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We study a shape optimization problem for the first eigenvalue of an elliptic operator in divergence form, with non constant coefficients, over a fixed domain $\Omega$. Dirichlet conditions are imposed along $\partial \Omega$ and, in…
Optimization under structural constraints is typically analyzed through projection or penalty methods, obscuring the geometric mechanism by which constraints shape admissible dynamics. We propose an operator-theoretic formulation in which…
The paper deals with a Dirichlet spectral problem for a singularly perturbed second order elliptic operator with rapidly oscillating locally periodic coefficients. We study the limit behaviour of the first eigenpair (ground state) of this…
In this paper we prove an optimal upper bound for the first eigenvalue of a Robin-Neumann boundary value problem for the p-Laplacian operator in domains with convex holes. An analogous estimate is obtained for the corresponding torsional…
It is known that the torsional rigidity for a punctured ball, with the puncture having the shape of a ball, is minimum when the balls are concentric and the first eigenvalue for the Dirichlet Laplacian for such domains is also a maximum in…
Based upon elements of the modern Pseudoanalytic Function Theory, we analyse a new method for numerically approaching the solution of the Dirichlet boundary value problem, corresponding to the two-dimensional Electrical Impedance Equation.…
Inside a fixed bounded domain $\Omega$ of the plane, we look for the best compact connected set $K$, of given perimeter, in order to maximize the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Omega\setminus K)$. We discuss some of the qualitative…
This article is devoted to the study of spectral optimisation for inhomogeneous plates. In particular, we optimise the first eigenvalue of a vibrating plate with respect to its thickness and/or density. Our result is threefold. First, we…
We study the eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet Laplacian in bounded simply connected plane domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}$ using conformal transformations of the original problem to the weighted eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet…
We establish an interior $C^2$ estimate for $k+1$ convex solutions to Dirichlet problems of $k$-Hessian equations. We also use such estimate to obtain a rigidity theorem for $k+1$ convex entire solutions of $k$-Hessian equations in…
We consider the following eigenvalue optimization problem: Given a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\R^n$ and numbers $\alpha\geq 0$, $A\in [0,|\Omega|]$, find a subset $D\subset\Omega$ of area $A$ for which the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of…
The Convex Envelope of a given function was recently characterized as the solution of a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE). In this article we study a modified problem: the Dirichlet problem for the underlying PDE. The main…
We study a class of Riemannian manifolds which are equipped with a singular metric. In particular we study a domain perturbation problem for the Dirichlet eigenvalues which depends on the best constant in the Hardy Inequality. However, we…
In the present paper we consider spectral optimization problems involving the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta +\mu$ on $\R^d$, the prototype being the minimization of the $k$ the eigenvalue $\lambda_k(\mu)$. Here $\mu$ may be a capacitary…
We study the existence and properties of metrics maximising the first Laplace eigenvalue among conformal metrics of unit volume on Riemannian surfaces. We describe a general approach to this problem and its higher eigenvalue versions via…
We consider variational energies of the form \[E_H(u)=\frac12\int_\Omega H^2(\nabla u)\,dx\] defined on the Sobolev space $H^1_0(\Omega)$, where $H$ is a general seminorm. Our primary objective is to investigate optimization problems…
We are concerned with the dependence of the lowest positive eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on the geometry of rectangles, subject to infinite-mass boundary conditions. We conjecture that the square is a global minimiser both under the…
We consider the torsional rigidity and the principal eigenvalue related to the $p$-Laplace operator. The goal is to find upper and lower bounds to products of suitable powers of the quantities above in various classes of domains. The limit…
We study a rather broad class of optimal partition problems with respect to monotone and coercive functional costs that involve the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the partitions. We show a sharp regularity result for the entire set of minimizers…
We consider shape optimization problems with internal inclusion constraints, of the form $$\min\big\{J(\Omega)\ :\ \Dr\subset\Omega\subset\R^d,\ |\Omega|=m\big\},$$ where the set $\Dr$ is fixed, possibly unbounded, and $J$ depends on…