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Shape sensitivity analysis of Neumann-Poincar\'e eigenvalues

Analysis of PDEs 2025-04-02 v1 Optimization and Control Spectral Theory

Abstract

This paper concerns the eigenvalues of the Neumann-Poincar\'e operator, a boundary integral operator associated with the harmonic double-layer potential. Specifically, we examine how the eigenvalues depend on the support of integration and prove that the map associating the support's shape to the eigenvalues is real-analytic. We then compute its first derivative and present applications of the resulting formula. The proposed method allows for handling infinite-dimensional perturbation parameters for multiple eigenvalues and perturbations that are not necessarily in the normal direction.

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@article{arxiv.2504.00696,
  title  = {Shape sensitivity analysis of Neumann-Poincar\'e eigenvalues},
  author = {Matteo Dalla Riva and Pier Domenico Lamberti and Paolo Luzzini and Paolo Musolino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.00696},
  year   = {2025}
}
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