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We prove a trace formula for three-dimensional spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds with boundary which satisfy the Herglotz condition: The wave trace is singular precisely at the length spectrum of periodic broken rays. In…

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In the framework leading to the multiplicative anomaly formula ---which is here proven to be valid even in cases of known spectrum but non-compact manifold (very important in Physics)--- zeta-function regularisation techniques are shown to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Emilio Elizalde , Guido Cognola , Sergio Zerbini

Let $C$ be a configuration of $n$ ovals in $\mathbb{S}^2$. We show that there is a Riemannian metric $g$ over $\mathbb{S}^2$ with a Laplacian eigenfunction whose zero set is $C$, and the corresponding eigenvalue is the $k$-th eigenvalue for…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Yoav Krauz

We consider the sequence of nodal counts for eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in two dimensional domains. It was conjectured recently that this sequence stores some information pertaining to the geometry of the domain, and we…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Smilansky , R. Sankaranarayanan

We show that the full symbol of the Dirichlet to Neumann map of the k-form Laplace's equation on a Riemannian manifold (of dimension greater than 2) with boundary determines the full Taylor series, at the boundary, of the metric. This…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-07-31 M. S. Joshi , W. R. B. Lionheart

We show that any closed spin manifold not diffeomorphic to the two-sphere admits a sequence of volume-one-Riemannian metrics for which the smallest non-zero Dirac eigenvalue tends to zero. As an application, we compare the Dirac spectrum…

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We derive the solvability and regularity of the Dirichlet problem for fully non-linear elliptic equations possibly with degenerate right-hand side on Hermitian manifolds, through establishing a quantitative version of boundary estimate…

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The eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator and the integrals of products of eigenfunctions must satisfy certain consistency conditions on compact Riemannian manifolds. These consistency conditions are derived by using spectral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 James Bonifacio

We study the minimization problem for eigenvalues of the Dirac operator within a fixed conformal class on a closed spin Riemannian manifold. We establish a criterion for the existence of a minimizer for this variational problem, focusing…

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This work is devoted to the geometric-theoretic analysis of the nodal set of solutions to degenerate or singular equations involving a class of operators including $$ L_a = \mbox{div}(\abs{y}^a \nabla), $$ with $a\in(-1,1)$ and their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Yannick Sire , Susanna Terracini , Giorgio Tortone

We derive an inequality that relates nodal set and eigenvalues of a class of twisted Dirac operators on closed surfaces and point out how this inequality naturally arises as an eigenvalue estimate for the $\rm Spin^c$ Dirac operator. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Volker Branding

We study the problem of minimizing the second Dirichlet eigenvalue for the Laplacian operator among sets of given perimeter. In two dimensions, we prove that the optimum exists, is convex, regular, and its boundary contains exactly two…

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We give a survey of results relating the restricted holonomy of a Riemannian spin manifold with lower bounds on the spectrum of its Dirac operator, giving a new proof of a result originally due to Kirchberg.

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We investigate the existence and uniqueness of solutions for second-order semi-linear partial differential equations defined on a Riemannian manifold $M$. By combining differential geometry and analysis techniques, we establish the…

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We construct a multiply connected domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$ for which the second eigenfunction of the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions has an interior nodal line. In the process, we adapt a bound of Donnelly-Fefferman type to obtain…

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We estimate the volume of superlevel sets of Laplace-Beltrami eigenfunctions on a compact Riemannian manifold. The proof uses the Green's function representation and the Bathtub principle. As an application, we obtain upper bounds on the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Guillaume Poliquin

Let M be a closed Riemannian manifold. We consider the inner radius of a nodal domain for a large eigenvalue \lambda. We give upper and lower bounds on the inner radius of the type C/\lambda^k. Our proof is based on a local behavior of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2008-05-11 Dan Mangoubi

We solve for spectrum, obtain explicitly and study group properties of eigenfunctions of Dirac operator on the Riemann sphere $S^2$. The eigenvalues $\lambda$ are nonzero integers. The eigenfunctions are two-component spinors that belong to…

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