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We address extremum problems for spectral quantities associated with operators of the form $\Delta^2-\tau\Delta$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, for non-negative values of $\tau$. The focus is on two shape optimisation problems:…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Pedro Freitas , Roméo Leylekian

A shape optimization problem arising from the optimal reinforcement of a membrane by means of one-dimensional stiffeners or from the fastest cooling of a two-dimensional object by means of ``conducting wires'' is considered. The criterion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Francesco Paolo Maiale

We carry on our study of the connection between two shape optimization problems with spectral cost. On the one hand, we consider the optimal design problem for the survival threshold of a population living in a heterogenous habitat…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-18 Dario Mazzoleni , Benedetta Pellacci , Gianmaria Verzini

We present some open problems and obtain some partial results for spectral optimization problems involving measure, torsional rigidity and first Dirichlet eigenvalue.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-04 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Michiel van den Berg , Bozhidar Velichkov

In the present paper we develop an approach to obtain sharp spectral asymptotics for Steklov type problems on planar domains with corners. Our main focus is on the two-dimensional sloshing problem, which is a mixed Steklov-Neumann boundary…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Michael Levitin , Leonid Parnovski , Iosif Polterovich , David A. Sher

It is known that the torsional rigidity for a punctured ball, with the puncture having the shape of a ball, is minimum when the balls are concentric and the first eigenvalue for the Dirichlet Laplacian for such domains is also a maximum in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-06-20 Anisa Chorwadwala , Rajesh Mahadevan

We consider the well-known shape optimization problem with spectral cost: minimizing the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet Laplacian among all subdomains $\Omega$ having prescribed volume and contained in a fixed box $D$; equivalently, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Benedetta Noris , Giovanni Siclari , Gianmaria Verzini

This paper deals with the numerical optimization of the first three eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of domain in the Euclidean sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Neumann boundary conditions. We address two approaches : the first one…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-23 Eloi Martinet

In this paper, a spectral method based on conformal mappings is proposed to solve Steklov eigenvalue problems and their related shape optimization problems in two dimensions. To apply spectral methods, we first reformulate the Steklov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Weaam Alhejaili , Chiu-Yen Kao

We prove the convergence of the fixed-point (also called thresholding) algorithm in three optimal control problems under large volume constraints. This algorithm was introduced by C\'ea, Gioan and Michel, and is of constant use in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Antonin Chambolle , Idriss Mazari-Fouquer , Yannick Privat

The Steklov problem is an eigenvalue problem with the spectral parameter in the boundary conditions, which has various applications. Its spectrum coincides with that of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator. Over the past years, there has been…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-25 Alexandre Girouard , Iosif Polterovich

We consider the relationship of the geometry of compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary to the first nonzero eigenvalue sigma_1 of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map (Steklov eigenvalue). For surfaces Sigma with genus gamma and k boundary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-06 Ailana Fraser , Richard Schoen

We consider Cheeger-like shape optimization problems of the form $$\min\big\{|\Omega|^\alpha J(\Omega) : \Omega\subset D\big\}$$ where $D$ is a given bounded domain and $\alpha$ is above the natural scaling. We show the existence of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-11-25 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Alfred Wagner

In this manuscript we study the following optimization problem: given a bounded and regular domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ we look for an optimal shape for the "$\mathrm{W}-$vanishing window" on the boundary with prescribed measure…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-22 João Vitor Da Silva , Ariel Salort , Analía Silva , Juan Spedaletti

In this paper we consider the free-form optimization of eigenvalues in electromagnetic systems by means of shape-variations with respect to small deformations. The objective is to optimize a particular eigenvalue to a target value. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Christine Herter , Sebastian Schöps , Winnifried Wollner

In this paper the first and second domain variation for functionals related to elliptic boundary and eigenvalue problems with Robin boundary conditions is computed. Minimality and maximality properties of the ball among nearly circular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-13 Catherine Bandle , Alfred Wagner

We consider the problem of optimal location of a Dirichlet region in a $d$-dimensional domain $\Omega$ subjected to a given right-hand side $f$ in order to minimize some given functional of the configuration. While in the literature the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-17 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Al-hassem Nayam

This paper examines the Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions, the Neumann and Steklov boundary conditions. This models a container with holes in it, like a pond filled with water but partly covered by immovable pieces on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Habib Ammari , Kthim Imeri , Nilima Nigam

For the biharmonic Steklov eigenvalue problem considered in this paper, we show that among all bounded Euclidean domains of class $C^{1}$ with fixed measure, the ball maximizes the first positive eigenvalue.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Shan Li , Jing Mao

We consider an eigenvalue problem for the biharmonic operator with Steklov-type boundary conditions. We obtain it as a limiting Neumann problem for the biharmonic operator in a process of mass concentration at the boundary. We study the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-25 Davide Buoso , Luigi Provenzano