
6. Spectrum of $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann Laplacian

1. Problem 6.1.

[Fu] Compute the spectrum of the $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann Laplacian on the Hartogs triangle and on the Diederich-Fornaess worm domain. In particular, determine whether or not the corresponding spectra are discrete.
• Problem 6.2.

[Fu] Relate the infimum of the essential spectrum of the $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann Laplacian on the worm domain to the winding of the domain.
• Problem 6.3.

[Fu] Is the spectrum of the $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann Laplacian on a bounded smooth pseudoconvex domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$ always discrete? Is the infimum of the spectrum always a point eigenvalue (ground state energy)?
• Problem 6.4.

[Haslinger] Let $\phi:\mathbb{C}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ be a $C^2$ plurisubharmonic function. Determine the relation between the eigenvalues of the complex Hesssian of $\phi$ and the compactness of the $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann operator on $L^2_{(0,q)}(\mathbb{C}^n,e^{-\phi})$. See [MR3029187] for $n=1$. Determine the relation between the spectrum of the complex Laplacian $\Box_{\phi}$ and the weight function $\phi$. In particular, understand the bottom (infimum) of the essential spectrum.

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