Questions tagged [laplacian]
The Laplacian matrix is the representation of a graph in matrix form.
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Are harmonic mappings non-singular outside a set of measure zero?
Let $g$ be a smooth Riemannian metric on the closed $n$-dimensional unit disk $\mathbb D^n$.
Let $f: \mathbb D^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth orientation-preserving immersion, and let $\omega :\...
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Steklov eigenvalue for circle valued functions
Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. It is well known that the first positive Steklov eigenvalue $\sigma_1$ of $M$ has the following variational characterization:
$$\sigma_1(M,g)...
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Surprising symmetry in the Ramanujan bound
The condition for a connected $(q+1)$-regular graph to be Ramanujan is that every nonzero eigenvalue $\lambda$ of the graph Laplacian satisfy
$$q+1-2\sqrt{q}\le \lambda\le q+1+2\sqrt{q}.$$
With a ...
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implicit function theorem and harmonic mapping
We are given two Riemannian manifolds $M,N$ of dimension $m$ and $n$ and a function $G \colon M \times N \to \mathbb{R}^n$ which satisfies the assumptions of the implicit function theorem, meaning ...
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Different definitions of fractional sobolev spaces
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded and smooth domain in $\mathbb R^d$. For any $s\in (0,1)$ we can define $H_s(\Omega)$ to be the space of functions $u\in L^2(\Omega)$ such that $$(x,y)\mapsto \frac{|u(x)-u(y)|...
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Locally symmetric spaces: spectrum of the Laplacian
Let $M = \Gamma\backslash X$ denote a locally symmetric space of non-compact type and $\Delta$ the Laplacian on $L^2(M)$.
It is known that the spectrum of $\Delta$ decomposes into finitely many
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Sequence of graphs with small $\lambda_1$ (the smallest nonzero eigenvalue of a regular finite graph)
The combinatorial laplacian on a finite graph $G$ can be defined as $ \Delta: \mathbb{C}^G \to \mathbb{C}^G$ sending the function $f:G \to \mathbb{C}$ to $(\Delta f)(v) = \sum_{v' \sim v} \big( f(v)-f(...
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Recent work on Pseudo-Laplacian and Pseudo-cuspform in the spirit of Riemann Hypothesis after the work of Bombieri and Garrett
( This is my first MO question . I'm totally inexperienced on MO so, forgive me for my mistakes .)
Paul Garrett and Enrico Bombieri were (are?) Secretly Working on Pseudo-Laplacians and Pseudo-...
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Complex factorization of the angular part of the Laplacian
Some time ago some research led me to the following equality:
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\frac{1}{\sin^2 \phi }\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial \theta^2} +\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial \phi^2} +\cot \phi \frac{\...
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Density of squares of radial eigenfunctions
The eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator on the disc can be written in polar coordinates as $f(r,\theta)=R_{nk}(r)e^{ik\theta}$, where $k\in\mathbb Z$ and $n\in\mathbb N$ and the radial function is $...
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How to prove that the Laplace oparator of the Heisenberg group is sub-elliptic?
The Heisenberg group $H^3$ is the set $\mathbb C\times \mathbb R$ endowed with the group law
$$ (z,t)\cdot(w,s) =\left (z+w, \,t+s+\tfrac{1}{2}\Im m(z \bar{w})\right). $$
For $z=x+ i y \in \mathbb C$ ...
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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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Permanent bound for Laplacian matrix of signed graph
In 1986, Prof. RB Bapat shown that (see here) if $G$ is a simple connected graph on $n$ vertices, then, the permanent per$\big(L(G)\big)\ge 2(n-1)\kappa(G)$, where $L(G)$ is the Laplacian matrix of $G$...
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Hilbert Modular Surface: Eigenfunctions of The Laplacian
The spectrum of the Laplacian on $L^2$ of a Hilbert modular surface decomposes into a discrete part and a continuous part $[1/4,\infty)$. The continuous part contains eigenvalues $\geq 1/4$.
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A conjecture on shape optimization for Dirichlet-Laplacian
For a given domain $G$, with sufficiently smooth boundary, in the plane we denote the first two eigenvalues of Dirichlet-Laplacian on $G$ of by $\lambda_1(G)$ and $\lambda_2(G)$.
