We consider nonlinear problems governed by the fractional $p-$Laplacian in presence of nonlocal Neumann boundary conditions. We face two problems. First: the $p-$superlinear term may not satisfy the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition. Second, and more important: although the topological structure of the underlying functional reminds the one of the linking theorem, the nonlocal nature of the associated eigenfunctions prevents the use of such a classical theorem. For these reasons, we are led to adopt another approach, relying on the notion of linking over cones.
We consider different fractional Neumann Laplacians of order s, 0<s<1, namely, the Restricted Neumann Laplacian, the Semirestricted Neumann Laplacian and the Spectral Neumann Laplacian. In particular, we are interested in attainability of Sobolev constants for these operators in half-spaces.
We prove the existence of a principal eigenvalue associated to the $\infty$-Laplacian plus lower order terms and the Neumann boundary condition in a bounded smooth domain. As an application we get uniqueness and existence results for the Neumann problem and a decay estimate for viscosity solutions of the Neumann evolution problem.
Nodal solutions of a parametric (p_1,p_2)-Laplacian system, with Neumann boundary conditions, are obtained by chiefly constructing appropriate sub-super-solution pairs.
In this paper we study a variational Neumann problem for the higher order $s$-fractional Laplacian, with $s>1$. In the process, we introduce some non-local Neumann boundary conditions that appear in a natural way from a Gauss-like integration formula.
We establish the existence and uniqueness of variational solution to the nonlinear Neumann boundary problem for the $p^{th}$-Sub-Laplacian associated to a system of Hörmander vector fields
We show how nonlocal boundary conditions of Robin type can be encoded in the pointwise expression of the fractional operator. Notably, the fractional Laplacian of functions satisfying homogeneous nonlocal Neumann conditions can be expressed as a regional operator with a kernel having logarithmic behaviour at the boundary.
We prove an equivalence between weighted Poincare inequalities and the existence of weak solutions to a Neumann problem related to a degenerate p- Laplacian. The Poincare inequalities are formulated in the context of degenerate Sobolev spaces defined in terms of a quadratic form, and the associated matrix is the source of the degeneracy in the p-Laplacian.
We study the eigenvalue problem for the Neumann-Laplace operator in conformal regular planar domains $Ω\subset\mathbb{C}$. Conformal regular domains support the Poincaré inequality and this allows us to estimate the variation of the eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian upon domain perturbation via energy type integrals. Boundaries of such domains can have any Hausdorff dimension between one and two.
We develop some properties of the $p-$Neumann derivative for the fractional $p-$Laplacian in bounded domains with general $p>1$. In particular, we prove the existence of a diverging sequence of eigenvalues and we introduce the evolution problem associated to such operators, studying the basic properties of solutions. Finally, we study a nonlinear problem with source in absence of the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition.
The first nontrivial eigenfunction of the Neumann eigenvalue problem for the $p$-Laplacian, suitable normalized, converges as $p$ goes to $\infty$ to a viscosity solution of an eigenvalue problem for the $\infty$-Laplacian. We show among other things that the limit of the eigenvalue, at least for convex sets, is in fact the first nonzero eigenvalue of the limiting problem. We then derive a number of consequences, which are nonlinear analogues of well-known inequalities for the linear (2-)Laplacian.
We investigate the limiting behavior of solutions to the inhomogeneous $p$-Laplacian equation $-Δ_p u = μ_p$ subject to Neumann boundary conditions. For right hand sides which are arbitrary signed measures we show that solutions converge to a Kantorovich potential associated with the geodesic Wasserstein-$1$ distance. In the regular case with continuous right hand sides we characterize the limit as viscosity solution to an infinity Laplacian / eikonal type equation.
We study the bilinear estimates in the Sobolev spaces with the Dirichlet and the Neumann boundary condition. The optimal regularity is revealed to get such estimates in the half space case, which is related to not only smoothness of functions and but also boundary behavior. The crucial point for the proof is how to handle boundary values of functions and their derivatives.
In this paper, we prove an isoperimetric inequality for lower order eigenvalues of the free membrane problem on bounded domains of a Euclidean space or a hyperbolic space which strengthens the well-known Szegö-Weinberger inequality and supports strongly an important conjecture of Ashbaugh-Benguria.
