The Effect of the Schwarz Rearrangement on the Periodic Principal Eigenvalue of a Nonsymmetric Operator
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Publication:3066247
DOI10.1137/080743597zbMath1214.34083arXiv1609.01442OpenAlexW2067315907WikidataQ56769628 ScholiaQ56769628MaRDI QIDQ3066247
Publication date: 10 January 2011
Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: This paper is concerned with the periodic principal eigenvalue $k_lambda(mu)$ associated with the operator $- {d^2over dx^2} - 2lambda {dover dx} - mu(x) - lambda^2$ , (1) where $lambdain mathbb{R}$ and $mu$ is continuous and periodic in $xinmathbb{R}$. Our main result is that $k_lambda(mu^*) le k_lambda(mu)$, where $mu^*$ is the Schwarz rearrangement of the function $mu$. From a population dynamics point of view, using reaction-diffusion modeling, this result means that the fragmentation of the habitat of an invading population slows down the invasion. We prove that this property does not hold in higher dimension, if $mu^*$ is the Steiner symmetrization of $mu$. For heterogeneous diffusion and advection, we prove that increasing the period of the coefficients decreases $k_lambda$ and we compute the limit of $k_lambda$ when the period of the coefficients goes to 0. Lastly, we prove that, in dimension 1, rearranging the diffusion term decreases $k_lambda$. These results rely on some new formula for the periodic principal eigenvalue of a nonsymmetric operator.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01442
Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75) Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15)
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