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Based on variational methods, we study the spectral problem for the subelliptic $p$-Laplacian arising from smooth H\"ormander vector fields. We derive the smallest eigenvalue, prove its simplicity and isolatedness, establish the positivity…

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This article deals with the efficient and certified numerical approximation of the smallest eigenvalue and the associated eigenspace of a large-scale parametric Hermitian matrix. For this aim, we rely on projection-based model order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Mattia Manucci , Benjamin Stamm , Zhuoyao Zeng

We discuss situations where perturbing a probability measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$ does not deteriorate its Poincar\'e constant by much. A particular example is the symmetric exponential measure in $\mathbb{R}^n$, even log-concave perturbations…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Franck Barthe , Bo'az Klartag

In this paper we extend classical criteria for determining lower bounds for the least point of the essential spectrum of second-order elliptic differential operators on domains $\Omega\subset\R^n$ allowing for degeneracy of the coefficients…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2011-03-08 Roger T. Lewis

Consider a Dirac operator on an oriented compact surface endowed with a Riemannian metric and spin structure. Provided the area and the conformal class are fixed, how small can the $k$-th positive Dirac eigenvalue be? This problem mirrors…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Mikhail Karpukhin , Antoine Métras , Iosif Polterovich

Matrix functions extend scalar function concepts to linear operators, offering a unified framework with broad applications in mathematics, science, and engineering. Classical definitions--via power series, spectral calculus, or Jordan…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Shih-Yu Chang

A spectral minimal partition of a manifold is its decomposition into disjoint open sets that minimizes a spectral energy functional. It is known that bipartite spectral minimal partitions coincide with nodal partitions of Courant-sharp…

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We show that in any harmonic space, the eigenvalue spectra of the Laplace operator on small geodesic spheres around a given point determine the norm $|\nabla R|$ of the covariant derivative of the Riemannian curvature tensor in that point.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-29 Teresa Arias-Marco , Dorothee Schueth

In this paper, the problem of providing a complete parametrization of the minimal spectral factors of a discrete-time rational spectral density is considered. The desired parametrization, given in terms of the all-pass divisors of a certain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-30 Giacomo Baggio , Augusto Ferrante

The classical approach to the study of dynamical systems consists in representing the dynamics of the system in the form of a "source-sink", that means identifying an attractor-repeller pair, which are attractor-repellent sets for all other…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Elena Nozdrinova , Olga Pochinka , Ekaterina Tsaplina

This paper presents a novel approach for computing substructure characteristic modes. This method leverages electromagnetic scattering matrices and spherical wave expansion to directly decompose electromagnetic fields. Unlike conventional…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-09-13 Chenbo Shi , Jin Pan , Xin Gu , Shichen Liang , Le Zuo

The full three-year WMAP results (WMAP3) reinforce the absence of large-angle correlations at scales greater than 60 degrees. The Poincare dodecahedral space (PDS) model model, which may naturally explain such features, thus remains a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Caillerie , M. Lachièze-Rey , J. -P. Luminet , R. Lehoucq , A. Riazuelo , J. Weeks

Eigenanalysis of differential operators, such as the Laplace operator or elastic energy Hessian, is typically restricted to a single shape and its discretization, limiting reduced order modeling (ROM). We introduce the first eigenanalysis…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Yue Chang , Otman Benchekroun , Maurizio M. Chiaramonte , Peter Yichen Chen , Eitan Grinspun

The pseudospectral method is a powerful tool for finding highly precise solutions of Schr\"{o}dinger's equation for few-electron problems. We extend the method's scope to wave functions with non-zero angular momentum and test it on several…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Paul E. Grabowski , David F. Chernoff

The spectroscopic properties of an open quantum system are determined by the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of an effective Hamiltonian H consisting of the Hamiltonian H_0 of the corresponding closed system and a non-Hermitian correction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-06 I. Rotter , E. Persson , K. Pichugin , P. Seba

A spherical topological manifold of dimension n-1 forms a prototile on its cover, the (n-1)-sphere. The tiling is generated by the fixpoint-free action of the group of deck transformations. By a general theorem, this group is isomorphic to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-04-17 Peter Kramer

The discrete Laplace operator is ubiquitous in spectral shape analysis, since its eigenfunctions are provably optimal in representing smooth functions defined on the surface of the shape. Indeed, subspaces defined by its eigenfunctions have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Yoni Choukroun , Gautam Pai , Ron Kimmel

We propose a convex variational principle to find sparse representation of low-lying eigenspace of symmetric matrices. In the context of electronic structure calculation, this corresponds to a sparse density matrix minimization algorithm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-11 Rongjie Lai , Jianfeng Lu , Stanley Osher

We are concerned with the dependence of the lowest positive eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on the geometry of rectangles, subject to infinite-mass boundary conditions. We conjecture that the square is a global minimiser both under the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Philippe Briet , David Krejcirik