We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to the Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that if $u$ is a weak solution of $(-Δ)^s u=f$ in $Ω$, $\mathcal N_s u=0$ in $Ω^c$, then $u$ is $C^α$ up tp the boundary for some $α>0$. Moreover, in case $s>\frac12$, we then show that $u\in C^{2s-1+α}(\overlineΩ)$. To prove these results we need, among other things, a delicate Moser iteration on the boundary with some logarithmic corrections. Our methods allow us to treat as well the Neumann problem for the regional fractional Laplacian, and we establish the same boundary reg…
In this paper we study integral estimates of derivatives of conformal mappings $φ:\mathbb D\toΩ$ of the unit disc $\mathbb D\subset\mathbb C$ onto bounded domains $Ω$ that satisfy the Ahlfors condition. These integral estimates lead to estimates of constants in Sobolev-Poincaré inequalities, and by the Rayleigh quotient we obtain spectral estimates of the Neumann-Laplace operator in non-Lipschitz domains (quasidiscs) in terms of the (quasi)conformal geometry of the domains. Specifically, the lower estimates of the first non-trivial eigenvalues of the Neumann-Laplace operator in some fractal ty…
In this paper we establish new quantitative stability estimates with respect to domain perturbations for all the eigenvalues of both the Neumann and the Dirichlet Laplacian. Our main results follow from an abstract lemma stating that it is actually sufficient to provide an estimate on suitable projection operators. Whereas this lemma could be applied under different regularity assumptions on the domain, here we use it to estimate the spectrum in Lipschitz and in so-called Reifenberg-flat domains. Our argument also relies on suitable extension techniques and on an estimate on the decay of the e…
This paper deals with existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a quasilinear problem with Neumann boundary conditions, set in a ball. The problem admits at least one constant non-zero solution and it involves a nonlinearity that can be supercritical in the sense of Sobolev embeddings. The main tools used are variational techniques and the shooting method for ODE's. These results are contained in [6,3].
For $p>2$, we consider the quasilinear equation $-Δ_p u+|u|^{p-2}u=g(u)$ in the unit ball $B$ of $\mathbb R^N$, with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The assumptions on $g$ are very mild and allow the nonlinearity to be possibly supercritical in the sense of Sobolev embeddings. We prove the existence of a nonconstant, positive, radially nondecreasing solution via variational methods. In the case $g(u)=|u|^{q-2}u$, we detect the asymptotic behavior of these solutions as $q\to\infty$.
In this paper we study spectral stability of the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian under the Kohn-Nirenberg elliptic regularization. We obtain quantitative estimates for stability of the spectrum of the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian when either the operator or the underlying domain is perturbed.
In this work we are concerned with the multiplicity of the eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian in regions of Rn which are invariant under the natural action of a compact subgroup G of O(n). We give a partial positive answer (in the Neumann case) to a conjecture of V. Arnold [1] on the transversality of the transformation given by the Dirichlet integral to the stratification in the space of quadratic forms according to the multiplicities of the eigenvalues. We show, for some classes of subgroups of O(n) that, generically in the set of G-invariant, C2-regions, the action is irreducible in each …
In this paper we show how to use a Tug-of-War game to obtain existence of a viscosity solution to the infinity laplacian with non-homogeneous mixed boundary conditions. For a Lipschitz and positive function $g$ there exists a viscosity solution of the mixed boundary value problem, $$ \{\begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -Δ_{\infty}u(x)=0\quad & \text{in} Ω, \displaystyle \frac{\partial u}{\partial n}(x)= g (x)\quad & \text{on} Γ_N, \displaystyle u(x)= 0 \quad & \text{on} Γ_D. \end{array}. $$
In this paper we study a non-homogeneous Neumann problem, where the $p(x)$-Laplacian is involved and $p=\infty$ in a subdomain. By considering a suitable sequence $p_k$ of bounded variable exponents such that $p_k \to p$ and replacing $p$ with $p_k$ in the original problem, we prove the existence of a solution $u_k$ for each of those intermediate ones. We show that the limit of the $u_k$ exists and after giving a variational characterization of it, in the part of the domain where $p$ is bounded, we show that it is a viscosity solution in the part where $p=\infty$. Finally, we formulate the pro…
This article gives a domain with a small compact set of removed and the magnetic Neumann Laplacian on such set. The main theorem of this article shows the description of the holes which do not change the spectrum drastically. In this article we prove that the spectrum of the magnetic Neumann Laplacian converges in the Hausdorff distance sense to the spectrum of the original operator defined on the unperturbed domain.
