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This paper is devoted to providing quantitative bounds on the location of eigenvalues, both discrete and embedded, of non self-adjoint Lam\'e operators of elasticity $-\Delta^\ast + V$ in terms of suitable norms of the potential $V$. In…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Biagio Cassano , Lucrezia Cossetti , Luca Fanelli

We formulate the issue of minimality of self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space as a semi-definite problem, linking the work by Overton in [1] to the characterization of minimal hermitian matrices. This motivates us to investigate the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-16 Tamara Bottazzi , Alejandro Varela

This work studies the problem of maximizing a higher degree real homogeneous multivariate polynomial over the unit sphere. This problem is equivalent to finding the leading eigenvalue of the associated symmetric tensor of higher order,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-02 Yuning Yang , Guoyin Li

We study the boundary control of solutions of the Helmholtz and Maxwell equations to enforce local non-zero constraints. These constraints may represent the local absence of nodal or critical points, or that certain functionals depending on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-26 Giovanni S. Alberti

For arbitrarily small values of $\varepsilon>0,$ we formulate and analyse the Maxwell system of equations of electromagnetism on $\varepsilon$-periodic sets $S^\varepsilon\subset{\mathbb R}^3.$ Assuming that a family of Borel measures…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Kirill Cherednichenko , Serena D'Onofrio

For fully nonlinear $k$-Hessian operators on bounded strictly $(k-1)$-convex domains $\Omega$ in ${\mathbb R}^N$, a characterization of the principal eigenvalue associated to a $k$-convex and negative principal eigenfunction will be given…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Isabeau Birindelli , Kevin R. Payne

This paper proposes hybrid high-order eigensolvers for the computation of guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds. These bounds display higher order convergence rates and are accessible to adaptive mesh-refining algorithms. The involved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Ngoc Tien Tran

We demonstrate that soliton-plasmon bound states appear naturally as propagating eigenmodes of nonlinear Maxwell's equations for a metal/dielectric/Kerr interface. By means of a variational method, we give an explicit and simplified…

The paper determines and classifies the spectrum of a non-self-adjoint operator pencil generated by the time-harmonic Maxwell problem with a nonlinear dependence on the frequency for the case of two homogeneous materials joined at a planar…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-01 Malcolm Brown , Tomáš Dohnal , Michael Plum , Ian Wood

A mimetic spectral element discretization, utilizing a novel Galerkin projection Hodge star operator, of the macroscopic Maxwell equations in Hamiltonian form is presented. The idea of splitting purely topological and metric dependent…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-06-23 William Barham , Yaman Güçlü , Philip J. Morrison , Eric Sonnendrücker

We study homogenization of multiscale Maxwell wave equation that depends on $n$ separable microscopic scales in a domain $D\subset{\mathbb R}^d$ on a finite time interval $(0,T)$. Due to the non-compactness of the embedding of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Van Tiep Chu , Viet Ha Hoang

We carry out the homogenization of time-harmonic Maxwell's equations in a periodic, layered structure made of two-dimensional (2D) metallic sheets immersed in a heterogeneous and in principle anisotropic dielectric medium. In this setting,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Matthias Maier , Dionisios Margetis , Antoine Mellet

This paper is devoted to Maxwell modes in three-dimensional bounded electromagnetic cavities that have the form of a product of lower dimensional domains in some system of coordinates. The boundary conditions are those of the perfectly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-02-21 Martin Costabel , Monique Dauge

In this paper, we introduce homogeneous mixed Herz-Morrey spaces $M\dot{K}_{p,\vec{q}}^{\alpha,\lambda}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and show it's some properties. Firstly, the boundedness of sublinear operators, fractional type operators in homogeneous…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Mingwei Shi , Jiang Zhou

We shall give conditions on the illuminations $\varphi_{i}$ such that the solutions to Maxwell's equations \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} {\rm curl} E^{i}=i\omega\mu H^{i}\qquad\text{in }\Omega,\\ {\rm curl}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Giovanni S. Alberti

We couple the mixed variational problem for the generalized Hodge-Helmholtz or Hodge-Laplace equation posed on a bounded three-dimensional Lipschitz domain with the first-kind boundary integral equation arising from the latter when constant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Erick Schulz , Ralf Hiptmair

We consider the problem of homogenizing the Maxwell equations for periodic composites. The analysis is based on Bloch-Floquet theory. We calculate explicitly the reflection coefficient for a half-space, and derive and implement a…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-17 Vadim A. Markel , John C. Schotland

The aim of this article is to investigate the well-posedness, stability and convergence of solutions to the time-dependent Maxwell's equations for electric field in conductive media in continuous and discrete settings. The situation we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Eric Lindström , Larisa Beilina

The time-harmonic Maxwell equations at high wavenumber k in domains with an analytic boundary and impedance boundary conditions are considered. A wavenumber-explicit stability and regularity theory is developed that decomposes the solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Jens M. Melenk , Stefan A. Sauter

A concrete formulation of the Lehmann-Maehly-Goerisch method for semi-definite self-adjoint operators with compact resolvent is considered. Precise rates of convergence are determined in terms of how well the trial spaces capture the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-12 L. Boulton , A. Hobiny