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Using the spectral decomposition of the Laplace-Beltrami operator we simulate fractal surfaces as random series of eigenfunctions. This approach allows us to generate random fields over smooth manifolds of arbitrary dimension, generalizing…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Zachary Gelbaum , Mathew Titus

In this paper, we solve the fractional anisotropic Calder\'on problem with external data in the Euclidean space, in dimensions two and higher, for smooth Riemannian metrics that agree with the Euclidean metric outside a compact set.…

The question whether one can recover the shape of a geometric object from its Laplacian spectrum ('hear the shape of the drum') is a classical problem in spectral geometry with a broad range of implications and applications. While…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Luca Cosmo , Mikhail Panine , Arianna Rampini , Maks Ovsjanikov , Michael M. Bronstein , Emanuele Rodolà

Rapidly developing machine learning methods has stimulated research interest in computationally reconstructing differential equations (DEs) from observational data which may provide additional insight into underlying causative mechanisms.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Mingtao Xia , Xiangting Li , Qijing Shen , Tom Chou

A proof of the optimality of the eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator (LBO) in representing smooth functions on surfaces is provided and adapted to the field of applied shape and data analysis. It is based on the Courant-Fischer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Yonathan Aflalo , Haim Brezis , Ron Kimmel

Eigenvalue problems are fundamental to mathematics and science. We present a simple algorithm for determining eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace--Beltrami operator on rather general curved surfaces. Our algorithm, which is based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Colin B. Macdonald , Jeremy Brandman , Steven J. Ruuth

Exploring the relationship between geometry and the resonant frequencies of a shape is of interest to pure and applied mathematicians. These resonant frequencies are related to the spectrum of the Laplacian, a partial differential operator.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Neal Coleman

Eigendecomposition of the Laplace-Beltrami operator is instrumental for a variety of applications from physics to data science. We develop a numerical method of computation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-21 Jackson C. Turner , Elena Cherkaev , Dong Wang

An operator theoretic approach to orthogonal rational functions on the unit circle with poles in its exterior is presented in this paper. This approach is based on the identification of a suitable matrix representation of the multiplication…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Luis Velazquez

We introduce a derived enhancement of local Galois deformation rings that we call the "spectral Hecke algebra", in analogy to a construction in the Geometric Langlands program. This is a Hecke algebra that acts on the spectral side of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Tony Feng

The Exterior-Interior duality expresses a deep connection between the Laplace spectrum in bounded and connected domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$, and the scattering matrices in the exterior of the domains. Here, this link is extended to the study…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Uzy Smilansky

Spectral methods are widely used in geometry processing of 3D models. They rely on the projection of the mesh geometry on the basis defined by the eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian operator, becoming computationally prohibitive as the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-08 Gerasimos Arvanitis , Aris S. Lalos , Konstantinos Moustakas

We present a new method to approximate the Neumann spectrum of a Laplacian on a fractal K in the plane as a renormalized limit of the Neumann spectra of the standard Laplacian on a sequence of domains that approximate K from the outside.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-11 Tyrus Berry , Steven M. Heilman , Robert S. Strichartz

Fueled by many applications in random processes, imaging science, geophysics, etc., fractional Laplacians have recently received significant attention. The key driving force behind the success of this operator is its ability to capture…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Harbir Antil , Patrick Dondl , Ludwig Striet

It is shown that eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operators on compact Riemannian manifolds can be determined as limits of eigenvalues of certain finite-dimensional operators in spaces of polyharmonic functions with singularities. In…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-21 Isaac Z. Pesenson

We numerically examine the exterior solution of spherically symmetric and static configuration in scalar-tensor theories by using the nonminimally coupled scalar field with zero potential as our sample model. Our main purpose in this work…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-20 A. Savaş Arapoğlu , Sermet Çağan , A. Emrah Yükselci

The discrete Laplace operator is ubiquitous in spectral shape analysis, since its eigenfunctions are provably optimal in representing smooth functions defined on the surface of the shape. Indeed, subspaces defined by its eigenfunctions have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Yoni Choukroun , Gautam Pai , Ron Kimmel

We develop in this work the first polytopal complexes of differential forms. These complexes, inspired by the Discrete De Rham and the Virtual Element approaches, are discrete versions of the de Rham complex of differential forms built on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Francesco Bonaldi , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Jerome Droniou , Kaibo Hu

Given i.i.d. observations uniformly distributed on a closed submanifold of the Euclidean space, we study higher-order generalizations of graph Laplacians, so-called Hodge Laplacians on graphs, as approximations of the Laplace-Beltrami…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Jan-Paul Lerch , Martin Wahl

We extend the theory of exterior differential systems from manifolds and their tangent bundles to Lie algebroids. In particular, we define the concept of an integral manifold of such an exterior differential system. We support our…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Tom Mestdag , Kenzo Yasaka