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We consider the problem of minimising the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplacian with some prescribed boundary condition over collections of convex domains of prescribed perimeter or diameter. It is known that these minimisation problems are…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Sam Farrington

In the present paper, we study the variational properties of Steklov transmission eigenvalues, which can be seen as eigenvalues of the sum of two Dirichlet-to-Neumann operators on two different sides of a given curve contained in a surface.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Mikhail Karpukhin , Alain Didier Noutchegueme

In this paper, by imposing suitable assumptions on the weighted function, (under the constraint of fixed weighted volume) a Brock-type isoperimetric inequality for Steklov-type eigenvalues of the Witten-Laplacian on bounded domains in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Jing Mao , Shijie Zhang

We study the following class of Steklov eigenvalue problems: \[ \nabla \cdot \bigl( w \nabla u \bigr) = 0 \quad \text{in } \Omega, \qquad \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} = \gamma v u \quad \text{on } \partial \Omega, \] where $w$ and $v$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Friedemann Brock , Francesco Chiacchio

In this paper we obtain several results concerning the optimization of higher Steklov eigenvalues both in two and higher dimensional cases. We first show that the normalized (by boundary length) $k$-th Steklov eigenvalue on the disk is not…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-09 Ailana Fraser , Richard Schoen

We give some sharp lower bounds of the first eigenvalue for the Hodge Laplacian acting on differential forms on the boundary of a Riemannian manifold. We also give some sharp estimates for the first nonzero Steklov eigenvalue for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-19 Kwok-Kun Kwong

In this article, we prove an isoperimetric inequality for the harmonic mean of the first $(n-1)$ nonzero Steklov eigenvalues on bounded domains in $n$-dimensional Hyperbolic space. Our approach to prove this result also gives a similar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Sheela Verma

We consider mixed Steklov-Dirichlet eigenvalue problem on smooth bounded domains in Riemannian manifolds. Under certain symmetry assumptions on multiconnected domains in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ with a spherical hole, we obtain isoperimetric…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Sagar Basak , Anisa Chorwadwala , Sheela Verma

We study bounds on the Riesz means of the mixed Steklov-Neumann and Steklov-Dirichlet eigenvalue problem on a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Steklov-Neumann eigenvalue problem is also called the sloshing problem. We obtain…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Asma Hassannezhad , Ari Laptev

We obtain upper bounds for the first eigenvalue of the magnetic Laplacian associated to a closed potential $1$-form (hence, with zero magnetic field) acting on complex functions of a planar domain $\Omega$, with magnetic Neumann boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-10 Bruno Colbois , Alessandro Savo

We develop a computational method for extremal Steklov eigenvalue problems and apply it to study the problem of maximizing the $p$-th Steklov eigenvalue as a function of the domain with a volume constraint. In contrast to the optimal…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-21 Eldar Akhmetgaliyev , Chiu-Yen Kao , Braxton Osting

We consider the problem of geometric optimization of the lowest eigenvalue for the Laplacian on a compact, simply-connected two-dimensional manifold with boundary subject to an attractive Robin boundary condition. We prove that in the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-11-14 Magda Khalile , Vladimir Lotoreichik

This paper aims to show that, in the limit of strong magnetic fields, the optimal domains for eigenvalues of magnetic Laplacians tend to exhibit symmetry. We establish several asymptotic bounds on magnetic eigenvalues to support this…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Vladimir Lotoreichik , Léo Morin

The paper deals with an eigenvalue problems possessing infinitely many positive and negative eigenvalues. Inequalities for the smallest positive and the largest negative eigenvalues, which have the same properties as the fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-16 Catherine Bandle , Alfred Wagner

We study a Dirichlet-to-Neumann eigenvalue problem for differential forms on a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary. This problem is a natural generalization of the classical Steklov problem on functions. We derive a number of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-28 Simon Raulot , Alessandro Savo

We consider the problem of minimising the $k$th eigenvalue, $k \geq 2$, of the ($p$-)Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions with respect to all domains in $\mathbb{R}^N$ of given volume $M$. When $k=2$, we prove that the second eigenvalue…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-10-07 J. B. Kennedy

We introduce and study Laplacians on a finite metric graph endowed with generalized densities, that is, measures of finite mass. One important motivation is that this setting provides a common framework for several interesting classes of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Kiyan Naderi , Noema Nicolussi

Riemannian structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds arise naturally in shape analysis and shape optimization. These applications lead to optimization problems on manifolds which are not modeled on Banach spaces. The present article…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Valentina Zalbertus , Max Pfeffer , Alexander Schmeding

In this paper, using new correction to the Crouzeix-Raviart finite element eigenvalue approximations, we obtain lower eigenvalue bounds for the Steklov eigenvalue problem with variable coefficients on d-dimensional domains (d = 2,3). In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Yu Zhang , Hai Bi , Yidu Yang

We establish inequalities for the eigenvalues of Schr\"odinger operators on compact submanifolds (possibly with nonempty boundary) of Euclidean spaces, of spheres, and of real, complex and quaternionic projective spaces, which are related…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-01 Ahmad El Soufi , Evans Harrell , Said Ilias