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Eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami on half sphere
Let $ \Delta_\theta$ denote the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $S^{N-1}$. The eigenvalues of this are well known. I assume the same is the case of this operator on the upperhalf sphere; say $ S^{N-...
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Steklov eigenvalue problem for a planar region bounded by ellipse
The Steklov problem for a compact planar region $\Omega$ is
\begin{cases} \Delta u =0 &\text{in $\Omega$}, \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial n} = \sigma u &\text{on $\partial \Omega$},
\end{...
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Spectral gap for the Brownian motion with drift on a compact manifold
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, $X$ a smooth vector field on $M$. Consider the Brownian motion $t\mapsto B_t$ on $M$ with drift $X$, so that its generator is $L=\Delta +X$. ...
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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 $\lambda_2(G)$.
$\textbf{Open(?) ...
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Absence of fixed points
Let $f$ be an arbitrary function in $L^2(0,\infty)$ and consider the function
$$(g_f)(y) = \frac{1}{y-x_0} \int_{0}^{\infty} f(x) \frac{xy}{(x^2+y^2+1)} \ dx$$
where $x_0$ is an arbitrary but fixed ...
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Deriving the time evolution of the reflection coefficient for 1d cubic NLS
Update: I have found that the detailed answer to my questions is contained in the book "Solitons: an introduction" by P.G. Drazin and R.S. Johnson. Generally speaking, this seems to be a great book ...
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Lower bound of the spectrum of a Schrodinger operator on a bounded domain
I am trying to look for references on estimate of the lower bound of the spectrum of a Schrodinger operator $-\Delta + V$ on a bounded domain in three-dimensional space. For simplicity, we can take ...
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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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Spectrum of Laplacian depending on boundary conditions [closed]
Consider a compact domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth boundary for simplicity. Consider the Laplacian operator with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\Omega$. It is well-known that $...
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Spectral properties of Non-local Differential operators on real line
I am encountering non-local (and nonlinear) PDEs in my work. To compute stability, I am trying to numerically estimate the spectrum of linearized-but-nonlocal version of the said PDEs.
Definition: A ...
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Numerical computation of spectrum for operators on real line with "confining potential"
I am looking to understand the conditions under which one can expect "reasonably" accurate solution to leading eigenvalues/eigenvectors of a second order differential operator posed on the real line.
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Question on expansion into Neumann eigenfunctions
Let $\Omega$ be an open bounded domain with a boundary $\partial\Omega$. Consider the following Neumann eigenvalue problem for Laplacian: find $(\phi_n,\lambda_n)\in H^1(\Omega)\times \mathbb{R}$
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Eigenvalues of Laplace operator
Assume that $(M,g)$ is a Riemannian manifold.
Is there any relation between the sequence of eigenvalues of Laplace operator acting on the space of smooth functions and the sequence of eigenvalues of ...
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Ground state has always constant sign?
Question: What hypothesis on the potential $V$ are required such that the ground state $\phi_0$ has constant sign?
Consider the Schrödinger operator in 1 dimension with potential $V$:
$$\mathcal{H}=-...
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Generalization of supersymmetry to dimension 3
in two dimensions there is a simple trick to study the spectrum of operators of the form
$$\textbf{A}:=\left( \begin{matrix}0 && A^* \\ A && 0 \end{matrix}\right)$$
The trick is to ...
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Smoothness of distributions defined by oscillation integrals
In M.A. Shubin's book Pseudodifferential Operators and Spectral Theory, we have the following statement.
Let $X\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set, and fix a symbol $a\in S_{\varrho,\delta}^m(X\...
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Laplacian dissipative?
is it true that the Laplacian $\Delta:=\frac{d^2}{dx^2}$ on $(0,1)$ with Neumann boundary conditions is dissipative on $C[0,1]?$
For this we have to show that there is for any $x \in D(\Delta)$a $x' \...
