Nodal domains and spectral minimal partitions

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-138

  Helffer, B ^a   Hoffmann Ostenhof, T ^b,c   Terracini, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Nodal domains; Optimal partitions; Spectral minimal partitions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED DOMAINS; EIGENVALUES; EXISTENCE AND REGULARITIES; NODAL DOMAINS; NODAL SETS; OPTIMAL PARTITIONS; SPECTRAL MINIMAL PARTITIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

PARTITIONS (BUILDING);

EID: 58249090253     PISSN: 02941449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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