On the first eigenfunction of the symmetric stable process in a bounded Lipschitz domain (Q2256557)

The authors consider a \(d\)-dimensional \(\alpha\)-symmetric stable process for \(\alpha\in(0,2)\). The main result states that its first eigenfunction on a bounded Lipschitz domain is superharmonic for \(\alpha=\frac{2}{m}, \) where \(m>2\) is an integer. Connected questions are discussed, in particular, the log-concavity problem, stable subordinators and the properties of the fractional Laplacian.