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Perturbation of Neumann Laplacian

Consider the $N \times N$ matrix $$A_{\alpha}=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1 & -1 & -\alpha & 0 & \cdots & 0\\ -1 & \lambda_2 & -1 & -\alpha & \cdots & 0\\ -\alpha &...
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Spectral theory without topology

How much of spectral theory can be developed just working with vector spaces (finite or infinite dimensional) without referring to a choice of topology ? Something along these lines, for example: ...
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References on discrete Sturm-Liouville eigenvectors convergence

Let $ L : u_n \mapsto a_n u_{n + 1} + b_n u_n + a_{n - 1} u_{n -1} = \nabla ( a_n \Delta u_n ) + (b_n + a_n + a_{n - 1}) u_n $ be a discrete Sturm-Liouville operator, with $ \nabla u_n := u_{n + 1} - ...
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Connection of eigenspace of finite Hilbert matrix and its continuous operator counterpart

I am trying to understand the connection between the eigenspace of the continuous operator $$ H(x,y) = \frac{1}{x+y} $$ which is nothing but the square of the Laplace operator, and its discrete ...
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of non-symmetric elliptic operators

We know that the operator $A=\Delta$ with domain $D(A)=\{u\in W^{2, 2}(\Omega): u=0 \ \ \text{on } \partial\Omega\}$ (say $\Omega$ is a bounded nice domain) has eigenvalues $\lambda_1>\lambda_2\ge \...
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Spectral theorems for generalized Hermitian matrices

Let $k$ be a field, and let $\sigma$ be a nontrivial involutory automorphism of $k$. Let $A$ be a square matrix with entries in $k$, such that $(A^{\sigma})^T = A$; here $A^\sigma$ means the matrix $(...
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Nodal domains on a surface

What is it known about the topology of nodal domains of eigenfunctions of self-adjoint operators? In particular I'm interested in self-adjoint operators on a complete, non-compact, surface $\Sigma \...
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Interpreting (Fiedler) spectral bisectioning

I would appreciate help on how to interpret the results of spectral bisectioning of a graph. Given a $G=(V,E)$ with size $N$ represented by $Q$ its Laplacian matrix where the eigenvalues are ordered ...
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Decay rate of Discrete Prolate Spheroidal Sequences in frequency

What is the decay rate of DPSS sequences in frequency? Consider an interval $T\subset\mathbb{Z}$ of length N in time. Consider another interval $[-W,W]$ in frequency with $W<1/2$. Let $\phi_0$ ...
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Computing the eigenvalues of $A+E$ where $A$ is an upper triangular matrix whose diagonal entries are all zero and $E$ is a rank one matrix

Let us consider the backward-shift matrix $B=(b_{ij})\in M_n(\mathbb{R})$ whose entries are given by $b_{k,k+1}=1$ and the other entries are all 0. We also consider $X=(x_{ij})\in M_n(\mathbb{R})$ ...
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