On the placement of an obstacle or a well so as to optimize the fundamental eigenvalue

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 240-259

  Harrell II, Evans M ^a   Kröger, Pawel ^a   Kurata, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadamard; Obstacle; Optimal eigenvalue; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035527623     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141099357574     Document Type: Article

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