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In this paper we show that any increasing functional of the first k eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian admits a (quasi-)open minimizer among the subsets of R^N of unit measure. In particular, there exists such a minimizer which is…

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…

On a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with boundary, we give an estimate for the eigenvalues $(\lambda\_k(\tau,\alpha))\_k$ of the magnetic Laplacian with the Robin boundary conditions. Here, $\tau$ is a positive number that defines the…

A Riemannian or Finsler metric on a compact manifold M gives rise to a length function on the free loop space \Lambda M, whose critical points are the closed geodesics in the given metric. If X is a homology class on \Lambda M, the minimax…

Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional Hadamard manifold of pinched negative curvature $-b^2 \leq K_M \leq -a^2$. The solution of the Dirichlet problem at infinity for $M$ leads to the construction of a family of mutually absolutely continuous…

Let $\Omega$ be an open set in Euclidean space $\R^m,\, m=2,3,...$, and let $v_{\Omega}$ denote the torsion function for $\Omega$. It is known that $v_{\Omega}$ is bounded if and only if the bottom of the spectrum of the Dirichlet Laplacian…

We prove explicit upper and lower bounds for the torsional rigidity of extrinsic domains of submanifolds P^m with controlled radial mean curvature in ambient Riemannian manifolds N^n with a pole p and with sectional curvatures bounded from…

This paper describes the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the Poisson kernel for the Dirichlet problem for the Laplacian on bounded regions in R^N, N >=2. This operator is a compact linear transformation from L^2 of the boundary to L^2…

In this paper, we study the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on doubly connected domains when Robin and Dirichlet conditions are imposed on the outer and the inner part of the boundary, respectively. We provide that the spherical shell…

We prove sharp bounds on eigenvalues of the Laplacian that complement the Faber--Krahn and Luttinger inequalities. In particular, we prove that the ball maximizes the first eigenvalue and minimizes the spectral zeta function and heat trace.…

In this article, we prove Talenti's comparison theorem for Poisson equation on complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Furthermore, we obtain the Faber-Krahn inequality for the first eigenvalue of Dirichlet…

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. Let $P_{x,y}(M)$ be the space of continuous paths on $M$ with fixed starting point $x$ and ending point $y$. Assume that $x$ and $y$ is close enough such that the minimal geodesic $c_{xy}$ between…

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…

For a bounded open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with the same volume as the unit ball, the classical Faber-Krahn inequality says that the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Omega)$ of the Laplacian is at least that of the unit ball…

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be an open set of finite measure and let $\Theta$ be a disjoint union of two balls of half measure. We study the stability of the full Dirichlet spectrum of $\Omega$ when its second eigenvalue is close to…

Let $(\Sigma^2,ds^2)$ be a compact Riemannian surface, possibly with boundary, and consider Schr\"odinger-type operators of the form $L=\Delta+V-aK$ together with natural Robin and Steklov-type boundary conditions incorporating a boundary…

We study the variational problem $$\inf \{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{open in}\ \R^m,\ |\Omega| < \infty, \ \h(\partial \Omega) \le 1 \},$$ where $\lambda_k(\Omega)$ is the $k$'th eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian acting in…

End-point maximal $L^1$-regularity for parabolic initial-boundary value problems is considered. For the inhomogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann data, maximal $L^1$-regularity for initial-boundary value problems is established in time end-point…

We present an explicit construction of the solution to the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the radial Schr\"odinger equation in the unit ball, with a complex-valued potential $V$ satisfying the condition $\int_0^1r|V(r)|dr<\infty$. The…

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…