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Computing the spectrum of non self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville problems with parameter dependent boundary conditions
This paper deals with the computation of the eigenvalues of non self-adjoint
Sturm-Liouville problems with parameter dependent boundary conditions using the
\textit{regularized sampling method}. A few numerical examples among which
singular ones will be presented to illustrate the merit of the method and
comparison made with the exact eigenvalues when they are available
Density-potential mappings in quantum dynamics
In a recent letter [Europhys. Lett. 95, 13001 (2011)] the question of whether
the density of a time-dependent quantum system determines its external
potential was reformulated as a fixed point problem. This idea was used to
generalize the existence and uniqueness theorems underlying time-dependent
density functional theory. In this work we extend this proof to allow for more
general norms and provide a numerical implementation of the fixed-point
iteration scheme. We focus on the one-dimensional case as it allows for a more
in-depth analysis using singular Sturm-Liouville theory and at the same time
provides an easy visualization of the numerical applications in space and time.
We give an explicit relation between the boundary conditions on the density and
the convergence properties of the fixed-point procedure via the spectral
properties of the associated Sturm-Liouville operator. We show precisely under
which conditions discrete and continuous spectra arise and give explicit
examples. These conditions are then used to show that in the most physically
relevant cases the fixed point procedure converges. This is further
demonstrated with an example.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures, 3 table
Incompressible viscous fluid flows in a thin spherical shell
Linearized stability of incompressible viscous fluid flows in a thin
spherical shell is studied by using the two-dimensional Navier--Stokes
equations on a sphere. The stationary flow on the sphere has two singularities
(a sink and a source) at the North and South poles of the sphere. We prove
analytically for the linearized Navier--Stokes equations that the stationary
flow is asymptotically stable. When the spherical layer is truncated between
two symmetrical rings, we study eigenvalues of the linearized equations
numerically by using power series solutions and show that the stationary flow
remains asymptotically stable for all Reynolds numbers.Comment: 28 pages, 10 figure
Eigenvalue enclosures and exclosures for non-self-adjoint problems in hydrodynamics
In this paper we present computer-assisted proofs of a number of results in theoretical fluid dynamics and in quantum mechanics. An algorithm based on interval arithmetic yields provably correct eigenvalue enclosures and exclosures for non-self-adjoint boundary eigenvalue problems, the eigenvalues of which are highly sensitive to perturbations. We apply the algorithm to: the Orr-Sommerfeld equation with Poiseuille profile to prove the existence of an eigenvalue in the classically unstable region for Reynolds number R=5772.221818; the Orr-Sommerfeld equation with Couette profile to prove upper bounds for the imaginary parts of all eigenvalues for fixed R and wave number α; the problem of natural oscillations of an incompressible inviscid fluid in the neighbourhood of an elliptical flow to obtain information about the unstable part of the spectrum off the imaginary axis; Squire's problem from hydrodynamics; and resonances of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators
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