We give a unified approach to strong maximum principles for a large class of nonlocal operators of the order $s\in(0,1)$, that includes the Dirichlet, the Neumann Restricted (or Regional) and the Neumann Semirestricted Laplacians.
We discuss the Krein--von Neumann extensions of three Laplacian-type operators -- on discrete graphs, quantum graphs, and domains. In passing we present a class of one-dimensional elliptic operators such that for any $n\in \mathbb N$ infinitely many elements of the class have $n$-dimensional null space.
A smooth bounded pseudoconvex domain in two complex variables is of finite type if and only if the number of eigenvalues of the d-bar-Neumann Laplacian that are less than or equal to $λ$ has at most polynomial growth as $λ$ goes to infinity.
We study spectral stability of the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian on a bounded domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$ when the underlying domain is perturbed. In particular, we establish upper semi-continuity properties for the variational eigenvalues of the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian on bounded pseudoconvex domains in $\mathbb{C}^n$, lower semi-continuity properties on pseudoconvex domains that satisfy property ($P$), and quantitative estimates on smooth bounded pseudoconvex domains of finite D'Angelo type in $\mathbb{C}^n$.
We look for nonconstant, positive, radially nondecreasing solutions of the quasilinear equation $-Δ_p u+u^{p-1}=f(u)$ with $p>2$, in the unit ball $B$ of $\mathbb R^N$, subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The assumptions on the nonlinearity $f$ are very mild and allow it to be possibly supercritical in the sense of Sobolev embeddings. The main tools used are the truncation method and a mountain pass-type argument. In the pure power case, i.e., $f(u)=u^{q-1}$, we detect the limit profile of the solutions of the problems as $q\to\infty$.
We study the relationship between the symbol of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator associated with a connection Laplacian, and the geometry on and near the boundary. As a consequence, we show that the geometric data on the boundary, and when the dimension of the base is greater than two all corresponding normal derivatives, are determined by the symbol.
We deal with eigenvalue problems for the Laplacian with varying mixed boundary conditions, consisting in homogeneous Neumann conditions on a vanishing portion of the boundary and Dirichlet conditions on the complement. By the study of an Almgren type frequency function, we derive upper and lower bounds of the eigenvalue variation and sharp estimates in the case of a strictly star-shaped Neumann region.
We obtain nontrivial solutions of a critical fractional $p$-Laplacian equation in the whole space and with possibly vanishing potentials. In addition to the usual difficulty of the lack of compactness associated with problems involving critical Sobolev exponents, the problem is further complicated by the absence of a direct sum decomposition suitable for applying classical linking arguments. We overcome this difficulty using a generalized linking construction based on the ${\mathbb Z}_2$-cohomological index.
We extend the results of [5], where we proved an equivalence between weighted Poincaré inequalities and the existence of weak solutions to a family of Neumann problems related to a degenerate $p$-Laplacian. Here we prove a similar equivalence between Poincaré inequalities in variable exponent spaces and solutions to a degenerate $p(x)$-Laplacian, a non-linear elliptic equation with nonstandard growth conditions.
For $1\leq q \leq n-2$, we provide explicit examples to demonstrate non-compactness of the Neumann operator for the Kohn Laplacian acting on $L^2$ $(0,q)$-forms on the unit ball in $(2n+1)$-dimensional Heisenberg space.
