Spectral analysis and singularities of a non-coercive transmission problem. (Analyse specrale et singularités d’un problème de transmission non coercif.) (French) Zbl 0932.35153
Summary: This note is devoted to the spectral analysis of an unbounded operator associated with a noncoercive transmission problem. Using an integral equation method, we show that, if the interface is regular, this operator is selfadjoint and has compact resolvent. If the interface has a corner, the study of the singularities using Mellin transform allows us to derive a necessary and sufficient condition on the contrast between the two media for selfadjointness. If the operator is not selfadjoint, a characterization of its selfadjoint extensions is given.
MSC:
35P05 | General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs |
47G10 | Integral operators |
35B65 | Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs |
35B40 | Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs |