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We study the analogue of polynomials (solutions to $\Delta^{n+1} u =0$ for some $n$) on the Sierpinski gasket ($SG$) with respect to a family of symmetric, self-similar Laplacians constructed by Fang, King, Lee, and Strichartz, extending…

We develop eigenvalue estimates for the Laplacians on discrete and metric graphs using different types of boundary conditions at the vertices of the metric graph. Via an explicit correspondence of the equilateral metric and discrete graph…

We consider a magnetic Laplacian $-\Delta_A=(id+A)^\star (id+A)$ on a noncompact hyperbolic surface $\mM $ with finite area. $A$ is a real one-form and the magnetic field $dA$ is constant in each cusp. When the harmonic component of $A$…

The p-Laplace equation $$ \n \cdot (|\n u|^n \n u)=0 \whereA n>0, $$ in a bounded domain $\O \subset \re^2$, with inhomogeneous Dirichlet conditions on the smooth boundary $\p \O$ is considered. In addition, there is a finite collection of…

The purpose of this article is to approximately compute the eigenvalues of the symmetric Dirichlet Laplacian within an interval $(0,\Lambda)$. A novel domain decomposition Ritz method, partition of unity condensed pole interpolation method,…

This work is devoted to the study of the boundary value problem \begin{eqnarray}\nonumber (-1)^\alpha \Delta^\alpha u = (-1)^k S_k[u] + \lambda f, \qquad x &\in& \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N, \\ \nonumber u = \partial_n u = \partial_n^2 u =…

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian with mixed Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. For a certain class of bounded, simply connected planar domains we prove monotonicity properties of the first eigenfunction. As a…

We prove explicit and sharp eigenvalue estimates for Neumann $p$-Laplace eigenvalues in domains that admit a representation in Fermi coordinates. More precisely, if $\gamma$ denotes a non-closed curve in $\mathbb{R}^2$ symmetric with…

We obtain new lower bounds for the first non-zero eigenvalue of the scalar sub-Laplacian for 3-Sasaki metrics, improving Lichnerowicz-Obata type estimates by Ivanov et al. The limiting eigenspace is fully decribed in terms of the…

In the present paper, we establish a multiplicity result for a following class of nonlocal Neumann eigenvalue problems involving the fractional p-Laplacian. \begin{align} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^{s}_{p}u + a(x) \abs{u}^{p-2}u =\lambda…

In this work, we investigate the spectral problem $Au = {\lambda}u$ where $A$ is a fractional elliptic operator involving left- and right-sided Riemann-Liouville derivatives. These operators are nonlocal and nonsymmetric, however, share…

In this paper, we study the optimization of the first Laplacian eigenvalue on axisymmetric doubly connected domains under positive Robin boundary conditions. Under additional geometric constraints, we prove that spherical shells maximize…

We study the eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet Laplacian in bounded simply connected plane domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}$ using conformal transformations of the original problem to the weighted eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet…

We prove sharp bounds on eigenvalues of the Laplacian that complement the Faber--Krahn and Luttinger inequalities. In particular, we prove that the ball maximizes the first eigenvalue and minimizes the spectral zeta function and heat trace.…

The magnetic Laplacian on a planar domain under a strong constant magnetic field has eigenvalues close to the Landau levels. We study the case when the domain is a disc and the spectrum consists of branches of eigenvalues of one dimensional…

The oscillation of a Laplacian eigenfunction gives a great deal of information about the manifold on which it is defined. This oscillation can be encoded in the nodal deficiency, an important geometric quantity that is notoriously hard to…

We study the limiting behavior of eigenfunctions/eigenvalues of the Laplacian of a family of Riemannian metrics that degenerates on a hypersurface. Our results generalize earlier work concerning the degeneration of hyperbolic surfaces.

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