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On a classical spectral optimization problem in linear elasticity
We consider a classical shape optimization problem for the eigenvalues of
elliptic operators with homogeneous boundary conditions on domains in the
-dimensional Euclidean space. We survey recent results concerning the
analytic dependence of the elementary symmetric functions of the eigenvalues
upon domain perturbation and the role of balls as critical points of such
functions subject to volume constraint. Our discussion concerns Dirichlet and
buckling-type problems for polyharmonic operators, the Neumann and the
intermediate problems for the biharmonic operator, the Lam\'{e} and the
Reissner-Mindlin systems.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the workshop `New Trends in Shape
Optimization', Friedrich-Alexander Universit\"{a}t Erlangen-Nuremberg, 23-27
September 201
On a Babu\u161ka Paradox for Polyharmonic Operators: Spectral Stability and Boundary Homogenization for Intermediate Problems
We analyse the spectral convergence of high order elliptic differential operators subject to singular domain perturbations and homogeneous boundary conditions of intermediate type. We identify sharp assumptions on the domain perturbations improving, in the case of polyharmonic operators of higher order, conditions known to be sharp in the case of fourth order operators. The optimality is proved by analysing in detail a boundary homogenization problem, which provides a smooth version of a polyharmonic Babuska paradox
Spectral analysis of the biharmonic operator subject to Neumann boundary conditions on dumbbell domains
We consider the biharmonic operator subject to homogeneous boundary
conditions of Neumann type on a planar dumbbell domain which consists of two
disjoint domains connected by a thin channel. We analyse the spectral behaviour
of the operator, characterizing the limit of the eigenvalues and of the
eigenprojections as the thickness of the channel goes to zero. In applications
to linear elasticity, the fourth order operator under consideration is related
to the deformation of a free elastic plate, a part of which shrinks to a
segment. In contrast to what happens with the classical second order case, it
turns out that the limiting equation is here distorted by a strange factor
depending on a parameter which plays the role of the Poisson coefficient of the
represented plate.Comment: To appear in "Integral Equations and Operator Theory
Notas sobre la concepción de Maxwell acerca de la fisica experimental
El Laboratorio Cavendish fue inaugurado en 1874 y James Clerk Maxwell fue su primer director.
En ese momento Maxwell ocupaba el cargo de Profesor de FÃsica Experimental en la cátedra
Cavendish de la Universidad de Cambridge. La creación de este laboratorio tuvo la intención de
fortalecer la fÃsica experimental en el Reino Unido. Se asocia su creación con la "necesidad de
entrenamiento práctico de cientÃficos e ingenieros" tras el éxito de la Gran Exhibición Industrial
de 1851, que dejó claramente expuestos los requerimientos de una sociedad industrial. Hasta ese
momento, la fÃsica en Inglaterra significaba fÃsica teórica y se la pensaba en el ámbito de las
matemáticas.
Hubo mucha especulación sobre la elección del Profesor de FÃsica Experimental. Tanto
William Thomson (de Glasgow) como John Rayleigh (de Essex) fueron candidatos con grandes
posibilidades, pero ambos rechazaron la oferta Cuando se anunció la designación de Maxwell,
hubo cierto asombro (y malestar) en la comunidad cientÃfica londinense. El nuevo profesor
Maxwell era, por aquel entonces, relativamente desconocido. Su nombramiento como profesor
fue anunciado el 8 de marzo de 1871, y más allá de las crÃticas iniciales, su clase inaugural fue
seguida por una gran cantidad de estudiantes e investigadores de Cambridge. Sus libros más
influyentes, TeorÃa Cinética ( 1871) y el Tratado de Electricidad y Magnetismo ( 1873), -no habÃan
sido todavÃa publicados.
En esta clase, Maxwell dejó claramente expuesta la impronta que él darla unos años
después al Laboratorio Cavendish, cuando fuera su Director. Una de sus primeras acciones al
asumir como Director del laboratorio, fue la construcción de un conjunto de equipos de fÃsica
experimental, muchos de los cuales eran producto de sus propios desarrollos y concepciones.
Entre ellos se destaca un modelo mecánico que tenÃa por objetivo representar la interacción de
dos circuitos eléctricos. El estudio de este modelo es el propósito primordial del presente trabajo.
Para una mejor comprensión de los objetivos perseguidos por Maxwell con este tipo de
desarrollos, haremos, por un lado una breve descripción de las ideas que Maxwell tenÃa sobre la
fÃsica experimental y por el otro, un análisis del modelo desde la concepción mecanicista que él
tenÃa del electromagnetismo
Jensen-Shannon divergence as a measure of distinguishability between mixed quantum states
We discuss an alternative to relative entropy as a measure of distance
between mixed quantum states. The proposed quantity is an extension to the
realm of quantum theory of the Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD) between
probability distributions. The JSD has several interesting properties. It
arises in information theory and, unlike the Kullback-Leibler divergence, it is
symmetric, always well defined and bounded. We show that the quantum JSD (QJSD)
shares with the relative entropy most of the physically relevant properties, in
particular those required for a "good" quantum distinguishability measure. We
relate it to other known quantum distances and we suggest possible applications
in the field of the quantum information theory.Comment: 14 pages, corrected equation 1
Analyticity and criticality results for the eigenvalues of the biharmonic operator
We consider the eigenvalues of the biharmonic operator subject to several
homogeneous boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Neumann, Navier, Steklov). We show
that simple eigenvalues and elementary symmetric functions of multiple
eigenvalues are real analytic, and provide Hadamard-type formulas for the
corresponding shape derivatives. After recalling the known results in shape
optimization, we prove that balls are always critical domains under volume
constraint.Comment: To appear on the proceedings of the conference "Geometric Properties
for Parabolic and Elliptic PDE's - 4th Italian-Japanese Workshop" held in
Palinuro (Italy), May 25-29, 201
Stability estimates for resolvents, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of elliptic operators on variable domains
We consider general second order uniformly elliptic operators subject to
homogeneous boundary conditions on open sets parametrized by
Lipschitz homeomorphisms defined on a fixed reference domain .
Given two open sets , we estimate the
variation of resolvents, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via the Sobolev norm
for finite values of , under
natural summability conditions on eigenfunctions and their gradients. We prove
that such conditions are satisfied for a wide class of operators and open sets,
including open sets with Lipschitz continuous boundaries. We apply these
estimates to control the variation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via
the measure of the symmetric difference of the open sets. We also discuss an
application to the stability of solutions to the Poisson problem.Comment: 34 pages. Minor changes in the introduction and the refercenes.
Published in: Around the research of Vladimir Maz'ya II, pp23--60, Int. Math.
Ser. (N.Y.), vol. 12, Springer, New York 201
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