Bound states in weakly deformed strips and layers. (Q5950572)

This paper deals with the spectra of Dirichlet Laplacian on straight strips in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) or layers in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) with a weak local deformation. Of course, the problem is trivial as long as the strip or layer is straight because then one can employ separation of variables. However, already a local perturbation such as bending, deformation, or a change of boundary conditions can produce a non-empty discrete spectrum. The goal of the present paper is to show the effect of a local deformation of the strip or layer, which is more subtle than the bending or boundary condition modification. The main difference is that the effective interaction induced by deformation can be of different signs, both attractive and repulsive.