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On the spectrum of the double-layer operator on locally-dilation-invariant Lipschitz domains

Chandler-Wilde, S. N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-1283, Hagger, R., Perfekt, K.-M. and Virtanen, J. A. (2023) On the spectrum of the double-layer operator on locally-dilation-invariant Lipschitz domains. Numerische Mathematik, 153. pp. 653-699. ISSN 0029-599X

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Abstract/Summary

We say that Γ, the boundary of a bounded Lipschitz domain, is locally dilation invariant if, at each x∈Γ, Γ is either locally C1 or locally coincides (in some coordinate system centred at x) with a Lipschitz graph Γx such that Γx=αxΓx , for some αx∈(0,1). In this paper we study, for such Γ , the essential spectrum of DΓ, the double-layer (or Neumann–Poincaré) operator of potential theory, on L2(Γ) . We show, via localisation and Floquet–Bloch-type arguments, that this essential spectrum is the union of the spectra of related continuous families of operators Kt , for t∈[−π,π]; moreover, each Kt is compact if Γ is C1 except at finitely many points. For the 2D case where, additionally, Γ is piecewise analytic, we construct convergent sequences of approximations to the essential spectrum of DΓ; each approximation is the union of the eigenvalues of finitely many finite matrices arising from Nyström-method approximations to the operators Kt . Through error estimates with explicit constants, we also construct functionals that determine whether any particular locally-dilation-invariant piecewise-analytic Γ satisfies the well-known spectral radius conjecture, that the essential spectral radius of DΓ on L2(Γ) is <1/2 for all Lipschitz Γ. We illustrate this theory with examples; for each we show that the essential spectral radius is <1/2, providing additional support for the conjecture. We also, via new results on the invariance of the essential spectral radius under locally-conformal C1,β diffeomorphisms, show that the spectral radius conjecture holds for all Lipschitz curvilinear polyhedra.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
ID Code:111473
Publisher:Springer

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