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Upper bound for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on surfaces with boundary
Let $\Sigma$ be a compact smooth surface with boundary. Define
$$\Lambda(\Sigma) := \sup \{ \lambda_1(\Sigma,g) \operatorname{Area}(\Sigma,g) : g \text{ is a smooth Riemannian metric on $\Sigma$} \}$$
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Products of eigenfunctions on compact Riemann surfaces
Let $M$ be a compact Riemann surface with genus $g\geq 2$, endowed with the Riemannian metric with constant sectional curvature $-1$. Let $f_1, f_2$ be two (global) eigenfunctions for the Laplace-...
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Is the heat semigroup on a manifold the limit of the heat semigroups associated to a compact exhaustion?
Let $M$ be a paracompact Riemannian manifold, and $E \to M$ a Hermitian vector bundle endowed with a Hermitian connection $\nabla$. Write $M$ as an exhaustion $\bigcup _{j \ge 0} U_j$ with relatively ...
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Eigenvalues of Laplacian and eigenvalues of curvature operator
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold (without boundary). The symmetries of the curvature $R$ of (the Levi-Civita connection associated to) $g$ allow one to realise $R$ as a self-adjoint (...
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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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Is $\Delta \phi$ monotone operator on $H^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$ for monotone $\phi$
Let $H^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$ be the usual Sobolev space and let $\phi: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a non decreasing Lipschitz function with $\phi(0)=0$. Is the operator $\Delta \phi $ on $H^1(\mathbb{R}^...
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Pointwise convergence of the eigenfunctions expansion of $f(x)=\frac{1}{|x|}$
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded domain with smooth boundary, $0<\lambda_1\leq \lambda_2 \leq \dots \leq \lambda_k\leq \dots$ the Dirichlet eigenvalues and $\{w_k\}_{k=1}^{+\infty}$ an $L^...
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System of eigenvalues of partial Laplacians and the Jacquet Langlands correspondence
I'm looking for a precise reference. I could not dig it up in the original paper of Jacquet-Langlands.
Let $F$ be a totally real number field with $[F:\mathbb{Q}]=r$, let $B_1=M_2(F)$ be the split ...
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Tight bound on spectral gap of compact homogeneous manifold?
This paper by Peter Li proves a bound on the spectral gap of the Laplacian on a compact homogeneous manifold of diameter $d$:
$$ \lambda_1 \ge c/d^2, $$
where $c=\pi^2/4$. Can this bound be ...
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Laplace spectra of "half" grid graph
Let $G=(E,V)$ be a simple graph. The graph Laplacian is given by $$ L= D-A,$$
where $D$ is the degree matrix (diagonal matrix with entries corresponding to the degree of the vertex) and $A$ the ...
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Gradient of spectral function on noncompact homogeneous space
Let $(M,g)$ be a noncompact Riemannian manifold whose isometry group acts transitively on $M$, i.e. a (not necessarily normal) homogeneous space. Let $e_{\lambda}(x,y)$ be the integral kernel of
$f \...
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Eigenspaces of the Laplace operator on a unit ball
I am interested in structures of the eigenspaces of the Laplace operator on the $n$-dimensional unit ball with Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions as representations of the special orthogonal ...
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non-symmetric weak diagonal-dominant matrix, no decoupling: (a) is positive semi-definite? (b) has dim(ker)=1?
We are considering a matrix $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1,\ldots,d}\in\mathbb{R}^{d\times d}$ with the following property: $a_{ii}=-\sum_{j\neq i}a_{ij}$, i.e., the matrix is not only weak diagonal-dominant, but ...
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What is the significance of the median eigenvalue of a graph Laplacian?
Crossposted on Mathematics SE
When I look at the spectral density plots of my (usual) Laplacian graphs, they spike at the median eigenvalue. But what significance for the graph/matrix (which ...
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Dirichlet-to-Neumann map is analytic
Let $M^n$, $n \geq 2$, be a compact smooth manifold with boundary and let $I \ni t \mapsto g_t$ be an analytic (with respect to t) $1$-parameter family of Riemannian metrics on $M$. For each $t \in I$,...
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Are smooth functions with compact support a core for the Laplacian on compact manifolds with boundary?
If $M$ is a complete Riemannian manifold and $L$ is the Friedrichs extension of the Laplacian $-\Delta$, then it is known (first proven by Gaffney in the '50) that $C_0 ^\infty (M)$ is a core for $L$. ...
