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On Rellich's Theorem Concerning Infinitely Narrow Tubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Colin Clark
Colin Clark*
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University of British Columbia
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Let G be a region in Eućlidean n-space En and consider the eigenvalue problem Δ2u = λu on G, with boundary conditions u = 0 on Γ, the boundary of G. (To be precise, we are considering the eigenvalue problem for the self-adjoint 2 realization L associated with the Laplacian -Δ2and zero boundary condition, acting in L2(G), cf Browder [2]). If G is bounded, the spectrum of this problem is discrete, but Rellich showed in 1952 [6] that the spectrum could also be discrete for certain unbounded regions which he introduced and called "infinitely narrow tubes".

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 1964 , pp. 435 - 440
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1964

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