p(x){\frac {\mathrm {d} y}{\mathrm {d} x}}\right]+q(x)y=-\lambda w(x)y
\...
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Spectrum of the complex harmonic oscilllator
Let
$$
H_\lambda=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+\lambda^2 x^2,\quad\lambda>0.
$$ It is known that the spectrum of $H_\lambda$ is the set $\{(2n-1)\lambda,n\in \Bbb N^*\}$. Now put
$$
(U_\mu \phi)(x)= e^{\mu\...
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Schwartz kernel of spectral projection of Laplacian and integrated density of states
I'm reposting here a question I asked on MSE which did not receive an answer.
I am considering the Dirichlet Laplacian $\Delta$ on some smooth domain $U$. For now assume that $U$ is bounded, and later ...
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Diagonalization of a matrix of differential operators
Dear community,
i have a question regarding differential operators acting on vector valued functions and how to "diagonalize" them.
To explain my question i will use an example:
Let $V^k$ be the ...
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index of a family of Dirac operators in $K^1$
Suppose I have a family of Dirac operators over a compact base space B. From the paper of Atiyah and Singer about skew adjoint Fredholm operators we know that it has an index in $K^1(B)$.
Suppose ...
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Domains with discrete Laplace spectrum
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a domain. Assume that the Laplacian $-\Delta=-(\partial^2/\partial x_1^2+\cdots+\partial^2/\partial x_n^2)$ has a discrete spectrum on $L^2(\Omega)$ (i.e., we are ...
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Reference for Weyl's law for higher order operators on closed Riemannian manifolds
I am looking at page 32 (beginning of Chapter 5) here. We are given a formally self-adjoint, metrically defined differential operator $A$ on $(M^n,g)$ of order $2l$ with positive definite leading ...
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Spectrum of an elliptic operator in divergence form with a reflecting boundary condition
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open domain and $v:\Omega\to\mathbb{R}^n$. Consider the following elliptic operator in divergence form, defined on smooth functions $u: \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$
\begin{align}
L ...
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Eigenvalues of the D'Alembertian operator
My question about the spectral theory of the D'Alembertian operator on a Lorentzian manifolds (say the spacetime $M^{3+1}$) given by $$\square = -\partial_{t}^2 + \Delta$$ for the metric $g=(-+++)$. ...
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Relations between two Schwartz kernels in dimensions $n$ and $n+1$
Let $(M,g)$ be an $n$-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian manifold and $\Box_g$ be the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $M$. Consider $z \in \mathbb{C}$ such that $\mathrm{ Im}(z)>0$, and we define $P_0 := \...
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The Spectrum of certain differential operators
We fix a Hilbert space isomorphism $\phi:H^{1}\to H^{2}$. Here by $H^{s},\;s=1,2,\;$ we mean the sobolev space on $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ or $S^{2}$.
We consider the following polynomial vector field on ...
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Is the Sobolev space $H^1(\mathbb{R})$ contained in the domain of $(-\partial_x \alpha(x) \partial_x)^{1/2}$?
Let $\alpha(x) : \mathbb{R} \to (0,\infty)$ have bounded variation (BV) and suppose $\inf_{\mathbb{R}} \alpha > 0$. Consider the second order differential operator
$$H : =-\partial_x (\alpha(x) \...
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Domain of Friedrichs extension of $-\partial^2_r + mr^{-2} : L^2(0,\infty) \to L^2(0,\infty)$
Consider the second order differential operator
$$
A = -\partial^2_r + mr^{-2} : L^2(0, \infty) \to L^2(0,\infty), \qquad m \ge -\frac{1}{4},
$$
equipped with domain $C^\infty_0(0, \infty)$. Since $\|...
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Spectral Gap of Elliptic Operator
Under what conditions on $a(x)$ and domain $D$, the spectral gap of the elliptic operator $ \nabla \cdot(a(x)\cdot \nabla)$ defined on $D$, can be controlled?
The boundary condition is that the ...
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Spectrum of the hypoelliptic transverse signature operator
Let $D$ be the transverse signature operator constructed by Connes and Moscovici in the paper "Local index formula in Noncommutative Geometry":this is first order hypoelliptic pseudodifferential ...
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Asymptotic expansion of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{t}}$ and $e^{-\mathcal{D}t}$ of Dirac operator
For a closed Riemannian manifold $M$ of $n$-dimension, we consider the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta$.
It is known that we have an asymptotic expansion for the trace of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{...
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Schrodinger's equation via Spectral Theorem [closed]
How do you prove basic facts on the Schrodinger equation using the spectral theorem? More precisely, here is what I have in mind.
The version of the Spectral Theorem I am familiar with is the ...
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Simultaneous diagonalization on spaces with constant curvature
I have an operator $C$ that I wish to diagonalize on a Riemmanian manifold $M$ with constant curvature $\Lambda$
$$C = A + B$$
Now I know that these operators $A$ and $B$ commute in flat space, but on ...
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adjoint of this closed (?) operator
I am currently dealing with an unbounded operator
$T:\{f \in L^2(-2\pi,2\pi); f \in AC((-2\pi,2\pi)), T(f) \in L^2, \lim_{x \rightarrow \pm 2 \pi} f(x)g(x)=0\} \subset L^2(-2\pi,2\pi)\rightarrow L^2(...
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discrete spectrum of Schrödinger operator
Let $u \in C^{\infty}_c(\mathbb{R})$ and consider the Schrödinger operator $$ L = - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + u(x).$$ I am looking for bound state solutions to $L \psi = - \kappa^2 \psi$ as ...
