In this paper, we consider the characterization of eigenfunctions for Laplacian operators on some Riemannian manifolds. Firstly we prove that for the space form (M K , gK) with the constant sectional curvature K, the first eigenvalue of Laplacian operator λ1 (M K) is greater than the limit of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of Laplacian operator λ1 (BK (p, r)). Based on this, we then present a c...

In this work we consider the nonlinear graph p-Laplacian and the set of eigenvalues and associated eigenvectors of this operator defined by a variational principle. We prove a unifying nodal domain theorem for the graph p-Laplacian for any p ≥ 1. While for p > 1 the bounds on the number of weak and strong nodal domains are the same as for the linear graph Laplacian (p = 2), the behavior changes...

∆p := ∆(|∆u|p−2∆u) is the operator of fourth order, so-called the p-biharmonic (or p-bilaplacian) operator. For p = 2, the linear operator ∆2 = ∆2 = ∆ · ∆ is the iterated Laplacian that to a multiplicative positive constant appears often in the equations of Navier-Stokes as being a viscosity coefficient, and its reciprocal operator noted (∆2)−1 is the celebrated Green’s operator (see [8]). Exis...

We study 22 systems of variational inequalities which are only weakly elliptic; in particular, these systems are not necessarily monotone. The prototype diierential operator is the (vector-valued) p-Laplacian. We prove, under certain conditions, the existence of solutions to the unilateral obstacle problem. In addition, we address the question of determining function spaces on which the p-Lapla...

In this study, inverse nodal problem is solved for the p-Laplacian operator with two potential functions. We present some asymptotic formulas which have been proved in [17,18] for the eigenvalues, nodal points and nodal lengths, provided that a potential function is unknown. Then, using the nodal points we reconstruct the potential function and its derivatives. We also introduce a solution of i...