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We derive ground state eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of various relativistic elliptic integrable models. The models we discuss appear in computations of superconformal indices of four-dimensional theories obtained by compactifying…

In this paper, we study classes of discrete convex functions: submodular functions on modular semilattices and L-convex functions on oriented modular graphs. They were introduced by the author in complexity classification of minimum…

Let $\Gamma$ be a co-compact Fuchsian group of isometries on the Poincar\'e disk $\DD$ and $\Delta$ the corresponding hyperbolic Laplace operator. Any smooth eigenfunction $f$ of $\Delta$, equivariant by $\Gamma$ with real eigenvalue…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators $H=- \d^2/\d r^2+V$ on $L^2([0,\infty))$ with the Dirichlet boundary condition. The potential $V$ may be local or non-local, with polynomial decay at infinity. The point zero in the spectrum of $H$ is…

The author studies the structure of space $ \mathbf {L} _ {2} (G) $ of vector-valued functions that are square integrable in a bounded connected domain $ G $ of the three-dimensional space with a smooth boundary and the role of gradient…

Consider the Schr\"odinger operator $\mathcal{L}=-\Delta+V$ in $\mathbb{R}^n, n\ge 3,$ where $V$ is a nonnegative potential satisfying a reverse H\"older condition of the type \begin{equation*} \left( \frac{1}{|B|}\int_B…

We consider flows of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) driven by path differentiable vector fields. Path differentiable functions constitute a proper subclass of Lipschitz functions which admit conservative gradients, a notion of…

We study a projection-type gradient flow for equality-constrained maximisation of a smooth bilinear control objective on $\mathcal{H}=L^2(0,T;\mathbb{R})$, eliminating Lagrange multipliers through an $(M{+}1)\times(M{+}1)$ moving Gram…

The Vafa-Witten equations (with or without a mass term) constitute a non-linear, first order system of differential equations on a given oriented, compact, Riemannian 4-manifold. Because these are the variational equations of a functional,…

In this paper, we introduce a geometric flow for Lagrangian submanifolds in a K\"ahler manifold that stays in its initial Hamiltonian isotopy class and is a gradient flow for volume. The stationary solutions are the Hamiltonian stationary…

Let $L = \Delta + V$ be Schr{\"o}dinger operator with a non-negative potential $V$ on a complete Riemannian manifold $M$. We prove that the conical square functional associated with $L$ is bounded on $L^p$ under different assumptions. This…

We consider differential operators $L$ acting on functions on a Riemannian surface, $\Sigma$, of the form $$L = \Delta + V -a K ,$$where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian of $\Sigma$, $K$ is the Gaussian curvature, $a$ is a positive constant and $V…

The spectral shift function \xi_{L}(E) for a Schr\"odinger operator restricted to a finite cube of length L in multi-dimensional Euclidean space, with Dirichlet boundary conditions, counts the number of eigenvalues less than or equal to E…

In this article, we consider the semiclassical Schr\"odinger operator $P = - h^{2} \Delta + V$ in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ with confining non-negative potential $V$ which vanishes, and study its low-lying eigenvalues $\lambda_{k} ( P )$ as $h \to…

This paper is dedicated to $L^p$ bounds on eigenfunctions of a Sch\"odinger-type operator $(-\Delta_g)^{\alpha/2} +V$ on closed Riemannian manifolds for critically singular potentials $V$. The operator $(-\Delta_g)^{\alpha/2}$ is defined…

The goal of this paper is the spectral analysis of the Schr\"{o}dinger type operator $H=L+V$, the perturbation of the Taibleson-Vladimirov multiplier $L=\mathfrak{D}^{\alpha}$ by a potential $V$. Assuming that $V$ belongs to a certain class…

We investigate generalisations of Hitchin's functionals, whose critical points correspond to nearly K\"ahler and nearly parallel $G_2$-structures. Our focus is on the gradient flow of these functionals and the spectral decomposition of…

An implicit variable-step BDF2 scheme is established for solving the space fractional Cahn-Hilliard equation, involving the fractional Laplacian, derived from a gradient flow in the negative order Sobolev space $H^{-\alpha}$,…

We discuss certain recent mathematical advances, mainly due to Perelman, in the theory of Ricci flows and their relevance for renormalization group (RG) flows. We consider nonlinear sigma models with closed target manifolds supporting a…

We consider a discrete Schr\"odinger operator $ H_\varepsilon= -\varepsilon^2\Delta_\varepsilon + V_\varepsilon$ on $\ell^2(\varepsilon \mathbb Z^d)$, where $\varepsilon>0$ is a small parameter and the potential $V_\varepsilon$ is defined…