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In this paper, we study equations driven by a non-local integrodifferential operator $\mathcal{L}_K$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. More precisely, we study the problem \[ \begin{aligned} &- \mathcal{L}_K u + V(x)u =…

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…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, $n\ge 2$, be a 1-sided chord-arc domain, that is, a domain which satisfies interior Corkscrew and Harnack Chain conditions (these are respectively scale-invariant/quantitative versions of the openness…

Let $u$ be the first Dirichlet Laplacian eigenfunction of a bounded convex set $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$. We strengthen the classical result by Brascamp-Lieb which asserts that $u$ is logconcave in $\Omega$: we prove that, if $u$ is…

We consider an eigenvalue problem for a divergence form elliptic operator $A_\epsilon$ with high contrast periodic coefficients with period $\epsilon$ in each coordinate, where $\epsilon$ is a small parameter. The coefficients are perturbed…

This paper deals with the eigenvalue problem for the operator $L=-\Delta -x\cdot \nabla $ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We are interested in proving the existence of a set minimizing any eigenvalue $\lambda_k$ of $L$ under a suitable…

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact, smooth Riemannian manifold and $\{u_h\}$ be a sequence of $L^2$-normalized Laplace eigenfunctions that has a localized defect measure $\mu$ in the sense that $ M \setminus \text{supp}(\pi_* \mu) \neq \emptyset$…

Given a bounded open set $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (or a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary), and a partition of $\Omega$ by $k$ open sets $\omega_j$, we consider the quantity $\max_j \lambda(\omega_j)$, where $\lambda(\omega_j)$ is…

Let $\Omega$ be a piecewise-smooth, bounded convex domain in $\R^2$ and consider $L^2$-normalized Neumann eigenfunctions $\phi_{\lambda}$ with eigenvalue $\lambda^2$. Our main result is a small-scale {\em non-concentration} estimate: We…

We prove new, sharp, wavenumber-explicit bounds on the norms of the Helmholtz single- and double-layer boundary-integral operators as mappings from $L^2(\partial \Omega)\rightarrow H^1(\partial \Omega)$ (where $\partial\Omega$ is the…

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…

In this article, we consider eigenfunctions $u$ of the bi-harmonic operator, i.e., $\triangle^2u=\lambda^2u$ on $\Omega$ with some homogeneous linear boundary conditions. We assume that $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq2$) is a…

Let $u$ be a weak solution of $ (-\Delta)^m u=f $ with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$. Then, the main goal of this paper is to prove the following a priori estimate: $$…

Bounds are obtained for the efficiency or mean to peak ratio $E(\Omega)$ for the first Dirichlet eigenfunction (positive) for open, connected sets $\Omega$ with finite measure in Euclidean space $\R^m$. It is shown that (i) localisation…

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete manifold of nonpositive scalar curvature, let $\Omega\subset M$ be a suitable domain, and let $\lambda(\Omega)$ be the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\Omega$. We prove several…

Let $e_\l(x)$ be an eigenfunction with respect to the Dirichlet Laplacian $\Delta_N$ on a compact Riemannian manifold $N$ with boundary: $\Delta_N e_\l=\l^2 e_\l$ in the interior of $N$ and $e_\l=0$ on the boundary of $N$. We show the…

Let $\Delta_{\Omega_\varepsilon}$ be the Dirichlet Laplacian in the domain $\Omega_\varepsilon:=\Omega\setminus\left(\cup_i D_{i \varepsilon}\right)$. Here $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\{D_{i \varepsilon}\}_{i}$ is a family of tiny…

Let $(S^2,g)$ be a convex surface of revolution and $H \subset S^2$ the unique rotationally invariant geodesic. Let $\varphi^\ell_m$ be the orthonormal basis of joint eigenfunctions of $\Delta_g$ and $\partial_\theta$, the generator of the…

The spectral properties of a class of non-selfadjoint second order elliptic operators with indefinite weight functions on unbounded domains $\Omega$ are investigated. It is shown that under an abstract regularity assumption the nonreal…

Let -\Delta denote the Dirichlet Laplace operator on a bounded open set in \mathbb{R}^d. We study the sum of the negative eigenvalues of the operator -h^2 \Delta - 1 in the semiclassical limit h \to 0+. We give a new proof that yields not…