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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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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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The heat kernel in Hermitian bundles over Riemannian manifolds
In "Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators" by Berline, Getzler and Vergne, the authors construct a (unique) heat kernel associated to any generalized Laplacian in a vector bundle over a Riemannian manifold....
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Estimate a function given an estimate of its Laplacian
Let $f_\lambda\geq 0$ with $\lambda>0$, be smooth functions in the unit Euclidean ball $B\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ satisfying the following conditions:
\begin{eqnarray*}
\int_B |f_\lambda(x)|^2dx\leq 1,...
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Fractional sobolev spaces
On the whole space $\mathbb R^d$, the fractional Sobolev space
$H_s(\mathbb R^d)$ of order $s\in \mathbb R$ can be defined as the subspace of tempered distributions $T$ such that $\mathcal F T \in L^...
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Error term in the Euclidean Weyl law
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ be an open bounded set with smooth boundary. The Laplacian on $\Omega$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions has discrete spectrum $\lambda_1\le \lambda_2\le \ldots$ that ...
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Spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a domain of finite volume in the hyperbolic space $H^n$
What is known about the ($L^2$) spectrum of the minus Laplace-Beltrami operator ($- \Delta$) with zero boundary conditions on $B =H^n/\Gamma$, where $H^n$ is $n$-dimensional hyperbolic space ($n>1$...
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Laplace-Beltrami of the Gauss map
Let $M$ be a surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$ given by a regular chart, say $X:M \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^3$, with its first fundamental form $g$, Gauss map $N$, Gaussian curvature $K$ and mean curvature $...
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Spectral theory of differential forms over a circle bundle
Here is the set up : I consider the unitary tangent bundle of a surface $(S,g)$ endowed with the Sasakian metric ; $(T^1S, g_s)$, in fact we have the following fibration :
\begin{equation*}
\mathbb{...
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Worst-Case Solution to (Stochastic) Matrix Inequality
EDIT: Some specific conjectures added.
This problem comes with an associated stochastic process, but I phrase everything as linear algebra in case somebody from a non-probability community has seen ...
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Effect of removing a Hamiltonian cycle on the Laplacian spectrum
Notation: $\lambda_{\max}(G)$ is the largest eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix of the graph $G$ (aka the Laplacian index of $G$).
Now suppose $G$ is a Hamiltonian graph with Hamiltonian cycle $C$.
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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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Bound on the magnitude of the entries of the Laplacian pseudo-inverse
Let $L$ be the laplacian matrix of a connected graph $G$ with real positive weights and $N$ vertices, or that can be assumed to have binary weights for simplicity.My goal is to bound $\Vert L^+\Vert_{\...
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The existence of a positive Green function for the Laplacian on $\mathbb R$
One can show explicitly and easily that the function $G(x,y) = \frac 1 2 |x-y|$ is a positive Green function for the Laplacian $\frac {\mathrm d ^2} {\mathrm d x ^2}$ on $\mathbb R$ (endowed with the ...
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Max-cut from Laplacian
(This question seems like very standard material for those well-versed in the subject. I thought I would get a quick answer from Math stackexchange, but to no avail.)
Given a weighted graph with $n$ ...
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Dimension of Laplacian eigenspaces along a smooth 1-parameter family of metrics
Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, $n \geq 2$. For a smooth 1-parameter family $g_t$, $t \in (-\varepsilon, \varepsilon)$, of Riemannian metrics on $M$ with $g_0 = g$, let $\lambda_k(t)$, $...
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A question about Gauss-Green formula - a weaker assumption
The question I have in mind is the following: how can we prove that for any $v\in H^1(\Omega)$ and for any $u\in H^1(\Omega)$ with $\Delta u\in L^2(\Omega)$ the Gauss-Green identity takes place
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Largest eigenvalue of a Laplacian matrix to lower bound the prime counting function?
Let $L_n$ be the Laplacian matrix of the undirected graph $G_n = (V_n, E_n)$ (which is defined here: Why is this bipartite graph a partial cube, if it is? ) with sorted spectrum:
$$\lambda_1 (G_n) \ge ...
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Interpreting the Higher-order Hodge-Laplace Operator
As an operator on functions, one intuitive way to think about the Laplacian seems to be as an operator that returns the average difference between a function's value at a point and the values of its ...