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The complete spectrum of the linearized $p$-Laplacian at a Sobolev extremal

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 13 references
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Let $1<p<n$ and let $v(x)=(1+|x|^{p/(p-1)})^{-(n-p)/p}$ be the standard radial extremal for the sharp Sobolev inequality. We determine all eigenvalues and eigenspaces of the linearized $p$-Laplacian at $v$, defined by its closed quadratic form in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n,v^{p^*-2} dx)$. After decomposition into spherical harmonics, an explicit gauge transformation and a change of variables identify each radial operator with a shifted Jacobi operator. This yields a complete eigenbasis indexed by $(\ell,k)\in\mathbb{N}_0^2$, where $\ell$ is the angular degree and $k$ is the radial mode number.

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