A minimax formula for the principal eigenvalues of Dirichlet problems and its applications

A minimax formula for the principal eigenvalue of a nonselfadjoint Dirichlet problem was established in [8,18]. In this paper we generalize this formula to the case where an indefinite weight is present. Our proof requires less regularity and, unlike that in [8,18], does not rely on semigroups theor...

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Main Authors: Tomas Godoy, Jean-Pierre Gossez, Sofia R. Paczka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2007-05-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/16/g1/abstr.html