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Sep
25
2018

Variational Methods in Geometry Seminar

Extremal eigenvalue problems and free boundary minimal surfaces in the ball
Ailana Fraser
10:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

When we choose a metric on a manifold we determine the spectrum of the Laplace operator. Thus an eigenvalue may be considered as a functional on the space of metrics. For example the first eigenvalue would be the fundamental vibrational frequency...