Eigenvalue problem for a coupled channel Schrödinger equation with application to the description of deformed nuclear systems

We discuss the accurate computation of the eigensolutions of systems of coupled channel Schrödinger equations as they appear in studies of real physical phenomena like fission, alpha decay and proton emission. A specific technique is used to compute the solution near the singularity in the origin, while on the rest of the interval the solution is propagated using a piecewise perturbation method. Such a piecewise perturbation method allows us to take large steps even for high energy-values. We consider systems with a deformed potential leading to an eigenvalue problem where the energies are given and the required eigenvalue is related to the adjustment of the potential, viz, the eigenvalue is the depth of the nuclear potential. A shooting technique is presented to determine this eigenvalue accurately.     

The spectrum of the Schrödinger operator with a rapidly oscillating compactly supported potential

We study the effect of an eigenvalue appearing from the boundary of the essential spectrum of the Schrödinger operator perturbed by a rapidly oscillating compactly supported potential. We prove sufficient conditions for the existence and absence of such an eigenvalue and obtain the first few terms of its asymptotic expansion for the case where this eigenvalue exists.     

Preconditioned iterative methods for a class of nonlinear eigenvalue problems

This paper proposes new iterative methods for the efficient computation of the smallest eigenvalue of symmetric nonlinear matrix eigenvalue problems of large order with a monotone dependence on the spectral parameter. Monotone nonlinear eigenvalue problems for differential equations have important applications in mechanics and physics. The discretization of these eigenvalue problems leads to nonlinear eigenvalue problems with very large sparse ill-conditioned matrices monotonically depending on the spectral parameter. To compute the smallest eigenvalue of large-scale matrix nonlinear eigenvalue problems, we suggest preconditioned iterative methods: preconditioned simple iteration method, preconditioned steepest descent method, and preconditioned conjugate gradient method. These methods use only matrix-vector multiplications, preconditioner-vector multiplications, linear operations with vectors, and inner products of vectors. We investigate the convergence and derive grid-independent error estimates for these methods. Numerical experiments demonstrate the practical effectiveness of the proposed methods for a model problem.     

Asymptotics of the spectrum of a Hartree-type operator with a screened Coulomb self-action potential near the upper boundaries of spectral clusters

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider the eigenvalue problem for a Hartree-type operator with a screened Coulomb self-action potential and with a small parameter multiplying the...     

The first eigenvalue of a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature

We give a new estimate on the lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature in terms of the lower bound of the Ricci curvature and the largest interior radius of the nodal domains of eigenfunctions of the eigenvalue.

     

Stability Estimates for the Lowest Eigenvalue of a Schrödinger Operator

There is a family of potentials that minimize the lowest eigenvalue of a Schrödinger operator under the constraint of a given L ^p norm of the potential. We give effective estimates for the amount by which the eigenvalue increases when the potential is not one of these optimal potentials. Our results are analogous to those for the isoperimetric problem and the Sobolev inequality. We also prove a stability estimate for Hölder’s inequality, which we believe to be new.     

Electron scattering by a crystal layer

We consider the one-particle discrete Schrödinger operator H with a periodic potential perturbed by a function ?W that is periodic in two variables and exponentially decreasing in the third variable. Here, ? is a small parameter. We study the scattering problem for H near the point of extremum with respect to the third quasimomentum coordinate for a certain eigenvalue of the Schrödinger operator with a periodic potential in the cell, in other words, for the small perpendicular component of the angle of particle incidence on the potential barrier ?W. We obtain simple formulas for the transmission and reflection probabilities.     

Adaptive computation of smallest eigenvalues of self‐adjoint elliptic partial differential equations

We consider a new adaptive finite element (AFEM) algorithm for self‐adjoint elliptic PDE eigenvalue problems. In contrast to other approaches we incorporate the inexact solutions of the resulting finite‐dimensional algebraic eigenvalue problems into the adaptation process. In this way we can balance the costs of the adaptive refinement of the mesh with the costs for the iterative eigenvalue method. We present error estimates that incorporate the discretization errors, approximation errors in the eigenvalue solver and roundoff errors, and use these for the adaptation process. We show that it is also possible to restrict to very few iterations of a Krylov subspace solver for the eigenvalue problem on coarse meshes. Several examples are presented to show that this new approach achieves much better complexity than the previous AFEM approaches which assume that the algebraic eigenvalue problem is solved to full accuracy. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The emergence of eigenvalues of a PT-symmetric operator in a thin strip

The Schrödinger operator in a thin infinite strip with PT -symmetric boundary conditions and a localized potential is studied. The case of a virtual level on the threshold of the essential spectrum of an efficient one-dimensional operator is considered. Sufficient conditions for the transformation of this level into an isolated eigenvalue are obtained and the first terms of the asymptotic expansion are calculated for this eigenvalue. Sufficient conditions for the absence of such an eigenvalue are also obtained.     

