Proof of the Payne-Pólya-Weinberger conjecture

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-16016-7zbMath0736.35075OpenAlexW2006920249WikidataQ59158313 ScholiaQ59158313MaRDI QIDQ3974108

Mark S. Ashbaugh, Rafael D. Benguria

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0273-0979-1991-16016-7

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Rayleigh-Ritz inequalityPayne Pólya-Weinberger conjecturethe ratio of the first two eigenvalues

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