On a generalized Wirtinger inequality (Q1811378)

The authors investigate the minimization problem \[ \alpha(p,q,r)= \text{inf}\Biggl\{{\| u'\|_p\over\| u\|_q}: u\in W^{1,p}_{\text{per}}(-1, 1)\setminus\{0\},\,\int^1_{-1}| u|^{r-2} u= 0\Biggr\} \] for \(p> 1\) and \(q\geq r- 1\geq 1\). For \(p= q= r= 2\) this is the classical Wirtinger inequality and other special cases such as \(q= r\) or \(q= 2\) with varying \(p\) and \(q\) have previously been studied by various authors. The main results are an explicit calculation of \(\alpha(p,q,q)\) and the relations \(\alpha(p,q,r)= \alpha(p,q,q)\) for \(q\leq rp+ r- 1\) and \(\alpha(p,q,r)< \alpha(p,q,q)\) for \(q> (2r- 1)p\).