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Let $(M,g)$ be a complete manifold of nonpositive scalar curvature, let $\Omega\subset M$ be a suitable domain, and let $\lambda(\Omega)$ be the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on $\Omega$. We prove several…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-20 Tom Carroll , Jesse Ratzkin

We prove the sharp inequality \[ J(\Omega) := \frac{\lambda_1(\Omega)}{h_1(\Omega)^2} < \frac{\pi^2}{4},\] where $\Omega$ is any planar, convex set, $\lambda_1(\Omega)$ is the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian under Dirichlet boundary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-20 Enea Parini

We prove a Payne-Weinberger type inequality for the $p$-Laplacian Neumann eigenvalues ($p\ge 2$). The inequality provides the sharp upper bound on convex domains, in terms of the diameter alone, of the best constants in Poincar\'e…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-10-14 L. Esposito , C. Nitsch , C. Trombetti

Let $\tau_k(\Omega)$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a bounded domain $\Omega$ of the form $\Omega_{\text{out}} \setminus \overline{B_{\alpha}}$ under the Neumann boundary condition on $\partial \Omega_{\text{out}}$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 T. V. Anoop , Vladimir Bobkov , Pavel Drabek

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-08 Vicente Palmer , Erik Sarrion-Pedralva

In this paper, by mainly using the rearrangement technique and suitably constructing trial functions, under the constraint of fixed weighted volume, we can successfully obtain several isoperimetric inequalities for the first and the second…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-12 Ruifeng Chen , Jing Mao

Let $K$ be a p.c.f. self-similar set equipped with a strongly recurrent Dirichlet form. Under a homogeneity assumption, for an open set $\Omega\subset K$ whose boundary $\partial \Omega$ is a graph-directed self-similar set, we prove that…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Qingsong Gu , Hua Qiu

We study eigenvalues of polyharmonic operators on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary (possibly empty). In particular, we prove a universal inequality for the eigenvalues of the polyharmonic operators on compact domains in a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-13 Jürgen Jost , Xianqing Li-Jost , Qiaoling Wang , Changyu Xia

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}$ be a bounded domain such that there exists an algebraic harmonic function of degree two vanishing on the boundary of $\Omega.$ Then we show that the Khavinson-Shapiro conjecture holds for $\Omega:$ if the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Akaki Tikaradze

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipshcitz domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and we study boundary behaviors of solutions to the Laplacian eigenvalue equation with constant Neumann data. \begin{align} \label{cequation0} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=cu\quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Yong Huang , Qinfeng Li , Qiuqi Li , Ruofei Yao

Denote with $\mu_{1}(\Omega;e^{h\left(|x|\right)})$ the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the Neumann problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{lll} -\text{div}\left(e^{h\left(|x|\right)}\nabla u\right) =\mu e^{h\left(|x|\right)}u &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-02 F. Brock , F. Chiacchio , G. di Blasio

We discuss several properties of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the $p$-Laplacian on a ball subject to zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. Among main results, in two dimensions, we show the existence of nonradial eigenfunctions which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-12 Vladimir Bobkov , Pavel Drabek

In this paper, we consider the optimization problem for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_1(\Omega)$ of the $p$-Laplacian $\Delta_p$, $1< p< \infty$, over a family of doubly connected planar domains $\Omega= B \setminus \overline{P}$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Anisa M. H. Chorwadwala , Mrityunjoy Ghosh

In this paper we prove an asymptotic behavior for the radial eigenvalues to the Dirichlet $p$-Laplacian problem $-\Delta_p\,u = \lambda\,|u|^{p-2}u$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is an annular domain…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-16 Anderson L. A. de Araujo

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-07-02 Simon Raulot , Alessandro Savo

We give a counterexample to the long standing conjecture that the ball maximises the first eigenvalue of the Robin eigenvalue problem with negative parameter among domains of the same volume. Furthermore, we show that the conjecture holds…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Pedro Freitas , David Krejcirik

We study the efficiency of the first Dirichlet eigenfunction $u$ on bounded convex domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, defined as the ratio between the mean value of $u$ on $\Omega$ and its maximum value. By exploiting improved…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Francesco Della Pietra

We consider the Dirichlet and Neumann problems for second-order linear elliptic equations: \[ -\triangle u +\mathrm{div}(u\mathbf{b}) =f \quad\text{ and }\quad -\triangle v -\mathbf{b} \cdot \nabla v =g \] in a bounded Lipschitz domain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Hyunseok Kim , Hyunwoo Kwon

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Christophe Prange

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonempty boundary and $n\geq 2$. Assume that ${\mathrm{Ric}(M)\ge (n-1)K}$ for some ${K>0}$ and that $\partial M$ has nonnegative mean curvature with respect to the outward…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Thomas Schürmann