Convex combinations of low eigenvalues, Fraenkel asymmetries and attainable sets

DOI10.1051/COCV/2016017zbMATH Open1422.47024arXiv1512.00993OpenAlexW2182366276MaRDI QIDQ5269836FDOQ5269836

Davide Zucco, Dario Mazzoleni

Publication date: 28 June 2017

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the problem of minimizing convex combinations of the first two eigenvalues of the Dirichlet-Laplacian among open sets of $R^N$ of fixed measure. We show that, by purely elementary arguments, based on the minimality condition, it is possible to obtain informations on the geometry of the minimizers of convex combinations: we study, in particular, when these minimizers are no longer convex, and the optimality of balls. As an application of our results we study the boundary of the attainable set for the Dirichlet spectrum. Our techniques involve symmetry results `a la Serrin, explicit constants in quantitative inequalities, as well as a purely geometrical problem: the minimization of the Fraenkel 2-asymmetry among convex sets of fixed measure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00993

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluesDirichlet Laplacianattainable setFraenkel asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Variational methods for eigenvalues of operators (49R05) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75)

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• On Blaschke-Santaló diagrams for the torsional rigidity and the first Dirichlet eigenvalue
• Dirichlet conditions in Poincaré-Sobolev inequalities: the sub-homogeneous case

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