Spectral optimization for weighted anisotropic problems with Robin conditions

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Abstract: We study a weighted eigenvalue problem with anisotropic diffusion in bounded Lipschitz domains OmegasubsetmathbbRN, Nge1, under Robin boundary conditions, proving the existence of two positive eigenvalues lambdapm respectively associated with a positive and a negative eigenfunction. Next, we analyze the minimization of lambdapm with respect to the sign-changing weight, showing that the optimal eigenvalues Lambdapm are equal and the optimal weights are of bang-bang type, namely piece-wise constant functions, each one taking only two values. As a consequence, the problem is equivalent to the minimization with respect to the subsets of Omega satisfying a volume constraint. Then, we completely solve the optimization problem in one dimension, in the case of homogeneous Dirichlet or Neumann conditions, showing new phenomena induced by the presence of the anisotropic diffusion. The optmization problem for lambda+ naturally arises in the study of the optimal spatial arrangement of resources for a species to survive in a heterogeneous habitat.



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