Related papers: Nodal domains a la Courant

We consider Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators associated to $\Delta+q$ on a Lipschitz domain in a smooth manifold, where $q$ is an $L^{\infty}$ potential. We prove a Courant-type bound for the nodal count of the extensions $u_k$ of the $k$th…

We consider two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators in bounded domains. We analyze relations between nodal domains of eigenfunctions, spectral minimal partitions and spectral properties of the corresponding operator. The main results…

Generalizing previous results obtained for the spectrum of the Dirichlet and Neumann realizations in a bounded domain of a Schr\"odinger operator with a purely imaginary potential $h^2\Delta+iV$ in the semiclassical limit $h\to 0$ we…

It was recently shown that the nodal deficiency of an eigenfunction is encoded in the spectrum of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators for the eigenfunction's positive and negative nodal domains. While originally derived using symplectic…

We are concerned in this paper with the real eigenfunctions of Schr\"odinger operators. We prove an asymptotic upper bound for the number of their nodal domains, which implies in particular that the inequality stated in Courant's theorem is…

We study the operator $L=-\Delta+q$ on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$, where $q(x)$ is a distributional potential. We find sufficient conditions for $q(x)$ which guarantee that $L$ is well--defined with Dirichlet and…

Consider a two-dimensional domain shaped like a wire, not necessarily of uniform cross section. Let $V$ denote an electric potential driven by a voltage drop between the conducting surfaces of the wire. We consider the operator ${\mathcal…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with periodic potentials in the positive quadrant for dim $>1$ with Dirichlet boundary condition. We show that for any integer $N$ and any interval $I$ there exists a periodic potential such that the…

Given a Schr\"odinger operator with a real-valued potential on a bounded, convex domain or a bounded interval we prove inequalities between the eigenvalues corresponding to Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions, respectively. The…

We study how the number of nodal domains of eigenfunctions of Schr\"odinger operators $-\Delta_{g_t}+V_t$ on closed surfaces changes under smooth perturbations of $(g_t,V_t)$ along convergent eigenbranches. Locally, near each nodal critical…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators $H=- \d^2/\d r^2+V$ on $L^2([0,\infty))$ with the Dirichlet boundary condition. The potential $V$ may be local or non-local, with polynomial decay at infinity. The point zero in the spectrum of $H$ is…

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Schr\"odinger operator on bounded, convex domains with mixed boundary conditions, where a Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed on a part of the boundary and a Neumann boundary condition on its…

Given a Schr\"odinger differential expression on an exterior Lipschitz domain we prove strict inequalities between the eigenvalues of the corresponding selfadjoint operators subject to Dirichlet and Neumann or Dirichlet and mixed boundary…

We consider the self-adjoint operator $H=H_0+V$, where $H_0$ is the free semi-classical Dirac operator on $R^3$. We suppose that the smooth matrix-valued potential $V=O(<x>^{-\delta}), \delta>0,$ has an analytic continuation in a complex…

In this paper, we describe the leftmost eigenvalue of the non-selfadjoint operator $\mathcal{A}_h = -h^2\Delta+iV(x)$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\,$, as $h\rightarrow0\,$. $V$ is…

In 1956 $\AA$. Pleijel gave his celebrated theorem showing that the inequality in Courant's theorem on the number of nodal domains is strict for large eigenvalues of the Laplacian. This was a consequence of a stronger result giving an…

We consider the 3D Schr\"odinger operator $H_0$ with constant magnetic field and subject to an electric potential $v_0$ depending only on the variable along the magnetic field $x_3$. The operator $H_0$ has infinitely many eigenvalues of…

We consider the Dirichlet realization of the operator $-h^2\Delta+iV$ in the semi-classical limit $h\to0$, where $V$ is a smooth real potential with no critical points. For a one dimensional setting, we obtain the complete asymptotic…

We consider the Schrodinger operator in n-dimensional rectangular domains with either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions on the faces and study the constraints on the potential imposed by fixing the spectrum of the operator.We study…

We study spectral approximations of Schr\"odinger operators $T=-\Delta+Q$ with complex potentials on $\Omega=\mathbb{R}^d$, or exterior domains $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$, by domain truncation. Our weak assumptions cover wide classes of…