ABSTRACT
In this paper, we study the spectrum of the one-dimensional vibrating free rod equation under tension
or compression
. The eigenvalues
as functions of the tension/compression parameter
exhibit three distinct types of behavior. In particular, eigenvalue branches in the lower half-plane exhibit a cascading pattern of barely-avoided crossings. We provide a complete description of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues by implicitly parameterizing the eigenvalue curves. We also establish properties of the eigenvalue curves such as monotonicity, crossings, asymptotic growth, cascading, and phantom spectral lines.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank their current and past advisor Richard S. Laugesen for many helpful discussions and for his guidance, and for proposing the collaboration. Support from Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant #204296 (Laugesen) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors also wish to thank the referee for careful reading and exceptionally helpful comments.
Notes
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.