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Inspired by the Li--Yau eigenvalue-diameter estimates, we investigate lower bounds for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue in terms of the diameter (or inscribed radius) of a graph. Let $G = (V, E)$ be a graph with boundary $B$. Assume that the…

Bounds are obtained for the efficiency or mean to peak ratio $E(\Omega)$ for the first Dirichlet eigenfunction (positive) for open, connected sets $\Omega$ with finite measure in Euclidean space $\R^m$. It is shown that (i) localisation…

We show that as the ratio between the first Dirichlet eigenvalues of a convex domain and of the ball with the same volume becomes large, the same must happen to the corresponding ratio of isoperimetric constants. The proof is based on the…

We focus here on the analysis of the regularity or singularity of solutions $\Om_{0}$ to shape optimization problems among convex planar sets, namely: $$ J(\Om_{0})=\min\{J(\Om),\ \Om\ \textrm{convex},\ \Omega\in\mathcal S_{ad}\}, $$ where…

We study a class of Riemannian manifolds which are equipped with a singular metric. In particular we study a domain perturbation problem for the Dirichlet eigenvalues which depends on the best constant in the Hardy Inequality. However, we…

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 $u$…

We study the eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet Laplacian in bounded simply connected plane domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}$ using conformal transformations of the original problem to the weighted eigenvalue problem for the Dirichlet…

We develop the theory of torsional rigidity -- a quantity routinely considered for Dirichlet Laplacians on bounded planar domains -- for Laplacians on metric graphs with at least one Dirichlet vertex. Using a variational characterization…

We study a general version of the Cheeger inequality by considering the shape functional $\mathcal{F}_{p,q}(\Omega)=\lambda_p^{1/p}(\Omega)/\lambda_q(\Omega)^{1/q}$. The infimum and the supremum of $\mathcal{F}_{p,q}$ are studied in the…

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…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$, be an open bounded connected set. We consider the fractional weighted eigenvalue problem $(-\Delta)^s u =\lambda \rho u$ in $\Omega$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, where…

In this paper, we study a first Dirichlet eigenfunction of the weighted $p$-Laplacian on a bounded domain in a complete weighted Riemannian manifold. By constructing gradient estimates for a first eigenfunction, we obtain some relationships…

We prove existence and regularity of optimal shapes for the problem$$\min\Big\{P(\Omega)+\mathcal{G}(\Omega):\ \Omega\subset D,\ |\Omega|=m\Big\},$$where $P$ denotes the perimeter, $|\cdot|$ is the volume, and the functional $\mathcal{G}$…

In this manuscript, we investigate a priori estimates for the solution to the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for a broad class of concave elliptic Hessian operators of the form \[ F(D^2u)=-\Lambda u \quad \textrm{in} \, \Omega, \qquad u=0…

We prove that the isoperimetric profile of a convex domain $\Omega$ with compact closure in a Riemannian manifold $(M^{n+1},g)$ satisfies a second order differential inequality which only depends on the dimension of the manifold and on a…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set with the same volume as the unit ball $B$ and let $\lambda_k(\Omega)$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplace operator of $\Omega$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\partial\Omega$. In…

We consider an eigenvalue problem of the form \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{rclll} -\Delta_{p} u -\Delta_{q} u&=& \lambda K(x)|u|^{p-2}u & \mbox{ in } \Omega^e u&=&0\qquad \quad &\mbox{ on } \partial \Omega u(x) &\to& 0 &\mbox{ as…

In this paper we prove a sharp lower bound for the first nontrivial Neumann eigenvalue $\mu_1(\Omega)$ for the $p$-Laplace operator in a Lipschitz, bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\R^n$. Our estimate does not require any convexity assumption on…

In this paper, given a convex, bounded, open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ we prove a sharp inequality involving the Laplacian torsional rigidity and both the perimeter and the measure of the domain. Our result generalizes to arbitrary…

Let $\hat \Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$ be a bounded domain with smooth boundary and $\hat \sigma$ a smooth anisotropic conductivity on $\hat \Omega$. Starting from the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator $\Lambda_{\hat \sigma}$ on $\partial \hat…