Spectral Theory
The spectral gap of the Neumann and Dirichlet Laplacians are each known to have a sharp positive lower bound among convex domains of a given diameter. Between these cases, for each positive value of the Robin parameter an analogous sharp…
We prove a sharp isoperimetric inequality for the second nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian on $S^m$. For $S^{2}$, the second nonzero eigenvalue becomes maximal as the surface degenerates to two disjoint spheres, by a result of…
We study Jacobi matrices on star-like graphs, which are graphs that are given by the pasting of a finite number of half-lines to a compact graph. Specifically, we extend subordinacy theory to this type of graphs, that is, we find a…
We work on the boundary $\partial M_\tau$ of a Grauert tube of a closed, real analytic Riemannian manifold $M$. The Toeplitz operator $\Pi_\tau D_{\sqrt{\rho}} \Pi_\tau$ associated to the Reeb vector field is a positive, self-adjoint,…
In this work, the Dirac-type integro di{\S}erential system with one classical boundary condition and another nonlocal integral boundary condition is considered. We obtain the asymptotic formulae for the solutions, eigenvalues and nodal…
In this paper, we consider an unbounded selfadjoint operator $A$ and its selfadjoint perturbations in the same Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. As S.Albeverio and P. Kurosov (2000), we call a selfadjoint operator $A_{1}$ the singular…
We prove that limit-periodic Dirac operators generically have spectra of zero Lebesgue measure and that a dense set of them have spectra of zero Hausdorff dimension. The proof combines ideas of Avila from a Schr\"odinger setting with a new…
We consider non-self-adjoint operators in Hilbert spaces of the form $H=H_0+CWC$, where $H_0$ is self-adjoint, $W$ is bounded and $C$ is a metric operator, $C$ bounded and relatively compact with respect to $H_0$. We suppose that…
In this article we will explore Dirichlet Laplace eigenvalues on balls on spherically symmetric manifolds. We will compare any Dirichlet Laplace eigenvalue with the corresponding Dirichlet Laplace eigenvalue on balls in Euclidean space with…
We study ergodic Schr\"odinger operators defined over product dynamical systems in which one factor is periodic and the other factor is either a subshift over a finite alphabet or an irrational rotation of the circle. In the case in which…
Experimentally observed magnetic fields with nanoscale variations are theoretically modeled by a piece-wise constant function with jump discontinuity along a smooth curve, the magnetic edge. Assuming the edge is a closed curve with an axis…
The relationship between linear relations and matrix pencils is investigated. Given a linear relation, we introduce its Weyr characteristic. If the linear relation is the range (or the kernel) representation of a given matrix pencil, we…
For a tuple of square matrices $A_1,...,A_n$ the determinantal hypersurface is defined as \begin{eqnarray*} &\sigma(A_1,...,A_n)= \\ &\Big\{[x_1:\cdots :x_n]\in \C{\mathbb P}^{n-1}: det(x_1A_1+\cdots +x_nA_n)=0\Big \}. \end{eqnarray*} In…
The Hecke operator associated with the Quaquaversal tiling, a highly anisotropic tiling introduced by Conway and Radin, is shown to have a real spectrum. Answering a question of Draco, Sadun, and Van Wieren. We also explicitly compute about…
This article deals with the spectral analysis of the semiclassical Neumann magnetic Laplacian on a smooth bounded domain in dimension three. When the magnetic field is constant and in the semiclassical limit, we establish a four-term…
In this work we study statistical properties of graph-based clustering algorithms that rely on the optimization of balanced graph cuts, the main example being the optimization of Cheeger cuts. We consider proximity graphs built from data…
We prove a general result on presentations of finitely-generated algebras and apply it to obtain nice presentations for some noncommutative algebras arising in the matrix bispectral problem. By "nice presentation" we mean a presentation…
In this work we consider the Anderson model on $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z}^d)$ when the single site distribution (SSD) is given by $\mu_1 * \mu_2$, where $\mu_1$ is the Cauchy distribution and $\mu_2$ is any probability measure. For this model we…
In this paper, we study the upper bounds for discrete Steklov eigenvalues on trees via geometric quantities. For a finite tree, we prove sharp upper bounds for the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue by the reciprocal of the size of the…
In this survey, we give an introduction to and proof of the gap labelling theorem for discrete one-dimensional ergodic Schr\"odinger operators via the Schwartzman homomorphism. To keep the paper relatively self-contained, we include…