Abstract
On any bounded domain the Dirichlet or Neumann–Laplace operator has a first eigenfunction which is the unique one of fixed sign. For the bilaplace operator, as for any fourth order operator, there is no direct maximum principle and hence no obvious argument for a first eigenfunction of one sign. We will address some examples where fourth order eigenvalue problems have an unexpected behaviour concerning positivity of an eigenfunction.
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