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Finite element method to solve the spectral problem for arbitrary self-adjoint extensions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on manifolds with a boundary

Numerical Analysis 2017-08-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A numerical scheme to compute the spectrum of a large class of self-adjoint extensions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on manifolds with boundary in any dimension is presented. The algorithm is based on the characterisation of a large class of self-adjoint extensions of Laplace-Beltrami operators in terms of their associated quadratic forms. The convergence of the scheme is proved. A two-dimensional version of the algorithm is implemented effectively and several numerical examples are computed showing that the algorithm treats in a unified way a wide variety of boundary conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1606.02329,
  title  = {Finite element method to solve the spectral problem for arbitrary self-adjoint extensions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on manifolds with a boundary},
  author = {A. López-Yela and J. M. Pérez-Pardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.02329},
  year   = {2017}
}

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