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Monotonicity of the principal eigenvalue related to a non-isotropic vibrating string

Behrouz Emamizadeh, Amin Farjudian (2014)

Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems

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In this paper we consider a parametric eigenvalue problem related to a vibrating string which is constructed out of two different materials. Using elementary analysis we show that the corresponding principal eigenvalue is increasing with respect to the parameter. Using a rearrangement technique we recapture a part of our main result, in case the difference between the densities of the two materials is sufficiently small. Finally, a simple numerical algorithm will be presented which will...

On the nodal set of the second eigenfunction of the laplacian in symmetric domains in R N

Lucio Damascelli (2000)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

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We present a simple proof of the fact that if Ω is a bounded domain in R N , N 2 , which is convex and symmetric with respect to k orthogonal directions, 1 k N , then the nodal sets of the eigenfunctions of the laplacian corresponding to the eigenvalues λ 2 , , λ k + 1 must intersect the boundary. This result was proved by Payne in the case N = 2 for the second eigenfunction, and by other authors in the case of convex domains in the plane, again for the second eigenfunction.