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Peculiar behavior of the principal Laplacian eigenvalue for large negative Robin parameters

Spectral Theory 2025-09-29 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n with n2n\ge 2 be a bounded Lipschitz domain with outer unit normal ν\nu. For αR\alpha\in\mathbb{R} let RΩαR_\Omega^\alpha be the Laplacian in Ω\Omega with the Robin boundary condition νu+αu=0\partial_\nu u+\alpha u=0, and denote by E(RΩα)E(R^\alpha_\Omega) its principal eigenvalue. In 2017 Bucur, Freitas and Kennedy stated the following open question: Does the limit of the ratio E(RΩα)/α2E(R_\Omega^\alpha)/ \alpha^2 for α\alpha\to-\infty always exist? We give a negative answer.

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@article{arxiv.2412.04061,
  title  = {Peculiar behavior of the principal Laplacian eigenvalue for large negative Robin parameters},
  author = {Charlotte Dietze and Konstantin Pankrashkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.04061},
  year   = {2025}
}

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