Courant’s nodal domain theorem for positivity preserving forms
Matthias Keller
Universität Potsdam, GermanyMichael Schwarz
Universität Potsdam, Germany
Abstract
We introduce a notion of nodal domains for positivity preserving forms. This notion generalizes the classical ones for Laplacians on domains and on graphs. We prove the Courant nodal domain theorem in this generalized setting using purely analytical methods.
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Matthias Keller, Michael Schwarz, Courant’s nodal domain theorem for positivity preserving forms. J. Spectr. Theory 10 (2020), no. 1, pp. 271–309
DOI 10.4171/JST/292