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Dissipative operator on Banach spaces
An operator $A$ is called dissipative if for all $x \in D(A)$ and $\lambda >0$
$$ \left\lVert (A-\lambda)x \right\rVert \ge \lambda \left\lVert x \right\rVert.$$
On a Hilbert space this is ...
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Self-adjointness on Banach spaces
Let $A \in L(X,Y)$ be a bounded operator between Banach spaces. Then its dual operator $A' \in L(Y',X')$ has the same spectrum as $A$ by the closed range theorem.
Now, if we have an unbounded ...
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References: spectral analysis of the Laplacian operator
I'm looking for several references on the spectral analysis of the Laplacian operator. It is such a well-known topic, but I'm a bit struggling to locate modern systematic expositions in the literature....
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Trace of integral trace-class operator
I have seen many answers to the converse question (which seems to be difficult in general), but I would like to ask the following:
Let $T: L^2 \rightarrow L^2$ be a trace-class operator that is also ...
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Which sets support which spectra?
I know (and this is of course rather elementary) that an isolated point in the spectrum of a self-adjoint operator $T$ always belongs to the point-spectrum.
I would like to ask: Are there similar ...
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Schrödinger eigenfunctions are bounded
Let $V:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+ *}$ a real positive function such that $\displaystyle \lim_{ x \to \pm\infty} V(x)= +\infty $.
Then the Schrödinger operator $H=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x)$ has ...
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Eigenvalues of elliptic operator analytic with respect to a parameter
I am interested when one can say the eigenvalues of an elliptic operator
are real analytic with respect to a parameter. In particular I have seen many people say the first eigenvalue is analytic but ...
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Exponentially weighted spaces: Effect on spectrum
My question is somewhat broad, but I do not know how to precisely state the issue. I am investigating stability of certain class of scalar PDE on $\mathbb{R}$.
Previous work in this topic has ...
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When are solutions of the Schrödinger equation radial?
Let $S$ be a nonnegative self-adjoint operator on a complex Hilbert space $X$. (For example, $X$ consists of functions on $\mathbb R^d$; it could be $L^2(\mathbb R^d), \dot{H}^2(\mathbb R^d)$, etc.)...
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Singular value decomposition in two spaces (reference in Russian paper?)
Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $X$ be a Banach space such that $H \cap X$ is dense in both.
Now, let $T$ be an operator such that $T: H \rightarrow H$ and $T:X \rightarrow X$ exists in the sense that ...
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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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Progress on isospectral plane domains
Has there been any progress on the smooth isospectral plane domains for Laplacian problem with Dirichlet data? In particular, are there known examples of domains which are isospectral to the unit ...
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The composition of a dissipative operator and a positive operator is dissipative?
Consider the following bilinear system on a open and bounded domain $\Omega$
\begin{equation}
\left\{\begin{array}{r c l}
\displaystyle\frac{dy(t)}{dt} &=& Ay(t)+u(t)By(t)\\
y(0) &...
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Can you hear the shape of a drum by choosing where to drum it?
I find the problem of hearing the shape of a drum fascinating. Specifically, given two connected subsets of $\mathbb R^2$ with piecewise-smooth boundaries (or a suitable generalization to a riemannian ...
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estimate of smallest eigenvalue of Schrodinger operator
I am looking for references on estimate of first nonzero Dirichlet eigenvalue for Schrodinger operator $-\Delta + V$, if sharp bounds exist, that would be better, here for simplicity, we can assume ...
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Bounded solutions for Schrödinger equation at the edge of the essential spectrum
Let $V:R^d\to R_+$ be with a compact support. The Schrödinger operator $H_a=-\Delta - a V$ acting in $L^2(R^d)$ has then (at most) finitely many negative eigenvalues. Denote the number of negative ...
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Commutator representation of certain smoothing operators
I have a question regarding the classical trace $\text{Tr} \colon \Psi^{-\infty}(S^1)\to \mathbb C$ on pseudodifferential operators of infinite negative order (i.e. smoothing operators), defined over ...
