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

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-97-09017-7zbMath0956.35027OpenAlexW1968247938MaRDI QIDQ1376027

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

Publication date: 21 January 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1215/s0012-7094-97-09017-7

zbMATH Keywords

second eigenfunctionnonconvex domainsclosed nodal linenot simply connected domains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral theory and eigenvalue problems for partial differential equations (35P99) Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Dependence of solutions to PDEs on initial and/or boundary data and/or on parameters of PDEs (35B30) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05)

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