Mathematics – Dynamical Systems
Scientific paper
2010-10-05
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 191 (2006), No.1, 126--142
Mathematics
Dynamical Systems
Scientific paper
In this paper we numerically solve the eigenvalue problem $\Delta u + \lambda u = 0$ on the fractal region defined by the Koch Snowflake, with zero-Dirichlet or zero-Neumann boundary conditions. The Laplacian with boundary conditions is approximated by a large symmetric matrix. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors of this matrix are computed by ARPACK. We impose the boundary conditions in a way that gives improved accuracy over the previous computations of Lapidus, Neuberger, Renka & Griffith. We extrapolate the results for grid spacing $h$ to the limit $h \rightarrow 0$ in order to estimate eigenvalues of the Laplacian and compare our results to those of Lapdus et al. We analyze the symmetry of the region to explain the multiplicity-two eigenvalues, and present a canonical choice of the two eigenfunctions that span each two-dimensional eigenspace.
Neuberger John M.
Sieben Nandor
Swift James W.
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