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We study the spectrum of the Robin Laplacian with a complex Robin parameter $\alpha$ on a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$. We start by establishing a number of properties of the corresponding operator, such as generation properties, local…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Sabine Bögli , James B. Kennedy , Robin Lang

Let $\Omega$ be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $d\geq2$, and assume its boundary $\partial\Omega$ is smooth. Consider solving the eigenvalue problem $Lu=\lambda u$ for an elliptic partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-06-20 Kendall Atkinson , Olaf Hansen

In this paper we study the nonlinear Neumann boundary value problem of the following equations -\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}\nabla u)-\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}\nabla u)+|u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}u+|u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}u=\lambda f(x,u) in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-17 Duchao Liu , Xiaoyan Wang , Jinghua Yao

We establish rigorous quantitative inequalities for the first eigenvalue of the generalized $p$-Robin problem, for both the classical diffusion absorption case, where the Robin boundary parameter $\alpha$ is positive, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Lukas Bundrock , Tiziana Giorgi , Robert Smits

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)…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-02-04 Fritz Gesztesy , Marius Mitrea

We study the low-lying eigenvalues of the semiclassical Robin Laplacian in a smooth planar domain symmetric with respect to an axis. In the case when the curvature of the boundary of the domain attains its maximum at exactly two points away…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Bernard Helffer , Ayman Kachmar , Nicolas Raymond

We study a weighted eigenvalue problem with anisotropic diffusion in bounded Lipschitz domains $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N} $, $N\ge1$, under Robin boundary conditions, proving the existence of two positive eigenvalues $\lambda^{\pm}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Benedetta Pellacci , Giovanni Pisante , Delia Schiera

Let $\tau_k(\Omega)$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a bounded domain $\Omega$ of the form $\Omega_{\text{out}} \setminus \overline{B_{\alpha}}$ under the Neumann boundary condition on $\partial \Omega_{\text{out}}$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 T. V. Anoop , Vladimir Bobkov , Pavel Drabek

This paper is devoted to the determination of the cases where there is equality in Courant's nodal domain theorem in the case of a Robin boundary condition. For the square, we partially extend the results that were obtained by Pleijel,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-11 Katie Gittins , Bernard Helffer

We study the minimization of the positive principal eigenvalue associated to a weighted Neumann problem settled in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$, within a suitable class of sign-changing weights. Denoting with $u$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Dario Mazzoleni , Benedetta Pellacci , Gianmaria Verzini

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbf R^2$ and $\lambda^{\mathsf N} (\Omega)$ the first non-zero Neumann eigenvalue of the operator $-\Delta$ on $\Omega$. In this paper, for any $\gamma \in [0, \lambda^{\mathsf N} (\Omega) )$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-01 Quôc-Anh Ngô , Van Hoang Nguyen

We consider elliptic equations and systems in divergence form with the conormal or the Robin boundary conditions, with small BMO (bounded mean oscillation) or variably partially small BMO coefficients. We propose a new class of domains…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-24 Hongjie Dong , Zongyuan Li

The aim of this paper is to obtain optimal estimates for the first Robin eigenvalue of the anisotropic $p$-Laplace operator, namely: \begin{equation*} \lambda_1(\beta,\Omega)=\min_{\psi\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)\setminus\{0\} }…

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

We consider the Laplacian with attractive Robin boundary conditions, \[ Q^\Omega_\alpha u=-\Delta u, \quad \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial n}=\alpha u \text{ on } \partial\Omega, \] in a class of bounded smooth domains…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-02 Konstantin Pankrashkin , Nicolas Popoff

Let $ \Omega \subset R^2$ be a bounded piecewise smooth domain and $\phi_\lambda$ be a Neumann (or Dirichlet) eigenfunction with eigenvalue $\lambda^2$ and nodal set ${ N}_{\phi_{\lambda}} = {x \in \Omega; \phi_{\lambda}(x) = 0}.$ Let $H…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-02 Layan El-Hajj , John A. Toth

We study the discrete spectrum of the Robin Laplacian $Q^{\Omega}_\alpha$ in $L^2(\Omega)$, \[ u\mapsto -\Delta u, \quad \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial n}=\alpha u \text{ on }\partial\Omega, \] where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{3}$ is a conical…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Vincent Bruneau , Konstantin Pankrashkin , Nicolas Popoff

Using a capacity approach, and the theory of measure's perturbation of Dirichlet forms, we give the probabilistic representation of the General Robin boundary value problems on an arbitrary domain $\Omega$, involving smooth measures, which…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Khalid Akhlil

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain and let $\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \dots$ denote the sequence of eigenvalues of the Laplacian subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. We consider inequalities for $\lambda_n$ that are…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Stefan Steinerberger

We give a new lower bound for the first gap $\lambda_2 - \lambda_1$ of the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Schr{\"o}dinger operator on a bounded convex domain $\Omega$ in R$^n$ or S$^n$ and greatly sharpens the previous estimates. The new…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jun Ling

We consider the Laplacian on a class of smooth domains $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{\nu}$, $\nu\ge 2$, with attractive Robin boundary conditions: \[ Q^\Omega_\alpha u=-\Delta u, \quad \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial n}=\alpha u \text{ on }…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Konstantin Pankrashkin , Nicolas Popoff