Elliptical membranes with smallest second eigenvalue
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Abstract:
The elliptic membranes with fixed boundary are determined, for which the second eigenfrequency is a minimum if the area or if the circumference is prescribed. The results are compared with those of some other shapes. A remark is made about the overtones of elliptic membranes.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 27 (1973), 767-772
- MSC: Primary 73.65
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1973-0421277-4
- MathSciNet review: 0421277