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Cospectral trees indistinguishable by scattering

Mathematical Physics 2024-08-06 v1 math.MP

Abstract

Let v_1 and v_2 be two distinct vertices of a tree T_0. Let \phi_N^{(i)} (i=1,2) be the characteristic functions of the Sturm-Liouville problem on T_0 rooted at v_i with Neumann conditions at the root and let \phi_D^{(i)} (i=1,2) be the characteristic functions of the Sturm-Liouville problem on T_0 with Dirichlet conditions at the root. We prove that if attaching any tree to T_0 at the vertices v_1 and v_2 leads to cospectral trees and d(v_1)=d(v_2) then \phi_N(\lambda)^{(1)}\equiv \phi_N(\lambda)^{(2)} and \phi_D(\lambda)^{(1)}\equiv \phi_D(\lambda)^{(1)} (which means that the scattering is the same at v_1 and v_2).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2408.01995,
  title  = {Cospectral trees indistinguishable by scattering},
  author = {Mats-Erik Pistol and Vyacheslav Pivovarchik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.01995},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

10 pages, 6 figures

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