Spectral minimal partitions of unbounded domains
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| author | Hofmann, Matthias Kennedy, James B. Tavares, Hugo |
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| contents | We study the problem of constructing $k$-spectral minimal partitions of domains in $d$ dimensions, where the energy functional to be minimized is a $p$-norm ($1 \le p \le \infty$) of the infimum of the spectrum of a suitable Schrödinger operator $-Δ+V$, with Dirichlet conditions on the boundary of the partition elements (cells). The main novelty of this paper is that the domains may be unbounded, including of infinite volume.
First, we prove a sharp upper bound for the infimal energy among all $k$-partitions by a threshold value which involves the infimum $Σ$ of the essential spectrum of the Schrödinger operator on the whole domain as well as the infimal energy among all $k-1$-partitions. Strictly below such threshold, we develop a concentration-compactness-type argument showing optimal partitions exist, and each cell admits ground states (i.e., the infimum of the spectrum on each cell is a simple isolated eigenvalue).
Second, for $p<\infty$, when the energy and the threshold level coincide, we show there may or may not be minimizing partitions. Moreover, even when these exist, they may not have ground states.
Third, for $p=\infty$, minimal partitions always exist, even at the threshold level, but these may or may not admit ground states. Moreover, below the threshold, we can always construct a minimizer, which is an equipartition. At the threshold value we show that spectral minimal partitions may not need to be equipartitions.
We give a variety of examples of both domains and potentials to illustrate the new phenomena that occur in this setting. |
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| spellingShingle | Spectral minimal partitions of unbounded domains Hofmann, Matthias Kennedy, James B. Tavares, Hugo Spectral Theory Analysis of PDEs 35J10, 35B65, 35J20, 49Q10, 81Q10 We study the problem of constructing $k$-spectral minimal partitions of domains in $d$ dimensions, where the energy functional to be minimized is a $p$-norm ($1 \le p \le \infty$) of the infimum of the spectrum of a suitable Schrödinger operator $-Δ+V$, with Dirichlet conditions on the boundary of the partition elements (cells). The main novelty of this paper is that the domains may be unbounded, including of infinite volume. First, we prove a sharp upper bound for the infimal energy among all $k$-partitions by a threshold value which involves the infimum $Σ$ of the essential spectrum of the Schrödinger operator on the whole domain as well as the infimal energy among all $k-1$-partitions. Strictly below such threshold, we develop a concentration-compactness-type argument showing optimal partitions exist, and each cell admits ground states (i.e., the infimum of the spectrum on each cell is a simple isolated eigenvalue). Second, for $p<\infty$, when the energy and the threshold level coincide, we show there may or may not be minimizing partitions. Moreover, even when these exist, they may not have ground states. Third, for $p=\infty$, minimal partitions always exist, even at the threshold level, but these may or may not admit ground states. Moreover, below the threshold, we can always construct a minimizer, which is an equipartition. At the threshold value we show that spectral minimal partitions may not need to be equipartitions. We give a variety of examples of both domains and potentials to illustrate the new phenomena that occur in this setting. |
| title | Spectral minimal partitions of unbounded domains |
| topic | Spectral Theory Analysis of PDEs 35J10, 35B65, 35J20, 49Q10, 81Q10 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00811 |