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The second eigenvalue of the Robin Laplacian is shown to be maximal for a spherical cap among simply connected Jordan domains on the 2-sphere, for substantial intervals of positive and negative Robin parameters and areas. Geodesic disks in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Jeffrey J. Langford , Richard S. Laugesen

We introduce Robin boundary conditions for biharmonic operators, which are a model for elastically supported plates and are closely related to the study of spaces of traces of Sobolev functions. We study the dependence of the operator, its…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Davide Buoso , James B. Kennedy

We study the spectrum of the Robin Laplacian with a complex Robin parameter $\alpha$ on a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega$. We start by establishing a number of properties of the corresponding operator, such as generation properties, local…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Sabine Bögli , James B. Kennedy , Robin Lang

On a convex bounded Euclidean domain, the ground state for the Laplacian with Neumann boundary conditions is a constant, while the Dirichlet ground state is log-concave. The Robin eigenvalue problem can be considered as interpolating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-21 Ben Andrews , Julie Clutterbuck , Daniel Hauer

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Laplace operator in a planar domain which can be decomposed into a bounded domain of arbitrary shape and elongated \branches" of variable cross-sectional profiles. When the eigenvalue is smaller…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 Binh T. Nguyen , Andrey L. Delytsin , Denis S. Grebenkov

In this paper, we determine, in the case of the Laplacian on the flat two-dimensional torus (R/Z) 2 , all the eigenvalues having an eigenfunction which satisfies Courant's theorem with equality (Courant-sharp situation). Following the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Corentin Léna

We study the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a boundary value problem for the Laplace equation in a perforated domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, with a (nonlinear) Robin boundary condition on the boundary of the small hole. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-12 Paolo Musolino , Gennady Mishuris

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

We study the Pauli operator in a two-dimensional, connected domain with Neumann or Robin boundary condition. We prove a sharp lower bound on the number of negative eigenvalues reminiscent of the Aharonov-Casher formula. We apply this lower…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Søren Fournais , Rupert L. Frank , Magnus Goffeng , Ayman Kachmar , Mikael Sundqvist

We study the statistics and the arithmetic properties of the Robin spectrum of a rectangle. A number of results are obtained for the multiplicities in the spectrum, depending on the Diophantine nature of the aspect ratio. In particular, it…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Zeév Rudnick , Igor Wigman

In this paper we deal with spectral optimization for the Robin Laplacian on a family of planar domains admitting parallel coordinates, namely a fixed-width strip built over a smooth closed curve and the exterior of a convex set with a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-13 Pavel Exner , Vladimir Lotoreichik

The spectral theory of the p-Laplacian is well developed for classical Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, but the transitional Robin regime on exterior domains remains largely unexplored. This paper studies a weighted p-Laplacian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Subha Pal , Sarath Sasi

We prove two bounds for the first Robin eigenvalue of the Finsler Laplacian with negative boundary parameter in the planar case. In the constant area problem, we show that the Wulff shape is the maximizer only for values which are close to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-09 Gloria Paoli , Leonardo Trani

We consider Laplace's equation in a periodically perforated domain with Robin boundary conditions on the holes, where the Robin coefficient is scaled proportionally to the inverse total surface area of the performations. We identify a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Giacomo Canevari , Kirill Cherednichenko , Arghir Zarnescu

We consider a nonlinear Robin problem driven by the $p$-Laplacian. In the reaction we have the competing effects of two nonlinearities. One term is parametric, strictly $(p-1)$-sublinear and the other one is $(p-1)$-linear and resonant at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou , Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu , Dušan D. Repovš

This document consists of two papers, both submitted, and supplementary material. The submitted papers are here given as Parts I and II. Part I establishes results, used in Part II, 'on functions and inverses, both positive, decreasing and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Grant Keady , Benchawan Wiwatanapataphee

We study the family of operators $\{\mathcal{R}_a\}_{a\in [0,+\infty)}$ associated to the Robin-type problems in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u = f & \text{in } \Omega, \\ 2 \bar \nu \partial_{\bar…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Joaquim Duran

In this paper, we investigate a shape optimization problem for the second Robin eigenvalue of the weighted Laplacian on bounded Lipschitz domains symmetric about the origin. Our main theorem states that the ball centered at the origin…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Yi Gao , Kui Wang , Anqiang Zhu

We obtain shape derivative formulae for the first eigenvalue of the Robin $p$-Laplace operator. This result is used to study the variation of the first eigenvalue with respect to perturbations of the domain. In particular, we prove that for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Ardra A , Mohan Mallick , Sarath Sasi

In this paper we consider a Robin-type Laplace operator on bounded domains. We study the dependence of its lowest eigenvalue on the boundary conditions and its asymptotic behavior in shrinking and expanding domains. For convex domains we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-18 Hynek Kovarik