Spectral partition problems with volume and inclusion constraints

Authors Pêdra D. S. Andrade, Ederson Moreira dos Santos, M. S. Santos, Hugo Tavares

Publication date 4 May 2023

Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs (35B65) Existence of optimal solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49J30) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35)

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss a class of spectral partition problems with a measure constraint, for partitions of a given bounded connected open set. We establish the existence of an optimal open partition, showing that the corresponding eigenfunctions are locally Lipschitz continuous, and obtain some qualitative properties for the partition. The proof uses an equivalent weak formulation that involves a minimization problem of a penalized functional where the variables are functions rather than domains, suitable deformations, blowup techniques, and a monotonicity formula.

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