The Laplace-Beltrami Operator on the Surface of the Ellipsoid

The Laplace-Beltrami operator on (the surface of) a triaxial ellipsoid admits a sequence of real eigenvalues diverging to plus infinity. By introducing ellipsoidal coordinates, this eigenvalue problem for a partial differential operator is reduced to a two-parameter regular Sturm-Liouville problem i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Datum:2024
1. Verfasser: Volkmer, Hans
Format: Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Інститут математики НАН України 2024
Online Zugang:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212353
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Zitieren:The Laplace-Beltrami Operator on the Surface of the Ellipsoid. Hans Volkmer. SIGMA 20 (2024), 067, 21 pages

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Zusammenfassung:The Laplace-Beltrami operator on (the surface of) a triaxial ellipsoid admits a sequence of real eigenvalues diverging to plus infinity. By introducing ellipsoidal coordinates, this eigenvalue problem for a partial differential operator is reduced to a two-parameter regular Sturm-Liouville problem involving ordinary differential operators. This two-parameter eigenvalue problem has two families of eigencurves whose intersection points determine the eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Eigenvalues are approximated numerically through eigenvalues of generalized matrix eigenvalue problems. Ellipsoids close to spheres are studied employing Lamé polynomials.
ISSN:1815-0659