On the nodal line of the second eigenfunction of an inhomogeneous membrane

DOI10.1016/0362-546X(90)90124-YzbMath0718.35005MaRDI QIDQ5749671

Bernhard Ruf, Thomas Kappeler

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

second eigenfunction; nodal set; length of the nodal line

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations

35P05: General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs

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