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Spectral analysis of Laplacians on the Vicsek set

Denglin Zhou

Vol. 241 (2009), No. 2, 369–398
Abstract

We find the spectral decimation function for the standard Laplacian on the symmetric Vicsek set, expressed in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. This allows us to determine the order of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian, describe their asymptotic behavior and prove that there exist gaps in the spectrum.

Keywords

analysis on fractals, spectral analysis, Vicsek set, Laplace operator

Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 28A80, 42C99

Secondary: 31C25

Milestones

Received: 31 May 2008
Revised: 5 October 2008
Accepted: 8 December 2008

Authors
Denglin Zhou
University of Waterloo
Department of Pure Mathematics
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L3G1
Canada