Integral and isocapacitary inequalities

Abstract

It is shown by a counterexample that isocapacitary and isoperimetric constants of a multi-dimensional Euclidean domain starshaped with respect to a ball are not equivalent. Sharp integral inequalities involving the harmonic capacity which imply Faber-Krahn property of the fundamental Dirichlet-Laplace eigenvalue are obtained. Necessary and sufficient conditions ensuring integral inequalities between a difference seminorm and the $L_p$-norm of the gradient are found.