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We study the biharmonic Steklov eigenvalue problem on a compact Riemannian manifold $\Omega$ with smooth boundary. We give a computable, sharp lower bound of the first eigenvalue of this problem, which depends only on the dimension, a lower…

We give a characterization of conformal classes realizing a compact manifold's Yamabe invariant. This characterization is the analogue of an observation of Nadirashvili for metrics realizing the maximal first eigenvalue, and of Fraser and…

We prove upper bounds on the $L^p$ norms of eigenfunctions of the discrete Laplacian on regular graphs. We then apply these ideas to study the $L^p$ norms of joint eigenfunctions of the Laplacian and an averaging operator over a finite…

This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of free boundaries in overdetermined value-problems (ODVP) for the Laplacian, and sufficient conditions for the bi-Laplacian, when the overdetermined boundary…

Let $M$ be an $m$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. We obtain the upper bound of the harmonic mean of the first $m$ nonzero Neumann eigenvalues and Steklov eigenvalues involving the conformal volume and relative…

We consider the problem of maximizing the first eigenvalue of the $p$-laplacian (possibly with non-constant coefficients) over a fixed domain $\Omega$, with Dirichlet conditions along $\partial\Omega$ and along a supplementary set $\Sigma$,…

Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold of dimension >2. We show that there is a metric h conformal to g and of volume 1 such that the first positive eigenvalue the conformal Laplacian with repect to h is arbitrarily large. A similar…

Consider the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a closed surface as a functional on the space of Riemannian metrics of unit area. N. Nadirashvili has discovered a remarkable connection between critical points of this functional…

Eigenmaps are important in analysis, geometry, and machine learning, especially in nonlinear dimension reduction. Approximation of the eigenmaps of a Laplace operator depends crucially on the scaling parameter $\epsilon$. If $\epsilon$ is…

Lie symmetries of a Novikov geometrically integrable equation are found and group-invariant solutions are obtained. Local conservation laws up to second order are established as well as their corresponding conserved quantities. Sufficient…

We investigate the interior nodal sets $\mathcal{N}_\lambda$ of Steklov eigenfunctions on connected and compact surfaces with boundary. The optimal vanishing order of Steklov eigenfunctions is shown be $C\lambda$. The singular sets…

In this paper, we study the optimization of the first Laplacian eigenvalue on axisymmetric doubly connected domains under positive Robin boundary conditions. Under additional geometric constraints, we prove that spherical shells maximize…

Preconditioned iterative methods for numerical solution of large matrix eigenvalue problems are increasingly gaining importance in various application areas, ranging from material sciences to data mining. Some of them, e.g., those using…

Let $u$ be an eigenfunction of the Laplacian on a compact manifold with boundary, with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions, and let $-\lambda^2$ be the corresponding eigenvalue. We consider the problem of estimating the maximum of $u$…

Let X be a closed oriented Riemann surface of genus > 1 of constant negative curvature -1. A surface containing a disk of maximal radius is an optimal surface. This paper gives exact formulae for the number of optimal surfaces of genus > 3…

This paper studies the problem of selecting a submatrix of a positive definite matrix in order to achieve a desired bound on the smallest eigenvalue of the submatrix. Maximizing this smallest eigenvalue has applications to selecting input…

We consider the problem of geometric optimisation of the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian in the exterior of a compact planar set, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. Under either a constraint of fixed perimeter or area, we…

Thomson problem is a classical problem in physics to study how $n$ number of charged particles distribute themselves on the surface of a sphere of $k$ dimensions. When $k=2$, i.e. a 2-sphere (a circle), the particles appear at equally…

Inspired by Le Calvez' theory of transverse foliations for dynamical systems of surfaces, we introduce a dynamical invariant, denoted by N, for Hamiltonians of any surface other than the sphere. When the surface is the plane or is closed…

In this note we establish an expression for the Steklov spectrum of warped products in terms of auxiliary Steklov problems for drift Laplacians with weight induced by the warping factor. As an application, we show that a compact manifold…