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We investigate, for the Laplacian operator, the existence and nonexistence of eigenfunctions of eigenvalue between zero and the first eigenvalue of the hyperbolic space H^n, for unbounded domains of H^n. If a domain is contained in a…

In this work, we study the unique continuation properties of Robin boundary value problems with Robin potentials $\eta \in L_{d-1+\varepsilon}$. Our results generalize earlier ones in which $\eta$ was assumed to be either zero (Neumann…

We study the properties of an approximation of the Laplace operator with Neumann boundary conditions using volume penalization. For the one-dimensional Poisson equation we compute explicitly the exact solution of the penalized equation and…

Let $B_1$ be a ball in $\mathbb{R}^N$ centred at the origin and $B_0$ be a smaller ball compactly contained in $B_1$. For $p\in(1, \infty)$, using the shape derivative method, we show that the first eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian in…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\ge 2$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain with outer unit normal $\nu$. For $\alpha\in\mathbb{R}$ let $R_\Omega^\alpha$ be the Laplacian in $\Omega$ with the Robin boundary condition $\partial_\nu u+\alpha…

We obtain geometric estimates for the first eigenvalue and the fundamental tone of the p-laplacian on manifolds in terms of admissible vector fields. Also, we defined a new spectral invariant and we show its relation with the geometry of…

We consider a general second-order elliptic differential operator on a domain with a cylindrical end. We impose Dirichlet boundary conditions on the boundary with the exception of a small set, where we impose Neumann boundary conditions.…

Consider $M$, a bounded domain in ${\mathbb R}^d$, which is a Riemanian manifold with piecewise smooth boundary and suppose that the billiard associated to the geodesic flow reflecting on the boundary acording to the laws of geometric…

In this paper, we derive the evolution equation for the first eigenvalue of the Witten-Laplace operator acting on the space of functions along the mean curvature flow on a closed oriented manifold. We show some interesting monotonic…

The main purpose of this paper is to show that there exists a positive number $\lambda_{1}$, the first eigenvalue, such that some $p(x)$-Laplace equation admits a solution if $\lambda=\lambda_{1}$ and that $\lambda_{1}$ is simple, i.e.,…

The aim of this paper is twofold: First, we characterize an essentially optimal class of boundary operators $\Theta$ which give rise to self-adjoint Laplacians $-\Delta_{\Theta, \Omega}$ in $L^2(\Omega; d^n x)$ with (nonlocal and local)…

We consider a singular perturbed eigenvalue problem for Laplace operator in a cylinder with frequent interchange of type of boundary condition on a lateral surface. These boundary conditions are prescribed by partition of lateral surface in…

We prove that the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplace operator with a magnetic field having a self-intersecting zero set is a monotone function of the parameter defining the strength of the magnetic field, in a neighborhood of infinity. We…

The asymptotic behavior of the first eigenvalues of magnetic Laplacian operators with large magnetic fields and Neumann realization in polyhedral domains is characterized by a hierarchy of model problems. We investigate properties of the…

We prove a new lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact Riemannian spin manifold by refined Weitzenb\"ock techniques. It applies to manifolds with harmonic curvature tensor and depends on the Ricci tensor.…

We prove an existence result for Robin boundary value problems modeled on \[ \begin{cases} \Delta u + |\nabla u|^2 + \lambda f(x) = 0 & \text{in } \Omega \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} + \beta u = 0 & \text{on } \partial\Omega…

We study the location of the spectrum of the Laplacian on compact metric graphs with complex Robin-type vertex conditions, also known as $\delta$ conditions, on some or all of the graph vertices. We classify the eigenvalue asymptotics as…

We consider a partially hinged composite plate problem and we investigate qualitative properties, e.g. symmetry and monotonicity, of the eigenfunction corresponding to the density minimizing the first eigenvalue. The analysis is performed…

In this paper we study a bounded domain with a small hole removed. Our main result concerns the spectrum of the Laplace operator with the Robin conditions imposed at the hole boundary. Moreover we prove that under some suitable assumptions…

This paper investigates the link between the Maximum Principle and the sign of the (generalized) principal eigenvalue for elliptic operators in unbounded domains. Our approach covers the cases of Dirichlet, Neumann, and (indefinite) Robin…