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Quasimode construction on a compact Riemannian manifold

Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $\Delta$ be the usual Laplace-Betrami operator on $M$ and $\gamma : [0, L] \to M$ be a stable elliptic periodic geodesic of length $L$. I have heard in several ...
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Spectral characterization of complete or complete bipartite graphs

The Lemma 6 in this paper mention the following spectral characterization of complete or complete bipartite graphs: Let $G$ be a connected graph with $\ge 2$ vertices. Then $\lambda_2=...=\lambda_{n-...
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Line graphs called "graph derivatives": any intuition?

Short version: in several papers, line graphs (and closely related graphs) are called graph derivatives or derived graphs; is there any intuition for such terminologies, in connection with the ...
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What is a random eigenfunction on the hyperbolic plane?

Is there an (invariant under isometries) notion of a random eigenfunction on the hyperbolic plane, for a given eigenvalue? It is a reference request because the answer is probably positive and I even ...
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Spectrum of Laplace-Beltrami with piecewise constant coefficients

By the Laplace-Beltrami with piecewise constant coefficients I means the operator $-div (f\, \nabla .)$ in the 2-sphere. Where $f$ is a piecewise constant function that takes two values $1$ and $a>...
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Kronecker limit formula for antiperiodic boundary conditions

The celebrated Kronecker limit formula gives the $\zeta$-reguralized determinant of the Laplacian on the torus $\mathbb{R}/(\mathbb{Z}\omega_1+\mathbb{Z}\omega_2)$ in terms of Dedekind eta function of ...
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Algebraic connectivity of the path $P_n$

Let $G$ be a graph with $n$ vertices. Denote by $L(G)$ the Laplacian matrix of $G$ and $0=\lambda_1\leqslant\lambda_2\leqslant...\leqslant\lambda_n$ its spectrum. The number $\lambda_2$ is called the ...
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Complex factorization of the angular part of the Laplacian

Some time ago some research led me to the following equality: \begin{equation} \frac{1}{\sin^2 \phi }\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial \theta^2} +\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial \phi^2} +\cot \phi \frac{\...
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Laplace Beltrami eigenvalues on surface of polytopes

The recently posted arxiv paper Spectrum of the Laplacian on Regular Polyhedra by Evan Greif, Daniel Kaplan, Robert S. Strichartz, and Samuel C. Wiese, collects numerical evidence for conjectured ...
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Differential operators on a compact Lie group associated to bracket-generating sets

Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group of dimension $m$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$. Let $\{X_1,\dots,X_h\}$ be a linearly independent set of $\mathfrak g$. Assume that $\{X_1,\dots,X_h\}$ is ...
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Bochner formula in different forms

I am looking for a reference (better a book) that contain integral Bochner formulas for domains with boundary (I need it for 1-forms and functions only). For example I will need the following formula:...
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Reference on spectral fractional Laplacian

Are there Harnack type inequalities and Schauder type estimates for the spectral fractional Laplacian. References are welcome.
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Curvature of the boundary vs. normal derivative of the first eigenfunction

Disclaimer. I posted this question in Math.SE, but it haven't received enough attention. Let $\varphi_1$ be the first eigenfunction of the zero Dirichlet Laplacian in a planar bounded domain $\Omega$....
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"Designing" Nodal sets of Laplacians in 2 or 3 dimensional domains

The properties of nodal sets (i.e. zero level sets of eigenfunctions) for the first non-trivial eigenfunction for Laplacians have been studied extensively. My rough understanding is that one could ...
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Universal constant for reverse inequality between first eigenvalues of Neumann and Dirichlet problems

I finally decided to post the following naive question but will if consensus is that it is out of the scope of this site , it will be immediately deleted. Suppose $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^2$ is a ...
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First eigenvalue for strictly convex domains

Let $M^n$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, suppose 1). $Ric(M)\ge (n-1)$ and 2). the principle curvatures of the boundary is bounded from below by $h\ge 0$. Is there any results on the ...
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Fundamental solution of Discrete Laplace in the plane

We consider a discretization of the Laplace operator on $\mathbb Z^2$, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_Laplace_operator Then, it is natural to consider its fundamental solution $u$, i.e. $|u(x)...
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Does the Laplacian commutes with elements of the basis of the Lie algebra?

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. I know that if $g$ is semi-simple then the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $G$ agrees with the Casimir element and therefore commutes with ...
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Behavior of the spectrum of the Laplacian under pointed smooth convergence

The Laplacian on a compact Riemannian manifold has a discrete spectrum. For example on a circle of perimeter $L$ the $n$-th eigenvalue starting at $0$ is $-\lambda_n = -(2\pi/L)^2 n^2$. On the other ...
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Probabilistic Interpretation of First Dirichlet Eigenvalue?

The first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a compact domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary is the smallest positive number for which there exists a non-trivial solution to $$ -\Delta\psi = \...
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