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We study Gel'fand's inverse interior spectral problem of determining a closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ and a potential function $q$ from the knowledge of the eigenvalues $\lambda_j$ of the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta_g + q$ and the…

We study the Schr\"odinger equations $-\Delta u + V(x)u = f(x,u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$ and $-\Delta u - \lambda u = f(x,u)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$. We assume that $f$ is superlinear but of subcritical growth and…

This paper is a continuation of the papers [gr-qc/9409010, gr-qc/9505034]. A revision of the Einstein equation shows that its dynamic incompleteness, contrary to a popular opinion, cannot be circumvented by so-called coordinate conditions.…

We establish new connections between integral curvature bounds and the Euler characteristic of closed Riemannian manifolds through the perspective of Schr\"odinger-type operators. Central to our approach is the twisted Dirac operator…

Let $M$ be a closed connected spin manifold such that its spinor Dirac operator has non-vanishing (Rosenberg) index. We prove that for any Riemannian metric on $V = M \times [-1,1]$ with scalar curvature bounded below by $\sigma > 0$, the…

We study wave maps from the circle to a general compact Riemannian manifold. We prove that the global controllability of this geometric equation is characterized precisely by the homotopy class of the data. As a remarkable intermediate…

In this paper we study absence of embedded eigenvalues for Schr\"odinger operators on non-compact connected Riemannian manifolds. A principal example is given by a manifold with an end (possibly more than one) in which geodesic coordinates…

We prove that if $(M, g)$ is a compact Riemannian manifold with ergodic geodesic flow, and if $H \subset M$ is a smooth hypersurface satisfying a generic asymmetry condition with respect to the geodesic flow, then restrictions $\phi_j |_H$…

We study the solvability of the equation for the smooth function F, H=-k F g, on a geodesically complete pseudo-Riemannian manifold (M,g), H being the covariant Hessian of F. A similar equation was considered by Obata and Gallot in the…

We study the problem of optimal observability and prove time asymptotic observability estimates for the Schr\"odinger equation with a potential in $L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, with $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$, using spectral theory. An elegant…

We consider the conformal class of the Riemannian product $g_0 + g$, where $g_0$ is the constant curvature metric on $S^m$ and $g$ is a metric of constant scalar curvature on some closed manifold. We show that the number of metrics of…

We are interested in the exact null controllability of the equation $\partial_t f - \partial_x^2 f - x^2 \partial_y^2f = \mathbf 1_\omega u$, with control $u$ supported on $\omega$. We show that, when $\omega$ does not intersect a…

A non-Hermitian operator may serve as the Hamiltonian for a unitary quantum system, if we can modify the Hilbert space of state vectors of the system so that it turns into a Hermitian operator. If this operator is time-dependent, the…

We prove global internal controllability in large time for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on some compact manifolds of dimension 3. The result is proved under some geometrical assumptions : geometric control and unique continuation.…

We investigate the null controllability property of the parabolic equation associated with the Grushin operator defined by the canonical almost-Riemannian structure on the 2-dimensional sphere $\mathbb S^2$. This is the natural…

We consider time dependent harmonic oscillators and construct a parametrix to the corresponding Schr\"odinger equation using Gaussian wavepackets. This parametrix of Gaussian wavepackets is precise and tractable. Using this parametrix we…

We study the long time dynamics of the Schr\"odinger equation on Zoll manifolds. We establish criteria under which the solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation can or cannot concentrate on a given closed geodesic. As an application, we…

In the second part of our work on observables we have shown that quantum observables in the sense of von Neumann, i.e.bounded selfadjoint operators in some von Neumann subalgebra $R$ of $L(H)$, can be represented as bounded continuous…

We show that on compact Riemann surfaces of negative curvature, the generalized periods, i.e. the $\nu$-th order Fourier coefficient of eigenfunctions $e_\lambda$ over a period geodesic $\gamma$ goes to 0 at the rate of…

We make a complete analysis of the controllability properties from the exterior of the (possible) strong damping wave equation with the fractional Laplace operator subject to the nonhomogeneous Dirichlet type exterior condition. In the…