Nonstandard growth optimization problems with volume constraint

Abstract

In this article, we study some optimal design problems related to nonstandard growth eigenvalues ruled by the $g-$Laplacian operator. More precisely, given $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and $\alpha,c>0$, we consider the optimization problem $\inf \{ \lambda_\Omega(\alpha,E)\colon E\subset \Omega, |E|=c \}$, where $\lambda_\Omega(\alpha,E)$ is related to the first eigenvalue to $$ -{\rm div\,}(g( |\nabla u |)\tfrac{\nabla u}{|\nabla u|}) + g(u)\tfrac{u}{|u|}+ \alpha \chi_E g(u)\tfrac{u}{|u|} \quad \text{ in }\Omega $$ subject to Dirichlet, Neumann or Steklov boundary conditions. We analyze existence of an optimal configuration, symmetry properties of them, and the asymptotic behavior as $\alpha$ approaches $+\infty$.