Relative isoperimetric inequality in the plane: the anisotropic case

We prove a relative isoperimetric inequality in the plane, when the perimeter is defined with respect to a convex, positively homogeneous function of degree one, and characterize the minimizers

A saturation phenomenon for a nonlinear nonlocal eigenvalue problem

Given $1\le q \le 2$ and $\alpha\in\mathbb R$, we study the properties of the solutions of the minimum problem $$\lambda(\alpha,q)=\min\left\{\dfrac{\displaystyle\int_{-1}^{1}|u'|^{2}dx+\alpha\left|\int_{-1}^{1}|u|^{q-1}u\, dx\right|^{\frac2q}}{\displaystyle\int_{-1}^{1}|u|^{2}dx}, u\in H_{0}^{1}(-1,1),\,u\not\equiv 0\right\}.$$ In particular, depending on $\alpha$ and $q$, we show that the minimizers have constant sign up to a critical value of $\alpha=\alpha_{q}$, and when $\alpha>\alpha_{q}$ the minimizers are odd

Stability results for some fully nonlinear eigenvalue estimates

In this paper, we give some stability estimates for the Faber-Krahn inequality relative to the eigenvalues of Hessian operatorsComment: 18 pages, the proofs of Lemma 4.3 and Theorem 4.1 were clarifie

Faber-Krahn inequality for anisotropic eigenvalue problems with Robin boundary conditions

In this paper we study the main properties of the first eigenvalue and its eigenfunctions of a class of highly nonlinear elliptic operators in a bounded Lipschitz domain, assuming a Robin boundary condition. Moreover, we prove a Faber-Krahn inequality

An optimal bound for nonlinear eigenvalues and torsional rigidity on domains with holes

In this paper we prove an optimal upper bound for the first eigenvalue of a Robin-Neumann boundary value problem for the p-Laplacian operator in domains with convex holes. An analogous estimate is obtained for the corresponding torsional rigidity problem

On the second Dirichlet eigenvalue of some nonlinear anisotropic elliptic operators

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open set of $\mathbb R^{n}$, $n\ge 2$. In this paper we mainly study some properties of the second Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_{2}(p,\Omega)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian $$-\mathcal Q_{p}u:=-\textrm{div} \left(F^{p-1}(\nabla u)F_\xi (\nabla u)\right),$$ where $F$ is a suitable smooth norm of $\mathbb R^{n}$ and $p\in]1,+\infty[$. We provide a lower bound of $\lambda_{2}(p,\Omega)$ among bounded open sets of given measure, showing the validity of a Hong-Krahn-Szego type inequality. Furthermore, we investigate the limit problem as $p\to+\infty$

Sharp estimates for the first Robin eigenvalue of nonlinear elliptic operators

The aim of this paper is to obtain optimal estimates for the first Robin eigenvalue of the anisotropic $p$-Laplace operator, namely: \begin{equation*} \lambda_1(\beta,\Omega)=\min_{\psi\in W^{1,p}(\Omega)\setminus\{0\} } \frac{\displaystyle\int_\Omega F(\nabla \psi)^p dx +\beta \displaystyle\int_{\partial\Omega}|\psi|^pF(\nu_{\Omega}) d\mathcal H^{N-1} }{\displaystyle\int_\Omega|\psi|^p dx}, \end{equation*} where $p\in]1,+\infty[$, $\Omega$ is a bounded, mean convex domain in $\mathcal R^{N}$, $\nu_{\Omega}$ is its Euclidean outward normal, $\beta$ is a real number, and $F$ is a sufficiently smooth norm on $\mathcal R^{N}$. The estimates we found are in terms of the first eigenvalue of a one-dimensional nonlinear problem, which depends on $\beta$ and on geometrical quantities associated to $\Omega$. More precisely, we prove a lower bound of $\lambda_{1}$ in the case $\beta>0$, and a upper bound in the case $\beta<0$. As a consequence, we prove, for $\beta>0$, a lower bound for $\lambda_{1}(\beta,\Omega)$ in terms of the anisotropic inradius of $\Omega$ and, for $\beta<0$, an upper bound of $\lambda_{1}(\beta,\Omega)$ in terms of $\beta$.Comment: 24 page