Volume 37, Issue 3
On a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn Inequality for the Regional Fractional Laplacian

Tianling Jin, Dennis Kriventsov & Jingang Xiong

Ann. Appl. Math., 37 (2021), pp. 363-393.

Published online: 2021-09

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We study a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn inequality for regional fractional Laplacian operators. In particular, we show that there exists a compactly supported nonnegative Sobolev function $u_0$ that attains the infimum (which will be a positive real number) of the set$$\left\{\iint_{\{u>0\}\times\{u>0\}}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2\sigma}}dxdy:u\in H^{\sigma}(\mathbb{R}^n), \int_{\mathbb{R}^n}u^2=1, |\{u>0\}|\le 1\right\}$$Unlike the corresponding problem for the usual fractional Laplacian, where the domain of the integration is $\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n$, symmetrization techniques may not apply here. Our approach is instead based on the direct method and new a priori diameter estimates. We also present several remaining open questions concerning the regularity and shape of the minimizers, and the form of the Euler-Lagrange equations.

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35R11, 49Q10

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tianlingjin@ust.hk (Tianling Jin)

dnk34@math.rutgers.edu (Dennis Kriventsov)

jx@bnu.edu.cn (Jingang Xiong)

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@Article{AAM-37-363, author = {Jin , TianlingKriventsov , Dennis and Xiong , Jingang}, title = {On a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn Inequality for the Regional Fractional Laplacian}, journal = {Annals of Applied Mathematics}, year = {2021}, volume = {37}, number = {3}, pages = {363--393}, abstract = {

We study a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn inequality for regional fractional Laplacian operators. In particular, we show that there exists a compactly supported nonnegative Sobolev function $u_0$ that attains the infimum (which will be a positive real number) of the set$$\left\{\iint_{\{u>0\}\times\{u>0\}}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2\sigma}}dxdy:u\in H^{\sigma}(\mathbb{R}^n), \int_{\mathbb{R}^n}u^2=1, |\{u>0\}|\le 1\right\}$$Unlike the corresponding problem for the usual fractional Laplacian, where the domain of the integration is $\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n$, symmetrization techniques may not apply here. Our approach is instead based on the direct method and new a priori diameter estimates. We also present several remaining open questions concerning the regularity and shape of the minimizers, and the form of the Euler-Lagrange equations.

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TY - JOUR T1 - On a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn Inequality for the Regional Fractional Laplacian AU - Jin , Tianling AU - Kriventsov , Dennis AU - Xiong , Jingang JO - Annals of Applied Mathematics VL - 3 SP - 363 EP - 393 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/09 SN - 37 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aam.OA-2021-0005 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aam/19851.html KW - Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn inequality, regional fractional Laplacian, first eigenvalue. AB -

We study a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn inequality for regional fractional Laplacian operators. In particular, we show that there exists a compactly supported nonnegative Sobolev function $u_0$ that attains the infimum (which will be a positive real number) of the set$$\left\{\iint_{\{u>0\}\times\{u>0\}}\frac{|u(x)-u(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{n+2\sigma}}dxdy:u\in H^{\sigma}(\mathbb{R}^n), \int_{\mathbb{R}^n}u^2=1, |\{u>0\}|\le 1\right\}$$Unlike the corresponding problem for the usual fractional Laplacian, where the domain of the integration is $\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n$, symmetrization techniques may not apply here. Our approach is instead based on the direct method and new a priori diameter estimates. We also present several remaining open questions concerning the regularity and shape of the minimizers, and the form of the Euler-Lagrange equations.

Jin , TianlingKriventsov , Dennis and Xiong , Jingang. (2021). On a Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn Inequality for the Regional Fractional Laplacian. Annals of Applied Mathematics. 37 (3). 363-393. doi:10.4208/aam.OA-2021-0005
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