Closed nodal surfaces for simply connected domains in higher dimensions

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2013.62.4975zbMATH Open1302.35268arXiv1009.1502OpenAlexW2963727896MaRDI QIDQ5409840FDOQ5409840

James Bernard Kennedy

Publication date: 15 April 2014

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give an example of a domain in dimension $Ngeq3$, homeomorphic to a ball and with analytic boundary, for which the second eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian has an eigenfunction with a closed nodal surface. The domain is constructed via a sequence of perturbations of the domain of S. Fournais [J. Differential Equations extbf{173} (2001), 145-159].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1502

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zbMATH Keywords

eigenfunctionnodal surfaceDirichlet-Laplacian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs (35P05) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

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