preprint

Inserted: 18 oct 2026

Year: 2017

Abstract:

Let $Ω$ 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 $λ_{2}(p,Ω)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian \[ -\mathcal Q_{p}u:=-\textrm{div} \left(F^{p-1}(\nabla u)F_ξ(\nabla u)\right), \] where $F$ is a suitable smooth norm of $\mathbb R^{n}$ and $p\in]1,+\infty[$. We provide a lower bound of $λ_{2}(p,Ω)$ among bounded open sets of given measure, showing the validity of a Hong-Krahn-Szego type inequality. Furthermore, we investigate the limit problem as $p\to+\infty$.