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We consider two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators in bounded domains. We analyze relations between nodal domains of eigenfunctions, spectral minimal partitions and spectral properties of the corresponding operator. The main results…

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We obtain an upper bound on the lowest magnetic Neumann eigenvalue of a bounded, convex, smooth, planar domain with moderate intensity of the homogeneous magnetic field. This bound is given as a product of a purely geometric factor…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Ayman Kachmar , Vladimir Lotoreichik

We consider the Laplacian on a metric graph, equipped with Robin ($\delta$-type) vertex condition at some of the graph vertices and Neumann-Kirchhoff condition at all others. The corresponding eigenvalues are called Robin eigenvalues,…

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We investigate the behavior of eigenvalues for a magnetic Aharonov-Bohm operator with half-integer circulation and Dirichlet boundary conditions in a planar domain. We provide sharp asymptotics for eigenvalues as the pole is moving in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-29 Laura Abatangelo , Veronica Felli

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, smooth domain of $\mathbb R^N$, $N\ge 2$. In this paper, we prove some inequalities involving the first Robin eigenvalue of the $p$-laplacian operator. In particular, we prove an upper bound for the first Robin…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Rosa Barbato , Francesco Della Pietra

Let $M$ be a compact connected smooth manifold with smooth boundary, and let $\rho$ be a positive continuous function on the boundary which is served as the Robin parameter. In this paper, we study three problems concerning the prescription…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Xiang He , Zuoqin Wang

We study the principal Dirichlet eigenfunction $\varphi_U$ when the domain $U$ is a perturbation of a bounded inner uniform domain in a strictly local regular Dirichlet space. We prove that if $U$ is suitably contained in between two inner…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Brian Chao , Laurent Saloff-Coste

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.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-06-13 Richard Laugesen , Bartlomiej Siudeja

We prove that the real parts of equivariant (but non-invariant) eigenfunctions of generic bundle metrics on nontrivial principal $S^1$ bundles over manifolds of any dimension have connected nodal sets and exactly 2 nodal domains. This…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Junehyuk Jung , Steve Zelditch

Nodal sets of eigenfunctions of elliptic operators on compact manifolds have been studied extensively over the past decades. In this note, we initiate the study of nodal sets of eigenfunctions of hypoelliptic operators on compact manifolds,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-20 Suresh Eswarathasan , Cyril Letrouit

We introduce an analogue of Payne's nodal line conjecture, which asserts that the nodal (zero) set of any eigenfunction associated with the second eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian on a bounded planar domain should reach the boundary of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-03 J. B. Kennedy

The article provides proofs for the regularity of Dirac eigenfunctions, subject to MIT boundary conditions employed on various types of open sets ranging from smooth ones to convex polygons in two dimensions, as well as on half-space and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-27 Tuyen Vu

For a family of elliptic operators with periodically oscillating coefficients, $-\text{div}( A(\cdot/\varepsilon) \nabla) $ with tiny $\varepsilon>0$, we comprehensively study the first-order expansions of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions…

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Let $P$ be a bounded $n$-dimensional Lipschitz polytope, and let $\varphi_{\lambda}$ be a Dirichlet Laplace eigenfunction in $P$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda$. We show that the $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure of the nodal…

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The question of unique continuation of harmonic functions in a domain $\Omega$ $\subset$ R d with boundary $\partial$$\Omega$, satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions and with normal derivatives vanishing on a subset $\omega$ of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-28 Nicolas Burq , Claude Zuily

We study the spectrum of the Robin Laplacian with a complex Robin parameter $\alpha$ on a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$. We start by establishing a number of properties of the corresponding operator, such as generation properties, local…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Sabine Bögli , James B. Kennedy , Robin Lang

The main purpose of this paper is to prove a sharp Sobolev inequality in an exterior of a convex bounded domain. There are two ingredients in the proof: One is the observation of some new isoperimetric inequalities with partial free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Meijun Zhu

We consider Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators associated to $\Delta+q$ on a Lipschitz domain in a smooth manifold, where $q$ is an $L^{\infty}$ potential. We prove a Courant-type bound for the nodal count of the extensions $u_k$ of the $k$th…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-09 Asma Hassannezhad , David Sher

In this paper we study the behavior of the solutions to the Robin problem in bounded $1$-sided NTA domains with Ahlfors-David regular boundary, generalizing the results of \cite{DavDEMM} to the case of a non constant Robin parameter. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Svitlana Mayboroda , Alberto Pacati

In this paper we establish well posedness of the Neumann problem with boundary data in $L^2$ or the Sobolev space $\dot W^2_{-1}$, in the half space, for linear elliptic differential operators with coefficients that are constant in the…

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