Embedded eigenvalues for the Neumann-Poincaré operator

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Abstract: The Neumann-Poincar'e operator is a boundary-integral operator associated with harmonic layer potentials. This article proves the existence of eigenvalues within the essential spectrum for the Neumann-Poincar'e operator for certain Lipschitz curves in the plane with reflectional symmetry, when considered in the functional space in which it is self-adjoint. The proof combines the compactness of the Neumann-Poincar'e operator for curves of class C2,alpha with the essential spectrum generated by a corner. Eigenvalues corresponding to even (odd) eigenfunctions are proved to lie within the essential spectrum of the odd (even) component of the operator when a C2,alpha curve is perturbed by inserting a small corner.





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