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Let $\Omega$ be a compact surface with smooth boundary and the geodesic curvature $k_g \ge {c > 0}$ along $\partial \Omega$ for some constant $c \in \mathbb{R}$. We prove that, if the Gaussian curvature satisfies $K \ge -\alpha$ for a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Gunhee Cho , Keomkyo Seo

In this paper, we analyze an optimization problem for the first (nonlinear) Steklov eigenvalue plus a boundary potential with respect to the potential function which is assumed to be uniformly bounded and with fixed $L^1$-norm.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Julian Fernandez Bonder , Graciela Giubergia , Fernando Mazzone

Let $(\Omega,g)$ be a compact, analytic Riemannian manifold with analytic boundary $\partial \Omega = M.$ We give $L^2$-lower bounds for Steklov eigenfunctions and their restrictions to interior hypersurfaces $H \subset \Omega^{\circ}$ in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Jeffrey Galkowski , John A. Toth

Let $M$ be an $m$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. We obtain the upper bound of the harmonic mean of the first $m$ nonzero Neumann eigenvalues and Steklov eigenvalues involving the conformal volume and relative…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Hang Chen

In this paper we study the first Steklov-Laplacian eigenvalue with an internal fixed spherichal obstacle. We prove that the spherical shell locally maximizes the first eigenvalue among nearly spherical sets when both the internal ball and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Gloria Paoli , Gianpaolo Piscitelli , Rossano Sannipoli

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

In this paper, we first construct a sequence of hyperbolic surfaces with connected geodesic boundary such that the first normalized Steklov eigenvalue $\tilde{\sigma}_1$ tends to infinity. We then prove that as $g\rightarrow \infty$, a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Xiaolong Hans Han , Yuxin He , Han Hong

Let $(\Omega^{n+1}, g)$ be an $(n+1)$-dimensional smooth compact connected Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary $\Sigma$, satisfying that ${\text{Ric}_{\Omega}}\ge 0$ and $\Sigma$ is strictly convex, more precisely, its second…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Yiwei Liu , Yi-Hu Yang

Let $\Sigma$ be a compact surface with boundary. For a given conformal class $c$ on $\Sigma$ the functional $\sigma_k^*(\Sigma,c)$ is defined as the supremum of the $k-$th normalized Steklov eigenvalue over all metrics on $c$. We consider…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Vladimir Medvedev

We investigate the Steklov eigenvalue problem in an exterior Euclidean domain. First, we present several formulations of this problem and establish the equivalences between them. Next, we examine various properties of the exterior Steklov…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Lukas Bundrock , Alexandre Girouard , Denis S. Grebenkov , Michael Levitin , Iosif Polterovich

For a compact, connected, orientable Riemannian manifold with $b$ boundary components, we obtain geometric lower bounds for the low Steklov eigenvalues, namely $\sigma_k$, $1\le k\le b-1$. Our results complement earlier results, which apply…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Tirumala Chakradhar , Bruno Colbois , Asma Hassannezhad

Let $(\Sigma^2,ds^2)$ be a compact Riemannian surface, possibly with boundary, and consider Schr\"odinger-type operators of the form $L=\Delta+V-aK$ together with natural Robin and Steklov-type boundary conditions incorporating a boundary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Railane Antonia , Marcos P. Cavalcante , Vinicius Souza

We prove sharp upper and lower bounds for the nodal length of Steklov eigenfunctions on real-analytic Riemannian surfaces with boundary. The argument involves frequency function methods for harmonic functions in the interior of the surface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-10 Iosif Polterovich , David A. Sher , John A. Toth

We consider how the geometry and topology of a compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian orbifold with boundary relates to its Steklov spectrum. In two dimensions, motivated by work of A. Girouard, L. Parnovski, I. Polterovich and D. Sher in the…

In this paper we study the Steklov-Dirichlet eigenvalues $\lambda_k(\Omega,\Gamma_S)$, where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a domain and $\Gamma_S\subset \partial \Omega$ is the subset of the boundary in which we impose the Steklov…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Marco Michetti

We investigate the interior nodal sets $\mathcal{N}_\lambda$ of Steklov eigenfunctions on connected and compact surfaces with boundary. The optimal vanishing order of Steklov eigenfunctions is shown be $C\lambda$. The singular sets…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-22 Jiuyi Zhu

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

The celebrated conjecture by Payne, P\'{o}lya and Weinberger (1956) states that for the fixed membrane problem, the ratio of the first two eigenvalues, $\lambda_2/\lambda_1$, is maximized by a disk. A more general dimensional version of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Guowei Dai , Yingxin Sun

We prove existence results for optimization problems for the $k$th Laplace eigenvalue on closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $m \geq 3$, depending on the choice of normalization. One such normalization leads to eigenvalue optimization…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Denis Vinokurov

Consider the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a closed surface as a functional on the space of Riemannian metrics of unit area. N. Nadirashvili has discovered a remarkable connection between critical points of this functional…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Mikhail Karpukhin