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Distinguishing co-spectral quantum graphs by scattering

Spectral Theory 2023-03-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We propose a simple method for resolution of co-spectrality of Schr\"odinger operators on metric graphs. Our approach consists of attaching a lead to them and comparing the SS-functions of the corresponding scattering problems on these (non-compact) graphs. We show that in several cases -- including general graphs on at most 6 vertices, general trees on at most 9 vertices, and general fuzzy balls -- eigenvalues and scattering data are together sufficient to distinguish co-spectral metric graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2211.05465,
  title  = {Distinguishing co-spectral quantum graphs by scattering},
  author = {Delio Mugnolo and Vyacheslav Pivovarchik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.05465},
  year   = {2023}
}
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