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Upper and lower bounds for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a triangle

Author(s): Pedro Freitas
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 2083-2089.
MSC (2000): Primary 35P15; Secondary 35J05
Posted: January 6, 2006
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Abstract: We prove some new upper and lower bounds for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a triangle in terms of the lengths of its sides.


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Additional Information:

Pedro Freitas
Affiliation: Departamento de Matemática, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Address at time of publication: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana and Mathematical Physics Group of the University of Lisbon, Complexo Interdisciplinar, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, P-1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
Email: pfreitas@math.ist.utl.pt, freitas@cii.fc.ul.pt

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08339-0
PII: S 0002-9939(06)08339-0
Received by editor(s): September 9, 2004
Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 16, 2005
Posted: January 6, 2006
Communicated by: Carmen C. Chicone
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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