The effect of the Schwarz rearrangement on the periodic principal eigenvalue of a nonsymmetric operator

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2388-2406

  Nadin, GréGoire ^a  

^a ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue optimization; Nnonsymmetric operator; Reaction diffusion equations; Schwarz rearrangement

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EIGENVALUE OPTIMIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS DIFFUSIONS; NNONSYMMETRIC OPERATOR; PRINCIPAL EIGENVALUES; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; SCHWARZ REARRANGEMENT; STEINER SYMMETRIZATIONS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 77950794741     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080743597     Document Type: Article

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