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7 papers

math.SP2026

Ambarzumian-type theorems for Hermitian matrices with applications

Matthias Hofmann, Joachim Kerner

A foundational result in inverse spectral theory due to Ambarzumian (1929) states that the Neumann Laplacian on an interval is not isospectral to the Neumann Laplacian with an addi…

math.SP2026

On the asymptotic behavior of the spectral gap for discrete Schrödinger operators

Matthias Hofmann, Joachim Kerner, Maximilian Pechmann

In this note we elaborate on the asymptotic behavior of the spectral gap of a class of discrete Schrödinger operators defined on a path graph in the limit of infinite volume. We c…

math.SP2025

Spectral minimal partitions of unbounded domains

Matthias Hofmann, James B. Kennedy, Hugo Tavares

We study the problem of constructing -spectral minimal partitions of domains in dimensions, where the energy functional to be minimized is a -norm ()…

math.SP2025

On Courant-type bounds and spectral partitioning via Neumann domains on quantum graphs

Luís Baptista, Matthias Hofmann

We study the structure of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on quantum graphs, with a particular focus on Morse eigenfunctions via nodal and Neumann domains. Building on Courant-type…

math.AP2025

Eigenvalues of the discrete p-Laplacian via graph surgery

Gregory Berkolaiko, Matthias Hofmann

We develop a Hellmann--Feynman type perturbation theory for the discrete signed -Laplacian and apply it to a parametrized perturbation by edge cuts. We show that the eigenvalues…

math.AP2025

On the existence of Nehari ground states for the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation on Discrete Graphs

Setenay Akduman, Matthias Hofmann, Sedef Karakılıç

We study standing waves for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a discrete graph. We characterize for a self-adjoint realizations of Schrödinger operators conditions related wi…