Actas

Actas
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2007
Genre: Algebra
ISBN:

Topics in Spectral Geometry

Topics in Spectral Geometry
Author: Michael Levitin
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470475251

It is remarkable that various distinct physical phenomena, such as wave propagation, heat diffusion, electron movement in quantum mechanics, oscillations of fluid in a container, can be described using the same differential operator, the Laplacian. Spectral data (i.e., eigenvalues and eigenfunctions) of the Laplacian depend in a subtle way on the geometry of the underlying object, e.g., a Euclidean domain or a Riemannian manifold, on which the operator is defined. This dependence, or, rather, the interplay between the geometry and the spectrum, is the main subject of spectral geometry. Its roots can be traced to Ernst Chladni's experiments with vibrating plates, Lord Rayleigh's theory of sound, and Mark Kac's celebrated question “Can one hear the shape of a drum?” In the second half of the twentieth century spectral geometry emerged as a separate branch of geometric analysis. Nowadays it is a rapidly developing area of mathematics, with close connections to other fields, such as differential geometry, mathematical physics, partial differential equations, number theory, dynamical systems, and numerical analysis. This book can be used for a graduate or an advanced undergraduate course on spectral geometry, starting from the basics but at the same time covering some of the exciting recent developments which can be explained without too many prerequisites.

Spectral Geometry

Spectral Geometry
Author: Pierre H. Berard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-11-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540409580

Eigenvalues in Riemannian Geometry

Eigenvalues in Riemannian Geometry
Author: Isaac Chavel
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 1984-11-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080874347

The basic goals of the book are: (i) to introduce the subject to those interested in discovering it, (ii) to coherently present a number of basic techniques and results, currently used in the subject, to those working in it, and (iii) to present some of the results that are attractive in their own right, and which lend themselves to a presentation not overburdened with technical machinery.

Function Spaces, Interpolation Theory and Related Topics

Function Spaces, Interpolation Theory and Related Topics
Author: Michael Cwikel
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2008-08-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110198053

This volume contains 16 refereed research articles on function spaces, interpolation theory and related fields. Topics covered: theory of function spaces, Hankel-type and related operators, analysis on bounded symmetric domains, partial differential equations, Green functions, special functions, homogenization theory, Sobolev embeddings, Coxeter groups, spectral theory and wavelets. The book will be of interest to both researchers and graduate students working in interpolation theory, function spaces and operators, partial differential equations and analysis on bounded symmetric domains.

Stochastic Analysis and Related Topics II

Stochastic Analysis and Related Topics II
Author: Hayri Korezlioglu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2006-11-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540465960

The Second Silivri Workshop functioned as a short summer school and a working conference, producing lecture notes and research papers on recent developments of Stochastic Analysis on Wiener space. The topics of the lectures concern short time asymptotic problems and anticipative stochastic differential equations. Research papers are mostly extensions and applications of the techniques of anticipative stochastic calculus.

Edgar Krahn 1894-1961

Edgar Krahn 1894-1961
Author: Ülo Lumiste
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1994
Genre: Geometry, Differential
ISBN: 9789051991680

Two-parameter Eigenvalue Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations

Two-parameter Eigenvalue Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations
Author: M. Faierman
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1991
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

The aim of this Research Note is to present a comprehensive treatment of some problems arising in the spectral theory of two-parameter systems involving ordinary differential equations. In particular, results are presented concerning the spectrum, the Eigenfunction expansion and the structure of the principal subspaces of a two-parameter system under various definiteness assumptions.