88 research outputs found
On the lowest eigenvalue of Laplace operators with mixed boundary conditions
In this paper we consider a Robin-type Laplace operator on bounded domains.
We study the dependence of its lowest eigenvalue on the boundary conditions and
its asymptotic behavior in shrinking and expanding domains. For convex domains
we establish two-sided estimates on the lowest eigenvalues in terms of the
inradius and of the boundary conditions
Some remarks on the isoperimetric problem for the higher eigenvalues of the Robin and Wentzell Laplacians
We consider the problem of minimising the th eigenvalue, , of
the (-)Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions with respect to all domains
in of given volume . When , we prove that the second
eigenvalue of the -Laplacian is minimised by the domain consisting of the
disjoint union of two balls of equal volume, and that this is the unique domain
with this property. For and , we prove that in many cases a
minimiser cannot be independent of the value of the constant in the
boundary condition, or equivalently of the volume . We obtain similar
results for the Laplacian with generalised Wentzell boundary conditions .Comment: 16 page
Laplacians with point interactions -- expected and unexpected spectral properties
We study the one-dimensional Laplace operator with point interactions on the
real line identified with two copies of the half-line . All
possible boundary conditions that define generators of -semigroups on
are characterized.
Here, the Cayley transform of the boundary conditions plays an important role
and using an explicit representation of the Green's functions, it allows us to
study invariance properties of semigroups
Approximating the coefficients in semilinear stochastic partial differential equations
We investigate, in the setting of UMD Banach spaces E, the continuous
dependence on the data A, F, G and X_0 of mild solutions of semilinear
stochastic evolution equations with multiplicative noise of the form dX(t) =
[AX(t) + F(t,X(t))]dt + G(t,X(t))dW_H(t), X(0)=X_0, where W_H is a cylindrical
Brownian motion on a Hilbert space H. We prove continuous dependence of the
compensated solutions X(t)-e^{tA}X_0 in the norms
L^p(\Omega;C^\lambda([0,T];E)) assuming that the approximating operators A_n
are uniformly sectorial and converge to A in the strong resolvent sense, and
that the approximating nonlinearities F_n and G_n are uniformly Lipschitz
continuous in suitable norms and converge to F and G pointwise. Our results are
applied to a class of semilinear parabolic SPDEs with finite-dimensional
multiplicative noise.Comment: Referee's comments have been incorporate
Characterization of Turing diffusion-driven instability on evolving domains
In this paper we establish a general theoretical framework for Turing diffusion-driven instability for reaction-diffusion systems on time-dependent evolving domains. The main result is that Turing diffusion-driven instability for reaction-diffusion systems on evolving domains is characterised by Lyapunov exponents of the evolution family associated with the linearised system (obtained by linearising the original system along a spatially independent solution). This framework allows for the inclusion of the analysis of the long-time behavior of the solutions of reaction-diffusion systems. Applications to two special types of evolving domains are considered: (i) time-dependent domains which evolve to a final limiting fixed domain and (ii) time-dependent domains which are eventually time periodic. Reaction-diffusion systems have been widely proposed as plausible mechanisms for pattern formation in morphogenesis
A Survey on the Krein-von Neumann Extension, the corresponding Abstract Buckling Problem, and Weyl-Type Spectral Asymptotics for Perturbed Krein Laplacians in Nonsmooth Domains
In the first (and abstract) part of this survey we prove the unitary
equivalence of the inverse of the Krein--von Neumann extension (on the
orthogonal complement of its kernel) of a densely defined, closed, strictly
positive operator, for some in a Hilbert space to an abstract buckling problem operator.
This establishes the Krein extension as a natural object in elasticity theory
(in analogy to the Friedrichs extension, which found natural applications in
quantum mechanics, elasticity, etc.).
In the second, and principal part of this survey, we study spectral
properties for , the Krein--von Neumann extension of the
perturbed Laplacian (in short, the perturbed Krein Laplacian)
defined on , where is measurable, bounded and
nonnegative, in a bounded open set belonging to a
class of nonsmooth domains which contains all convex domains, along with all
domains of class , .Comment: 68 pages. arXiv admin note: extreme text overlap with arXiv:0907.144
Multiple blowing-up and concentrating solutions for Liouville-type equations with singular sources under mixed boundary conditions
Defining novel functions for cerebrospinal fluid in ALS pathophysiology
Despite the considerable progress made towards understanding ALS pathophysiology, several key features of ALS remain unexplained, from its aetiology to its epidemiological aspects. The glymphatic system, which has recently been recognised as a major clearance pathway for the brain, has received considerable attention in several neurological conditions, particularly Alzheimer's disease. Its significance in ALS has, however, been little addressed. This perspective article therefore aims to assess the possibility of CSF contribution in ALS by considering various lines of evidence, including the abnormal composition of ALS-CSF, its toxicity and the evidence for impaired CSF dynamics in ALS patients. We also describe a potential role for CSF circulation in determining disease spread as well as the importance of CSF dynamics in ALS neurotherapeutics. We propose that a CSF model could potentially offer additional avenues to explore currently unexplained features of ALS, ultimately leading to new treatment options for people with ALS.</p
The role of domination and smoothing conditions in the theory of eventually positive semigroups
DOI:
10.1017/S000497271700026
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