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We consider the problem of optimal location of a Dirichlet region in a $d$-dimensional domain $\Omega$ subjected to a given right-hand side $f$ in order to minimize some given functional of the configuration. While in the literature the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-17 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Al-hassem Nayam

We review our recent results on the problem of optimizing Riesz means of Laplace eigenvalues among convex sets of given measure in the regime where the cut-off parameter in the definition of the Riesz means tends to infinity. We show that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Rupert L. Frank , Simon Larson

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 and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-30 Paolo Tilli , Davide Zucco

This paper is about a shape optimization problem related to the Dirichlet Laplacian eingevalues in the Euclidean plane. More precisely we study the shape of the minimizer in the class of open sets of constant width. We prove that the disk…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-15 Zakaria Fattah , Mohamed Berrada

Minimizing the so-called "Dirichlet energy" with respect to the domain under a volume constraint is a standard problem in shape optimization which is now well understood. This article is devoted to a prototypal non-linear version of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Antoine Henrot , Idriss Mazari , Yannick Privat

We consider a classical shape optimization problem for the eigenvalues of elliptic operators with homogeneous boundary conditions on domains in the $N$-dimensional Euclidean space. We survey recent results concerning the analytic dependence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-22 Davide Buoso , Pier Domenico Lamberti

This paper is dedicated to the spectral optimization problem \begin{equation*} \min \big\{ \lambda_1(\Omega)+\cdots+\lambda_k(\Omega) + \Lambda|\Omega| \ : \ \Omega \subset D \text{ quasi-open} \big\} \end{equation*} where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Baptiste Trey

In this paper we address the problem of the minimization of the $k$-th Robin eigenvalue $\lambda_{k,\beta}$ with parameter $\beta>0$ among bounded open Lipschitz sets with prescribed perimeter. The perimeter constraint allows us to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Simone Cito , Alessandro Giacomini

We consider the problem of geometric optimisation of the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian in the exterior of a compact set in any dimension, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. As an improvement upon our previous work…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-26 David Krejcirik , Vladimir Lotoreichik

We consider Cheeger-like shape optimization problems of the form $$\min\big\{|\Omega|^\alpha J(\Omega) : \Omega\subset D\big\}$$ where $D$ is a given bounded domain and $\alpha$ is above the natural scaling. We show the existence of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-11-25 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Alfred Wagner

We study the divergence form second-order elliptic equations with mixed Dirichlet-conormal boundary conditions. The unique $W^{1,p}$ solvability is obtained with $p$ being in the optimal range $(4/3,4)$. The leading coefficients are assumed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-02 Jongkeun Choi , Hongjie Dong , Zongyuan Li

In this article, we present a simpler and alternative proof of the solvability of the regularity problem - that is, the Dirichlet problem with boundary data in $\dot W^{1,p}$ - for uniformly elliptic operators on $\mathbb{R}^n_+$ under a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Joseph Feneuil

We consider the equation $-\Delta_p u=f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n $, where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplace operator. Explicit examples of unbounded stable energy solutions are known if $n\geq p+4p/(p-1)$. Instead, when…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Xavier Cabre , Pietro Miraglio , Manel Sanchon

Let $m$ be a bounded function and $\alpha$ a nonnegative parameter. This article is concerned with the first eigenvalue $\lambda\_\alpha(m)$ of the drifted Laplacian type operator $\mathcal L\_m$ given by $\mathcal L\_m(u)=…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Idriss Mazari , Grégoire Nadin , Yannick Privat

This paper is motivated by the maximization of the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplace operator with Neumann boundary conditions among domains of ${\mathbb R}^N$ with prescribed measure. We relax the problem to the class of (possibly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Dorin Bucur , Eloi Martinet , Edouard Oudet

We introduce and study Laplacians on a finite metric graph endowed with generalized densities, that is, measures of finite mass. One important motivation is that this setting provides a common framework for several interesting classes of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Kiyan Naderi , Noema Nicolussi

We consider parabolic equations on bounded smooth open sets $\Om\subset \R^N$ ($N\ge 1$) with mixed Dirichlet type boundary-exterior conditions associated with the elliptic operator $\mathscr{L} \coloneqq - \Delta + (-\Delta)^{s}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Jean-Daniel Djida , Gisele Mophou , Mahamadi Warma

We consider the problem of geometric optimisation of the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian in the exterior of a compact planar set, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. Under either a constraint of fixed perimeter or area, we…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-26 David Krejcirik , Vladimir Lotoreichik

This paper deals with the eigenvalue problem for the operator $L=-\Delta -x\cdot \nabla $ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We are interested in proving the existence of a set minimizing any eigenvalue $\lambda_k$ of $L$ under a suitable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-06-27 Barbara Brandolini , Francesco Chiacchio , Antoine Henrot , Cristina Trombetti

In this paper we prove the existence of an optimal set for the minimization of the $k$-th variational eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian among $p$-quasi open sets of fixed measure included in a box of finite measure. An analogous existence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Marco Degiovanni , Dario Mazzoleni