On the extrema of band functions in periodic waveguides

In the work we construct an example of a periodic differential operator whose spectrum has gaps with edges attained by the band functions at interior points of the Brillouin zone. This example is the Laplacian on a pair of infinite parallel strips with common boundary from which a periodic system of small holes is cut out. At that, on the outer boundaries the Dirichlet condition is imposed, while on the common boundary the Neumann condition is considered.