Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4613562 Journal of Differential Equations 2006 24 Pages PDF
Abstract

We consider the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet–Laplacian in three cases: C1,1-domains, Lipschitz domains, and bounded domains without any smoothness assumptions. Asymptotic formula for this eigenvalue is derived when domain subject arbitrary perturbations. For Lipschitz and arbitrary nonsmooth domains, the leading term in the asymptotic representation distinguishes from that in the Hardamard formula valid for smooth perturbations of smooth domains. For asymptotic analysis we propose and prove an abstract theorem demonstrating how eigenvalues vary under perturbations of both operator in Hilbert space and Hilbert space itself. This abstract theorem is of independent interest and has substantially broader field of applications.

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