# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

May  2013, 12(3): 1469-1486. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1469

## Continuous dependence of eigenvalues of $p$-biharmonic problems on $p$

 1 Department of mathematics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 22, 306,14 Plzeň, Czech Republic

Received  April 2012 Revised  May 2012 Published  September 2012

We are concerned with the Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalue problem for the ordinary quasilinear fourth-order ($p$-biharmonic) equation \begin{eqnarray} (|u''|^{p-2}u'')''=\lambda|u|^{p-2}u, in \quad [0,1], \quad p>1. \end{eqnarray} It is known that the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann $p$-biharmonic problem are positive and nonnegative, respectively, isolated, and form an increasing unbounded sequence. We prove that the eigenvalues depend continuously on $p$, and that they interlace with the eigenvalues of the Navier $p$-biharmonic problem.
Citation: Jiří Benedikt. Continuous dependence of eigenvalues of $p$-biharmonic problems on $p$. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2013, 12 (3) : 1469-1486. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.1469
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##### References:
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