Abstract
We discuss a recent paper of Berry and Dennis (J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 2008 41 135203) concerning a Laplace operator on a smooth domain with singular boundary condition. We explain a paradox in the article (J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 2008 41 135203) and show that if a certain additional condition is imposed, the result is a spectral problem for a self-adjoint operator having only eigenvalues and no continuous spectrum. The eigenvalues accumulate at ±∞ only, and we obtain the asymptotic behaviours of the counting functions n+(λ) and n−(λ) for positive and negative eigenvalues. The physical meaning of the additional boundary condition is not yet clear.
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