We obtain nontrivial solutions to the Brezis-Nirenberg problem for the fractional $p$-Laplacian operator, extending some results in the literature for the fractional Laplacian. The quasilinear case presents two serious new difficulties. First an explicit formula for a minimizer in the fractional Sobolev inequality is not available when $p \ne 2$. We get around this difficulty by working with certain asymptotic estimates for minimizers recently obtained by Brasco, Mosconi and Squassina. The second difficulty is the lack of a direct sum decomposition suitable for applying the classical linking t…
Let $1<p<+\infty$ and let $Ω\subset\mathbb R^N$ be either a ball or an annulus. We continue the analysis started in [Boscaggin, Colasuonno, Noris, ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var. (2017)], concerning quasilinear Neumann problems of the type \[ -Δ_p u = f(u), \quad u>0 \mbox{ in } Ω, \quad \partial_νu = 0 \mbox{ on } \partialΩ. \] We suppose that $f(0)=f(1)=0$ and that $f$ is negative between the two zeros and positive after. In case $Ω$ is a ball, we also require that $f$ grows less than the Sobolev-critical power at infinity. We prove a priori bounds of radial solutions, focusing in particular…
In this work we study the existence of solutions to the critical Brezis-Nirenberg problem when one deals with the spectral fractional Laplace operator and mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions, i.e., $$ \left\{\begin{array}{rcl} (-Δ)^su & = & λu+u^{2_s^*-1},\quad u>0\quad\mbox{in}\quad Ω,\\ u & = & 0\quad\mbox{on}\quad Σ_{\mathcal{D}},\\ \displaystyle\frac{\partial u}{\partial ν} & = & 0\quad\mbox{on}\quad Σ_{\mathcal{N}}, \end{array}\right. $$ where $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^N$ is a regular bounded domain, $\frac{1}{2}<s<1$, $2_s^*$ is the critical fractional Sobolev exponent, $0\leλ\in \math…
The difference of the resolvents of two Laplacians on a half-space subject to Robin boundary conditions is studied. In general this difference is not compact, but it will be shown that it is compact and even belongs to some Schatten-von-Neumann class, if the coefficients in the boundary condition are sufficiently close to each other in a proper sense. In certain cases the resolvent difference is shown to belong even to the same Schatten-von Neumann class as it is known for the resolvent difference of two Robin Laplacians on a domain with a compact boundary.
The first terms of the small volume asymptotic expansion for the splitting of Neumann boundary condition Laplacian eigenvalues due to a grounded inclusion of size ε are derived. An explicit formula to compute the first term from the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the unperturbed domain, the inclusion size and position is given. As a consequence, when an eigenvalue of double multiplicity splits in two distinct eigenvalues, one decays like O(1/log(ε)), the other like O(ε^2).
The purpose of this article is to establish upper and lower estimates for the integral kernel of the semigroup exp(-tP) associated to a classical, strongly elliptic pseudodifferential operator P of positive order on a closed manifold. The Poissonian bounds generalize those obtained for perturbations of fractional powers of the Laplacian. In the selfadjoint case, extensions to t in C_+ are studied. In particular, our results apply to the Dirichlet-to-Neumann semigroup.
In this paper, we investigate the existence of a "weak solutions" for a Neumann problems of $p(x)$-Laplacian-like operators, originated from a capillary phenomena, of the following form \begin{equation*} \displaystyle\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle-{\rm{div}}\Big(\vert\nabla u\vert^{p(x)-2}\nabla u+\frac{\vert\nabla u\vert^{2p(x)-2}\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+\vert\nabla u\vert^{2p(x)}}}\Big)=λf(x, u, \nabla u) & \mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\ Ω,\\ \Big(\vert\nabla u\vert^{p(x)-2}\nabla u+\frac{\vert\nabla u\vert^{2p(x)-2}\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+\vert\nabla u\vert^{2p(x)}}}\Big)\frac{\partial u}{\partialη}=0 & …
In this work we study the asymptotic behavior of the first non-zero Neumann $p-$fractional eigenvalue $λ_1(s,p)$ as $s\to 1^-$ and as $p\to\infty.$ We show that there exists a constant $\mathcal{K}$ such that $\mathcal{K}(1-s)λ_1(s,p)$ goes to the first non-zero Neumann eigenvalue of the $p-$Laplacian. While in the limit case $p\to \infty,$ we prove that $λ_1(1,s)^{1/p}$ goes to an eigenvalue of the Hölder $\infty-$Laplacian.
we study on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary, the problems of existence and multiplicity of solutions to a Neumann problem involving the p-Laplacian operator and critical Sobolev exponents.
We study the positive principal eigenvalue of a weighted problem associated with the Neumann spectral fractional Laplacian. This analysis is related to the investigation of the survival threshold in population dynamics. Our main result concerns the optimization of such threshold with respect to the fractional order $s\in(0,1]$, the case $s=1$ corresponding to the standard Neumann Laplacian: when the habitat is not too fragmented, the principal positive eigenvalue can not have local minima for $0<s<1$. As a consequence, the best strategy for survival is either following the diffusion with $s=1$…
