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Despite the moduli space of triangles being three dimensional, we prove the existence of two triangles which are not isometric to each other for which the first, second and fourth Dirichlet eigenvalues coincide, establishing a numerical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-23 Javier Gómez-Serrano , Gerard Orriols

We prove that among all triangles of given diameter, the equilateral triangle minimizes the sum of the first $n$ eigenvalues of the Neumann Laplacian, when $n \geq 3$. The result fails for $n=2$, because the second eigenvalue is known to be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-02-02 R. S. Laugesen , Z. C. Pan , S. S. Son

We prove sharp Dirichlet eigenvalue inequalities for planar triangles. We settle a conjecture of Laugesen and Siudeja by showing that the equilateral triangle uniquely minimizes a scale-invariant functional of the first Dirichlet…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Ryoki Endo , Xuefeng Liu , Phanuel Mariano

We study the structure of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on quantum graphs, with a particular focus on Morse eigenfunctions via nodal and Neumann domains. Building on Courant-type arguments, we establish upper bounds for the number of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Luís Baptista , Matthias Hofmann

For given $\Delta>0$ and $0<\lambda<3/\sqrt{2}$, we show that the maximum multiplicity that $\lambda$ can appear as the second largest eigenvalue of a connected graph with maximum degree at most $\Delta$ is $O_{\Delta,\lambda}(1)$. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Chuanyuan Ge , Shiping Liu

A certified strategy for determining sharp intervals of enclosure for the eigenvalues of matrix differential operators with singular coefficients is examined. The strategy relies on computing the second order spectrum relative to subspaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Lyonell Boulton , Monika Winklmeier

In this paper, we successfully establish a Courant-type nodal domain theorem for both the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem and the closed eigenvalue problem of the Witten-Laplacian. Moreover, we also characterize the properties of the nodal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Ruifeng Chen , Jing Mao , Chuanxi Wu

We consider the cases where there is equality in Courant's nodal domain theorem for the Laplacian with a Robin boundary condition on the square. In our previous two papers, we treated the cases where the Robin parameter $h>0$ is large,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Katie Gittins , Bernard Helffer

The Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Laplacian on a triangle that collapses into a line segment diverge to infinity. In this paper, to track the behavior of the eigenvalues during the collapsing process of a triangle, we establish a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Ryoki Endo , Xuefeng Liu

We study the biharmonic Steklov eigenvalue problem on a compact Riemannian manifold $\Omega$ with smooth boundary. We give a computable, sharp lower bound of the first eigenvalue of this problem, which depends only on the dimension, a lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-07-02 Simon Raulot , Alessandro Savo

We obtain upper bounds on the number of nodal domains of Laplace eigenfunctions on chain domains with Neumann boundary conditions. The chain domains consist of a family of planar domains, with piecewise smooth boundary, that are joined by…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Thomas Beck , Yaiza Canzani , Jeremy L. Marzuola

This paper solves the open problem of the simplicity of the second Dirichlet eigenvalue for nearly equilateral triangles, offering a complete solution to Conjecture 6.47 posed by R. Laugesen and B. Siudeja in A. Henrot's book ``Shape…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Ryoki Endo , Xuefeng Liu

Courant theorem provides an upper bound for the number of nodal domains of eigenfunctions of a wide class of Laplacian-type operators. In particular, it holds for generic eigenfunctions of quantum graph. The theorem stipulates that, after…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Ram Band , Gregory Berkolaiko , Hillel Raz , Uzy Smilansky

Among all triangles of given diameter, the equilateral triangle is shown to minimize the sum of the first $n$ eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian, for each $n \geq 1$. In addition, the first, second and third eigenvalues are each proved…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2010-08-10 Richard Laugesen , Bartlomiej Siudeja

In this study, we address the eigenvalue problem given by: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Div (w\nabla u_i)=\la_iu_i &\text{in } \Om\subset \mathbb{R}^n,\\ u_i=0 &\text{on } \pt \Om, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $w > 0$ within $\Om$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Dong-Hui Yang , Bao-Zhu Guo

We consider the first positive Steklov eigenvalue on planar domains. First, we provide an example of a planar domain for which a first eigenfunction has a closed nodal line. Second, we establish a lower bound for the first positive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Azahara DelaTorre , Gabriele Mancini , Angela Pistoia , Luigi Provenzano

We prove a sharp upper bound for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a class of nonlinear elliptic operators which includes the p-Laplace and the pseudo-p-Laplace operators. Moreover, we prove a stability result by means of a suitable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Francesco Della Pietra , Nunzia Gavitone

In this paper, we revisit Courant's nodal domain theorem for the Dirichlet eigenfunctions of a square membrane, and the analyses of A. Stern and {\AA}. Pleijel.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Pierre Bérard , Bernard Helffer

Courant's theorem implies that the number of nodal domains of a Laplace eigenfunction is controlled by the corresponding eigenvalue. Over the years, there have been various attempts to find an appropriate generalization of this statement in…

Let $U\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 3$) be an exterior Euclidean domain with smooth boundary $\partial U$. We consider the Steklov eigenvalue problem on $U$. First we derive a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue in terms of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Changwei Xiong