Steklov zeta-invariants and a compactness theorem for isospectral families of planar domains

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2018.06.019MaRDI QIDQ1653293zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Y. Aharonov

Publication date 3 August 2018

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05919

zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet-to-Neumann operatorinverse spectral problemSteklov spectrumzeta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral theory and eigenvalue problems for partial differential equations (35P99) Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30)

Abstract: The inverse problem of recovering a smooth simply connected multisheet planar domain from its Steklov spectrum is equivalent to the problem of determination, up to a gauge transform, of a smooth positive function $a$ on the unit circle from the spectrum of the operator $aLambda$, where $Lambda$ is the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator of the unit disk. Zeta-invariants are defined by $Z_m(a)=mTr[(aLambda{)}^{2m}-(aD{)}^{2m}]$ for every smooth function $a$. In the case of a positive $a$, zeta-invariants are determined by the Steklov spectrum. We obtain some estimate from below for $Z_m(a)$ in the case of a real function $a$. On using the estimate, we prove the compactness of a Steklov isospectral family of planar domains in the $C^{i}nfty$-topology. We also describe all real functions $a$ satisfying $Z_m(a)=0$.

Review text

The main motivation for this paper is the inverse problem of recovering a smooth simply connected multisheet planar domain from its Steklov spectrum. This problem turns out to be equivalent to the determination of a smooth positive function \(a\) on the unit sphere from the spectrum of \(a\Lambda\), where \(\Lambda\) is the Dirichlet to Neumann map on the sphere. If \(D: C^\infty (S) \to C^\infty (S)\) is angular differentiation on the sphere \(S\), then the Steklov zeta-invariants of a function \(a \in C^\infty (S)\) are \[ Z_m(a) =\text{Tr} \left[ \left( a \Lambda\right)^{2m}-\left( aD\right)^{2m}\right] \] The first main result of the paper is the determination of a lower bound for \(Z_m(a)\) for a real function \(a \in C^\infty (S)\). Then, a characterization of those smooth functions \(a\) such that \(Z_m(a)=0\) is given by the authors. The estimate for \(Z_m(a)\) is used to prove a compactness theorem for a Steklov isospectral family of planar domains in the \(C^\infty\) topology. Techniques from pseudodifferential calculus are used throughout the paper.

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