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We consider an orthonormal basis of eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet Laplacian for a rational polygon. The modulus squared of the eigenfunctions defines a sequence of probability measures. We prove that this sequence contains a density-one…

In this paper, we study the eigenvalue problem \[\left\{\begin{array}{cl}-\hbox{div}\left(a(x)\frac{Du}{|Du|}\right)=\Lambda\, b(x)\frac{u}{|u|} & \text{in }\Omega\\u=0 & \text{on }\partial\Omega,\end{array}\right.\] where $a(x)$ and $b(x)$…

The Laplacian $\Delta_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}$ on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ has the property that it can explicitly be expressed in terms of $\Lambda$, the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map of the unit ball, as…

Let $M$ be an $n$-dimensional closed Riemannian manifold with metric $g$, $d\mu=e^{-\phi(x)}d\nu$ be the weighted measure and $\Delta_{p,\phi}$ be the weighted $p$-Laplacian. In this article we will investigate monotonicity for the first…

We prove monotonicity of a parabolic frequency on manifolds. This is a parabolic analog of Almgren's frequency function. Remarkably we get monotonicity on all manifolds and no curvature assumption is needed. When the manifold is Euclidean…

In this paper we consider eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on a planar domain with polygonal boundary with Dirichlet, Neumann, or mixed boundary conditions. The main result is a quantitative estimate on the $L^2$ mass of eigenfunctions near…

Consider a complete asymptotically flat 3-manifold $M$ with non-negative scalar curvature and non-empty minimal boundary $\Sigma$. Fix a number $1 < p < 3$. We derive monotone quantities for $p$-harmonic functions on $M$ which become…

In this paper, we investigate the Dirichlet problem of Laplacian on complete Riemannian manifolds. By constructing new trial functions, we obtain a sharp upper bound of the gap of the consecutive eigenvalues in the sense of the order, which…

We prove explicit upper and lower bounds for the Poisson hierarchy, the averaged $L^1$-moment spectra $\{\dfrac{\mathcal{A}_k\left(B_R^M\right)}{\text{vol}\left(S_R^M\right)}\}_{k=1}^\infty$, and the torsional rigidity…

Let $M$ be a compact, connected Riemannian manifold whose Riemannian volume measure is denoted by $\sigma$. Let $f: M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a non-constant eigenfunction of the Laplacian. The random wave conjecture suggests that in…

We consider positive solutions to $\displaystyle -\Delta_p u=\frac{1}{u^\gamma}+f(u)$ under zero Dirichlet condition in the half space. Exploiting a prio-ri estimates and the moving plane technique, we prove that any solution is monotone…

Let $P$ be a bounded $n$-dimensional Lipschitz polytope, and let $\varphi_{\lambda}$ be a Dirichlet Laplace eigenfunction in $P$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda$. We show that the $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure of the nodal…

Let $m$ be a bounded function and $\alpha$ a nonnegative parameter. This article is concerned with the first eigenvalue $\lambda\_\alpha(m)$ of the drifted Laplacian type operator $\mathcal L\_m$ given by $\mathcal L\_m(u)=…

We consider the lower bound of nodal sets of Steklov eigenfunctions on smooth Riemannian manifolds with boundary--the eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. Let $N_\lambda$ be its nodal set. Assume that zero is a regular value of…

We consider a quasilinear elliptic equation involving a first order term, under zero Dirichlet boundary condition in half spaces. We prove that any positive solution is monotone increasing w.r.t. the direction orthogonal to the boundary.…

Despite the moduli space of triangles being three dimensional, we prove the existence of two triangles which are not isometric to each other for which the first, second and fourth Dirichlet eigenvalues coincide, establishing a numerical…

In this paper, we investigate a weighted eigenvalue problem driven by the Logarithmic Laplacian with indefinite weights. We prove the existence of an unbounded sequence of Lusternik-Schnirelman eigenvalues and show that the first eigenvalue…

The question of unique continuation of harmonic functions in a domain $\Omega$ $\subset$ R d with boundary $\partial$$\Omega$, satisfying Dirichlet boundary conditions and with normal derivatives vanishing on a subset $\omega$ of the…

We treat an inverse electrical conductivity problem which deals with the reconstruction of nonlinear electrical conductivity starting from boundary measurements in steady currents operations. In this framework, a key role is played by the…

We give a new estimate on the lower bound of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a compact Riemannian manifold with negative lower bound of Ricci curvature and provide a solution for a conjecture of H. C. Yang.