Existence of a leading eigenvalue for a linearized problem in reactor dynamics (Q1093093)

The author investigates a linear matrix-valued elliptic differential operator L which is obtained by a linearization of a system of equations of reactor dynamics. The author proves that L generates a continuous one- parameter group of operators. The point spectrum of L is also investigated. The author proves the existence of a leading eigenvalue \(\lambda_ 1\) \((| \lambda_ 1|\) is minimal) with a multiplicity one and with a non-negative eigenfunction.