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In 1954, G. Polya conjectured that the counting function $N(\Omega,\Lambda)$ of the eigenvalues of the Laplace operator of the Dirichlet (resp. Neumann) boundary value problem in a bounded set $\Omega\subset R^d$ is lesser (resp. greater)…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-05-23 N. Filonov

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open set of $\mathbb R^{n}$, $n\ge 2$. In this paper we mainly study some properties of the second Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_{2}(p,\Omega)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian \[ -\mathcal Q_{p}u:=-\textrm{div}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Francesco Della Pietra , Nunzia Gavitone , Gianpaolo Piscitelli

In this paper we study optimal lower and upper bounds for functionals involving the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_{F}(p,\Omega)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian, $1<p<+\infty$. Our aim is to enhance how, by means of the $\mathcal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Francesco Della Pietra , Giuseppina di Blasio , Nunzia Gavitone

For each open, bounded and convex domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{D},$ $D\geq 2$, and each real number $p>1,$ we denote by $u_{p}$ the $p$\emph{-torsion function} on $\Omega $, i.e. the solution of the \emph{torsional creep problem}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Cristian Enache , Mihai Mihailescu , Denisa Stancu-Dumitru

For $d \in \N$ and $\Omega \ne \emptyset$ an open set in $\R^d$, we consider the eigenfunctions $\Phi$ of the Dirichlet Laplacian $-\Delta_\Omega$ of $\Omega$. If $\Phi$ is associated with an eigenvalue below the essential spectrum of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-31 Michiel van den Berg , Rainer Hempel , Juergen Voigt

Results are obtained for two minimization problems: $$I_k(c)=\inf \{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{open, convex in}\ \mathbb{R}^m,\ \mathcal{T}(\Omega)= c \},$$ and $$J_k(c)=\inf\{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{quasi-open in}\…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-31 M. van den Berg

In this paper, by extending the notions of harmonic transplantation and harmonic radius in the Heisenberg group, we give an upper bound for the first eigenvalue for the following Dirichlet problem: $$(P_{\Omega}) \left\{…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-09 Najoua Gamara , Akram Makni

In this paper, we examine some shape functionals, introduced by P\'olya and Makai, involving the torsional rigidity and the first Dirichlet-Laplacian eigenvalue for bounded, open and convex sets of $\mathbb{R}^n$. We establish new…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Vincenzo Amato , Nunzia Gavitone , Rossano Sannipoli

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be the exterior of a convex polygon whose side lengths are $\ell_1,...,\ell_M$. For $\alpha>0$, let $H^\Omega_\alpha$ denote the Laplacian in $\Omega$, $u\mapsto -\Delta u$, with the Robin boundary…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-20 Konstantin Pankrashkin

We consider the well-known shape optimization problem with spectral cost: minimizing the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian among all subdomains $\Omega$ having prescribed volume and contained in a fixed box $D$; equivalently, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Benedetta Noris , Giovanni Siclari , Gianmaria Verzini

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain. For any $\epsilon\in (0,1)$ we show that for any Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_k(\Omega)>\Lambda(\epsilon,\Omega)$, it holds \begin{align*} k&\le…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Renjin Jiang , Fanghua Lin

In this paper, we deal with functionals involving the torsion and the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions (to which we refer as Robin Torsion and Robin Eigenvalue), with other geometrical quantities, in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Rosa Barbato , Alba Lia Masiello , Rossano Sannipoli

Let $\,(M,g)\,$ be a $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold and $\,\Omega\,$ be any compact connected domain in $\,M$. We study the problem of finding the {\em maxima} of the functional $\, {\mathcal E} (\Omega)\,$ (known as {\em torsional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-01 Sylvestre Gallot , Andrea Loi , Lucio Cadeddu

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex domain and let $f:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a subharmonic function, $\Delta f \geq 0$, which satisfies $f \geq 0$ on the boundary $\partial \Omega$. Then $$ \int_{\Omega}{f ~dx} \leq…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-05-17 Jianfeng Lu , Stefan Steinerberger

Motivated by pioneering works of Bandle and Wagner, given a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ with $d\ge3$, we consider the Robin-Laplacian torsional rigidity $\tau_\alpha(\Omega)$ with negative boundary parameter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Nunzia Gavitone , David Krejcirik , Gloria Paoli

Given $(M,g)$ a smooth compact Riemannian manifold without boundary of dimension $n\geq 3$, we consider the first conformal eigenvalue which is by definition the supremum of the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian among all metrics conformal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-25 Romain Petrides

Consider the Dirichlet-Laplacian in $\Omega:= (0,L)\times (0,H)$ and choose another open set $\omega\subset \Omega$. The estimate $0<C_{\omega}\leq R_{\omega}(u):=\frac{\Vert u\Vert^{2}_{L^{2}(\omega)}}{\Vert u\Vert^{2}_{L^{2}(\Omega)}}\leq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-09 Assia Benabdallah , Matania Ben-Artzi , Yves Dermenjian

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, connected, sufficiently smooth open set, $p>1$ and $\beta\in\mathbb R$. In this paper, we study the $\Gamma$-convergence, as $p\rightarrow 1^+$, of the functional \[ J_p(\varphi)=\frac{\int_\Omega F^p(\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Rosa Barbato , Francesco Della Pietra , Gianpaolo Piscitelli

In this paper we present an approximation result concerning the first eigenvalue of the 1-Laplacian operator. More precisely, for $\Omega$ a bounded regular open domain, we consider a minimisation of the functional ${\ds \int_\Omega}|\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mouna Kraiem

We study Blaschke-Santal\'o diagrams associated to the torsional rigidity and the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We work under convexity and volume constraints, in both strong (volume exactly one) and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Ilaria Lucardesi , Davide Zucco