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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 2000
Primary: 28A80, 42C99
Secondary: 31C25
Milestones
Received: 31 May 2008
Revised: 5 October 2008
Accepted: 8 December 2008
Published: 1 June 2009
Authors
Denglin Zhou
University of Waterloo
Department of Pure Mathematics
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L3G1
Canada