A lower bound to the spectral threshold in curved tubes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 460, Issue 2052, 2004, Pages 3457-3467

  Exner, P ^a,b   Freitas, P ^c   Krejcirik D ^a,c  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues in tubes and tori; Laplacian; Quantum waveguides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 17144383941     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1356     Document Type: Article

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