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In this paper we consider in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ with smooth boundary an eigenvalue problem for the negative $(p,q)$-Laplacian with a Steklov type boundary condition, where $p\in (1,\infty)$, $q\in (2,\infty)$ and…

It is proved that the set of scattering amplitudes $\{A(\beta, \alpha, k)\}_{\forall \alpha \in S^2}$, known for all $\beta\in S^2$, where $S^2$ is the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$, $k>0$ is fixed, $k^2$ is not a Dirichlet eigenvalue of…

We consider a Riemannian cylinder endowed with a closed potential 1-form A and study the magnetic Laplacian with magnetic Neumann boundary conditions associated with those data. We establish a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue and…

We consider the Robin Laplacian in the domains $\Omega$ and $\Omega^\varepsilon$, $\varepsilon >0$, with sharp and blunted cusps, respectively. Assuming that the Robin coefficient $a$ is large enough, the spectrum of the problem in $\Omega$…

For a certain domain $\Omega$ in the Sierpinski gasket $\mathcal{SG}$ whose boundary is a line segment, a complete description of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian, with an exact count of dimensions of eigenspaces, under the Dirichlet and…

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete manifold of nonpositive scalar curvature, let $\Omega\subset M$ be a suitable domain, and let $\lambda(\Omega)$ be the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\Omega$. We prove several…

In this paper we investigate the behavior of the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian on sets in $\mathbb{R}^N$ whose first eigenvalue is close to the one of the ball with the same volume. In particular in our main Theorem we prove that,…

For a domain $\Omega$ contained in a hemisphere of the $n$-dimensional sphere $\SS^n$ we prove the optimal result $\lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega) \le \lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega^{\star})$ for the ratio of its first two Dirichlet eigenvalues…

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the fractional $p \& q-$Laplacian \begin{equation} \left\{\begin{aligned} (- \Delta)_p^{s}\, u + \mu(- \Delta)_q^{s}\, u+ |u|^{p-2}u+\mu|u|^{q-2}u=\lambda\ V(x)|u|^{p-2}u\quad & \text{in } \Omega\\…

This is a continuation of the paper 'Symmetry breaking and other phenomena in the optimization of eigenvalues for composite membranes' by S. Chanillo, D. Grieser, M. Imai, K. Kurata, and I. Ohnishi. Again, we consider the following…

We consider chaotic billiards in d dimensions, and study the matrix elements M_{nm} corresponding to general deformations of the boundary. We analyze the dependence of |M_{nm}|^2 on \omega = (E_n-E_m)/\hbar using semiclassical…

We consider the Laplace operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a planar domain and study the effect that performing a scaling in one direction has on the spectrum. We derive the asymptotic expansion for the eigenvalues and…

We propose geometric tools that are suitable for studying the behavior of a billiard trajectory in a homogeneous force field. Two examples are considered: a vertical plane with an open top and with a parabolic or right angle boundary at the…

We consider a magnetic Laplacian $-\Delta_A=(id+A)^\star (id+A)$ on a noncompact hyperbolic surface $\mM $ with finite area. $A$ is a real one-form and the magnetic field $dA$ is constant in each cusp. When the harmonic component of $A$…

Exact positive and negative energy solutions for the eigenvalue problem of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation in one dimension with a $\delta^\prime$ interaction are found and analyzed. An infinite series of transparency resonance levels in the…

The simplest modeling of planar quantum waveguides is the Dirichlet eigenproblem for the Laplace operator in unbounded open sets which are uniformly thin in one direction. Here we consider V-shaped guides. Their spectral properties depend…

We introduce a small slit into a planar domain and study the resulting effect upon the eigenvalues of the Laplacian. In particular, we show that as the length of the slit tends to zero, each real-analytic eigenvalue branch tends to an…

Given the Laplacian on a planar, convex domain with piecewise linear boundary subject to mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions, we provide a sufficient condition for its lowest eigenvalue to dominate the lowest eigenvalue of the…

The Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Laplacian on a triangle that collapses into a line segment diverge to infinity. In this paper, to track the behavior of the eigenvalues during the collapsing process of a triangle, we establish a…

We prove that among all doubly connected domains of $\mathbb{R}^n$ bounded by two spheres of given radii, the second eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian achieves its maximum when the spheres are concentric (spherical shell). The…