Isospectral Domains in Euclidean 3-Space
Author(s) -
Christopher Cox
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of undergraduate research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-8732
pISSN - 1536-4585
DOI - 10.33697/ajur.2012.010
Subject(s) - isospectral , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , mathematics , pure mathematics , euclidean space , simple (philosophy) , laplace operator , boundary (topology) , omega , space (punctuation) , domain (mathematical analysis) , mathematical analysis , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
The question as to whether the shape of a drum can be heard has existed for around fifty years. The simple answer is ‘no’ as shown through the construction of isospectral domains. Isospectral domains are non-isometric domains that display the same spectra of frequencies of sound. These frequencies, deduced from the eigenvalues of the Laplacian, are determined by solving the wave equation in a domain , where is subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. This paper presents methods to expand the already existing two dimensional transplantation proof into Euclidean 3space and, through these means, provides a number of three dimensional isospectral domains.
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