On the spectral gap for fixed membranes (Q1810341)
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On the spectral gap for fixed membranes (English)
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16 June 2003
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The author studies the Dirichlet Laplacian in a convex planer domain \(D\) symmetric about both the \(x\) and \(y\) axes. It is shown that the gap (the distance between the second and first eigenvalues) of \(D\) is no smaller that the gap of the smallest oriented rectangle containing \(D.\)
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Dirichlet Laplacian
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