 Dirichlet discrete Laplacian (source code)

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= Dirichlet discrete Laplacian

On $J$ interior points, the one-dimensional centered second-difference matrix with homogeneous Dirichlet boundaries has eigenvalues
$$
\lambda_j=-4\sin^2\left(\frac{j\pi}{2(J+1)}\right),
\qquad 1\leq j\leq J.
$$

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