TY - JOUR ID - Kajikiya2013 LB - Kajikiya2013 AU - Kajikiya, Ryuji TI - Sobolev norm estimates of solutions for the sublinear Emden-Fowler equation ST - Sobolev norm estimates of solutions for the sublinear Emden-Fowler equation JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2013 VL - 33 IS - 4 SP - 713 EP - 723 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2013.33.4.713 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2013.33.4.713 AB - We study the sublinear Emden-Fowler equation in small domains. As the domain becomes smaller, so does any solution. We investigate the convergence rate of the Sobolev norm of solutions as the volume of the domain converges to zero. The result is obtained by estimating the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian with the help of the variational method. KW - Emden-Fowler equation KW - sign-changing solution KW - positive solution KW - variational method KW - norm estimate SN - 1232-9274 ER -