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The Algebraic Multiplicity of Eigenvalues and the Evans Function Revisited

Y. Latushkin, A. Sukhtayev (2010)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

This paper is related to the spectral stability of traveling wave solutions of partial differential equations. In the first part of the paper we use the Gohberg-Rouche Theorem to prove equality of the algebraic multiplicity of an isolated eigenvalue of an abstract operator on a Hilbert space, and the algebraic multiplicity of the eigenvalue of the corresponding Birman-Schwinger type operator pencil. In the second part of the paper we apply this result...

The Laplace-Beltrami operator in almost-Riemannian Geometry

Ugo Boscain, Camille Laurent (2013)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

We study the Laplace-Beltrami operator of generalized Riemannian structures on orientable surfaces for which a local orthonormal frame is given by a pair of vector fields that can become collinear.Under the assumption that the structure is 2-step Lie bracket generating, we prove that the Laplace-Beltrami operator is essentially self-adjoint and has discrete spectrum. As a consequence, a quantum particle cannot cross the singular set (i.e., the set where the vector fields become collinear) and the...

The squares of the Laplacian-Dirichlet eigenfunctions are generically linearly independent

Yannick Privat, Mario Sigalotti (2010)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

The paper deals with the genericity of domain-dependent spectral properties of the Laplacian-Dirichlet operator. In particular we prove that, generically, the squares of the eigenfunctions form a free family. We also show that the spectrum is generically non-resonant. The results are obtained by applying global perturbations of the domains and exploiting analytic perturbation properties. The work is motivated by two applications: an existence result for the problem of maximizing the rate of...

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