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Convexity inequalities for eigenvalues and log-concavity of eigenfunctions

Analysis of PDEs 2026-05-05 v1

Abstract

We give simple new proofs of two well-known results for the Schr\"odinger operator: first, the Brunn--Minkowski inequality for Dirichlet eigenvalues and, second, the log-concavity of the first Dirichlet eigenfunction. Our proof of the first applies to a class of domains including C1,1C^{1,1} connected domains and convex potentials. In the special case of convex domains, the second result is a simple corollary.

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@article{arxiv.2605.01334,
  title  = {Convexity inequalities for eigenvalues and log-concavity of eigenfunctions},
  author = {Paul Bryan and Julie Clutterbuck and Cale Rankin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01334},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages

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