Asymptotic behavior of the principal eigenvalue of a linear second order elliptic operator with small/large diffusion coefficient

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Abstract: In this article, we are concerned with the following eigenvalue problem of a linear second order elliptic operator: �egin{equation}

onumber -DDelta phi -2alpha abla m(x)cdot

ablaphi+V(x)phi=lambdaphi hbox{ in }Omega, end{equation} complemented by a general boundary condition including Dirichlet boundary condition and Robin boundary condition: frac{partialphi}{partial n}+�eta(x)phi=0 hbox{ on }partialOmega, where allows to be positive, sign-changing or negative, and n(x) is the unit exterior normal to partialOmega at x. The domain OmegasubsetmathbbRN is bounded and smooth, the constants D>0 and alpha>0 are, respectively, the diffusive and advection coefficients, and are given functions. We aim to investigate the asymptotic behavior of the principal eigenvalue of the above eigenvalue problem as the diffusive coefficient Do0 or Doinfty. Our results, together with those of cite{CL2,DF,Fr} where the Nuemann boundary case (i.e., on partialOmega) and Dirichlet boundary case were studied, reveal the important effect of advection and boundary conditions on the asymptotic behavior of the principal eigenvalue. We also apply our results to a reaction-diffusion-advection equation which is used to describe the evolution of a single species living in a heterogeneous stream environment and show some interesting behaviors of the species persistence and extinction caused by the buffer zone and small/large diffusion rate.



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