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Fundamental gap for Neumann BVP with potential
I am sure this is extremely well known but I have been digging a bit and I can't find what I need. Consider $B$ to be the unit ball in $ \mathbb R^N$ and consider the eigenvalue problem
\begin{cases}...
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Rellich's theorem from compact resolvent
On a compact Riemannian manifold, we know that the Laplacian $\Delta$ has compact resolvent. In proving this, one typical way is to use Rellich's theorem about the compact embedding of $H^1(M)$ into $...
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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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Limits for eigenvalues for the Dirichlet Laplacian
If $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, let $\lambda(\Omega)$ be an eigenvalue of the problem
$$
\begin{cases}
-\Delta u=\lambda u & \mbox{in }\Omega\\
u=0 & \mbox{on }\partial\...
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Analytic perturbation of eigenfunctions
Consider a domain $\Omega_0 \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, and deformations of $\Omega_0$, called $\Omega_t$, obtained by a one-to-one mapping $x \mapsto x + t\varphi (x)$, where $\varphi$ is smooth. It is ...
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Log of heat kernel for positive time
A well-known theorem by Varadhan relates the logarithm of the heat kernel on a manifold and the geodesic distance function. In particular, if $d(x,y)$ is geodesic distance from $x$ to $y$ and $p(t,x,...
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Eigenvalues of Laplacian
What's the most natural way to establish the asymptotics of $\Delta$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $N$? The asymptotics should be
$$ \#\{v < A^2\} = \mathrm{const}\ast\mathrm{...
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Is there a spectral theory approach to non-explicit Plancherel-type theorems?
Teaching graduate analysis has inspired me to think about the completeness theorem for Fourier series and the more difficult Plancherel theorem for the Fourier transform on $\mathbb{R}$. There are ...
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Reference request: Spectral analysis of advection diffusion PDE
As the title says, I am looking for a authoritative reference/monograph on this topic. My interest is in spectral properties of this PDE, and
NOT on existence/uniqueness etc. which is usually the ...
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null controllability of linear wave equation
Consider the linear wave equation :
$$z_{tt}=\Delta z + k(x) z + h(t) , \; in \; \Omega\times (0,T)$$
Are there sufficient conditions on the functions $k(x)$ and $h(t)$ for which $(z,z_t)$ vanish ...
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strong stability for the wave equation
Consider the $n-$dimensional wave equation
$$z_{tt}=\Delta z + k(x) z - \epsilon {1}_\omega z_t, \; in \; \Omega\times (0,T)$$
where $\omega\subset \Omega.$ Can I have $z(t) \to 0,$ as $t\to+\infty$ ...
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Showing a solution of elliptic PDe is non-degenerate
Dear Mathoverflowers:
I am interested in radial positive solutions of
$-\Delta u(r) = r^\alpha u(r)^p$ in the unit ball in $ R^N$ with $ u=0$ on the boundary.
Here $p>1$ and $ \alpha >0$. (...
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Definition of spectral gradient
Consider this differential operator
$$
\mathcal{H}(\phi(\mathbf{x})) = -\triangle + V(\mathbf{x})H_\epsilon (\phi(\mathbf{x}))
$$
where $\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^2$, $\phi : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \...
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Localization of Laplacian eigenfunction on the unit square?
Let A be the unit square, $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all L2-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions with Dirichlet boundary condition. Is it true that for any open subset V, $C_V = \inf\limits_k \int\...
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Sobolev norms of eigenfunctions
Let D be a domain in R^n, and let f be an eigenfunction of the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition with eigenvalue $\lambda$. Assume that f has L^2 norm 1. I want to know if I can say anything ...
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Controlling the Second Eigenvalue of a Schrödinger Operator
Consider a bounded domain $\Omega$ (with smooth boundary) in some Riemannian $n$-manifold $M^n$.
Let $L$ be the operator
$$
L=\Delta+V
$$
where $\Delta$ is the Laplace-beltrami operator on $M$ (so is ...
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