A fractional Hadamard formula and applications

We derive a shape derivative formula for the family of principal Dirichlet eigenvalues $$\lambda _s(\Omega )$$ λ s ( Ω ) of the fractional Laplacian $$(-\Delta )^s$$ ( - Δ ) s associated with bounded open sets $$\Omega \subset \mathbb {R}^N$$ Ω ⊂ R N of class $$C^{1,1}$$ C 1 , 1 . This extends, with a help of a new approach, a result in Dalibard and Gérard-Varet (Calc. Var. 19(4):976–1013, 2013) which was restricted to the case $$s=\frac{1}{2}$$ s = 1 2 . As an application, we consider the maximization problem for $$\lambda _s(\Omega )$$ λ s ( Ω ) among annular-shaped domains of fixed volume of the type $$B\setminus \overline{B}'$$ B \ B ¯ ′ , where B is a fixed ball and $$B'$$ B ′ is ball whose position is varied within B. We prove that $$\lambda _s(B\setminus \overline{B}')$$ λ s ( B \ B ¯ ′ ) is maximal when the two balls are concentric. Our approach also allows to derive similar results for the fractional torsional rigidity. More generally, we will characterize one-sided shape derivatives for best constants of a family of subcritical fractional Sobolev embeddings.

Solutions to indefinite weakly coupled cooperative elliptic systems

We study the elliptic system \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u_1 - \kappa_1u_1 = \mu_1|u_1|^{p-2}u_1 + \lambda\alpha|u_1|^{\alpha-2}|u_2|^\beta u_1, \\ -\Delta u_2 - \kappa_2u_2 = \mu_2|u_2|^{p-2}u_2 + \lambda\beta|u_1|^\alpha|u_2|^{\beta-2}u_2, \\ u_1,u_2\in D^{1,2}_0(\Omega), \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^N$, $N\geq 3$, $\kappa_1,\kappa_2\in\mathbb R$, $\mu_1,\mu_2,\lambda> 0$, $\alpha,\beta> 1$, and $\alpha + \beta = p\le 2^*:={2N}/({N-2})$. For $p\in (2,2^*)$ we establish the existence of a ground state and of a prescribed number of fully nontrivial solutions to this system for $\lambda$ sufficiently large. If $p=2^*$ and $\kappa_1,\kappa_2> 0$ we establish the existence of a ground state for $\lambda$ sufficiently large if, either $N\ge5$, or $N=4$ and neither $\kappa_1$ nor $\kappa_2$ are Dirichlet eigenvalues of $-\Delta$ in $\Omega$.

The number of Dirac-weighted eigenvalues of Sturm-Liouville equations with integrable potentials and an application to inverse problems

In this paper, we further Meirong Zhang, et al.’s work by computing the number of weighted eigenvalues for Sturm-Liouville equations, equipped with general integrable potentials and Dirac weights, under Dirichlet boundary condition. We show that, for a Sturm-Liouville equation with a general integrable potential, if its weight is a positive linear combination of $n$ Dirac Delta functions, then it has at most $n$ (may be less than $n$, or even be $0$) distinct real Dirichlet eigenvalues, or every complex number is a Dirichlet eigenvalue; in particular, under some sharp condition, the number of Dirichlet eigenvalues is exactly $n$. Our main method is to introduce the concepts of characteristics matrix and characteristics polynomial for Sturm-Liouville problem with Dirac weights, and put forward a general and direct algorithm used for computing eigenvalues. As an application, a class of inverse Dirichelt problems for Sturm-Liouville equations involving single Dirac distribution weights is studied.

Estimates the upper bounds of Dirichlet eigenvalues for fractional Laplacian

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>Let <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n \; (n\geq 2) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> be a bounded domain with continuous boundary <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ \partial\Omega $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>. In this paper, we study the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem of the fractional Laplacian which is restricted to <inline-formula><tex-math id="M3">\begin{document}$ \Omega $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><tex-math id="M4">\begin{document}$ 0&lt;s&lt;1 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>. Denoting by <inline-formula><tex-math id="M5">\begin{document}$ \lambda_{k} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> the <inline-formula><tex-math id="M6">\begin{document}$ k^{th} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> Dirichlet eigenvalue of <inline-formula><tex-math id="M7">\begin{document}$ (-\triangle)^{s}|_{\Omega} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, we establish the explicit upper bounds of the ratio <inline-formula><tex-math id="M8">\begin{document}$ \frac{\lambda_{k+1}}{\lambda_{1}} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, which have polynomially growth in <inline-formula><tex-math id="M9">\begin{document}$ k $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> with optimal increase orders. Furthermore, we give the explicit lower bounds for the Riesz mean function <inline-formula><tex-math id="M10">\begin{document}$ R_{\sigma}(z) = \sum_{k}(z-\lambda_{k})_{+}^{\sigma} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><tex-math id="M11">\begin{document}$ \sigma\geq 1 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> and the trace of the Dirichlet heat kernel of fractional Laplacian.</p>

A duality between scattering poles and transmission eigenvalues in scattering theory

In this paper, we develop a conceptually unified approach for characterizing and determining scattering poles and interior eigenvalues for a given scattering problem. Our approach explores a duality stemming from interchanging the roles of incident and scattered fields in our analysis. Both sets are related to the kernel of the relative scattering operator mapping incident fields to scattered fields, corresponding to the exterior scattering problem for the interior eigenvalues and the interior scattering problem for scattering poles. Our discussion includes the scattering problem for a Dirichlet obstacle where duality is between scattering poles and Dirichlet eigenvalues, and the inhomogeneous scattering problem where the duality is between scattering poles and transmission eigenvalues. Our new characterization of the scattering poles suggests a numerical method for their computation in terms of scattering data for the corresponding interior scattering problem.

Brownian Motions and Heat Kernel Lower Bounds on Kähler and Quaternion Kähler Manifolds

We study the radial parts of the Brownian motions on Kähler and quaternion Kähler manifolds. Thanks to sharp Laplacian comparison theorems, we deduce as a consequence a sharp Cheeger–Yau-type lower bound for the heat kernels of such manifolds and also sharp Cheng’s type estimates for the Dirichlet eigenvalues of metric balls.