On linearizations of the quadratic two-parameter eigenvalue problem

We present several transformations that can be used to solve the quadratic two-parameter eigenvalue problem (QMEP), by formulating an associated linear multiparameter eigenvalue problem. Two of these transformations are generalizations of the well-known linearization of the quadratic eigenvalue problem and linearize the QMEP as a singular two-parameter eigenvalue problem. The third replaces all nonlinear terms by new variables and adds new equations for their relations. The QMEP is thus transformed into a nonsingular five-parameter eigenvalue problem. The advantage of these transformations is that they enable one to solve the QMEP using existing numerical methods for multiparameter eigenvalue problems. We also consider several special cases of the QMEP, where some matrix coefficients are zero     

SDP diagonalizations and perspective cuts for a class of nonseparable MIQP

We present a new approach, requiring the solution of a SemiDefinite Program, for decomposing the Hessian of a nonseparable mixed-integer quadratic problem to permit using perspective cuts to improve its continuous relaxation bound. The new method favorably compares with a previously proposed one requiring a minimum eigenvalue computation.     

Bounds for the second largest eigenvalue of a transition matrix

We find an upper bound, with general form, for the second largest eigenvalue of a transition matrix; special cases of which have previously been proposed as upper bounds and others which are new improvements.     

Equality of multiplicities of a Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue

We give a new and unified proof of the fact that for any eigenvalue of a self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville problem with limit-circle end points, its analytic and geometric multiplicities are equal. This proof is geometric in nature and can be generalized to the case of high-order differential equations.     

Upper and lower bounds for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a triangle

We prove some new upper and lower bounds for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a triangle in terms of the lengths of its sides.

     

Estimates for the lowest eigenvalue of a star graph

We derive new estimates for the lowest eigenvalue of the Schrödinger operator associated with a star graph in R². We achieve this by a variational method and a procedure for identifying test functions which are sympathetic to the geometry of the star graph.     

R2 中带不定权与临界位势的非线性椭圆问题

该文讨论了R²中一类带不定权且含临界位势的二阶椭圆方程的特征值问题,然后,借此特征值问题的第一特征值性质,利用临界点理论及Trudinger-Moser不等式,证明了R² 中一类带不定权且含临界位势的二阶非线性椭圆方程非平凡解的存在性.     

A spectral projection method for transmission eigenvalues

We consider a nonlinear integral eigenvalue problem, which is a reformulation of the transmission eigenvalue problem arising in the inverse scattering theory. The boundary element method is employed for discretization, which leads to a generalized matrix eigenvalue problem. We propose a novel method based on the spectral projection. The method probes a given region on the complex plane using contour integrals and decides whether the region contains eigenvalue(s) or not. It is particularly suitable to test whether zero is an eigenvalue of the generalized eigenvalue problem, which in turn implies that the associated wavenumber is a transmission eigenvalue. Effectiveness and efficiency of the new method are demonstrated by numerical examples.     

Asymptotic behavior of an eigenvalue of the two-particle discrete Schr?dinger operator

We consider a two-particle discrete Schr?dinger operator corresponding to a system of two identical particles on a lattice interacting via an attractive pairwise zero-range potential. We show that there is a unique eigenvalue below the bottom of the essential spectrum for all values of the coupling constant and two-particle quasimomentum. We obtain a convergent expansion for the eigenvalue.     

Concentration phenomena in nonlinear eigenvalue problems with variable exponents and sign-changing potential

In this paper we establish the concentration of the spectrum in an unbounded interval for a class of eigenvalue problems involving variable growth conditions and a sign-changing potential. We also study the optimization problem for the particular eigenvalue given by the infimum of the associated Rayleigh quotient when the variable potential lies in a bounded, closed and convex subset of a certain variable exponent Lebesgue space.     

The Eigenvalue Problem for a One-Dimensional Differential Operator with a Variable Coefficient and Nonlocal Integral Conditions*

We consider conditions for the existence of the eigenvalue λ = 0 in the eigenvalue problem for a differential operator with a variable coefficient and integral conditions. We analyze how these conditions depend on such properties of the coefficient p(x) as monotonicity and symmetry and observe some other properties of the spectrum of the eigenvalue problem. Particularly, we show by a numerical experiment that the fundamental theorem on the increase of the eigenvalues in the case of increasing coefficient p(x) is not valid for the eigenvalue problem with nonlocal conditions.