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On the principal eigenvalue of a Robin problem with a large parameter

Spectral Theory 2007-05-23 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the principal eigenvalue of a Robin (or generalised Neumann) problem with a large parameter in the boundary condition for the Laplacian in a piecewise smooth domain. We show that the leading asymptotic term depends only on the singularities of the boundary of the domain, and give either explicit expressions or two-sided estimates for this term in a variety of situations.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403179,
  title  = {On the principal eigenvalue of a Robin problem with a large parameter},
  author = {Michael Levitin and Leonid Parnovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403179},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

16 pages; no figures; replaces math.SP/0403179; completely re-written