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Main Author: Volkmer, Hans
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01620
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author Volkmer, Hans
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contents The Laplace-Beltrami operator on (the surface of) a triaxial ellipsoid admits a sequence of real eigenvalues diverging to plus infinity. By introducing ellipsoidal coordinates, this eigenvalue problem for a partial differential operator is reduced to a two-parameter regular Sturm-Liouville problem involving ordinary differential operators. This two-parameter eigenvalue problem has two families of eigencurves whose intersection points determine the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Eigenvalues are approximated numerically through eigenvalues of generalized matrix eigenvalue problems. Ellipsoids close to spheres are studied employing Lamé polynomials.
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spellingShingle The Laplace-Beltrami Operator on the Surface of the Ellipsoid
Volkmer, Hans
Classical Analysis and ODEs
34B30, 34L15
The Laplace-Beltrami operator on (the surface of) a triaxial ellipsoid admits a sequence of real eigenvalues diverging to plus infinity. By introducing ellipsoidal coordinates, this eigenvalue problem for a partial differential operator is reduced to a two-parameter regular Sturm-Liouville problem involving ordinary differential operators. This two-parameter eigenvalue problem has two families of eigencurves whose intersection points determine the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Eigenvalues are approximated numerically through eigenvalues of generalized matrix eigenvalue problems. Ellipsoids close to spheres are studied employing Lamé polynomials.
title The Laplace-Beltrami Operator on the Surface of the Ellipsoid
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
34B30, 34L15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01620