Monotonicity of eigenvalues of the fractional \(p\)-Laplacian with singular weights (Q6044518)

In this paper, the authors considered the following nonlinear eigenvalue problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta)_p^s u = \lambda m(x)|u|^{p-2}u, \quad & x\in \Omega,\\ u=0 , & x\in {\Omega}^c, \end{array} \right. \] where \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N\) (\(N\ge 2\)) is a bounded open domain, \(p>1\), \(s\in (0,1)\) such that \(ps <N\) and \(m\) is a possibly singular weight function of indefinite sign. The authors show the existence of an unbounded sequence of positive variational eigenvalues via a standard min-max formula of Lusternik-Schnirelman type, and characterize the first and second eigenvalues by means of a Rayleigh quotient and symmetric orbits on a weighted \(L^p\)-sphere. The monotonicity properties of the first and second eigenvalues with respect to the weight function \(m\) are also investigated.