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We study localization properties of low-lying eigenfunctions $$(-\Delta +V) \phi = \lambda \phi \qquad \mbox{in}~\Omega$$ for rapidly varying potentials $V$ in bounded domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$. Filoche & Mayboroda introduced…

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In this short note we consider an unconventional overdetermined problem for the torsion function: let $n\geq 2$ and $\Omega$ be a bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ whose torsion function $u$ (i.e. the solution to $\Delta u=-1$ in $\Omega$,…

In \cite{Lee:2006:schrod-converg}, when the spatial variable $x$ is localized, Lee observed that the Schr\"odinger maximal operator $e^{it\Delta}f(x)$ enjoys certain localization property in $t$ for frequency localized functions. In this…

The aim of this work is to provide an upper bound on the eigenvalues counting function $N(\mathbb{R}^n,-\Delta+V,e)$ of a Sch\"odinger operator $-\Delta +V$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ corresponding to a potential $V\in…

For an open set $\Om \subset \R^2$ let $\lambda(\Om)$ denote the bottom of the spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian acting in $L^2(\Om)$. Let $w_\Om$ be the torsion function for $\Om$, and let $\|.\|_p$ denote the $L^p$ norm. It is shown…

For $p\in (1,+\infty)$ and $b \in (0, +\infty]$ the $p$-torsion function with Robin boundary conditions associated to an arbitrary open set $\Om \subset \R^m$ satisfies formally the equation $-\Delta_p =1$ in $\Om$ and $|\nabla u|^{p-2}…

Results are obtained for two minimization problems: $$I_k(c)=\inf \{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{open, convex in}\ \mathbb{R}^m,\ \mathcal{T}(\Omega)= c \},$$ and $$J_k(c)=\inf\{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{quasi-open in}\…

We analyze the local elliptic regularity of weak solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated with the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ on an arbitrary bounded open set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$. For $1<p<2$, we obtain regularity in…

Motivated by the connection between the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet-Laplacian and the torsional rigidity, the aim of this paper is to find a physically coherent and mathematically interesting new concept for boundary torsional…

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