Stability Estimates for Commutativity Properties of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann Operator

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contents The Laplacian $Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}$ on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ has the property that it can explicitly be expressed in terms of $Λ$, the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the unit ball, as $Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}=Λ^2+(n-2)Λ$. In this paper, we seek to characterize those manifolds for which such an exact relationship holds, and more generally measure the discrepancy of such a relationship holding in terms of geometric data. To this end, we obtain a stability estimate which shows that, for a smoothly bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$, if the commutator $[Λ,Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}]$ is small then that domain is itself close to a ball. We then study the case of manifolds conformal to the ball, show that a relationship as above implies a radial metric structure, and discuss stability in this setting. Finally, we provide a modern exposition of Gohberg's lemma, a foundational result in microlocal analysis which we employ as a starting step for our reasoning.
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spellingShingle Stability Estimates for Commutativity Properties of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann Operator
Speciel, Romain
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Spectral Theory
58J50 (Primary), 35P05 (Secondary)
The Laplacian $Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}$ on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ has the property that it can explicitly be expressed in terms of $Λ$, the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the unit ball, as $Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}=Λ^2+(n-2)Λ$. In this paper, we seek to characterize those manifolds for which such an exact relationship holds, and more generally measure the discrepancy of such a relationship holding in terms of geometric data. To this end, we obtain a stability estimate which shows that, for a smoothly bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$, if the commutator $[Λ,Δ_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}]$ is small then that domain is itself close to a ball. We then study the case of manifolds conformal to the ball, show that a relationship as above implies a radial metric structure, and discuss stability in this setting. Finally, we provide a modern exposition of Gohberg's lemma, a foundational result in microlocal analysis which we employ as a starting step for our reasoning.
title Stability Estimates for Commutativity Properties of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann Operator
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Spectral Theory
58J50 (Primary), 35P05 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08822