The nodal line of the second eigenfunction of the Laplacian in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) can be closed

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-97-09017-7zbMath0956.35027MaRDI QIDQ1376027

Maria Hoffmann-Ostenhof, Thomas Hoffmann-Ostenhof, Nikolai S. Nadirashvili

Publication date: 21 January 1998

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

second eigenfunction; nonconvex domains; closed nodal line; not simply connected domains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35P99: Spectral theory and eigenvalue problems for partial differential equations

35B05: Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs

35B30: Dependence of solutions to PDEs on initial and/or boundary data and/or on parameters of PDEs

35J05: Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation

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