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Shape of extremal functions for weighted Sobolev-type inequalities

Optimization and Control 2025-07-22 v2

Abstract

We study the shape of solutions to some variational problems in Sobolev spaces with weights that are powers of |x|. In particular, we detect situations when the extremal functions lack symmetry properties such as radial symmetry and antisymmetry. We also prove an isoperimetric inequality for the first non-zero eigenvalue of a weighted Neumann problem.

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@article{arxiv.2311.01083,
  title  = {Shape of extremal functions for weighted Sobolev-type inequalities},
  author = {Friedemann Brock and Francesco Chiacchio and Gisella Croce and Anna Mercaldo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.01083},
  year   = {2025}
}