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On eigenvalue inequalities of Schmuckenschlager

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2023-05-10 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

About ten years ago, Schmuckenschl\"ager proved that the lowest eigenvalue of Dirichlet Laplacian for the intersection of two balls (i.e., convex, symmetric and compact subsets of Rn\mathbb{R}^n with non-empty interior) is less than the sum of the lowest eigenvalue for each. His arguments rely on Kac's formula, the log-concavity of Gaussian measures, the symmetry of balls and Lieb's classical result for the intersection of two domains. In this note we revisit Schmuckenschl\"ager's proof and propose a direct and elementary Lieb-free approach to these inequalities.

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@article{arxiv.2305.05264,
  title  = {On eigenvalue inequalities of Schmuckenschlager},
  author = {Yi C. Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.05264},
  year   = {2023}
}