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In this note, we prove the Payne-type conjecture about the behaviour of the nodal set of least energy sign-changing solutions for the equation in bounded Steiner symmetric domains under the zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. The nonlinearity f is assumed to be either superlinear or resonant. In the latter case, least energy sign-changing solutions are second eigenfunctions of the zero Dirichlet p-Laplacian in ω. We show that the nodal set of any least energy sign-changing solution intersects the boundary of ω. The proof is based on a moving polarization argument.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1163-1173
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics
Volume149
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

    Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)

    Research areas

  • least energy nodal solution, nodal set, p-Laplacian, Payne conjecture, polarization, second eigenvalue, superlinear

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