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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…

Two-sided bounds for the efficiency of the torsion function are obtained in terms of the square of the distance to the boundary function under the hypothesis that the Dirichlet Laplacian satisfies a strong Hardy inequality. Localisation…

Bounds are obtained for the $L^p$ norm of the torsion function $v_{\Omega}$, i.e. the solution of $-\Delta v=1,\, v\in H_0^1(\Omega),$ in terms of the Lebesgue measure of $\Omega$ and the principal eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Omega)$ of the…

Let $\Omega$ be an open set in Euclidean space with finite Lebesgue measure $|\Omega|$. We obtain some properties of the set function $F:\Omega\mapsto \R^+$ defined by $$ F(\Omega)=\frac{T(\Omega)\lambda_1(\Omega)}{|\Omega|} ,$$ where…

In this paper we investigate upper and lower bounds of two shape functionals involving the maximum of the torsion function. More precisely, we consider $T(\Omega)/(M(\Omega)|\Omega|)$ and $M(\Omega)\lambda_1(\Omega) $, where $\Omega$ is a…

We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian $\mathcal{A}_\varepsilon=-\Delta$ in the domain $\Omega\setminus\bigcup_i K_{i\varepsilon}\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with holes $K_{i\varepsilon}$ and the Schr\"{o}dinger operator $\mathcal{A}=-\Delta+V$ in…

We study a random Schroedinger operator, the Laplacian with random Dirac delta potentials on a torus T^d_L = R^d/LZ^d, in the thermodynamic limit L\to\infty, for dimension d=2. The potentials are located on a randomly distorted lattice…

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In this paper we study some relationships between the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\Lambda(\Omega)$ and the torsional rigidity $T(\Omega)$ of a domain $\Omega$. We consider the problem of optimizing the product $\Lambda(\Omega)T(\Omega)$…

We study the Dirichlet problem for the stationary Schr\"odinger fractional Laplacian equation $(-\Delta)^s u + V u = f$ posed in bounded domain $ \Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ with zero outside conditions. We consider general nonnegative…

In the presence of a confining potential $V$, the eigenfunctions of a continuous Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta +V$ decay exponentially with the rate governed by the part of $V$ which is above the corresponding eigenvalue; this can be…

We study localization properties of low-lying eigenfunctions of magnetic Schr\"odinger operators $$\frac{1}{2} \left(- i\nabla - A(x)\right)^2 \phi + V(x) \phi = \lambda \phi,$$ where $V:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$ is a given…

We study the localization of wave functions for one-dimensional Schr\"odinger Hamiltonians with random potentials $V(x)$ with short range correlations and large local fluctuations such that $\int\D{x} \smean{V(x)V(0)}=\infty$. A random…

This article addresses the microlocalization of eigenfunctions for the semiclassical Schr\"odinger operator $-h^2\Delta+V$ on closed Riemann surfaces with real bounded potentials. Our primary aim is to establish quantitative bounds on the…

This is the final part of a series of papers where we study perturbations of divergence form second order elliptic operators $-\operatorname{div} A \nabla$ by first and zero order terms, whose complex coefficients lie in critical spaces,…

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…

We study the Dirichlet problem for the weighted Schr\"odinger operator \[-\Delta u +Vu = \lambda \rho u,\] where $\rho$ is a positive weighting function and $V$ is a potential. Such equations appear naturally in conformal geometry and in…

Let $\lambda_i(\Omega,V)$ be the $i$th eigenvalue of the Schr\"odinger operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \R^n$ and with the positive potential $V$. Following the spirit of the…

We consider a non-self adjoint operator of the form $-h^2 \Delta + i(V(x) + \alpha(x)y)$ on the upper half plane $y > 0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\{y = 0\}$ with $V \geq 0$, $V$ admitting a non-degenerate minimum at $x = 0$…

We consider the localization of eigenfunctions for the operator $L=-\mbox{div} A \nabla + V$ on a Lipschitz domain $\Omega$ and, more generally, on manifolds with and without boundary. In earlier work, two authors of the present paper…