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Complete spectrum of the Robin eigenvalue problem on the ball

Analysis of PDEs 2025-12-01 v3 Spectral Theory

Abstract

We investigate the following Robin eigenvalue problem \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u=\mu u\,\, &\text{in}\,\, B,\\ \partial_\texttt{n} u+\alpha u=0 &\text{on}\,\, \partial B \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} on the unit ball of RN\mathbb{R}^N. We obtain the complete spectral structure of this problem. In particular, for α>0\alpha>0, the first eigenvalue is kν,12k_{\nu,1}^2 and the second eigenvalue is kν+1,12k_{\nu+1,1}^2, where kν+l,mk_{\nu+l,m} is the mmth positive zero of kJν+l+1(k)(α+l)Jν+l(k)kJ_{\nu+l+1}(k)-(\alpha+l) J_{\nu+l}(k). Moreover, when α(l,1l)\alpha\in(-l,1-l) with any lNl\in \mathbb{N}, one has ll negative (strictly increasing) eigenvalues k^ν+i,12-\widehat{k}_{\nu+i,1}^2 with i{0,,l1}i\in\{0,\ldots,l-1\} where k^ν+l,1\widehat{k}_{\nu+l,1} denotes the unique zero of αIν+l(k)+lIν+l(k)+kIν+l+1(k)\alpha I_{\nu+l}(k)+lI_{\nu+l}(k)+kI_{\nu+l+1}(k); while, for α=l\alpha=-l, besides ll negative (increasing) eigenvalues, 00 is also an eigenvalue.

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@article{arxiv.2510.26331,
  title  = {Complete spectrum of the Robin eigenvalue problem on the ball},
  author = {Guowei Dai and Yingxin Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.26331},
  year   = {2025}
}
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