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We prove that the first (nontrivial) Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $$ L(u)=\Delta u-\langle\nabla u,x\rangle\,, $$ as a function of the domain, is convex with respect to the Minkowski addition, and we characterize…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-07 Andrea Colesanti , Elisa Francini , Galyna Livshyts , Paolo Salani

In this paper, we investigate the log-concavity property of the first eigenfunction to the weighted $p$-Laplace operator in class of bounded, convex and smooth domain. Moreover, we prove a Brunn-Minkowski-type inequality for the first…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Lei Qin

In this paper, we prove that the first (positive) Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator \[ L(u)=\Delta u-(\nabla u,x), \] is strongly log-concave if the domain is bounded and convex, which improves the conclusion in [6].…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Lei Qin

We prove a Brunn-Minkowski type inequality for the first (nontrivial) Dirichlet eigenvalue of the weighted $p$-operator \[ -\Delta_{p,\gamma}u=-\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u)+(x,\nabla u)|\nabla u|^{p-2}, \] where $p>1$, in the class…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Andrea Colesanti , Lei Qin , Paolo Salani

Given a Schr\"odinger operator with a real-valued potential on a bounded, convex domain or a bounded interval we prove inequalities between the eigenvalues corresponding to Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions, respectively. The…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Jonathan Rohleder

In this paper we prove a Brunn-Minkowski inequality for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a Schr\"odinger type operator $\mathcal{H}_V:=-\operatorname{div}(A\nabla)+V$, where $V$ is convex and Kato decomposable, using the trace class…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Alessandro Carbotti

In this paper, we investigate the log-concavity of the kernel for the parabolic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator in a bounded, convex domain. Consequently, we get the preservation of the log-concavity of the initial datum by the related flow. As…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Andrea Colesanti , Lei Qin , Paolo Salani

The Brunn-Minkowski and Pr\'{e}kopa-Leindler inequalities admit a variety of proofs that are inspired by convexity. Nevertheless, the former holds for compact sets and the latter for integrable functions so it seems that convexity has no…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Peter Pivovarov , Jesus Rebollo Bueno

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Schr\"odinger operator on bounded, convex domains with mixed boundary conditions, where a Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed on a part of the boundary and a Neumann boundary condition on its…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Nausica Aldeghi

Following the authors' recent work \cite{Zhang-Zhou2025}, we further explore the convexity properties of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the complex Monge-Amp\`ere operator. In this paper, we establish the $\log$-concavity of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Wei Zhang , Qi Zhou

New Orlicz Brunn-Minkowski inequalities are established for rigid motion compatible Minkowski valuations of arbitrary degree. These extend classical log-concavity properties of intrinsic volumes and generalize seminal results of Lutwak and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-01 Astrid Berg , Lukas Parapatits , Franz E. Schuster , Manuel Weberndorfer

Given a Schr\"odinger differential expression on an exterior Lipschitz domain we prove strict inequalities between the eigenvalues of the corresponding selfadjoint operators subject to Dirichlet and Neumann or Dirichlet and mixed boundary…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-15 Jussi Behrndt , Jonathan Rohleder , Simon Stadler

In this paper, we establish a priori log-concavity estimates for the first Dirichlet eigenfunction of convex domains of a Riemannian manifold. Specifically, we focus on cases where the principal eigenfunction $u$ is assumed to be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Gabriel Khan , Soumyajit Saha , Malik Tuerkoen

Matrix versions of some basic convexity inequalities are given. Further results on the same topic are proved in the recent papers on arxiv: 1. Hermitian operators and convex functions, 2. A concavity inequality for symmetric norms, 3.…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jean-Christophe Bourin

Eigenvalues inequalities involving (log) convex/concav functions and Hermitian matrices, positive unital maps are considered. Simple proofs of Bhatia-Kittaneh inequality and Naimark dilation theorem are given.

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jaspal Singh Aujla Jean-Christophe Bourin

We consider the ground state $\phi_0$ of the Schr\"odinger operator $L=-\Delta+V$ on the bounded convex domain $\Omega\subset\R^n$, satisfying the Dirichlet boundary condition. Assume that $V\in C^1(\Omega)$ and it admits an even function…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-03-12 Huaiqian Li , Dejun Luo

We study the Dirichlet problem for the weighted Schr\"odinger operator \[-\Delta u +Vu = \lambda \rho u,\] where $\rho$ is a positive weighting function and $V$ is a potential. Such equations appear naturally in conformal geometry and in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Gabriel Khan , Soumyajit Saha , Malik Tuerkoen

We study the log-concavity of the first Dirichlet eigenfunction of the Laplacian for convex domains. For positively curved surfaces satisfying a condition involving the curvature and its second derivatives, we show that the first…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Gabriel Khan , Xuan Hien Nguyen , Malik Tuerkoen , Guofang Wei

In this paper, we obtain some new inequalities for functions whose second derivatives' absolute value is s-convex and log-convex. Also, we give some applications for numerical integration.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-09-04 Ahmet Ocak Akdemir , Merve Avci Ardic , M. Emin Özdemir

We are interested in existence of gradient flows for shape functionals especially for first Laplacian eigenvalues. We introduce different techniques to prove existence and use different formulations for gradient flows. We apply a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-04 Yannick Holle
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