We consider a one-phase free boundary problem involving a fractional Laplacian (−∆), 0 < α < 1, and we prove that “flat free boundaries” are C . We thus extend the known result for the case α = 1/2.

Rjk = R̄jk + ∇̄mD jk − ∇̄jD mk −Dn jkD nm −Dn mkD nj . (To see why this is true, just compute in local normal coordinates for ḡ!) From now on all components are tensorial (as opposed to local coordinate components.) The terms involving second covariant derivatives of the metric are: 1 2 g(−∇̄m∇̄lgjk +∇̄m∇̄kgjl +∇̄m∇̄jglk +∇̄j∇̄lgmk−∇̄j∇̄kgml−∇̄j∇̄mglk). The first term is a kind of Laplacian. The third and six...

Let D be a convex planar domain, symmetric about both the xand y-axes, which is strictly contained in (−a, a) × (−b, b) = Γ. It is proved that, unless D is a certain kind of rectangle, the difference (gap) between the first two eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian in D is strictly larger than the gap for Γ. We show how to give explicit lower bounds for the difference of the gaps.

We show that the zeta function of a regular graph admits a representation as a quotient of a determinant over a L 2-determinant of the combinatorial Laplacian.

We survey properties of spectra of signless Laplacians of graphs and discuss possibilities for developing a spectral theory of graphs based on this matrix. For regular graphs the whole existing theory of spectra of the adjacency matrix and of the Laplacian matrix transfers directly to the signless Laplacian, and so we consider arbitrary graphs with special emphasis on the non-regular case. The ...

This paper is devoted to the study of the eigenpairs of the Dirichlet Laplacian on a family of triangles where two vertices are fixed and the altitude associated with the third vertex goes to zero. We investigate the dependence of the eigenvalues on this altitude. For the first eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, we obtain an asymptotic expansion at any order at the scale cube root of this altitude...

A Hermite type formula is introduced and used to study the zeta function over the real and complex n-projective space. This approach allows to compute the residua at the poles and the value at the origin as well as the value of the derivative at the origin, that gives the regularized determinant of the associated Laplacian operator.

We define self-adjoint extensions of the Hodge Laplacian on Lipschitz domains in Riemannian manifolds, corresponding to either the absolute or the relative boundary condition, and examine regularity properties of these operators’ domains and form domains. We obtain results valid for general Lipschitz domains, and stronger results for a special class of “almost convex” domains, which apply to do...

The expected commute times for a strongly connected directed graph are related to an asymmetric Laplacian matrix as a direct extension to similar well known formulas for undirected graphs. We show the close relationships between the asymmetric Laplacian and the so-called Fundamental matrix. We give bounds for the commute times in terms of the stationary probabilities for a random walk over the ...

The effect of retinal eccentricity on stimulus identification was investigated by measuring observers' ability to identify digits of various sizes presented briefly at different locations in their visual fields. The stimuli were either presented one at a time or presented in pairs with each member of the pair at a different eccentricity and having a different size. Stimulus-response confusion m...