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Optimality conditions for the buckling of a clamped plate

Optimization and Control 2014-09-01 v1

Abstract

We prove the following uniqueness result for the buckling plate. Assume there exists a smooth domain which minimizes the first buckling eigenvalue for a plate among all smooth domains of given volume. Then the domain must be a ball. The proof uses the second variation for the buckling eigenvalue and an inequality by L. E. Payne to establish this result.

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@article{arxiv.1408.6982,
  title  = {Optimality conditions for the buckling of a clamped plate},
  author = {Kathrin Knappmann and Alfred Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.6982},
  year   = {2014}
}