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A spectral isoperimetric inequality on the n-sphere for the Robin-Laplacian with negative boundary parameter

Analysis of PDEs 2025-07-30 v2

Abstract

For every given β<0\beta<0, we study the problem of maximizing the first Robin eigenvalue of the Laplacian λβ(Ω)\lambda_\beta(\Omega) among convex (not necessarily smooth) sets ΩSn\Omega\subset\mathbb{S}^{n} with fixed perimeter. In particular, denoting by σn\sigma_n the perimeter of the nn-dimensional hemisphere, we show that for fixed perimeters P<σnP<\sigma_n, geodesic balls maximize the eigenvalue. Moreover, we prove a quantitative stability result for this isoperimetric inequality in terms of volume difference between Ω\Omega and the ball DD of the same perimeter.

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@article{arxiv.2407.05987,
  title  = {A spectral isoperimetric inequality on the n-sphere for the Robin-Laplacian with negative boundary parameter},
  author = {Paolo Acampora and Antonio Celentano and Emanuele Cristoforoni and Carlo Nitsch and Cristina Trombetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.05987},
  year   = {2025}
}