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Asymptotics of Robin eigenvalues on sharp infinite cones

Spectral Theory 2023-09-06 v3 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let ωRn\omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n be a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary. For ε>0\varepsilon>0 and nNn\in\mathbb{N} consider the infinite cone Ωε:={(x1,x)(0,)×Rn:xεx1ω}Rn+1\Omega_{\varepsilon}:=\big\{(x_1,x')\in (0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^n: x'\in\varepsilon x_1\omega\big\}\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1} and the operator QεαQ_{\varepsilon}^{\alpha} acting as the Laplacian uΔuu\mapsto-\Delta u on Ωε\Omega_{\varepsilon} with the Robin boundary condition νu=αu\partial_\nu u=\alpha u at Ωε\partial\Omega_\varepsilon, where ν\partial_\nu is the outward normal derivative and α>0\alpha>0. We look at the dependence of the eigenvalues of QεαQ_\varepsilon^\alpha on the parameter ε\varepsilon: this problem was previously addressed for n=1n=1 only (in that case, the only admissible ω\omega are finite intervals). In the present work we consider arbitrary dimensions n2n\ge2 and arbitrarily shaped "cross-sections" ω\omega and look at the spectral asymptotics as ε\varepsilon becomes small, i.e. as the cone becomes "sharp" and collapses to a half-line. It turns out that the main term of the asymptotics of individual eigenvalues is determined by the single geometric quantity Nω:=Voln1ωVolnωN_\omega:=\dfrac{\mathrm{Vol}_{n-1} \partial\omega }{\mathrm{Vol}_n \omega}. More precisely, for any fixed jNj\in \mathbb{N} and α>0\alpha>0 the jjth eigenvalue Ej(Qεα)E_j(Q^\alpha_\varepsilon) of QεαQ^\alpha_\varepsilon exists for all sufficiently small ε>0\varepsilon>0 and satisfies Ej(Qεα)=Nω2α2(2j+n2)2ε2+O(1ε)E_j(Q^\alpha_\varepsilon)=-\dfrac{N_\omega^2\,\alpha^2}{(2j+n-2)^2\,\varepsilon^2}+O\left(\dfrac{1}{\varepsilon}\right) as ε0+\varepsilon\to 0^+. The paper also covers some aspects of Sobolev spaces on infinite cones, which can be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.2203.11093,
  title  = {Asymptotics of Robin eigenvalues on sharp infinite cones},
  author = {Konstantin Pankrashkin and Marco Vogel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.11093},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

31 pages. First Update: The paper is rewritten almost completely. Now it covers arbitrary Lipschitz cross-sections (and not only balls), and more attention is paid to various aspects related to Sobolev spaces. Second Update: Proofs of auxiliary results have been moved to the appendix, for readability purposes. A remark regarding the decay of eigenfunctions has been made at the end of section 4

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