On the principal eigenvalue of elliptic operators in $\R^N$ and applications
Author(s) -
Henri Berestycki,
Luca Rossi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the european mathematical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.549
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-9863
pISSN - 1435-9855
DOI - 10.4171/jems/47
Subject(s) - mathematics , elliptic operator , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , principal (computer security) , dimension (graph theory) , uniqueness , operator theory , pure mathematics , limit (mathematics) , semi elliptic operator , operator (biology) , mathematical analysis , algebra over a field , differential operator , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene
Two generalizations of the notion of principal eigenvalue for elliptic operators in R-N are examined in this paper. We prove several results comparing these two eigenvalues in various settings: general operators in dimension one; self-adjoint operators; and “limit periodic” operators. These results apply to questions of existence and uniqueness for some semilinear problems in the whole space. We also indicate several outstanding open problems and formulate some conjectures
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