Ramification of multiple eigenvalues for the Dirichlet-Laplacian in perforated domains

Abstract

Taking advantage from the so-called Lemma on small eigenvalues by Colin de Verdière, we study ramification for multiple eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian in bounded perforated domains. The asymptotic behavior of multiple eigenvalues turns out to depend on the asymptotic expansion of suitable associated eigenfunctions.We treat the case of planar domains in details, thanks to the asymptotic expansion of a generalization of the so-called u-capacity which we compute in dimension 2. In this case multiple eigenvalues are proved to split essentially by different rates of convergence of the perturbed eigenvalues or by different coefficients in front of their expansion if the rate of two eigenbranches turns out to be the same.