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We study the first Dirichlet eigenfunction of the Laplacian in a $n$-dimensional convex domain. For domains of a fixed inner radius, estimates of Chiti imply that the ratio of the $L^2$-norm and $L^{\infty}$-norm of the eigenfunction is…

We prove Liouville type theorems for $p$-harmonic functions on exterior domains of the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space, where $1<p<\infty$ and $d\geq 2$. We show that every positive $p$-harmonic function satisfying zero Dirichlet, Neumann…

We consider the localization of eigenfunctions for the operator $L=-\mbox{div} A \nabla + V$ on a Lipschitz domain $\Omega$ and, more generally, on manifolds with and without boundary. In earlier work, two authors of the present paper…

Using uniform global Carleman estimates for discrete elliptic and semi-discrete hyperbolic equations, we study Lipschitz and logarithmic stability for the inverse problem of recovering a potential in a semi-discrete wave equation,…

We prove stability results associated with upper bounds for the first eigenvalue of certain second order differential operators of divergence-type on hypersurfaces of the Euclidean space. We deduce some applications to $r$-stability as well…

Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\Ri^d$ with boundary $\Gamma$${\!,}$ $d_\Gamma$ the Euclidean distance to the boundary and $H=-\divv(C\,\nabla)$ an elliptic operator with $C=(\,c_{kl}\,)>0$ where $c_{kl}=c_{lk}$ are real, bounded, Lipschitz…

Recently, it is proven that positive harmonic functions defined in the unit disc or the upper half-plane in $\mathbb{C}$ are contractions in hyperbolic metrics \cite{Markovic}. Furthermore, the same result does not hold in higher dimensions…

In this article, we prove that for an embedded minimal hypersurface $\Sigma^{m}$ in $S^{m+1}$, the first eigenvalue $\lambda_1$ of the Laplacian operator on $\Sigma$ satisfies: $$\lambda_1> \frac{m}{2}+G(m, |A|_{\max}, |A|_{\min} ) ,$$…

We prove the following. For any complex valued $L^p$-function $b(x)$, $2 \leq p < \infty$ or $L^\infty$-function with the norm $\| b | L^{\infty}\| < 1$, the spectrum of a perturbed harmonic oscillator operator $L = -d^2/dx^2 + x^2 + b(x)$…

Maps between Riemannian manifolds which are submersions on a dense subset, are studied by means of the eigenvalues of the pull-back of the target metrics, the first fundamental form. Expressions for the derivatives of these eigenvalues…

Symmetry problems in harmonic analysis are formulated and solved. One of these problems is equivalent to the refined Schiffer's conjecture which was recently proved by the author. Let $k=const>0$ be fixed, $S^2$ be the unit sphere in…

Dear Reader, please find the third and last part of a series of papers on the singular perturbation of the first eigenfunction associated to a non self-adjoint second order elliptic operators. This series started in 1999 and we presented…

In this paper we prove that the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_1^N$ of an $N$-sided regular polygon of fixed area is a monotonically decreasing function of $N$ for all $N \geq 3$, as well as the monotonicity of the quotients…

In this paper we prove that any solution of the $m$-polyharmonic Poisson equation in a Reifenberg-flat domain with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, is $\mathscr{C}^{m-1,\alpha}$ regular up to the boundary. To achieve this result we…

The question of unique continuation of harmonic functions in a domain $\Omega$ $\subset$ R d with boundary $\partial$$\Omega$, satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions and with normal derivatives vanishing on a subset $\omega$ of the…

This paper is devoted to the study of the conformal spectrum (and more precisely the first eigenvalue) of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a smooth connected compact Riemannian surface without boundary, endowed with a conformal class. We…

Let \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n be a bounded domain with C^\infty boundary. We show that a harmonic function in \Omega that is Lipschitz along a family of curves transversal to b\Omega is Lipschitz in \Omega. The space of Lipschitz functions…

In this short note we extend an estimate due to J. Simons on the first stability eigenvalue of minimal hypersurfaces in spheres to the singular setting. Specifically, we show that any singular minimal hypersurface in $S^{n+1}$, which is not…

Let $f$ be a function on a bounded domain $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ and $\delta$ be a positive function on $\Omega$ such that $B(x,\delta(x))\subseteq \Omega$. Let $\sigma(f)(x)$ be the average of $f$ over the ball $B(x,\delta(x))$.…

A classical result states that every lower bounded superharmonic function on $\Bbb R^2$ is constant. In this paper the following (stronger) one-circle version is proven. If $f\colon \Bbb R^2\to (-\infty,\infty]$ is lower semicontinuous,…