The ratio of eigenvalues of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for equations with one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian (Q624459)

The authors investigate the ratio of the eigenvalues \(\{\lambda_n\}_{n\geq 1}\) of the boundary value problem \[ \big(\Phi(x')\big)'+c(t)\Phi(x)= \lambda\Phi(x) \] with a one-dimensional \(p\)-Laplacian \((\Phi(x'))'=(|x'|^{p-2}(x'))'\), \(p>1\), a nonnegative differentiable function \(c\), and Dirichlet boundary conditions. They show that \[ \frac{\lambda_n}{\lambda_m}\leq \frac{n^p}{m^p},\quad n>m. \] This extends the result of an article by \textit{M. Horváth} and \textit{M. Kiss} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 134, No.~5, 1425--1434 (2006; Zbl 1098.34067)], where the linear case \(p=2\) was considered.