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Quantitative stability of the principal eigenvalue for mixed local–nonlocal operators under dissipating boundary partitions
AIMS Mathematics 2025, 10(12): 28115-28128
Published: 01 December 2025
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Let L = Δ + ( Δ ) s with s ( 0 , 1 ) on a bounded C 1 , 1 domain Ω R n , under a partition of the exterior R n Ω ¯ into disjoint open sets D (Dirichlet) and N (nonlocal Neumann). Building on the mixed local–nonlocal framework, we obtain explicit, provable upper bounds for the variation of the principal eigenvalue λ 1 ( D ) along families of partitions in which the Neumann set N or the Dirichlet set D dissipates. When N dissipates, we bound λ 1 D i r λ 1 ( D ) by integrals of the Dirichlet kernel over N plus a boundary term and a standard fractional tail. When D dissipates and 0 < s < 1 2 , we bound λ 1 ( D ) by integrals of the geometric kernel over D and the same tail; for s 1 2 we give a separated-Dirichlet variant. The proofs use only the weak formulation, the basic spectral theory for the mixed problem, L bounds for principal eigenfunctions, and two cross-testing identities, with all constants and dependencies made explicit. Consequences include quantitative continuity of λ 1 under weak set convergence and a controlled shift of asymptotically linear bifurcation thresholds. All constants depend only on ( n , s , Ω ) and, in the separated-Dirichlet variant, also on a fixed separation δ > 0.

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