Comparison estimates on the first eigenvalue of a quasilinear elliptic system

Abstract

We study a system of quasilinear eigenvalue problems with Dirichlet boundary conditions on complete compact Riemannian manifolds. In particular, Cheng comparison estimates and inequality of Faber-Krahn for the first eigenvalue of a $(p,q)$-Laplacian are recovered. Lastly, we reprove a Cheeger type estimates for $p$-Laplacian, $1<p<\infty$, from where a lower bound estimate in terms of Cheeger's constant for the first eigenvalue of a $(p,q)$-Laplacian is built. As a corollary, the first eigenvalue converges to Cheeger's constant as $p,q\to 1,1.$

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