Principal frequency of the $p$-Laplacian and the inradius of Euclidean domains

Abstract

We study the lower bounds for the principal frequency of the $p$-Laplacian on $N$-dimensional Euclidean domains. For $p>N$, we obtain a lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian in terms of its inradius, without any assumptions on the topology of the domain. Moreover, we show that a similar lower bound can be obtained if $p > N-1$ assuming the boundary is connected. This result can be viewed as a generalization of the classical bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on simply connected planar domains.