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The eigenvalue bounds obtained earlier [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 (1998) 963] for smooth transformations of the form V(x) = g(x^2) + f(1/x^2) are extended to N-dimensions. In particular a simple formula is derived which bounds the…

We investigate shape optimization for the principal eigenvalue of the Pucci extremal operator \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\mathcal{M}^+_{\lambda,\Lambda}(D^{2}u)&=\mu^{+}_{1}(\Omega)u &&\text{in }\Omega,\\ u &=0 &&\text{on }\partial\Omega,…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, smooth domain. Supposing that $\alpha(p) + \beta(p) = p$, $\forall\, p \in \left(\frac{N}{s},\infty\right)$ and $\displaystyle\lim_{p \to \infty} \alpha(p)/{p} = \theta \in (0,1)$, we consider two systems for the…

Consider operators $L^{V}:=\Delta + V$ in a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$. Assume that $V\in C^{1,1}(\Omega)$ and $V$ satisfies $V(x) \leq \overline{a} \mathrm{dist}(x,\partial\Omega)^{-2}$ in $\Omega$ and a second…

This paper addresses the geometric optimization problem of the first Robin eigenvalue in exterior domains, specifically the lowest point of the spectrum of the Laplace operator under Robin boundary conditions in the complement of a bounded…

Let $\Omega$ be an unbounded, pseudoconvex domain in $\Bbb C^n$ and let $\varphi$ be a $\mathcal C^2$-weight function plurisubharmonic on $\Omega$. We show both necessary and sufficient conditions for existence and compactness of a weighted…

We study the eigenvalue problem for a system of fractional $p-$Laplacians, that is, $$ \begin{cases} (-\Delta_p)^r u = \lambda\dfrac{\alpha}p|u|^{\alpha-2}u|v|^{\beta} &\text{in } \Omega,\vspace{.1cm} (-\Delta_p)^s u =…

We consider the first eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Omega,\sigma)$ of the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions on a compact Riemannian manifold $\Omega$ with smooth boundary, $\sigma\in\bf R$ being the Robin boundary parameter. When $\sigma>0$…

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…

We study the biharmonic Steklov eigenvalue problem on a compact Riemannian manifold $\Omega$ with smooth boundary. We give a computable, sharp lower bound of the first eigenvalue of this problem, which depends only on the dimension, a lower…

We study the minimizers of a functional on the set of partitions of a domain $\Omega \subset R^n$ into $N$ subsets $W_j$ of locally finite perimeter in $\Omega$, whose main term is $\sum_{j=1^N} \int_{\Omega \cap \partial W_j} a(x)…

This paper studies eigenvalues of some Steklov problems. Among other things, we show the following sharp estimtes. Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in an $n(\geq 2)$-dimensional Hadamard manifold an let $0=\lambda_0 < \lambda_1\leq…

Suppose that $G=(V, E)$ is a connected locally finite graph with the vertex set $V$ and the edge set $E$. Let $\Omega\subset V$ be a bounded domain. Consider the following quasilinear elliptic equation on graph $G$ $$ \left \{…

We study localization properties of low-lying eigenfunctions of magnetic Schr\"odinger operators $$\frac{1}{2} \left(- i\nabla - A(x)\right)^2 \phi + V(x) \phi = \lambda \phi,$$ where $V:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$ is a given…

This paper is concerned with the homogenization of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem, posed in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^2$, for a vectorial elliptic operator $-\nabla\cdot A^\epsilon(\cdot)\nabla$ with $\epsilon$-periodic…

The finite-rank Lieb-Thirring inequality provides an estimate on a Riesz sum of the $N$ lowest eigenvalues of a Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta-V(x)$ in terms of an $L^p(\mathbb{R}^d)$ norm of the potential $V$. We prove here the existence…

We compare the distribution function and the maximum of solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations defined in general domains with solutions of similar problems defined in a ball using Schwarz symmetrization. As an application, we prove the…

Given the eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions, (with $\beta\in\R\setminus\{0\}$ the Robin parameter), we consider a shape minimization problem for a function of the first eigenvalues if $\beta>0$ and a shape…

In this paper, we investigate a shape optimization problem for the second Robin eigenvalue of the weighted Laplacian on bounded Lipschitz domains symmetric about the origin. Our main theorem states that the ball centered at the origin…

This paper is dedicated to the spectral optimization problem $$ \mathrm{min}\left\{\lambda_1^s(\Omega)+\cdots+\lambda_m^s(\Omega) + \Lambda \mathcal{L}_n(\Omega)\colon \Omega\subset D \mbox{ s-quasi-open}\right\} $$ where $\Lambda>0,…