Courant-sharp eigenvalues for the equilateral torus, and for the equilateral triangle

DOI10.1007/S11005-016-0819-9zbMATH Open1382.58021arXiv1503.00117OpenAlexW1587982819MaRDI QIDQ505643FDOQ505643

Authors: Bernard Helffer, Pierre Bérard 

Publication date: 26 January 2017

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We address the question of determining the eigenvalues $lambd{a}_n$ (listed in nondecreasing order, with multiplicities) for which Courant's nodal domain theorem is sharp i.e., for which there exists an associated eigenfunction with $n$ nodal domains (Courant-sharp eigenvalues). Following ideas going back to Pleijel (1956), we prove that the only Courant-sharp eigenvalues of the flat equilateral torus are the first and second, and that the only Courant-sharp Dirichlet eigenvalues of the equilateral triangle are the first, second, and fourth eigenvalues. In the last section we sketch similar results for the right-angled isosceles triangle and for the hemiequilateral triangle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00117

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zbMATH Keywords

equilateral trianglenodal domainsnodal linesCourant theoremequilateral torus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Asymptotic distributions of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P20) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

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