TY - JOUR A1 - Keller, Matthias A1 - Schwarz, Michael T1 - Courant’s nodal domain theorem for positivity preserving forms T2 - Journal of spectral theory N2 - We introduce a notion of nodal domains for positivity preserving forms. This notion generalizes the classical ones for Laplacians on domains and on graphs. We prove the Courant nodal domain theorem in this generalized setting using purely analytical methods. KW - Nodal domain KW - eigenfunction KW - Dirichlet form KW - compact resolvent Y1 - 2020 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57112 SN - 1664-039X SN - 1664-0403 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 271 EP - 309 PB - EMS Publishing House CY - Zürich ER -