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We consider the problem of geometric optimization for the lowest eigenvalue of the two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator with an attractive $\delta'$-interaction of a fixed strength, the support of which is a $C^2$-smooth contour. Under…
We consider the problem of geometric optimization of the lowest eigenvalue for the Laplacian on a compact, simply-connected two-dimensional manifold with boundary subject to an attractive Robin boundary condition. We prove that in the…
We consider the spectral problem for a family of $N$ point interactions of the same strength confined to a manifold with a rotational symmetry, a circle or a sphere, and ask for configurations that optimize the ground state energy of the…
We discuss the spectral properties of singular Schr\"odinger operators in three dimensions with the interaction supported by an equilateral star, finite or infinite. In the finite case the discrete spectrum is nonempty if the star arms are…
We consider the self-adjoint two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $H_\mu$ associated with the differential expression $-\Delta -\mu$ describing a particle exposed to an attractive interaction given by a measure $\mu$ supported in a closed…
We consider the problem of geometric optimization for the lowest eigenvalue of the two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator with an attractive $\delta$-interaction of a fixed strength, the support of which is a star graph with finitely many…
This paper deals with eigenvalue optimization problems for a family of natural Schr\"odinger operators arising in some geometrical or physical contexts. These operators, whose potentials are quadratic in curvature, are considered on closed…
In this note we investigate three-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with $\delta$-interactions supported on $C^2$-smooth cones, both finite and infinite. Our main results concern a Faber-Krahn-type inequality for the principal eigenvalue…
We investigate relations between spectral properties of a single-centre point-interaction Hamiltonian describing a particle confined to a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d},\: d=2,3$, with Dirichlet boundary, and the geometry of…
We study a class of delta-like perturbations of the Laplacian on the half-line, characterized by Robin boundary conditions at the origin. Using the formalism of nonstandard analysis, we derive a simple connection with a suitable family of…
We demonstrate how to approximate one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with $\delta$-interaction by a Neumann Laplacian on a narrow waveguide-like domain. Namely, we consider a domain consisting of a straight strip and a small…
We are concerned with the dependence of the lowest positive eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on the geometry of rectangles, subject to infinite-mass boundary conditions. We conjecture that the square is a global minimiser both under the…
In this paper we deal with spectral optimization for the Robin Laplacian on a family of planar domains admitting parallel coordinates, namely a fixed-width strip built over a smooth closed curve and the exterior of a convex set with a…
The main objective of this paper is to systematically develop a spectral and scattering theory for selfadjoint Schr\"odinger operators with $\delta$-interactions supported on closed curves in $\mathbb R^3$. We provide bounds for the number…
We study a shape optimization problem associated with the first eigenvalue of a nonlinear spectral problem involving a mixed operator ($p-$Laplacian and Laplacian) with a constraint on the volume. First, we prove the existence of a…
We obtain new Faber-Krahn-type inequalities for certain perturbations of the Dirichlet Laplacian on a bounded domain. First, we establish a two- and three-dimensional Faber-Krahn inequality for the Schr\"odinger operator with point…
We consider the Laplace operator on a triangle, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. We prove that the equilateral triangle is a local maximiser of the lowest eigenvalue among all triangles of a given area provided that the…
We investigate Schr\"odinger operators with \delta- and \delta'-interactions supported on hypersurfaces, which separate the Euclidean space into finitely many bounded and unbounded Lipschitz domains. It turns out that the combinatorial…
We consider the problem of geometric optimisation of the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian in the exterior of a compact set in any dimension, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. As an improvement upon our previous work…
For every given $\beta<0$, we study the problem of maximizing the first Robin eigenvalue of the Laplacian $\lambda_\beta(\Omega)$ among convex (not necessarily smooth) sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{S}^{n}$ with fixed perimeter. In particular,…