Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

M. Michetti

Steklov-Dirichlet spectrum: stability, optimization and continuity of eigenvalues

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Year: 2022

Abstract:

In this paper we study the Steklov-Dirichlet eigenvalues $\lambda_k(\Omega,\Gamma_S)$, where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a domain and $\Gamma_S\subset \partial \Omega$ is the subset of the boundary in which we impose the Steklov conditions. After a first discussion about the regularity properties of the Steklov-Dirichlet eigenfunctions we obtain a stability result for the eigenvalues. We study the optimization problem under a measure constraint on the set $\Gamma_S$, we prove the existence of a minimizer and the non-existence of a maximizer. In the plane we prove a continuity result for the eigenvalues imposing a bound on the number of connected components of the sequence $\Gamma_{S,n}$, obtaining in this way a version of the famous result of V. \v{S}ver\'ak for the Steklov-Dirichlet eigenvalues. Using this result we prove the existence of a maximizer under the same topological constraint and the measure constraint.


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