Abstract
We prove that, for a metric graph different from a polygon, the spectrum of the Laplacian is generically simple.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
[A] J. Albert,Genericity of simple eigenvalues for elliptic PDE's, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society48 (1975), 413–418.
[BU] S. Bando and H. Urakawa,Generic properties of eigenvalues of the Laplacian for compact Riemannian manifolds, Tôhoku Mathematical Journal35 (1983), 155–172.
[BW] D. Bleecker and L. Wilson,Splitting the spectrum of a Riemannian manifold, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis11 (1980), 813–818.
[Ka] T. Kato,Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelber-New York, 1966.
[Ku] P. Kuchment,Quantum graphs: I. Some basic structures, Waves Random Media14 (2004), S107-S128.
[U] K. Uhlenbeck,Generic properties of eigenfunctions, American Journal of Mathematics98 (1976), 1059–1078.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Friedlander, L. Genericity of simple eigenvalues for a metric graph. Isr. J. Math. 146, 149–156 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02773531
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02773531