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The space of spectral sections and connections to K-theory
We look at a familiy $D_\alpha$ of Dirac operators over a (compact) base space B. The projection $\Pi^+_\alpha$ onto the positive eigenspaces of $D_\alpha$ is usually not continuous in α. ...
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Is the square root of curl^2-1/2 a natural (Dirac-)operator?
In current computations on a particular $3$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, a first order differential operator $D:\Gamma^\infty(TM,M)\to \Gamma^\infty(TM,M)$ acting on vector fiels shows up, with ...
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Estimates of eigenvalues of elliptic operators on compact manifolds
The classical Weyl law says that if $\Delta$ is the Laplace operator on functions on a compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$, $n>2$, then its $k$th eigenvalue satisfies the asymptotic formula
$$\...
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Parabolic PDE Long Time Asymptotics and Elliptic Operator Spectrum
How does one show directly that the solution following parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) of $p(t,v)$ approaches its stationary solution which is a solution of an elliptic partial ...
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analytic continuation argument
In "Pseudo-spectra, the harmonic oscillator and
complex resonances" (login required), the author says
Sections $2$ and $3$ of this paper concern the operator $Hf(x)=(-\frac{d^{2}}{dx^{2}}+...
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Smooth dependence of the spectrum on the operator
I would like to know if there are theorems that state under which circumstances spectra of operator families depend smoothly on the parameter.
To clarify, suppose I have a 1-parameter family $T_h$ of ...
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Proper domain for operators
in this paper on arxiv in equation 27, two operators
$$A_m^* = (1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} \frac{d}{dx} + \frac{mx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}$$
and $$A_m = - \frac{d}{dx}(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} + \frac{mx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}...
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A mapping property for fractional Laplace--Beltrami operator
Suppose that $g$ is a smooth Riemannian metric on $\mathbb R^3$ that is equal to the Euclidean metric outside the unit ball. Let us define the fractional Laplace--Beltarmi operator on $\mathbb R^3$ of ...
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Second order differential operator with a Lipschitz coefficient
Let $a(x) \in W^{1, \infty}(\mathbb{R})$ be real-valued such that $a(x) \ge a_0 > 0$. Let $A^2$ denote the second order differential operator $A^2 : = -\partial_x (a(x) \partial_x) + 1 : L^2(\...
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Reference request for spectral theory of elliptic operators [closed]
I want to learn the spectral theory of linear elliptic operators in bounded and unbounded domains in $R^n$, in particular for Laplacian and Schrodinger operators. Please suggest me some reference.
I ...
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Spectrum of the Witten Laplacian on compact Riemannian manifolds
Below I have given what I am calling as the ${\rm Witten{-}Laplacian}_{s,p}$ on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ for any constant $s >0$ and $p \in C^2(M,g)$
How generally is it true that this ${\rm ...
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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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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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Discrete p-Laplacian
One of the definitions of the discrete (weighted) $p$-Laplacian is the following:
$$\Delta_{p,w}u(x):=\sum_y |u(y)-u(x)|^{p-2}(u(y)-u(x))w(x,y).$$
Consider the one dimensional case. Then the free ...
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Parabolic PDE Long Time Asymptotics and Elliptic Operator Spectrum II
This is a follow-up on a previous question. Now the parabolic PDE of $P(t,x,v)$ has two spatial dimensions.
$$
\partial_t P = L^* P \tag1
$$
$$L^*P = \frac12\left(\kappa^2\frac{\partial^2}{\partial v^...
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Ask the validity of Tauberian lemma in Sogge's book
In C.D.Sogge's Fourier Integrals in Classical Analysis pp.128-129, he proved Lemma4.2.3(Tauberian Lemma):
Lemma. Let$g(\lambda)$ be a piece-wise continuous tempered function of $\mathbb{R}$. Assume ...
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Approximating spectra of (finite rank pertubations of) Laurent operators by spectra of (pertubations of) periodic finite operators
A tridiagonal matrix is a matrix which only has elements on three diagonals.
So for $\alpha, \beta, \gamma \in \mathbb{C}$ consider the bi-infinite tridiagonal Laurent operator $T$ with $\beta $ on ...
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Sturm-Liouville Problem: When does $w y^2$ vanish at a singular boundary point?
It is well known (e.g. Courant, Hilbert - Methods of Mathematical Physics) that solutions of the Sturm-Liouville problem on an interval $J=(a,b)$
\begin{equation} \tag{1}
\left(p y' \right)' - qy \; = ...
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Regularity of eigenfunctions of an ordinary differential operator
Let $I \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be an open interval and $T:D(T)\subseteq L^2(I) \to L^2(I)$ a differential operator given by
$$(Tf)(x):= \sum_{j=0}^n a_j(x)f^{(j)}(x), \quad f\in D(T), \ x \in I,$$
where ...
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Perturbation of Elliptic operator
Let $\Omega$ be an open region or a non-compact complete manifold, $L$ be an elliptic operator with possibly non vanishing zero-order term, e.g. $-\Delta+q$. Suppose $W$ is an operator such that $W(...
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Definition of spectral gradient
Consider this differential operator
$$
\mathcal{H}(\phi(\mathbf{x})) = -\triangle + V(\mathbf{x})H_\epsilon (\phi(\mathbf{x}))
$$
where $\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^2$, $\phi : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \...
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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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In what sense is a change of boundary conditions a finite rank perturbation?
Also asked on MSE (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4987654/in-what-sense-is-a-change-of-boundary-conditions-a-finite-rank-perturbation and https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4875398/how-...
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