The Dirichlet spectrum of -Δ on an interval #
On a bounded open interval (a, b) the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for -Δ = -d²/dx² can be
solved explicitly: its eigenvalues are exactly the numbers (k π / (b - a))², k ≥ 1, with
eigenfunctions x ↦ sin (k π (x - a) / (b - a)). This is the model Sturm--Liouville problem, the
case of the general Dirichlet spectral theory of TauCeti.PDE.IsDirichletEigenvalue in which
the whole spectrum is explicit. In particular the first Dirichlet eigenvalue
is (π / (b - a))², and by the Rayleigh principle this is the optimal constant in the Poincaré
inequality C ∫_a^b u² ≤ ∫_a^b |u'|² on H¹₀(a, b).
The interval is realized as the open subset TauCeti.PDE.intervalDomain a b of the Euclidean line
EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 1), the setting of the Sobolev spaces and the energy forms.
Each sine mode is C^∞, vanishes at a and b and satisfies -Δw = (k π / (b - a))² w
classically, so it is a weak Dirichlet eigenfunction
(TauCeti.PDE.exists_value_ae_eq_and_energyFormH1_eq_of_laplacian_eq). Conversely, the energy
form is symmetric, so an eigenfunction for any other κ is orthogonal in L²(a, b) to every
sine mode, and it vanishes by completeness of the sine system
(TauCeti.ae_eq_zero_of_forall_integral_mul_sin_eq_zero).
Main declarations #
TauCeti.PDE.intervalDomain: the interval(a, b)as an open subset of the Euclidean line.TauCeti.PDE.exists_value_ae_eq_sin_and_energyFormH1_eq: the sine modes are weak Dirichlet eigenfunctions.TauCeti.PDE.isDirichletEigenvalue_laplacian_intervalDomain_iff: the Dirichlet spectrum of-Δon(a, b)is{(k π / (b - a))² | k ≥ 1}.TauCeti.PDE.isLeast_isDirichletEigenvalue_laplacian_intervalDomainandTauCeti.PDE.firstDirichletEigenvalue_laplacian_intervalDomain: the first Dirichlet eigenvalue is(π / (b - a))².TauCeti.PDE.isGreatest_mul_norm_value_sq_le_energyFormH1_intervalDomain: the sharp Poincaré inequality onH¹₀(a, b), with constant(π / (b - a))².
References #
- H. Brezis, Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations, Section 8.6 (the Sturm--Liouville problem) and Section 9.8.
- L. C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations, 2nd ed., Section 6.5.1.
The open interval (a, b), as an open subset of the Euclidean line EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 1).
Instances For
As a set, the interval domain consists of the points of the line whose coordinate lies in
(a, b).
The interval domain (a, b) is bounded.
The sine modes are weak Dirichlet eigenfunctions of -Δ on an interval. For every
k : ℕ, the function x ↦ sin (k π (x - a) / (b - a)) is the value of some u ∈ H¹₀(a, b) with
∫ ∇u · ∇v = (k π / (b - a))² ∫ u v for every v ∈ H¹₀(a, b).
(k π / (b - a))² is a Dirichlet eigenvalue of -Δ on (a, b) for every k ≥ 1, with
eigenfunction x ↦ sin (k π (x - a) / (b - a)).
The Dirichlet spectrum of -Δ on an interval. The Dirichlet eigenvalues of -Δ on
(a, b) are exactly the numbers (k π / (b - a))² with k ≥ 1: the homogeneous Dirichlet
problem -Δu = κ u in (a, b), u = 0 at a and b, has a nonzero weak solution in
H¹₀(a, b) exactly for these κ.
The first Dirichlet eigenvalue of -Δ on (a, b) is (π / (b - a))², the least element of
the Dirichlet spectrum.
The interval domain (a, b) is nonempty exactly when a < b.
The first Dirichlet eigenvalue of -Δ on an interval (a, b) is (π / (b - a))², for
any choice of the boundedness and coercivity data defining it.
The sharp Poincaré inequality on an interval. For every u ∈ H¹₀(a, b),
(π / (b - a))² ∫_a^b u² ≤ ∫_a^b |u'|²,
and (π / (b - a))² is the largest constant for which this holds: it is the first Dirichlet
eigenvalue (TauCeti.PDE.firstDirichletEigenvalue_laplacian_intervalDomain).