Search results for "eigenvalues"

Efficient computation of stable bifurcating branches of nonlinear eigenvalue problems

1983

Ober Ein Rayleigh-Ritz-Verfahren zur Bestimmung Kritischer Werte

1980

This paper is concerned with the existence of critical points for a functional f defined on the level set of a second functional g. Existence of nontrivial solutions for the nonlinear eigenvalue-problem f′(u) = λg′(u) and convergence for a nonlinear analogue to the Rayleigh-Ritz-Method is proven. The results are applied to a nonlinear ordinary eigenvalue problem where it is shown that the lowest point in the continuous spectrum of the associated linearized operator is a bifurcation point of infinite multiplicity.

Eigenvalue Accumulation for Singular Sturm–Liouville Problems Nonlinear in the Spectral Parameter

1999

Abstract For certain singular Sturm–Liouville equations whose coefficients depend continuously on the spectral parameter λ in an interval Λ it is shown that accumulation/nonaccumulation of eigenvalues at an endpoint ν of Λ is essentially determined by oscillatory properties of the equation at the boundary λ = ν . As applications new results are obtained for the radial Dirac operator and the Klein–Gordon equation. Three other physical applications are also considered.

On the implementation of weno schemes for a class of polydisperse sedimentation models

2011

The sedimentation of a polydisperse suspension of small rigid spheres of the same density, but which belong to a finite number of species (size classes), can be described by a spatially one-dimensional system of first-order, nonlinear, strongly coupled conservation laws. The unknowns are the volume fractions (concentrations) of each species as functions of depth and time. Typical solutions, e.g. for batch settling in a column, include discontinuities (kinematic shocks) separating areas of different composition. The accurate numerical approximation of these solutions is a challenge since closed-form eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the flux Jacobian are usually not available, and the characte…

Solution of time-independent Schrödinger equation by the imaginary time propagation method

2007

Numerical solution of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of large matrices originating from discretization of linear and non-linear Schrodinger equations using the imaginary time propagation (ITP) method is described. Convergence properties and accuracy of 2nd and 4th order operator-splitting methods for the ITP method are studied using numerical examples. The natural convergence of the method is further accelerated with a new dynamic time step adjustment method. The results show that the ITP method has better scaling with respect to matrix size as compared to the implicitly restarted Lanczos method. An efficient parallel implementation of the ITP method for shared memory computers is also demons…

A marching in space and time (MAST) solver of the shallow water equations. Part II: The 2D model

2007

Abstract A novel methodology for the solution of the 2D shallow water equations is proposed. The algorithm is based on a fractional step decomposition of the original system in (1) a convective prediction, (2) a convective correction, and (3) a diffusive correction step. The convective components are solved using a Marching in Space and Time (MAST) procedure, that solves a sequence of small ODEs systems, one for each computational cell, ordered according to the cell value of a scalar approximated potential. The scalar potential is sought after computing first the minimum of a functional via the solution of a large linear system and then refining locally the optimum search. Model results are…

Transparent boundary condition for acoustic propagation in lined guide with mean flow

2008

A finite element analysis of acoustic radiation in an infinite lined guide with mean flow is studied. In order to bound the domain, transparent boundary conditions are introduced by means of a Dirichlet to Neumann (DtN) operator based on a modal decomposition. This decomposition is easy to carry out in a hard‐walled guide. With absorbant lining, many difficulties occur even without mean flow. Since the eigenvalue problem is no longer selfadjoint, acoustic modes are not orthogonal with respect to the L2‐scalar product. However, an orthogonality relation exists which permits writing the modal decomposition. For a lined guide with uniform mean flow, modes are no longer orthogonal but a new sca…

Eigenvectors of k–ψ-contractive wedge operators

2008

Abstract We present new boundary conditions under which the fixed point index of a strict- ψ -contractive wedge operator is zero. Then we investigate eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of k – ψ -contractive wedge operators.

The Probability Law for Generic Density Operators

2020

In this chapter, the probability law of the non-null eigenstates of a generic density operator—studied in the previous chapter—is determined, by showing that given the composite system and the subsystem being considered, a mapping arises which associates a universal probability distribution to the non-null eigenstates of the generic density operator. We thus recover the Born statistical interpretation without having assumed it as a postulate.

Existence and stability of periodic solutions in a neural field equation

2017

We study the existence and linear stability of stationary periodic solutions to a neural field model, an intergo-differential equation of the Hammerstein type. Under the assumption that the activation function is a discontinuous step function and the kernel is decaying sufficiently fast, we formulate necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a special class of solutions that we call 1-bump periodic solutions. We then analyze the stability of these solutions by studying the spectrum of the Frechet derivative of the corresponding Hammerstein operator. We prove that the spectrum of this operator agrees up to zero with the spectrum of a block Laurent operator. We show that the no…