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This work studies functional difference equations of the second order with a potential belonging to a special class of meromorphic functions. The equations depend on a spectral parameter. Consideration of this type of equations is motivated by applications in diffraction theory and by construction of eigenfunctions for the Laplace operator in angular domains. In particular, such eigenfunctions describe eigenoscillations of acoustic waves in angular domains with 'semitransparent' boundary conditions. For negative values of the spectral parameter, we study essential and discrete spectrum of the equations and describe properties of the corresponding solutions. The study is based on the reduction of the functional difference equations to integral equations with a symmetric kernel. A sufficient condition is formulated for the potential that ensures existence of the discrete spectrum. The obtained results are applied for studying the behaviour of eigenfunctions for the Laplace operator in adjacent angular domains with the Robin-type boundary conditions on their common boundary. At infinity, the eigenfunctions vanish exponentially as was expected. However, the rate of such decay depends on the observation direction. In particular, in a vicinity of some directions, the regime of decay is switched from one to another and such asymptotic behaviour is described by a Fresnel-type integral.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)538--559
Number of pages22
JournalEuropean Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume33
Early online date5 May 2021
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

    Research areas

  • Asymptotic behaviour, Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian, Functional difference equations, Malyuzhinets' functional equations, Spectrum

    Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Mathematics

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