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Optimal lower bounds for eigenvalues of linear and nonlinear Neumann problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2015

Barbara Brandolini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni ‘R. Caccioppoli’, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, (brandolini@unina.it; francesco.chiacchio@unina.it; cristina@unina.it)
Francesco Chiacchio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni ‘R. Caccioppoli’, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, (brandolini@unina.it; francesco.chiacchio@unina.it; cristina@unina.it)
Cristina Trombetti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni ‘R. Caccioppoli’, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, (brandolini@unina.it; francesco.chiacchio@unina.it; cristina@unina.it)

Abstract

In this paper we prove a sharp lower bound for the first non-trivial Neumann eigenvalue μ1(Ω) for the p-Laplace operator (p > 1) in a Lipschitz bounded domain Ω in ℝn. Our estimate does not require any convexity assumption on Ω and it involves the best isoperimetric constant relative to Ω. In a suitable class of convex planar domains, our bound turns out to be better than the one provided by the Payne—Weinberger inequality.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2015 

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