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{\AA} Pleijel has proved that in the case of the Laplacian on the square with Neumann condition, the equality in the Courant nodal theorem (Courant sharp situation) can only be true for a finite number of eigenvalues. We identify five…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-20 Bernard Helffer , Mikael Persson Sundqvist

This paper is devoted to the refine analysis of Courant's theorem for the Dirichlet Laplacian. Many papers (and some of them quite recent) have investigated in which cases this inequality in Courant's theorem is an equality: Pleijel,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Bernard Helffer , Rola Kiwan

In this paper, we show that equality in Courant's nodal domain theorem can only be reached for a finite number of eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian, in the case of an open, bounded and connected set in R n with a C 1,1 boundary. This…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-15 Corentin Léna

We prove the Pleijel theorem in non-collapsed RCD spaces, providing an asymptotic upper bound on the number of nodal domains of Laplacian eigenfunctions. As a consequence, we obtain that the Courant nodal domain theorem holds except at most…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Nicolò De Ponti , Sara Farinelli , Ivan Yuri Violo

We consider the eigenvalues of the Laplacian on an open, bounded, connected set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $C^2$ boundary, with a Neumann boundary condition or a Robin boundary condition. We obtain upper bounds for those eigenvalues that have a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Katie Gittins , Corentin Léna

In this paper, we determine, in the case of the Laplacian on the flat two-dimensional torus (R/Z) 2 , all the eigenvalues having an eigenfunction which satisfies Courant's theorem with equality (Courant-sharp situation). Following the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Corentin Léna

In this paper, we determine, in the case of the Laplacian on the flat three-dimensional torus $(\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})^3$, all the eigenvalues having an eigenfunction which satisfies the Courant nodal domains theorem with equality…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-11-16 Corentin Léna

The paper addresses the the number of nodal domains for eigenfunctions of Schr\"{o}dinger operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions in bounded domains. In dimension one, the $n$th eigenfunction has $n$ nodal domains. The Courant Theorem…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Gregory Berkolaiko , Peter Kuchment , Uzy Smilansky

We consider the Courant-sharp eigenvalues of the Robin Laplacian for bounded, connected, open sets in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \geq 2$, with Lipschitz boundary. We prove Pleijel's theorem which implies that there are only finitely many…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Katie Gittins , Asma Hassannezhad , Corentin Léna , David Sher

In this paper, we successfully establish a Courant-type nodal domain theorem for both the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem and the closed eigenvalue problem of the Witten-Laplacian. Moreover, we also characterize the properties of the nodal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Ruifeng Chen , Jing Mao , Chuanxi Wu

This article is the continuation of our first work on the determination of the cases where there is equality in Courant's Nodal Domain theorem in the case of a Robin boundary condition (with Robin parameter $h$). For the square, our first…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Katie Gittins , Bernard Helffer

This paper is devoted to the determination of the cases where there is equality in Courant's nodal domain theorem in the case of a Robin boundary condition. For the square, we partially extend the results that were obtained by Pleijel,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-11 Katie Gittins , Bernard Helffer

We find the Courant-sharp Neumann eigenvalues of the Laplacian on some 2-rep-tile domains. In $\R^{2}$ the domains we consider are the isosceles right triangle and the rectangle with edge ratio $\sqrt{2}$ (also known as the A4 paper). In…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-12-07 Ram Band , Michael Bersudsky , David Fajman

We study the structure of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on quantum graphs, with a particular focus on Morse eigenfunctions via nodal and Neumann domains. Building on Courant-type arguments, we establish upper bounds for the number of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Luís Baptista , Matthias Hofmann

We are interested in the number of nodal domains of eigenfunctions of sub-Laplacians on sub-Riemannian manifolds. Specifically, we investigate the validity of Pleijel's theorem, which states that, as soon as the dimension is strictly larger…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Rupert L. Frank , Bernard Helffer

Let $(M, g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold, where g is $C^1$-smooth metric. Consider the sequence of eigenfunctions $u_k$ of the Laplace operator on M. Let $B$ be a ball on $M$. We prove a sharp estimate of the number of nodal domains of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-06 S. Chanillo , A. Logunov , E. Malinnikova , D. Mangoubi

We are concerned in this paper with the real eigenfunctions of Schr\"odinger operators. We prove an asymptotic upper bound for the number of their nodal domains, which implies in particular that the inequality stated in Courant's theorem is…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Philippe Charron , Corentin Léna

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d\,, d\geq 2$, be a bounded open set, and denote by $\lambda\_j(\Omega), j\geq 1$, the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian arranged in nondecreasing order, with multiplicities. The weak form of Pleijel's…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Pierre Bérard , Bernard Helffer

We address the question of determining the eigenvalues $\lambda\_n$ (listed in nondecreasing order, with multiplicities) for which Courant's nodal domain theorem is sharp i.e., for which there exists an associated eigenfunction with $n$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Pierre Bérard , Bernard Helffer

We obtain upper bounds on the number of nodal domains of Laplace eigenfunctions on chain domains with Neumann boundary conditions. The chain domains consist of a family of planar domains, with piecewise smooth boundary, that are joined by…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Thomas Beck , Yaiza Canzani , Jeremy L. Marzuola
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