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On the spectrum of the Laplacian on regular metric trees

Michael Solomyak
- 01 Jan 2004 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 1
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In this paper, the authors consider a special class of trees, namely the so-called regular metric trees and show that the space L 2 decomposes into the orthogonal sum of subspaces reducing the Laplacian operator Δ.
Abstract
A metric tree r is a tree whose edges are viewed as non-degenerate line segments. The Laplacian Δ on such a tree is the operator of second order differentiation on each edge, complemented by the Kirchhoff matching conditions at the vertices. The spectrum of Δ can be quite varied, reflecting the geometry of a tree. We consider a special class of trees, namely the so-called regular metric trees. Any such tree r possesses a rich group of symmetries. As a result, the space L 2 (Γ) decomposes into the orthogonal sum of subspaces reducing the operator Δ. This leads to detailed spectral analysis of Δ. We survey recent results on this subject.

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