In this text we describe the spectral nature (pure point or continuous) of a self-similar Sturm-Liouville operator on the line or the half-line. This is motivated by the more general problem of understanding the spectrum of Laplace operators on unbounded finitely ramified self-similar sets. In this context, this furnishes the first example of a description of the spectral nature of the operator...

We study the Cauchy problem associated with the equations governing a fluid loaded plate formulated on either the line or the half-line. We show that in both cases the problem can be solved by employing the unified approach to boundary value problems introduced by on of the authors in the late 1990's. The problem on the full line was analysed by Crighton et. al. using a combination of Laplace a...

Discrete vector bundles are important in Physics and recently found remarkable applications in Computer Graphics. This article approaches discrete bundles from the viewpoint of Discrete Differential Geometry, including a complete classification of discrete vector bundles over finite simplicial complexes. In particular, we obtain a discrete analogue of a theorem of André Weil on the classificati...

This paper continues the study of metastable behaviour in disordered mean field models initiated in [2], [3]. We consider the generalized Hopfield model with finitely many independent patterns ξ1, . . . , ξP where the patterns have i.i.d. components and the components of patterns ξ1, . . . ξp have absolutely continuous distributions on [−1, 1] whereas the components of patterns ξp+1, . . . , ξP...

The behaviour of the spectral edges (embedded eigenvalues and resonances) is discussed at the two ends of the continuous spectrum of non-local discrete Schrödinger operators with a δ-potential. These operators arise by replacing the discrete Laplacian by a strictly increasing C1-function of the discrete Laplacian. The dependence of the results on this function and the lattice dimension are expl...

The Exterior-Interior duality expresses a deep connection between the Laplace spectrum in bounded and connected domains in R, and the scattering matrices in the exterior of the domains. Here, this link is extended to the study of the spectrum of the discrete Laplacian on finite graphs. For this purpose, two methods are devised for associating scattering matrices to the graphs. The Exterior -Int...

An understanding of the capillary rise of the meniscus formed on the V-shaped fibers is crucial for many applications. We classified the cases when the meniscus cannot be smooth by analyzing the local behavior of the solutions to the Laplace equation of capillarity near the sharp edge. The Vangle and two contact angles that the meniscus forms on two chemically different sides of the fiber form ...

Past research has confirmed the existence of surface nanobubbles on various hydrophobic substrates (static contact angle >90°) when imaged in air-equilibrated water. Additionally, the use of solvent exchange techniques (based on the difference in saturation levels of air in various solvents) also introduced surface nanobubbles on hydrophilic substrates (static contact angle <90°). In this work,...

In this paper we study in detail some spectral properties of the magnetic discrete Laplacian. We identify its form-domain, characterize the absence of essential spectrum and provide the asymptotic eigenvalue distribution.