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We study the spectral behavior of higher order elliptic operators upon domain perturbation. We prove general spectral stability results for Dirichlet, Neumann and intermediate boundary conditions. Moreover, we consider the case of the…

In this paper we prove that a class of non self-adjoint second order differential operators acting in cylinders $\Omega\times\mathbb R\subseteq\mathbb R^{d+1}$ have only real discrete spectrum located to the right of the right most point of…

We initiate a systematic study of natural differential operators in Riemannian geometry whose leading symbols are not of Laplace type. In particular, we define a discrete leading symbol for such operators which may be computed pointwise, or…

Inverse spectral problem for a self-adjoint differential operator, which is the sum of the operator of the third derivative on a finite interval and of the operator of multiplication by a real function (potential), is solved. Closed system…

We consider a general second-order elliptic differential operator on a domain with a cylindrical end. We impose Dirichlet boundary conditions on the boundary with the exception of a small set, where we impose Neumann boundary conditions.…

Second-order two-scale expansions, a unified proof for the regularity of the correctors based on the translation invariant and a lemma for extracting $O(\epsilon)$ from the remainder term are presented for the second order nonlinear…

This paper reports on recent work to compute the asymptotic solution of a n-th order ordinary differential equation. Symbolic methods are used to compute the asymptotics over a large region. Application is made to the computation of the…

We consider the operator $ L = - (d/dx)^2 + x^2 y + w(x) y , y \in L^2(\mathbb{R}) $, where $ w(x) = s [ \delta(x - b) - \delta(x + b)], b \neq 0,$ real, $s \in \mathbb{C}$. This operator has a discrete spectrum: eventually the eigenvalues…

Generalized spectra of differential operators can be related to spectra of preconditioned discretized operators. Obtaining (estimates of) the eigenvalues of the preconditioned discretized operators may lead to better estimating of the…

We construct explicit differential operators on hermitian modular forms, extending methods developed for Siegel modular forms. These differential operators are closely related to the two-variable spherical pluriharmonic polynomials. We…

We consider self-adjoint extensions of differential operators of the type $ (-\frac{d^2}{dr^2} + \frac{l(l+1)}{r^2})^3 $ on the real semi-axis for l=1,2 with two kinds of boundary conditions: first that nullify the value of a function and…

An approximation method, namely, the Extended Wronskian Determinant Approach, is suggested to study the one-dimensional Dirac equation. An integral equation which can be solved by iterative procedure to find the wave functions is…

We consider non linear elliptic equations of the form $\Delta u = f(u,\nabla u)$ for suitable analytic nonlinearity $f$, in the vinicity of infinity in $\mathbb{R}^d$, that is on the complement of a compact set.We show that there is a…

We demonstrate a method of associating the principal symbol at a $K$-point with a linear differential operator acting between modules over a commutative algebra, and we use it to define the ellipticity of a linear differential operator in a…

The Riemann-zeta function regularization procedure has been studied intensively as a good method in the computation of the determinant for pseudo-diferential operator. In this paper we propose a different approach for the computation of the…

We study spectral stability estimates of elliptic operators in divergence form $-\textrm{div} [A(w) \nabla g(w)]$ with the Neumann boundary condition in non-Lipschitz domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb C$. The suggested method is based on…

We derive a priori estimates for second order derivatives of solutions to a wide calss of fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds. The equations we consider naturally appear in geometric problems and other applications…

For a purely imaginary sign-definite perturbation of a self-adjoint operator, we obtain exponential representations for the perturbation determinant in both upper and lower half-planes and derive respective trace formulas.

Let P be a linear, second order, elliptic operator satisfying a Hardy inequality with potential W (i.e. $P-W\geq0$) and best constant $\alpha$. We give conditions so that the spectrum of $W^{-1}P$ is $[\alpha,\infty)$. We apply this to…

It has been recently conjectured that the spectral determinants of operators associated to mirror curves can be expressed in terms of a generalization of theta functions, called quantum theta functions. In this paper we study the symplectic…